June 7 (A day) and June 8 (B day)

Sorry I've been remiss in updating the blog- between HSAs and graduation, we have been engulfed in Review sessions.  Now we are preparing for the end of the year.

OBJECTIVE:  Students will work in the computer lab in order to develop an eportfolio that demonstrates their mastery of this year's Biology content.

WARM-UP: None

CLASSWORK:
1) Go into your gmail account
2) Click on the email from Ms. Lynch that will take you to the Final Portfolio assignment.
3) Make sure you save your work so you can work on it next class.

ASSIGNMENTS:
BEE Book due next class.

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

OBJECTIVE:  Students will perform an activity in order to experience identifying organisms using a dichotomous key.

WARM-UP:  What are ways that scientists can tell different species apart?

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up
2) Review of field guides and types of keys
3) Practice using dichotomous key
4) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Check SchoolMax to make sure your grades are accurate.  Also, finish end of the year survey

May 10 (B day) and May 11 (A Day)

We are in the computer lab working through this assignment today to review for the HSA next week!

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

OBJECTIVE:  Students will perform an activity in order to witness how natural selection changes allele frequency in a population.

WARM-UP: What does survival of the fittest mean?

VOCABULARY:
1) Theory
2) Common Ancestor

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up
2) Engagement- introductory video and Evolution Rocks Song
3) Explore- Peppered Moth Activity
4) Explain- Discussion of evolution, real-life examples
6) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and take notes on Chapter 15

HOMEWORK DUE:
Spring Break Packet (optional)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Quiz next class on genetic engineering and protein synthesis

April 14 (B Day) and April 15 (A day)

OBJECTIVE:  Students will examine amino acid sequences in order to determine evolutionary relationships among organisms.

WARM-UP:  What are some ways we can determine if two people are related to each other?

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up
2) Engagement- Part 1 "Faces of America", 10 minutes video
3) Explore- Amino acid activity
4) Explain- Discussion about activity
5) Elaborate- Case Study examination

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Study for HSA

HOMEWORK DUE:
Chapter 13 Notes

ANNOUNCEMENTS: HAVE A GREAT AND SAFE SPRING BREAK!

March 28 (B Day) and March 29 (A Day)

OBJECTIVE:  Students will analyze how proteins are made in order to describe how a change in DNA affects gene expression.

WARM-UP:

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up
2) Video http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/genome/program_adv.html One Wrong Letter
3) Review animation http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078778066/student_view0/chapter4/virtual_lab.html
4) Review of protein synthesis
5) Sickle Cell anemia activity
6) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read 12-3 and 12-4- be ready for a quiz early next week

HOMEWORK DUE:
Check grades on School Max

Copy of Review

Computer Lab Assignment
FAST 3 and Unit Test Review
HSA Biology

OBJECTIVE:  Students will work through various online activities in order to prepare for the FAST 3 and their Unit Test next week.

WARM-UP:  Find two websites that have practice Biology HSA questions.  List them here:

1)_______________________________________________________

2)_______________________________________________________

Today you will be reviewing for the FAST 3 test, as well as your Unit Test in Biology.  You will need to complete each section by the end of today in order to receive full credit for your classwork today.  In addition, Section 4 will count as a Quiz grade.  If you do not complete this section today, you will receive a 0 on the quiz.

Section 1- Indicator 3.3.1- Meiosis and fertilization
Use http://bio.rutgers.edu/~gb101/lab10_meiosis/meiosis_web/index10.html to help you with the following questions:

1. What is a gamete?______________________________________

2. What does diploid number mean?_____________________________________

3. What is a zygote?__________________________________________________

4. What is haploid number?____________________________________________

5. Which cells in your body are haploid?__________________________________

6. Refer to the Virtual Lab for meiosis for the next question at http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/labbench/lab3/intro.html NOTE: Do not click on the lab for Mitosis, only Meiosis.  Make sure you understand the pictures on this virtual lab.

7. What is crossing-over and what phase of meiosis does it occur in?

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

8. Practice HSA questions at: http://apps.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/hsaprep/index.aspx

You will need to choose “Biology” for the Practice Test, and, choose “by Indicator”.  Choose Indicator 3.3.1 from the menu.  There are 10 questions to complete.  When you are done, enter your score here ___________________. NOTE: it may not give you a score, you will have to add up the number you got correct.

Section 2- Indicator 3.3.2- Mendelian Genetics

1. Read http://www.world-builders.org/lessons/less/les4/casino/cas1ck.html if you are still confused about Punnett Squares.  If You understand Punnett Squares, go to the next question
2. Go to http://www2.edc.org/weblabs/Punnett/punnettsquares.html and complete the activity.  Identify which lemmings you bred together in the last question here:  __________ and _____________. See the next question if that link doesn’t work.
3. If number 2 doesn’t work, do the Monohybrid Cross and the Testcross sections at this website http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio105/geneprob.htm

Section 3- Indicator 3.3.3- genestraits

1. Find a picture of a gene on a chromosome and draw it here---

2. What do genes do?___________________________________

3. What are they up of?_________________________________

Section 4- QUIZ

1. Complete the Genetics practice HSA at http://mdk12.org/scripts/hsa_practice_taking.plx?year=2009&dir=/assessments/high_school/look_like/2009/biology/minitest4/&subj=bio

2. When you are finished, write your score here_________________ and have your teacher initial here ____________________.

Section 5- Indicator 3.3.4- Mutations/genetic engineering

1. Go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/harvest/engineer/transgen.html to complete the activity on Engineering a Crop.
2. Read this information on “mutating a sentence” http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/archive/mutations/
3. Identify 3 diseases caused by genetic mutations and determine if someone who has each of these diseases can pass it on to their children.
1. ____________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________

Section 6- Indicator 3.5.3- Ecology

1. Practice HSA questions at: http://apps.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/hsaprep/index.aspx

You will need to choose “Biology” for the Practice Test, and, choose “by Indicator”.  Choose Indicator 3.5.3 from the menu.  There are 10 questions to complete.  When you are done, enter your score here ___________________. NOTE: it may not give you a score, you will have to add up the number you got correct.

Section 7- TEST YOURSELF
To really prepare for next week, you should complete as many practice tests you can on the following HSA Indicators:

1. 3.3.1
2. 3.3.2
3. 3.3.3
4. 3.3.4
5. 3.5.3
6. 3.1.1
7. 1.5.6
8. 1.1.5
9. 1.4.2
10. 1.2.3

In addition, your Unit Test will be given the day after the FAST.  You should practice these indicators to prepare for that test:

1. 3.3.2
2. 3.3.1
3. 3.3.4