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Monday, March 13, 2017

Daily Summary 03-13

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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: What conceptions of biological evolution did you have coming in to this unit that you feel have been most changed by our study of the topic so far? [5]

- Evolution Quiz #3 [25]

- Work on TSOTS Student Blog Post Assignment #8 [10]

- Tomorrow will be the last day to show responses to “Who Wants to Live a Million Years” questions for credit

- Don’t forget about the Genetics Engineering Challenge!


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Work on TSOTS Student Blog Post Assignment #8



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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Determine FEV1 for each individual in class and discuss relevance of this value to epidemiological studies of pulmonary diseases and their relationship to air pollution

- Warm-up: Should humans attempt to control/limit natural sources of air pollution as well as anthropogenic ones? Why / why not? [5]

- Finish Unit 10: Lab 1: Lung Volume and Pollution [25 -30]

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

- Lab notebooks now scored/entered and ready for pick-up

OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Reread pp. 510-524;

- Finish FEV1 Lab Analysis



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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: What conceptions of biological evolution did you have coming in to this unit that you feel have been most changed by our study of the topic so far? [5]

- Evolution Quiz #3 (periods 4 and 5 will skip quiz 2) [25]

- Work on TSOTS Student Blog Post Assignment #8 [10]

- Last class day this week will be the last day to show responses to “Who Wants to Live a Million

- Years” questions for full credit

- Don’t forget about the Genetics Engineering Challenge!


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Work on TSOTS Student Blog Post Assignment #8



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