Monday, Nov 9th:
Look at the credability spectrum from Craven's book
Carbon cycle and Enhanced greenhouse effect quiz
Invasive Species
PPTStart work on individual work for human impact project. Rubric here. List of who does what:
Luisa: zebra mussels; Vero: Russion and/or spotted knapweed; Barbara: water hyacinth; Nidhi: rabbits in australia; Juan: Fire ants; Kathy: prickly pear ; Z: Lantana ; Alessia: Giant African snail; Yukari: kudzu; Clem: brown tree snake; Sophie apis mellifera scutellata (africanized honeybee); Pepe: purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria); Paloma: eucalyptus.
HW for Wednesday, Nov 11th:
Make a poster on your assigned invasive species. Use this rubric.
Wednesday, Nov 11th:
* invasive species poster due
Watch the movie about the Cane Toads, will have to start it right away! DON'T BE LATE!
HW for Friday, Nov 13th:
Reading on ozone issue in Advanced Bio pages 451-453, section 20.3. Complete the worksheet I
gave you in class on ozone depletion.
Friday, Nov 13th (CAISSA):
Begin discussion on lab variables, choice of what to do
Ozone depletion causes and effects PPT and outline of facts
Finish work on ozone problem - go over the BZ worksheet I gave you, start on this worksheet
HW for 11/17:
Outline your lab
Tuesday, Nov 17th (SAMUN):
** Collect the ozone depletion dbq
(short visit up hill to decide on labs) More info on lab - begin data collection
HW for 11/19:
Really work on the outline of your procedure - and what you are going to be collecting,
how you will analyse the data. I will check in class Thursday.
Thursday, Nov 19th;
HW for 11/23rd:
Finish data collection
Monday, Nov 23rd and Wednesday, Nov 25th;
Discussion on how to treat your data and write up report
Continue writing on lab (too wet to collect data)
HW for Wednesday and Friday, 11/27:
Finish data collection - work on lab writeup.
Wednesday, 11/25:
Career Day postponed (data collection)
HW for Friday, 11/27:
Work on your lab - double the amount of information and detail in your intro, hypoth, procedure,
correct data tables, begin calculations, bullet point specific things to be included in the conclusion & evaluation.
Friday, Nov 27th:
Lab Data collection and work on your lab in class - first half
Begin Biomagnification (video and ppt)
HW for 12/1:
Work on lab - especially the data processing and conclusion and evaluation
Reading on bioaccumulation in Adv Biology pages 469-471; and conservation 472-474.
Also pages 463-466 on deforestation issues
Tuesday, Dec 1st:
finish info on biomagnfication and examples - DDT dbq and BioZone worksheet
HW for 12/3:
Reading to sum up ecology/human impact/conservation: in your BLUE studybk read pgs
35-37,40-45, 154-158, & 161. Good practice problem on page 163 - just do a, b and c;
answers are in the back of the book. This is a great place to start studying for the exam.
Work on your Lab - need to get it done.
Thursday, Dec 3rd:
Conservation and value of rainforests
Campbell's activity 55.1 on Madagascar
Work on lab - peer editing.
HW for 12/7:
Finish that lab writeup and analysis
Study for the final exam! See syllabus pts (all of option G.1-G.3-SL material, & 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 & 5.5)
Use those syllabus points as an outline from which to study. Print/save the parts of syllabus that are
going to be on the exam
Monday, Dec 7th:
** Ecology Lab writeup due!
Review - Practice data based question on ecology, do together.
Wednesday, Dec 9th:
Review for exam (all of option G.1-G.3 - SL material, and 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 5.5)
Friday, Dec 11th:
Review
Second Semester:
Classification 5.6
Biochem (H2O Properties, Biological Macromolecules-Carbs, Lipids & Proteins)-topic 3.1-3.2
Cells - topic 2 (all)