Genetics Exam Wednesday

Hey All -

There will be a test wednesday march third. This test will have 45 multiple choice questions from Unit 4 on Genetics. be prepared to answer questions on human genetics, DNA from transcription to Protein and genetic engineering concepts including cloning.

Human Body Systems

This Wednesday Sept 30th you will be having your first exam. The exam will consist of 45 multiple choice questions. Please come to class prepared with a study sheet no larger than an 8 1/2 x 11 inch piece of paper.

Homework:
You will need to turn in your Human Body Systems homework on 9/30/09. All grades are closed as of Friday October 2nd at 12 noon. Do not even attempt to submit back work after 12 noon.

Have a nice day Ms. T

Start of School Year!

Welcome back students and I hope everyone had a restful summer and you are ready to begin work!
There are several things that you must attend to over the next week -
1) Period Three, you must turn in your locker, lunch and emergency cards!
2) What Biology Means To Me - One page, four paragraph essay due Friday 8/29
3) Science Safety Test - This Monday 8/31. All students need to take and pass this test with 100%. You will continue to take this test until you achieve 100% or there will be no lab:( - This is for your safety and the safety of others.
4) Chapter one SQ3R notes are due next Wednesday 9/2.

Get ready School has Begun!

Ms. T

Tuesady back in school

We are nearing the end of the school year. This includes turning in your text books, taking a final exam and completing the survey for this class.


We will head over to the computer lab this week to take a class evaluation survey from this link.

I will pass out Questions for your final exam this week. Our last lab is this week as well. Be prepared to submit a formal lab report based on our last lab.

May 18th

Monday the 18th we will be dissecting brains with scientists from UCSF - please plan on arriving to class on time, with questions and your enthusiastic self. This week we will be discussing your clone papers and having a classroom debate on clones, stem cells and genetic engineering.

This will prep us well for our final end of the year lab - pGLO. We will insert a glowing gene from jellyfish into a normal bacteria (assuming that there is anything normal about bacteria)

Homework:
These things are PAST DUE
Neuron Lab Report
Frog Dissection Lab Report
The Biography of the First Clone Paper (12 point font, double spaced and BE CREATIVE)

Homework for this week -
Lab Report of Brain Dissection Lab - due Friday May 22.

STAR Testing:

In Two weeks we will begin STAR testing. Next week we will review material from the beginning of the year to get you ready for the exam.

Look at last weeks blog for the homework that is due.

We have just finished the last of the 6 weeks for our six week grading period and grades are now closed.

For homework you will be required to begin review starting with Unit Three.
A review of cells.

Monday April 13th

School - is Back! Yes Monday will be a normal day. This week we will touch on the 11 Human Body Systems with particular focus on the immune system. You will be familiar with how these systems interact with each other, understand how our body is designed to protect us from disease and just how these systems are able to maintain homeostasis in our bodies.

Homework - Begin to Read Chapter 35 pages 891-903
Chapter 36 pages 926-936
Chapter 40 pages 1030-1047


Grades are due this Friday - 4/17 so please turn in any an all evolution project materials.
STAR testing is in two weeks we will begin our preparation for these tests next week - REVIEW!

Monday March 23rd

There will be an exam on the three chapters in your text book that focus on Evolution. The exam will consist of a few multiple choice questions and a few fill in the blank questions. Please come on time to class prepared for the test.

For those of you who did not present their evolution project (lack of time on Friday or you wern't prepared) please be ready to present Monday.

Remember Monday March 30th is a holiday - no school
Homework due this week

1. Your hominid skulls lab is due this Wednesday. Remember to include all sections of the lab.
2. Start to read chapter 3 in the text book as we start on Ecology Wednesday!
3. SQ3R notes fro chapter 3 due Friday March 27th.
   

March

Can you believe that March has Marched right in! For the next three weeks we will be covering the topic of evolution. During this unit you will be responsible for completion of the Evolution Project! Click here for more information!

Homework
Please Start Reading and complete SQ3R notes for chapter 15. pages 368-386.
Evolution Project will be due on March 19th - period 3 March 20th period 1.

Feb 19th

This week we are finishing up chapter 12 and will start on chapter 13 next monday and tuesday. Our Test on the Genetics Unit will be next Friday Feb 27th.
It will be a 50 question multiple choice test covering chapters 11, 12, and 13. There will be a study guide provided however please make your own in case i forget something!

Homework

Complete the DNA coloring pages on transcription and translation
SQ3R notes for pages 297-312
Questions on page 308# 1-5 and page 312 # 1-5

Lab on DNA Extraction due Friday 2/27
You can find the protocol here - this also contains extra extension questions for those who wish to have an A or go further!

Feb. 9th

Today we start chapter 12 - DNA. This week we will be constructing DNA origami and learning about James Watson and Francis Crick - the two men who figured out the structure of DNA.

To help you to understand this better through reinforcing what we learn in class you can complete this homework!!!!
Homework
SQ3R notes pages. 287-294
Answer questions on page 294 # 1-5
Questions on page 296 #1-3.

Unit final chapters 11,12,13 will be on Feb 25th

Genetics

This week we have been discussing punnett squares - how to determine the genotype and phenotype of an organism - even sponge bob!

Dates to remember - Thursday - period 3 and fri period 1 quiz on punnett squares.

HOMEWORK due this week
Page 283 # 1-21
285 # 1-12
Due to CHASSE testing there will be no lab this week.

what kind of diagram you say......

well -

you can do any kind you like from, ven to linear, from icons to thought bubbles.

be the artist you can be!

Chapter 11

Chapter 11
Please make sure that i have all of your SQ3R notes for chapter 11 - genetics. This was due last week Your homework will be different this week. I would like you to make a diagram to explain Mendel's principle of dominance and segregation. Your diagram should show how alleles segregate during gamete formation.

We will finish the mitosis/meiosis lab this week and the lab write up is due this Friday

HOMEWORK:
Diagram showing dominance and segregation. see page 266 in text.
Lab is due on friday.

Final Exam

Hi

just wanted to give you the heads up for the Exam.
We will review for the final Monday and Tuesday....Bring your questions so I can answer them
Your exam will be 80 questions of multiple choice.

good luck studying

Back to School

Also means back to work for you and Biology class. We are starting on chapter 10 "Cell Growth and Division". You will be responsible for making a mitosis flip book - outlining the different phases of mitosis. More details to follow on the 5th.
Keep in mind your upcoming finals - start studying now as research shows 1/2 hour for 8 days goes twice as far as one 4 hour cram session!


Looking for mitosis links click here!

HOMEWORK
1) Chapter 10 read and turn in SQ3R notes.
2) page 243 questions #1-4
3) 249 questions # 1-6, writing in science - 3 paragraphs please


questions email me!


HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

Winter Break

There are many things that one can do while lazying about your house over break.
1) look up your missing assignments on webgrade and do them and have them ready to turn in on the 5th.

2) if you don't know what is missing go through the old blog pages and find out all of the assignments, they are all there and you will recognize what you are missing. Chances are if you did it you will remember doing it/answering the questions/ taking notes......

3) Study for your Final , it is a comprehensive final. The material will be from the first day of school through chapter 10. To help you prepare -
1) Go through your class notes and sq3r notes, cross reference your notes with any handouts you have received from me and homework that has been returned.

2) take notes from your notes and go over these, many times

3) practice taking multiple choice tests by taking the chapter assessments at the back of chapters
1, 2, 7,8,9,10.

4) read chapter 10, take SQ3R notes and have them ready to turn in.

email me with questions

Ms. T

Dec 15th

We are days away from our winter break and please use these two weeks to review your Biology material from the beginning of the year since your final exam will be cumulative. Have a good time too!

Homework for this week includes tying up any loose ends - papers that haven't yet been turned in, notes that need to be written and turned into me, things like that.

DUE THIS Friday

I would like the formal lab write up for our most recent lab involving the three types of bacteria. Please include a background section that refers to the type of bacteria culture we used, the procedure for having a sterile work area,preparing the petri dish, inoculation of the petri dish, incubation at 37 degrees, sealing of the petri dishes with perifilm and finally looking under the microscipe at the different species of bacteria.Also make sure you include any drawings you may have made and observations. Please include the above mentioned items IN ADDITION to the normal formal lab report.

contact me with questions...

TEST THIS WEDNESDAY
Study up! 30 multiple choice questions based on chapters 8 and 9- photosynthesis and respiration. You are allowed to use a 1/2 sheet study guide made by you, to be turned in once test is over.. don't even think of making an extra copy for your friend .

Dec 1st

We are starting our study of Photosynthesis this week with chapter 8 in our text book and further exploration during several laboratory experiments.

Since you have already read up through page 207 in your text and should have an essay prepared that discusses the relationship between heterotrophs and autotrophs we will proceed directly into the reactions of photosynthesis.

Homework: Due; Friday Dec. 5th
Read pages 208-215 taking SQ3R notes on those pages.
Answer questions on page 214 1-5.
Going further---for those who dare
Answer the question How would you design an experiment that could examine one of the factors that effect the rate of photosynthesis?
think independent and dependent variables, any background information you may have, the time this would take and what would your procedure be?
Type this and have it ready by friday to turn in for a grade.

Thanksgiving Homework

As you know we are beginning our study of photosynthesis.Part of this study includes knowing the difference between a food producer and a food consumer. Food producers are referred to as autotrophs and consumers are heterotrophs.

I would like you to scour the internet and use your text book to help you to craft a paper on the relationship between producers and consumers. This can be a straightforward essay on this relationship or it can be a summary of an article that you found while surfing, reading the paper or looking at a magazine.

I need to see an introductory paragraph which needs to include your main topic and what you are going to say. Then the next paragraph or two should be the body of your essay - telling everything. The final part of your essay needs to be a conclusion, telling me what you just tried to say. All of this needs to be
TYPED
SINGLE SPACED
12 POINT FONT.
DUE Monday Dec.1st

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