SPICE LAB DAY!
October 23, 2009 |
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| Today students will follow their procedures and conduct their spice lab experiment. Plates will incubate over the weekend and be ready for analysis on |
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EARLY DISMISSAL
October 22, 2009 |
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| In this short class, student will have a short quiz on experimental design. Any remaining time will be used to get materials ready for lab tomorrow. |
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Experimental Design, Day 2 (homework)
Due Date: October 21, 2009 |
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Today in class, students will finalize their procedures for their spice lab. By the end of class, all procedures should be finalized in written in each student's lab manual.
HW: Make sure all of lab packet is filled out up THROUGH procedures. The procedures we wrote in class are linked below:
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Experimental Design, Day 1
October 20, 2009 |
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Today in class, students will work on the design of their Spicy Inhibitors Lab. Variables, Control, Constants, Problem Statement all Materials, and preliminary Procedures should be identified and written in lab packet by the end of class.
HW Reminder: 3 paragraphs of background information due at the beginning of class tomorrow, preferably typed. |
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Background Research Questions Due
October 19, 2009 |
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All questions related to the library web-quest are due at the beginning of class today.
HW due WEDNESDAY, 10/21: 3 paragraphs of background information, using webquest responses as notes. See Lab Manual Background Information page for more details. |
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Spicy Inhibitors Background Research, Day 2
October 16, 2009 |
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| Students in all classes will continue their background research in the library. Students in period 5 will use the laptops in B308. |
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Spicy Inhibitors Lab Introduction
October 15, 2009 |
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| Students in all classes will begin background research on their first experiment, Spicy Inhibitors. ALL CLASSES WILL MEET IN THE LIBRARY. STUDENT USERNAMES AND PASSWORDS REQUIRED! |
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Squirmy Worms - A Practice Lab
October 14, 2009 |
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Scientific Method Flow Map
October 13, 2009 |
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Columbus Day
October 12, 2009 |
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| No school today...enjoy the day off! |
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Design Detectives
October 9, 2009 |
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| Students in all classes applied principles of the scientific method to practice problems during a "Design Detectives" contest. Prizes awarded to the first place and runners-up teams! Link to document is below. |
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 Design Detectives (185.34 KB)
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My summer plant experiment
October 8, 2009 |
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| Students saw the results of a plant experiment I did over the summer, and pointed out all of the flaws in my uncontrolled experiment. After a discussion on variables, students took notes on principles of the scientific method, and a short worksheet was assigned for homework. Link to class notes is below. |
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Experimental Design Notes (24.58 KB)
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Pathogens Quiz
October 7, 2009 |
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| Today's quiz will cover types of pathogens, methods of transmission, and means of prevention |
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Ebolo video, conclusion
October 6, 2009 |
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| Students in most classes finished watching the NOVA ebola video. Questions were collected at the end of class and a practice quiz question was given in preparation for tomorrow's pathogen's quiz. |
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Ebola - The Plague Fighters, Day 2
October 5, 2009 |
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Ebola - The Plague Fighters
October 2, 2009 |
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| Students in all classes watched a NOVA video on the 1995 Ebola outbreak in Zaire. |
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Pathogens, Day 2
October 1, 2009 |
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| Students continued viewing and taking notes on Pathogens. The powerpoint shown in class is available in the class download section of this site. |
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Pathogens (homework)
Due Date: September 30, 2009 |
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Students viewed and took notes on the first part of a Pathogens powerpoint, covering types of pathogens, methods of transmission and means of prevention.
HW: Vaccines reading assignment and questions, due Thursday 10/1 |
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Vaccines - How and Why (221.7 KB)
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6 Kingdoms Project, Biology 17 and 19
September 29, 2009 |
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| 6 Kingdoms Project is due today! |
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Project description (161.28 KB)
Project rubric (24.58 KB)
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Pathogens Inquiry
September 29, 2009 |
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| Students filled in a notetaking chart on viral and bacterial pathogens, using a selection of fact sheets on several common and not-so-common bacteria and viruses. |
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NO SCHOOL TODAY
September 28, 2009 |
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| Enjoy the day. |
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Simulation of an Infectious Disease
September 25, 2009 |
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| Students will play "disease detectives": through a class-long hands-on activity, they will determine which classmate was the original source of an infectious disease that quickly spread through the classroom. |
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Test #1
September 24, 2009 |
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This test will cover the characteristics of living things, the 6 Kingdoms of living things, and an overview of viruses and their infectious cycles.
NO HOMEWORK DUE TOMORROW!! (but continue working on your project...) |
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Should Viruses be called "Living"?
September 23, 2009 |
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| Students reviewed the structure and infectious cycles of viruses in class today. Classwork consisted of a review sheet and also use of the checklist of living things to evaluate whether or not viruses themselves are "alive". Links to both are below. |
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Virus Review Sheet (21.5 KB)
"Is it Alive?" checklist for viruses (30.21 KB)
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Kingdoms Project Rubric
September 22, 2009 |
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| This is the rubric that will be used to score the kingdoms project, DUE ON MONDAY, 9/28. |
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Kingdoms Scrapbook Rubric (38.4 KB)
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Review Guide for Test #1
September 21, 2009 |
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| The first exam will be given on Thursday, 9/24. Link to review guide is below. |
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Biology 17 Test #1 Review Guide (22.53 KB)
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Mega Multiples of Microbes
September 18, 2009 |
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| Today in class, students did a bean counting activity and were able to estimate the number of beans in a one pound bag and how many bags would be needed to have 1,000,000 and 1,000,000,000 beans. The second part of the activity focused on asexual reproduction of bacteria, and the exponential growth that happens due to doubling of their population every generation. |
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In-class work on 6 kingdoms project (homework)
Due Date: September 16, 2009 |
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| Students were provided with time and materials to begin their scrapbooks. There will be a notes check tomorrow, so be prepared! |
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6 Kingdoms Folded Book Project
September 15, 2009 |
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| Students in periods 1, 4 and 5 were assigned a project today which will require research into each of the 6 kingdoms of living organisms: archaebacteria, eubacteria, protista, fungi, plantae and animalia. The finished product will be a hand-made scrapbook, with one page devoted to each kingdom, highlighting key characteristics and representative organisms. |
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6 Kingdoms Project Requirements (157.18 KB)
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Forever and a Day
September 14, 2009 |
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Students will do an activity that introduces some geological history and some of the major events that have occurred during the Earth's 5 billion years.
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6 Kingdoms Overview
September 11, 2009 |
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| All biology classes will complete the 6 kingdoms chart in class while viewing a powerpoint on this topic. Powerpoint and chart are both accessible through links below. |
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6 Kingdoms Chart (22.02 KB)
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Quiz #1
September 10, 2009 |
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| After a brief review, students will take a quiz on the 8 characteristics of living things and also the 11 vocabulary words assigned last week. Remaining time will be spent filling in the 6 kingdoms chart. |
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The 6 Kingdoms of Living Things
September 9, 2009 |
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Today students used a checklist to evaluate a "newly discovered life" form. They began work on a chart organizing the 6 kingdoms of living things.
Reminder: Quiz tomorrow on the characteristics of living things and last week's 11 vocabulary words |
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The Characteristics of All Living Things (homework)
Due Date: September 3, 2009 |
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| Yesterday and today, students used their textbooks to read about and take notes on the 8 shared characteristics of living things. A brief homework assignment, "From Acorns to Oak Trees" reinforces 6 of these characteristics. |
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From Acorns to Oak Trees (22.02 KB)
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Living Things Vocab (homework)
Due Date: September 2, 2009 |
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| Today students received their textbooks and used them to take notes from pages 16 and 17 on the shared characteristics of living things. They were also assigned a list of words to define and provide examples of. |
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Vocabulary list (20.99 KB)
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Biology Pre-Test
August 31, 2009 |
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| Today students will take a course Pre-test. You can't study, so don't bother! Don't worry, either...just do your best. You will take the exact same test in the last week of school, and your grade should reflect how much biology you learned in 10 months! |
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