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

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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.

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.