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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Daily Summary 01-19

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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 free response

- Warm-up: Unit 7 FRQ rubric explanation and Q & A [8 -10]

- Unit 7 Exam FRQ Scoring [25 - 30]

- Unit 8 Overview [5]

- Unit 8: Lecture 1: Environmental Health [20]

- scrAPESbook presentations [20]

- Start Test Correction for Unit 7 Exam MC [20]

- Independent research project individual progress interviews [~20]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Miller LITE reading for 1/19 (see Unit 8 instructional calendar)

- Read articles: Walruses and the Egg Woman and Cholera in Haiti



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to (1) explain how the theoretical probability of an organism inheriting a particular allele combination from its parents (and trait) can be determined using a Punnett Square and (2) how these odds can be used in breeding and family planning

- Warm-up: ? [10]

- Go over Genetics Virtual Triathlon: Leg 1 [10]

- Meiosis and genetics basics quiz [25]

- Probabilities for genetic inheritance and Punnett squares [20]

- Go over Genetics Virtual Triathlon: Legs 2 and 3 [20]

- TSOTS Student Blog Post Assignment #4 [20]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Genetics Virtual Triathlon: Legs 2 and 3 (Punnett square practice), DUE NEXT CLASS PERIOD;

- TSOTS Student Blog Post Assignment #4, DUE NEXT CLASS PERIOD



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