Friday January 28th

Honors Biology - time to work on pbs online evolution activity with Darwins's finches

AP Biology - Chapter 35, post data for transpiration lab to moodle by Sunday night

SCIENCE EXPO INFO

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT IF YOU ARE DOING YOUR SURVEYS VIA PAPER THEN YOU SHOULD ONLY PRINT ONE COPY AND ASK TO HAVE IT PHOTOCOPIED. It is ALOT less expensive to make photocopies then it is to print copies.

Thursday January 27

Honors Biology - finish history of life notes, finish timelines, notes on evolution people, begin online activity with following websites
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/evo_02
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evo_25
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/darwin/origin/index.html

AP Biology - transpiration lab

Genetic World - discuss types of graphs, polar bear data/graph, graphing activity

Wednesday January 26th

Honors Biology - set up short and long timelines, have done for Thurs.

AP Biology - discuss transpiration for lab tomorrow, do not need to prep part B of lab, check moodle for due date/requirements of population genetics lab

Tuesday January 25th - Semester 2

Honors Biology - timeline activity in hallway, notes on history of life, get timeline chart done for Wed., just over 2 weeks until rough draft of paper is due!!!

AP Biology - begin cats

Genetic World - discussion/notes on scientific method, penny lab, simpson worksheet - due on Thursday

Interesting article!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110117/wl_asia_afp/japansciencemammoth_20110117104445
Researchers aim to resurrect mammoth in 5 years

Monday January 18th

AP Biology - essays on evolution unit, cats tomorrow - bring gloves

Genetic World - no class due to 1/2 day snow day - ALL WORK must be turned in when you report to the final exam on Thursday at 9:20am.

Thursday January 13th

Honors Biology - chapter review sheet due, biotechnology test, bring all labs/tests on Friday for midterm review

AP Biology - thumb activities today, multiple choice test tomorrow

Genetic World - discuss biogeochemical cycles, analyze water cycle video and animations, all work due by end of week for 2nd quarter

Wednesday January 12th

SNOW DAY!!!!!!!!

Honors Bio - biotech test on Thursday, midterm review on Friday

AP Bio - Thursday will be thumbs day, Friday will be multiple choice part of test, Tuesday will be essay part of test, Wed. will be cats

Tuesday January 11th

Honors Biology - variety of short video clips on biotechnology, chapter review sheet - due Wed. before test

AP Biology - finish chapter 25

Genetic World - notes/discussion on food chains/webs, food chain sheet, interaction of species sheet, all work due by the end of this week, still accepting invertebrate vocab packet to get some more points for your grade

Monday January 10, 2011

Honors Biology - name that gene activity, cloning animation, dnai.org activities - due Tues., biotech test on Wed.

AP Biology - No Thumbs day!, part of chapter 25

Friday January 7th

Honors Biology - electrophoresis homework due, returned research folders, analyzed dna gels from yesterday, discussed stem cells, weekend homework: study for biotech test (on Wed.) and do more research for project

AP Biology - chapter 24, report to my room at 9/end of period 1 on Monday for thumbs

Genetic World - endangered mammal chart due, few notes on biomes, online analysis activity of biomes, biome chart using textbook, http://www.phschool.com/el_marketing.html

Science Expo deadlines

Reminder that the following are the deadlines for the Honors Biology DNA project!!

DNA TECHNOLOGY PROJECT DEADLINES
Thursday December 2 Letter signed by parents/guardian due
Thursday December 9 Sign up for a topic
Thursday December 16 Idea paragraph due (typed)
Thursday January 6 Draft of survey due (typed) & research folder check
Thursday February 10 Rough draft of paper due (typed) & research folder check
Wednesday March 9 Presentations and posters due in class
Thursday March 10 DNA SCIENCE EXPO

Thursday January 6th

Honors Biology - DNA gel electrophoresis lab, finish questions on data sheet for Friday, survey drafts and research folders were due today, biotechnology test will be next Wed. over chapter 13 and ch.14-3

AP Biology - lab # 8, finished ch. 23 and guppy online activity due

Wednesday January 5th

Honors Biology - discussion/simulation online of electrophoresis lab in preparation for lab tomorrow, finish graphing standards and draw line of best fit - have with you tomorrow in class, Don't forget - survey and research folder are due tomorrow!

AP Biology - finish ch. 23, lab #8 prepped for tomorrow, finish guppy activity for tomorrow

Genetic World - owl pellet lab sheet due today, mammal notes/discussion, webquest on endangered mammals - due Friday this week

Tuesday January 4th

Honors Biology - questions on survey, questions on last nights reading, forensic video,notes on electrophoresis, animations of electrophoresis, paper dna electrophoresis simulation, analyze data and answer questions from last nights reading

AP Bio - finish ch. 22, start ch. 23, guppy activity using website http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/sex/guppy/index.html#

Monday January 3rd, 2011

Honors Biology - discuss requirements for survey which is due on Thursday, reviewed list of needed labs and tests for midterm exam, article to read for homework, another website that would be useful for some of your projects http://www.dnalc.org/resources/animations/index.html

AP Biology - discussion of chapter 22, prep ap lab # 8 for Thursday

Genetic World - notes on birds, video clips of birds, owl pellet dissection - lab sheet due on Wednesday

Sunday Jan. 2nd - Honors Biology

Reminder that a draft of your survey (which you have NOT given out yet) is due this Thursday January 6th.  The following are some more websites that apply to various projects:

http://www.animallaw.info/articles/ovusgeneticengineering.htm

http://www.animallaw.info/articles/ddusgeneticengin.htm

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=endangered+species+genetic+engineering&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart - Mrs. Lucas could get copies of these articles for anyone

http://www.actionbioscience.org/ - Great website for many of your projects

http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/SafetyHealth/AnimalCloning/default.htm – many links off this page

http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/cloning.shtml – again many links!

http://www.sierraclub.org/biotech/report.asp