Turnitin.com Info Revisited

It is so exciting getting all of your labs coming in!  Many of you have asked about the turnitin.com information for this year.  The Class ID is:  7134730 and the Password is:  darwin

Let me know if you have any problems submitting your lab.  Enjoy the rest of your break!

Ms. Kenny

Last 2 Weeks Before Winter Break

• Mon 12/9:  Cadaver Lab Field Trip!  Be in class by 11:40-11:45, so we can gather to leave.  Bring something to eat, your Tri-Met pass, and warm clothes.
• Wed 12/11:  Class cancelled due to Snow Day.
• Fri 12/13:  Feedback on Field Trip?  Check off Heart Worksheet.  Finish up Notes on the Circulatory System and start the Respiratory System.  Hand out Review Sheet for Digestion, Circulation, and Respiration.  Read 42.5-42.7
• Mon 12/16:  SPARK Lecture on Brain Cancer today.  Finish Respiratory System and review the different systems.
• Wed 12/18:  Review for Digestion, Circulation, and Respiration Test to take on Friday.
• Fri 12/20:  Turn in Review.  Take Test.  Turn in Populations Lab (a hard copy) and a virtual copy through turnitin.com.  If you do not have it to turn in today, please e-mail me a copy AND submit through turnitin.com by December 29th (printing a good copy from turnitin.com is frequently a challenge, but almost always works well from e-mailed documents).  Work on Muscles and Movement Worksheet (see in documents).   The front part goes along with the Muscles Video linked on this site.

Enjoy your winter break!  Read a good book if you have time!

The Week of 12/2-12/6

I hope you are enjoying your week off from school!  Remember that you need to finish the "Joe Eats a Burger" data table for Mon 12/2 and you should have a research question and plan for data taking for the Populations Lab (see documents if you don't have it) by Wed 12/4.  Also remember to get your Cadaver Field Trip form signed by 12/4.

• Mon 12/2:  Turn in Joe eats a burger.  Notes on villi and microvilli.  Overview of digestive enzymes.  Start Circulatory System worksheet.  Quiz on components of the heart and blood flow on Friday.  Finish reading Chapter 41 and start 42.
• Wed 12/4:  Turn in Cadaver Field Trip Form.  Turn in research plans for Populations Inquiry.  Blood flow through the heart.  Include chambers of the heart, valves, important vessels.  Difference between arteries, veins, and capillaries. Complete Circulatory Worksheet and get it checked off.  Quiz on Friday. Read 42.2 and 42.3.
• Fri 12/6:  Quiz on components of the heart and blood flow.  Components of blood and blood clotting.   Other topics on circulation.    Read 42.4.

The Week of 11/18-11/22 (Digestion Notes have been added)

SPARK Lecture on Cell Membranes on Monday!  Quiz on the Digestive System on Friday.

• Mon 11/18:  Hand out Cadaver Lab Field Trip form.  Please get signed by Mon 12/2.  Introduction to the Digestive System.  Parts of the system.  What happens to food as it goes through.  Color diagram of digestive system.  Start reading Chapter 41.
• Wed 11/20:  More on digestive system, including the function of enzymes.  Start on villi.  Finish coloring digestive system and complete back of worksheet using computers.
• Fri 11/22:  Quiz on digestive system.  Be able to label the structures in a diagram and be able to describe what happens to food as it passes through, using correct terminology.  Finish the structure and function of villi and microvilli.

Have a relaxing week off!  You can get ahead by starting to read Chapter 42 on the circulatory system.  You can also get going on an extra credit book if you would like.  Check the book list and instructions under "Extra Credit Opportunities".

The Week of 11/11/13

• Mon 11/11:  No School!  Veteran's Day.
• Wed 11/13:  Review for Evolution Test.  Turn in Cladogram activity if not already.
• Fri 11/15:  Turn in Optional Evolution Review before test.  Take Evolution Test.  Start work on the Digestive System.

The Week of 11/4-11/8

• Monday 11/4:  SPARK Lecture on Sensing Sound today at 3:30 in 169.
• Tues 11/5:  Dichotomous Key due for 6th (Thursday for 7th period).  Exchange keys.  Questions on Molecular Evidence WS?  Finish and turn in.  Go to Computer Lab to do on-line Cladogram Activity.  Hand out Evolution Review.
• Thur 11/7:  Deadline for any late work for the quarter.  Finish on-line Cladogram activity.  Start going over Evolution Review.  Test next Wed and Thursday.
• Friday 11/8:  Teacher Work Day.  No School.  SPARK write up can be turned in using turnitin.com through today.
• Mon 11/11:  Veteran's Day.  No School!!

The Week of 10/28-11/1

• Mon 10/28:   Introduce Classification.  Dichotomous Key activity with fish, done in pairs.  Then, as a pair, you should make your own dichotomous key to organize 10 objects of your choice.  They can be animals, songs, books, characters, people, etc.
• Wed 10/30:  Last Beak quiz (Chapters 10-12).  Lab identifying organisms from 6 different invertebrate phyla.  Introduce cladograms.
• Fri 11/1:  Making cladograms using amino acid sequences from on-line databases.

Link to NY Times Article About Human Evolution

For some reason, I can't add links in the usual place right now, so I'm adding it here.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/18/science/fossil-skull-may-rewrite-humans-evolutionary-story.html?_r=0

And a news clip from the UK:  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/archaeology/10388001/Skull-find-shines-new-light-on-human-evolution.html

The Week of 10/21-10/25

There is a SPARK lecture on Monday 10/21.  The speaker is an engineer from Intel.  You may get extra credit for going to one SPARK lecture per month, although remember that there is a limit on extra credit of 5% of the quarter grade.

• Mon 10/21:  Turn in Speciation Worksheet.  Questions on Hardy-Weinberg Packet?  Turn in today or Wednesday.  Overview of human evolution.  Radiometric dating.  Problems with the fossil record.  Humans as mammals and primates.  Cultural evolution versus biological evolution. Read 25.2.
• Wed 10/23:  Beak of the Finch quiz on Chapters 7-9.  Working with Hominid skull replicas.  Take careful measurements of different aspects of each of the skulls.  Read 34.7 and 34.8.
• Fri 10/25:  Phylogeny of the Hominid skulls.  Complete Skulls hand-out and turn in.  Changes in diet and changes in brain size of humans.  Last Beak quiz (Chapters 10-12) on Wed 10/30.

Heads up!  We will be going on a Field Trip on December 9th to a Legacy Emmanuel facility where we will view a preserved human cadaver to learn about human anatomy.

The Week of 10/14-10/18

• Tues 10/15:  Quiz on Chapters 4-6 of Beak of the Finch.  Natural selection and sexual selection.  Species and speciation.  Barriers between gene pools.  Read 24.1 and 24.2.
• Wed 10/16:  Gene pools and allele frequencies.  Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium.  Read 23.1 and 23.2.
• Fri 10/18:  Hardy-Weinberg Activity.  The concept of half-life and radiometric dating.  Read 25.2.

Next week:  Beak of the Finch quiz on Chapters 7-9 on Wed 10/23.  Last quiz (Chapters 10-12) will be on Wed 10/30.   We will also be working with replicas of Hominid skulls as we explore human evolution!

Turnitin.com Info

For any of you who went to the SPARK lecture on Monday, let me remind you that we are turning in these assignments (summary and your response) through turnitin.com The class info for this year: Class ID #: 7134730 Password: darwin Please turn in SPARK lectures by the Friday of the week of the lecture, although I will give you until next Wednesday this time.

SPARK Lecture!

The first SPARK lecture of the school year will be Monday, October 7 at 3:30 in Room 169. The speaker is Dr. Kathleen Dalke, ObGyn. Please come and learn about her work and earn some extra credit for your science class!

9/30-10/10

• Mon 9/30:  Turn in Field Trip Assignment.  Ecology Data-Based Question Practice.  Use Markscheme to grade.  Questions on Ecology Review?  Pick up Beak of the Finch.  First quiz on Chapters 1-3 on Tuesday 10/8.  Ecology Review due before test on Wednesday.
• Wed 10/2:  Turn in Ecology Review.  Take Ecology Test. Significant Figures practice.  Basics of Darwinian evolution.  Read 22.1 and 22.2.
• Fri 10/4:  Evidence of evolution:  animal breeding, antibiotic resistance, industrial melanism.  Graphing practice using LoggerPro.  Remember the Beak of the Finch quiz on Tuesday.  Read 22.3.
• Tues 10/8:  Beak Quiz #1 on Chapters 1-3.  Origin of Life.  Read 25.1 and 25.3.  Next Beak Quiz (Chapters 4-6) on Tues 10/15.
• Thurs 10/10:  Finish origin of life.  Speciation, gene pools, and barriers between gene pools. Read 24.1 and 24.2.  Quiz on Chapters 4-6 on Tues, 10/15.

The Weeks of 9/16-9/27

• Mon 9/16:  Turn in Climate Change Packet if not already.  Simpson's Diversity Index calculation.  Testing water for dissolved oxygen, dissolved carbon dioxide, and pH.  Finish field tests if necessary.  Turn in weather worksheet.  Read 55.4.
• Wed 9/18:  Soil Tests.  Climate Change Notes.   Carbon Cycle (will do later). 
• Fri 9/20:  Signed Field Trip formed due.  Sorting macroinvertebrates and using the count to determine water quality.  Turn in Biotic Factors worksheet.  Population growth curves.  (will do later)
• Mon 9/23:  Gather materials for the field trip, pack, and label for your group.  Go over Field Trip activities.
• Wed 9/25:  Field Trip Day!  Gather in class by 9:50.  When we are all assembled, we will take the materials we packed and load them onto the bus.  The school bus will leave by 10:00 am.  We should return by 1: 45 pm.  You should have packed a lunch, water, and snacks if needed.
• Fri 9/27:  Debrief field trip.  Enter field trip data into database.  Field Trip Assignment due on Monday!  Go over Carbon Cycle and Population Growth Curves.  Review ecology concepts for test next Wednesday 10/2.

Beginning of the 2013-2014 School Year

• 
  Welcome back for the 2nd year of IB Biology! By now you have seen the 2nd year time-line and know what we will cover this year. During the 2nd semester of this year, we will continue to cover new material, but also go back and review material from last year. In addition, we will do 2-3 more labs that can be used as part of your IB Internal Assessment. 
•  Wed 9/4: 2nd year time-line. Hand out Safety and Academic Honesty Contracts. Please get them signed by Wed 9/11. 
•  Fri 9/6: Hopes and Concerns for 2nd year. Ecology preassessment. Ecology overview. Basic definitions. Autotrophs and Heterotrophs. Types of heterotrophs. Read 52.1 and skim 52.2. Read 54.2. 
•  Mon 9/9: Table groups make food chains. Food web simulation. Each group make a food web. 
•  Wed 9/11: Signed Safety and Academic Honesty Contracts due signed. Energy pyramids. On-line Climate Change Activity. Read 55.3 and 55.5. 
•  Fri 9/13: Discuss Climate Change. Carbon Cycle. Population dynamics. Read 55.4 and skim 53.

End of the Year: Deadline for Late Work/Extra Credit on Monday 6/10!

Sorry for no update last week, although there wasn't much except Plant Test on Monday and review the rest of the week.  Now all we have left is the Final Exam!  Some details about the final:

1)  It will be for the 2nd semester only (topics are Genetics, Replication, Transcription, Translation, Enzymes, Biotech, and Plants)
2)  It will be 20% of the semester grade
3)  It will be a combination of multiple choice, short responses, and longer responses (like most of our tests)
4)  Cheating will result in a 0 (not partial credit).  Don't do it.
5)  Exam for 1st period is Wednesday at 8:10 and Exam for 2nd period is Thursday at 8:10 (2 hours).  You must finish in the time allotted unless you have an IEP/504 giving you extra time.

5/13-5/23

• Mon 5/13:  Notes on Flowers.  Hand out Hoyt Arboretum Field Trip Permission Slip.  Read 38.1.
• Tues 5/14:  Finish notes on flowers:   monocots vs. dicots.  Flower Dissection. Read 38.2.
• Thurs 5/16:  Notes on Plant Hormones.  Auxin, Phytochromes, Gibberellin.  Videos on Plant Pollinators.  Bring your Field Trip Permission Slip signed by Monday!!  Read 39.2 and 39.3
• Mon 5/20:  SPARK Lecture today on Ground Water Quality (3:30 in 169).  Signed Permission Slip due.  Recognizing plants in Hoyt Arboretum.  
• Tues 5/21:  Get to class as soon as possible.  Come prepared for all weather and bring your Tri-Met bus pass!
• Thurs 5/23:  Incredible video on plants!!  Answer video notes and turn in.  Hand out Plant Review.  Plant Test on Thursday, 5/30.  Test moved to Monday 6/3.  Begin writing answers to the review.

4/29-5/10

Remember that the Seed Germination Lab is due Thursday, May 16th!  You need to get your data taken soon so that you can complete the write-up on time!

• Mon 4/29:  Brainstorm plant questions, share with small group, and then share out with large group.
• Tues 4/30:  Plant origins and roots.  Leaf worksheet.  Answer questions on side 1 and color side 2.  Get checked off.  Skim Chapter 29.
• Thurs 5/2:  Notes on stems.  Gather plant parts in the Lincoln Yard.  Get 10 different leaves, 3 roots and 3 stems.  In the classroom, draw 5 leaves, 2 roots, and 1 stem.  Label all the parts that you can and then write a caption describing the features of each sample (color, texture, where it was found, special features).  Read 35.1.
• Mon 5/6:  Notes on plant growth.  Finish drawings and turn in.  Read 35.2-35.4.
• Tues 5/7:  Water transport in plants.  Transpiration.  Adaptations of Xerophytes.  Start short transpiration lab.  Read 36.1-36.4.
• Thurs 5/9:  Plant reproduction:  flowers. Monocots vs. Dicots.  Read 38.1-38.2 (move to next week).  Transport in phloem.  Compare xylem and phloem.  Finish transpiration lab from Tuesday.  On-line transpiration simulation.  There is a hand-out on this website and a link to the site on this website.  For people who were here, the assignment is due Tuesday, 5/14 and for students with excused absences or taking IB tests, the assignment is due Monday 5/20.  

Bioethics Debate (Thursday, April 18)

On Tuesday, April 16, research the history and science behind your topic (topics listed below), in addition to researching its pros and cons.  On Thursday, April 18 explain your topic to the class and present positives and negatives of the technology (5-8 minutes).   After the debate, submit a bibliography of 5 solid resources, a list of who did what in your group, and a 1-2 page summary of your findings.

On the day of the "debate", your group will have 5-8 minutes to present, followed by 5-10 minutes of questions and comments from other class members.

The Topics:

1)  Reproductive Cloning

2)  Stem Cells

3)  Genetically-modified organisms (GMO's).  Include both plants (crops) and animals.

4)  DNA Sequencing (include the history of the Human Genome Project)

DNA Fingerprinting Lab: Due by Monday, April 22.

1.Analyze a copy of your gel or the one provided if yours is inconclusive.  This means take measurements (in millimeters) of each line and compare to the ladder (information down below).  I recommend making a data table to present your data.

2.Write a 2-page testimony that you would give to a jury.   a)  Explain the concept of DNA fingerprinting and how gel electrophoresis works.   b)  Use your data (numbers) to indicate which suspect (if any) you think is guilty of the crime.   c)  Discuss sources of uncertainty and what your team did to reduce these sources of uncertainty (you may pretend that you are a well-seasoned team).

3.  Cite any sources you used.

4.Submit to turnitin.com by Monday 4/22  and turn in a hard copy to me.  

Ladder Information:  Lambda/HindIII markers: 

Band #1:  23.1 kb, Band #2:  9.42 kb,  Band #3:  6.56 kb,  Band #4:  4.36 kb, Band #5: 2.32 kb, Band #6:  2.03 kb

4/15-4/25

3rd Quarter Grades are Updated.  Check yours and see if you have any questions.  There is a SPARK lecture on Monday 4/15 on Earthquakes.   SPARK lecture write-ups will now only be accepted through turnitin.com.  Welcome to the 4th Quarter.  We are down to the final stretch!!

• Monday 4/15:  Check off Restriction Enzyme Worksheet and go over.  Check off Cloning of a Gene steps.   View your gels and take photos to share with the group.  Start measuring your gels.  Write-up for DNA Fingerprinting Lab due Monday 4/22.
• Tues 4/16:  Measuring your gel.  Go over Bacterial Transformation.  Research on Biotech Ethical Issues for "Debate" on Thursday.
• Thursday 4/18:  Bioethics debate.  Hand out Biotech Review for test on Thursday 4/25.
• Monday 4/22:  Turn in DNA Fingerprinting Lab.  Go over review for Biotech Test.
• Tuesday 4/23:  ACT Testing day for Juniors.
• Thursday 4/25:  Turn in Biotech Review.  Take Biotech test.  Start Plants!!

Remember that your Seed Germination Lab is due Thursday 5/16.  If you haven't started it yet, it is time....

Class Activities 4/1-4/9

• Mon 4/1:  Quick intro to Stem Cells.  Stem Cell Interactive on computers.  Each pair turns in short hand-out (see description in previous entry).  Read 20.1.
• Tues 4/2:  Notes on Stem Cells and Cloning.  Video on replacement body parts.  "Click and Clone" simulation and PCR simulation,.  Notes on PCR.  
• Thurs 4/4:  Finish up PCR and discuss Human Genome Project.  Introduce Biotech equipment.  Biotech Practice Lab.  Complete lab and turn in.  Hand-out DNA Profiling Lab.  Please read this lab carefully before class on Monday.  If time, do restriction enzyme activity.  Read 20.2.
• Mon 4/8 (Block Day):  First day of DNA Profiling Lab.  While waiting for DNA to be digested, do restriction enzyme activity.  
• Wed 4/10:  Deadline for Late Work/Extra Credit.   Second day of DNA Profiling Lab. Run gels and then view them in the illuminator.  While waiting for gels to run, go over Bacterial Transformation.  Read 20.3.

I highly recommend getting your seed germination lab going this week-end if not already!   The lab is due Thursday, May 16th, but that will creep up on you if you don't get started early.

Links for Tuesday 4/2

Click and Clone

PCR Simulation

Video:  Replacing Body Parts

Stem Cell Interactive Assignment

In Pairs, Go to Stem Cell Interactive in links

Read the descriptions as you go

1)  Using the coaxing agents, stimulate the growth of different types of stem cells.
2)  List 6 different types of stem cells, their purpose, and uses in treatment.
3)  Draw and label the "tree" connecting" the different types of cells.
4)  Define "embryonic stem cell".  

Turn it in with both of your names on it.  

Happy Spring Break!

Many of you have submitted your Enzyme Lab to turnitin.com and have submitted either e-mailed or hard copies.  Keep them coming!  Also, remember that you can germinate some seeds over break to get an idea of what conditions might work best for you on that lab.  I strongly recommend that you do some preliminary trials early on so that you will have a greater chance of success when you perform the formal lab.

Enjoy your time off!

3/18-3/22

SPARK lecture this Monday 3/18 on engineering.  Replication/Transcription/Translation/Enzyme Test on Thursday.  Turn Enzyme Inquiry Lab in before Spring Break (or get it to me via e-mail by Sun 3/24).  Please also turn in a copy through turnitin.com.

• Mon 3/18:  Notes on Enzymes.  Questions on Enzyme Lab?  Turn in Enzymes as Agents of Control if not already.  Graph and short conclusion required.
• Tues 3/19:  Jeopardy Review for Replication/Transcription/Translation/Enzyme Test.  Work on Review Sheet to be turned in BEFORE the test on Thursday.
• Thurs 3/21:  Turn in test review.  Take Test.  Start biotechnology.  Turn in Enzyme Lab.  Hand out Seed Germination Lab.  It is not going to be due until the 2nd week of May, but many of you might want to work on this over Spring Break if you are around since it has to be done at home and requires  vigilance over a number of days.

Enzyme Lab: Turn in before Spring Break or by Sun, 3/24

For this lab, please turn in a hard copy and submit via turnitin.com.  The class ID:  6240228 and password:  enzyme.  I will put up some instructions for signing in to turnitin.com.

What do you need for a full lab write-up? 
1.  Focused Question
2.  Background
3.  Variables (identify the 3 types).  Sometimes students discuss how they controlled the variables here.
4.  Materials
5.  Procedure, remember the details!!  Include specific amounts, tools used, how you controlled variables.  Include what you are going to do to the data.
6.  Data table, has to have uncertainty and all of the usual things
7.  Data processing:  sample calculations, graphs, statistical tests where relevant
8.  Conclusion
9.  Evaluation

For more details on all of these, look at your IB Biology Survival Manual.

What should you know for the quiz on Thursday?

1.  Describe the process of replication using the following terms:  replication fork, leading strand, lagging strand, Okazaki fragments, 5’ to 3’ synthesis

2.    Names and functions of the 6 enzymes:  helicase, RNA primase, DNA polymerase III, DNA polymerase I, ligase, and RNA polymerase

3.   3 differences between DNA and RNA.

4.    Know the 3 stages of transcription and be able to describe them BRIEFLY

5.    Be able to describe the 3 modifications to RNA before it leaves the nucleus

3/4-3/14

SPARK Lecture this Monday (3/4)  on Computer Science.  Room 169 at 3:30 pm.

• Mon 3/4:  Mutations in your name worksheet.  Use the genetic code to write your name and then investigate how it changes as it goes through various "mutations".
• Tues 3/5:  Translation:  going from RNA to protein.  Overview of the whole process.   Start Enzyme Worksheet.
• Thurs 3/7:  Short Quiz on Replication and Transcription.  Finish Enzyme Worksheet while each group does Transcription/Translation Simulation.  Introduce Enzyme Inquiry Lab.
• Mon 3/11:  Try 3 different methods of measuring enzyme activity.
• Tues 3/12:  "Messing Around Day" for Enzyme Inquiry Lab.  Do pre-write for Enzyme Inquiry Lab.  Hand out Review Sheet for test on replication/transcription/translation/enzymes.
• Thurs 3/14:  Take data for Enzyme Inquiry Lab.  Full lab write-up due by Thursday 3/21 (extended to Sun 3/24).  Replication/Transcription/Translation/Enzyme Test next Thursday 3/21.  

2/25-2/29

• Mon 2/25:  Molecules of chromosomes.  Double helix discovery.  Overview of replication.  Finish Replication worksheet and turn in.  Read Chapter 16.
• Tues 2/26:  Turn in Replication Worksheet if not already.  On-line simulation of replication.  In table groups, simulate DNA replication using paper models.  Start transcription.  
• Thurs 2/28:  Transcription to translation.   Dictionary of the genetic code.  Mutations in your name worksheet.   Read 17.1 

Answers to Genetics Review

Here are the answers to the review sheet.  You need to turn in the Review Sheet, with work shown, before the test on Thursday.

1.  a)  PPLlx PPLl, PPLl x ppLl, PPLl x PpLl and other options
b)  ppLl x ppLl
c)  PPLL x ppll, PPLL x PPLL, PPLL x PpLl and many other options
d)  PpLl x Ppll
f)  PpLl x PpLl

2.  a)  1/256   b)  1/16   c)  1/64    d)  1/128
3.  1/9
4.  3 purple, 5 white
5.  9 A+, 3 A-, 3 O+, 1 O-
6.  a)  because the genes were linked on the same chromosome and did not sort independently
b)  0.6 %

The Genetics Test is going to be on Thursday, 2/21.  On Tuesday, you will be taking an OAKS test and starting DNA Replication.  Remember to study the 6 genetics disorders, know how to do a dihybrid Punnett Square, and know how to do a Chi-squared test and interpret it.  See Review Sheet for other questions.

A New Semester!!

• Mon 2/4:  Final Exams Back and Recollect.  Probability Laws and Genetics.  Hand out Genetics Problem Set due next Monday 2/11.  Do answers on a separate sheet and show work.  Read Chapter 14.
• Tues 2/5:  Chi-Squared test and Genetics.  Using playing cards to simulate a cross producing flowers. Complete the Card Simulation hand-out and turn in today or Thursday.  
• Thurs 2/7:  X-linked traits.  Pedigrees.  Pedigree worksheet due next Wednesday.  Genetics Problems due on Monday.  Watch "Ghost in Your Genes" video and turn in video notes.
• Mon 2/11:  Turn in genetics problem-set.  Questions on Pedigrees?  Computer research on genetics disorders.
• Wed 2/13:  Check off pedigree worksheet and go over.  Linked genes and gene mapping.  Hand out Genetics Review Sheet and work on problems.
• Fri 2/15:  Short classes today.  Go over problems on Genetics Review Sheet.  Genetics Test next Tuesday, 2/19. Thursday, 2/21.

Final Exam Guidelines

1.Bring pencils, paper, and something to do quietly when you are done

2.Go to restroom BEFORE the test!  No bathroom passes until after you are done, and then 1 at a time

3.NO CELL PHONES OUT PERIOD!!  Bring something else to do.

4.No talking until EVERYONE is finished.  This is basic courtesy to your classmates.

5.Cheating on any part of the test will result in a zero.  Don’t do it!

Finally, get enough rest, eat healthy food, and try not to stress too much about the test.  You will be okay!

1/14-2/1 (End of Semester)

We are getting down to the end of the semester.  This week you will get a mitosis/meiosis review and a Semester Review.  You will also take a test on mitosis/meiosis.  Late work and extra credit is due by Friday, January 25.

• Mon 1/14:  Information on genetic testing.  Discussion on the ethics of genetic testing.  Write 1-2 paragraphs discussing issues around genetic testing (include at least 2 points of view).  Turn that in with the results of the karyotyping activity stapled to the "Creature" worksheet.  Can be turned in either today or tomorrow.  Hand out Mitosis/Meiosis Review. 
• Tues 1/15:  Turn in "creature" worksheet/karyotyping/genetic testing discussion if not already.  Review phases of mitosis and meiosis using microscopes and pictures.  Work on Mitosis/Meiosis Review.
• Thurs 1/17:   Punnett grids.  Review for Mitosis/Meiosis Test. 
• Mon 1/21:  Martin Luther King Day Holiday.  No School.
• Tues 1/22:  Turn in Mitosis/Meiosis Review.  Take Mitosis/Meiosis Test.  Review for Final Exam.
• Thurs 1/24:  More Review for Final Exam.
• Fri 1/25:  Late Work/Extra Credit Deadline by 3:20 pm.
• Mon 1/28:  Full 8 Monday.  Last minute questions on exam.  How to calculate your goal percentage on final exam.
• Tues 1/29:  Finals for periods 1, 4, 7
• Wed 1/30:  Finals for periods 2, 5, 8
• Thurs 1/31:  Finals for periods 3,6
• Fri:  Teacher Work Day.  No School.

The Week of 1/7-1/11

• Mon 1/7:  Notes on Cell Regulation and Checkpoints.  Finish Mitosis Activities if needed and turn in Mitosis Worksheet.  Read 12.3.
• Tues 1/8:  Stages of Meiosis and Vocabulary of Meiosis.  Crossing over.  Meiosis Creature Activity.  Read 13.1 and 13.2. 
• Thurs 1/10:  Finish your creature drawing.  Things that can go wrong in meiosis.  Using karyotypes to predict possible genetic defects.  Discuss issues surrounding this topic in small groups.   Read 13.3.

Welcome to 2013! The Week of 1/2-1/4

• Wed 1/2 (Full 8 Schedule):  Notes on the the Cell Cycle.  Finish up the mitosis and vocabulary assignment for tomorrow.
• Thurs 1/3:  Check off Mitosis and Vocabulary assignment and go over.  Finish notes on the cell cycle. Identify phases of mitosis in onion root tip microscope slides.