Daily Summary 11-10

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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Use a microscope to observe and describe small objects at three magnification levels making no more than 1 error

- Warm-up: What are the two main types of biological cells on Earth and how are they different?

- Which type do you think evolved first and why? [7]

- Finish Microscope Skills Lab, Part 1 (DUE NO LATER THAN FRIDAY 11/13 at 3:30 pm for full credit) [30]

- Finish TSOTS Student Blog Post Assignment #3 [30]

- Design Crop Failure Analysis Experiment with your TSOTS team and start the experiment if possible

- Complete Eukaryotes/Prokaryotes Venn Diagram (DUE next class day)


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Finish TSOTS Student Blog Post Assignment #3 if not yet done

- Complete on Eukaryotes/Prokaryotes Venn Diagram

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Daily Summary 11-09

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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Demonstrate a basic grasp of fundamental population concepts by earning ≥70% on the

- Unit 5a Exam Warm-up: Last-minute Q & A [10]

- Unit 5a Exam [70]

- Check on Seed Density Lab seeds (Analysis DUE 11/25) [10]

- scrAPESbook presentations (round 3)


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Work on Allelopathy Lab and Seed Density Lab



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Use a microscope to observe and describe small objects at three magnification levels making no more than 1 error

- Warm-up: What are the two main types of biological cells on Earth and how are they different?

- Which type do you think evolved first and why? [7]

- Finish Microscope Skills Lab, Part 1 [30]

- Finish TSOTS Student Blog Post Assignment #3 [30]

- Design Crop Failure Analysis Experiment with your TSOTS team and start the experiment if possible

- Complete Eukaryotes/Prokaryotes Venn Diagram (DUE next class day)


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Finish TSOTS Student Blog Post Assignment #3 if not yet done

- Complete on Eukaryotes/Prokaryotes Venn Diagram



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Daily Summary 11-06

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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Use a microscope to observe and describe small objects at three magnification levels making no more than 1 error

- Warm-up: What is a biological cell? How would you explain the concept to someone who had never been exposed to this idea before? [7]

- Introduction to the cell and an overview of microscopy, including cell size and scale demonstration [25] Lab: Microscope Skills, Part 1 [45]

- Continue work on TSOTS Student Blog Post Assignment #3

- Turn in Factors Affecting Enzymes lab (DUE TODAY)

- Turn in Biomolecule Assembly sheet if you have not done so already


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Continue working on TSOTS Student Blog Post Assignment #3

- Finish Microscope Skills lab (questions)



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Daily Summary 11-05

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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Calculate crude birth/death rates using population change data and determine population growth with no errors

- Warm-up: Describe one possible density-dependent limiting factor and one density-independent limiting factor for a given population of a real species. Be ready to explain how each example fits the definition of that type of limiting factor. [8]

- Unit 5a Quiz [15]

- Check Mark-Recapture Simulation calculations / analysis [~20]

- Unit 5a, Lecture 3: Reproductive Patterns [20]

- Check on Seed Density Lab seeds [10]

- Population Growth Rate Calculations Practice [15]

- Unit 5a, Lecture 4: Conservation of Populations [20]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Work on Allelopathy Lab and Seed Density Lab

- Begin Reviewing for Unit 5a Exam



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Use a microscope to observe and describe small objects at three magnification levels making no more than 1 error

- Warm-up: What is a biological cell? How would you explain the concept to someone who had never been exposed to this idea before? [7]

- Introduction to the cell and an overview of microscopy, including cell size and scale demonstration [25] Lab: Microscope Skills, Part 1 [45]

- Continue work on TSOTS Student Blog Post Assignment #3

- Turn in Factors Affecting Enzymes lab (DUE TODAY)

- Turn in Biomolecule Assembly sheet if you have not done so already


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Continue working on TSOTS Student Blog Post Assignment #3

- Finish Microscope Skills lab (questions)



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Daily Summary 11-04

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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Simulate the function of an enzyme under various conditions and graph the results with no major errors

- Warm-up: What is the general meaning of “catalyst”? [5]
Introduction to enzymes [20]

- Activity: Factors Affecting Enzymes [45]

- Continue work on TSOTS Student Blog Post Assignment #3

- Get Biomolecules Graphic Organizer checked if you have not done so already


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Continue working on TSOTS Student Blog Post Assignment #3

- Finish Factors Affecting Enzymes lab (graphs and questions)

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