February 26 (A Day) and February 27 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will complete Ch. 11 and Ch. 14 Review Sheet in order to perform well on Ch. 11/14 test.

WARM-UP: N/A

CLASSWORK: Complete Review Sheet.

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
1) Complete Flashcards through "catalyst"
2) Finish Review Sheet
3) Study for test

HOMEWORK DUE:
Section 5.3 Review in Green HSA Book

February 22 (A Day) and February 23 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will perform a lab on heredity in order to investigate how traits are inherited.

WARM-UP: HSA REWIND: What are the reactants and products of photosynthesis?

CLASSWORK:
1) Lab pgs. 78-83.
2) Do next 5 flashcards: chemical reaction, reactant, product, activation energy, catalyst

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
1) Read Section 5.3 in Green HSA book (pgs. 5-8, 5-9. 5-10 and 5-11).
2) Do Section 5.3 Review on pgs. 5-11 and 5-12.

HOMEWORK DUE:
None (pd. 4B had 14-1 due today).

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Next Benchmark 3/20-3/27.

February 20 (A Day) and February 21 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will solve a family pedigree problem in order to analyze how traits are passed from one generation to the next.

WARM-UP: What is a pedigree?

CLASSWORK:
1) Review of how to read karyotypes and pedigrees (pgs. 341 and 342 in text).
2) Perform Pedigree Lab.

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
1) Finish all make-up work and extra credit.
2) Do next 5 flashcards: monosaccharide, polysaccharide, lipid, amino acid and protein.
3) Ch. 14 Vocab and 14-1, 14-2 and 14-3 worksheets (period 4B only needs to do 14-1).
4) Finish Pedigree lab if you didn't during class.

HOMEWORK DUE:
Ch. 14 vocabulary and 14-1, 14-2 and 14-3 worksheets.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: STRIVE FOR FIVE!!!

FEBRUARY 19: President's Day, NO SCHOOL

February 16: SNOW DAY!!!

February 15: SNOW DAY

Hope you're enjoying your time off. If you want to get some extra credit points, go to the website below and take one of the practice HSA tests. You will get up to 20 extra credit points for completing one entire test. Just bring your answer sheet into me next class for your extra credit.

REMEMBER: This is a chance for you to PRACTICE the HSA. Therefore, as tempting as it may seem, DON'T CHEAT!!! You'll only be cheating yourself.

Good Luck.
-Ms. Lynch

Here's the website for the test: http://www.mdk12.org/mspp/high_school/look_like/biology/intro.html

February 15: SNOW DAY

Hope you're enjoying your time off. If you want to get some extra credit points, go to this website and take one of the practice HSA tests. You will get up to 20 extra credit points for completing one entire test. Just bring your answer sheet into me next class for your extra credit.

REMEMBER: This is a chance for you to PRACTICE the HSA. Therefore, as tempting as it may seem, DON'T CHEAT!!! You'll only be cheating yourself.

Good Luck.
-Ms. Lynch

Here's the website for the test: http://www.mdk12.org/mspp/high_school/look_like/biology/intro.html

February 14: Valentine's Day

SCHOOL WAS CANCELLED TODAY DUE TO SNOW. ENJOY YOUR VALENTINE'S DAY.

-Ms. Lynch

p.s. When we return to school, it will be an A Day.

February 12 (A Day) and February 13 (B Day)

Ms. Lynch was out sick both of these days. Your assignments were to do the following in class:

1) Define all vocabulary terms from Chapter 14 in your textbook.
2) Do Sections 14-1, 14-2 and 14-3 worksheets from your blue floppy workbooks.

NO HOMEWORK TONIGHT

February 8 (A Day) and February 9 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will describe the inheritance patterns that exist aside from simple dominance in order to explain genetic principles.

WARM-UP: HSA Rewind: What is homeostasis and how do cells maintain it?

CLASSWORK:
1) Ms. Lynch will review Section V from the Genetics Worksheet that you were supposed to finish for homework.
2) Take the Quiz on Genetics.

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Do next 5 flash cards:
Base, buffer, monomer, polymer and carbohydrate.

HOMEWORK DUE:
Genetics Worksheet

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
STRIVE FOR FIVE!!!

February 5 (A Day) and February 6 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will describe the inheritance patterns that exist aside from simple dominance in order to explain how Mendel's principles apply to all organisms.

WARM-UP: HSA Rewind: What is the range of the pH scale? What do acidic and basic mean?

CLASSWORK:
1) Review Section 11-3
2) Do parts III and IV of the Genetics WS
3) Flashcard and BCR #23 check. Should be done up through #40- Acid.

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
1) Quiz next class.
2) Finish flashcards through acid if you haven't done so yet.
3) Do Genetics WS Section V.
4) Finish BCR #23 for next class (you will lose points as it was due today).

HOMEWORK DUE:
1) Flashcards.
2) BCR #23.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
STRIVE FOR FIVE!!!