December 22, 2009

Daily Questions:
Quietly read 11.2 to yourself and answer CC # 1-3.

Agenda:
-Hand back Ch 9 Tests & go over
-Continue punnett square practice

Homework:
-Questions over Ch 11 notes packet due Mon, 4th
-Reading packet summary due Tuesday, 5th
-PERMISSION SLIPS DUE TODAY!!!!!!

Quote:
"Don't be a jerk, it's Christmas." ~Spongebob Squarepants

December 21, 2009

Daily Questions:
Quietly read section 11.1 to yourself and answer the section objectives as if they were questions.
PLEASE PASS IN SIGNED CONSENT FORMS & $$$$ FOR FIELD TRIP!!!  (deadline is Tues)

Agenda:
-Hand back quizzes & tests & homework
-Hand out PP notes Ch 11
-Hand out reading packet for break
-Continue practice in lab notebooks for Punnett Squares

Homework:
-WS Ch 10 due Tues, 22nd
-Questions from Ch 11 PP notes due Mon, 4th
-Summary of packet due Tues, Jan 5th

Quote:
"To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act." ~Anatole France

December 18, 2009

Daily Questions:
1. Read section 10.3 & 10.4, answer CC 10.3 #s 1,2, 4.  For section 10.4, answer CC #2.
2. Please leave your homework at your desk, I'll check for completion while you are reading.

Agenda:
-Go over homework
-Practice punnett squares in lab notebooks
-Mini quizzes to test your skills!  (not graded, relax!)

Homework:
-Vocab due today with 5 super vocab words
-Notes Ch 10 due Monday, 21st
-WS Ch 10 due Tuesday, 22nd

Quote:
"Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is."  ~Benjamin Franklin

December 17, 2009

Daily Questions:
Read through section 10.1 & 10.2, answer the section objectives 10.1 as if they were questions.

Agenda:
-Punnett Squares

Homework:
-Vocab Ch 10 due Friday, 18th.
-Notes Ch 10 due Monday, 21st
-Worksheet Ch 10 due Tues, 22nd.

Quote:
"Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none." ~Benjamin Franklin

December 16, 2009

Daily Questions:

If anyone has any questions before the test over Ch 9, please write these down on a piece of paper, and raise your hand for assistance.

Agenda:

-Chapter 9 Test

-When finished with the test, please complete vocab for Ch 10.  You need to define all words in Ch 10, AND go in-depth for 5 of those words, defining roots, prefixes, suffixes, etc.  You need to go into depth for 5 words, not just 5 root meanings, or 5 prefix definitions!

-In addition to the vocabulary, you will need to create your own notes for Chapter 10.  As a general rule, use bold headings to start note sections, and list 2-5 main points for each paragraph of text in your book.

Homework:

-Vocab Ch 10 due Friday, 18th.

-Notes for Chapter 10 are due Mon, 21st.

Quote:

"The first step to getting things things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want." ~Ben Stein

December 15, 2009

Daily Questions:
Quietly read section 9.6 to yourself and answer CC questions #2-3.  In addition, using the Chapter review pages 202-203, answer #s 1-7 & 20.

Agenda:
-Discuss class activities
-Complete online meiosis activity from Friday, 11th.
-Options:
1. Complete online review questions at phsuccessnet.com
2. Review Ch 9 via powerpoint notes with Ms. Chessey

Homework:
-All late work for Ch 9 due before test tomorrow (16th)
-Test Ch 9 on Wed, 16th
-Worksheet Ch 9 due today, 15th
-Movie questions due today, 15th

Quote:
"Only I can change my life.  No one can do it for me." ~Carol Burnett

December 14, 2009

Daily Questions:
Read concept 9.5, answer CC questions 1-4.

Agenda:
"Why Sex?" Movie & questions

Homework:
-RAFT due with diagram
-WS Ch 9 due Tues, 15th
-Movie response (last question) due Tues, 15th.
-Ch 9 test Wednesday, 16th

Quote:
"Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives." ~William James

December 11, 2009

Daily Questions:
1. Give me 3 examples of organisms that reproduce asexually.
2. What is the function of the spindle during mitosis?
3. Explain how cancer tumors spread (video from yesterday...)

Agenda:
1. Continue working on Diagram/RAFT
2. Handout worksheet Ch 9
3. Begin meiosis activity online, visit http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/miracle/divi_flash.html for video.

Homework:
-RAFT due Mon, 14th
-W.S. Ch 9 due Tues, 15th

Quote:
"The strength of the United States is not the gold at Fort Knox or the weapons of mass destruction that we have, but the sum total of the education and the character of our people." ~Claiborne Pell

December 10, 2009

Daily Questions:
Quietly read 9.4 to yourself and answer the CC questions 1-3.

Agenda:
1. Go over notes for Ch 9
2. Handout permission slips
3. Online video's of cancer
4. Class time to work on Diagram & RAFT assignment

Homework:
-Vocab Ch 9 due Friday, 11th
-RAFT due Mon, 14th

Quote:

A runners creed: "I will win' if I cannot win, I shall be second; if I cannot be second, I shall be third; if I cannot place at all, I shall do my best." ~Ken Doherty

December 8, 2009

Daily Questions:
Quietly read section 9.3 to yourself and answer the C.C. questions # 2-3

Agenda:
1. Handback Ch 7 quiz
2. Begin diagramming/RAFT activity (handout)
3. Outline rest of the week

Homework:
-Vocab Ch 9 due Fri, 9th
-Notes Ch 9 due Thurs, 10th

Quote:

"If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith." ~Albert Einstein

December 7, 2009

Daily Questions:
Skim sections 9.1 & 9.2, answer CC questions # 2 & 3 for 9.1 AND # 1 & 2 for 9.2

Agenda:
1. Handback tests
2. Hand out vocab & notes
3. Cells Alive! Activity online
4. Class time to start homework! :O)

Homework:
-Notes Ch 9 due Thurs, 10th
-Vocab Ch 9 due Fri, 11th

Quote:

"Men are born to succeed, not fail." ~Henry David Thoreau

December 3, 2009

Daily Questions:

Please pick up a handout from the front, read it ALL quietly to yourself.  I would like to start the movie ASAP.  I will answer questions when everyone is seated, quiet, and has read the directions & questions.

Agenda:

Watching "An Inconvenient Truth"

Homework:

-Study for Ch 7 & 8 test tomorrow

-Bring answers for movie questions, test conclusion * Scientific Method response  tomorrow for bonus points on test.

-Fermentation Lab Report due Mon, 7th.

Quote:

"Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance." ~Will Durant

December 2, 2009

Daily Questions:
Quietly read sections 8.3 & 8.4 to yourself.
1. What do plant cells do with G3P?
2. Draw a simplified version of the Carbon Cycle and describe how carbon is converted from an inorganic compound to organic and back to inorganic.

Agenda:
1. Finishing notes Ch 8 handout
2. Completing analysis questions for lab report.
3. Review for the test

Homework:
-Vocab & notes Ch 8 due Thurs, 3rd.
-Test Ch 7 & 8 on Fri, 4th.
-Lab report due Mon, 7th

Quote:
"Someone's boring me.  I think it's me." ~Dylan Thomas

December 2, 2009

December 1, 2009

Daily Questions:
Skim sections 8.1 & 8.2, answer the following:
1. How does the structure/form of a chloroplast fit its function?
2. Name the 2 main stages of photosynthesis, how are they related to each other?
3. Explain why a leaf appears green.

Agenda:
1. Graphing data from the lab
2. Handouts: Diagram notes- to start in class
-Triple Entry vocab

Homework:
-Diagram notes page 1 (front & back) due Wed, 2nd.
-Triple-entry vocab page 1 due Wed, 2nd.

Quote:
"Things do not change, we change."  ~Henry David Throeau

Daily Questions:
Please get a lab binder and pick up your notebook at the front of the room.  For "Fermentation Lab" you need a full report, begin or continue working on the purpose, introduction, hypothesis, and data table.

Agenda:
1. Hand back quizzes
2. Fermentation lab procedures
3. Looking at the week ahead

Homework:
1. Ch 7 & 8 test on Friday, 4th
2. Lab report due next Monday, 7th (Fermentation lab)
3. Make-up Ch 7 quiz by Monday, 7th.

Quote:
"People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously.  This is how character is built." ~Eleanor Roosevelt

November 19, 2009

Daily Questions:
In Ch 7 review, answer #s 1-7, 8,9,11,16, 19

Agenda:
1. Handback lab notebooks, go over errors
2. Prep for lab experiment tomorrow, design a data table
3. Watch movie over Digestion and Bonnie Blair

Homework:
Study for quiz over Ch 7 tomorrow

Quote:

"A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug." ~Patricia Neal

November 18, 2009

Daily Questions:
Quietly read section 7.6, answer the C.C. questions 1-3

Agenda:
1. Completing data table (reactants, products, ATP)
2. Online review @ phsuccessnet.com
-Activity 7.5
-Closer Look
-Science & Technology
-Activity 7.6
-Assessment

Homework:
-Data table due Thurs, 19th
-Quiz on Friday

Quote:

"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort." ~Herm Albright

November 17, 2009

Daily Questions:
Skim section 7.5 (look at figures, captions, bold words, headings).
1. Describe the structure of a mitochondria.
2. How does it's form fit it's function?
3. Name the 3 stages of respiration and describe where they take place in the cell.

Agenda:
1. Puzzle together reactants & products of respiration
2. Start cell respiration data table (counting ATP)

Homework:
1. Worksheet Ch 7 due Wed
2. Puzzle due Wed, 18th
3. Quiz Ch 7 Friday, 20th

Quote:
"Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment." ~Baltasar Gracian

November 14, 2009

Daily Questions:
Quietly read sections 7.3 & 7.4 to yourself and answer the C.C. questions 7.3= #1, 3  For section 7.4 do only #'s 1, 3, 4.

Agenda:
1. Finish notes from Friday, 7.3-7.4
2. Counting atoms practice, handout
3. Puzzle for cellular respiration

-Handout W.S. Ch 7
-Hand back tests, ch 6

Homework:
1. Atoms practice handout due Tues, 17th
2. W.S. Ch 7 (including reading skills) due Wed, 18th
3. Puzzle due Wed, 18th (we'll have some class time Tues to continue working on this)
4. Quiz Ch 7 on Thurs or Fri this week
******Deadline for make-up Ch 6 test is Friday, 20th***************

Quote:
"A man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, leads him to evil ways." ~Buddha

November 13, 2009 (FRIDAY the 13th)

Daily Questions:

Fill in the chart on the overhead using the figure and text on page 140 in your books, regarding cars, cells and how both have similarities and differences.

Agenda:

1. Identifying the mass of a tree (Dry Ice activity)

2. Finish Diagramming concepts, hand in to box.

3. Notes 7.1 - 7.2

4. Start notes 7.3-7.4

Homework:

1. Turn in diagramming concepts worksheet

2. Vocab Ch 7 due Mon, 16th

3. Notes 7.1-7.2 (questions) due Mon, 16th

Quote:

"Happiness depends upon ourselves." ~Aristotle

November 12, 2009

Daily Questions:
Read section 7.1 quietly to yourself and answer the concept check questions 1-3.

Agenda:
1. Diagramming concepts handout
2. Test make up
3. Vocab: prefixes, suffixes, roots

Homework:
-Diagramming concepts due at end of class Fri, 13th
-Vocab, define all words Ch 7, also record roots, suffixes, prefixes, etc for 5 of those words.

Quote:
"It's not that some people have willpower and some don't.  It's that some people are ready to change and others are not." ~James Gordon

November 9, 2009

Daily Questions:
Quietly, with no notes and no book: In your "normal" notebook, answer the following  as if a "constructed response" for a test:
1. What is the difference between exocytosis and endocytosis?
2. What is a concentration gradient?
3. Describe active transport.

Agenda:
1. Sorry, no potato lab
2. Finishing up I.S. and Lab Reports
3. Answering Plasma Membrane handout questions (study guide)

Homework:
-I.S. due Tuesday, 10th
-Test Ch 6 on Tues (make- up date in class Thursday)
-Lab reports due Tues, 10th

November 6, 2009

Students,

You are expected to be polite and respectful to your substitute, use your time effectively and productively. If I receive a report that you did not meet these expectations, you will receive a detention or office referral when I return.

Your sub plans are listed below so there will not be any confusion as to what is expected of you. Your sub has a seating chart, you are expected to sit in your assigned seats. Thanks in advance for your cooperation.

11/6/09 Friday

Sub Plans for Lab Biology 1 & HONORS                         Blocks 1&2&4

1. You will continue to work on the Independent Study for Ch 6.  If you are interested in taking any of the quizzes listed on your “options” list, please let the sub know, the sub has access to these and can give them to you at your request. 
2. All quizzes must be taken individually with your desk cleared while taking the quiz.  You will put completed quizzes in the “homework” folder up front.
3. Just a reminder of HOMEWORK:

Þ   Ch 6 Test on Tues, Nov. 10^th

Þ   Independent study due Mon, Nov 9^th

Þ   Full lab report for dialysis lab due Thurs., Nov 12^th

Þ   Last day to make up Ch 4/5 test is Tues, 10th

Thanks for working hard and using class time effectively!

November 5, 2009

Agenda:
-Final observations of dialysis lab & clean up
-I.S.

Homework:
1. Lab report due Tues, 10th
2. Ch 6 test Tues, 10th
3. I.S. due Tues, 10th

November 4, 2009

Daily Questions:
Get a lab binder from the box and read through Day 2 procedures.  Begin writing your intro and purpose in your lab notebooks.

Agenda:
-Finish procedures for dialysis lab
-I.S.
-Cool website: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/

Homework:
-Lab report for dialysis lab is due Tues, 10th.
-I.S. due Tues 10th
-Ch 6 test on Tues. 10th
(You can turn anything in early if you'd prefer!)

November 3, 2009

Daily Questions:
Please get a lab binder and read through the dialysis lab procedures.  In addition, take out your Power Point notes Ch 6

Agenda:
-P.P. notes Ch 6
-Day 1 procedures for dialysis lab
-Hand back tests Ch 4/5

Homework:
Continue working on I.S.

November 2, 2009

Daily Questions:
Please get a "microscope lab" handout up front, read through procedures.

Agenda:
Microscope lab

Homework:
Continue working on I.S. (due Friday, 6th)

October 28, 2009

Daily Questions:
Get a lab binder and complete the "procedures" section of lab report in your notebook.

Agenda:
1. Return tests Ch 35 & 36
2. Check puzzle answers
3. Check organic chemistry answers
4. Hand out Ch 5 Review questions
5. Work on lab report

Homework:
1. Study for 4/5 test on Thursday, 29th.
2. Lab report due Friday, 30th.

Quote:
"You'll make the world a better place by making yourself a better person." ~Scott Sorrell

October 27, 2009

Daily Questions:
Grab a lab binder and use the information for each section to complete the introduction & purpose.  FULL lab report is due on Friday.  There are lab analysis questions at the end of the binder that need to be answered as well.

Agenda:
1. Finish the puzzle for a class grade.
2. Building molecules!

Homework:
1. Test is postponed until THURSDAY, 29th.
2. Fill in the worksheet for the "Building Biological Molecules" handout from class today- due Wed. 28th.
3. Lab notebooks due Friday, Oct. 30th.

Quote:
"Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it." ~Unknown

October 26, 2009

Daily Questions:
Test yourself: Answer Ch 5 Review questions # 1-12 WITHOUT using your book.  Put a *** on your notebook page for questions you couldn't answer.  Finally, use your notes/book to answer all questions fully.

Agenda:
1. Finish compounds lab.

Homework:
1. Complete the intro, purpose, hypothesis for lab- due Tues, 27th.
2. Ch 4 & 5 test Wed.

Quote:
"Be thankful for what you have - you'll end up having more." ~Oprah

October 23, 2009

Daily Questions:
Quickly & quietly get a lab binder and a ruler.  Read through the "Testing for Organic Compounds" lab & create data tables for each set of tests.

Agenda:
1. Testing substances for organic compounds lab.
2. AFTER completing parts A,B,C,D, write a hypothesis for each of the known substances you will test in Part E.


Homework:
1. Current Event #2 due Monday, Oct 26th.
2. Chapters 4 & 5 test on Wed, Oct 27th.

Quote:
"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." ~Jane Goodall

October 22, 2009

Daily Questions:
Read section 5.5 silently, answer concept check questions

Agenda:
1. PP Ch 5 notes
2. Finish putting puzzle together
3. Making molecules with beads & bonds!


Homework:
1. Create a 20-word vocab quiz from Ch 5, due Friday 23rd.
2. Current event due Monday, 26th.

Quote:
"Hunches are not to be sneezed at."

October 21, 2009

Daily Questions:
Skim sections 5.3 & 5.4, answer the concept check questions for both sections.

Agenda:
1. Compile Plant ID book (print in color)
2. Complete puzzle

Homework:
-Worksheet Ch 5 due Thurs, 22nd.
-Current event #2 due Mon, 26th.

Quote:
"Never be ashamed to admit you were wrong.  You're only saying that you're wiser today than you were yesterday."

October 20, 2009

Daily Questions:
SKIM sections 5.1 & 5.2, answer both sets of CC questions

Agenda:
1. Watch online video about pH & CO2 levels:
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/naked-science/3031/Videos/02717_05#tab-Videos/02717_05
2. Finish conclusion for pH lab
3. Go over Ch 35/36 test
4. Hand out biological molecules puzzle

Homework:
-Complete ch 5 PPt questions for Wed, 21st
-Worksheet Ch 5 due Thurs, 22nd.
-CURRENT EVENT #2 due Mon, 26th.

Quote:
"Sulking about your mistakes only leads to future ones." ~Bill Ranci, Readers Digest

October 19, 2009

Daily Questions:
-Please pick up a lab binder in the box and pH lab handout with cover sleeve at the front of the room.
-Prepare your lab notebook for pH mini lab (you need 2 data tables).

Agenda:
1. pH mini lab
2. Powerpoint slide show (Marine Fishes & pH)


Homework:
-Ch 4 test will be combined with Ch 5 (no test tomorrow!)
-Read through the PP notes for Ch 5, answer questions 1-15  (separate handout)
-Current event # 2 due Monday, 26th.

Quote:
"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up." ~Paul Valery

October 15, 2009

Daily Questions:
You all have the 1st 15min of class to quietly finish answering questions from the water density lab.


Agenda:
1. Questions/concerns regarding the quiz tomorrow?
2. Plant ID wrap-up and class collaboration for a book.

Homework:
1. Worksheet Ch 4 due Fri, 16th.
2. Water packet open notes quiz on Fri, 16th.

Quote:
"Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened." ~Jennifer Yane

October 14, 2009

Daily Questions:
Get a lab binder and read through the water density procedures.  ALSO, pick up the note sheet for this lab at the front, while I pass out the lab report books.

Agenda:
-Finish PP notes Ch 4
-Complete water density lab


Homework:
-Come to class Thursday, 15th with any questions you have in prep for the quiz (water packet)
-PP questions (15 w/answers) due Thurs, 15th.
-Worksheet 4 due Fri. 16th
-Water packet quiz on Fri. 16th.

Quote:
A neutron walks into a restaurant and asks the waiter, "How much for a drink?"  The water replies, "For you, no charge."

October 13, 2009

Daily Questions:
Browse sections 4.1 & 4.2.  Answer both sects of concept check questions.

Agenda:
Powerpoint notes over Ch 4

Homework:
-Water packet response due Wed, Oct 14th.
-Create 15 questions from the power point notes (include the answers on a separate paper) Due Thurs 15th.
-Water packet quiz on Friday, 16th.

Quote:
"The ability to concentrate and use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business- or almost anywhere else for that matter."

October 7, 2009

Daily Questions:
Please sign out a laptop for use and load up the website:
http://plants.usda.gov


Agenda:
-Collecting online data about our plants
-Final product is typed & has images/drawings

How does this class want to organize the key book?

Homework:
Study for Ch 35-36 test


Quote:
"Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." ~Will Rogers

October 6, 2009

Daily Questions:
Please get out the plant data sheet from yesterday & prepare to go outside to take more notes & collect better specimens for pressing.  Samples need to be small enough to fit in the press, data collection should include habitat descriptions (qualitative).

Agenda:
-Copy all class data from Pinecone Lab onto data sheet
-Visit BEHS woodlands
-Begin making notes about individual plants

***Make sure to get a handout of the study sheet for Chapter test on Thursday.


Homework:
-Study for test
-Finish answering Pinecone Lab questions

October 5, 2009

Daily Questions:
-Respond to objectives 36.4 & 36.5 as if they were questions.
-In 1-2 sentences, in your OWN words, describe the term biological magnification.

Agenda:
-A huge thank you to everyone for being model students for the sub!
-Plant collections & keying in the field! Assigning plants/trees, gathering specimens, and taking notes.

Homework:
Study for Chapter 35-36 test on Thursday.

Quote:
"Git er done." ~Larry the Cable Guy

October 2, 2009

Students,

You are expected to be polite and respectful to your substitute, use your time effectively and productively. If I receive a report that you did not meet these expectations, you will receive a detention or office referral when I return.

Your sub plans are listed below so there will not be any confusion as to what is expected of you. Your sub has a seating chart, you are expected to sit in your assigned seats. Thanks in advance for your cooperation.

10/2/09 Friday

Sub Plans for HONORS Lab Biology 1                   Block 4

1.    You will watch the movie “EYEWITNESS: Insect” and complete the questions that go with it. Answer as many questions as you can, turn in to the folder TODAY when you are done.

2.    When you have completed the movie quiz, you are expected to work on:

·      Read the article “The Day All the Sharks Died” & complete the questions in your notebooks.

·      Worksheet Chapter 36

·      Pinecone Lab Discussion & Questions (on the backside of your data sheet)

3.    Just a reminder of HOMEWORK:

Worksheet 36 due MONDAY, OCT. 5^th.

Thanks for working hard and using class time effectively!

October 1, 2009

Daily Questions:
Read over Ch 36.1 & 36.2, answer the concept check questions for both sections.

Agenda:
-Food Web mini-posters (in pairs)


Homework:
Free night!

Quote:
"If you don't like something, change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it."  ~Mary Engelbreit

September 30, 2009

Daily Questions:
Get a laptop from the cart, open up to phsuccessnet.com and log in.  When there, please close the lid most of the way.

Agenda:
-Hand back Ch 1&2 test
-Record some observations, comments, reactions to yesterday's pinecone lab into your notebook
-Practice calculating diversity index worksheet
-Use online activities for Ch 36.

Homework:
Answer pinecone lab questions 1-4 & 6-7.  Leave space in your answers for question #5- we'll answer this later when we have all class data compiled.

Quote:
"There is always room at the top." ~Daniel Webster

September 29, 2009

Daily Questions:
Get a lab binder @ the side counter and continue or start reading The Pinecone Lab

Agenda:
Extracting & identifying our Pinecone Ecosystems

Homework:
Look through Ch 36 and begin taking notes (vocab...) and use the BLOG to assist with note-taking.

Quote:
"Our lives improve only when we take chances- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves." ~Walter Anderson

September 28, 2009

Daily Questions:
Grab a lab notebook binder from the side counter and begin reading the lab "Population Growth."  Answer all questions in your lab notebook. 

Agenda:
-Seating Chart Change
-Complete the Population Growth Lab
-Start reading the Pinecone Lab (insert handouts into lab notebooks)

Homework:
Finish Population Growth Lab

Quote:
"Invenium viam aut facium" (I shall find a way or make one) ~Robert Peary, North Pole Explorer

September 25, 2009

Daily Questions:
Please complete the following questions quietly and on your own. Do not use any notes or your book.
1. Has the earth reached its carrying capacity for the human population?
2. What are introduced species? How are they a threat to biodiversity?


Agenda:
-Population Growth Jigsaw Puzzle
-"Getting to know your woods"

Homework:
Finish the questions (all responses need to be in your lab notebooks) on the backside of the handout from class.

Quote:
"People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." ~Anonymous

September 24, 2009

Daily Questions:
Pick up a laptop, boot up to today's Blog entry.  Close your laptop lids most of the way when you are there (here!), please sit quietly and wait for further directions.

Agenda:
-Setting up a textbook account:
www.phsuccessnet.com
Class access code:5BE8745309DB4DE1BB58
-Visiting the world population database & answering questions
-Continue note-taking Chapter 35


Homework:
Finish research article for tomorrow, Fri. 25th.

Quote:

"We have no simple problems or easy decisions after kindergarten." ~John W. Turk

September 23, 2009

Daily Questions:
Open your books to page 784, answer in the chapter review #s: 11, 12, 14, 17, 18, & 23.

Agenda:
-Vocab quiz
-Notes over Chapter 35 on power point
-Crab population worksheet

Homework:
-Crab population worksheet due Thurs, 24th.
-Research article due Friday, 25th.

Quote:
"Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness." ~Seneca

September 22, 2009

Daily Questions:
-Please pull out your homework and keep it at your desk to check for completion (worksheet ch 35).
-Skim over sections 35.3 & 35.4.... answer:
1. Why did the human population begin growing exponentially in ~1650 C.E.?
2. Name 2 predator adaptations & 2 prey adaptations.
3. Give 1 example each of: Parasitism, Mutualism, Commensalism

Agenda:
-Powerpoint notes Chapter 35
-Go outside & collect pine cones!

Homework:
-Study for the vocab quiz tomorrow (chapter 35)
-Complete crab population worksheet for Wednesday, 23rd.
-Scientific article research paper due Friday, 25th.


Quote:
"There's always free cheese in the mousetrap, but the mice there ain't happy." ~Anonymous

September 21, 2009

Daily Questions:
-Pick up your lab notebooks for tonight's assignment (I realize they did not get graded).
-Debrief Chapters 1 & 2 test
-THEN skim through concepts 35.1 & 35.2, answer the concept check questions both sections.

Agenda:
-GO outside & collect pinecones?
-Notes chapter 35.1 & 35.2
-Bean Activity (populations exercise)
-Movie & class discussion

Homework:
-Worksheet 35 due Tues, 22nd.
-Movie essay due Tues, 22nd (please put these into your lab notebooks)
-Vocab quiz Wed, 23rd.
-Scientific Article research paper due Fri, 25th.


Quote:
"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.  You must do the thing which you think you cannot do." ~Eleanor Roosevelt

September 18, 2009

Daily Questions:
Pull out your TUMS experiment with your partner and reread over your design.
-What is the control in your experiment?
-Which are the independent & dependent variables?  (use your text book as resources for understanding and distinguishing between the two).
Identify these 3 on your paper.

Agenda:
-Reorganizing the TUMS experiment, design for a controlled experiment (one variable to test).

Homework:
-Chapter 35 worksheet due Tuesday, 22nd.
-Vocab quiz chapter 35, Wednesday, 23rd.

Quote:
"A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner." ~Anonymous 

September 17, 2009

Daily Questions:
Please pick up a Delta + Survey next to the overhead projector and complete it as fully and honestly as you can.  Your feedback will be used for future planning for the semester!

Agenda:
Debriefing the Scientific Article research, a visit to the library!


Homework:
Continue researching an article of interest- this assignment is due Friday, Sept 25th.

September 16, 2009

Daily Questions:
Please clear your desks for the test!

Agenda:
Test Chapters 1 & 2


Homework:
Continue finishing lab report write ups for Oobleck, Chromatography & Metrics.  Lab notebooks is due on Friday, 18th.
Current event article #1 due next Friday, 25th.

September 15, 2009

Daily Questions:
Pull out the metric worksheet (homework from last night) and check your answers with a partner.

Agenda:
-Read through Research Outline
-Visit library for electronic tour of resources to complete scientific article research
-Test questions/concerns?


Homework:
-Chapter 2 worksheet due Wed, 16th
-Chapter 1&2 test Wed, 16th
Metric Lab packet due Fri, 18th

Quote:
"The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces."  ~Traditional Proverb

September 14, 2009

Daily Questions:
-Copy the notes on the overhead about the metric system into your notebook, and complete the data table using page 814 in your textbook.

Agenda:
-Short introduction into the metric system & metric lab.

Homework:
-Metric worksheet due Tues, 15th
-Metric lab handout completed (in lab notebook) Friday, 18th
-Chapter 2 worksheet due Wednesday, 16th
Chapters 1 & 2 test Wednesday, 16th

September 11, 2009

Daily Questions:
Clear you desk for the vocab quiz.


Agenda:
-Seating changes...
-Root word homework discussion
-Class questions over mini-lab and chromatography lab report?
Finish notes Chapter 1
Designing an experiment, starting with questions/observations, Tums in h2o!

Homework:
-Both lab reports are due Mon, 14th.
-Notes Ch 2 due Mon, 14th: use 3 literacy strategies (found in your agenda books page 45), each section of chapter 2 you need to use a different strategy.
-Spend time outside, minimum 15 min, collect data, with thorough descriptions:
2 Quantitative observations
2 Qualitative observations
1 Inference
1 Generalization
Please pass these in on Mon, 14th.

Quote:
"What is the good of having a nice house without a decent planet to put it on." ~Henry David Thoreau

September 10, 2009

Daily Questions:
-Read pages 30-35 in books; answer the concept check questions page 35 (1-4).

Agenda:
-Finish chromatography measurements
-Answer lab completion questions
-Oobleck activity & video
-Finish notes Ch. 1


Homework:
-Vocab quiz Ch1 Friday, 11th.
-Continue writing chromatography lab report, come to class Friday with any questions.  Lab reports are due Monday, Sept 14th.

Quote:
"Nature does nothing uselessly."  ~Aristotle

September 9, 2009

Daily Questions:
Read pages 24-29 in your books, answer the objectives (pg 24) as if they were questions.

Agenda:
-Read over lab report grading rubric
-Complete procedures for chromatography lab

Homework:
-In your lab notebooks, complete the purpose, introduction, hypothesis and procedure.
-Ch 1 vocab quiz on Friday, 11th.


Quote:
"You must motivate yourself everyday." ~Matthew Stasior

September 8, 2009

Daily Questions:
Pick up a copy of the chromatography lab handout next to the projector.  Read over the directions & explanations to ensure you understand procedures.


Agenda:
-Go over quizzes & I am From Poem
-Notes Chapter 1
-Handout Ch. 1 worksheet

Homework:
-Set up lab notebook for experiment tomorrow, due Wed 9th.
-Poem due Wed, 9th ***
-Worksheet Ch 1 due Wed, 9th
-Vocab quiz on FRIDAY, 11th.

Quote:
"I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man." ~George Washington

September 4, 2009

Daily Questions:
In your books, answer the following questions in your notes:
pg 20 #10
pg 21 #21, 23

Agenda:
-Class data table of living v. non-living things
-Vocab expectations in text book (hand out root words)
-Read "Mystery in the Forest"
-Notes over biotic v. abiotic features, with relation to living & non-living things. 
-Choose 4 recorders, GO OUTSIDE!
-"I am From" poem

Homework:
Books covered by Tues, 8th.
Notes for chapter 1 due Tues, 8th
Root words worksheet due Tues, 8th
"I Am From" poem due Tues, 8th


Quote:
"The only job where you start at the top is digging a hole." ~Anonymous

September 3, 2009

Daily Questions:
Clear your desk for the quiz.
Reminder: turn in homework to the correct folder, dress to go outside tomorrow

Agenda:
Quiz over lab safety & class expectations
Hand-out text books & lab notebooks, create a data table
Eyewitness Life movie & questions

Homework:
Parent forms turned in by Friday, 4th
Bring an item to share with the class.... living v. non-living.
Textbook Scavenger Hunt handout due Friday, 4th.

Quote:
"Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon." ~Gary Larson

September 2, 2009

Agenda:
Hand out remaining forms, including
1. Class Expectations
2. Letter to Parents
3. Lab Safety & Agreement form
4. Course overview/outline

We also covered class room evacuations, defining what "class norms" are, and we recorded the different kinds of laboratory equipment onto a data table that will be taped inside our lab notebooks (yet to be handed out). Each student was assigned a piece of equipment to report out to the class on it's name as well as describe what it's function or purpose was. Each student is responsible for making a drawing of the equipment inside each of the boxes provided on the handout.

Homework:
"About Me" due Thurs, Sept 3rd
"Class Norms" due Thurs, Sept 3rd
QUIZ over class expectations & safety on THURS Sept 3rd
Parent signatures form due Fri., Sept 4th.

Quote:
"As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion." ~ Michael Johnson

September 1, 2009

Agenda:
Today Ms. Chessey bored us to tears detailing what her expectations were for class. We also played a game called 2 Truths & 1 Lie, as well as choosing an animal/insect/living thing that has the first letter to match our own first letter in our name. In addition, she passed out a homework assignment : "About Me" to be completed by Thursday.