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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: Does natural selection operate directly on the phenotype or the genotype? Explain your reasoning. [5]
Who Wants to Live a Million Years [35 - 40]
- Evolution quiz #2 Tuesday / Wednesday
- Genetics Engineering Challenge may be submitted in person any day between now and end of second grading period in April—after that, it will not be accepted
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish Who Wants to Live a Million Years questions
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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- Objectives: Demonstrate your understanding of freshwater resources, humans’ use of theses resources, and potential problems in our past and current management schemes for these resources by scoring 70% or better on the Unit 9 Exam
- Warm-up: Go over Unit 9 Exam Rubric [10]
- Score Unit 9 Exam [30]
- AP Test payments turned in to respective AP teachers by 3/15
- scrAPESbook presentations tomorrow
- Lab Notebooks DUE FOR SCORING this Thursday, 3/9
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Work on Independent Research Project
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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: Does natural selection operate directly on the phenotype or the genotype? Explain your reasoning. [5]
- Who Wants to Live a Million Years [35 - 40]
- Evolution quiz #2 Tuesday / Wednesday
- Genetics Engineering Challenge may be submitted in person any day between now and end of second grading period in April—after that, it will not be accepted
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish Who Wants to Live a Million Years questions
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Monday, March 6, 2017
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Daily Summary 03-02
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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: Does natural selection operate directly on the phenotype or the genotype? Explain your reasoning. [5]
- Natural Selection Puzzle activity [20]
- Natural selection and adaptation [20]
- Evolution Quiz #1 [25]
- Who Wants to Live a Million Years [30]
- Evolution quiz #2 next Tuesday / Wednesday
- Genetics Unit Exam corrections (tomorrow is last day)
- Genetics Engineering Challenge due no later than Friday
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish Genetics Engineering Challenge
- Finish Who Wants to Live a Million Years questions
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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- Objectives: Demonstrate your understanding of freshwater resources, humans’ use of theses resources, and potential problems in our past and current management schemes for these resources by scoring 70% or better on the Unit 9 Exam
- Warm-up: Head MC answer sheet + last-minute Q and A [10]
- Unit 9 Exam [55]
- AP Test payments turned in to respective AP teachers by 3/15
- scrAPESbook presentations [15]
- Lab Notebooks DUE FOR SCORING next Thursday, 3/9
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Water Use Project data analysis (DUE FRIDAY by 3 pm)
- Lab: Water Quality Index: data analysis and write-up (DUE FRIDAY by 3 pm)
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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: Does natural selection operate directly on the phenotype or the genotype? Explain your reasoning. [5]
- Natural Selection Puzzle activity [20]
- Natural selection and adaptation [20]
- Evolution Quiz #1 [25]
- Who Wants to Live a Million Years [30]
- Evolution quiz #2 next Tuesday / Wednesday
- Genetics Unit Exam corrections (tomorrow is last day)
- Genetics Engineering Challenge due no later than Friday
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish Genetics Engineering Challenge
- Finish Who Wants to Live a Million Years questions
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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: Does natural selection operate directly on the phenotype or the genotype? Explain your reasoning. [5]
- Natural Selection Puzzle activity [20]
- Natural selection and adaptation [20]
- Evolution Quiz #1 [25]
- Who Wants to Live a Million Years [30]
- Evolution quiz #2 next Tuesday / Wednesday
- Genetics Unit Exam corrections (tomorrow is last day)
- Genetics Engineering Challenge due no later than Friday
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish Genetics Engineering Challenge
- Finish Who Wants to Live a Million Years questions
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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- Objectives: Demonstrate your understanding of freshwater resources, humans’ use of theses resources, and potential problems in our past and current management schemes for these resources by scoring 70% or better on the Unit 9 Exam
- Warm-up: Head MC answer sheet + last-minute Q and A [10]
- Unit 9 Exam [55]
- AP Test payments turned in to respective AP teachers by 3/15
- scrAPESbook presentations [15]
- Lab Notebooks DUE FOR SCORING next Thursday, 3/9
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Water Use Project data analysis (DUE FRIDAY by 3 pm)
- Lab: Water Quality Index: data analysis and write-up (DUE FRIDAY by 3 pm)
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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: Does natural selection operate directly on the phenotype or the genotype? Explain your reasoning. [5]
- Natural Selection Puzzle activity [20]
- Natural selection and adaptation [20]
- Evolution Quiz #1 [25]
- Who Wants to Live a Million Years [30]
- Evolution quiz #2 next Tuesday / Wednesday
- Genetics Unit Exam corrections (tomorrow is last day)
- Genetics Engineering Challenge due no later than Friday
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish Genetics Engineering Challenge
- Finish Who Wants to Live a Million Years questions
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Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Daily Summary 03-01
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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: Why is a change (genetic or otherwise) in a single organism of a population not considered evolution? [5]
- Natural selection [10]
- Natural Selection Puzzle activity [30]
- Evolution quiz #1 tomorrow
- Genetics Unit Exam corrections during tutorial
- Genetics Engineering Challenge due no later than Friday
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish Genetics Engineering Challenge
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: (1) Name and describe major sources of freshwater; (2) State the most common methods for accessing, moving/delivering, and storing water for human use as well as the costs/consequences of these methods Warm-up: AP Test Sign-up / Payment Reminder [5]
- Lab: Water Quality Index: work time [30]
- Unit 9 Questions??
- Independent research project interviews, day 3
- Project: Water Use: Submit final version by 3:00 PM on 3/3
- Lab Notebooks DUE FOR SCORING next Thursday, 3/9
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Project: Water Use: Submit final version by 3:00 PM on 3/3
- Lab: Water Quality Index: full write-up (DUE FRIDAY by 3 pm)
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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: Why is a change (genetic or otherwise) in a single organism of a population not considered evolution? [5]
- Natural selection [10]
- Natural Selection Puzzle activity [30]
- Evolution quiz #1 tomorrow
- Genetics Unit Exam corrections during tutorial
- Genetics Engineering Challenge due no later than Friday
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish Genetics Engineering Challenge
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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: Why is a change (genetic or otherwise) in a single organism of a population not considered evolution? [5]
- Natural selection [10]
- Natural Selection Puzzle activity [30]
- Evolution quiz #1 tomorrow
- Genetics Unit Exam corrections during tutorial
- Genetics Engineering Challenge due no later than Friday
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish Genetics Engineering Challenge
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: (1) Name and describe major sources of freshwater; (2) State the most common methods for accessing, moving/delivering, and storing water for human use as well as the costs/consequences of these methods Warm-up: AP Test Sign-up / Payment Reminder [5]
- Lab: Water Quality Index: work time [30]
- Unit 9 Questions??
- Independent research project interviews, day 3
- Project: Water Use: Submit final version by 3:00 PM on 3/3
- Lab Notebooks DUE FOR SCORING next Thursday, 3/9
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Project: Water Use: Submit final version by 3:00 PM on 3/3
- Lab: Water Quality Index: full write-up (DUE FRIDAY by 3 pm)
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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: Why is a change (genetic or otherwise) in a single organism of a population not considered evolution? [5]
- Natural selection [10]
- Natural Selection Puzzle activity [30]
- Evolution quiz #1 tomorrow
- Genetics Unit Exam corrections during tutorial
- Genetics Engineering Challenge due no later than Friday
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish Genetics Engineering Challenge
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NOTES: Evolution
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HONORS BIOLOGY / BIOLOGY
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HONORS BIOLOGY / BIOLOGY
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- Introduction to Evolution
- Natural Selection, Genetic Drift, and Speciation
- Fossils and Fossil Formation
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Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Daily Summary 02-28
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)
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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Explain the essence of the modern theory of biological evolution and the contributions of Charles Darwin to this theory
- Warm-up: What is the basic general definition for the word evolution? How is this word/meaning applied to living things? [10]
- Introduction to Evolution [15]
- Darwin’s Dangerous Idea [15]
- TSOTS Student Blog Post Assignment #7 scoring [30]
- Introduction to Science Research and Symposia project [12]
- Genetics Unit Exam corrections [20]
- Genetics Engineering Challenge due Wednesday
- Last chance to turn in DNA Unit / Genetics Unit stamp log
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish Genetics Engineering Challenge
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)
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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Explain the essence of the modern theory of biological evolution and the contributions of Charles Darwin to this theory
- Warm-up: What is the basic general definition for the word evolution? How is this word/meaning applied to living things? [10]
- Introduction to Evolution [15]
- Darwin’s Dangerous Idea [15]
- TSOTS Student Blog Post Assignment #7 scoring [30]
- Introduction to Science Research and Symposia project [12]
- Genetics Unit Exam corrections [20]
- Genetics Engineering Challenge due Wednesday
- Last chance to turn in DNA Unit / Genetics Unit stamp log
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish Genetics Engineering Challenge
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