Assignments due on...
June 21, 2006 - Morning (7:45 am)
The Living Environment
Regents Exam
(Regents Exam
Schedule here)
June 12/13/14, 2006
June 8/9, 2006
AND
ALL STUDENTS!!!!!
THE 9th IS THE LAST DAY TO GET YOUR LABS IN.
BE SURE YOU HAVE 30 HOURS OF LABS
COMPLETED AND IN YOUR FOLDER!!!
June 6/7, 2006
AND
Conclusion questions from Relationships and Biodiversity Lab
June 2/5, 2006
Chpt. 37 vocab list.
At least 20 terms in 5 word definitions.
AND
QUIZ TODAY!
Vocab - Chapt. 37
Why Vegetarian? Extra credit paragraph:
Using the energy pyramid and cited stats,
discuss why vegetarianism is energetically more efficient.
May 24/25, 2006
EXAM(LET) TODAY!
Taxonomy and Evolution
Get
review sheets here
May 22/23, 2006
Show some physical proof of studying for the exam coming up next
class.
This can take many forms. A few things you could do:
-Answer the review questions
handed out last class.
-Make notes on your class notes.
-Chapter 7, 28 and 29 outlines (not just copied out of the end of the chapter
either.
-Flash cards/Flip pages.
-Answered questions from regentsprep.org
on a separate sheet of paper.
-Any other form of studying that works for you or you want to try as long as you
have some written product to show me.
May 18/19, 2006
Have at least 27 hours of labs complete
(AND)
This is an extra credit assignment!!!
Make a short cartoon strip that illustrates the speciation of a particular
species.
Do some research and find two organisms that evolved from a common ancestor.
Your strip should include:
- The common ancestor
- The two "new" species (one or either can be now extinct.)
- The cause of the geographic isolation
- The selective pressures that drove the speciation.
May 16/17, 2006
Chapter 29 vocab list
At least 20 terms defined in 5 words or less
AND
May 12/15, 2006
Working on Chapter 29 vocab list
At least 20 terms defined in 5 words or less
May 10/11, 2006
Complete Evidence of Evolution Lab
May 8/9, 2006
Complete
Odd Organism Challenge
AND
May 4/5, 2006
Key out sharks and make monster key from
Shark Key Lab.
We'll do the naming in class.
April 28/May 1, 2006
EXAM TODAY!
Genetics
Get review sheets here
April 26/27, 2005
Genetically Modified Advertisement
Get the
assignment description here
April 24/25, 2006
Conclusion questions and sketch for
Genetic Police Sketch Artist
Lab
April 20/21, 2006
Have the genes identified for the
Genetic Police Sketch Artist
Lab
AND
April 18/19, 2006
Keep a log of 25 things you did over a day that
left traces of DNA evidence behind.
Identify the evidence, what you were doing
when you left it behind and the time you left it.
KEEP YOUR LOGS G-RATED!!!!
I don't want to hear all of your activities
that leave DNA evidence behind.
April 4/5, 2006
Finish Karyotyping Lab conclusion questions
March 31/April 3, 2006
March 29/30, 2006
15 flash cards from chapter 25
March 27/28, 2006
Finish
Human Inheritance and Pedigree Analysis conclusion questions
March 23/24, 2006
Finish
Probability and Mendelian Genetics Lab conclusion questions
AND
March 21/22, 2006
Page 507, q's 1-5
March 17/20, 2006
Human Anatomy Project
Get info
on the project here.
Check out
the rubric here
March 15/16, 2006
EXAM(LET) TODAY!
Human Anatomy and Physiology
Get review sheets here
March 13/14, 2006
Do some research on 3 neurotransmitters.
What are their names and which types of actions are they involved in?
March 9/10, 2006
Nervous and Endocrine system disease research for
Human Anatomy Project
Get info
on the project here.
Possible diseases include (but are not limited to):
Nervous:
Huntington's disease
Tay-Sachs disease
Tetanus:
Endocrine:
Hyperthyroidism
Polycystic ovaries
A great resource for disease info here.
March 7/8, 2006
Excretory system disease research for
Human Anatomy Project
Get info
on the project here.
Possible diseases include (but are not limited to):
kidney stones
nephrotic necrosis
PKU
A great resource for disease info here.
March 3/6, 2006
Respiratory disease research for
Human Anatomy Project
Get info
on the project here.
Possible diseases include (but are not limited to):
Asthma
Emphysema
Bronchitis
Laryngitis
Pleurisy
February 28/March 1, 2006
Autoimmune disease research for
Human Anatomy Project
Get info
on the project here.
Possible diseases include (but are not limited to):
Multiple sclerosis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Type I diabetes (early onset)
Psoriasis
Lupus
Graves' disease
February 24/27, 2006
What is the bodies "first line of defense"? What about the second line? Third?
February 22/23, 2006
Analysis and conclusion questions (as well as the graph)
from Observing Blood Cells Lab
AND
Bring in your circulatory disease Info from Feb. 9/10
February 17/21, 2006
Analysis and conclusion questions (as well as the graph)
from Investigating Pulse Rate
Lab
February 15/16, 2006
Analysis and conclusion questions from
Heart Anatomy Lab
AND
February 13/14, 2006
Start working on organizing your diseases for the Human Anatomy Project
Get info
on the project here.
AND
Be sure to have completed:
-Peanut lab questions
-Digestive system packet
February 9/10, 2006
Circulatory system disease research for
Human Anatomy Project
Get info
on the project here.
Possible diseases include (but are not limited to):
Stroke
Heart Attack (Infarct)
Hypertension
Atherosclerosis
Anemia (Fe deficiency)
February 7/8, 2006
Death of a Peanut Lab
questions and conclusion (if your class finished)
Be ready for a
Show what you know about the digestive system by
writing a one-page paragraph as a ham sandwich (or some other foodstuff).
Describe what happens to you at each stage of
your trip through the entire digestive system.
February 3/6, 2006
Digestive system worksheet packet
February 1/2, 2006
Digestive system disease research for
Student /Physicians Desk Reference Project
Get info
on the project here.
January 23-27, 2006
STUDY FOR MIDTERM
EXAM!!
Get
your review sheets
January 19/20, 2006
STUDY FOR MIDTERM
EXAM!!
Get
your review sheets
January 17/18, 2006
UNIT 3 EXAM!!
Click here for a review sheet
You may create a reference sheet (a "cheat sheet")
on one side of a half-sheet of a standard (8.5" x 10") piece of paper.
If you make a sheet but don't use it during the exam, I'll give you 2 points
however, if at any point you decide to use the sheet, it'll cost you 4 points.
Cells Jeopardy! download
From home, right click and "Save as..."
January 12/13, 2006
Finish as much of the Leaf Lab questions as you can
YOU SHOULD BE STUDYING
FOR YOUR MIDTERMS (Jan. 27, a.m.)
AND
UNIT THREE EXAM!! (Jan. 17 and 18)
go to the review page
January 10/11, 2006
5 test questions from this unit (cells and cellular
processes).
NO TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS!
(I hate those)
If your question is suitable and I use it on the test,
not only will you be able to answer that question...I'll give you some extra
credit!
January 6/9, 2006
Page 114, questions 1-4
AND
you should be ready for an open notebook
January 4/5, 2006
EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENT
Make flash cards for the year so far (chptr 1-6)
Your stack should include at least 40 terms, concepts or even diagrams.
Don't focus on the material you already know. Look over old tests/quizzes for
what you got wrong..
December 22/23, 2005
Finish Adventures in Osmosis Lab
questions
December 20/21, 2005
Page 97 questions 1-5
A-day be ready for a make-up quiz on cell membranes and diffusion
December 19, 2005 (B-day)
Finish Diffusion in a Bag Lab
questions.
AND
should be ready for a
December 14/15, 2005
December 13, 2005 (A-day)
Finish Diffusion in a Bag Lab
questions.AND
students should be ready for a
December 8/12, 2005
Chapter 5 vocab list with 5 word definitions.
Your list should include all organelles and at least 10
other terms
December 6/7, 2005
Working on:
Chapter 5 vocab list with 5 word definitions.
Your list should include all organelles and at least 10
other terms
December 2/5, 2005
Finish the We Are Not Plants
conclusion questions
November 30/December 1, 2005
Complete this sentence:"A cell is like a...."Include the the function of three organelles
November 28/29, 2005
Anatomy of a Cell Worksheet
November 18/21, 2005
UNIT 2 EXAM!!
Click
here for a review sheet
November 16/17, 2005
Toothpickase Lab write-up
November 14/15, 2005
Answer for me these questions three
(And then a biochemist you will be):
1. What is an enzyme
2. What gives a protein its characteristic shape
3. Describe the "Lock and Key" model of enzyme action
(Chapter 4 will be of much help on these)
November 9/10, 2005
Do some research on some food you ate today.
Check out the ingredients list on a prepared food product
(something more than just a box of raisins).
Identify as many ingredients as protein, simple sugar,
complex carbohydrate or lipid.
You may need to look a few of the ingredients up.
(Google is your friend)
November 4/7, 2005
Be ready for a
November 2/3, 2005
Finish Poster
Planning Worksheet
October 31/November 1, 2005
What is a polymer?
What is an example of a polymer in living things?
What are that polymers sub-units?
October 27/28, 2005
Chapter 3 vocab list
20 terms defined in 5 words or less
AND
Molecular Models Lab
AND
October 25/26, 2005
Working on chapter 3 vocab list
20 terms defined in 5 words or less
October 19/20, 2005
UNIT 1 EXAM!!
Click here for a review sheet
October 17/18, 2005
Research a Nobel prize winner in science
(physics, chemistry or medicine and physiology).
Record and be ready to share the following info:
-Name (if part of a team who are the others?)
-Discovery and why it's important
-Date of award and date of work (they may be different)
-How is the research relevant to your life?
-Extra credit if the laureate is a woman and/or non-white
October 12/14, 2005
Finish Tools Lab conclusion questions.
(You do not need to have finished the lab to do the questions.)
AND
October 7/11, 2005
Research a lab instrument and create a one page magazine/newspaper advertisement
designed to sell that instrument. Ads should not take up more than one page
(8.5" x 11")
and contain the following information:
-Uses/function
-possible hazards
-a picture /diagram of the equipment
-the price
-sales pitch? (remember, you're trying to sell the item!)
October 5/6, 2005
Letter "e" Lab conclusion questions.
Use your text book to research question #3.
September 29/30,
2005
Jelly Side Down Lab
formal lab write up
AND
September 27/28,
2005
Chapter 2 vocab list.
20 terms defined in 5 words or less.
AND
working on Jelly-Side Down
formal lab write-up.
You do not have to write a summary (section I)
September 23/26,
2005
Working on Chapter 2 vocab list.
20 terms defined in 5 words or less
September 21/22,
2005
Have a preliminary procedure written up for the
Jelly Side Down Lab
AND
September 19/20,
2005
Chapter 1 vocab list.
20 terms defined in 5 words or less.
AND
Life Process Quiz justifications. (Not required)
AND
Bring in a lab folder. (also not required)
September 15/16,
2005
Working on:
Chapter 1 vocab list.
20 terms defined in 5 words or less.
(Symbols and pictures/icons don't count for words!)
September 13/14,
2005
September 9/12,
2005
Find a recent (this year) newspaper article that has something to do with
biology.
Write 3 facts from that article and identify which unit(s)
such as biochemistry or ecology the article falls into.
You do not need to bring the article in but you do need to include
the headline, newspaper and date.
Be prepared to share your info.