Welcome to Second Semester Senior Year (for most of you :) )

Remember that you have an important Internal Assessment to finish in the next 2 weeks.  We will also be moving quickly through the next several units.  Pay attention so that you can keep up with the reading and the quizzes.  They will come fast and furiously!  Also, if you are an IB Science tester this year and you have not yet done the Group IV Project, you need to reserve Monday, February 8th for that purpose.  I will give you a Field Trip form to get signed so that you can get excused from your classes.  It is REQUIRED that you do this as part of IB sciences.

• Wed 1/27:  Final Exams back and recollect.  Blood components, blood clotting, and barrier defenses.  Nonspecific and specific immunity.  Read 6.3 from the IB text.  It is uploaded on this website.
• Fri 1/29:  The history of HIV and AIDS.  Transmission of HIV.  Antibiotic resistance.  Penicillin and drug testing.
• Tues 2/2:  More on the specific immune response.  Vaccination.  Rough draft of IA due for Peer Review on Wed 2/10.  Read 11.1 from IB Text book.
• Thurs 2/4:    More on vaccination and vaccination effectiveness.  Data-based questions.  Histamines. Group IV prep video called "Passion for Sustainability".  Complete the hand-out.
• Mon 2/8:  Group IV Project.  Participants meet at the Tiffany Center at 8:10 to engage in this all-day activity.  Nonparticipants will work on their internal assessments.
• Wed 2/10:  Peer Review of Internal Assessment.  Overview of Immunology.  Immunology Quiz on Friday 2/12.
• Fri 2/12:  Immunology Quiz.  Start muscles and movement.  Muscle structure.  Read 11.2 from IB Text.
• Mon 2/15:  No School for President's Day.
• Wed 2/17:   Make bacterial plates with antibiotic disks.  Sliding filament model for muscle action. 
• Fri 2/19:  Internal Assessment due:  hard-copy, turnitin.com, and rough draft with Peer Evaluation.  Dissect chicken wings to reinforce elbow joint structure.  Measure antibiotic zones of inhibition.  Kidney structure.  Read 11.3 from IB Text.
• Tues 2/23:  Structure and action of the nephron of the kidney.
• Thurs 2/25:  Review muscles and movement and the kidney.  Kidney dance simulation.  Quiz on both next Wednesday, 3/2.

Welcome to 2016!!

Welcome back to school!  Remember that we are going to be busy taking data for your Internal Assessments for the first couple weeks back.  Finals start on Wednesday 1/20.  There is a First Semester Review Sheet under Documents to help you get started on review.  For your Internal Assessment, make sure that you do a thorough background (research!! with citations) and that you pay attention as you take data.  Write down everything that you do and take extra care to control variables.

• Monday 1/4:  Snow Day!!
• Wed 1/6:  Quick review of respiration.  Point out Semester Review.  Get organized for data-taking!  Make sure that you are working methodically and not just "winging it".  You may ask me questions, but make sure that you check other resources first.  Ultimately you are responsible for the carrying out of your lab.  
• Fri 1/8:  Data-taking and review.
• Tues 1/12:  Data-taking and review.
• Thurs 1/14:  Data-taking and review.   This is your last day to meet for Book Groups (during FLEX).
• Mon 1/17:  No School.  MLK Day.
• Tues 1/18:  Final Review.
• Wed-Fri 1/19-1/21:  Final Exams.