week of May 15 2012

Biology Populations are our lecture focus Monday-Wednesday. Our activities will be on the use of survivor curves and scatter plots to predict population size. Our final lecture will be succession with a tentatively scheduled test for Friday.Hang in there it's almost over! AP Biology Completed clam labs due Monday No class ...Honor Society practice. Tuesday we will lecture seastars and begin our dissection. This will be our final activity. Report due Friday. I'd like to squeeze in 1 more quiz on animals Thursday? Thursday and Friday we will spend reviewing for the exam.

Week of May 7 2012

BIOLOGY Ecology is our topic for the week. We start the week with food chains and food webs. Our activity will include designing one of each showing the flow of energy with in the ecosystem. Tuesday 's lecture will be starvation verses predation which is better for an environment. A worksheet is included due Wednesday. Wednesday and Thursday is our predator prey lab.Completed report due for Friday! We will also have a Quiz Thursday this week. Have a good one! Ap Biology. Immunity begins our week.2 days of lecture with QUIZ Wednesday. Mollusca notes and clam dissection will finish our week. We will toss some review in to start getting ready for our final exam which is just days away!!!!!

Week of 4/30/2012

Biology This week we are focusing on virus. We will go into details about life cycles,spread of diseases and controls including vaccines. There will be a viral worksheet due Tuesday and a major chapter test on Thursday. There isn't much time left so be sure to study! AP BIOLOGY Our focus for the week will be virus and Immunity. There will be a split between lecture and independent research on the topics. Test will be Thursday.

Week of 4/2/12

Biology
We finally made it to Easter week. This week we wrap up classification. Monday will be a lecture day on cladistics with an activity on Tuesday worksheet due Wednesday.
Wednesday is test day so be ready.

AP BIO
We will wrap up evolution with our presentations on "look who came to dinner". That will end our unit on evolution and we will move on to genetics and heredity beginning with some facts about DNA.

Week of 3/26/12

Biology
How exciting we are in the 4th quarter and starting a new topic...classification.
Monday will be intro lecture on early systems of classification lecture will continue into Tuesday with Linnaen classification and binomial nomenclature. Wednesday will be a QUIZ followed by a worksheet. Thursday and Friday will focus on dicotomous keys including how to read and design a key using buttons.Completed report will be due Monday 4/2.

AP Biology
This week wraps up our topic of evolution. We have some Hardy Weinberg calculations to start off the week and a great lab( it involves eating) to reinforce the concept. Days to remember
Lab report due beaks of finches due Tuesday
Evolution Test Thursday
Biochemical evidence and Fishy lab due for Friday. Next topic Genetics.

Week of March 19 2012

BIOLOGY
Continuing our discussion of Evolution after our week off for PSSa's.
Monday-
is Lecture on Charles Darwin followed by a reading Strat on his life
Tuesday-
Impact of evolution on behavior.Opposable thumb lab due Thursday
Wednesday-
complete lab if time allows review for evolution test scheduled for Thursday.

Thursday
Multiple choice test on evolution
Friday Simulated moth lab activity.


AP Biology-Continuing our discussion of evolution.Lots of labs this week.But no tests are scheduled.
Lab run down...Mon Nuttal technique to determine biochemical ancestory
Tuesday lecture on patterns of behaviors supported with beaks of birds lab
Wed.Hardy weinberg lecture and worksheets
Thursday fishy frequency lab

Week of 3/5/12

Biology
We are finally finished with human genetics hope you enjoyed our discussions and learned a lot. Monday will be a review day in prep for Tuesday's quiz. Wednesday we will start our new topic of evolution. In your text books it is chapter 10-11.Thursday will be a continuation of lecture and a start for lab on the eolution of the opposable thumb. Report will be due by Monday 3/12.


AP BIOLOGY
Monday we will start our lecture on cellular respiration focusing on the aerobic process. Tuesday anaerobic respiration lecture first then seed respiration lab set up. Wednesday we will read lab results and complete worksheets for quiz on Thursday. Following the Quiz we will start lecture on evolution and the early theories of that led to Natural selection.