Daily Summary 08-14

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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be familiar with class norms and expectations

- Warm-up: Take out the fundamental belief about education statement that you were asked to write

- Class website peek [2]

- Go over Norms, Policies, Procedures, and Routines [8]

- Introductory activity: Bioglyphs, Part 1: Creating [15]

- Go over course information sheet in detail [10]

REMINDER: Course information sheet: share with parents/guardians, have them sign signature portion, and turn it in by Friday


HOMEWORK:

- Get signature section of Course Information Sheet signed and returned by Friday (tomorrow)

- Get spiral or bound notebook by Monday



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HONORS BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be familiar with class norms and expectations

- Warm-up: Take out the fundamental belief about education statement that you were asked to write

- Class website peek [2]

- Go over Norms, Policies, Procedures, and Routines [8]

- Introductory activity: Bioglyphs, Part 1: Creating [15]

- Go over course information sheet in detail [10]

REMINDER: Course information sheet: share with parents/guardians, have them sign signature portion, and turn it in by Friday


HOMEWORK:

- Get signature section of Course Information Sheet signed and returned by Friday (tomorrow)

- Get spiral or bound notebook by Monday

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Daily Summary 08-13

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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Answer the “BIG QUESTION”

- Warm-up: Listen to instructions, fill out Student Information Sheet

- Greeting/Welcome/Instructions [2]

- Complete Student Information Sheet [5]

- Icebreaker Activity: SNAP! [15]

- About Honors Biology 1-2, Earth Academy, and Mr. Bursch [15]


HOMEWORK:

- Visit the “About Mr. Bursch” page on the class website and read it. Write down one fundamental belief you have about learning / education and be prepared to explain it.



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HONORS BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Answer the “BIG QUESTION”

- Warm-up: Listen to instructions, fill out Student Information Sheet

- Greeting/Welcome/Instructions [2]

- Complete Student Information Sheet [5]

- Icebreaker Activity: SNAP! [15]

- About Honors Biology 1-2, Earth Academy, and Mr. Bursch [15]


HOMEWORK:

- Visit the “About Mr. Bursch” page on the class website and read it. Write down one fundamental belief you have about learning / education and be prepared to explain it.



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Welcome to Earth Academy and Biology 1-2

Welcome to the 2014-2015 school year! And for those that are new to the school, welcome to Willow Glen High!

This year will bring new challenges and stories. It will see the continuing development of the GROW Rams initiative and the expansion of agroecology and food education efforts on our campus, with Mr. Bursch's students leading the charge.

This website will be updated on a daily basis and is a place for students and parents to find brief summaries of each day's activities, homework assignments, and reminders for upcoming tests, projects, and important dates.

Parents, this can be an exciting and stressful time for you, too, especially if this is your child's first year of high school. Please do make use of this resource and don't hesitate to contact me if you have questions or concerns. I look forward to meeting all of you at Back to School Night.

Stay tuned!

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Daily Summary 05-30

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BIOLOGY
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- Film: Life's Greatest Miracle

- ESLP projects DUE by 4 PM TODAY!



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



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AGENDA:

– Objective: complete activity 4.2.3

– WARM-UP: What does a normal heart rhythm “look” like?

– Complete activity 4.2.3

– Finish and submit Activity 4.2.2 (now late)

– REMINDER: Activity 4.2.1 (Heart Rate) and corresponding formal lab report (one from each person in your experiment team) were due LAST FRIDAY on the LMS!

– (ALL LATE WORK MUST BE SUBMITTED by 4:00 PM THIS AFTERNOON!


HOMEWORK:

– Finish 4.2.3, DUE Monday at 9:00 PM

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Daily Summary 05-28

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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

– Objectives: SWBAT correctly explain the process of human sexual reproduction and the physiology of male and female human reproductive systems

– Warm-up: From a strictly biological standpoint, what are some advantages of sexual reproduction over mitotic reproductive strategies (essentially just cloning a parent organism) [5]

– Go over answers to “People Search: Substance Abuse” [10]

– Co-Teaching: Human Reproduction [30]

–Teacher-led review of reproduction topics, including Q & A [30]

– Complete reproductive structures matching table [20]

– Work on ESLPs

HOMEWORK:

– Work on ESLPs

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



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AGENDA:

– Objective: complete any unfinished activities / assignments and prepare for activity 4.2.3 

– WARM-UP: What does a normal heart beat?

– Finish and submit Activity 4.2.2

– Complete any outstanding work

– REMINDER: Activity 4.2.1 (Heart Rate) and corresponding formal lab report (one from each person in your experiment team) were due LAST FRIDAY on the LMS! 

HOMEWORK:

– Complete and submit any late assignments



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