4/23/10 Warm up
• Warm up: What patterns have you noticed in your data so far?
4/21/10 Warm up
• Warm up: What does autotrophic mean?
• Review: What does heterotrophic mean?
4/20/10 Warm up
• Warm up:What does “prokaryotic” mean?
• Review: What kinds of environments can Archaebacteria inhabit?
4/19/10 Warm up• Warm up: In which environments
does your bacteria live? (from your project)
• Review: How do bacteria get resistant to antibiotics?
4/13/10 Warm up• Warm up:What is going well with
your experiment? What could be improved?
• Review:In which environments can your chosen species of bacteria live?
4/14/10 Warm up• Warm up:What is going well with
your experiment? What could be improved?
• Review:Are bacteria unicellular or multicellular?
4/1/10 Warm up• Warm up: Why is it important to identify
sources of error for an experiment?
• Review: Describe 2 sources of error that your group tried to control in the experiment plan?
3/31/10 Warm up• Warm up: Which kind of information should
be on the “X” axis of a graph? • Which belong on the “Y” axis?
• Review:Which information did you put on the “X” axis of
your graph?Which information did you put on the “Y” axis?
3/30/10 Warm up• Warm up: Why is it important to change only
1 variable in an experiment?
• Review: Which variable did your group change?
• List at least 3 variables that your group will attempt to control (keep the same).
3/29/10 Warm up• Warm up: Why is it important to
introduce background information at the beginning of an experiment report?
• Review: Which prompt did your group choose?
3/17/10 Warm up• Warm up: No warm up today
• 3/18/10:• If you could go anywhere for spring
break, where would it be and why?
3/16/10 Warm up• Warm up:What kinds of yes/no questions did you
use to separate object from your collection (in class yesterday)?
Write at least 3 of the questions that you used.
3/15/10 Warm up• Warm up:
Why is it important to use yes/no questions when generating a classification chart?
3/12/10 Warm up• Warm up:
Describe all the characteristics that make plants different from animals.
Use at least 3 complete sentences
3/11/10 Warm up• Warm up:No warm up today.
3/10/10 Warm up• Warm up:Think of something that you collect or have a lot of. How do you organize those items?
Activities:Classification discussionp.453 quick lab togetherClassification lab
Reading notes 18.2 pp.451-455 due THURS at warm up
3/9/10 Warm up• Warm up:• How many hours of sleep do you get on an
average week night?
• (the reading assignment we are doing today relates to hours of sleep)
3/8/10 Warm up• Warm up:
• What is a simile?
Warm up
No warm up questions March 3-5
We were state testing
3/2/10 Biology• Warm up:• What is the procedure for finding out what
the warm up question was from an absence?• Answer: (3 parts)Check the website found in “Department resources” section
of the high school website. Click on the warm up questions link. Also check the green wall for a printed copy to borrow
during work time.
3/1/10 Biology• Warm up:• What is the procedure for finding out what
assignments were given when you were absent?
• Answer: Collect the class calendar from the red folder on the green wall when you return. The due date is extended 1 day if the absence was excused.
2/26/10 Biology • Warm up:• What is the most abundant gas in
the Earth’s atmosphere?
• How much of the atmosphere is made up of this gas?
2/25/10 Biology• Warm up: Which natural force
most likely caused the layers to deform into the wavy pattern?
A
D
C
B
1 2
3
4
2/24/10 Biology• Warm up: Place the fossils
(1,2,3,4) in order from youngest to oldest. Explain how you know your order is correct.
A
D
C
B
1 2
3
4
2/23/10 Biology• Warm up:According to the most current scientific
evidence, how many years ago did two large objects collide to form our planet?
Rephrase the question into your answer:“According to the most current scientific
evidence….”Activities:-State test review “Fearless planet” notes -radiometric dating -ages of fossils
2/22/10 Biology• Warm up:What is the hardest thing that you have ever
done that ended in success?
Activities:
p.299 #1-6 + visual think due at warm up
State test review : EARTH SCIENCE
2/19/10 Biology• Warm up:• Explain why some
genes are linked meaning that they are inherited together.
Activities:Essay due at warm upQuizp.299 #1-6 and visual
thinking due MON at warm up
2/18/10 Biology• Warm up:• Explain what happens
between Telophase I and Prophase II of meiosis to make it so that the number of chromosomes is half.
Activities:Study guide Free-response essay due @warm up FRI
2/17/10 Biology• Warm up:• Which kind of cells are made by the process of
meiosis?
Activities:11.5 reading notes due @ warm upMeiosis cutouts due @ warm up THURSIf we have time…Free-response essay due THURS @ end of the period.
2/16/10 Biology• Warm up:• Why is it important to have genetic variation in a
population of organisms?
Activities:p.278 #1-5 and connecting concepts due at warm up
Graded work is returnedQuiz correctionsMeiosis cutouts due WED @ warm up11.5 reading notes due WED @ warm up
2/11/10 Biology• Warm up:• What is the difference between a haploid cell and a
diploid cell? See page 275
Activities:-Reading notes 11-4 (pp.275-278) due THURS-Notes: meiosis
p.278 #1-5 and connecting concepts
2/10/10 Biology• Warm up:• Describe one of Mendel’s principles of
heredity.
Activities:-review notes due at warm up-QUIZ TODAYReading notes 11-4 (pp.275-278) due THURS
2/5/10 Biology• Warm up: (20 points)Explain how traits are inherited.Use the following terms in your paragraph:alleletraitdominantrecessivehomozygousheterozygous
Activities:Punnett square worksheet due @ warm up-Work sheet : genetics practice packet
These words should be used to form
a coherent paragraph that completely
answer the question.
2/4/10 Biology• Warm up: What is gene segregation?
• Activities:Reading notes 11.2 (pp.267-269) due @ warm upp. 269 #1-5 due at the end of the period (we will do
these together if time allows)
Punnett square practice problems progress check Friday at warm up
2/3/10 Biology• Warm up: Describe at least 3 habits that allow students to be
successful in school.
• Activities:-Reading notes 11.1 due @ warm up-Groups divide: p.266 #1-6 + thinking visually
Reading notes 11.2 (pp.267-269) due THURS @ warm up
2/2/10 Biology• Warm up: • List 3 things that can cause cancer.• Hint: (use complete sentences) • -virus (HPV can cause cervical cancer)• -radiation• -carcinogenic chemicals• -heredity can increase risk
• Activities:-QUIZ TODAY-Reading notes 11.1 (pp.263-266) due WED @ warm up
2/1/10 Biology• Warm up: • List the stages of mitosis in order: Hint:
Interphase is the first stage before it begins.
Use complete sentences to answer the questions.
• Activities:-Review of Mitosis
-Notes: regulating the cell cycle
1/29/10 Biology• Warm up: (20 points)• Explain why it is useful for our cells to be designed to die after
a certain amount of time. What happens if they don’t die on schedule?
• Hints:Write your best paragraph with an introductory sentence that rephrases the question.Include reasons for cell death.Include discussion of cancer.
Activities:-p.249 #1-6 due at warm up-experiment report writing (typing if we have time)
1/28/10 Biology• Warm up: In which part of mitosis do the
chromosomes line up along the “equator” of the cell?
• Use complete sentences.• Activities:• Mitosis Flipbooks due today at warm up• Discussion notes “life span” see p.249• Assignments:• p.249 #1-6 due FRI at warm up• Reading notes for pp.244-249 due FRI @ warm up (reading notes were
assigned Tuesday)
1/27/10 Biology
• Warm up: Which part of the cell cycle does a cell spend most of it’s time?
• Use complete sentences.• Activities:• Notes: Mitosis• Mitosis Flipbooks due Thursday at warm up• Reading notes for pp.244-249 due FRI @ warm up
1/26/10 Biology
• Warm up: Why is it important to human health that cells can make a genetically similar copy of itself?
• Activities:• Discussion: cell division• P.243 #1-4 as a class. Due at the end of the discussion.• Reading notes for pp.244-249 due FRI @ warm up
1/25/10 Biology
• Warm up: Describe something about yourself that you are proud of.
• Activities:• Reading notes pp.241-243 due @ warm up• Review classroom procedures• Test corrections• Discussion notes