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Tuesday

Hope to see everyone at the open house on Thursday.

BIOLOGY

Download Agenda Spring 2012 Biology

This week we are studying the plasma membrane and cell transport.  Students are taking notes on the notes organizers:Download Cell Transport Concept Map and Download Cell Review and Plasma Membrane Notes Organizer

Information can be found in the textbook, and powerpoint: Download Chapter 7.2 and 7.4 Notes 2012

Test Friday will cover biochemistry from first two weeks, plasma membrane and cell transport.  Text references are Ch 6.2-4 and Ch 7.2 & 4.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Download Agenda Spring 2012 Environmental Science

We are in the Land Use Unit now.  This covers a broad range of topics, including the distribution of land uses, environmental advantages and disadvantages of certain choices, and agricultural practices, as well as feeding the our rapidly growing human population.

Text references are Ch 14 and 15.

So far, students took notes from the powerpoint: Download Land UseA and we had a guest speaker from Ethical Choices talking to students about factory farms and other agricultural practices.

Wednesday: complete notes and start Land Use Plan activity.

Thursday and Friday: Land Use Plan activity

Also due Friday: Current event having to do with land use or agricultural practices, or feeding the world.

 

 

Thursday

BIOLOGY

Completed the Food, Enzymes, water and pH lab today.  Complete questions for homework, if you didn't finish those in class.

One more powerpoint to reinforce the notes:Download Water and pH

Answers to study guide: Download Study Guide Side 1   Download Study Guide Side 2

Reminders:

1. Study guide due tomorrow
2. Quiz tomorrow on ch 6.2-4


ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Any remaining lab sheets that were completed for homework were due today.

Completed the NOVA: World in the Balnce movie today. 

Human Population Dynamics Test, Ch 8.1, 9.1 & class work tomorrow.

Packet due:

1. Movie notes
2. Population dynamics vocab and questions (2 sheets, stamped)

 

Tuesday

BIOLOGY

Download Agenda Spring 2012 Biology

Tues: Notes on enzymes and energy of reactions Download Biochem Powerpoint with Notes Organizer Elgqvist; also handed out text book Study Guide that goes with ch 6.2-4, due Friday

Wed-Thurs: Stations lab. DON'T FORGET CLOSE-TOED SHOES!

Friday: Turn in study guide, Quiz 6.2-4; Ch 7 vocab

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Download Agenda Spring 2012 Environmental Science

Tues-Thurs: Complete population pyramids activity; NOVA: World in the Balance movie with Q's

Friday: Packet due; Test Ch 8.1 & 9

Thursday

BIOLOGY

Download Agenda Spring 2012 Biology

Students completed the vocabulary for ch 6, Download Chapter 6 Chemistry Vocabulary 2012

We are working on the notes for macromolecules Download Chemistry of Life organizer

Reminder: quiz on ch 6.2-4 next Friday.  Review a little every day.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Download Agenda Spring 2012 Environmental Science

Download Population vocab ch 8 & 9 Qs

Reminders:

1. test on population dynamics next Friday.
2. current event due tomorrow

Tuesday

Welcome Back!

BIOLOGY

Download Agenda Spring 2012 Biology

Download Syllabus Spring 2012 Biology - ev

Our first unit will be on biochemistry.  This is not an easy unit, so you must be prepared to be serious and alert every day.  There will be a quiz next Friday, the 21st on ch 6, sections 2-4.  There will be a test the following Friday covering the quiz material, plus parts of ch. 7.

Please return the signed syllabus by Friday. 

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Download Agenda Spring 2012 Environmental Science

Download Env Sci Syllabus 2012 Spring

Our first unit will be on Human Population Dynamics, Ch 9.

There is a current event due this Friday, and I currently plan to give a test next Friday.

Please return the signed syllabus by this Friday.

Download Pop graph