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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Daily Summary 02-15

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BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:

- Objective: Correctly complete a simple monohybrid cross using a punnett square

- NEW SEATS--CHECK CHART BY BACK DOOR (except period 5)

- Warm up: Why did you flip a coin yesterday during the genetics with a smile activity (i.e., what was the coin toss suppose to represent)? Which parent determined the sex of the child? Why did each parent organism have two alleles (copies) of each gene (and chromosome)? WARM UP WORTH 20 POINTS--I WILL CHECK IN 5 MINUTES [10]

- HW check [10~]

- Notes on heredity and probability [20]

- Start punnett squares practice handout [15]


HOMEWORK: Finish punnett handout


TOMORROW: Patterns of heredity



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HONORS BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:

- Objective: Correctly complete a simple monohybrid cross using a punnett square

- NEW SEATS--CHECK CHART BY BACK DOOR (except period 5)

- Warm up: Why did you flip a coin yesterday during the genetics with a smile activity (i.e., what was the coin toss suppose to represent)? Which parent determined the sex of the child? Why did each parent organism have two alleles (copies) of each gene (and chromosome)? What is the probability that two identical smiley creatures are created? [10]

- HW check [10~]

- Notes on heredity and probability [20]

- Start punnett squares practice handout [15]


HOMEWORK: Finish punnett handout


TOMORROW: Patterns of heredity



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ELD SCIENCE
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IN CLASS:

- Objective: Students will read about the nature of space and stars

- Silent reading [10]

- Collect corrected unit exams [2]

- Presentations of musical instruments [10]


HOMEWORK: Organize all of your assignments into a packet for collection


TOMORROW: Start Space Science Unit



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