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Assignments due on...
June 13/16, 2008
AND
Have the data sheet from Relationships and Biodiversity Lab completed
(We'll finish the questions in class)
If you need an RNA translator table, use the one in the
Genetic Police Sketch Artist Lab:.
June 11/12, 2008
B-day classes (June 12) should finish the
review
questions we started in class
June 9/10, 2008
June 5/8, 2008
Human Ecology
Regents Questions
June 2/3, 2008
Ecology vocab:
At least 20 terms from text or notes.
Show evidence of studying - flash cards, 5 word definitions, studystack.com,
etc.
June 2/3, 2008
Community Comparison Lab
complete
AND
Be ready for a
May 30, 2008
Write a well-organized essay in response to the film.
No, there is no minimum length requirement except that it represents at least ½
an hour of work.
Typing would be most appreciated.
Here's a few topic questions:
What does our community/school/region do to contribute to global warming?
What does our community/school/region do to reverse to global warming?
How do these activities, positive and/or negative, affect you and your family?
Short term? Long term?
Essays can address all or none of these questions as long as it is in response
to the film.
May 28/29, 2008
Do some research on an organism you have found in the area. Pets are OK
but not very exciting.
I'm talking about things you'd find in a typical backyard.
Determine the following and record:
-Common name(s)
-Scientific name
-Description of habitat
-Description of niche
-Feeding relationship (who eats it/gets eaten by it)
-Another ecological relationship.
May 22/27, 2008
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 20/21, 2008
Regent's Ecology
Questions
Be ready for a
May 16/19, 2008
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 12/13, 2008
EXAM TODAY!
Taxonomy and Evolution
Get
review sheets here
May 8-9, 2008
Blocks IIA, IB, and IIIB: Complete
Beaks of Finches Lab
Class IIIB had some difficulty with instructions.
Click here to get the class data for
question #5
Block IIIA: Answer these three questions:
1. Who was Lamarck?
2. What was his "Big Idea"?
3. Were any part of his theories correct?
OR
Make a short cartoon strip that describes how
two species evolved from a common ancestor.
Do some research as the stories must be plausible i.e. don't make it up.
Doing this one will earn you some extra credit
May 6-7, 2008
May 2-5, 2008
pg 609 q's 1, 2, 3
pg 613 q's 1, 2, 5
pg 616 q's 1, 5
April 30-May 1, 2008
Complete Evidence of Evolution Lab
April 28/29, 2008
Complete the
Shark Key Lab including naming the
monsters using binomial nomenclature.
Here's a great resource for
Latin and Greek roots to make your Genus and species from.
AND
Complete
Odd Organism Challenge
AND
April 23/24, 2008
Key out sharks and make monster key from
Shark Key Lab.
We'll do the naming in class.
April 22, 2008
page 132 q's 1-5
April 15-16, 2008
EXAM TODAY!
Genetics
Get review sheets here
April 11-14, 2008
page 561 q's 1-5
April 9-10, 2008
Finish the Genetic Police
Sketch Artist Lab
Be sure to include your transcription/translation sheet,
conclusion questions and sketch.
AND
April 7-8, 2008
Finish the following from the
Genetic Police Sketch Artist Lab:
-Determined the base sequence of the complimentary DNA strand
-Transcribed that complimentary DNA strand into mRNA
-Identified the 7 genes "hidden" in the mRNA by circling the codons in each
gene.
We'll go over translation next class.
Get your Handy-dandy
Transcription/translation sheet here
April 3-4, 2008
Vocab list from pp. 524-539 in text.
The usual deal: about 20 terms of your own choice defined in 5 words or less.
April 1-2, 2008
Beyond Mendelian Genetics review Questions Sheet
AND
March 31, 2008 (B day)
page 535 q's 1-5
March 28, 2008 (A day)
page 523 q's 1-5
March 27, 2008 (B day)
Page 511 q's 1, 3-5
AND
page 523 q's 1-5
March 26, 2008 (A day)
A wee bit more spring break for y'all
March 14/25, 2008
Finish
Human Inheritance and Pedigree Analysis conclusion questions
AND
March 12/13, 2008
Page 507, q's 1-5
AND
Finish
Probability and Mendelian Genetics Lab conclusion questions
March 10/11, 2008
Keep a log of things you do over a day that
leave 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.
March 6/7, 2008
Human Anatomy Project is due!
Get info
on the project here.
Check out
the rubric here
March 4/5, 2008
EXAM(LET)
TODAY!
Human Anatomy and Physiology
Get review sheets here
February 29/March 3, 2008
Page 328 q's 1-5
AND
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 27/28, 2008
Measuring Reaction Time Lab
Questions
AND
You
should be ready for a
February 25/26, 2008
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 20/21, 2008
Analysis and conclusion questions from
Heart Anatomy Lab
February 12/19, 2008
Analysis and conclusion questions (as well as the graph)
from Investigating Pulse Rate
Lab
Get class average data
here.
AND
You
should be ready for a
February 8/11, 2008
Be ready to share
circulatory
system disease research for
Human Anatomy Project
Get info
on the project here.
Possible diseases/conditions include (but are not limited to):
Hypertension
Stroke
Kaposi's sarcoma
Atherosclerosis
Aneurism
February 5-6, 2008
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 1-4, 2008
Page 210,
questions 1-5
AND
You
should be ready for a
January 30/31, 2008
Observing Blood Cells
Lab
questions
January 22-25, 2008
STUDY FOR MIDTERM
EXAM!!
Review
Questions Here
Other review material at the
Review Page
January 18, 2008
IIA and IIIA: Lung Capacity Lab
questions
January 16/17, 2008
You
should be ready for a
AND
IIA and IIIA: Page 183, q's 1-5
IB and IIIB: Lung Capacity Lab
questions
January 14/15, 2008
Be ready to share respiratory disease info for the Student Desk Reference
Project
Get info
on the project here.
January 10/11, 2008
Digestive System Packet Questions
January 8/9, 2008
Block IIA: Conclusion paragraph and Questions from
Death of a
Cheesy-Poof Lab
AND
You
should be ready for a
Block IIIA, IB and IIIB:
Be ready to share
digestive system disease research for
Student /Physicians Desk Reference Project
Get info
on the project here.
AND
You
should be ready for a
January 4/7, 2008
Block IIIA, IB and IIIB: Conclusion paragraph and Questions from Death of a
Cheesy-Poof Lab
Block IIA: Do some research on a disease of the digestive system.
Write a short description of the disease that includes:
->Which organs are involved.
-> How the disease affects the organs and the person.
->What people do to treat the disease.
December 21/22, 2007
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 4 points
however, if at any point you decide to use the sheet, it'll cost you 4 points.
December 12/13, 2007
Chapter 5 Review Questions Sheet
AND
You
should be ready for a
December 10/11, 2007
Finish Adventures in Osmosis Lab
questions
December 6/7, 2007
Diffusion and Cell
Membranes Regents Questions sheet.
AND
Page 97, questions 1-5
December 4/5, 2007
Finish Diffusion in a Bag Lab
questions.AND
students should be ready for a
November 30/December 3, 2007
Complete this sentence:"A cell is like a...."Include the function of three or four organelles
NOTE: Block IB did not get to the lab
Your HW is:
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
November 28/29, 2007
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
NOTE: Block IB did not get to the lab
Your HW is:
Complete this sentence:"A cell is like a...."Include the function of three or four organelles
November 26/27, 2007
Chapter 5 vocab list
AND
Be ready for a
November 19/20, 2007
Pg 80, questions 1-4
November 13/14, 2007
UNIT 2 EXAM!!
Click
here for a review sheet
November 8/9, 2007
Toothpickase Lab conclusions and graph.
AND
Be ready for a
November 6/7, 2007
Enzyme Reading questions
Use your text, internet, your notes and/or brain to answer the questions.
November 2/5, 2007
Look at some ingredients lists on food products you eat.
Find an example ingredient for 4 different types of macromolecules.
List the ingredient, the type of molecule and the food product it was in.
October 31/November 1, 2007
Biochemistry Structure and Function Regents Questions
AND
Be ready for a
October 29/30, 2007
Vocab list from chapters 4.
At least
20 terms defined in 5 words or less.
October 25/26, 2007
Vocab list from chapters 3.
At least
20 terms defined in 5 words or less.
AND
Complete the Macromolecule Information Sheet for the class of compounds you
were assigned in class:
Proteins/Amino Acids
Complex
Carbohydrates/Simple Sugars
Nucleic Acids/Nucleotides
Lipids/Glycerol and Fatty Acids
October 23/24, 2007
Find the structural formulas for all eight molecules in the
Molecular Models Lab
AND
Intro to Biochemistry Questions Sheet
AND
October 19/22, 2007
Find three facts and the chemical formulas for all eight molecules in
the Molecular Models Lab
October 15/16, 2007
UNIT 1 EXAM!!
Click here for a review sheet
October 11/12, 2007
Conclusion questions from Tools of the Biologist Lab
October 9/10, 2007
Vocab list from chapters 1+2.
At least
20 terms defined in 5 words or less.
AND
October 4/5, 2007
Conclusion questions from
Magazines and Thread Lab
October 2/3, 2007
Conclusion questions from Letter "e"
Lab
AND
Jelly Side Down Lab Report due.
(You had three classes to work on this!)
How To Write A Formal Lab
Report
September 28/October 1, 2007
Working on your Jelly Side Down Lab Report.
AND
September 26/27, 2007
Graph the data you and your partner collected in class.
Be sure to include all of the
necessary info
in your graph.
Get some graph paper here.
AND
Start your Jelly Side Down lab report by typing up the procedure
you and your lab partner developed and carried out in class.
September 24/25, 2007
Have the Experimental Design Matrix
Sheet filled out
for your Jellied Toast Experiment.
For this experiment, you and a partner will investigate a factor
that may influence a falling piece of jellied toast causing it to land
jelly-side down.
If you are having trouble with the Design
Matrix,
check out the
Design Matrix Explained Sheet
AND
Write a short procedure.
(What are the steps to carry out your experiment?)
September
20/21, 2007
Finish Safety Lab conclusion questions
AND
September
18/19,
2007
Finish the
Application of Research
Method Worksheet
AND
Write a short paragraph (no more than a page)
describing a lab accident you were involved in.
If you were never involved in an accident write about one you saw
or heard about or read about in the news paper. Be prepared to share in class.
You may also do quiz "justifications"
September 14/17, 2007
Experimental design worksheet
September
11/12,
2007
Choose any TWO of these
life processes and in a short paragraph,
describe how those processes are related
or work together to keep you (or any other organism) going.
AND
September 7/10,
2007
In class, we compared a discrete data set (individual photo "stills")
with a continuous data set (a video) and
discussed the reliability of the conclusions from both.
Think of a situation you were in where you used discrete data
and came to an incorrect conclusion.
Write a paragraph describing the situation, the discrete data you used
and your incorrect conclusion.
G-rated situations only!
Still baffled but want to be prepared for class? Try this one:
Can you think of something people used to think was true but,
as more data was discovered, it was found to be actually wrong?
Briefly describe the "knowledge", the data and how our knowledge changed.