Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Review PowerPoint

Almost forgot to post! Here is the review from today if you need it (doesn't have everything, but some good stuff for sure!)









Monday, December 16, 2013

Monday 12-15-13

Today at some point, please check your grade on Student-Vue. If you are missing a quiz grade, please fill in the google form below.
If your notebook needs to be checked, you can come on Monday at lunch or during advisory. 
This is the LAST CHANCE for notebooks! 
Today and tomorrow we are going to focus on questions about the final

Friday, December 13, 2013

Work Day

Continue working on Adaptive Curriculum
and your notebook.  
I have extended the deadline to MONDAY DEC 16th, but that means EVERYTHING including the final review needs to be complete when you walk in the door.
You can still come in at lunch today to work, and if you want me to check your notebook, it is either today at lunch or Monday during advisory.

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

pgs 113-115 SSA and Final Review

pg 113 -- Student Self Assessment (SSA) for Biology 1 final test.  Fold the paper so that it is a one page booklet.  Please fill it out so that you have a plan of what you need to study for the final

pg 114 -- should be blank

pg 115 -- Final Review packet for Biology 1.  Tape just the left side of the booklet so that you can access the pages within to study for the final.  It should be complete when you walk in on Monday Dec 16th, so that we can go over things and clarify as needed.

Grade Check Day

The plan for the day
  1. Check your grade on Student-Vue
  2. DON'T FREAK OUT
  3. Fix all of your assignments that need fixing by Friday Dec 13th
  • I will be available in my room during lunch and advisory through Friday.
  • All of the Adaptive Curriculum assignments (except for "Cell Transport" & "Respiration & photosynthesis") have been reassigned as needed.  If you don't like a quiz grade, you can re-do it.  Please fill out the form below when you finish an assessment (this will make it so much easier to update the gradebook regularly)

Monday, December 9, 2013

pgs108-112 Cellular respiration & photosynthesis

 Go to adaptivecurriculum.com

The Respiration & Photosynthesis activities should go on the following pgs
  • pg 108 Aerobic Respiration in Plants (there isn't a "note sheet" for this one.  Write down what you feel is important)
  • pg 109 Aerobic Respiration & Photosynthesis
  • pg 110 - 111 Plants' needs for Photosynthesis
  • pg 112 Comparing Cellular Respiration & Fermentation
Turn in your notebooks today for a notebook check

All work is due by Friday Dec 13th

Friday, December 6, 2013

pg 107 pudding lab & pineapple jello lab

Please split pg 107 into two it should look like this

Once that is done continue to work on Adaptive curriculum

Monday, December 2, 2013

Conclusions and Pudding!! (pg 107)

On the block day this week, we are focusing on conclusions from all of the labs from the last week and a half.  So, here is a list of what should be completed

    Now onto Pudding!! (pg 107) :)



Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Happy Thanksgiving Break

Today there is a lot of clean up to do

  • last observation of plates (make sure you are writing your observations in your data table)
    • put plates into bleach water in the sink to clean
  • last observation of egg
    • Observe the egg (measure and record mass) as well as the water it is in -- is there more or less water, what does it look like?
    • put egg into ziploc baggie to dispose of, clean beaker and put away
  • General clean up of your area

Monday, November 25, 2013

Cell transport adaptive curriculum pgs 101-106

Go to adaptivecurriculum.com
Remember your log on is 
puhsmt-ID#

Complete the cell transport activities.  
Your notes (use the activity sheet to guide you) should go on the following pgs
101-102 Diffusion
103-104 Osmosis
105-106 Structure and Function of Cell membrane

Also, don't forget about previous adaptive curriculum work.  If you are not happy with a quiz result, let me know and I can reassign that activity to you so that you can retake the quiz.

Friday, November 22, 2013

Egg lab pgs 96-98

Egg lab goes on pgs 96-98 
You should have observations as well as predictions on pg 96, data table on pg 97, and conclusion on pg 98.  The lab will run from Friday through next Wednesday.
Click here for the lab in its entirety. 

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Starch Iodine Lab pg 99-100

Starch Iodine Lab pg 99

What will happen in this scenario?











Prediction:
What will happen after 24 hours?


Procedures:
1.
2.
3.
etc
Pg 100 Data Table for Starch Iodine Lab


Starting Color
Color after 24 hours
Solution in Beaker
(Iodine Solution)
Amber (looks like apple juice)
Lighter yellow
Solution in Bag
(Starch solution)
White opaque (looks like milk)
Starch has settled to the bottom of the bag, after mixing, light purple-greyish opaque solution

Conclusion (also on pg 100) Answer the following questions in a paragraph
  • Based on your observations, which substance moved, the iodine or the starch? How did you determine this?
  • The plastic baggie was permeable to which substance? 
  • Is the plastic baggie selectively permeable?
  • Sketch the cup and baggie as part of your conclusion paragraph. Use arrows to illustrate how diffusion occurred in this lab.
  • What would happen if you did an experiment in which the iodine solution was placed in the baggie, and the starch solution was in the beaker? Be detailed in your description. 


5 second rule pt 2 update

Your second run at the 5 second rule should go on pgs 92-95
Please remember to follow the lab rubric for all of the parts of the lab.  I will be carefully reading all conclusions for this lab and grading according to the rubric.  

This will be graded after Thanksgiving break (so you have break to write your conclusion)

Friday, November 15, 2013

5 second rule, part 2

Run the experiment you planned on Tuesday.
We will leave it for the weekend to grow and see results on the block day next week!


Thursday, November 14, 2013

More Cell Info

Work on the following pages today (Thursday).  We will run the experiment tomorrow.

We will put the pages into your notebook on Friday as well. 

The packet goes on pg 91 (leave 90 blank).  
It contains the following pages.

Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cell review 

Cell Structure and Function 

Cell Parts

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Laura's experiment

Before we run our experiment, let's look at another bacterial experiment.  
What can you learn from Laura's experiment? How might you change your experiment because of what you have learned?
Laura's experiment goes on pg 88, your answers on pg 89
It might be helpful to draw a picture of the data (6 circles to represent the petri dishes)


Monday, November 11, 2013

5 second rule re-do

Now that you have something growing, what conclusions can you actually draw? (write your conclusion on pg 87 -- remember to use the rubric)

If you could do it over, would you change your procedures?

Guess what?  We get to do it again!! :)

Edit and revise your procedures as needed.  Do you want to team up with another group?  What might be the benefits or draw backs of having a larger group?

We will run the experiment on Friday! 

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Anything visible yet?

Look at plates again.

Information about microbes and identification goes on pgs 84-85

"Mark up the text" on pg 84 "What are microbes?"

Can you now identify what you have growing?  Data table should be on pg 86.


Wednesday, November 6, 2013

What do you see on your plates?

Is there anything visible yet?
Use dissection scopes to see more!
Discussion of what is seen (if nothing, maybe there will be something tomorrow, usually takes 48-72 hours to see colonies)
Finish up Mammal Video from Friday

Monday, November 4, 2013

5 second rule execution of lab

Gallery walk for others lab designs

What qualities must an experiment have in order to be considered trust-worthy?

What is sterile technique and why might it matter in this lab?

Conduct lab




Friday, November 1, 2013

Life Mammals Video

Watching the episode of Mammals in the Life series today
Video sheet goes on pgs 82-83

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Monday, October 28, 2013

Finish cell, start 5 second rule

Agenda for the block day


  • Finish up cell coloring and Adaptive curriculum "intro to cell"

  • Notebook check

  • begin 5 second rule

Friday, October 25, 2013

Intro to Cell and Coloring

Continue to work on adaptive curriculum "Intro to Cell" lesson and complete coloring pages.  The cell coloring pages go on the following pgs in the notebook

pgs 74-75 prokaryotic cell
pgs 76-77 animal cell
pgs 78-79 plant cell


The second activity in the "Intro to Cell" lesson from adaptive curriculum goes on pgs 80-81.  You should have the following questions answered on those pages as well as the table of the cell parts/functions & locations


Doing the Activity Object
  1. What agents/organelles only work in Greencity?
  2. Complete the following chart:
Cell Structure
Function
Found in Plant cells, Animal cells, or Both
Mitochondria
Breaks down food molecules and uses the glucose to supply energy to the cell
Can be found in both plant and animal cells
Lysosome


Nucleus


Vacuole


Cytoplasm


Ribosome


Cell Wall


Cell Membrane


Endoplasmic reticulum


Golgi Apparatus


Chloroplast




Thinking about the Activity Object

  1. Write 3-5 complete sentences explaining what functions would be affected if the cell membrane becomes damaged.  
  2. Based on your knowledge of the various organelles in plant and animal cells, what three organelles do you think are the most important for proper cell functioning? Explain your reasoning.



Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Testing days -- cell coloring

On Tuesday (after testing) you should have picked up three different cells to color (as well as the instructions) 

Prokaryotic Cell


















Animal cell






















Plant Cell 


Monday, October 21, 2013

Intro to the Cell

Go to adaptivecurriculum.com
Remember your log-on is puhsmt-ID#
Students, you know your password ;)

Go through the "Intro to the Cell" lesson (using pgs 73-76)
On pg 73, you should have the following information (please don't worry about the pictures, I will give you better ones tomorrow)

 

Notebook check today for the last adaptive curriculum lessons.

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Microscope Lab

Here is the PowerPoint we went through before starting the microscope lab. Also, click here for an extra copy of the lab if needed :)

Monday, October 14, 2013

Block day -- making sure Adaptive curriculum assignments are complete



Adaptive curriculum pages in notebook 
(use the blue icon at the bottom of each screen to format your notes)

Pg 56-57 Energy flow from producers to consumers

Pg 58 Food chains and food webs

Pg 59 Ecological pyramids

Pg 60 Factors affecting population growth

Pg 61-62 Parasitism

Pg 63-64 Commensalism

Pg 65-66 Mutualism

Pg 67-68 Interaction among organisms: Competition