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.  

December

• Monday 12/4:  Notes on the 3 types of blood vessels and the path of blood through the heart.  Hand out Circulation worksheet and start working on it.
• Wed 12/6:  Notes on control of the heartbeat, atherosclerosis, by-pass surgery, etc.  Continue working on Circulation Worksheet and get it checked off.
• Fri 12/8:  Methodology and Equipment list for your IA due today.  You can submit it in writing or e-mail it to me.  Notes on the lungs:  structure and function and the process of breathing.  Go over what will be the Circulation and Respiration short test next Thursday.
• Tues 12/12:  Review circulation and respiration.  Play Kahoot.
• Thurs 12/14:  Short test on Circulation and Respiration.  Work on your IA!  Pre-write for your IA is due through turnitin.com before break or within the first 5 days (so I have time to read them).

Hey, What's Going to Be on that Digestion Quiz??

The Digestion Quiz is on Thursday, 11/30.  This is what will be on it:

1. You need to be able to draw and label the digestive system (as seen in that video).  Include the liver, the gall bladder, and the pancreas and show how they are connected.
2.  You need to be able to describe what happens to food as it goes through the digestive system.  Include important vocabulary and what happens at each part of the system.
3. You will be given a choice of 4-5 short answer questions and answer 2-3.  Topics include digestive enzymes, absorption, structure and function of the villus, etc.
4.  There will be from 5-10 multiple choice questions.  We will play Kahoot on Tuesday 11/28.

End of October/all of November (revised on 11/20)

• Mon 10/30:  Notes on pace of evolution and polyploidy.  Explain correlations and what to do with the beak lab data.  Lab done in pairs due by Wednesday 11/1.  Beak quiz on Chapters 6+7 on Wednesday 11/1.
• Wed 11/1:  Quiz on Chapters 6+7 of Beak of the Finch.  Notes on the evolution of the first cell.  Read 1.5.  This is the end of Quarter 1.  
• Friday 11/3:  No School!  Teacher work day.
• Mon 11/6:  Human Evolution.  We will take a short Evolution Test next Wed  11/15.
• No School 11/8-11/10!!
• Mon 11/13:  Review Evolution.  Maybe start digestion!
• Wed 11/15:  Short evolution test.  Go over parts of the digestive system.  Read 6.1.
• Fri 11/17:  Parts of the digestive system and what happens to food as it goes through the system.  Check off digestion coloring.
• Tues 11/21:  Digestive enzymes and absorption.  Dialysis tubing demo and saliva's effect on starch.
• Wed-Fri 11/22-11/24:  Thanksgiving Break.
• Tues 11/28:  Joe Eats a Burger simulation.  Kahoot review for Digestion Quiz to be taken on Thursday.  Start circulation.  Read 6.2.
• Thurs 11/30:  Digestion Quiz.  Overview of the circulatory system.  Path of the blood through the system.  Blood vessels.

End of October

• Mon 10/16:  Go get Beak of the Finch.  Evidence for evolution.  DBQ's on pp 243, 244, and 249 if time.  Watch first 25 minutes of What Darwin Didn't Know video.  Read 5.1 if not already.  Read chapters 1+2 of Beak for a quiz on Friday.
• Wed 10/18:  Notes on Speciation and Natural Selection.  Come up with your own examples of natural selection.  TED Talk video on antiobiotic resistant bacteria.  DBQ's on pp 249 and 253.  Check off DBQ's.  Read 5.2.
• Fri 10/20:  Quiz on Chapters 1+2 of Beak of the Finch.  First we will have a student-led discussion of the chapters, followed by 10 minutes of quiz without the book and 5 minutes of quiz with the book.  Finish checking off DBQ's (243, 244, 249, 253) and go over.  Patterns of natural selection.  DBQ's on pp 457, 458, 459, and 460.  Read Chapters 3-5 of Beak of the Finch for quiz next Thursday.
• Tues 10/24: Gradualism vs Punctuated equilibrium.  Hardy-Weinberg activity.  Complete H-W packet and turn in.  Read 10.3.
• Thurs 10/26:  Quiz on Chapters 3-5 of Beak.  Take data for the Beak Lab and enter into class database.  Chapters 6-7 for a quiz next Wed 11/1.