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Thursday, January 14, 2016

Daily Summary 01-14

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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Demonstrate a basic knowledge of how past and present land uses impact all parts of the biosphere by earning a 67% or higher on the Unit 7 exam

- Warm-up: Last-minute Q & A [10]

- Check / Stamp Cookie Mining Lab [~10]

- Unit 7 Exam [50]

- Class discussion: SFI and FSC: Greenwashing for timber and paper industry or legitimate consumer labeling programs? (Period 3 ONLY) [20] / Watch Life in Syntropy (Period 1 ONLY) [20]

- scrAPESbook presentations [20]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Work on independent research projects—individual progress interviews will take place next week



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to (1) explain how the information contained in the sequences of DNA bases in an organism’s cells determines the traits that organism exhibits and (2) how this information is passed from one generation to the next

- Warm-up: What are the major differences between meiotic cell division and mitotic cell division?

- What does meiosis make possible for those species of organisms who have the ability to do it? [10]

- Turn in completed GATTACA movie guide

-Genetics Virtual Triathlon: Leg 1 [20]

- Meiosis and genetics basics quiz [25]

- Probabilities for genetic inheritance and Punnett squares [20]

- TSOTS Student Blog Post Assignment #4


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Punnett square practice: DUE NEXT CLASS PERIOD



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