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Assignments due on...
Thursday, June 20, 2006 - Morning (7:45 am)
The Living Environment
Regents Exam
(Regents Exam
Schedule here)
June 11/12, 2007
June 7/8, 2007
AND
Conclusion questions from Relationships and Biodiversity Lab
THE 8th IS THE LAST DAY TO GET YOUR LABS IN.
BE SURE YOU HAVE 30 HOURS OF LABS
COMPLETED AND IN YOUR FOLDER!!!
June 5/6, 2007
AND
Have at least 28 hours of labs complete and in your lab folder.
If you have handed in all of your labs on time, throughout the year,
this is already covered and you have some extra time to devote to studying.
June 1/4, 2007
Analysis and critical thinking questions from the
Leaf Lab
If you missed the lab, go to the
Lab Folder Stuff page for materials to do it at home.
May 30/31, 2007
Pick an organism that is harmful or irritating to humans.
(You know, the ones that have "no purpose")
In a written response, describe why they are "harmful"
AND why they are actually ecologically necessary!
AND
Complete the Zebra Mussel Regents question
May 25/29, 2007
Finish conclusion questions from
Community Comparisons Lab
Be ready for a
May 23/24, 2007
Using the concept of the energy pyramid,
explain how a vegetarian diet might address the shortage of food available for
people.
Your answer should be in a well-written paragraph.
Get a copy of the Energy Pyramid sheet at the
Classnotes Repository.
May 21/22, 2007
Find and read a newspaper article that has to do with ecology.
In a written response to the article, address the following:
- What does the article have to do with ecology?
- Why is the subject of the article important/not important to you?
- Identify three facts from the article.
-You do NOT need to bring in the article but you MUST include the bibliographic
info
(source, author, date of publish.)
Be ready to share with the class!
May 15/16, 2007
EXAM TODAY!
Taxonomy and Evolution
Get
review sheets here
Be sure to check out the Classnotes Repository
May 11/14, 2007
Blocks 2A
Finish conclusion questions for
Natural Selection of
Forks and Beans Lab
Block 3A:
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.
If you don't want to draw, you can write a short story that includes the
necessary info.
Block 3B:
Complete three questions from the
Finch Beak
Question sheet
on a separate sheet of paper.
May 9/10, 2007
Block 2A:
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.
If you don't want to draw, you can write a short story that includes the
necessary info.
Blocks 3A&3B:
Finish conclusion questions for
Natural Selection of
Forks and Beans Lab
May 7/8, 2007
May 3/4, 2007
Chapter 29 vocab list
At least 20 terms defined in 5 words or less
May 1/2, 2007
Complete Evidence of Evolution Lab
April 26/27, 2007
Complete
Odd Organism Challenge
AND
April 22/23, 2007
Key out sharks and make monster key from
Shark Key Lab.
We'll do the naming in class.
April 18/19, 2007
EXAM TODAY!
Genetics
Get review sheets here
April 12/13, 2007
Genetically Modified Advertisement
Get the
assignment description here
April 10/11, 2007
Conclusion questions and sketch for
Genetic Police Sketch Artist
Lab
March 30/31, 2007
Write a paragraph answering these three points
-What does it mean to be "genetically modified"?
-How do feel about genetically modified organisms in your foods?
-Why do you feel that way?
March 28/29, 2007
Sex-Linked Pedigree question worksheet.
There are three different worksheets/questions:
A,
B and
C.
(For some reason, the .pdf file messed-up the instructions on
each sheet. Here they are:
Use the information provided below to
create a pedigree in the space below. Then answer the question at the end of
each description.
Check your text or lab 16 (available online) for help with the pedigree
symbols.)
Each student got one.
Pick one of the versions and try your best.
There is helpful material in the
Classnotes Repository.
AND
March 23/26, 2007
20 flash cards from chapter 25 and genetics notes so far.
Flash cards are not limited to vocabulary.
Pictures, concepts, Mendel's Laws, etc., are fair game.
Focus on material you need the most work on rather than terms you know already.
March 21/22, 2007
Finish
Human Inheritance and Pedigree Analysis conclusion questions
March 19/20, 2007
Finish
Probability and Mendelian Genetics Lab conclusion questions
AND
March 14/15, 2007
Find a recent newspaper/magazine article that has a connection with
genetics.
Write and be prepared to share:
-The connection with genetics.
-The main point of the article.
-What is your involvement in the issue/what is your opinion or response/why is
the article interesting to you?
I would rather the article had a weak connection with genetics than it be a
boring topic for you.
The importance here is on your response to the issue.
March 8/9, 2007
Human Anatomy Project is due!
Get info
on the project here.
Check out
the rubric here
March 6/7, 2007
EXAM(LET)
TODAY!
Human Anatomy and Physiology
Get review sheets here
March 2/5, 2007
Study for the exam next class
AND
Working on Human Anatomy Project
Get info
on the project here.
Check out
the rubric here
February 28/March 1, 2007
Be ready to share
Nervous and Endocrine system disease research for
Human Anatomy Project
AND
Research a Neurotransmitter.
Figure out what responses it is involved in and
what happens if a person doesn't make the proper amount of it.
AND
You
should be ready for a
February 23/27, 2007
Working on
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.
February 21/22, 2007
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.
February 16/20, 2007
Immunology Regents HW questions
(click to download)
AND
You
should be ready for a
Be ready to share Autoimmune disease research for
Human Anatomy Project (but you should have already done this)
Get info
on the project here.
HOORAY FOR SNOW DAYS!!
February 12/13, 2007
Be ready to share 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 8/9, 2007
Start working on 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 6/7, 2007
Be ready to share
circulatory
system disease research for
Human Anatomy Project
Get info
on the project here.
AND
You
should be ready for a
Analysis and conclusion questions from
Heart Anatomy Lab
February 2/5, 2007
Analysis and conclusion questions (as well as the graph)
from Investigating Pulse Rate
Lab
Get class average data
here.
AND
Start working on 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)
January 31, 2007
Analysis and conclusion questions from
Heart Anatomy Lab
January 19-25, 2007
STUDY FOR MIDTERM
EXAM!!
Review
Questions Here
Other review material at the
Review Page
January 17/18, 2007
You
should be ready for a
AND
ALL Bio Classes: Completed both the respiratory disease info and
have completed the
Conclusion Q's from Lung Capacity Lab
January 12/16, 2007
Block IIA:
Conclusion Q's from Lung Capacity Lab
Block IIIA+ IIIB: Respiratory disease info for the Student Desk Reference
Project
January 10/11, 2007
Page 231, q's 1-4
January 8/9, 2007
Be ready to share
digestive system disease research for
Student /Physicians Desk Reference Project
Get info
on the project here.
AND
Digestive
Anatomy Packet
AND
You
should be ready for a
January 4/5, 2007
Working on
Digestive system disease research for
Student /Physicians Desk Reference Project
Get info
on the project here.
December 21/22, 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.
December 19/20, 2006
Page 114 in the textbook, questions 1-4
December 15/18, 2006
Complete the Cell Phones and
Cell Cycles worksheet
AND
You
should be ready for a
December 13/14, 2006
Conclusion and Questions from Death of a
Peanut Lab
December 11/12, 2006
Answer these three questions:
1. What is a Calorie?
2. Where do you get most of your Calories from? (be specific --> What
foods?)
3. Estimate your Caloric intake for one day.
December 7/8, 2006
The 1st fifteen questions on the Cell Transport Regents Questions packet
AND
You
should be ready for a
December 5/6, 2006
Finish Adventures in Osmosis Lab
questions
December 1/4, 2006
Diffusion and Cell
Membranes Regents Questions sheet.
November 29/30, 2006
Finish Diffusion in a Bag Lab
questions.AND
students should be ready for a
November 27/28, 2006
Complete this sentence:"A cell is like a...."Include the function of three or four organelles
November 20/21, 2006
Finish the We Are Not Plants lab
conclusion questions
If you missed class/lost your lab,
there are resources available on the Lab
Folder Stuff page to complete the lab at home
AND
Chapter 5 vocab list with 5 word definitions.
Your list should include all organelles and at least 10
other terms
November 16/17, 2006
Working on:
Chapter 5 vocab list with 5 word definitions.
Your list should include all organelles and at least 10
other terms
AND
Be ready for a
Classification of Cells and Cell Theory
November 14/15, 2006
Identify at least 2 exceptions to cell theory.
Google is your friend. Try
ask.com too. It's cool.
November 7/8, 2006
UNIT 2 EXAM!!
Click
here for a review sheet
November 3/6, 2006
Toothpickase Lab conclusions and graph.
AND
Enzyme Reading questions
AND
Be ready for a
November 2, 2006 (B-day)
Working on chapter 4 vocab list
20 terms defined in 5 words or less.
Focus on the section on enzymes.
November 1, 2006 (A-day)
Chapter 4 vocab list
20 terms defined in 5 words or less.
Focus on the section on enzymes.
AND
2nd Block should also have a graph of their Toothpickase Lab completed.
(Starting toothpick count vs. Toothpickase reaction rate)
October
31, 2006
(B-day)
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)
October 30, 2006
Working on Chapter 4 vocab list
20 terms defined in 5 words or less.
Focus on the section on enzymes.
October 26/27, 2006
Be ready for a
October 24/25, 2006
Finish
Poster
Planning Worksheet.
You may also redo last classes assignment by finding a
specific polymer and reporting what it does and what class of polymer it
falls into.
October 20/23, 2006
What is a polymer?
What is an example of a polymer in living things?
What are that polymers sub-units?
October 18/19, 2006
Chapter 3 vocab list
20 terms defined in 5 words or less
AND
Molecular Models Lab
AND
October 16/17, 2006
Working on chapter 3 vocab list
20 terms defined in 5 words or less
October 12/13, 2006
Finish Tools Lab conclusion questions.
October 10/11, 2006
UNIT 1 EXAM!!
Click here for a review sheet
October 4, 2006
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 2/3, 2006
Conclusion questions from String and Colored Paper Lab
(B-day class only has to do the PRE-LAB Questions)
September 28/29,
2006
Formal write-up for the
Jelly Side Down Lab.
AND
Conclusion questions 1, 2 and 4 for Letter "e" Lab.
AND
September 26/27,
2006
Working on the formal write-up for the
Jelly Side Down Lab.
You should be able to finish parts II and III (at least).
September 22/25,
2006
Have a preliminary experimental variable
and procedure written up for the
Jelly Side Down Lab
September 20/21,
2006
Safety Lab Conclusion questionsAND
September 18/19,
2006
Finish the
Application of Research
Method Worksheet
AND
Write out the procedure for making a PB+J
(Assume I know nothing about PB, J or even sandwiches!)
AND
Bring in a lab folder
You may also do quiz "justifications"
September 14/15,
2006
Finish the
Experimental Design Worksheet
September 12/13,
2006
Life process flash cardsAND
September 8/11,
2006
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.