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

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  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.