Wednesday, May 16, 2012

END OF THE YEAR FOR BIOLOGY!

Thursday May 17-- bacteria-- conjugation, obtaining DNA from the outside
Friday May 18-- immune system:  inflammation

Monday May 21 (XBlock)-- B cells
Tuesday May 22-- T cells
Wednesday May 23-- Review
Thursday May 24-- test on viruses, bacteria and the immune system
Friday May 25  (XBlock)-- start review for final exam

Tuesday May 29 (X Block)-- review chapters 13, 14, 15
Wednesday May 30-- review chapters 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Thursday May 31-- review chapters 20, 21, 22,
Friday June 1-- review  chap 24, 27, 30

Monday, April 23, 2012

THIS WEEK IN REGULAR BIOLOGY:

MONDAY finish up chapter 27.

TUESDAY- MB HW due by midnight!   ALSO: DNA LAB

 WEDNESDAY- ????

 THURSDAY- review

 FRIDAY- test

Sunday, April 8, 2012

WELCOME BACK!

AP BIOLOGY: welcome back!

You can find the power point for Chapter 9 here:
CHAPTER 9 POWER POINT

And our schedule?
TUESDAY-- START GENETICS-- MONOHYBRID AND DIHYBRID CROSSES
****LUNCH BUNCH TODAY!
WEDNESDAY-- "QUIRKY" GENETICS
THURSDAY-- LAB: plants and genetics: also: Linked and Sex-Linked genes
FRIDAY-- Viruses and the Hershey-Chase experiment

SUNDAY NIGHT: READING QUIZ FOR CHAPTER 9 IS DUE!

MONDAY: IN-CLASS ESSAY: GENETICS. Start plant lab. DNA REPLICATION.
TUESDAY: OKIZAKI FRAGMENTS DNA TRANSCRIPTION
**** LUNCH BUNCH TODAY!
WEDNESDAY: DNA TRANSLATION:
THURSDAY: LAB: DNA REPLICATION, TRANSCRIPTION, TRANSLATION. Check Plant Lab!
FRIDAY: VIRAL REPLICATION. Check Plant Lab!

SUNDAY: READING QUIZ FOR CHAPTER 10 IS DUE!

MONDAY: REVIEW 9, 10
TUESDAY: TEST CHAPTER 9, 10 (THIS IS APRIL 24)
WEDNESDAY: features of chapter 11: the lac and trp operons
THURSDAY: LAB: DNA electrophoresis and DNA nucleases
FRIDAY: feature of chapter 12: endonucleases and their uses

MONDAY: features of chapter 11: signal transduction

Friday, March 30, 2012

HAPPY SPRING BREAK!!

happy spring break!

AP BIOLOGY:
READ CHAPTER 9
DO THE CHAPTER 9 HOMEWORK
DO THE POST-READING QUIZ FOR CHAPTER 9

Monday, March 26, 2012

WEEK OF MARCH 26

AP BIO: Guys, we got slowed down a bit last week. Here's where we're headed this week.

MONDAY Finish reproduction. HOMEWORK:repro essay. Due on Wednesday, the day of the test.
TUESDAY Review ch 27
WEDNESDAY Test ch 27
THURSDAY Genetics, ch 9
FRIDAY More genetics, ch 9
SPRING BREAK: you'll have a packet of genetics questions to be due the WEDNESDAY AFTER BREAK.

BIO:
MONDAY work on muscle models
TUESDAY test review: muscle model presentation
WEDNESDAY review for test: muscle model presentation
THURSDAY test chapter 30
FRIDAY fun day

Monday, March 19, 2012

WELCOME TO THE NEW TRIMESTER!

Well, it's already underway... but here's where we're heading the week of 3/19.

AP BIOLOGY
MONDAY- begin reproductive physiology; asexual and sexual reproduction; male and female anatomy
TUESDAY- zygote to blastula to gastrula: playing with clay. LUNCH BUNCH!
WEDNESDAY- male and female hormonal cycles and the hormones of pregnancy
THURSDAY-- ontogeny and phylogeny; homoeotic genes. LAB: Ultrasound and prenatal diagnosis, amniocentesis
FRIDAY- review chapter 27

MONDAY- chapter 27 test with essay
TUESDAY- chapter 9-- genetics
WEDNESDAY- chapter 9 on genetics
THURSDAY- chapter 9- genetics
FRIDAY-- online lab: genetics

REGULAR BIO:
MONDAY- finish brain labeling
TUESDAY- Begin musculoskeletal, ch 30. forms of locomotion, the trade-offs of motion
WEDNESDAY- types of joints: physiology of bone
THURSDAY- immune system basics-- what's in the bone marrow?
FRIDAY: LAB-- muscle actions

MONDAY--
TUESDAY LAB: chicken limb dissection
WEDNESDAY finish up musculoskeletal; review
THURSDAY test musculoskeletal (ch 30)
FRIDAY reproductive system psych up

Saturday, February 25, 2012

LAST WEEK OF THE TRIMESTER!

AP BIO:

MONDAY more chapter 28 (finish lab: action potential)
TUESDAY chapter 28
WEDNESDAY finish and review ch 28
THURSDAY test ch 28 with essay
FRIDAY begin ch 30

BIO:
MONDAY review ch 21, 25
TUESDAY test 21, 25
WEDNESDAY begin chapter 28
THURSDAY, FRIDAY-- brain cap lab

Monday, February 20, 2012

SHORT WEEK!!

AP BIOLOGY:

TUESDAY: TEST CHAPTERS 21, 25, 26--
*** I’m limited in just how much I can ask you guys on this test-— I can only ask 43 or so questions, which is 15 or fewer per chapter, so I can’t get too specific on things like the digestive enzymes (I ask about 2 or so of them by name). I also can’t wander too much on the endocrine system, so I stuck mainly with what we discussed in class (glucose control, thyroid, a teeny bit on parathyroid, what the adrenals are, and epinephrine). I also ask general questions about how endocrine hormones work. I ask what steroid hormones are and how they work, but do not ask for details on them since we’ll be covering them in chapter 27. In chapter 25 I ask a good bit about the kidneys and a little about thermoregulation and osmoregulation. I ask about nitrogenous waste, so know how animals process this.

WEDNESDAY: NO CLASS-- ADVISORY
THURSDAY: 8 AM CLASS! LAB-- YOUR BRAIN (chapter 28)
FRIDAY: Chapter 28 ctd...

MONDAY more chapter 28 (finish)
TUESDAY chapter 29
WEDNESDAY chapter 29
THURSDAY chapter 28, 29 review
FRIDAY chapter 28, 29 test


BIOLOGY:

TUESDAY: chapter 25 (finish)
WEDNESDAY: chap 25
THURSDAY: chapter 28; CLASS OUTSIDE! (WOO HOO!)
FRIDAY: kidney dissection!!!!!

MONDAY guided review ch 21, 25; START DUCK EGGS!!
TUESDAY test ch 21, 25
WEDNESDAY nervous system
THURSDAY brain lab!
FRIDAY more brain lab; END OF TRIMESTER!!

Monday, February 6, 2012

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE

BIOLOGY:
As we discussed today, we'll do a retest on friday for the Chapters 22, 23 test. So, this week:
MONDAY go over test
TUESDAY a little more test review: human digestive systems
WEDNESDAY finish human digestive system?
THURSDAY questions on digestion
FRIDAY retest ch 22, 23


AP BIOLOGY:

MONDAY the function of the nephron; kidney dissection (a 3:30 day)
TUESDAY kidney dissection
WEDNESDAY endocrine system
THURSDAY endocrine case study (an 8:00 AM Day!) LABS DUE
FRIDAY finish endocrine system; MB HOMEWORK DUE SUNDAY NIGHT!

for AP Bio:

Monday, January 30, 2012

THIS WEEK FOR BIOLOGY!

MONDAY finish resp and start digestive system
TUESDAY review chapters 22, 23
WEDNESDAY TEST CHAPTERS 22, 23
THURSDAY More digestion
FRIDAY More digestion: DIGESTION LAB

Monday, January 23, 2012

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE FOR BIO:

Mon-- start the resp system
Tue-- resp system
Wed resp system
Thur review chapters 22, 23
Fri test chap 22, 23