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