Introduction

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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Daily Summary 05-14

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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

– Objectives: SWBAT explain how fossils provide evidence of human evolution from more ape-like ancestors

– Warm-up: Based on your skull data summary table, what have you concluded about the evolutionary trends in some branches of the hominid group? Is there an apparent progression toward “human-like” features from older species to more recent? [10]

– Complete Hominid Skull Lab [20]

– Wrap up Darwin’s Dangerous Idea [40]

– Work on Evolution Take-home quiz [30]


HOMEWORK:

– Finish Hominid Skull Lab

– Complete Evolution Take-home quiz

–Work on ESLPs



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HONORS BIOLOGY
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)



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PRINCIPLES OF THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES (PBS)
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AGENDA:

– Objective: design an experiment to test an experimental (independent) variable against the dependent variable of heart rate 

– WARM-UP: What are some factors that you hypothesize would lead to (cause) a detectable change in heart rate?

– Activity 4.2.1, part IV


HOMEWORK:

– Begin writing up your formal lab report per the lab report guidelines for PBS



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