Agenda for College Prep Biology: FIRST SEMESTER

Dear Students,
I really enjoyed working with you this year. I know I pushed you hard and stressed you out at times, but I did it because I care about you and your future and know how important it is for you to develop self-discipline and good study skills. I really appreciate all of your effort this year and hope you feel proud of yourself for all that you accomplished. Please keep in touch and let me know how you are doing from time to time. You can email me at kmajda@yahoo.com or message me on Facebook (just search for my name). 

I have a lot of projects left in my room and some binders. Please come pick up your stuff by Friday if you'd like to keep it. 

Best Wishes to you All!!!

-Ms. Majda 

P.S. if you want to be on my website, send me a quote and a photo!

SECOND SEMESTER

Table of Contents for Binder (please let me know if you see anything is missing from this list)
Human Illness Review WS
Answer Key for the CP Ecology Worksheets
Answer Key for the Evolution Worksheets
Part 1 of the "Secret Life of Germs" questions
Part 2 of the "Secret Life of Germs" questions 

Sample Day
Day of Final Exam 
  • Dissection

Tuesday, June 8, 2014 
  • Prep for Dissection

Monday, June 7, 2014 
  • Part 2 of Final Exam (Critical Thinking)
  • "Germs" Quiz for enrichment (per 6 and 7 only; per 5 will take this tomorrow)

Friday, June 6, 2014 
  • Part 1 of Final Exam (Content Knowledge)
  • HW: 
    1) Study for Part 2 of Final Exam (Critical Thinking)
    2) Finish reading "The Secret Life of Germs" and answering the enrichment questions (see links above)

Thursday, June 5, 2014 
  • Ms. Majda out sick..."I am so, so, so sorry that I could not make it today. As a result, we will have to postpone the first part of the final exam until tomorrow and the second part and "Germs" test until Monday. This means we won't have time to return our textbooks on Monday during class so you will need to do this on your own time when you get a chance. Sorry! But at least you have an extra day to study for the final."
  • Study for Final Exam and work on "Germs" questions
  • HW: Study for the final exam (see helpful hints above). Binder due Friday (the TOC is posted above). Include all enrichment for the whole year in your binder, including all new enrichment that still needs to be graded. Last day to turn in any additional enrichment is Monday.

Wednesday, June 4, 2014 
  • Peer Review Human Illness Projects
  • HW: Study for the final exam (see helpful hints above). Binder due Friday (the TOC is posted above). Include all enrichment for the whole year in your binder, including all new enrichment that still needs to be graded. Last day to turn in any additional enrichment is Monday.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014 
  • Peer Review Human Illness Projects
  • HW: Study for the final exam (see helpful hints above). Binder due Friday (the TOC is posted above). Include all enrichment for the whole year in your binder, including all new enrichment that still needs to be graded. Last day to turn in any additional enrichment is Monday.

Monday, June 2, 2014 
  • Peer Review Human Illness Projects
  • HW: 
    1) Work on Evolution Study Guide (textbook reading guide) due tomorrow, June 3 (you must click on the link and print this assignment yourself)
    2) Start preparing for the final exam - Start preparing for the final exam (see helpful hints above). 
    3) Work on your enrichment - you need at least 50 points by June 9th - that's in two weeks!
        Check the enrichment page. Some new assignments to watch online videos for points were just posted.

Wednesday, May 28 - Friday, May 29, 2014 
  • Lecture: Evolution and Ecology
  • HW: 
    1) Work on human illness project due June 2 (next Monday!) - you should be doing final edits and putting it all together
    2) Work on Evolution Study Guide (textbook reading guide) due Tuesday, June 3 (you must click on the link and print this assignment yourself)
    3) Start preparing for the final exam - Start preparing for the final exam (see helpful hints above). 
    4) Work on your enrichment - you need at least 50 points by June 9th - that's in two weeks!
        Check the enrichment page. Some new assignments to watch online videos for points were just posted.

Tuesday, May 27, 2014 
  • Lecture: Evolution and Ecology
  • Stamp Ecology Study Guide (textbook reading guide) and discuss if time
  • HW: 
    1) Work on human illness project due June 2 (next Monday!) - you should be doing final edits and putting it all together
    2) Work on Evolution Study Guide (textbook reading guide) due Tuesday, June 3 (you must click on the link and print this assignment yourself)
    3) Start preparing for the final exam - Start preparing for the final exam (see helpful hints above). 
    4) Work on your enrichment - you need at least 50 points by June 9th - that's in two weeks! 

Monday, May 26, 2014 
  • HOLIDAY - no school

Thursday, May 22 and Friday May 23, 2014 
  • Lecture: Evolution and Ecology
  • HW: 
    1) Work on human illness project due June 2
    2) Work on Ecology Study Guide (textbook reading guide) due Tuesday, May 27 (you must click on the link and print this assignment yourself)
    3) Work on your enrichment - you need at least 50 points by June 9th - that's in three weeks! Check the enrichment page for new assignments.

Tuesday, May 20 and Wednesday May 21, 2014 
  • Read "There's a Hair in My Dirt" and finish the story worksheet
  • HW: 
    1) Work on human illness project (you should have most of your research done and be working on writing the draft of each section)
    2) Start preparing for the final exam - study your lecture notes and the following chapters: 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 40. 
         - You will be provided with a final exam practice questions worksheet next week.
    3) Work on your enrichment - you need at least 50 points by June 9th - that's in three weeks! Check the enrichment page for new assignments.
    4) Period 5 Only - Reading log for chapter 15 due Wednesday (detention will be assigned per section not complete!) - this assignment is intended to make up for the lack of work that was done during this period while the substitute was here on Friday. It will help you prepare for the final exam.

Monday, May 19, 2014 
  • Finished Immune System Lecture
  • HW: 
    1) Work on human illness project (you should have most of your research done and be working on writing the draft of each section)
    2) Start preparing for the final exam - study your lecture notes and the following chapters: 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 40. 
         - You will be provided with a final exam practice questions worksheet next week.
    3) Work on your enrichment - you need at least 50 points by June 9th - that's in three weeks! Check the enrichment page for new assignments.
    4) Period 5 Only - Reading log for chapter 15 due Wednesday (detention will be assigned per section not complete!) - this assignment is intended to make up for the lack of work that was done during this period while the substitute was here on Friday. It will help you prepare for the final exam.

Friday, May 16, 2014 - SUBSTITUTE
  • Read "The Secret Life of Germs" and work on book questions
  • HW: 
    1) Work on human illness project (you should have an outline in place by now and be finished with most of your research by Monday)
    2) Enrichment Opportunities! 
        - Do the Malaria Online Assignment for 10 Enrichment Points.
        - Do the HHMI Microbes Strike Back assignment for 10 Enrichment Points.

Thursday, May 15, 2014 
  • Lecture: Immune System
  • HW: 
    1) Work on human illness project (you should have an outline in place by now and be working on researching each category)
    2) Read chapter 3 and make flashcards for all of the vocabulary and main ideas plus answer the section assessment questions on pages 65 (#1-4), 73 (#1-5), and 80 (#1-5); and answer the 10 reviewing content questions on page 83.  (DUE FRIDAY)
  • Enrichment Opportunity! Do the Malaria Online Assignment for 10 Enrichment Points.

Wednesday, May 14, 2014 
  • Librarian Mrs. Burns presented on how to use the EBSCO and the internet to do scientific research. 
  • Mrs. Majda showed the class how to use PubMed.
  • HW: 
    1) Work on human illness project (you should have an outline in place by now and be working on researching each category)
    2) Read chapter 3 and make flashcards for all of the vocabulary and main ideas plus answer the section assessment questions on pages 65 (#1-4), 73 (#1-5), and 80 (#1-5); and answer the 10 reviewing content questions on page 83.  (DUE FRIDAY)

Tuesday, May 13, 2014 
  • Lecture: Human Pathogens
  • HW: 
    1) Work on human illness project (you should have an outline in place by now and be working on researching each category)
    2) Read chapter 3 and make flashcards for all of the vocabulary and main ideas plus answer the section assessment questions on pages 65 (#1-4), 73 (#1-5), and 80 (#1-5); and answer the 10 reviewing content questions on page 83.  (DUE FRIDAY)

Monday, May 12, 2014 
  • Warmup: read and answer questions about article on antibiotics in ancient beer
  • Lecture: Human Pathogens
  • HW: 
    1) Work on human illness project (you should have an outline in place by now and be working on researching each category)
    2) Read chapter 3 and make flashcards for all of the vocabulary and main ideas plus answer the section assessment questions on pages 65 (#1-4), 73 (#1-5), and 80 (#1-5); and answer the 10 reviewing content questions on page 83.  (DUE FRIDAY)

Friday, May 9, 2014 
  • Peer-grade tests
  • Discuss Human Illness Project - use the following timeline to finish your project:
    1) complete outline by May 12 (week 1)
    2) complete all research by May 19 (week 1)
    3) Write up pieces and finalize design by May 26 (week 2)
    4) Finish putting together and editing project by due date on June 2 (week 3)
  • HW:  
    1) Read chapter 40 and do a reading log for section 40.2 and the section assessment questions on pages 1042, 1047, and 1054 (five questions each for a total of 15 questions) - DUE MONDAY

Thursday, May 8, 2014 
  • Second Chance Genetics Test
  • HW:  
    1) Read chapter 40 and do a reading log for section 40.2 and the section assessment questions on pages 1042, 1047, and 1054 (five questions each for a total of 15 questions) - DUE MONDAY

Wednesday, May 7, 2014 
  • Warmup - protein synthesis practice problems
  • Cancer Lecture
  • HW:  
    1) Study for makeup exam to be given tomorrow - journals will be collected for periods 6 and 7
    2) Read chapter 40 and do a reading log for section 40.2 and the section assessment questions on pages 1042, 1047, and 1054 (five questions each for a total of 15 questions) - DUE NEXT MONDAY
  • FYI, these are the assignments I am looking for in your journal:
    ·  RL 13.2 - 13.4
    ·  RL 40.1
    ·  RL 12.3 - 12.4
    ·  RL 11.1 - 11.5
    ·  5 questions on page 266, 5 questions on page 269, 5 questions on page 274, 5 questions on page 278, 4 questions on page 280 
    ·  10 Chapter Review questions on page 283
    ·  RL 14.1- 14.3
    ·  5 questions on page 360 
    ·  10 Chapter Review questions on page 363
  • Click here for ANSWERS TO "PRACTICE" TEST FROM LAST FRIDAY 

Tuesday, May 6, 2014 
  • Turn in Human Illness Project preference form and plagiarism assignment 
  • Work on homework and/or "The Secret Life of Germs"
  • Discuss Human Illness projects and pass back proposals with assigned illnesses - DO NOT LOSE YOUR PACKET, you will need to turn it in again with your project to get your final grade!
  • Go over test answers from last Friday's Genetics Test (makeup test to improve your grade will be this Thursday)
  • HW:  
    1) Study for makeup exam to be given Thursday - journals will be collected for periods 6 and 7
    2) Read chapter 40 and do a reading log for section 40.2 and the section assessment questions on pages 1042, 1047, and 1054 (five questions each for a total of 15 questions)

Monday, May 5, 2014 
  • Turn in Human Illness Project preference form and plagiarism assignment 
  • Per 6 turn in journal (I will collect journal from per 7 on Thur)
  • HW:  
    1) Study for makeup exam to be given Thursday
    2) Finish Human Illness Project preference form and plagiarism assignment if you didn't already turn it in
    3) Get a lot of rest and try hard on the STAR test tomorrow!

Friday, May 2, 2014 
  • Turn in Paper Bag project; also 5th period turn in journal (I will collect 6th period on Monday and 7th period on Tues or Wed)
  • TEST (note that everyone will receive a grade for this test but there will be a make-up test next week for anyone who wants to try to improve their grade)
  • HW:  
    1) Study for the STAR exam practice test to be given in class on Monday. Here is the STAR exam study guide. Remember, students who get at least an 80% or higher on next Monday's practice test will get to use this for the content knowledge part of their final exam!
    2) Complete the Human Illness Project preference form and plagiarism assignment due MONDAY to get priority choice of the illness you want for your project. Remember, students who earn an 80% or higher on this project will get to use this for the critical thinking part of their final exam!

Thursday, May 1, 2014 
  • Finished Lecture Slides
  • HW:  
    1) Paper bag project due tomorrow!
    2) Study for the Test that will be given tomorrow! The following will be on it:
    - Protein Synthesis (practice test)
    - Meisosis
    - Genetic Inheritance (use the worksheet practice problems to help you study and your animal project; also, study the types of inheritance in the second half of the lecture slides)
    - Mutations (just know the slides I told you to study, including the three types of point mutations at the start of the last lecture and which are most harmful)
    3) Journal due tomorrow!

Wednesday, April 30, 2014 
  • Work on Paperbag Project
  • HW:  
    1) Finish the Punnett Square practice problems worksheet
    2) Do the practice test on protein synthesis and study for FRIDAY'S TEST (on Protein Synthesis, Meiosis, Genetic Inheritance, and Mutations)
    3) Don't forget to print Part 1 of the "Secret Life of Germs" questions.
  • Here is the STAR exam study guide. Remember, students who get at least an 80% or higher on next Monday's practice test will get to use this for the content knowledge part of their final exam!
  • Here is the Human Illness Project instructions, sign up sheet, rubric, and plagiarism assignment. Complete these forms and the plagiarism assignment and turn them in by next Tuesday to get priority choice of the illness you want for your project. Remember, students who earn an 80% or higher on this project will get to use this for the critical thinking part of their final exam!

Tuesday, April 29, 2014 
  • Genetic Inheritance Lecture
  • Predict Phenotypes of Paper Bag Baby
  • HW:  
    1) Punnett Square practice problems worksheet
    2)  Reading Log and section assessment questions for 14.3 and Reviewing Content questions #1-10 on page 363 due Wednesday
    3) Don't forget to print Part 1 of the "Secret Life of Germs" questions.
  • TEST THIS FRIDAY on Protein Synthesis, Meiosis, Genetic Inheritance, and Mutations. Here is a practice test you can use for the protein synthesis part of the test. 
  • Here is the STAR exam study guide. Remember, students who get at least an 80% or higher on next Monday's practice test will get to use this for the content knowledge part of their final exam!
  • Here is the Human Illness Project instructions, sign up sheet, rubric, and plagiarism assignment. Complete these forms and the plagiarism assignment and turn them in by Friday to get priority choice of the illness you want for your project. Remember, students who earn an 80% or higher on this project will get to use this for the critical thinking part of their final exam!

Monday, April 28, 2014 
  • Finish gametes for paper bag project and mate animals
  • Start Punnett Square lecture if time
  • HW:  
    1) Note that the printer is working again so I will make copies of the PPT slides for you (yay!) However you need to download and print Part 1 of the "Secret Life of Germs" questions.
    1) Reading Log and section assessment questions for 14.1 and 14.2 due Tuesday
    2) Reading Log and section assessment questions for 14.3 and Reviewing Content questions #1-10 on page 363 due Wednesday
  • TEST THIS FRIDAY! on Protein Synthesis, Meiosis, Genetic Inheritance, and Mutations

Friday, April 25, 2014 
  • Meiosis Lecture
  • Make gametes for paper bag project
  • HW 
    1) Reading Log and section assessment questions for 14.1 and 14.2 due Tuesday
    2) Reading Log and section assessment questions for 14.3 and Reviewing Content questions #1-10 on page 363 due Wednesday

Thursday, April 24, 2014 
  • Discuss genetics practice problems on PPT slides
  • Lecture on the human reproductive system
  • HW 
    1) Finish practice problems on PPT slides if you did not do so in class
    2) Reading Log for 11.2 - 11.5; the Section Assessment questions on pages 269 (#1-5), 274 (#1-5), 278 (#1-5), 280 (#1-4); and the Reviewing Content questions on page 283 (#1-10) due Friday, April 25. Please note that I have changed the due date for this assignment. 

Wednesday, April 23, 2014 
  • Finish genotype/phenotype and chromosomes for paperbag project
  • Read the second section in "The Secret Life of Germs" and answer the five questions
  1. Why do we need germs? (List all of the ways germs are useful that are described in this section)
  2. What is the earliest evidence of life on Earth? 
  3. What is the difference between the number of human cells that make up our bodies and the number of germs that live in or on our bodies?
  4. If aliens came to observe Earth, what reasons might lead them to conclude that germs are the dominant life forms?
  5. What are some ways that we might be able to use germs in the future to help humanity?
  • HW 
    1) Finish practice problems on PPT slides if you did not do so in class
    2) Reading Log for 11.2 - 11.5; the Section Assessment questions on pages 269 (#1-5), 274 (#1-5), 278 (#1-5), 280 (#1-4); and the Reviewing Content questions on page 283 (#1-10) due Friday, April 25. Please note that I have changed the due date for this assignment. 

Tuesday, April 22, 2014 
  • Turn in Enrichment and work on warmup worksheet (human traits)
  • Lecture on Genetic Inheritance
  • Work on practice problems on PPT slides 
  • HW 
    1) Finish practice problems on PPT slides if you did not do so in class
    2) Reading Log for 11.2 - 11.5; the Section Assessment questions on pages 269 (#1-5), 274 (#1-5), 278 (#1-5), 280 (#1-4); and the Reviewing Content questions on page 283 (#1-10) due Friday, April 25. Please note that I have changed the due date for this assignment. 

April 14-21: Spring Break!

Friday, April 11, 2014 
  • Collect Grade Check & stamp HW
  • QUIZ and then grade quiz
  • Work on Paper Bag Project 
  • HW (in case you want to get ahead over break)
    1) Next Enrichment check will be Tuesday, April 22. You will turn in any new enrichment on this date. You should have at least 25 points done.
    2) Reading Log for 11.2 - 11.5; the Section Assessment questions on pages 269 (#1-5), 274 (#1-5), 278 (#1-5), 280 (#1-4); and the Reviewing Content questions on page 283 (#1-10) due Friday, April 25. Please note that I have changed the due date for this assignment. 

Thursday, April 10, 2014 
  • Grade Check
  • Finish discussion of protein synthesis
  • Discuss HW worksheet
  • HW: 
    1) Bring back signed grade check
    2) Study for Quiz tomorrow on 12.3, 12.4 and 11.1, including the protein synthesis lecture slides
    3) Reading Log for 11.1 and section assessment questions #1-5 on pg 266 due this Friday.
    4) Next Enrichment check will be Tuesday, April 22. You will turn in any new enrichment on this date. You should have at least 25 points done.
    5) Reading Log for 11.2 - 11.5; the Section Assessment questions on pages 269 (#1-5), 274 (#1-5), 278 (#1-5), 280 (#1-4); and the Reviewing Content questions on page 283 (#1-10) due Friday, April 25. Please note that I have changed the due date for this assignment. 

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 
  • Lecture: Protein Synthesis
  • Fill in phenotypes for paper bag animals
  • QUIZ Friday on 12.3, 12.4, and 11.1 plus the Protein Synthesis lecture notes
  • HW: 
    1) Complete Protein Synthesis WS due tomorrow.
    2) Reading Log for 11.1 and section assessment questions #1-5 on pg 266 due this Friday.

Tuesday, April 8, 2014 
  • Check HW (RL for 12.3 and 12.4) and collect Gattaca essays
  • Lecture: Protein Synthesis
  • Hand out paper bags and assigned gender of paperbag animals
  • HW:
    1) Complete your paper bag animal using the following guidelines:
        a. Eye shape: slit or oval
        b. Eye color: brown, blue, green or yellow (both eyes must be the same color)
        c. Eye lashes: has them or does not have them
        d. Nose shape: triangle or circle
        e. Hair color: black, brown, or yellow
        f. Ear shape: round or pointed
        g. Males only: decide whether or not to give it a tail (females cannot have tails)
        h. Fill in the rest of your animals details using your imagination - be creative!
        i.  Give your animal a name
    2) Complete Protein Synthesis WS due Thursday.
    3) Reading Log for 11.1 and section assessment questions #1-5 on pg 266 due this Friday.

Monday, April 7, 2014 - SUBSTITUTE
  • Protein Synthesis discussion, movies, and questions with the sub (click here for the PPT presentation)
  • Work on homework if time at the end of the period
  • HW:
    1) Reading log on Chapter 12 section 4 (12.4) due tomorrow
    Note: Ms. Majda will collect Gattaca essays and stamp the 12.3 Reading Log that was due today when she returns.

Friday, April 4, 2014 
  • Quiz on 40.1 and the Human Illness Graphic Organizer
  • Finished discussing the "Secret Life of Germs" questions
  • Discussed test, enrichment and other end-of-quarter announcements
  • HW:
    1) Gattaca essay due Monday (see instructions below)
    2) Reading log on Chapter 12 section 3 (12.3) due Monday
  • Don't forget that there are several great enrichment opportunities this weekend! Be sure to visit the home page for a list of upcoming special Enrichment Events! They are posted about half way down.

Thursday, April 3, 2014 
  • Read part 1 of Secret Life of Germs and answered the discussion questions
  1. Infectious diseases are the number one killer world wide and have been for most of human history. What was probably the number one killer before
  2. them, when humans were first evolving?
  3. What are the top three killers in developed country? Why is there this difference in primary causes of death between developed and undeveloped countries?
  4. What contributions did Girolamo Fracastoro make to medical science? 
  5. What human behaviors prevent populations from being isolated from one another? How do these influence infectious diseases?
  6. When should people wash their hands? Why do you think they don’t do it?
  • Discussed the first part of the discussion questions
  • HW: 
    1) Reading Log on Chapter 40 section 1 (40.1) due Friday (there will be a quiz Friday on this section and the human illness graphic organizer)
    2) Gattaca Essay due MONDAY - Discuss the legal and ethical issues that are raised in the movie Gattaca and propose a set of laws you feel would help prevent this type of future from becoming a reality.
    - essay should have a thesis, and introductory paragraph, at least three supporting paragraphs, and a conclusion
    - should be at least one full page, TYPED, 10pt font, single spaced, 1 inch margins
    - don't forget name, date, period, class, and TITLE

Wednesday, April 2, 2014  
  • Copy Human Illness Graphic Organizer into journal
  • Discuss Causes of Human Illness and watched the following videos:
    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--bZUeb83uU
    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFNWGCx_Eu4
    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEpTTolebqo
  • HW: 
    1) Reading Log on Chapter 40 section 1 (40.1) due Friday (there will be a quiz Friday on this section and the human illness graphic organizer)
    2) Gattaca Essay due MONDAY - Discuss the legal and ethical issues that are raised in the movie Gattaca and propose a set of laws you feel would help prevent this type of future from becoming a reality.
    - essay should have a thesis, and introductory paragraph, at least three supporting paragraphs, and a conclusion
    - should be at least one full page, TYPED, 10pt font, single spaced, 1 inch margins
    - don't forget name, date, period, class, and TITLE

Tuesday, April 1, 2014  
  • Test
  • HW: 
    1) Work on Enrichment
    2) Work on Gattaca essay due next Monday: Discuss the legal and ethical issues that are raised in the movie Gattaca and propose a set of laws you feel would help prevent this type of future from becoming a reality.
    - essay should have a thesis, and introductory paragraph, at least three supporting paragraphs, and a conclusion
    - should be at least one full page, TYPED, 10pt font, single spaced, 1 inch margins
    - don't forget name, date, period, class, and TITLE
  • Also, If you have any late/makeup work to turn in, last day to turn it in is TOMORROW.
  • IMPORTANT: Many students did not do great on their Amgen Lab write up. Therefore, students who earned less than 80% on the lab will be allowed to use the Gattaca Movie Essay to help boost their lab grade. Those who earned better than an 80% on the lab can use the points towards enrichment. Students have three choices for watching the movie:
    1) Attend at lunch on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday - you must arrive during the first five minutes of lunch to get credit for attending so you may want to bring your lunch to school if you choose this option. The door will be locked and the move started at the five minute mark.
    2) Watch the entire movie after school on Thursday followed by a 15 minute discussion.
    3) Watch the movie at home - it is available on Netflix. If you choose this option, you must take notes and have your parents sign them verifying that you watched it at home. Also, you must attend the movie discussion at lunch on Friday.

Monday, March 31, 2014  
  • Review for Test (Practice Test #2)
  • HW: STUDY FOR TEST! TEST TOMORROW!
  • Also, If you have any late/makeup work to turn in, last day to turn it in is Wednesday.
  • IMPORTANT: Many students did not do great on their Amgen Lab write up. Therefore, students who earned less than 80% on the lab will be allowed to use the Gattaca Movie Essay to help boost their lab grade. Those who earned better than an 80% on the lab can use the points towards enrichment. Instructions for the Gattaca Movie Essay are posted on the whiteboard in class and will be posted here tomorrow. Students have three choices for watching the movie:
    1) Attend at lunch on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday - you must arrive during the first five minutes of lunch to get credit for attending so you may want to bring your lunch to school if you choose this option. The door will be locked and the move started at the five minute mark.
    2) Watch the entire movie after school on Thursday followed by a 15 minute discussion.
    3) Watch the movie at home - it is available on Netflix. If you choose this option, you must take notes and have your parents sign them verifying that you watched it at home. Also, you must attend the movie discussion at lunch on Friday. 

Friday, March 28, 2014  
  • Environmental Education presentation in the PAC
  • HW: STUDY FOR TEST!
    If you have any late/makeup work to turn in, last day to turn it in is next Wednesday.

Thursday, March 27, 2014  
  • Discuss answers to the practice test.
  • HW: STUDY FOR TEST!
    If you have any late/makeup work to turn in, last day to turn it in is next Wednesday.

Wednesday, March 26, 2014  
  • Reviewed for test - note that the test date was moved to next Tuesday since some fine student got into the file and messed up the practice test thereby preventing several students from getting full advantage of it. As a result, we will not be watching GATTACA in class. Students will be given an opportunity to watch the movie at lunch or after school next week, or to complete an alternate assignment.
  • HW: 
    1) STUDY FOR TEST!
    2) Complete the online practice test (for those that were unable to do so last night). Be sure to submit it so that I can see you did it. Also, bring a print out of your answers to class (or you can hand write them out). We will go over them in class tomorrow.
    3) Complete the Chapter 13 Review Worksheets if you have not already done so. You can print them and fill them out or you can write out the answers on a separate sheet of paper. Some questions on the test will come from these practice worksheets
  • TEST moved to TUESDAY 
  • Last day for test corrections from the last test is this Friday

Tuesday, March 25, 2014  
  • Finish Biotechnology Lecture (cloning and stem cells)
  • HW: 
    1) Complete the Chapter 13 Review Worksheets - you can print them and fill them out or you can write out the answers on a separate sheet of paper. DUE WEDNESDAY. Some questions on the test will come from these practice worksheets.
    2) Complete the online practice test and click "submit" - then click the back button so you can either print out the test after you have filled in all of the answers or write out the answers onto a separate sheet of paper. You must click "Submit" though to get credit for the assignment otherwise your results will not be sent to me. We will go over the answers in class tomorrow. Your test will be very similar to the practice test. 
  • TEST THURSDAY (last day for test corrections from the last test is this Friday)

Monday, March 24, 2014  
  • Check Flashcards
  • Lecture: Biotechnology 
  • HW: Complete the Chapter 13 Review Worksheets (click here) - you can print them and fill them out or you can write out the answers on a separate sheet of paper. DUE WEDNESDAY. Some questions on the test will come from these practice worksheets.
  • TEST THURSDAY (last day for test corrections from the last test is this Friday)

Friday, March 21, 2014  
  • Movie Quiz
  • Lecture: Biotechnology 
  • HW: 
    1) Complete a flashcard for each of the following technologies (due next MONDAY): selective breeding vs. hybridization, DNA extraction, Cutting DNA, Connecting (pasting together) DNA, Cell Transformation, Genetically Modified Organisms, Gene Therapy, PCR, Gel Electrophoresis, DNA fingerprinting, sequencing DNA, cloning, stem cell technology, human genome project
    2) Complete the Chapter 13 Review Worksheets (click here) - you can print them and fill them out or you can write out the answers on a separate sheet of paper. DUE TUESDAY

Thursday, March 20, 2014  
  • Movie: Cracking the Code of Life - If you missed part of the movie because you were absent, you can watch it online (click here). Be sure to take notes. There will be a movie QUIZ on Thursday and you may use your notes. 
  • HW:
    1) Complete a flashcard for each of the following technologies (due next MONDAY): selective breeding vs. hybridization, DNA extraction, Cutting DNA, Connecting (pasting together) DNA, Cell Transformation, Genetically Modified Organisms, Gene Therapy, PCR, Gel Electrophoresis, DNA fingerprinting, sequencing DNA, cloning, stem cell technology, human genome project

Wednesday, March 19, 2014  - SUBSTITUTE
  • Movie: Cracking the Code of Life - If you missed part of the movie because you were absent, you can watch it online (click here). Be sure to take notes. There will be a movie QUIZ on Thursday and you may use your notes. 
  • HW:
    1) Click here to download the DNA Fingerprinting Activity worksheet. The front side is required, the DNA Sequencing on the back side is extra credit. The worksheet is DUE TOMORROW.
    2) Complete a flashcard for each of the following technologies (due next MONDAY): selective breeding vs. hybridization, DNA extraction, Cutting DNA, Connecting (pasting together) DNA, Cell Transformation, Genetically Modified Organisms, Gene Therapy, PCR, Gel Electrophoresis, DNA fingerprinting, sequencing DNA, cloning, stem cell technology, human genome project

Tuesday, March 18, 2014  
  • Movie: Cracking the Code of Life - If you missed part of the movie because you were absent, you can watch it online (click here). Be sure to take notes. There will be a movie QUIZ on Thursday and you may use your notes. 
  • HW:
    1) Click here to download the DNA Fingerprinting Activity worksheet. The front side is required, the DNA Sequencing on the back side is extra credit. The worksheet is DUE TOMORROW.
    2) Complete a flashcard for each of the following technologies (due next MONDAY): selective breeding vs. hybridization, DNA extraction, Cutting DNA, Connecting (pasting together) DNA, Cell Transformation, Genetically Modified Organisms, Gene Therapy, PCR, Gel Electrophoresis, DNA fingerprinting, sequencing DNA, cloning, stem cell technology, human genome project

Monday, March 17, 2014  
  • Warmup: 
    1) What is recombinant DNA? How is it made?
    2) What is cell transformation?
    3) What is the difference between selective breeding and hybridization as defined in our class notes?
  • Lecture: Biotechnology
  • HW:
    1) Article summary - choose one of the following two articles to summarize and turn in TOMORROW. You can do the other for Enrichment Credit if you'd like. (Be sure to include all of the parts of a good article summary - if you are not sure what they are, look at the article summary instructions posted on the Enrichment page)
    - A DNA Sequencing Breakthrough That Many Expectant Moms Will Want
    - Making poisonous plants and seeds safe and palatable: Canola now, cannabis next?
    2) Click here to download the DNA Fingerprinting Activity worksheet. The front side is required, the DNA Sequencing on the back side is extra credit. The worksheet is DUE THURSDAY.

Friday, March 14, 2014  
  • Warmup: Why are restriction enzymes that make sticky ends used to make recombinant DNA while restriction enzymes that make blunt ends are used for DNA fingerprinting?
  • Lecture: Biotechnology
  • HW: Lab Report due due Monday (due date changed). The guidelines are below or you can click here to download them. Here is a copy of the lab report guidelines as a PDF. However, I recommend you use the guidelines posted below under the March 7th agenda as these are a little easier to follow since the document here has some honors stuff mixed in. Use the lab guide to help you and make sure your report is TYPED. Here is a copy of the lab report guidelines as a PDF.

Thursday, March 13, 2014  
  • Warmup: Do you feel foods that come from genetically modified organisms (GMO's) should be banned in the United States?
  • Lecture: Biotechnology
  • HW: Lab Report due due Monday (due date changed). The guidelines are below or you can click here to download them. Use the lab guide to help you and make sure your report is TYPED. 

Wednesday, March 12, 2014  
  • Lecture: Biotechnology
  • HW: 
    1) Lab Report due due Monday (due date changed). The guidelines are below or you can click here to download them. Use the lab guide to help you and make sure your report is TYPED. 

Tuesday, March 11, 2014  
  • Warmup: Article on Swimsuit Technology
  • Lecture: Biotechnology
  • HW: 
    1) Reading Log for 13.3 and 13.4 due Wednesday. Be sure to do a separate graphic organizer for each technology (like a mini-study guide).
    2) Lab Report due due Monday (due date changed). The guidelines are below or you can click here to download them. Use the lab guide to help you and make sure your report is TYPED. 

Monday, March 10, 2014  
  • Finish Plasmid Activity
  • HW: 
    1) Reading Log for 13.3 and 13.4 due Wednesday. Be sure to do a separate graphic organizer for each technology (like a mini-study guide).
    2) Lab Report due due Friday. The guidelines are below or you can click here to download them. Use the lab guide to help you and make sure your report is TYPED. 

Friday, March 7, 2014  
  • Dr. Malhotra presents on science electives available at TOHS
  • Discuss Amgen Lab 1.2 and Lab Reports - CLICK HERE FOR THE IMAGES OF YOUR GELS THAT YOU RAN
  • HW
    1) Reading Log for 13.3 and 13.4 due Wednesday, March 12. Be sure to do a separate graphic organizer for each technology (like a mini-study guide).
    2) Lab Report for Amgen Labs due Friday, March 14. Use the lab guide to help you. Your lab write up must be typed and demonstrate your understanding of all of the information presented in the Introduction and Lab 1 sections of the Amgen labs guide. Your write up MUST include the following:
    - Header (title, your name, date, your class period)
    - Introduction
        a) one paragraph explaining what biotechnology is and why it is important
  •     b) one paragraph explaining gene cloning and how it is used to treat disease
        c) one or two paragraphs on diabetes that summarizes your answers to #7-16 of the pre-lab questions for the Introduction section
        d) at least one diagram showing the process of using genetic engineering to make human proteins
    - Lab 1.1: How to Use a Micropipette
        a) one paragraph explaining what a micropipette is and why/how they are useful to researchers (answer 
        b) one or two paragraphs explaining how to use a micropipette (be sure to include all of the "Lab Techniques" from the section)
        c) a graphic that helps to explain how to set the pipette to the correct measurement
    - Lab 1.2: Gel Electrophoresis
        a) At least two paragraphs explaining what gel electrophoresis is, how it works, and how to do it. Be sure to include all of the "Lab Techniques" from the section and that your explanation includes the answers to questions #1-9 of the pre-lab for 1.2. Use illustrations to help your explanation.
    - Conclusion
        a) One or two paragraphs that includes the answers to the four post-lab questions on page 32. 
            If you want, you can just write the answers in a numbered list format and then write one paragraph summarizing what you learned.

Thursday, March 6, 2014  
  • Amgen Lab 1.2
  • HW
  • 1) Post Lab questions for Labs 1.1 and 1.2 due tomorrow. The post-lab questions can be found at the end of the procedure for Lab 1.2 on page 32 of the lab guide.
    2) Reading Log for 13.3 and 13.4 due Wednesday. Be sure to do a separate graphic organizer for each technology (like a mini-study guide).
    3) Lab Report for Amgen Labs due Friday, March 14th

Wednesday, March 5, 2014  
  • Check and Discuss Prelab for 1.1
  • Amgen Lab 1.1
  • HW
    1) Prelab questions for Lab 1.2 of the Amgen Labs - DUE THURSDAY (click here for the PDF).
    2) Post-Lab questions for Labs 1.1 and 1.2 due Friday. The post-lab questions can be found at the end of the procedure for Lab 1.2 on page 32 of the lab guide.
    3) Reading Log for 13.3 and 13.4 due Wednesday. Be sure to do a separate graphic organizer for each technology (like a mini-study guide).
    4) Lab Report for Amgen Labs due Friday, March 14th

Tuesday, March 4, 2014  
  • Warmup: Copy Chapter 13 Graphic Organizer off of board
  • Plasmid Activity
    1) Add graphic organizers to Reading Log 13.2 for each technology discussed in this section (five total) - due Tomorrow)
    2) Prelab questions for Lab 1.1 of the Amgen Labs - DUE Tomorrow (click here for the PDF). If you don't have this done, you won't get to do the lab!
    3) Prelab questions for Lab 1.2 of the Amgen Labs - DUE THURSDAY (click here for the PDF).

Monday, March 3, 2014  
  • Warmup: Test Survey
  • Discuss 13.2
    1) Reading Log for 13.2 - DUE TUESDAY (don't forget, your reading log should include pre-reading questions, vocabulary flashcards, main ideas from each paragraph, and one or more graphic organizers connecting the main ideas)
    2) Prelab questions for Lab 1.1 of the Amgen Labs - DUE WEDNESDAY (click here for the PDF).
    3) Prelab questions for Lab 1.2 of the Amgen Labs - DUE THURSDAY (click here for the PDF).

Friday, February 28, 2014  
  • Discuss Amgen Labs, Genetic Engineering and Diabetes (Click here to download a copy of the Amgen Lab Overview)
  • HW: 
    1) Over the next week we will be studying biotechnology and doing a lab in which we use sophisticated equipment to separate proteins by their size using the technique of gel electrophoresis. Click here to download the Amgen Prelab questions (click here for the PDF). Answer the Introduction questions for the Amgen Labs - DUE MONDAY. 
    2) Reading Log for 13.2 - DUE TUESDAY (don't forget, your reading log should include pre-reading questions, vocabulary flashcards, main ideas from each paragraph, and one or more graphic organizers connecting the main ideas)
    3) Prelab questions for Lab 1.1 of the Amgen Labs - DUE WEDNESDAY (click here for the PDF).
    4) Prelab questions for Lab 1.2 of the Amgen Labs - DUE THURSDAY (click here for the PDF).

Thursday, February 27, 2014  
  • TEST
  • HW: 
    1) Over the next week we will be studying biotechnology and doing a lab in which we use sophisticated equipment to separate proteins by their size using the technique of gel electrophoresis. Click here to download the Amgen Prelab questions. Answer the Introduction questions for the Amgen Labs - DUE MONDAY. 
    2) Reading Log for 13.2 - DUE TUESDAY (don't forget, your reading log should include pre-reading questions, vocabulary flashcards, main ideas from each paragraph, and one or more graphic organizers connecting the main ideas)
    3) Prelab questions for Lab 1.1 of the Amgen Labs - DUE WEDNESDAY. 

Wednesday, February 26, 2014  
  • DNA Pop bead activity
  • Test Review Questions
  • HW:
    1) TEST TOMORROW on chapter 10 (all) and 12.2 (only section 2 of chapter 12). Click here for a list of things to study for the test! Make your own study guide for the test and study! Click here for the test review questions we practiced in class.
    2) Prepare your binder to turn in tomorrow using the self-assessment handout as a guide or click here for the TOC. Also be sure to include any Enrichment evidence in the enrichment section of your binder. You should have at least 12 points by Friday (half way through third quarter). 

Tuesday, February 25, 2014  
  • Finish any lecture notes and then do DNA replication activity if time
  • HW:
    1) TEST THURSDAY on chapter 10 (all) and 12.2 (only section 2 of chapter 12). Click here for a list of things to study for the test! Make your own study guide for the test and study! 
    2) Prepare your binder to turn in on Thursday using the self-assessment handout as a guide or click here for the TOC. Also be sure to include any Enrichment evidence in the enrichment section of your binder. You should have at least 12 points by Friday (half way through third quarter). 

Monday, February 24, 2014  
  • Warmup: Write out the steps of DNA replication in the correct order
  • Discuss and Peer-grade Homework
  • Reading Log and Section Questions Self-Assessment 
  • HW:
    1) TEST THURSDAY on chapter 10 (all) and 12.2 (only section 2 of chapter 12). Make your own study guide for the test and study! 
    2) Prepare your binder to turn in on Thursday using the self-assessment handout as a guide or click here for the TOC. Also be sure to include any Enrichment evidence in the enrichment section of your binder. You should have at least 12 points by Friday (half way through third quarter). 

Friday, February 21, 2014  
  • Warmup:
    1) If you have a DNA sample that contains 50 base pairs, and 23% are cytosine, how many of each base does the sample contain?
    2) What does the DNA in a cell "look like" at each step in the cell cycle? (Recall that there are three steps in interphase and four steps in mitosis)
    3) What is nondisjunction? How does it affect each daughter cell?
  • Lecture: Mitosis and DNA Replication (CP version)
  • Discuss DNA replication online assignment 
  • HW: 
    1) Chapter 10 Chapter Assessment Questions #1-25 on page 257
    2) TEST THURSDAY! Start working on a Study Guide (chapter 10 all and 12.2) and study! Click here for a summary of what will be on the honors test and some practice questions - use this until I can get one up for the CP test.
    2) Prepare your binder to turn in on Tuesday. Click here for the TOC (click here if you need a PDF version). Also be sure to include any Enrichment evidence in the enrichment section of your binder. You should have at least 12 points by Friday (half way through third quarter).

Thursday, February 20, 2014  
Wednesday, February 19, 2014  
  • Warmup: 
    1) What is the difference between chromatin and chromosomes?
    2) What is the role of the centromere? (What would happen without it?)
    3) What is the difference between a chromatid and a chromosome? 
    4) What elements must happen in order for two sister chromatids to separate from one another and move to opposite sides of the cells? (What happens at the centromere? What happens to the centromere? What is the role of the mitotic spindle?)
  • Discuss mitosis puzzle/worksheet (add color to these and use the wording to update your flashcards with any additional info)
  • Discuss practice test (remember, study the concepts being tested don't just memorize the answers to the questions because the test questions will be different)
  • Lecture: Mitosis and DNA Replication (CP version)
  • HW: DNA Replication Online Assignment (click here for PDF version)

Tuesday, February 18, 2014  (Substitute Teacher)
  • Mitosis Puzzle Cards and Worksheet
  • HW: Reading Log for the second section of 12.2 "DNA Replication" (including vocabulary flashcards) plus the last Section Assessment question and the Thinking Visually Venn diagram on page 299 due Wednesday, February 19

Thursday, February 13, 2014  
  • Period 5 and 6 take DNA Extraction Lab Quiz and DNA/Mitosis Practice Test (CP version) 
  • All periods discuss practice test
  • Finish Chromosome Lecture and start mitosis and DNA replication lecture (CP version)
  • HW: Reading Log for the second section of 12.2 "DNA Replication" (including vocabulary flashcards) plus the last Section Assessment question and the Thinking Visually Venn diagram on page 299 due Wednesday, February 19
       Study! Study! Study! Test coming up on Chapter 10!

Wednesday, February 12, 2014  
  • Discuss the answers to the  Mitosis Virtual Lab
  • Chromosome Lecture (CP version)
  • DNA Extraction Lab Quiz and DNA/Mitosis Practice Test (CP version) if time - we had time in per 7 only, will do tomorrow in per 5 and 6
  • HW: 
    1) Reading Log for the first section of 12.2 "DNA and Chromosomes" (including vocabulary flashcards) plus the first five Section Assessment questions on page 299 due Thursday February 13
    2) Reading Log for the second section of 12.2 "DNA Replication" (including vocabulary flashcards) plus the last Section Assessment question and the Thinking Visually Venn diagram on page 299 due Wednesday, February 18

Tuesday, February 11, 2014  
  • Warm up:
    1) If you have a DNA sample that is 1000 base pairs long and 20% is cytosine, then how many of each nucleotide does the sample contain?
    2) If you have a DNA sample that is 500,000 base pairs and 60% is adenine and thymine, then how many of each nucleotide does the sample contain?
  • Discuss warmup and answers to the DNA Extraction Lab
  • HW: 
    1) Study Chapter 10 - especially the parts you missed on the practice test
    2) Review chapter 12.1 (we did a reading log on it in Sem 1)
    3) Reading Log for the first section of 12.2 "DNA and Chromosomes" (including vocabulary flashcards) plus the first five Section Assessment questions on page 299 due Thursday February 13
    4) Reading Log for the second section of 12.2 "DNA Replication" (including vocabulary flashcards) plus the last Section Assessment question and the Thinking Visually Venn diagram on page 299 due Wednesday, February 18

Monday, February 10, 2014  
  • DNA Extraction Lab - click Here to download the lab if you need to finish answering the lab questions 
  • HW: 
    1) Finish the lab questions  from today if you did not finish in class - due tomorrow (quiz tomorrow)
    2) Mitosis Virtual Lab (come at lunch if you need help with this) - question #12 got cut off, it should read "If this entire cell cycle is 24 hours, how many hours does a cell spend in interphase?" - Due tomorrow
    3) If you were absent Friday, finish the assignment you were working on with the sub: Review the information at http://www.cellsalive.com/mitosis.htm and then write out the answers in complete sentences to the three questions in the first section on this web page:  http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/mitosis.html - due tomorrow

Friday, February 6, 2014   - Ms. Majda Out Sick, Sub Day
  • Warmup questions
    1) What is the complementary sequence for the following DNA sequence:  GTA
    2) What is the sequence for the complementary RNA to the sequence above?
    3) If you have a sample of DNA that is 500 base pairs long and 25% are adenines, how many of each nucleotide are there in the sample?
    4) If you have a sample of DNA that is 1000 base pairs long and 10% are guanine, how many of each nucleotide are there in the sample?
  • Watch this video together as a class and study each step of mitosis:  http://www.johnkyrk.com/mitosis.html
    Then work with the substitute to do the online questions for mitosis from http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/mitosis.html#.UvT8ANJdV7s. 
    Answers should be written in complete sentences. 
  • HW: 
    1) Review the information at http://www.cellsalive.com/mitosis.htm and then take the online quiz at http://www.biologycorner.com/quiz/qz_mitosis.html. Write out the answers in complete sentences. Then check your answers and rewrite any answers in a different colored pen under any answers you got incorrect. So for example, if you answered, "the first step of mitosis is anaphase," then after you checked your answers and realized this was wrong and the right answer is prophase, you would write in a different colored pen under your original answer, "the first step of mitosis is prophase." - DUE MONDAY
    2) Mitosis Virtual Lab (come at lunch if you need help with this) - question #12 got cut off, it should read "If this entire cell cycle is 24 hours, how many hours does a cell spend in interphase?" - DUE TUESDAY

Thursday, February 6, 2014   
  • Remove sample work from journal  
  • Discuss HW answers
  • Continue chromosome lecture
  • HW: 
    1) Finish flashcards due tomorrow (see the full instructions under last Monday's agenda)
    2) Mitosis Virtual Lab (come at lunch if you need help with this) - question #12 got cut off, it should read "If this entire cell cycle is 24 hours, how many hours does a cell spend in interphase?" - DUE TUESDAY

Wednesday, February 5, 2014   
  • Turn in DNA model
  • DNA worksheet 
  • HW: 
    1) Finish the DNA worksheet 
    2) Six Section Assessment Questions on pg 249 due tomorrow!
    3) Flash cards due Friday

Tuesday, February 4, 2014   
  • Prepare journal to turn in.
  • Discuss and complete Egg Diffusion Lab Questions
  • Turn in journal
  • HW: Finish assignments listed yesterday (see below). DNA Model due tomorrow!

Monday, February 3, 2014   
  • Warmup: Work with your partner and the nucleotide pieces to answer the following questions each in your own journal:
    1) Draw the four nucleotides that make up DNA.
    2) Draw the four nucleotides that make up RNA.
    3) How do the DNA nucleotides differ from the RNA nucleotides?
    4) DNA is made of two strands of nucleotides that "complement" one another. What parts of the nucleotides make up the "DNA backbone" of each strand?
    5) The two strands of DNA molecules are held together by hydrogen bonds between the nitrogenous bases. If one strand has the following sequence of bases, what would be the sequence of the complementary strand:    AGTCGT
  • DNA Lecture slides + discuss the DNA Model Project
  • Homework: (this is your homework for the whole week so budget your time accordingly)
    1) Egg Dye Diffusion Lab (all sections completed including the pre and post questions) due tomorrow with journal(s). Be sure to bring ALL of your journals you have completed this year. Here is the PDF version of the lab for those who cannot view Word documents.
    2) DNA Model due Wednesday  (see last Friday's agenda for instructions and helpful links) - Here is the PDF version of  the instructions for those who cannot view PowerPoints
    3) Six Section Assessment Questions on pg 249 due Thursday
    4) Flashcards for the following (due Friday)
        - DNA structure (at least three flashcards: 
              1) basic structure of a nucleotide  2) basic structure of a DNA double helix  3) complementary base pairing
        - The four parts of the cell cycle from pg 245 - one flashcard each: 1) G1 phase  2) S phase  3) G2 phase  4) Mitosis overview
        - Interphase and the five steps of Mitosis from the large diagram on pgs 246-247  
           (copy each diagram on one side of a flashcard and the name of that phase and description on the other side of the flashcard)

Friday, January 31, 2014   
Thursday, January 30, 2014   
  • Copy the prelab into your journal and then answer the pre-lab questions
  • Work on your homework while Ms. Majda conducts one-on-one conferences with each student
  • HW: 
    1) Reading log for chapter 10 - due Friday
    2) Journal due MONDAY with all work from semester 1 - Click here for the table of contents (note I changed the due date)
    3) Pre-lab copied into journal and all questions answered 

Wednesday, January 29, 2014   
  • Work on your homework while Ms. Majda conducts one-on-one conferences with each student
  • HW: 
    1) Reading log for chapter 10 - due Friday
    2) Journal due Friday with all work from semester 1

Tuesday, January 28, 2014   
  • Complete the course survey for first semester
  • Copy the new Reading Log instructions into your journal 
  • Work on your homework while Ms. Majda conducts one-on-one conferences with each student
  • HW: 
    1) Reading log for chapter 10 - due Friday
    2) Journal due Friday with all work from semester 1





FIRST SEMESTER



Tuesday, January 21 - Friday, Jan 24, 2014   
  • FINAL EXAMS - PER 7 on WED, PER 6 on THU, PER 5 on FRI. Study for the final exam! Use the Final Exam Review Sheet to get started. Make sure you have flash cards and/or study guides that cover all of the material on the review sheet

Monday, January 20, 2014   
  • Holiday - no school

Friday, January 17, 2014   
  • Finish lecture on cell control and communication
  • HW:  Study for the final exam! Use the Final Exam Review Sheet to get started. Make sure you have flash cards and/or study guides that cover all of the material on the review sheet!

Thursday, January 16, 2014   
  • Warmup: Final Exam Review Questions on Enzymes
  • Lecture: cell control and communication
  • HW:  Study for the final exam! Use the Final Exam Review Sheet to get started. Make sure you have flash cards and/or study guides that cover all of the material on the review sheet!

Wednesday, January 15, 2014   
  • Warmup: Check test four and make sure your grade is accurate
  • Lecture: cell control and communication
  • HW:  Study for the final exam! Use the Final Exam Review Sheet to get started. Make sure you have flash cards and/or study guides that cover all of the material on the review sheet!

Tuesday, January 14, 2014   
  • Warmup
    1) What is the main ingredient in the cell membrane? What properties cause it to form a double layer?
    2) Where does gas exchange occur in the body? (there are two places)
    3) What are three types of molecules we have studied in class that contain phosphate groups in their structure?
    4) Put the following in order of where digestion occurs: stomach, mouth, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, esophagus
    5) Where does chemical digestion of proteins begin? Of starches? Of lipids?
  • Discuss warmup and HW
  • Start lecture on cell control and communication
  • HW:  
    1) Due Wednesday: Reading log for 38.3 and the five assessment questions on page 989.
    2) Study for the final exam! Use the Final Exam Review Sheet to get started. Make sure you have flash cards and/or study guides that cover all of the material on the review sheet!

Monday, January 13, 2014   
  • Warmup
    1) Create a Venn Diagram comparing photosynthesis and cellular respiration
    2) Which of the following compounds have ionic bonds and which have covalent bonds: CO2, LiF, MgCl2, PO4
  • Discuss HW and warmup
  • Review for final exam
  • HW: 
    1) Due Tuesday: Reading log for 37.3 and the five assessment questions on page 953.
    2) Due Wednesday: Reading log for 38.3 and the five assessment questions on page 989.

Friday, January 10, 2014   
  • Warmup/Class work: Review Questions for Final Exam
    The first step of photosynthesis is the Light Dependent Reactions. A general formula for this is:
    H2O + ADP + P + NADP + H --> H + O2 + ATP + NADPH
    What is the second step of photosynthesis? Write an equation that shows what goes in and what comes out like the one above.
    What are the five steps of aerobic cellular respiration, starting with glycolysis. Write an equation for each step that shows what goes in and what comes out like the one above. Finally, identify where each step of photosynthesis and cellular respiration occur in the mitochondria and chloroplasts.
  • Turn in Binders
  • HW: 
    1) Due Monday: Re-read section 7.3 and review your reading log (or complete it if you have not). Then answer the Section Assessment questions on page 189. Read 37.1 and 37.2 and answer all of the section assessment questions on pages 950 and 955.
    2) Due Tuesday: Reading log for 37.3 and the five assessment questions on page 953.
    3) Due Wednesday: Reading log for 38.3 and the five assessment questions on page 989.

Thursday, January 9, 2014   
  • Warmup: Review Questions for Final Exam
    1) How many protons, electrons and valence electrons does H+ have?
    2) What is the chemical symbol for the ion that has 35 protons and 36 electrons?
    3) How many kinds of atoms are represented in the equation 2H2 + )2 -> 2H2O?
    4) What is the pH of water? What is the pH range of acids and bases?
    5) What type of molecules are made of an amino group bonded to a carbon and then a carboxyl group; and have a variable group coming off of the carbon between the amino and the carboxyl?
  • Work on / discuss HW
  • HW: 
    1) Due Friday: Re-read section 7.3 and review your reading log (or complete it if you have not). Then answer the Section Assessment questions on page 189 (note that I erroneously wrote to answer the questions on pages 950 and 955 on the white board, but that is the homework that is due Monday)
    2) Due Friday: Binder with all final Enrichment evidence (click here to download the TOC for your binder)

Wednesday, January 8, 2014   
  • Warmup: Review Questions for Final Exam
    1) What is the formula for cellular respiration?
    2) How many molecules make up the reactants in the formula for cellular respiration?
    3) How many atoms are in a molecule of glucose (hint: for formula for glucose can be found in the equation for cellular respiration)
    4) Where does the energy produced from the breakdown of glucose during cellular respiration go FIRST (as soon as it is produced)? What happens to it after that?
  • Work on / discuss HW
  • HW: 
    1) Finish the assignment that was due today if you have not already done so 
    2) Due Friday: Re-read section 7.3 and review your reading log (or complete it if you have not). Then answer the Section Assessment questions on pages 950 and 955. 
    3) Due Friday: Binder with all final Enrichment evidence (click here to download the TOC for your binder)

Tuesday, January 7, 2014   
  • Warmup: Review Questions for Final Exam
    1) How many protons, electrons, and valence electrons does CA2+ have? What about Mg+?
    2) Which three cell organelles have their own DNA? How did these parts evolve?
    3) Which organelles are involved in manufacture and delivery of proteins? What is the job of each?
    4) Over 96% of living matter is made of just six elements. What are they?
  • Finish correcting and discussing test on photosynthesis and cellular respiration
  • HW: 
    1) Due Wednesday: See yesterday (below) for the handout and list of questions due tomorrow
    2) Due Friday: Re-read section 7.3 and review your reading log (or complete it if you have not). Then answer the Section Assessment questions on pages 950 and 955. 
    3) Due Friday: Binder with all final Enrichment evidence 

Monday, January 6, 2014   
  • Warmup: Review Questions for Final Exam
    1) Draw a Cl- atom. Label the protons, neutrons, and electrons and give the charge of each atomic particle.
    2) How does your metabolism help your body maintain homeostasis?
    3) What is the difference between populations, communities, and ecosystems?
    4) Which three organ systems work together to control voluntary movement like running? What does each system contribute?
  • Correct and Discuss test on photosynthesis and cellular respiration
  • HW: (Due Wednesday, January 8th) 
    Read the handout of the Biochemistry reading selection and answer the following questions using complete sentences (you do not need to copy the question because it should be embedded in your answer):
    1) How is a phospholipid similar to and different from a triglyceride? 
    2) What role do phospholipids and cholesterol play in the body? 
    3) Describe how groups of phospholipids orient themselves as a result of the attractive and repulsive forces between their hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions and their watery surroundings.  
    4) If a protein is just 10 amino acids long (most proteins are several hundred to several thousand amino acids long), how many possible combinations are there for the order of the 10 amino acids if there are 20 different amino acids to choose from?  (1.024x1013)  
    5) Proteins with a quaternary structure do not clump together randomly. What determines how the proteins in a quaternary structure orient themselves with one another? 
    6) The building blocks of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) are nucleotides. What three components make up each nucleotide? 
    7) Ribose is found in RNA and deoxyribose is found in DNA. How do ribose and deoxyribose differ from one another? 
    8) How are the bases cytosine and thymine similar to one another and how do they differ from one another? 
    9)  How are the bases ademine and guanine similar to one another and how do they differ from one another? 
    10) Which base does uracil replace in RNA nucleic acids? How do these two bases differ from one another? 
    11) Which parts of the nucleotides bind to one another via phosphodiester bonds to form the “backbone” of nucleic acids?
    12) What are the three primary differences between DNA and RNA?
    13) In what year did Watson and Crick publish a paper first describing the structure of DNA as a double-stranded, helical structure? 
    14) Which bases pair with one another to form the double strand and what type of bonds hold them together? 
    15) What is meant by the term “complimentary” when describing the strands of a DNA molecule? 
    16) How does the sequence of nucleotides in a gene determine the sequence of amino acids in a corresponding protein? 
    17) DNA forms a double-helix shape because of complementary base pairing between two complementary strands. RNA is single-stranded, however, so what determines the shape(s) of RNA molecules?

Friday, December 20, 2013   
  • Finished test

Thursday, December 19, 2013   
  • Part 1 of Test  (except Per 5 which took both parts of test today)
  • HW: STUDY for part 2 of test. Here is the answer key for the review worksheet. 
  • Bring goodies to share with class if you'd like. We will eat and grade our tests and celebrate the much-needed break!

Wednesday, December 18, 2013   
Tuesday, December 17, 2013   
  • Discuss Chapter Review questions for Chapters 8 and 9.
  • Review for Test on Chapter 8 and 9
  • HW: 
    1) Make flash cards for chapter 8 and chapter 9 (anything that you did not already include in the cards you made on photosynthesis and cellular respiration). Here are questions to help guide you through reviewing the chapters. 
    2) TEST on Chapter 8 and 9 moved to Thursday. STUDY! STUDY! STUDY! Practice all of the steps in each part of photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Here are the slides for chapter 8 (photosynthesis) and Chapter 9 (Cellular Respiration).

Monday, December 16, 2013   
  • Finish Lecture on Cellular Respiration
  • HW: 
    1) Make flash cards for chapter 8 and chapter 9 (anything that you did not already include in the cards you made on photosynthesis and cellular respiration). 
    2) TEST on Chapter 8 and 9 moved to Thursday. STUDY! STUDY! STUDY! Practice all of the steps in each part of photosynthesis and cellular respiration.

Friday, December 13, 2013   
  • Lecture on Cellular Respiration
  • HW: 
    1) Answer the first 15 Chapter 9 Assessment Questions on page 237 and Questions # 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, and 30 on page 238.
    2) Make flash cards for chapter 8 and chapter 9 (anything that you did not already include in the cards you made on photosynthesis and cellular respiration). Here are some questions to help guide you. This is as far as I got on Friday night, I will try to post more on Sunday; but use your textbook and the slides from class.
  • TEST on Chapter 8 and 9 next Wednesday. STUDY!

Thursday, December 12, 2013   
  • Warm Up: "What does it mean 'to study'?" What steps are involved? What is the desired outcome? How do you know what to focus on? 
  • Start Lecture on Cellular Respiration
  • HW: Make up a test on Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration. It must be at least 20 multiple choice questions. Include an answer key. At least some of your questions should include a diagram (for example, you might show an image of a chloroplast and ask where the Calvin Cycle occurs). DUE FRIDAY. Neatness counts! Do it on a separate sheet of paper, NOT IN YOUR JOURNAL.

Wednesday, December 11, 2013   
  • Warm Up:
    1) For each stage of the Calvin Cycle, indicate how many carbon atoms make up each molecule.
    2) At what point in the Calvin Cycle is energy transferred from ATP and then at what point is energy transferred from NADH?
    3) What molecules go into glycolysis and what products come out?
    4) When do cells do lactic acid fermentation (the anaerobic pathway)?
    5) Where do glycolysis, fermentation, the Krebs Cycle, and the electron transport chain of cellular respiration each happen in cells?
    6) Write out the chemical reactions for photosynthesis and aerobic cellular respiration.
  • Look at Movies on Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration. Here is the Photosynthesis Rap we saw in class, and the music vido on the Golgi Bodies.
    Here are some more videos to look at. You can earn Enrichment credit by making your own video. Just post it to YouTube, send me the link, and turn in a copy of your lyrics with a description of how long the project took you to complete. Your video can be about anything we have learned in our biology class, but it must be educational and ACCURATE. 
    - Another Silly Music Video
    - And this one too
    - Bill Nye and the Discovery of Photosynthesis
    - Review of the Light Dependent Reactions
    - Review of Calvin Cycle
    - How Cells Obtain Energy (14:02)
  • HW: Make up a test on Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration. It must be at least 20 multiple choice questions. Include an answer key. At least some of your questions should include a diagram (for example, you might show an image of a chloroplast and ask where the Calvin Cycle occurs). DUE FRIDAY. Neatness counts! Do it on a separate sheet of paper, NOT IN YOUR JOURNAL.

Tuesday, December 10, 2013   
  • Warmup:
    1) Write the following in order of the light dependent reactions of photosynthesis:
    - ATP is synthesized at an ATP Synthase enzyme
    - Water is split up into an oxygen atom, two hydrogen ions, (H+), and two electrons
    - H+ ions are pumped into the thylakoid space as electrons move through the electron transport chain
    - Electrons are excited at Photosystem I
    - Electrons are excited at Photosystem 2
    - NADPH is synthesized from NADP and an H+ ion using two excited electrons
    2) Why is H+ pumped into the thylakoid space?
    3) The reactants that "go into" this process are H2O, ADP, NADP, and phosphate groups (PO4). What four products "come out"? Where does each product go after it is produced?
  • Discuss Warmup
  • Lecture: Calvin Cycle
  • Discuss Flashcards
  •  HW:
    1) Make a flash card for the Calvin Cycle of Photosynthesis
    2) Reading Log for 9.2 due Tomorrow

Monday, December 9, 2013   
  • HW Quiz - can use flashcards to help you
    Here are the answers from today's quiz to help you study for the final exam:
    1)  Proteins are manufactured via dehydration reactions that take place at the ribosomes and then are folded into their final shape in the rough ER. Lipids are manufactured via dehydration reactions in the smooth ER. Polysaccharide synthesis starts in the chloroplasts of plant cells and in the smooth ER of animal cells that do synthesize starches, like the liver cells which synthesize glycogen. Nucleic Acids are synthesized via dehydration reactions in the nucleus during DNA replication just before a cell divides. Also different types of RNA is synthesized in the nucleus as well.
    2) Phospholipids are the main ingredient in cell membranes, so the organelles that are made of cell membrane are the cell's plasma membrane, the golgi apparatus, the rough and smooth ER, the mitochondria, chloroplasts, vacuoles, vesicles, lysosomes, and peroxisomes. Most of the organelles in eukaryotic cells are made of membrane; however, ribosomes, centrioles, the cytoskeleton and cell wall are not. 
    3) Ribosomes are made of a protein-RNA complex.
    4) Mitochondria must have evolved prior to chloroplasts since all eukaryotic cells have mitochondria but only plant cells have chloroplasts. 
    5) Animal cells have centrioles while plant cells do not.
    6) See textbook for a drawing of a chloroplast with the membrane, thylakoids, grana, and stroma labelled.
    7) Cellular Respiration (in which glucose and oxygen undergo a reaction that results in water, carbon dioxide and the release of energy) occurs in the mitochondria.
  • Discuss quiz in groups while Ms. Majda conferences with students regarding grades
  • Discuss quiz answers as a class
  •  HW:
    1) Make a flash card for photosynthesis and a second flashcard for the light dependent reactions of photosynthesis
    2)     Reading Log for 9.1 due Tomorrow
    3) BRING ALL ENRICHMENT EVIDENCE TO CLASS ON TUESDAY TO TURN IN - You should have at least 35 points by now!
    4) Reading Log for 9.2 due Wednesday

Friday, December 6, 2013   
  • Playdough Modeling 
  • Flashcards
  • HW: 
    1) Finish making flashcards. You should have one card with an overview of the features of prokaryotes, one with an overview of eukaryotes, one for the endosymbiotic theory, and one for each cell organelle. Use the info in your textbook, from the review worksheets I gave you, from your test that I handed back to you, and from the Cell Review Slides part 1 and part 2 (HERE IS A PDF COPY OF THE SLIDES FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT HAVE POWERPOINT: click here) - due Monday. 
    2) Reading Log for 9.1 due Tuesday
    3) Reading Log for 9.2 due Wednesday

Thursday, December 5, 2013   
  • Lecture on Photosynthesis
  • Playdough Modeling (if time)
  • HW: 
    1) Answer the 23 Chapter Review Questions on page 217 (Due tomorrow)
    2) Bring flashcards to class this week to work on flashcards for the final exam. Create flashcards from the Cell Review Slides part 1 and part 2 - due Monday. HERE IS A PDF COPY OF THE SLIDES FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT HAVE POWERPOINT: click here.

Wednesday, December 4, 2013   
  • HW Quiz on 8.3
  • Discuss Quiz
  • Start Lecture on Photosynthesis
  • HW: 
    1) Answer the 23 Chapter Review Questions on page 217 (Due Friday)
    2) Bring flashcards to class this week to work on flashcards for the final exam. Create flashcards from the Cell Review Slides part 1 and part 2 - due Monday.

Tuesday, December 3, 2013   
  • Warmup:
    1) Draw the structure of ATP and ADP and explain how they differ from one another.
    2) How does ATP store energy?
    3) Compare and contrast ATP and Glucose.
    4) What is photosynthesis? (Describe it in words AND using a chemical equation)
    5) Where do plants get the carbon from to build sugars during photosynthesis?
    6) Draw a chloroplast and label the following: thylakoid, granum, stroma. Also label where the light dependent reactions occur and where the Calvin Cycle occurs.
    7) Copy Figure 8-7 out of your book.
  • Discuss warmup, look at cell review slides and check test corrections
  • HW: 
    1) Finish warmup if you didn't finish it in class
    2) Reading Log for 8.3 due tomorrow
    3) Bring flashcards to class this week to work on flashcards for the final exam. Create flashcards from the Cell Review Slides part 1 and part 2 - due Monday.

Monday, December 2, 2013   
  • HW Quiz on 8.1 and 8.2
  • Discuss/Review Test
  • HW: Reading Log for 8.3 due Wednesday, 12/5.

Wed, Nov 27 - Fri, Nov 29, 2013
  • Have a fabulous THANKSGIVING!!!

Tuesday, Nov 26, 2013   
  • Review Test
  • Review work passed back
  • Play game if time
  • HW: Reading Log for 8.1 and 8.2 of the textbook due Monday, December 2. Review section 2.3 as well (we already did a reading log on this). There will be a HW quiz on Monday when we return on 2.3, 8.1, and 8.2.

Monday, Nov 25, 2013   
  • TEST on Macromolecules and Cells
  • HW: 
    1) Journals due tomorrow - Download the most recent Table of Contents
    2) Reading Log for 8.1 and 8.2 of the textbook due Monday, December 2. Review section 2.3 as well (we already did a reading log on this). There will be a HW quiz on Monday when we return on 2.3, 8.1, and 8.2.

Friday, Nov 22, 2013   
  • Discuss Test Review Worksheets & Prep for Monday's test  
  • HW:
    1) Study for test on Monday
    2) Prepare journal to turn in on Tuesday - Download the most recent Table of Contents

Thursday, Nov 21, 2013   
  • Warmup: Work on Review WS #3 while Ms. Majda checks HW
  • Discuss HW / Lactose Tolerance  
  • Finish Protein Lecture
  • Discuss grades and updates to website
  • HW:  Test Review Worksheet 3 (due tomorrow, Fri. Nov 22)

Wednesday, Nov 20, 2013   
  • Warmup in Journal: 
    1) Read article on Lactose Tolerance and highlight the main ideas and key vocabulary
    2) List the thesis (a one sentence summary statement for the whole article)
    3) List at least three supporting details (main ideas)
    4) Describe how the info in the article has an impact on society and relates to what we are studying in class
  • Discuss Warmup and Article Summary HW assignment  
  • Work on Protein Lecture
  • HW:  
    1) Complete an article summary for the Lactose Intolerance article by incorporating the ideas you wrote down during today's warmup. Make sure the summary includes your name, date, period, and bibliography info for the article. Additional points are awarded for professionalism (neatness, etc - good if it is typed) (due tomorrow - Thu, Nov 21)
    2) Test Review Worksheet 2 (due Fri, Nov 22)

Tuesday, Nov 19, 2013   
  • Warm Up: work on review WS
  • Discuss Reading Log  
  • Finish Protein Lecture
  • HW:  Test Review Worksheet 1 (due tomorrow - Wed, Nov 20)

Monday, Nov 18, 2013   
  • HW Quiz 
  • Discuss HW  
  • HW: Finish the reading logs for chapter 7 (due tomorrow)

Friday, Nov 15, 2013   
  • Discuss HW (Macromolecule Drawings that were due yesterday)
  • Lecture: Proteins  
  • HW:
    1) Reading Log on Chapter 7. Include concept questions, vocabulary, main ideas, and a graphic organizer (note that now I am requiring you to include the main ideas, something I have not required in the past) - The prereading (concept questions and vocabulary) for the entire chapter are due on Monday. The main ideas and graphic organizers for sections 1 and 2 are also due on Monday. The main ideas and graphic organizers for sections 3 and 4 are due on Tuesday, Nov 19.
    2) If you didn't do the HW assigned last Friday, you have until Monday to get it done or you will get 2 detentions (the Macromolecules in Depth online assignment - print the worksheet: Word doc or PDF and answer the questions as you watch each video)
    3) Per 7 only: One page essay on how negative behaviors affect the learning of others. 

Thursday, Nov 14, 2013   
  • Warm Up: Write the full question and answer - 1) Name four things that both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells contain, 2) Name three things plant cells have that animal cells lack, 3) Name two organelles that are the result of a symbiotic relationship that evolved from larger prokaryotes ingesting smaller prokaryotes, 4) Describe two pieces of evidence that support the "Endosymbiotic Theory" described in question #3 above. 
  • Jeopardy Review Game on Cells
  • HW: Macromolecules in Depth online assignment - print the worksheet: Word doc or PDF and answer the questions as you watch each video (Due Friday, Nov 15)

Wednesday, Nov 13, 2013    MIMIMUM DAY
  • Turn in and share cell projects
  • Quiz on cells
  • HW: 
    1) Finish the HW from last Friday if you haven't already
    2) Macromolecules in Depth online assignment - print the worksheet: Word doc or PDF and answer the questions as you watch each video (Due Friday, Nov 15)

Tuesday, Nov 12, 2013
  • Warmup: Draw a Venn diagram comparing prokaryotes, plant cells and animal cells
  • Discuss Cell Projects - look at Cellsalive.com
  • HW: 
  • 1) Finish Cell Project - due tomorrow!
    2) Macromolecules in Depth online assignment - print the worksheet: Word doc or PDF and answer the questions as you watch each video (Due Friday, Nov 15)

Monday, Nov 11, 2013
  • Veteran's Day Holiday - Please honor our Veterans


Friday, Nov 8, 2013
  • Discuss/check answers to Test 2 and Binders
  • Lecture/Discussion: Digestion - click here for notes
  • HW: 
    1) Draw each of the following: 1) Two amino acids joined by a peptide bond, label the peptide bond, 2) sucrose, label the glycosidic bond, 3) a triglyceride, label the fatty acids and the glycerol, 4) two nuceleotides bonded together, use "B" for the bases but draw out all of the atoms in the sugars and the phosphates
    2) Continue working on Cell Project - due Wednesday, Nov 13

Thursday, Nov 7, 2013
  • Quiz
  • Discuss/grade quiz and HW
  • HW: Continue working on Cell Project - due Wednesday, Nov 13

Wednesday, Nov 6, 2013
  • Warm Up: 1) what is gas exchange?  2) Why do we need oxygen?  3) what is the function of the circulatory system?  4) where does blood go after it leaves the left side of the heart?  5) where does blood go after it leaves the right side of the heart?  6) create a Venn diagram comparing arteries, capillaries, and veins  
  • Lecture/Discussion: Circulation - click here for notes
  • Heart Dissection
  • HW: 
    1) Molecules of Life Online Assignment - due Tomorrow (was Wednesday but moved to Thursday)
    2) Continue working on Cell Project - due Wednesday, Nov 13
    3) Study for Quiz on Macromolecules - moved to THURSDAY -  you will not be allowed to use any notes! (study reading logs for sections 2.4 and 12.1 and the Molecules of Life online assignment)

Tuesday, Nov 5, 2013
  • Warm Up: work on planning Cell Project while Ms. Majda checks HW 
  • Lecture/Discussion: Respiration - click here for notes
  • HW: 
  • 1) Molecules of Life Online Assignment - due Thursday (was Wednesday but moved to Thursday)
    2) Continue working on Cell Project - due Wednesday, Nov 13
    3) Study for Quiz on Macromolecules moved to THURSDAY - -  you will not be allowed to use any notes!  (study reading logs for sections 2.4 and 12.1 and the Molecules of Life online assignment)

Monday, Nov 4, 2013
Friday, Nov 1, 2013
  • No School

Thursday, Oct 31, 2013
  • Turn in Binder
  • Look at sheep heart and "cow brain" - Remember, never really eat raw brain. You could get a prion disease (like Made Cow's disease)!
  • HW: Have a safe Halloween. Get ahead on work in other classes because we have a lot to do when we come back next week!  

Wednesday, Oct 30, 2013
  • Test 
  • HW: Binder due tomorrow.  

Monday, Oct 28, 2013  & Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013
  • Announcement: TEST REVIEW SESSION at LUNCH on Monday and Tuesday (and Wednesday for periods 6 and 7)! In addition to the material on the test review worksheet, be able to answer questions from the labs and also do a hands-on practical (performance assessment) if given materials and a problem to solve. 
  • Continue with Chemistry Lab - work through 2-3 more stations on Monday and finish/discuss lab on Tuesday - click here for the instructions for all of the lab stations to help you finish the lab and study for the test!
  • HW: 
    1) Study for test (make a study guide) 
    2) Prepare binder to turn in on Thursday - need to have at least 25 Enrichment Points done, be sure to include the evidence in the Enrichment section of your binder. Click here for the updated Binder Table of Contents.

Friday, Oct 25, 2013
  • Test Review Worksheet
  • HW:
    1) Study for test (use review worksheet as a reminder about what we have been learning and start making a study guide)
    2) Prepare binder to turn in on Thursday - need to have at least 25 Enrichment Points done, be sure to include the evidence in the Enrichment section of your binder.

Thursday, Oct 24, 2013
  • Chemistry Lab - work through 2-3 stations
  • HW: Work on Enrichment Activities

Wednesday, Oct 23, 2013
  • Finish Lecture: Acids & Bases, Activation Energy, Catalysts (click here for slides)
  • Station 1 of Chemistry Lab: Electroyte Conduction of Electricity demo
  • HW: Finish the Chem4Kids.com assignment due tomorrow (see HW for Monday for full details)

Tuesday, Oct 22, 2013
  • Warm Up: Chemistry Practice Problems
  • Lecture: Acids & Bases, Activation Energy, Catalysts (click here for slides)
  • HW: Work on the Chem4Kids.com assignment due Thursday (see HW for Monday for full details)
    Remember! Binders will be collected NEXT THURSDAY and your Enrichment Points thus far will be included in your second quarter grade. You still have until the end of the semester (Jan 10) to finish all of your Enrichment Points but I am including a progress check of sorts in this report card so your parents will know if you are procrastinating.

Monday, Oct 21, 2013
  • Warm Up: Balancing Chemical Equations Practice Questions
  • Lecture: Acids & Bases, Activation Energy, Catalysts (click here for slides)
  • HW: Go to the following webpage: http://www.chem4kids.com/files/react_intro.html. On the right hand side there is a menu. Read the following pages and take the quiz (link at the bottom of each page on the right, not the general chemistry quiz link on the left). Write the quiz questions and answers for each page down in your journal. (all sections are Due Thursday)
    - Rates
    - Thermodynamics
    - Catalysts and Inhibitors (there is no quiz for this page - instead, make up your own quiz and write the questions and answers in your journal - your quiz shuld have at least five questions and they should cover the MAIN IDEAS not little details)
    - Acids and Bases part 1 and part 2

Friday, Oct 18, 2013
  • Correct and discuss Quiz
  • Finish discussing HW Worksheets 
  • Practice balancing chemical reactions
  • HW:
    1) Do the practice problems on this web page: http://www.sciencegeek.net/Chemistry/taters/EquationBalancing.htm - write down the balanced equations in your journal.
    2) Work on Enrichment points! Two weeks until end of the first quarter. Next binder check I will add up your enrichment points thus far and include them in your grade. You should have 25 points or more by the end of the quarter in order to get an A for this part of your grade. You can earn extra credit by doing more than 25 points. You have two weeks - get it done! 

Thursday, Oct 17, 2013
  • Finish Video (some periods)
  • HW Quiz 5 (Review of atoms and chemical bonding)
  • Finish Lecture slides on Polarity, Solutions, and Suspensions
  • HW: Do the "Thinking Visually" assignment on page 43 of the textbook (Concept map for properties of water)

Wednesday, Oct 16, 2013
  • Warmup: Copy down video questions.
  • Discuss bonding (concept map from yesterday)
  • Video about Water
  • HW: 
    Review Chapter 2 sections 1-2 for Quiz tomorrow

Tuesday, Oct 15, 2013
  • Warmup: Create a concept map that explains the different types of atomic attraction, including covalent bonds, ionic bonds, polar covalent bonds, hydrogen bonds, and Van der Waal's forces.
  • Discuss grades, warmup and HW worksheets
  • HW: 
    1) Section 2.1 Assessment Questions #1-6 on page 39
    2) Section 2.2 Assessment Questions #1-5 on page 43

Monday, Oct 14, 2013
  • Work on Chemistry Review WS passed out in class (due Tues)
  • HW:
    1) Finish the Chemistry Review WS passed out today in class (Due Tues)
    2) Finish your  Grade Planning Worksheet  with parent signature (will be collected Tues)
    3) Finish the Chem WS passed out last week in class. (use the following websites to help you: click here for help with part 2 and click here for help with part 3 (you can find more helpful links on the Helpful Resources page) (due Tuesday)

Friday, Oct 11, 2013
  • Last Minute Enrichment opportunity! See the Enrichment page for details about Farm Day tomorrow!
  • Due Today: Chemistry Crossword
  • Warmup: On the back of your Chemistry Crossword WS, write the number of protons, neutrons, electrons, and valence electrons for each of the following: 1) Mg2+  2) Ar  3) Pt-160  4)F-  5) C-13  6) Si
  • Discuss warmup and grade planning worksheet
  • Continue Chem Review Lecture 
  • New Homework: Chemistry WS (use the following websites to help you: click here for help with part 2 and click here for help with part 3 (you can find more helpful links on the Helpful Resources page) (due Tuesday)    
  • Previous Homework:  Grade Planning Worksheet (fix it and finish it and turn it in Tuesday - see me at lunch on Tuesday if you need help!)

Thursday, Oct 10, 2013
  • Due Today: Journal Check - Don't forget to turn in your journal!
  • Bill Nye video (turn in video questions after)
  • Work on Chemistry Crossword  
  • Homework:  Grade Planning Worksheet (due Friday with Parent Signature), Chemistry Crossword (due Fri)

Wednesday, Oct 9, 2013
  • No Period 5 Today
  • Warmup: "Build" a hydrogen atom and a Carbon-14 atom using play dough
  • Turn journal for grading
  • Work on Chem Review Lecture 
  • New Homework: Chemistry Crossword WS (due Friday)    
  • Previous Homework:  Grade Planning Worksheet (due Friday with Parent Signature - last HW quiz, test grade and binder check will be in Zangle by Thursday - lab report and journal check turned in this week will not be posted until next week - do the best you can, come get help at lunch if you are not able to view your grades from home)     

Tuesday, Oct 8, 2013
  • HW Quiz on 2.1
  • Chem Review Lecture part 1: Tissues, Cells, Molecules, Atoms, The Periodic Table, chemical bonds and reactions
  • New Homework: 1) Draw a Venn Diagram comparing ionic bonds, covalent bonds, and Van der Waals forces + draw the following atoms: H (hydrogen), C14 (Carbon-14), Cl- (chlorine anion), Na+ (sodium cation) (due tomorrow)    
  • Previous Homework:  2) Grade Planning Worksheet (due Friday with Parent Signature)  3) Journal Check tomorrow (use the table of contents you used to organize your binder last week)   
  • Important: Students can come to tutoring on Tuesdays at lunch to boost their D/F test grade. Students who earned an A on the test can earn Enrichment points by tutoring students at lunch on Tuesdays.

Monday, Oct 7, 2013
  • Due Today: Lab Report
  • Warm Up: Draw a Concept Map for Tissues, including the four types of tissues and the three types of muscle cells (be sure to include connecting words or info to help define each)
  • Finish Anatomy Paper Dolls and work on Anatomy WS
  • Discuss Test, Binders, and Grades  (come at lunch or after school to review your test!)
  • Homework:
    1) Grade Planning Worksheet  (due Friday with Parent Signature)
    2) Study for HW quiz tomorrow on 2.1 
    3) Journal Check on Wed (Thu for Period 5)  
  • Important: Students can come to tutoring on Tuesdays at lunch to boost their D/F test grade. Students who earned an A on the test can earn Enrichment points by tutoring students at lunch on Tuesdays.

Friday, Oct 4, 2013
  • Turn in Lab Report today or Monday with rough draft attached
  • Chapter 1 TEST 
  • Anatamy Paper Dolls + Start filling in Anatomy table handout
  • No HW if you finished your reading logs and lab report 

Thursday, Oct 3, 2013
  • Organize and turn in Binder for Binder Check.
  • Lecture: Human Anatomy
  • HW: same as yesterday - finish up, Test tomorrow will cover Chapter 1, Scientific Method Lecture, and Lab Safety

Wednesday, Oct 2, 2013
  • No warm up today. Work with your group on your lab reports and then work together on the study guide for Test 1. Ms. Majda will also host a STUDY SESSION at lunch.
  • HW: 
    1) STUDY FOR TEST 1 - make a study guide! 
    2) Organize your binder to turn in - see the updated Table of Contents
    3) Final draft of lab report due Friday (provide support to your project manager to help get this done)
    4) Finish Reading logs and questions assigned last week - they were due this Friday but we will not actually discuss them until next week so you can finish them over the weekend if you need more time 

Tuesday, Oct 1, 2013
  • Warm Up: Read the sample lab you are given. Compare it to the instructions for how to write a lab report for our class. List at least five improvements that are needed in your journal.
  • Quiz on "The Human Body" reading assignment (Chapter 35, section 1)
  • Intro to Human Anatomy Lecture
  • HW: 
    1) Revised rough draft of lab report due Wednesday
    2) Work on Reading logs and questions assigned last week due Friday
  • Be sure to make a study guide for Thursday's test and use the updated Table of Contents to organize your binder to turn in on Thursday!

Monday, Sept 30, 2013
  • Due Today: Worksheet from Friday's ACE assembly, rough draft of lab report section
  • Important: Note that I have made corrections to the homework assignment due Friday, 10/4. I have posted it below in the HW section for today in case you're not sure.
  • Warm Up: Read the sample lab you are given. Compare it to the instructions for how to write a lab report for our class. Make a list of all of the things that are missing or are done incorrectly in your journal.
  • Discuss Sample lab write ups in groups and then as a class.
  • Discuss Worm Lab Write Ups and meet with group to review the rough drafts and identify improvements that are needed.
  • Quiz on Reading Log HW for section 35.1
  • HW: 
    1) Reading Log for chapter 35, section1; chapter 2 (all four sections), and chapter 12 section 1 (one section only), in your JOURNAL, make sure your reading logs capture the key concepts listed on page 56 + answer the Reviewing Content questions on page 57 and section assessment questions #1-4 on page 294 (due Friday, 10/4)
    2) Finish second rough draft of your section for lab report (due Wed, 10/2) - your final report will be due on Friday
    3) Test THURSDAY - make a study guide (you will be able to use it on part of the test) - Review session for test at lunch on Wednesday!
    4) Binder check Thursday - make sure your binder is organized and ready to turn in. I will be posting an updated table of contents soon

Friday, Sept 27, 2013
  • Meet at Performing Arts Center for Assembly on Climate Change - Worksheet DUE MONDAY
  • HW: 
    1) Finish rough draft of your section for lab report (due Monday)
    2) Work on Reading logs and questions assigned Tuesday - QUIZ Monday on 35.1

Thursday, Sept 26, 2013
  • Warmup: Meet with group to fill in data table and prepare to present your team's lab data.
  • Present, discuss, and analyze lab data
  • HW:
    1) Finish rough draft of your section for lab report (due Monday)
    2) Work on Reading logs and questions assigned Tuesday - QUIZ Monday on 35.1
  • NOTE: Lab Results for 6th period - Click Here for the results we didn't have time to present in class 

Wednesday, Sept 25, 2013
  • Warmup: Meet with group to make sure everyone knows their lab role.
  • Worm Lab
  • HW: Start working on assigned draft sections (due Monday) 

Tuesday, Sept 24, 2013
  • Warmup: Read through the worksheet explaining how to write a lab report and the different roles for group members. Then work with your group assign a role to each group member.
  • Work with Ms. Majda's to complete the experimental design for our worm lab. 
  • HW: Reading Log for chapter 35, section1; chapter 2 (all four sections), and chapter 12 section 1 (one section only), in your JOURNAL, make sure your reading logs capture the key concepts listed on page 56 + answer the Reviewing Content questions on page 57 and section assessment questions #1-4 on page 294 (due Friday, 10/4) 

Monday, Sept 23, 2013
  • Due Today: Reading Log on chapter 27.1 - 27.3 (Worms)
  • Warmup: Tape the "A.I." prompt (handed out in class) into your journal and answer the five questions on the prompt in your journal  .
  • Work with your group to agree on a "worm question" and hypothesis, then design your experiment. Rules: The experiment must be humane (no worm deaths or torture), able to be completed during a single period, and you must provide your own materials for the experiment (Ms. Majda will provide worms, water, and paper towels). Ms. Majda must approve your hypothesis and experimental design. Turn in a one page proposal to Ms. Majda by the end of the period.
  • HW: Continue to work on your experimental design and background research (for example, if your experiment has to do with a worm's ability to sense color, do research to find out about worm vision and if scientists have already done studies on this and what they found out) 

Friday, Sept 20, 2013
  • Warmup: What defines something as being "alive"?
  • 1) Copy the list of characteristics of living things from page 15 of your textbook into your journal 
    2) Read "What is a Virus" from pages 478-479 in your textbook and "Viruses and Living Cells" from pages 482-483 and answer this question in your journal: Are viruses alive?
  • Finish Scientific Method Lecture & Discuss HW 
  • Work with your group to agree on a "worm question" and hypothesis, and then start designing your experiment. Rules: The experiment must be humane (no worm deaths or torture), able to be completed during a single period, and you must provide your own materials for the experiment (Ms. Majda will provide worms, water, and paper towels). Ms. Majda must approve your hypothesis and experimental design. 
  • HW: Finish reading log that is due Monday

Thursday, Sept 19, 2013
  • Due Today: One page of research about earth worms 
  • Warmup: Work with your group to 1) create a venn diagram in your journal comparing and contrasting the anatomy of earth worms to that of humans, and 2) list about five questions you are interested in investigating using earth worms
  • Discuss Quiz and binder/journal grades
  • HW: Reading log in your journal on chapter 27 sections 1, 2, and 3 (due Monday, 9/23)

Wednesday, Sept 18, 2013
  • Due Today: Scientific Method WS Question 4 and "Observing" on back
  • Warmup: Inferring Worksheets (take notes from the worksheets in your journal and then answer the questiosn in your journal)
  • Discuss Scientific Method HW (save these worksheets to put in the Handouts section of your binder - they go in front of the older handouts)
  • Quiz: Scientific Method & Prologue
  • HW: Collect research on earthworms (phylum Annelida, class Oligochida). What type of animals are they? What special features distinguish them from other worms? What are their characteristics? Etc.   

Tuesday, Sept 17, 2013
  • Due Today: Scientific Method WS Questions 3 and 4 
  • Warm Up: Observation Worksheets (take notes in your journal regarding making observations from the purple worksheet and then complete the questions on the "Observing" side of the white worksheet in journal)
  • Vote on the top five posters for our class and handed back binders
  • Discuss Scientific Method HW (save these worksheets to put in the Handouts section of your binder - they go in front of the older handouts)
  • HW: 
    1) Complete question 5 and "Observing" WS handed out in class (see me to get a copy if you were absent) (Due Wed, 9/18)
    2) Print the remaining slides (that I did not give you) for the Scientific Method lecture (Click here for lecture slides)
    3)     Study for Quiz tomorrow on the Scientific Method and sections 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4 of the textbook

Monday, Sept 16, 2013
  • Due Today: Reading log for section 1.4 and Scientific Method worksheets
  • Warm Up: 
    1) Pass in the reading log for section 1.4
    2) Skim through your journal to read any comments I may have left your
    3) Compare and discuss your answers on the Scientific Method WS and the Sponge Bob WS with those of your group.  
  • Discuss Scientific Method HW (save these worksheets to put in the Handouts section of your binder (they go in front of the older handouts)
  • Watch Mythbusters (answer the scientific method questions in your journal)
  • HW:
    1) Complete questions 3 and 4 of the Scientific Method WS handed out in class (see me to get a copy if you were absent) (Due Tuesday, 9/17)
    2) Print the remaining slides (that I did not give you) for the     Scientific Method lecture (Click here for lecture slides) 

Friday, Sept 13, 2013
  • Warm Up: Do the prereading activities (concept questions and vocab) for section 1.4 in the textbook. (On Monday you will turn in the entire reading log. Anyone who is still not doing these correctly will need to come for mandatory tutoring at lunch or after school.)
  • Lecture: The Scientific Method (Click here for lecture slides)
  • HW:
    1) Finish the Science and the Scientific Method WS and the Sponge Bob WS handed out in class (see me for a copy if you were absent) (Due Monday, 9/16/13)
    2) Finish the reading log for section 1.4 that you started during today's warmup (Due Monday, 9/16/13)

Thursday, Sept 12, 2013
  • Due Today: Summary of section 1-3 from textbook (focus questions, vocabulary clarification, and one or more summarizing graphic organizers)
    BINDER CHECK (turn in your Binder and Journal at the end of the period)
  • Warm Up: Create a Venn diagram comparing Hypotheses to Theories, Prepare Binder and Journal to turn in (fill out form, highlighting)
  • Discuss reading log for sections 1-2 and 1-3
  • Work in groups to create a flow chart of the experiments disproving spontaneous generation and supporting microorganisms (should include the work of Redi, Needham, Spallanzani, and Pasteur).

Wednesday, Sept 11, 2013
  • Due Today: Summary of section 1-2 from textbook (focus questions, vocabulary clarification, and one or more graphic organizers)
  • Warm Up: Create a Ven diagram that compares qualitative data and quantitative data.
  • Finish discussing the concept map for section 1-1, Review the summary for section 1-2
  • HW: Use the steps in the "Steps for Technical Reading" Handout to summarize (including preread and clarification) section 1-3 of the textbook (Due Thursday, 9/12).

Tuesday, Sept 10, 2013
  • Due Today: Summary of section 1-1 from textbook (including 10 questions, vocabulary clarification, and one or more graphic organizers)
  • Warm Up: HW quiz
  • Peer Grade Quiz 1 and HW Quiz, and discuss answers to Quiz 1
  • Discuss summary of section 1-1 
  • Homework:
    1) Use the steps in the "    Steps for Technical Reading" Handout to summarize (including preread and clarification) section 1-2. Be sure your summary answers or can be used to help answer each question in the Section Assessment on page 14. (Due Wednesday, 9/11)
    2) Make a list in your journal of the activities you plan to do to complete your Enrichment points. Highlight the activities you plan to complete and add to your binder by next Monday. (Due Fri, 9/13)

Monday, Sept 9, 2013
  • Due Today: Students who do not turn in their poster, lab student safety contract, and/or parent letter by today will receive detention
  • Warm Up: Scan chapter 1 in your biology textbook. Look at the section headings, "Guide for Reading" at the start of each section, the captions under the pictures, and the summaries and questions at the end of each section and chapter. Make a list of 10 things you think you will be tested on at the end of the chapter. Word these as questions. For example, rather than saying, "How to design an experiment" you would say, "What are the steps involved in designing an experiment?"
  • Discuss and Practice Technical Reading Skills by reading and summarizing section 1 together.
  • Homework: Use the steps in the "Steps for Technical Reading" Handout to finish summarizing section 1-1. Be sure your summary answers or can be used to help answer each question in the Section Assessment on page 7.    

Friday, Sept 6, 2013
  • Due Today:
    1) Power of 10 Poster 
    2) Lab Student Safety Contract 
    3) Parent Letter 
  • Warm Up: Turn in homework and prepare journal for safety video, read through safety video questions
  • Safety Video
  • Quiz
  • Homework: No new HW but students who did not any part of today's HW will need to turn it in on Monday or will get detention  

Wednesday, Sept 4, 2013
  • Warm Up: "With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility" Regardless of their future career goals, why is it important for ALL students to study science, world history and government? Start your answer with the quote above.
  • Finish Safety Skits (group work)
  • Discuss homework and updates to course website
  • Review for Friday's Quiz
  • Homework: Study for Friday's Quiz on lab safety, root words, course syllabus (1st page, front and back, only)  

Tuesday, Sept 3, 2013
  • Due Today:
    1) Syllabus Scavenger Hunt 
    2) Bring all required materials (listed in syllabus) to class 
    3) "The Language of Science" worksheet 
  • Warm Up: 
    1) Find Assigned Seat (posted on overhead)  
    2) Write your name on the front of your journal (composition book) and your contact info (in case it is lost) on the inside cover or first page
    3) Organize your binder with the pages of the syllabus each in a clear sheet protector in the front of the binder followed by your five section dividers labeled according to the directions in the syllabus
    4) Place your Syllabus Scavenger Hunt and your Language of Science Homework worksheets into the “Handouts” section of your binder 
  • Discussion: Homework Worksheets, Questions about Power of 10 Poster due Fri
  • Class Activity: Safety Skit
  • Homework: 1) Parent Letter: print it out from website, get it signed, bring it back by Fri, 9/6
                      2) Read the Student Safety Contract and bring it back signed by you and your parents by Fri, 9/6
                      3) In Journal: Write a paragraph or concept map describing how you study. 
                          Specifically, what steps do you take to ensure that you know the material prior to test time?     

Friday, August 30, 2013
  • Warm Up: Write brief definitions for the following words:  Biology, biosphere, ecosystem, community, population, organism, cell
  • Lecture/Discussion:
    1) Power of 10 Website
    2) Tour of the Course Website
    3) Science Terminology Roots (Latin, etc)
  • Homework:
    1) "The Language of Science" worksheet due Tues, 9/3
    2) Power of 10 Poster due Friday, 9/6 

Thursday, August 29, 2013
  • Warm Up: Student Info Card
  • Class Work: Syllabus Scavenger Hunt
  • Discussion: Course Syllabus 
  • Homework:
    1) Complete the Syllabus Scavenger Hunt due Tues, 9/3
    2) Bring all required materials (listed in syllabus) to class on Tues, 9/3

Wednesday, August 28, 2013
  • Introductions
  • Writing Assignment and Class Discussion (in honor of 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech):
    1) Why is there so much variation in skin color within the human race (species)?
    2) Does skin color affect other traits such as personality or intelligence?