First 2.5 Weeks of School

I'm sorry it took me awhile to get this updated.  In the future you should expect to see this site updated (hopefully) before we do the activities!  I'm thrilled to have all of you in class and am looking forward to a great year in IB Biology.

• Wed 9/5:  Meet and Greet.  Demonstrate Early Work.
• Thurs 9/6:  Hand out Classroom Expectations.  Hand out Safety and Academic Honesty Contracts to be signed by next week (9/13).  Use dissecting microscopes to count brine shrimp cysts and estimate the number in the whole grid (show your work on the hand-out).  Hydrate brine shrimp, label, and leave out.  Bring TI-84 calculators on Monday.
• Mon 9/10:  Take a look at your brine shrimp.  Complete TI-84 Activity up to the t-test.
• Tues 9/11:  Go over statistics that will be used in IB Biology and the meaning of the t-test.  Count hatched brine shrimp by putting 1 mL of your sample on the petri dish lid.  Do at least 4 different samples and have each person in your group count.  Estimate the number of hatched brine shrimp in your sample and the percentage hatched.  Complete Brine Shrimp Count/TI-84 Worksheet and turn in today or Thursday.  Hand out Brine Shrimp Inquiry Planning and discuss what will you will do with your group.  Fill out Planning Sheet as well as you can before the next class.
• Thurs 9/13:  Carry-out Brine Shrimp Inquiry.  Take careful data, do multiples samples, and then clean-up.  Read pages 5-6 of IB Survival Guide and then discuss lab write-ups.  Brine Shrimp Inquiry write-up due next Thursday, 9/20.
• Mon 9/17:  Finish discussing inquiry write-up.  Start statistics packet (pages 1-3).  We will finish the packet and grade in-class on Tuesday (tomorrow).
• Tues 9/18:  Finish statistics packet and exchange for grading.  Go over what you need to know in statistics for IB Biology.  Short Test on IB Biology statistics on Thursday 9/20 (topics will be posted on this blog by Tuesday).  Work time.
• Thurs 9/20:  Turn in Brine Shrimp Inquiry.  Short statistics test.  Finish Statistics Packet and turn in.  Work on "Chemistry Review" worksheet using chapters 2-3 of the text and your knowledge from chemistry class.  Worksheet is due Tues 9/25.

I recommend reading Chapter 1 in your text as an introduction to IB Biology.