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!

Friday, September 8, 2017

Daily Summary 09-08

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HONORS BIOLOGY
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

Objectives: (1) Submit your seed germination experiment lab write-up; (2) Review for Fundamental Science Skills Unit Test

Warm-up: Take out Essential Science Skills (ESS) Unit Review/Pre-Test; compare answers with your seat neighbors and note differences in any of your answers [8]

Go over Fundamental Science Skills Unit Review [10]

Fundamental Science Skills quiz [30]

Finish and turn in Germination of Seeds [20]

Complete Student Blog Post Assignment #2 from TSOTS [30]

Plant seeds for The Story of the Seed project [~30]

Begin ESLP signups [~30]

Tour of WGHS GOLD gardens [15 – 20]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

Finish and publish your SBPA #2 on The Story of the Seed blog before midnight Monday



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Thursday, September 7, 2017

Daily Summary 09-07

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HONORS BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

Objectives: Continue your team’s seed germination experiment, complete TSOTS SBPA#2, earn 80% or better on ESS Unit Quiz

Warm-up: Take out Essential Science Skills (ESS) Unit Pre-Test; compare answers with your seat neighbors and note differences in any of your answers; bring unresolved discrepancies to the attention of Mr. Bursch during pre-quiz review session [8]

Pre-quiz review session [10]

Essential Science Skills Unit Quiz [25]

Work on Germination of Seeds lab with TSOTS teams [50]

Complete TSOTS SBPA#2 [~50] Begin ESLP signups [~50]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

Continue working on your seed germination labs

Finish and publish your SBPA #2 on The Story of the Seed blog before midnight Monday



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

Objectives: (1) Submit your seed germination experiment lab write-up; (2) Review for Fundamental Science Skills Unit Test

Warm-up: Take out Essential Science Skills (ESS) Unit Review/Pre-Test; compare answers with your seat neighbors and note differences in any of your answers [8]

Go over Fundamental Science Skills Unit Review [10]

Fundamental Science Skills quiz [30]

Finish and turn in Germination of Seeds [20]

Complete Student Blog Post Assignment #2 from TSOTS [30]

Plant seeds for The Story of the Seed project [~30]

Begin ESLP signups [~30]

Tour of WGHS GOLD gardens [15 – 20]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

Finish and publish your SBPA #2 on The Story of the Seed blog before midnight Monday



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Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Daily Summary 09-06

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HONORS BIOLOGY
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

Objectives: Finish your seed germination experiment

Warm-up: Make a T-chart in which you list observations from your seed labs—qualitative on the left, quantitative on the right. [10]

How to make a tutorial appointment / Set up Google Drive folder Introduction to the Ecology Service Learning Project (ESLP) [10]

More information on Brassica oleracea [8]

Last day of seed lab: get data from day 8 of experiment [10]

Complete analysis questions and graph [30]

Practice assignments correction and Q and A [15]

Essential Science Skills Unit Review (on class website) [20]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

Finish and publish your SBPA #1 on The Story of the Seed blog

Finish Seed lab questions and graph (DUE NEXT CLASS)

Complete Essential Science Skills Unit Review and study it to prepare for unit quiz (UNIT QUIZ NEXT CLASS DAY)



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Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Daily Summary 09-05

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HONORS BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

Objectives: Continue your team’s seed germination experiment

Warm-up: Make a T-chart in which you list observations from your seed labs—qualitative on the left, quantitative on the right. [10]

How to make a tutorial appointment [5]

 More information on Brassica oleracea [8]

Work on Germination of Seeds lab with TSOTS teams [25 – 30]

Introduction to the Ecology Service Learning Project (ESLP) [10]

Practice assignments correction and Q and A [15]

WGHS GOLD gardens tour [30]

Essential Science Skills Unit Review (on class website) [15]

Begin ESLP signups [~15]

 
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

Complete Essential Science Skills Unit Review and study it to prepare for unit quiz (UNIT QUIZ ON THURSDAY, 9/8)

Finish and publish your SBPA #1 on The Story of the Seed blog



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

Objectives: Finish your seed germination experiment

Warm-up: Make a T-chart in which you list observations from your seed labs—qualitative on the left, quantitative on the right. [10]

How to make a tutorial appointment / Set up Google Drive folder Introduction to the Ecology Service Learning Project (ESLP) [10]

More information on Brassica oleracea [8]

Last day of seed lab: get data from day 8 of experiment [10]

Complete analysis questions and graph [30]

Practice assignments correction and Q and A [15]

Essential Science Skills Unit Review (on class website) [20]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

Finish and publish your SBPA #1 on The Story of the Seed blog

Finish Seed lab questions and graph (DUE NEXT CLASS)

Complete Essential Science Skills Unit Review and study it to prepare for unit quiz (UNIT QUIZ NEXT CLASS DAY)



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Friday, September 1, 2017

Daily Summary 09-01

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HONORS BIOLOGY
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

 Objectives: Be able to accurately (1) relate graphs and the data from which they are generated, (2) create a blog post on Blogger

Warm-up: Convert the following mass values into milligrams: (a) 550 g (b) 6.3 kg (c) 1224 μg [8]

Q & A on graphing review and metric conversion practice [10]

Check on seeds from seed germination lab in teams [10]

More information on The Story of the Seed project [10]

Create The Story of the Seed blogs and publish SBPA #1 [45]

Get the following checked and stamped: (1) hypothesis writing practice, (2) science methods practice, (3) graphing review and (4) metric conversion practice [~45]

Make sure you have created Google Drive Biology folder [5]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

Finish and publish your SBPA #1 on The Story of the Seed blog



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