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Thursday, March 2, 2017

Daily Summary 03-02

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HONORS BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Explain the concept of natural selection and how this process, along with chance events, drives evolution of biological systems

- Warm-up: Does natural selection operate directly on the phenotype or the genotype? Explain your reasoning. [5]

- Natural Selection Puzzle activity [20]

- Natural selection and adaptation [20]

-  Evolution Quiz #1 [25]

- Who Wants to Live a Million Years [30]

- Evolution quiz #2 next Tuesday / Wednesday

- Genetics Unit Exam corrections (tomorrow is last day)

- Genetics Engineering Challenge due no later than Friday


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Finish Genetics Engineering Challenge

- Finish Who Wants to Live a Million Years questions



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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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- Objectives: Demonstrate your understanding of freshwater resources, humans’ use of theses resources, and potential problems in our past and current management schemes for these resources by scoring 70% or better on the Unit 9 Exam

- Warm-up: Head MC answer sheet + last-minute Q and A [10]

- Unit 9 Exam [55]

- AP Test payments turned in to respective AP teachers by 3/15

- scrAPESbook presentations [15]

- Lab Notebooks DUE FOR SCORING next Thursday, 3/9


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Water Use Project data analysis (DUE FRIDAY by 3 pm)

- Lab: Water Quality Index: data analysis and write-up (DUE FRIDAY by 3 pm)



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Explain the concept of natural selection and how this process, along with chance events, drives evolution of biological systems

- Warm-up: Does natural selection operate directly on the phenotype or the genotype? Explain your reasoning. [5]

- Natural Selection Puzzle activity [20]

- Natural selection and adaptation [20]

- Evolution Quiz #1 [25]

- Who Wants to Live a Million Years [30]

- Evolution quiz #2 next Tuesday / Wednesday

- Genetics Unit Exam corrections (tomorrow is last day)

- Genetics Engineering Challenge due no later than Friday


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Finish Genetics Engineering Challenge

- Finish Who Wants to Live a Million Years questions



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