Biology Lab - 3rd and 4th period classes

Use these lists to help you make sure you have included all of your work in your lab notebook and your class binder. It is IMPORTANT to organize your work in the order listed in the Table of Contents and to make sure that every assignment has a title so that I can find your work. If I cannot figure out what an assignment is or find it, I cannot give you credit for it. Also, remember that even if an assignment is not stamped, you can still earn most of the credit if you have it done and it is in your notebook when I check it. However, I do not give credit for work from previous notebook checks. 

Table of Contents for Lab Notebook

If your lab notebook work is out of order, be sure to make notes in it telling me where to look next for an assignment and highlight them so that I will for sure see your notes. For example, if you started a lab on one page and finished it on another page and there are other assignments in-between, then you would write me a note at the end of the first part of the lab telling me where to look for the second part of the lab.

ITEMS IN BOLD ARE NEW SINCE THE LAST NOTEBOOK CHECK (will be graded with next notebook check)
  1. Strawberry DNA Extraction Pre-lab (including safety instructions)
  2. Strawberry DNA Extraction Post-lab questions
  3. Warmup from 9/26 (rewrite two sentences using techniques from “Steps for Technical Reading” handout)
  4. Polarity Quick Lab Questions 
  5. Warmup from 10/10 (copy of diagrams from whiteboard)
  6. Warmup 10/14 (review question + questions from chapter 2 chapter review)
  7. Enzyme Pre-lab Questions
  8. Notes about the characteristics of the side chains (R-groups) in the amino acid sequence given (the one in which you had to try to fold your pipe cleaner into the correct shape) and the protein questions we spent all week working on (listed under the warmup for 10/20)
  9. Warmup 10/16 (review questions)
  10. Enzyme Post-lab Questions

Table of Contents for Biology Binder

Be sure to clip your assignments into your binder in THIS ORDER. If I cannot find an assignment in the proper place, there is a good chance you will not receive credit for it. Also, remember that even if an assignment is not stamped, you can still earn most of the credit if you have it done and it is in your binder when I check it. However, I do not give credit for work from previous binder checks. 

ITEMS IN BOLD ARE NEW SINCE THE LAST BINDER CHECK (will be graded with next binder check)
  • Name Placard in first sheet protector
  • Course Syllabus in second sheet protector
  • Lab Safety Contract in third sheet protector
  • Steps for Technical Reading Handout

    • Daily Assignments Section
    1. Syllabus Scavenger Hunt
    2. Sponge Bob Practice Problems Worksheets
    3. “Bill Nye: Atoms and Molecules” video worksheet - with warmup questions on back
    4. Molecules of Life Online Assignment
    5. Macromolecules in Depth Online Assignment
    6. Enzyme Worksheet
    7. Chapter 2 review worksheet 1 (fill in the blank)
    8. Chapter 2 review worksheet 2
    9. Warmup 10/28 (cell review match up + "a cell is like a city because..." - done on a separate sheet of paper because I still had the journals)
    10. Cell Organelles Packet (table, Venn diagram, and pictures to label and color) - with stamp for flashcards
    11. Warmup 10/31 (review questions - done on a separate sheet of paper because I still had the journals)
    12. Warmup 11/5 (practice questions - - done on a separate sheet of paper because I still had the journals)
    13. Warmup 11/10 (list of types of human illnesses)

    Reading Logs Section
    1. RL 1-3 (questions and main ideas only)
    2. RL 35-1 (questions, main ideas, and table of organ systems)
    3. Mrs. Majda’s RL for 1-3 and 35-1 (main ideas you were missing highlighted + graphic organizers filled in)
    4. RL 1-1 (questions and main ideas - some people were able to do their own graphic organizer as well)
    5. RL 1-2 (questions, main ideas, and graphic organizer)
    6. Mrs. Majda’s Reading Log for 1-1 and 1-2 (with graphic organizer for 1-1 filled in)
    7. RL 2-1 (questions, main ideas - some people were able to do their own graphic organizer as well)
    8. Warmup from 10/2 (graphic organizers for 2-1) 
    9. RL 2-2 (questions, main ideas, and graphic organizer - be sure to check my RL posted online and add any missing main ideas to yours)
    10. RL 2-3 (questions, main ideas, and graphic organizer - be sure to check my RL posted online and add any missing main ideas to yours)
    11. RL 2-4 (questions, main ideas, and graphic organizer - be sure to check my RL posted online and add any missing main ideas to yours)
    12. RL for pages 291-294 (all three parts)
    13. RL 7.1 (questions, main ideas, and graphic organizer)
    14. RL 7.2 (questions and main ideas only, the graphic organizer will be include in a separate assignment)

    Notes Section
    1. Notes from Video on Scientific Method (the cartoon with the kid and his teacher)
    2. Handout about Proteins and Amino Acids (with the R-groups for each amino acid circled or highlighted)
    3. Cell Types and Organelles Lecture Slides 

    Exams Section
    1. Quiz 1-3 and 35-1
    2. Quiz on 1-1
    3. Quiz on 1-2
    4. Test 1 (chapter 1) and the retake if you did it
    5. Quiz on 2-1
    6. Quiz on 2-2
    7. Quiz on 2-3
    8. Quiz on 2-4
    9. Test 2 (chapter 2 and pgs 291-294, plus proteins & amino acids handout)
    10. Biochemistry Review Quiz (given on 11/4)
    11. Cell Organelles Take-Home Quiz (passed out on 11/4)
    12. Test 2 Retake
    13. Test 3 (Cell Organelles)

    Portfolio Section
    1. Strawberry Flipbook (might help if you use a sheet protector to hold it in your binder)

    Enrichment Section
     Place all evidence of your enrichment work here. Two articles were passed out for you to summarize (below). All additional enrichment comes from activities of your choosing off of the website.
    1. article summary on the article “How We Learn”
    2. article summary on the article “Vitamin C”