Cell Respiration and Photosynthesis Coming Up!

Hello Students!  The cell respiration and photosynthesis unit is typically one of the most challenging units and we will be covering it between now and Winter Break.  I highly recommend that you get ahead of the material by reading through the sections: 2.8, 8.2, 2.9, and 8.3.  I also recommend watching videos such as the Crash Course ones I have posted and others like Khan Academy.  The repetition and hearing explanations from different perspectives can really help!  The more you let the material into your brain, the more likely your brain will be to accept it and not fight it.  Start now and revisit the material regularly!  Your brain and your stress level will thank you.  But also remember to get some exercise, listen to good music, eat healthy food, and get some sleep!

Planning Ahead: 3 Weeks Between Thanksgiving and Winter Break

• Mon 11/26:  Video on Cell Respiration (Crash Course).  Notes on Cell Respiration up to the Krebs Cycle.  Read 8.2!
• Wed 11/28:  Check off 2.8 Questions and Go over.  Review Cell Respiration notes and include the Electron Transport Chain.  Introduce the Metabolic Rate Lab and do preliminary trials.
• Fri 11/30:  Take Metabolic Rate Lab data and enter into the class database.  Start processing data and working on lab write up.  Quick intro to Photosynthesis.  Read 2.9!!
• Tues 12/4:  Notes on Photosynthesis, including the basic processes and where they occur.  Read 8.3.
• Thurs 12/6:  Finish notes on Photosynthesis.  Coloring Sheet for Mitochondrion and Chloroplast.  Work time on Metabolic Rate Lab, which is due before Winter Break through turnitin.com
• Mon 12/10:  Overview of Cell Respiration and Photosynthesis.  Kahoot review.  Multiple Choice part of the test will be on Wednesday, 12/13.
• Wed 12/12:  Multiple Choice part of Cell Resp/Photosynthesis test.  
• Fri 12/14:  Short answer part of Cell Resp/Photosynthesis Test.  Metabolic Rate Lab due through turnitin.com by Wednesday, 12/19 at 3:00 pm.  Pick up Mitosis Worksheet.  It will be due Monday 1/7 by the end of the period, so you don't have to do it over break, but if you want to get started on it, that is fine.

2.8 Questions. Do these after the test on Thursday, 11/15.

Please do these questions in your notebook after the Biochemistry Test.  Complete it as homework for Monday 11/26!

1. Define cell respiration.
2. What is ATP and what is its advantage for cells?  What is it used for in the cell?
3. Why do cells need a continual supply of ATP?
4. What is anaerobic respiration?  Where/when does it occur?
5. List the 2 summary equations for anaerobic respiration (animals, and yeast and plants).
6. Discuss bread making and bioethanol as examples of anaerobic respiration.
7. Do the data-based questions on p. 125.
8. Discuss anaerobic respiration in humans.
9. Write the equation for aerobic respiration and state its differences from anaerobic respiration (at least 3).

End of 1st Quarter and start of 2nd Quarter

• Mon 10/22:  Take Cell and Membrane Test!  Do 2.1 questions in your notebook for Friday.  Also, read 2.2 on the Amazing properties of water!
• Wed 10/24:  Many of you in Period 1 will miss class due to the PSAT.  I recommend that you read 2.2 and takes notes in your notebook from the Biochemistry Notes (go through slide 11).  For the afternoon class, we will go over some main parts of 2.1 and 2.2 and then relax with a biology video.
• Fri 10/26:  Quick overview of properties of water.  Water Olympics Lab.  Complete hand out and turn in today or next Wednesday.  Read 2.3.
• Mon 10/29:  No School!  Teacher grading day for the end of quarter 1.
• Wed 10/31:  Comparing water and methane.  Transport of different substances in blood plasma.  Structure of carbohydrates, including condensation synthesis.
• Fri 11/2:  Structure of lipids, energy storage, fatty acids and BMI.  Do DBQ's on p 81 and on pp. 85-86 in notebook.  Read 2.4 on proteins.
• Tues 11/6:  Check off DBQ's and go over.  Amino acid structure and types of amino acids.  Build clay models (one amino acid, one monosaccharide, and either glycerol or a fatty acid).
• Thurs 11/8:  Put clay models together!  More on protein structure and function.  Molecular Visualization Activity.
• Mon 11/12:  Veteran's Day Holiday.
• Tues 11/13:  Review for Biochem Test on Thursday 11/15.
• Thurs 11/15:  Biochemistry Test.  Start Cell Respiration

Do these questions after you finish the Cell and Membrane Test on Monday 10/22

1. What is molecular biology?
2. What discovery revolutionized the study of molecular biology?
3. What is vitalism?
4. Why was the synthesis of urea significant to the idea of vitalism?
5. What is special about carbon compounds and their bonding?
6. List the 4 types of carbon compounds that we will be studying and give a brief description of each.
7. Define metabolism.
8. Define anabolism and catabolism and give several examples of each that occur in our bodies.

When finished, read 2.2 about the amazing properties of water!!!

Mid-October

• Mon 10/8:  Turn in Bubble Lab/Paramecium Lab if not already.  Work on Membrane Structure and Transport Worksheet.  Group planning for Potato Osmolarity Lab.  Give your proposal to Mr. Runion.
• Wed 10/10:  Very short classes!  Go over Potato Osmolarity Lab proposals and fine tune them.  Turn in Membrane Structure and Transport Worksheet.
• Thurs 10/11:  Potato Lab!  In your group, prepare solutions, cut potatoes, and soak them in solution.  While waiting, work on the lab write-up poster (see post below for information).  Remove potatoes, process data, and clean up.  Posters are due Tuesday.  You will have about 20 minutes to put them together, so make sure that each group member knows what they are doing. Hand out Review Sheet for the Cell and Membrane Test to be taken Monday 10/22.  The review sheet is also on this website.
• Tues 10/16:  20 minutes to prepare posters, then walk around viewing all of the group posters.  Poster debrief.  Review concepts from the Membrane Structure and Transport Worksheet.  View red onion plasmolysis.  
• Thurs 10/18:  More review for the Cell and Membrane Test, including Kahoot!  If you are absent this day, you can access the Kahoot game by making a Kahoot account and looking for the quizzes of "mokenny".  I will make the quiz public after all 3 classes have played the game today.
• Mon 10/22:  Cell and Membrane Test.  Multiple choice part is first, then Part II has drawings, short answers, and a microscope question.  Start Biochemistry!  Read 2.1.

Potato Osmolarity Lab Instructions

These are the items that you need on your poster:

1. Focused Question (0.5 pt)
2. Detailed Procedure (1.5 pts)
3. Data Table (labeled with uncertainty) (1.5 pts)
4. Calculations (1 of each type, clearly shown with blank equation, etc) (1 pt)
5. Graph:  needs to have all the parts of a good graph: I would graph percent change!) (1.5 pts)
6. Conclusion:  Refer back to question, give results using data, attempt to explain your results using science! (1.5 pts)
7. Evaluation:  Discuss sources of uncertainty (at least 3), being specific, and give suggestions for improvement as well.  Also, include the strengths of your investigation.  (1.5 pts)
8. Poster Presentation:  is it clear?  neat? easy to follow?  (1 pt)

Lesson Plan for Monday, 10/8/2018

Early Work:  Why do the food vacuoles in the Paramecia turn from red to blue/purple?  Be specific.

Daily Schedule:

1. Early Work
2. Turn in Bubble Lab/Paramecium Lab if you haven't already
3. Do Membrane Structure and Transport Worksheet using 1.3 and 1.4 of the book and your notes.  You might have to share books with your neighbor!  Turn the worksheet in when finished (or turn in to me on Wednesday if it is taking too long and you need to do the group planning).
4. As a table group, plan an Osmolarity Lab using potatoes, salt water, electronic balance, beakers, graduated cylinders, and cutting device.  This lab is discussed on pp. 41-42 of your book. You need to plan what you will do, how many trials, what salinities, etc and turn your plan in to Mr. Runion with all of your group names on it.  We will carry out this plan later in the week.
5. If you get done with time to spare, do the following DBQ's in your notebook:  pp. 36-37 and p. 39.

Weeks 5+6

• Mon 9/24:  10 minutes to assemble Cell Model Projects.  Evaluate cell models.  Do your own and 3 others and turn in the evaluation sheet.  Continue with the Microscope Lab.  View cork, pond water, elodea, and human cheek cells.  Make labeled drawings for the elodea and cheek cell.  Read 1.3 if not already.
• Wed 9/26:  Critters are in!  Go over how to calculate magnification.  Then view and draw:  Volvox, Hydra, Amoeba, Paramecium, and Scenedesmus.  Make sure that you view the first 2 and hopefully 3 today because they are the most likely to perish before Friday!
• Fri 9/28:  Finish viewing and drawing critters.  Also, look at bacteria through the prepared slide set up in the room, view and draw onion, and catch up on what you missed.  Make sure that you have shown a calculation of magnification for each drawing and that you answer the lab questions completely.  Staple drawings to the hand-out and turn in either today or Tuesday 10/2.
• Tues 10/2:  Turn in Microscope Lab if not already.  Basics of plasma membranes and do the Bubble Lab in class! Do the Data-Based Question (DBQ) on pp. 28-30 in your notebook.   Read 1.4.
• Thurs 10/4:  A few notes on membranes, including endocytosis, exocytosis, and vesicle movement.  Do Paramecium Digestion Lab.  Get DBQ from 28-30 checked off and go over it.

The 3rd and 4th Weeks of School:

• Mon 9/10:  Go over how to make a histogram and how to show work for standard deviation and t-test.  Work time to finish Statistics Packet and turn it in.  And also, to work on the Brine Shrimp Lab, due Wednesday by 3:30 pm through turnitin.com
• Wed 9/12:  Questions on Brine Shrimp Lab?  Review for Statistics quiz/test to be taken on Friday 9/14.  Start talking about Cells.  Read 1.1 in text book (I have it scanned in the documents section).  Turn Brine Shrimp Lab in through turnitin.com by 3:30 pm today.
• Fri 9/14:  Take Statistics Quiz/Test and resume working on Cell Worksheet.  When everyone is finished with the quiz, we will do some preliminary cell activities.  Hand out Cell Model Project due Monday 9/24.
• Tues 9/18:  Overview of cells.  Cell Worksheet due at the end of the period.  Brainstorm Cell Model Project.  Read 1.2.
• Thurs 9/20:  Introduce Microscopes.  Start Microscope Lab by looking at cork, pond water, elodea, and onion (if time for all).  Work on Cell Model Project, due on Monday!

What's on that quiz/test on Friday, September 14?

Be able to:

• Count sig. figs. and compute and round appropriately
• List the requirements for a good IB graph and give a sketch of what one might look like
• Use TI-84 to calculate standard deviation, t-test, mean, and n (number of stats) without instructions!!!
• Figure out degrees of freedom, find critical value (using chart), and interpret meaning
• State meaning of standard deviation and ranges for 1 and 2 standard deviations (68% and 95%)
• Calculate uncertainty (high-low)/2
• Propagate uncertainty for adding/subtracting and multiplying/dividing
• Calculate number of organisms in a grid using values from several quadrats

Brine Shrimp Write-Up Due Wed 9/12/2018 through turnitin.com

Your Lab Should Include the following:

• Background Information:  1-2 paragraphs of background on brine shrimp, citing any resources you used.
• Question:  Is there a significant difference in hatching rate between brine shrimp hatched with 3% salt water and 5% salt water?

• Using the class data, do a t-test between 3% and 5% salt water.  Use the equation and show your work! (class data below)
• Determine the number of degrees of freedom and look up the critical value.  (see t-test document on this blog)
• Compare the t-value to the critical value and interpret the meaning, being specific!
• Discuss the quality of the data.  Is it consistent? Is there enough of it?  
• Discuss at least 3 sources of uncertainty in the lab, being as specific as possible.  Include in your discussion whether you think these are major sources of uncertainty or fairly minor.
• Suggest at least 3 specific ways to improve the quality of the data.  In this case, each source of uncertainty should have a suggestion for improvement

Submit your lab by Wednesday 9/12/2018, 3:30 pm through turnitin.com.

Turnitin.com Enrollment Information: Class ID: 19010302 Password: microscope

Brine Shrimp Data (will be here!)
Brine Shrimp Hatching Rate in Percentage (must be alive too!) for 2 different salinites

3% Salinity 5% Salinity

14 4.0

0.1 .6

10. .6

3.0 .1

5.5 7.0

2.5 .6

16 13

1.0 .3
7.0 1.0

1.0 .3

.24 16
.5 .8

First 2 Weeks of School!

Generally, I try to update this before we do it, but today I am recording what we did last week and what we will do this week.

• Mon 8/27:  Short classes.  Introduction to the class, what we will cover, etc.
• Tues 8/28:  Review classroom procedures, including Hall Pass, Phones, Food, Safety, etc.  Hand out Safety and Academic Contracts.  Please return them signed by yourself and a parent/guardian by next Thursday 9/6.  Begin first lab.  Count Brine Shrimp cysts, enter data, add salt water, and leave on the window counter.
• Thurs 8/30:  Rules for counting significant figures.  Computing w/ significant figures.  Do problems 1-20 on first side of the uncertainty and sig. figs worksheet and compute the averages and uncertainty on the reverse side.  Count live brine shrimp and record data.  Calculate the number of live shrimp total and calculate the percent hatched and live.
• Tues 9/4:  Questions on uncertainty and significant figures so far?  Instructions on how to propagate uncertainty through calculations and then do problems 21-25.  Characteristics of a good graph.  Instructions on how to use LoggerPro.  Each student should make one graph, either using the first set of data on the back of the hand-out or the 2nd.  I will initial your hand out when you show me your complete graph.  Turn in the completed hand-out if you are done today.  Otherwise turn in on Thursday 9/6.  Check your brine shrimp.  Bring TI-84 calculator or equivalent on Thursday 9/6.
• Thurs 9/6:  Statistics used in IB Biology:  Standard Deviation and t-test. Practice doing these calculations using a TI-84 calculator by following the instructions and completing the first sheet of the statistics packet.  Work your way through the statistics packet calculations.  Use provided graph paper to make your own frequency distribution graph.  Packet is due next Monday 9/10.  Observe brine shrimp behavior.

Welcome to Higher Level IB Biology!

Welcome to the 2018-2019 School Year!  This will be the website for your IB Biology class for the next 2 years.  If you look through old entries you can see what classes before you have done.  This will be a good place to go to get class assignments, class resources, and just to keep yourself informed about the class.  When you miss class, come here first to see what we did in class and to find out if there is anything you can do from home.  After that, if you still have questions, you can e-mail me:  mkenny@pps.net

I look forward to meeting you and spending the next 2 years learning biology!  We will cover the following topics during the first year:

First Semester

Introduction to Course, Statistics, and Measuring

Cells and Membranes (Most of Chapter 1)

Biochemistry: Water and Macromolecules (Most of Chapter 2)

Cell Respiration and Photosynthesis (2.8,2.9,8.2,8.3)

Cell Division:  Mitosis and Meiosis (1.6,3.3,10.1)

Possibly Start Genetics (3.1 and 3.2)

Second Semester
Finish Genetics (3.1,3.2,3.4,10.2)

Replication, Transcription, Translation (2.7,7.1,7.2,7.3)

Enzymes (2.5,8.1)

Biotechnology (3.5 and more)

Plants (Chapter 9)

Ecology (maybe get it started)

During the 2nd year, we will cover:

Ecology (Chapter 4)

Biodiversity (5.3 and 5.4)

Evolution (5.1, 5.2, 1.5 and 10.3)

Digestion (6.1)

Circulation (6.2)

Respiration (6.4)

Immunology (6.3 and 11.1)

Muscles and Movement (11.2)

The Kidney (11.3)

Sexual Reproduction (6.6 and 11.4)

Neurobiology (6.5)

Option A,B,C, or D

In addition, we will do an individual investigation (IA), study an IB option chosen by the class, and prepare for the IB Biology Exam! 

End of the Year!!

I haven't updated this in awhile!  Welcome back after all that IB Testing.  Here is what we are doing the last 2 weeks.  Both the Plant Journal and the Disease/Disorder Poster are due 5/30, but can be turned in sooner.

• Mon 5/21:  Work on projects.  Watch Life Video.  IB Spelling Bee on Wednesday!
• Wed 5/23:  First Annual IB Biology Spelling Bee!  Work on projects.  We will do a walk around evaluation of the posters that are done on Friday.
• Fri 5/25:  Work time for the first half of classes.  Put out posters and do a walk around evaluation of them (if yours isn't ready yet, that is fine, but we will go with the ones that are here and if yours is in early, you will know your grade on the last day of class).  Bring food for the last day of class if you want!
• Wed 5/30:  Last day of class!  We will have a Celebration of the 2 years and write our favorite memories of each person.
• Thurs 5/31:  Senior Assembly!!
• Sun 6/3:  Graduation!!  See you there.

April 2018

We are down to our last month of new material!  Please take the time to study Option A carefully and to review all that you can from our former units.  If nothing else, refamiliarize yourself with old concepts so that they don't catch you off guard on our practice tests or on the actual IB exam.

• Monday 4/2:  A1 on Neural Development and Begin A2 on the Human Brain.  Reread A1 and A2!
• Wed 4/4:  Finish parts and functions of the human brain.  Identify parts on a Sheep's brain.  Begin A3 on Perception of stimuli:  the nose, eye, and ear.
• Fri 4/6:  Dissect Cow Eyes (a video option is available if you don't want to participate in the dissection).  Innate versus learned behavior.  Reread A4.
• Tues 4/10:  A4 concepts.  Neuropharmacology.  Slow and fast neurotransmitters, drugs, addiction, anaesthesia.  Study an animal behavior from A6 for Thursday (I will assign different behaviors to different groups).
• Thurs 4/12:  Go over strange animal behaviors from A6 and play Kahoot review for Paper 3.
• Tues 4/17:  Paper 3
• Thurs 4/19:  Big Review for the 2 years!
• Mon 4/23:  Paper 2.
• Wed 4/25:  Paper 1.   Due to Senior Skip Day, we shifted this test to Friday, although anyone is welcome to take it today.
• Fri 4/27:  Take Paper 1 and look at your Papers 3 and 2.  
• Tues 5/1:  Shockingly, there are actually no IB Exams today, so we will go over your practice tests and review anything else that you want to.

In May, you will be expected to attend class if you are not testing that day and we can do further review for the IB test, but since many students will be gone for various tests each day, we won't do this very formally.  Individual students can request to look at different topics for review.  We will also grow plants and work on a Disease/Disorder Project while students are taking exams.  

The IB Biology Exam this year is:

Mon 5/14  Afternoon Session:  Papers 1 and 2

Tues 5/15  Morning Session:  Paper 3

Hormone and Reproduction Test on Tuesday 3/20.

Hey, what's on that test?

1. 12-16 multiple choice questions
2. Draw and label either a human sperm or a human egg
3. Annotate with labels and functions either female reproductive system or male reproductive system
4. Short answer question topics:  outline the process of IVF (including some ethical issues), outline the action of the menstrual hormones, compare and contrast spermatogenesis and oogenesis, compare and contrast type I and type II diabetes, outline the structure and function of the placenta, outline the process of fertilization, etc.

March 2018

• Tues 3/6:  Take Movement and Kidney Test.  Finish notes on hormones and start notes on Human Reproduction.  Get Field Trip Forms signed!  Read 6.6 if not already.
• Thurs 3/8:  Human reproductive anatomy.  Hormones of the menstrual cycle.  IVF.  Final IA due through turnitin.com today or soon!
• Mon 3/12:  Oogenesis and spermatogenesis.   Cadaver Field Trip!  Meet in my room no later than 1:10.  We will leave by 1:15.  Remember your Tri-met pass!  Read 11.4
• Wed 3/14:  Early Development, placenta, birth.  Hand-out hormone/reproduction review.
• Fri 3/16:  Reproduction Review.
• Tues 3/20:  Hormone and reproduction test.  Start neurobiology.  Read 6.5.
• Thurs 3/22:  Go over axons, transmission of an impulse, and synapses.  Overview of Option A.  Read Option A over Spring Break!  

Final Internal Assessment Instructions

The Final Internal Assessment is due through turnitin.com on Thursday, March 8, 2018.  Please remove all identifying information before you submit it.  For those who haven't submitted a first draft, you need to do it by this Sunday, March 4th if you want me to read it and give comments.  Otherwise, you will just submit the final version. 

Here are some things I have noticed in the rough drafts so far that would be fairly easy to fix and would gain you some points:

1. Exploration:  Make sure that your research question is FOCUSED, not broad.  Show good awareness of factors that might influence the quality of the data.  Make sure that you address safety, ethical, or environmental issues.
2. Analysis:  Make sure that your data table is clearly labeled, and has units and uncertainty for each quantity that you measured.  Processed data should be clearly presented with a sample calculation for each type done.  Graphs should have uncertainty bars and actually help in the understanding of the data.  Many of you are including confusing and sometimes excessive graphs!  The impact of uncertainty on the analysis should be considered.
3. Evaluation:  A conclusion should be stated using the data as support.  Results should be compared to the accepted scientific context.  Strengths and weaknesses should be considered.  Realistic improvements and extensions to the investigation should be described/discussed.
4. Communication:  Make sure that you proofread...more than once.  Have someone else read it too if you are not good at catching your mistakes.  Make sure that the formatting lines up (like page breaks) before you submit to turnitin.com.

Instructions for Group IV Project and other Information

This is copied from an e-mail message I sent out to students:

Hello Kenny 2nd year students!

Due to the snow and other reasons, many of you missed classed this past week.  I want to make sure that you know what you need to do for next week.  All students (even if you are not doing the Group IV Project) need to do the Passion for Sustainability assignment.  It involves watching the video linked on my website and filling out the worksheet (in the documents section of my website).  You will notice that the end asks you to do a little research about sustainable practices in others parts of the world.  This is surprisingly easy as groups around the world love to share what they are doing, but it is also important to bring this outside perspective with you when you go into the Group IV Project.

For students involved in the project on Monday, you hopefully got the e-mail from Ms. Wadkins that tells you what group you're in and also the room number at PSU.  Remember to bring a fully-charged laptop and the appropriate clothes/shoes for walking around downtown, possibly in the rain.  Most of the project will be done on Monday, although you might have to finish a reflection and commenting on other group's proposals on your own time.  You should bring your completed Passion for Sustainability hand-out on Monday and save it to turn in to me on Wednesday 2/28.

Students who are not doing the Group IV Project should complete the Passion for Sustainability assignment to turn in next Wednesday 2/28.

I have decided to move the Movement/Kidney test from Friday 3/2 to Tuesday 3/6 so that you have more time to learn the material.  The final IA due date will be changed to Thursday 3/8.  I will catch up with giving feedback on IA's this week-end.  Many of you still need to turn in a first draft!

Have a great week-end and don't forget to spend a little time to think about sustainability!

Ms. Kenny

Movement and the Kidney and the start of Reproduction

• Tues 2/13:  First full draft of IA due today through turnitin.com.  Talk to me if yours will be later.  Quick review of biochemistry.  Go over the human elbow joint and dissect chicken wings.  Turn in write up in pairs (observations, labeled diagram, answer questions).
• Thurs 2/15:  Go over muscle cell structure and the sliding filament model.  Crash Course video on muscle action.  Read 11.3.
• Tues 2/20:  Structure of the kidney and structure of the functional unit (nephron).  Overview of Cell Respiration and Photosynthesis.
• Thurs 2/22:  Go over what happens during all parts of the nephron and glomerulus.  The role of ADH.  Dialysis.  Do 2 of the DBQ's in section 11.3.  Watch Passion for Sustainability Video and fill out hand-out (everyone does this, even students not doing the project)
• Mon 2/26:  Group IV Project
• Wed 2/28:  Turn in Passion for Sustainability Hand-Out.  Kidney/Movement Review.  Start Hormones.
• Fri 3/2:  Kidney/Movement Test. More on hormones.  Read 6.6.  Kidney and Movement test moved to next Tuesday 3/6.  Final IA due through turnitin.com on Thursday 3/8.

First 2 Weeks of Second Semester

• Tues 1/30:  Semester Exams back to look over and then recollect.  Overview of 2nd semester.  IA due dates.  Notes on components of blood, blood clotting, functions of blood and barriers to infection.  Read 6.3.
• Thurs 2/1:  Overview of Cells and Membranes.  Notes on the innate (nonspecific) and acquired (specific) immune systems.  Crash course video on Immunology.  Go over what will be on the short immunology test next Friday 2/9.  Read 11.1.
• Mon 2/5:  First draft of IA lab due for Peer Review.  Exchange labs and give feedback.  Notes on Antibiotics, antibodies, and HIV/AIDS.  Make plates for Antibiotic Lab.  
• Wed 2/7:  Measure zones of inhibition on antibiotic plates.  Review HIV/AIDS and go over Vaccination.  Discuss ethical issues around both topics.  Kahoot review of Immunology.
• Fri 2/9:  Questions?  Short immunology test.  Work on processing of antibiotic data.  Structure of a human elbow.  Read 11.2.  First full draft of IA due to me through turnitin.com on Tuesday, 2/13.

Overview of Second Semester

Buckle your seat belts, here we go!

• 1/30-2/9  Immunology.  6.3 and 11.1 (Review Cells + Membranes)
• 2/13+2/15  Muscles and Movement.  11.2. (Review Biochem)
• 2/20+2/22:  The Kidney.  11.3  (Review Cell Resp. and Photosynthesis)
• 2/26:  Group IV
• 2/28-3/16:  Hormones and Reproduction.  6.6 and 11.4 (Review Genetics)
• 3/12:  Cadaver Field Trip at PSU
• 3/20-4/12:  Neurobiology and Behavior.  6.5 and Option A (Review Plants and Replication, Transcription, and Translation).
• 4/17-4/27:  Review and Practice Tests
• 4/30  IB Testing starts
• 5/14 and 5/15 IB Biology Test
• Projects and Fun Stuff during IB Testing

Final Exam Expectations

Just a reminder of some basic final exam expectations.  Final Exams are very serious and I don't want to have any misunderstandings about that.

• You need to stay in the classroom the whole time!  Go to the restroom BEFORE the test!!
• No phones out AT ALL!  Laptops are ok if you are using it for academic purposes.
•  Bring a book or something quiet to do if you are a fast test taker.
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• No talking.  We need a quiet respectful test environment.
• No questionable behavior, like looking at  your neighbor’s test.
• Remember that any form of cheating will result in a 0 for the final.  It is not worth it!

January 2018

For the month of January, we will be mostly working on our Internal Assessments.  Come to class prepared to take data, be a participant in other student's labs, or quietly review.  The semester review sheet is in the documents section and you should consult that to help you review for the final.  In addition, we will do a big Kahoot review on Tuesday, January 23.  Finals are January 24, 25, and 26th.  If you want to do a Book Group, come in during FLEX to discuss your book and then submit your review through turnitin.com by January 23.

• Tues 1/2/18:  Get organized for IA's
• Thurs 1/4/18:  IA's
• Mon 1/8:  IA's
• Wed 1/10:  IA's
• Fri 1/12:  Mini review of Ecology and Biodiversity and IA's
• Wed 1/17:  Mini review of Evolution and Digestion and IA's
• Fri 1/19:  Final Day of taking data for IA's
• Tues 1/23:  Kahoot Review for the Final Exam
• Wed 1/24:  Finals:  1,2,4
• Thurs 1/25:  Finals 5,6,8
• Fri 1/26:  Finals 3,7
• Mon 1/29:  Teacher Work Day

Group IV Project is Monday 2/26!  If you are an IB Science Tester this year and you have not done the project before, you need to participate!  It is an ALL DAY field trip that we will do at Portland State and in downtown Portland.  There is no make up for this activity, so please plan accordingly.