final exam review here
Upcoming Dates
-June 13 - Dissection Day 1
-June 14 - Dissection Day 2
-June 15 - ISP Day 1 - Diversity and Evolution
-June 16 - ISP Day 2 - Genetics and Body Systems
-June 28 - final exam (room 191)
June 19
-review period
June 16
-ISP day 2 - genetics and systems
June 15
-ISP day 1 - diversity and evolution
June 14
-fetal pig dissection day 2
June 13
-fetal pig dissection day 1
June 12
-circulatory system quiz
-review time
June 9
-work period - continue with summaries and vocabulary or study for quiz on Monday
June 8
-handout - respiratory system
-several assessments handed back today
June 7
-digestion quiz
-circulation continued - the heart
-circulatory system quiz will be on June 12 (all of chapter 11 except skip page 493 and 497-500)
June 6
-digestive system worksheet handed back
-circulatory system continued
-don't forget quiz tomorrow on digestion (including diagram and disorders)
June 5
-read and summarize section 11.5 (pg 501-503) and 11.6 (pg 504-506) - due Thursday
June 2
-digestion continued
-digestion quiz will be Wed June 7
-handout - the circulatory system
June 1
-evolution test
May 30
-digestion handout continued
-work on digestive substances summary
-work on digestive disorders and endoscopy summary (due Friday)
May 29
-gizmo collected for marking
-homework checked and taken up (section 8.3)
-digestive system continued
May 26
-handout - nutrition
-handout - digestions
May 25
-evolution quiz handed back
-gizmo due date changed to Monday
-homework checked and taken up (section 8.1)
-note - Speciation
-read and summarize section 8.3 pages 341-344
-evolution unit review handed out - test will be June 1
May 24
-computer lab - Rainfall and Bird Beaks gizmo (due Friday)
May 23
-evolution quiz
-read and summarize section 8.1 (pg 326-334) due tomorrow
May 19
-St. Joseph the Worker Day - thanks for helping!
May 18
-note - The Modern Theory of Evolution
May 17
-handout - Evidence for Evolution
-read and summarize section 7.5 ([ages 304-307)
-next quiz Tuesday, May 23 - sections 7.1 to 7.5 (10 m/c, 10 t/f, 10 reverse definitions)
May 16
-finish Darwin note
-video - Evolution's Voice (with handout)
May 15
-homework checked and taken up
-note - Charles Darwin
May 12
-genetics unit test
May 11
-test review
-planet earth video
-read and summarize sections 7.1 and 7.2 pg 282-293 with vocabulary - due Monday
May 10
-took up practice worksheet
-review for test (test has been moved to Friday, May 12)
May 9
-dihybrid cross practice worksheet
-test review (test will be on Thursday)
May 8
-handout - dihybrid crosses and pedigrees
May 5
-finish complex patterns of inheritance
-mendelian genetics assignment work period
May 4
-quiz on complete dominance patterns
-lesson on complex patterns of inheritance
May 3
-finish complete dominance worksheet
-work period to practice punnett squares
May 2
-genetics quiz
-finish introduction to mendelian genetics
-intro to punnett squares and monohybrid crosses
May 1
-don't forget quiz tomorrow on 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3
-introduction to Mendel
-report cards handed out today
April 27
-collected DNA extraction lab
-lesson on genetic engineering
-student teacher introduction
-bingo activity - introduction to inheritance
April 26
-homework checked
-note - Inheriting Mutations
-handout - Genetic Engineering
-homework - Read and Summarize pages 237-238, 240-243 - due Tuesday
-homework - read section 6.4 and 6.5 - due Tuesday
April 25
-DNA worksheet collected for marking
-DNA extraction lab - due Thursday
-next quiz will be on Tuesday May 2 on sections 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3
April 24
-non-disjunction disorders worksheet due today
-DNA note continued
-note - mutations
-handout - point mutation examples
-handout - DNA worksheet - due tomorrow
April 21
-chapter 4 quiz
-human karyotype gizmo due today
-note - DNA
April 20
-meiosis worksheet handed back and taken up
-abnormal meiosis note continued
-non-disjunction disorder worksheet - due Monday
-homework - copy table from 162 into notes and read and summarize pages 163-166, 167-170 for Monday
-don't forget quiz tomorrow on 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3
April 19
-late meiosis worksheets collected
-modelling mitosis and meiosis activity finished today
-plants and animals test handed back and taken up
-note - karyotypes
-handout - Normal Human Karyotypes
-note - abnormal meiosis
April 18
-Human Karyotypes Gizmo - due Friday April 21
-chapter 4 quiz will be Friday April 21
-meiosis worksheets due today
April 13
-meiosis recap
-note - gametogenesis
-note - sex chromosomes
-activity - modelling mitosis and meiosis
April 12
-mitosis worksheet handed back and taken up
-meiosis continued
-worksheet - meiosis (due Tuesday)
April 11
-cloning notes reviewed
-note - sexual reproduction
-note - meiosis
April 10
-video with worksheet - Eyes of Nye: Cloning
-submit your answer to video worksheet question #25
-handout - Reeve's Legacy
April 7
-the cell cycle continued
-Mitosis worksheet - due Monday
April 6
-Plant and Animal Kingdom test
April 5
-homework checked and taken up
-started note on the cell cycle
April 4
-continue seatwork from yesterday
-when finished use time to study for test on Thursday
April 3
-read pages 138-150
-summarize all but the section on cell division (143-145)
-make sure you include all figures as applicable
-work ahead on vocab for chapter 4
-previous test handed back
-plant kingdom worksheet handed back
March 30
-animal kingdom note continued
-animal kingdom tree continued
-test will be on April 6 on Plants and Animals (review handed out)
March 29
-read and summarize page 102-106 (include table on page 105)
March 28
-protostome info checked and taken up
-began drawing the phylogenetic tree for the animal kingdom
March 27
-test day
-copy table from page 100 into your notes
March 24
-stopping a global killer due today
-note - kingdom animalia
-don't forget your test on Monday (15 multiple choice, 15 true/false, 10 reverse definitions, 10 diagram labels)
March 23
-work period
March 22
-took up venn diagram from yesterday
-finished plants handout
-worksheet - the plant kingdom - due tomorrow
March 21
-note - plants
-handout - the plants
-homework - finish venn diagram comparing mosses to ferns
March 20
-bacteria wanted poster due today
-fungus summary checked and taken up
-fungus diagram handout
-chapter 2 test will be Monday March 27
-remember that stopping a global killer is due March 24
March 10
-no lesson due to the student vs. teacher memorial match
March 9
-fungus summary notes
March 8
-presentations
-protist handout
-video - "Life in a Drop of Pond Water"
-note that "Stopping a Global Killer" is Due on March 24 - get assignment here
March 7
-presentations
-note - protists
March 6
-presentations
March 3
-computer lab to work on Bacteria Wanted poster
March 2
-computer lab to work on Bacteria Wanted poster
March 1
-presentations
-Bacteria Wanted poster assigned - Due March 20
Feb 28
-presentations
-virus video conclusion
-video worksheet taken up
Feb 27
-presentations
-virus video continued
Feb 24
-presentations due today
-video - Understanding viruses with worksheet
-diversity test handed back and taken up
Feb 23
-homework checked and taken up
-note- viruses
-handout - viruses
Feb 22
-Kingdom Eubacteria continued
-read and summarize Kingdom Archaea pg 51-52
-textbook scavenger hunt handed back and taken up
-arachnid dichotomous key handed back and taken up
Feb 21
-test - diversity and classification
-note continued - Kingdom Eubacteria
Feb 17
-species experts nearing extinction questions collected for marking
-video with worksheet - Discovery Schools: Understanding Bacteria
-review for test on Tuesday
Feb 16
-handout - Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes
-Note - Kingdom Eubacteria
Feb 15
-quiz handed back and taken up
-arachnid dichotomous key collected for marking
-handout - DNA barcoding
-TED talks Andrew Lowe - DNA barcoding
-handout - Species Experts are Nearing Extinction (due Friday)
Feb 14
-legless lizards collected for marking
-reviewed classification
-sample dichotomous key using salamanders
-Arachnid dichotomous key due tomorrow
-video - organization and diversity
Feb 13
presentation dates assigned
-classification note continued
-handout - kingdoms of life
-handout - legless lizards (due tomorrow)
Feb 10
-computer lab period to work on presentations
Feb 9
-career presentation assignment handed out and topics selected
-homework checked and taken up
-note-taking strategies discussion
-note - classification
Feb 8
-biodiversity note continued
-read and summarize pages 10, 12, 13
-read page 11 (no summary required)
-answer questions 2,5,6,13 page 13
Feb 7
-handout - Using Biological Terminology
-handout - Greek and Latin vocab list
-quiz Friday - Greek and Latin Vocabulary
-note - biodiversity
Feb 6
-information form
-course outline
-textbook scavenger hunt
Upcoming Dates
-June 13 - Dissection Day 1
-June 14 - Dissection Day 2
-June 15 - ISP Day 1 - Diversity and Evolution
-June 16 - ISP Day 2 - Genetics and Body Systems
-June 28 - final exam (room 191)
June 19
-review period
June 16
-ISP day 2 - genetics and systems
June 15
-ISP day 1 - diversity and evolution
June 14
-fetal pig dissection day 2
June 13
-fetal pig dissection day 1
June 12
-circulatory system quiz
-review time
June 9
-work period - continue with summaries and vocabulary or study for quiz on Monday
June 8
-handout - respiratory system
-several assessments handed back today
June 7
-digestion quiz
-circulation continued - the heart
-circulatory system quiz will be on June 12 (all of chapter 11 except skip page 493 and 497-500)
June 6
-digestive system worksheet handed back
-circulatory system continued
-don't forget quiz tomorrow on digestion (including diagram and disorders)
June 5
-read and summarize section 11.5 (pg 501-503) and 11.6 (pg 504-506) - due Thursday
June 2
-digestion continued
-digestion quiz will be Wed June 7
-handout - the circulatory system
June 1
-evolution test
May 30
-digestion handout continued
-work on digestive substances summary
-work on digestive disorders and endoscopy summary (due Friday)
May 29
-gizmo collected for marking
-homework checked and taken up (section 8.3)
-digestive system continued
May 26
-handout - nutrition
-handout - digestions
May 25
-evolution quiz handed back
-gizmo due date changed to Monday
-homework checked and taken up (section 8.1)
-note - Speciation
-read and summarize section 8.3 pages 341-344
-evolution unit review handed out - test will be June 1
May 24
-computer lab - Rainfall and Bird Beaks gizmo (due Friday)
May 23
-evolution quiz
-read and summarize section 8.1 (pg 326-334) due tomorrow
May 19
-St. Joseph the Worker Day - thanks for helping!
May 18
-note - The Modern Theory of Evolution
May 17
-handout - Evidence for Evolution
-read and summarize section 7.5 ([ages 304-307)
-next quiz Tuesday, May 23 - sections 7.1 to 7.5 (10 m/c, 10 t/f, 10 reverse definitions)
May 16
-finish Darwin note
-video - Evolution's Voice (with handout)
May 15
-homework checked and taken up
-note - Charles Darwin
May 12
-genetics unit test
May 11
-test review
-planet earth video
-read and summarize sections 7.1 and 7.2 pg 282-293 with vocabulary - due Monday
May 10
-took up practice worksheet
-review for test (test has been moved to Friday, May 12)
May 9
-dihybrid cross practice worksheet
-test review (test will be on Thursday)
May 8
-handout - dihybrid crosses and pedigrees
May 5
-finish complex patterns of inheritance
-mendelian genetics assignment work period
May 4
-quiz on complete dominance patterns
-lesson on complex patterns of inheritance
May 3
-finish complete dominance worksheet
-work period to practice punnett squares
May 2
-genetics quiz
-finish introduction to mendelian genetics
-intro to punnett squares and monohybrid crosses
May 1
-don't forget quiz tomorrow on 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3
-introduction to Mendel
-report cards handed out today
April 27
-collected DNA extraction lab
-lesson on genetic engineering
-student teacher introduction
-bingo activity - introduction to inheritance
April 26
-homework checked
-note - Inheriting Mutations
-handout - Genetic Engineering
-homework - Read and Summarize pages 237-238, 240-243 - due Tuesday
-homework - read section 6.4 and 6.5 - due Tuesday
April 25
-DNA worksheet collected for marking
-DNA extraction lab - due Thursday
-next quiz will be on Tuesday May 2 on sections 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3
April 24
-non-disjunction disorders worksheet due today
-DNA note continued
-note - mutations
-handout - point mutation examples
-handout - DNA worksheet - due tomorrow
April 21
-chapter 4 quiz
-human karyotype gizmo due today
-note - DNA
April 20
-meiosis worksheet handed back and taken up
-abnormal meiosis note continued
-non-disjunction disorder worksheet - due Monday
-homework - copy table from 162 into notes and read and summarize pages 163-166, 167-170 for Monday
-don't forget quiz tomorrow on 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3
April 19
-late meiosis worksheets collected
-modelling mitosis and meiosis activity finished today
-plants and animals test handed back and taken up
-note - karyotypes
-handout - Normal Human Karyotypes
-note - abnormal meiosis
April 18
-Human Karyotypes Gizmo - due Friday April 21
-chapter 4 quiz will be Friday April 21
-meiosis worksheets due today
April 13
-meiosis recap
-note - gametogenesis
-note - sex chromosomes
-activity - modelling mitosis and meiosis
April 12
-mitosis worksheet handed back and taken up
-meiosis continued
-worksheet - meiosis (due Tuesday)
April 11
-cloning notes reviewed
-note - sexual reproduction
-note - meiosis
April 10
-video with worksheet - Eyes of Nye: Cloning
-submit your answer to video worksheet question #25
-handout - Reeve's Legacy
April 7
-the cell cycle continued
-Mitosis worksheet - due Monday
April 6
-Plant and Animal Kingdom test
April 5
-homework checked and taken up
-started note on the cell cycle
April 4
-continue seatwork from yesterday
-when finished use time to study for test on Thursday
April 3
-read pages 138-150
-summarize all but the section on cell division (143-145)
-make sure you include all figures as applicable
-work ahead on vocab for chapter 4
-previous test handed back
-plant kingdom worksheet handed back
March 30
-animal kingdom note continued
-animal kingdom tree continued
-test will be on April 6 on Plants and Animals (review handed out)
March 29
-read and summarize page 102-106 (include table on page 105)
March 28
-protostome info checked and taken up
-began drawing the phylogenetic tree for the animal kingdom
March 27
-test day
-copy table from page 100 into your notes
March 24
-stopping a global killer due today
-note - kingdom animalia
-don't forget your test on Monday (15 multiple choice, 15 true/false, 10 reverse definitions, 10 diagram labels)
March 23
-work period
March 22
-took up venn diagram from yesterday
-finished plants handout
-worksheet - the plant kingdom - due tomorrow
March 21
-note - plants
-handout - the plants
-homework - finish venn diagram comparing mosses to ferns
March 20
-bacteria wanted poster due today
-fungus summary checked and taken up
-fungus diagram handout
-chapter 2 test will be Monday March 27
-remember that stopping a global killer is due March 24
March 10
-no lesson due to the student vs. teacher memorial match
March 9
-fungus summary notes
March 8
-presentations
-protist handout
-video - "Life in a Drop of Pond Water"
-note that "Stopping a Global Killer" is Due on March 24 - get assignment here
March 7
-presentations
-note - protists
March 6
-presentations
March 3
-computer lab to work on Bacteria Wanted poster
March 2
-computer lab to work on Bacteria Wanted poster
March 1
-presentations
-Bacteria Wanted poster assigned - Due March 20
Feb 28
-presentations
-virus video conclusion
-video worksheet taken up
Feb 27
-presentations
-virus video continued
Feb 24
-presentations due today
-video - Understanding viruses with worksheet
-diversity test handed back and taken up
Feb 23
-homework checked and taken up
-note- viruses
-handout - viruses
Feb 22
-Kingdom Eubacteria continued
-read and summarize Kingdom Archaea pg 51-52
-textbook scavenger hunt handed back and taken up
-arachnid dichotomous key handed back and taken up
Feb 21
-test - diversity and classification
-note continued - Kingdom Eubacteria
Feb 17
-species experts nearing extinction questions collected for marking
-video with worksheet - Discovery Schools: Understanding Bacteria
-review for test on Tuesday
Feb 16
-handout - Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes
-Note - Kingdom Eubacteria
Feb 15
-quiz handed back and taken up
-arachnid dichotomous key collected for marking
-handout - DNA barcoding
-TED talks Andrew Lowe - DNA barcoding
-handout - Species Experts are Nearing Extinction (due Friday)
Feb 14
-legless lizards collected for marking
-reviewed classification
-sample dichotomous key using salamanders
-Arachnid dichotomous key due tomorrow
-video - organization and diversity
Feb 13
presentation dates assigned
-classification note continued
-handout - kingdoms of life
-handout - legless lizards (due tomorrow)
Feb 10
-computer lab period to work on presentations
Feb 9
-career presentation assignment handed out and topics selected
-homework checked and taken up
-note-taking strategies discussion
-note - classification
Feb 8
-biodiversity note continued
-read and summarize pages 10, 12, 13
-read page 11 (no summary required)
-answer questions 2,5,6,13 page 13
Feb 7
-handout - Using Biological Terminology
-handout - Greek and Latin vocab list
-quiz Friday - Greek and Latin Vocabulary
-note - biodiversity
Feb 6
-information form
-course outline
-textbook scavenger hunt