Introduction

Welcome to the website for Mr. Bursch's science classes at Willow Glen High School. If you are a student or parent, check this site daily for information and updates on homework, testing, projects, events, and other happenings in the classroom. Want more from this site? Help me make it better by suggesting additional features!

Monday, February 27, 2012

Daily Summary 02-27

----------------
BIOLOGY
----------------

IN CLASS:

- Objective: Correctly name (in correct sequence) and describe the stages of mitosis with no more than one error

- Warm up: What is mitosis? Explain how mitosis fits into the “cell cycle.” What are the mitotic stages (in the correct order)? Make up a funny/clever mnemonic (memory device) to help yourself remember the order of the stages. [10]

- HW check [10~]

- Video introduction to mitosis [2]

- Notes guide on mitosis [25]

- Start mitosis/cell cycle questions [15]


HOMEWORK: Work on genetic condition project, finish mitosis/cell cycle questions


TOMORROW: Mitosis microscope lab



----------------
HONORS BIOLOGY
----------------

IN CLASS:

- Objective: Correctly name (in correct sequence) and describe the stages of mitosis with no more than one error

- Warm up: What is mitosis? Explain how mitosis fits into the “cell cycle.” What are the mitotic stages (in the correct order)? Make up a funny/clever mnemonic (memory device) to help yourself remember the order of the stages. [10]

- HW check [10~]

- Video introduction to mitosis [2]

- Notes guide on mitosis [25]

- Start mitosis/cell cycle questions [15]


HOMEWORK: Work on genetic condition project, finish mitosis/cell cycle questions


TOMORROW: Mitosis microscope lab



HOMEWORK:



----------------
ELD SCIENCE
----------------

IN CLASS:

- Objective: Students will read about the nature of space and stars

- Silent reading [10]

- Continue reading in space science unit [20]

- Science skill questions, p. 104

- Check your understanding, p. 105


HOMEWORK: Finish Science skill questions, p. 104 and Check your Understanding, p. 105


TOMORROW: Continue Space Science Unit



---
--
-

Friday, February 17, 2012

Genetic Condition Report Handout and Topic List

--------------------------
BIOLOGY/HONORS BIOLOGY
--------------------------

Genetic Condition Report Handout

Topic List

Daily Summary 02-17

----------------
BIOLOGY
----------------

IN CLASS:

- Homework Check

- Assign Genetic Condition Report (brochure and article/summary)

- Research time on computers


HOMEWORK:

- Finish mitosis diagram (DUE MONDAY)

- Work on Genetic Condition Report



----------------
HONORS BIOLOGY
----------------

IN CLASS:

- Homework Check

- Assign Genetic Condition Report (brochure and article/summary)

- Research time on computers


HOMEWORK:

- Finish mitosis diagram (DUE MONDAY)

- Work on Genetic Condition Report


----------------
ELD SCIENCE
----------------

IN CLASS:

- Silent reading

- Association game with space vocabulary terms

- Reading on space


HOMEWORK:

NONE



---
--
-

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Daily Summary 02-16

----------------
BIOLOGY
----------------

IN CLASS:

- Objective: Correctly complete a simple monohybrid cross using a punnett square

- Warm up: Long middle toe (M) is dominant to shorter middle toe (m). If a man who is heterozygous for the trait has children with a woman who is homozygous recessive, and they have 12 children, how many would you expect to have shorter middle toes? [10]

- HW and Warm-up check [10~]

- Go over side 1 of yesterday’s homework [10]

- Notes on patterns of heredity, continued [20]

- Start punnett squares practice handout #2 [5]


HOMEWORK: Read sections 10-1 and 10-2, create mitosis diagram like the one on p.246 and 247, use labels and color


TOMORROW: Mitosis and Meiosis



----------------
HONORS BIOLOGY
----------------

IN CLASS:

- Objective: Correctly complete a simple monohybrid cross using a punnett square

- Warm up: Long middle toe (M) is dominant to shorter middle toe (m). If a man who is heterozygous for the trait has children with a woman who is homozygous recessive, and they have 12 children, how many would you expect to have shorter middle toes? [10]

- HW and Warm-up check [10~]

- Go over side 1 of yesterday’s homework [10]

- Notes on patterns of heredity, continued [20]

- Start punnett squares practice handout #2 [5]


HOMEWORK: Read sections 10-1 and 10-2, create mitosis diagram like the one on p.246 and 247, use labels and color


TOMORROW: Mitosis and Meiosis



----------------
ELD SCIENCE
----------------

IN CLASS:

- Objective: Students will read about the nature of space and stars

- Silent reading [10]

- Presentations of musical instruments [10]

- Start reading for space science unit [20]


HOMEWORK: Put your work packet together (ALL homework and ALL classwork--look at the list below) for the physical science unit:

- Check Your Understanding Questions on p. 191

- Science Skill questions on p. 192

- Check Your Understanding questions on p.193

- The search for machines: Find at least 10 machines outside of the classroom and make a list of them in your notebook

- Check Your Understanding questions pp. 195 and 197

- Check Your Understanding p. 199

- Workbook pages handout on waves

- Check your understanding questions on p. 203

- Check your understanding questions on p.205

- Workbook pages on light

- Concept map review for unit test

- Musical Instrument Project Student Scoring Sheet


TOMORROW: Continue Space Science Unit



---
--
-

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Daily Summary 02-15

----------------
BIOLOGY
----------------

IN CLASS:

- Objective: Correctly complete a simple monohybrid cross using a punnett square

- NEW SEATS--CHECK CHART BY BACK DOOR (except period 5)

- Warm up: Why did you flip a coin yesterday during the genetics with a smile activity (i.e., what was the coin toss suppose to represent)? Which parent determined the sex of the child? Why did each parent organism have two alleles (copies) of each gene (and chromosome)? WARM UP WORTH 20 POINTS--I WILL CHECK IN 5 MINUTES [10]

- HW check [10~]

- Notes on heredity and probability [20]

- Start punnett squares practice handout [15]


HOMEWORK: Finish punnett handout


TOMORROW: Patterns of heredity



----------------
HONORS BIOLOGY
----------------

IN CLASS:

- Objective: Correctly complete a simple monohybrid cross using a punnett square

- NEW SEATS--CHECK CHART BY BACK DOOR (except period 5)

- Warm up: Why did you flip a coin yesterday during the genetics with a smile activity (i.e., what was the coin toss suppose to represent)? Which parent determined the sex of the child? Why did each parent organism have two alleles (copies) of each gene (and chromosome)? What is the probability that two identical smiley creatures are created? [10]

- HW check [10~]

- Notes on heredity and probability [20]

- Start punnett squares practice handout [15]


HOMEWORK: Finish punnett handout


TOMORROW: Patterns of heredity



----------------
ELD SCIENCE
----------------

IN CLASS:

- Objective: Students will read about the nature of space and stars

- Silent reading [10]

- Collect corrected unit exams [2]

- Presentations of musical instruments [10]


HOMEWORK: Organize all of your assignments into a packet for collection


TOMORROW: Start Space Science Unit



---
--
-