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The most important thing you can do is get a GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP! Studies show that in order to learn information you have to sleep to commit the material to long-term memory!

====After you study for your quiz, try to answer as many questions as you can on the handouts you received today. Your exam covers Chapter 2-5 of Cells and Heredity and Ch. 1-3 of Bacteria to Plants. ====

====**Quiz on protists and fungi** **on 6/5**: Look over your notes, power points on protists and fungi (see below) and catalysts. Check out this review sheet! If you know these things you will do well on the quiz!====

**BRING BOTH TEXTBOOKS TOMORROW! CELLS and HEREDITY & FROM BACTERIA TO PLANTS  **

**Homework for Monday, June 1st:** Read section 3 (Ch. 3) on Fungi( pages 95-104). [[file:Fungi Questions.doc]] Answer questions from attachment.
====**Homework for Wednesday, May 27th**: Watch the remainder of the powerpoint on Protists. __Using sections 1 and 2 of__ chapter 3, create a __concept map__ that will help you understand protists ( how they are unified, how they are differentiated). Make sure you cover each of the three groups and the smaller groups under them.==== Don't know what a concept map is? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_map

====**Study for your quiz (Monday, 5/25)** Characteristics of life. Classification (Ch. 1) and Bacteria and Viruses (Ch. 2) Use powerpoints from below, your textbook, catalysts and handouts! ====

**Homework for Monday, May 18th**: Read section 2 (Ch. 2) on bacteria (pages 56-65). Use the powerpoint on Bacteria to fill in the worksheet that was handed out. [[file: Bacteria.ppt]]
Outbreak! lab simulation: Try to answer all the questions as best you can.

Virus powerpoint: Be sure to read over your project sheet to ask any questions on Friday! Project due on Monday, the 18th! ====I need each of you to drop by tomorrow either in the morning before school, at lunch or before advisory. I forgot to have you do something that I need feedback on for your geologic time project. It will only take a minute or so. ==== 

**Homework for Tuesday, May 12:** Complete the shark lab including the analysis questions. Extra credit will be given for those who can create a key for the fish on the back!

 * Homework for May 8th: Read section 3 (pages 28-37) of the book, Bacteria to Plants.** We will be talking about classification of organisms on Friday.

====**Quiz for Ch. 4:Modern Genetics --> May 7**:   ====


 * Geologic time line project due: May 7th (Thursday)**

====**Homework for Tuesday, April 28th**: Complete the two worksheets* for homework using your textbooks. **//To answer "A continuous process" use the Earth's Changing Surface text (Ch. 4 section 3). Other 3 sides, use Cells and Heredity (Ch. 5 section 2 and 3).//**==== ====**Read over the project sheet**. Your era is written down in purple on your sheet. You and your partner(s) should look up information about various animals and plant life that existed in that time period so that you will have information to work with on Tuesday.==== find your name for assignment:

* for those of you who did not pick up the sheets (and there are many of you!) you may access them below!  

====G block: Remember your catalyst the other day when we talked about the walking stick insect? We mentioned camouflage and mimicry (a way to look or act like something else). Check out this video that demonstrates just that with some very interesting undersea organisms. http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/206====

====**Homework due Thursday, April 23**: __Complete the Beaks of Finches lab.__ Be sure to bring your Darwin Journal to add your last entry. ==== ====**Read Chapter 5, section 2 (pages 151-158) in the book titled** __**Cells and Heredity.**__ **<span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">Be sure to bring both books (Cells and Heredity and Earth's Changing Surface) on Wednesday and for the following week. **====

**Homework due Tuesday, April 21st:** You have two assignments as follows:
====1. You should have received a handout for the "Peppered Moth Simulation". If not I have attached the document. ;-D Follow the instructions on the lab to enjoy a fun simulation! __Answer the questions on the back side.__==== ====Peppered moth simulation: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> ***It may take a minute or two for this simulation to load*** Use Firefox instead of Safari to open the program! (Thanks Peter Suh) ==== <span style="color: rgb(0, 7, 255);">Use this website for the Peppered Moth simulation. There is an error in the handout! It works for both Safari and Firefox. Thanks to all of you e-mailed me with your concerns! <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">http://www.techapps.net/interactives/pepperMoths.swf ====2. Y__ou should have received your Darwin journal during MAP testing.__ Look over the note I wrote on the last entry. You may add additional information on your entry (entries) and even add illustrations (simple sketches). Look on the inside of your Darwin journal for more info. Bring your journal to class on Tuesday as you will have two more entries to write. Remember this counts 20% of your evolution test!====

===Today's classwork assignment (4-10-09): After the catalyst, you need to complete the 2 handout sheets on chromosomal mutations and genetic engineering. Turn in the assignment into the box when you are finished. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 6);">If you do not finish, complete it for homework .===

<span style="color: rgb(10, 0, 255);">Paper Pet Projects due no later than lunch on Thursday, April 9th!
====**Homework due Wednesday, April 8th**: Complete the handout on sickle cell and cystic fibrosis. Read over the following document so you and your partner can put together a quality project.====

====**Homework due Tuesday, April 7th**: **Complete the handout** that gives you practice on various types of complex inheritance problems. If you have lost it, use the electronic copy below. **Genetic disorder table** - __follow the directions on the sheet and fill in only the side you were assigned.__ If you have lost your paper, here is an electronic copy.====

[[file:Genetic Disorders Table2009.doc]] [[file:Practice for complex inheritance problems.doc]]
Powerpoint on Complex Patterns of Inheritance:

====**Homework due Wednesday, April 1st** : We are covering section 1, chapter 4 on various types of inheritances and pedigrees. Read pages 92-93 for reinforcement on Codominance (ch. 3). We will be finishing up sex-linked inheritance next class. Please be sure to read pages 112-117 for reinforcement on these types of inheritance patterns. **Read about pedigrees (pages 117-118) and look at the pedigree power point below. Complete the worksheet handed out in class.**====

Review session on Wednesday, March 3/18 after school!
Complete the Handout titled: The Genetic code. See if you can do the other side using the code for Snork traits. Complete the Ch. 3 test review skipping question 7. **<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> Protein synthesis powepoint: **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(255, 0, 197);"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; background-color: rgb(255, 0, 213);"> <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(255, 0, 255);">Need help with the codon table?? Check out this powerpoint for instructions :


 * Homework due Monday, March 16:** Complete the handout on meiosis. Read section 4 (pages 101-106) Answer the Discover activity on page 101 about "Can you crack the code?". Also answer the questions on page 106, questions 1-5. **Be sure to write out the questions and print it off!**


 * Meiosis powerpoint: [[file:meiosis 2009.ppt]]

Quiz on simple genetics (monohybrid and dihybrid crosses) and genetics vocabulary) on Thursday, March 12th:**

Mendel and simple genetics powerpoint:


 * Homework due Wednesday, March 11th:** Complete the 1/2 sheet on dihybrid crosses (2 questions); Complete the smiley genetics sheet (draw your smiley face phenotype according to your genotype. You may draw it on the page in the box (be careful with your drawing) Read the following section in your textbook (pages 96-100) and answer the following :


 * Homework due Monday, March 9th: Complete the handout on Dihybrid cross (both sides)

Homework due Thursday, March 5th: Complete the two handouts given. (Bikini bottom Genetics 2 and Mendel's work/ Test Cross)

Homework due Tuesday, March 3rd**: Complete the handout given to you on Monday

__**Homework due March 2:**__ **complete the following word document along with the reading.**

__**Study for your quiz on Thursday, Feb. 26th.**__ **** Use the following word document to study. I have also included the Cancer powerpoint. A good website for review of the cell cycle is http://www.cellsalive.com

__**Homework due 2-24-09**__: Complete the __**DNA extraction** handout (back side) under 'Observations and Analysis'__.Make sure you read the front side of the lab to help you answer these. You may also go to the website on the front and review the extraction that we did. This is an interactive site that is a good review and will help you understand the assigned questions. __**Answer the questions: 19-21. on page 77. (you must print this out if you are completing it on the computer or you may complete it by hand)**__

** Mitotic cell phase activity:
 * __Homework due 2-20-09__**: Complete the onion root tip mitosis activity. It will keep tally of the various cells in each phase. Put this tally onto your table provided. To calculate % you need to divide the number of cells within a phase by the total number of cells counted and then multiply by 100. **Complete the following information on DNA:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/miracle/divide.html This site shows mitosis using flash or a nonflash version. Be sure you are looking at the left hand side. We will get to meiosis later.
 * There are many good websites for the study of mitosis. Two of the best are listed below.**

http://www.cellsalive.com Cells alive is a site we have visited before and it has a good site for the explanation of the cell cycle and mitosis. Go to the left browser and find ‘Interactives’. Click on the cell cycle to read and observe what happens. Click later on mitosis and you can view this in several ways (fast, step-by-step, etc.)Below the interactive is information on each phase.

http://biologyinmotion.com/cell_division/index.html Dr. Saul’s Biology in Motion is a site that you can test your knowledge of mitosis. ====**Test/ quiz on photosynthesis and cellular respiration on Feb. 19th.** Use the following to study [| review sheet for photo-resp.doc]====

[[file:What is a product of Respiration.doc]]
Homework due 2-5-09: Complete both sides of the handout given to you on Tuesday. You may complete the web activity online if you wish. Do not forget to complete the other side of the sheet!

====**Homework for 1-9-09**: Write a nice paragraph comparing and contrasting prokaryotic cells vs. eukaryotic cells using the discussion and notes we wrote on the board. Your paragraph should be 5-8 sentences in length and each sentence should be well constructed. A second paragraph should compare and contrast plant vs. animal cells. Use our discussion during class as well as your notes (table) to help you write a well constructed paragraph. **Make sure that you write the 2 paragraphs out in longhand or print off your work. I will not accept them through e-mail.**====

[[file:HW- G block 12-4.doc]]
=New Textbook: Cells and Heredity (beginning 12-4)=

Chapter 4 test will be on Thursday, December 4th. A test review will be posted this afternoon.