End of First Semester

• Mon 1/12:  Notes on Crossing Over.  Start Creature Activity.
• Tues 1/13:  Make Creature Posters.  Hand back 9+10 tests and recollect.  Start Cell Regulation notes.  Hand out 12+13 Test Review and Semester Review.
• Thurs 1/15:  Finish Notes on Cell Regulation.  Cell Regulation video.  Go over 12+13 Review and start Semester Review.
• Mon 1/19:  No School in honor of Martin Luther King Day.
• Tues 1/20:  Questions?  Take short Cell Division Test.  Review for Final Exam.
• Thurs 1/22:  Jeopardy Review for Final Exam.
• Fri 1/23:  Deadline for Late Work and Extra Credit.  Book Groups need to be submitted to Turnitin.com by midnight today.
• Mon 1/26:  Go over Final Grades.  Calculate what you need on the Final Exam to get your desired grade.
• Tues 1/27:  First part of Semester Final (Short Answer Part).
• Thurs 1/29:  Second part of Semester Final (Multiple Choice Part).

First Week of 2015!!

Welcome back!  We have 3 weeks before finals, so we will do one last short unit (mitosis and meiosis), take a short test, and then review for the Final Exam.  Remember that if you want to do a Book Group for Extra Credit, you need to get organized!  Plan a time to come in to discuss the book by January 23rd.  There is only 1 remaining SPARK lecture this semester and it is the first day back, Monday, January 5th.

Mon 1/5:  Go over phases of mitosis and work on Mitosis Worksheet.
Tues 1/6:  Identifying phases of mitosis in Onion Root Tip slides.  Mitosis demonstration at your table using yarn, string, and chalk.  Finish Mitosis Worksheet and turn in.
Thurs 1/8:  Finish Mitosis activities.  Phases of Meiosis.   Start Reading Chapter 13.
Mon 1/12:  Start Meiosis Creature Activity.  Crossing Over.  Finish Reading Chapter 13.