Daily Summary 10-31

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- Objectives: Be able to (1) describe the structure of enzymes; (2) explain the function and importance of enzyme activity in biological systems (3) explain how temperature and pH affect enzyme activity

- Warm-up: Take out a sheet of binder paper and head it with the assignment title “Enzymes Quick Quiz,” then number 1 to 10 [5]

- Reminder of the week’s goals and objectives [2]

- Complete Microscope Skills Lab (Due this Today) [20]

- Discuss your Enzyme Lab procedure with Mr. Bursch [10 - 15]

- Carry out enzyme experiments [40 - 60]

- Show your completed Biomolecule Assembly for credit [~25]


HOMEWORK:

- (1) Enzyme lab report; (2) Work on Student Blog Post Assignments #3, #4, and #5 for TSOTS

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Daily Summary 10-30

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- Objectives: Be able to (1) describe the structure of enzymes; (2) explain the function and importance of enzyme activity in biological systems (3) explain how temperature and pH affect enzyme activity

- Warm-up: Take out a sheet of binder paper and head it with the assignment title “Enzymes Quick

- Quiz,” then number 1 to 10 [5]

- Reminder of the week’s goals and objectives [2]

- Complete Microscope Skills Lab (Due this Today) [20]

- Discuss your Enzyme Lab procedure with Mr. Bursch [10 - 15]

- Carry out enzyme experiments [40 - 60]

- Show your completed Biomolecule Assembly for credit [~25]


HOMEWORK:

- (1) Enzyme lab report; (2) Work on Student Blog Post Assignments #3, #4, and #5 for TSOTS

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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to (1) describe the structure of enzymes; (2) explain the function and importance of enzyme activity in biological systems (3) explain how temperature and pH affect enzyme activity

- Warm-up: Take out a sheet of binder paper and head it with the assignment title “Enzymes Quick Quiz,” then number 1 to 10 [5]

- Reminder of the week’s goals and objectives [2]

- Complete Microscope Skills Lab (Due this Today) [20]

- Discuss your Enzyme Lab procedure with Mr. Bursch [10 - 15]

- Carry out enzyme experiments [40 - 60]

- Show your completed Biomolecule Assembly for credit [~25]


HOMEWORK:

- (1) Enzyme lab report; (2) Work on Student Blog Post Assignments #3, #4, and #5 for TSOTS



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Daily Summary 10-29

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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to (1) describe the structure of light microscopes; (2) explain the function and proper use of microscopes to study biological systems

- Warm-up: What do you think the average diameter is for a typical cell in your skin? How many times smaller is this than a typical grain of rice? Explore Cell Size and Scale animation together. [10]

- Reminder of the week’s goals and objectives [2]

- Complete Microscope Skills Lab (Due this Friday) [65]

- Show your completed Biomolecule Assembly for credit [~65]

- Discuss your Enzyme Lab procedure with Mr. Bursch [~65]

- Carry out preliminary (practice) enzyme experiments [15 - 20]


HOMEWORK:

- (1) Make sure your enzyme lab procedure is ready; (2) Work on Student Blog Post Assignments #3, #4, and #5 for TSOTS

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Daily Summary 10-28

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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to (1) describe the structure of light microscopes; (2) explain the function and proper use of microscopes to study biological systems

- Warm-up: What do you think the average diameter is for a typical cell in your skin? How many times smaller is this than a typical grain of rice? Explore Cell Size and Scale animation together. [10]

- Reminder of the week’s goals and objectives [2]

- Complete Microscope Skills Lab (Due this Friday) [65]

- Show your completed Biomolecule Assembly for credit [~65]

- Discuss your Enzyme Lab procedure with Mr. Bursch [~65]

- Carry out preliminary (practice) enzyme experiments [15 - 20]


HOMEWORK:

- (1) Make sure your enzyme lab procedure is ready; (2) Work on Student Blog Post Assignments #3, #4, and #5 for TSOTS



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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to (1) describe the structure of light microscopes; (2) explain the function and proper use of microscopes to study biological systems

- Warm-up: What do you think the average diameter is for a typical cell in your skin? How many times smaller is this than a typical grain of rice? Explore Cell Size and Scale animation together. [10]

- Reminder of the week’s goals and objectives [2]

- Complete Microscope Skills Lab (Due this Friday) [65]

- Show your completed Biomolecule Assembly for credit [~65]

- Discuss your Enzyme Lab procedure with Mr. Bursch [~65]

- Carry out preliminary (practice) enzyme experiments [15 - 20]


HOMEWORK:

- (1) Make sure your enzyme lab procedure is ready; (2) Work on Student Blog Post Assignments #3, #4, and #5 for TSOTS



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Daily Summary 10-27

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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to (1) describe the structure of light microscopes; (2) explain the function and proper use of microscopes to study biological systems

- Warm-up: What do light microscopes do and how, essentially, do they do this? [3]

- Quickly go over basic microscopy [5]

- Lab: Microscope Skills (Due this Friday) [35]

- Show your completed Biomolecule Assembly for credit [~35]

- Discuss your Enzyme Lab procedure with Mr. Bursch [~35]


HOMEWORK:

- (1) Make sure your enzyme lab procedure is ready; (2) Work on Student Blog Post Assignments #3, #4, and #5 for TSOTS; (3) Choose or propose an ESLP for Fall



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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to (1) describe the structure of light microscopes; (2) explain the function and proper use of microscopes to study biological systems

- Warm-up: What do light microscopes do and how, essentially, do they do this? [3]

- Quickly go over basic microscopy [5]

- Lab: Microscope Skills (Due this Friday) [35]

- Show your completed Biomolecule Assembly for credit [~35]

- Discuss your Enzyme Lab procedure with Mr. Bursch [~35]


HOMEWORK:

- (1) Make sure your enzyme lab procedure is ready; (2) Work on Student Blog Post Assignments #3, #4, and #5 for TSOTS; (3) Choose or propose an ESLP for Fall

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Microscope Skills Lab: Directions and Answer Sheet Documents

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• Lab: Microscope Skills: Directions (Information Sheet)
• Lab: Microscope Skills: Answer Sheet

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Daily Summary 10-24

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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to (1) describe the structure of enzymes; (2) explain the function and importance of enzyme activity in biological systems (3) explain how temperature and pH affect enzyme activity levels

- Warm-up: Which type of biomolecule is an enzyme? What are the monomers (individual repeating chemical units) that are joined together to form this type of biomolecule? [3]

- Quickly go over biomolecules graphic organizer [8]

- Finish Biomolecule Assembly [40]

- Introduction to Enzymes (reading on your own) [20]

- Start Enzyme Lab (choose factor and design experiment) [30]


HOMEWORK:

- (1) Write up your enzyme lab procedure using the Enzyme Lab Guide, (2) Work on Student Blog Post Assignments #3, #4, and #5 for TSOTS



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Daily Summary 10-23

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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to (1) describe the structure of enzymes; (2) explain the function and importance of enzyme activity in biological systems (3) explain how temperature and pH affect enzyme activity

- Warm-up: Which type of biomolecule is an enzyme? What are the monomers (individual repeating chemical units) that are joined together to form this type of biomolecule? [3]

- Quickly go over biomolecules graphic organizer [8]

- Finish Biomolecule Assembly [40]

- Introduction to Enzymes (reading on your own) [20]

- Start Enzyme Lab (choose factor and design experiment) [30]


HOMEWORK:

- (1) Write up your enzyme lab procedure using the Enzyme Lab Guide (2) Work on Student Blog Post Assignments #3, #4, and #5 for TSOTS



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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to (1) describe the structure of enzymes; (2) explain the function and importance of enzyme activity in biological systems (3) explain how temperature and pH affect enzyme activity

- Warm-up: Which type of biomolecule is an enzyme? What are the monomers (individual repeating chemical units) that are joined together to form this type of biomolecule? [3]

- Quickly go over biomolecules graphic organizer [8]

- Introduction to Enzymes (reading on your own) [20]

- Finish Biomolecule Assembly [20]

- Enzyme Lab [60]


HOMEWORK:

- (1) Write up your enzyme lab procedure using the Enzyme Lab Guide (2) Work on Student Blog Post Assignments #3, #4, and #5 for TSOTS



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Enzyme Lab Instructions

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Use these instructions along with the Enzyme Lab Guide to carry out an experiment on plant-derived peroxidase enzyme.

1. Make sure you have done the reading on enzymes before you begin.
2. Open the Enzyme Lab Guide for Mr. Bursch's Biology and Honors Biology classes and read the entire document carefully.
3. Confirm with Mr. Bursch that you understand the student expectations for this lab before you even begin to write up your procedure with your lab partner.
4. Do any needed additional background research to help you better understand the question you are trying to answer with your experiment.
5. Complete the Enzyme Lab Worksheet at the end of the Enzyme Lab Guide and show your procedure to Mr. Bursch for review before you begin any part of your experiment.
6. Set up and conduct your experiment. Use the Enzyme Lab Worksheet you have been typing on to record all of your notes and data. Be sure to take photos of your lab setup and you and your partners in action.
7. When you have finished gathering data, complete the conclusion section of your Enzyme Lab Worksheet by writing three paragraphs of 5 to 8 sentences each in which you explain all of the results you observed and what you think those results suggest, what went wrong or what was difficult during the experiment, how you would improve your experimental design, and any new questions you came up with during your experiment that you would investigate with future experiments.
8. Submit your Enzyme Lab Worksheet by placing your completed copy of the Enzyme Lab Guide in your biology turn-in folder.

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Use these instructions along with the Enzyme Lab Guide to carry out an experiment on plant-derived peroxidase enzyme.

1. Make sure you have done the reading on enzymes before you begin. 
2. Open the Enzyme Lab Guide for Mr. Bursch's Biology and Honors Biology classes and read the entire document carefully. 
3. Confirm with Mr. Bursch that you understand the student expectations for this lab before you even begin to write up your procedure with your lab partner. 
4. Do any needed additional background research to help you better understand the question you are trying to answer with your experiment. 
5. Complete the Hypothesis, Materials, and Procedure sections of the Enzyme Lab Worksheet at the end of the Enzyme Lab Guide and show them to Mr. Bursch for review before you begin any part of your experiment.
6. Set up and conduct your experiment. Use the Enzyme Lab Worksheet you have been typing on to record all of your notes and data. Be sure to take photos of your lab setup and you and your partners in action. 
7. When you have finished gathering data, complete the conclusion section of your Enzyme Lab Worksheet by writing three paragraphs of 10 to 12 sentences each in which you explain all of the results you observed and what you think those results suggest, what went wrong or what was difficult during the experiment, how you would improve your experimental design, and any new questions you came up with during your experiment that you would investigate with future experiments. 
8. Prepare and submit your Enzyme Lab report as a blog post, just as you did with your Seed Germination and Growth lab reports. You should also place your completed copy of the Enzyme Lab Guide in your biology turn-in folder.

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ENZYMES: Notes and Suggested Reading

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Initial Reading:

• Introductory Presentation (PDF) on Enzymes

Further Reading / Instruction:

• Enzyme section of your textbook
• Enzymes Make the World Go 'Round
• Lists of major digestive enzymes and their functions

Advanced Reading/ Instruction:

• UC Davis ChemWiki article on enzymes
• Bozeman Science video podcast on enzymes with Paul Andersen 

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Daily Summary 10-22

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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to (1) describe the structure of enzymes; (2) explain the function and importance of enzyme activity in biological systems (3) explain how temperature and pH affect enzyme activity

- Warm-up: Which type of biomolecule is an enzyme? What are the monomers (individual repeating chemical units) that are joined together to form this type of biomolecule? [3]

- Quickly go over biomolecules graphic organizer [8]

- Introduction to Enzymes (reading on your own) [20]

- Enzyme Lab [60]

- Finish Biomolecule Assembly [20]


HOMEWORK:

- (1) Write up your enzyme lab using the lab report guidelines from the seed lab (2) Work on Student Blog Post Assignments #3, #4, and #5 for TSOTS



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Introduction to Biomolecules

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Introduction to Biomolecules Presentation (Notes)



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Daily Summary 10-20

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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to describe the characteristics of living things and apply these characteristics in a test to determine whether or not something is biologically “alive”

- Warm-up: If you were walking down the street and observed a strange moving object on the sidewalk that you had never seen before, how would you determine if it was a living thing or not? [5]

- Characteristics of Living Things [10]

- Work on Characteristics of Living things color plate [20]

- TSOTS Student Blog Post Assignments #3, #4, and #5 [~20]

- ESLP sign-up / proposal [~20]

- Turn in Properties of Water Mini-Lab [~5]


HOMEWORK:


- (1) Finish color plate, (2) work on Student Blog Post Assignments #3, #4, and #5 for TSOTS



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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to describe the characteristics of living things and apply these characteristics in a test to determine whether or not something is biologically “alive”

- Warm-up: If you were walking down the street and observed a strange moving object on the sidewalk that you had never seen before, how would you determine if it was a living thing or not? [5]

- Characteristics of Living Things [10]

- Work on Characteristics of Living things color plate [20]

- TSOTS Student Blog Post Assignments #3, #4, and #5 [~20]

- ESLP sign-up / proposal [~20]

- Turn in Properties of Water Mini-Lab [~5]


HOMEWORK:

- (1) Finish color plate, (2) work on Student Blog Post Assignments #3, #4, and #5 for TSOTS



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Daily Summary 10-17

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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to demonstrate basic understanding of fundamental ecological principles by earning a 50% or higher on the Ecology Unit Test

- Warm-up: Take out your Ecology Unit Review and pass to first person in row. Fill out answer sheet per teacher’s directions [2]

- Ecology Unit Exam [50]

- Plant status check (make observations, take pictures, limit competition by weeding) [~40]

- TSOTS Student Blog Post Assignments #3 and #4 [~40]

- ESLP sign-up / proposal [~40]

- Turn in Properties of Water Mini-Lab [~40]


HOMEWORK:

- Work on Student Blog Post Assignments #3 & #4 for TSOTS



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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to demonstrate basic understanding of fundamental ecological principles by earning a 75% or higher on the Ecology Unit Test

- Warm-up: Take out your Ecology Unit Review and pass to first person in row. Fill out answer sheet per teacher’s directions [2]

- Ecology Unit Exam [50]

- Plant status check (make observations, take pictures, limit competition by weeding) [~40]

- TSOTS Student Blog Post Assignments #3 and #4 [~40]

- ESLP sign-up / proposal [~40]

- Turn in Properties of Water Mini-Lab [~40]


HOMEWORK:

- Work on Student Blog Post Assignment #3 and #4 for TSOTS



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Daily Summary 10-16

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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to demonstrate basic understanding of fundamental ecological principles by earning a 50% or higher on the Ecology Unit Test

- Warm-up: Take out your Ecology Unit Review and pass to first person in row. Fill out answer sheet per teacher’s directions [2]

- Ecology Unit Exam [50]

- Plant status check (make observations, take pictures, limit competition by weeding) [~40]

- TSOTS Student Blog Post Assignments #3 and #4 [~40]

- ESLP sign-up / proposal [~40]

- Turn in Properties of Water Mini-Lab [~40]


HOMEWORK:

- Work on Student Blog Post Assignments #3 & #4 for TSOTS



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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to demonstrate basic understanding of fundamental ecological principles by earning a 75% or higher on the Ecology Unit Test

- Warm-up: Take out your Ecology Unit Review and pass to first person in row. Fill out answer sheet per teacher’s directions [2]

- Ecology Unit Exam [50]

- Plant status check (make observations, take pictures, limit competition by weeding) [~40]

- TSOTS Student Blog Post Assignments #3 and #4 [~40]

- ESLP sign-up / proposal [~40]

- Turn in Properties of Water Mini-Lab [~40]


HOMEWORK:

- Work on Student Blog Post Assignment #3 and #4 for TSOTS



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Daily Summary 10-15

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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to correctly answer and explain all questions in the Ecology Unit Review handout

- Warm-up: Take out your Ecology Unit Review and circle the numbers of the questions you most want to discuss. [2]

- Ecological Succession [10]

- Go over Ecology Unit Review [10]

- Properties of Water Mini-Lab DUE NEXT CLASS MEETING

- ECOLOGY UNIT EXAM NEXT CLASS MEETING!


HOMEWORK:

- Study Ecology Unit Review Guide questions / answers



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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to correctly answer and explain all questions in the Ecology Unit Review handout

- Warm-up: Take out your Ecology Unit Review and circle the numbers of the questions you most want to discuss. [2]

- Go over Ecology Unit Review [20]

- Properties of Water Mini-Lab DUE TOMORROW

- ECOLOGY UNIT EXAM ON TOMORROW!


HOMEWORK:

- Study Ecology Unit Review Guide questions / answers



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Ecological Succession Presentation

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Ecological Succession Presentation



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Daily Summary 10-14

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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to describe and explain basic properties of water: cohesion, adhesion, surface tension, high specific heat

- Warm-up: Why is water so “sticky” with itself and other substances? Try to use the terms polar, hydrogen bonding, cohesion, and adhesion in your answer. [5]

- Ecological Succession [10]

- Properties of Water [15]

- Complete and submit Properties of Water Mini-Lab (DUE NEXT CLASS DAY) [40]

- Work on Ecology Unit Review Guide questions

- ECOLOGY UNIT EXAM ON THURSDAY / FRIDAY!


HOMEWORK:

- Work on Ecology Unit Review Guide questions



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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to describe and explain basic properties of water: cohesion, adhesion, surface tension, high specific heat

- Warm-up: How do the above properties of water influence or allow for the existence of our Brassica plants (and all other life, for that matter)? [5]

- Ecological Succession [10]

- Verify submission of Online Population Activity through shared Google Drive folder w/ Mr. Bursch

- Complete and submit Properties of Water Mini-Lab (DUE TODAY)

- Work on Ecology Unit Review Guide questions

- ECOLOGY UNIT EXAM ON THURSDAY!


HOMEWORK:

- Work on Ecology Unit Review Guide questions



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Daily Summary 10-10

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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to describe and explain basic properties of water: cohesion, adhesion, surface tension, high specific heat

- Warm-up: Why is water so “sticky” with itself and other substances? Try to use the terms polar, hydrogen bonding, cohesion, and adhesion in your answer. [5]

- Ecological Succession [10]

- Properties of Water [15]

- Complete and submit Properties of Water Mini-Lab (DUE NEXT CLASS DAY) [40]

- Work on Ecology Unit Review Guide questions

- ECOLOGY UNIT EXAM ON THURSDAY / FRIDAY!


HOMEWORK:

- Work on Ecology Unit Review Guide questions



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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to describe and explain basic properties of water: cohesion, adhesion, surface tension, high specific heat

- Warm-up: How do the above properties of water influence or allow for the existence of our Brassica plants (and all other life, for that matter)? [5]

- Ecological Succession [10]

- Verify submission of Online Population Activity through shared Google Drive folder w/ Mr. Bursch

- Complete and submit Properties of Water Mini-Lab (DUE TODAY)

- Work on Ecology Unit Review Guide questions

- ECOLOGY UNIT EXAM ON THURSDAY!


HOMEWORK:

-Work on Ecology Unit Review Guide questions



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Daily Summary 10-10

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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to describe and explain basic properties of water: cohesion, adhesion, surface tension, high specific heat

- Warm-up: Observe the “floating” paper clip in the beaker of water on your teacher’s desk. Despite being more dense than water, this object is on the surface of the water. How is this possible? [5]

- Introduction to the essential properties of water (H2O) [15]

- Finish Brassica Seedling Transplanting (take photos!!) [80]

- Complete Ecology Field Day (EFD), Parts I and II, turn in to box lid on Mr. Bursch’s desk [~80]

- Finish online population lesson (DUE TODAY) [~80]

- Make sure all TSOTS blog posts (#1 and #2) are done [~80]


HOMEWORK:

- Finish online population lesson (DUE TONIGHT by MIDNIGHT)



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Daily Summary 10-09

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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to describe and explain basic properties of water: cohesion, adhesion, surface tension, high specific heat

- Warm-up: Observe the “floating” paper clip in the beaker of water on your teacher’s desk. Despite being more dense than water, this object is on the surface of the water. How is this possible? [5]

- Introduction to the essential properties of water (H2O) [15]

- Finish Brassica Seedling Transplanting (take photos!!) [80]

- Complete Ecology Field Day (EFD), Parts I and II, turn in to box lid on Mr. Bursch’s desk [~80]

- Finish online population lesson (DUE FRIDAY) [~80]

- Make sure all TSOTS blog posts (#1 and #2) are done [~80]


HOMEWORK:

- Finish online population lesson (DUE FRIDAY NIGHT)



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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to describe and explain basic properties of water: cohesion, adhesion, surface tension, high specific heat

- Warm-up: Observe the “floating” paper clip in the beaker of water on your teacher’s desk. Despite being more dense than water, this object is on the surface of the water. How is this possible? [5]

- Ecological Succession [10]

- Properties of Water Mini-Lab (DUE MONDAY) [40]

- Complete Online Population Activity [30]

- Make sure all TSOTS assignments (Student Blog Post Assignments #1 and #2) are done AND post pictures from Tuesday’s planting event [~30]


HOMEWORK:

- Finish online population ecology lesson (DUE TONIGHT)



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Daily Summary 10-08

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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to (1) classify factors that limit a population’s growth as density-independent / density-dependent, (2) predict what will happen to a population’s size based on death / birth rate changes, etc. (3) interpret graphs of population growth

- Warm-up: Could the group of plants we are adding to the garden today be considered as a population?

- Why or why not? What are some limiting factors that will affect the growth rates and numbers of plants growing in the garden? [5] Complete Ecology Field Day (EFD), Part I, get stamped [20]

- Brassica Seedling Transplanting (take photos!!) [35 - 45]

- Work on Ecology Field Day (EFD), Part II, [20]

- Make sure all TSOTS blog posts (#1 and #2) are done [~40]


HOMEWORK:

- Finish online population lesson and EFD parts I and II (DUE FRIDAY)



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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to (1) classify examples of factors that limit a population’s growth as either density-independent or density-dependent, (2) predict what will happen to a population’s size based on changes to growth / birth rates, migration in or out, (3) interpret two different graphs of population growth

- Warm-up: Could the group of plants we are adding to the garden today be considered as a population?

- Why or why not? What are some limiting factors that will affect the growth rates and numbers of plants growing in the garden? [5]

- Brassica Seedling Transplanting (take photos!!) [35 - 45]

- Complete Ecology Field Day Assignment, Part II, then turn in [40]

- Make sure all TSOTS assignments (Student Blog Post Assignments #1 and #2) are done [~40]


HOMEWORK:

- Finish online population ecology lesson (DUE THURSDAY)



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Daily Summary 10-07

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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to (1) classify factors that limit a population’s growth as density-independent / density-dependent, (2) predict what will happen to a population’s size based on death / birth rate changes, etc. (3) interpret graphs of population growth

- Warm-up: Could the group of plants we are adding to the garden today be considered as a population? Why or why not? What are some limiting factors that will affect the growth rates and numbers of plants growing in the garden? [5]

- Complete Ecology Field Day (EFD), Part I, get stamped [20]

- Brassica Seedling Transplanting (take photos!!) [35 - 45]

- Work on Ecology Field Day (EFD), Part II, [20]

- Make sure all TSOTS blog posts (#1 and #2) are done [~40]


HOMEWORK:

- Finish online population lesson and EFD parts I and II (DUE FRIDAY)



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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to (1) classify examples of factors that limit a population’s growth as either density-independent or density-dependent, (2) predict what will happen to a population’s size based on changes to growth / birth rates, migration in or out, (3) interpret two different graphs of population growth

- Warm-up: Could the group of plants we are adding to the garden today be considered as a population? Why or why not? What are some limiting factors that will affect the growth rates and numbers of plants growing in the garden? [5]

- Brassica Seedling Transplanting (take photos!!) [35 - 45]

- Complete Ecology Field Day Assignment, Part II, then turn in [40]

- Make sure all TSOTS assignments (Student Blog Post Assignments #1 and #2) are done [~40]


HOMEWORK:

- Finish online population ecology lesson (DUE THURSDAY)



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Population Biology Lesson

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Complete the following lesson online with your Story of the Seed team. All of your responses will need to be typed onto the lesson document. To do this, you will first need to make a copy of the lesson file in your own Google Drive. While you have the lesson document open in your browser window, click on the Google Docs "File" menu and select "Make a Copy." You now have a copy of the lesson in your own Google Drive account and can type on it and save any changes. At the end of this week, you will need to submit this document for scoring by placing it in a shared folder in your Google Drive with a folder label formatted in the following way:

Biology-P#-LastName-FirstName

EXAMPLE:

Biology-P4-Bursch-Justin

Make sure this folder gets shared with me (jsbursch@gmail.com) and allows me full access--many of your electronic assignments for biology will be submitted through this folder.


Population biology lesson



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