9/30/09 Began Origin & Extinction of Species

I want to remind everyone that they are required to do one project every 4 weeks. This is the last project of this period. Click here to see the project.

Today we:

• Continued with notes from the current units. We have started the Origin and Extinction of Species unit. Students should begin working on the note packet for Origin and Extinction of Species unit 3. The presentations notes are available as downloads: Two slides per page in color or 6 slides in black & white, for printing by clicking these links. To download (coming soon) the PowerPoint presentation, with all the media, click this link. This package has to be unzipped. There is a viewer included, in case you don't own PowerPoint.

Coming up:

• We will continue with notes.
• There will be microscope lab on leaf stomates
  

9/29/09 Test Review

We reviewed test today. Tests were returned and the grades are on edline, so people with acces can see the scores through the school website.

Students were given a worksheet the day of the test. They should complete the microscope side and we will work on the leaf side next week.

Coming up:
We will continue with the second unit, Evidence for Evolution.Students should continue on the note packet for Evidence for Evolution unit 2 . The presentations notes are available as downloads: Two slides per page in color or 6 slides in black & white, for printing by clicking these links. To download the PowerPoint presentation, with all the media, click this link. This package has to be unzipped. There is a viewer included, in case you don't own PowerPoint.

9/25/09 Test

We took a test today. I will try to get the grades online by Sunday night so people with acces can see the scores through the school website. Students were given a worksheet. They should complete the microscope side and we will work on the leaf side next week.

Coming up:

• We will continue with the second unit, Evidence for Evolution.Students should continue on the note packet for Evidence for Evolution unit 2 . The presentations notes are available as downloads: Two slides per page in color or 6 slides in black & white, for printing by clicking these links. To download the PowerPoint presentation, with all the media, click this link. This package has to be unzipped. There is a viewer included, in case you don't own PowerPoint.

9/24/09 Unit Test Tomorrow

There will be a test TOMORROW. The test will be on all the material that we have covered this year.

Today we:
Continued with the notes for this unit, Evidence for Evolution. The presentations notes are available as downloads: Two slides per page in color or 6 slides in black & white, for printing by clicking these links. To download the PowerPoint presentation, with all the media, click this link. This package has to be unzipped. There is a viewer included, in case you don't own PowerPoint.

Coming up:
We will continue with the second unit, Evidence for Evolution.Students should finish working on the The worksheet packet for the first unit , and begin on the note packet for Evidence for Evolution unit 2 .

9/23/09 Evolution

There will be a test this Friday. The test will be on all the material that we have covered this year.

Today we:

• Took and reviewed a quiz.
• Continued with the notes for this unit. We will continue with the second unit, Evidence for Evolution. The presentations notes are available as downloads: Two slides per page in color or 6 slides in black & white, for printing by clicking these links. To download the PowerPoint presentation, with all the media, click this link. This package has to be unzipped. There is a viewer included, in case you don't own PowerPoint.

Coming up:

• We will continue with the second unit, Evidence for Evolution.
  

Students should finish working on the The worksheet packet for the first unit , and begin on the note packet for Evidence for Evolution unit 2 .

9/22/09 Family Tree & Biochem proofs

There will be a test this Friday. The test will be on all the material that we have covered this year.

There will be a quiz tomorrow.

Today we:

• Got the Beaks of Finches labs returned and we discussed the material.
• continued with the notes for this unit. We will continue with the second unit, Evidence for Evolution. The presentations notes are available as downloads: Two slides per page in color or 6 slides in black & white, for printing by clicking these links. To download the PowerPoint presentation, with all the media, click this link. This package has to be unzipped. There is a viewer included, in case you don't own PowerPoint.

Note packet for Evidence for Evolution unit 2 is available for download here.

Coming up:

• We will continue with the second unit, Evidence for Evolution.
  

Students should finish working on the The worksheet packet for the first unit , and begin on the note packet for Evidence for Evolution unit 2 .

9/21/09 Diatom lab

Today we did a Diatom microscope lab. We will be doing work with diatoms this year, in part because Emily Porter-Goff is the RPI grad that is working with out class. If you want to learn about river diatoms, click on this website.

Note packet for Evidence for Evolution unit 2 is available for download here.

A complete SOP for the Light Microscope is available here.

Coming up:

• We will continue with the second unit, Evidence for Evolution. The presentations notes are available as downloads: Two slides per page in color or 6 slides in black & white, for printing by clicking these links. To download the PowerPoint presentation, with all the media, click this link. This package has to be unzipped. There is a viewer included, in case you don't own PowerPoint.

Students should finish working on the The worksheet packet for the first unit , and begin on the note packet for Evidence for Evolution unit 2 .

There will be a test this Friday.

9/17/09 Microscope Introduction

Today we:

• Took and reviewed a quiz.


• Did a Microscope Introduction lab. This lab will be due on Monday, 9/21. The report must include one microscope drawing and a SOP (Standard operating procedure) for the use of the microscope.

Tomorrow there will be a sub. Students will take a quiz first, then work on the game project .

Coming up:

• We will continue with the second unit, Evidence for Evolution. The presentations notes are available as downloads: Two slides per page in color or 6 slides in black & white, for printing by clicking these links. To download the PowerPoint presentation, with all the media, click this link. This package has to be unzipped. There is a viewer included, in case you don't own PowerPoint.

Students should be working on the The worksheet packet for the first unit .

9/16/09 Evidence for Evolution

Today we:

• Collected the lab reports from the Beaks of Finches lab.
• Finished the notes from the frist unit. The presentations notes are available as downloads: Two slides per page in color or 6 slides in black & white, for printing by clicking these links. To download the PowerPoint presentation, with all the media, click this link. This package has to be unzipped. There is a viewer included, in case you don't own PowerPoint.
• Began the second unit, Evidence for Evolution. The presentations notes are available as downloads: Two slides per page in color or 6 slides in black & white, for printing by clicking these links. To download the PowerPoint presentation, with all the media, click this link. This package has to be unzipped. There is a viewer included, in case you don't own PowerPoint.

Students should be working on the The worksheet packet for the first unit .

Tomorrow we:

• will have a quiz.
• will do a lab, where we learn to properly use the microscope.
• We will continue with notes.

9/15/09 Antibiotic Resistance

Electron micrograph of E coli


Today we:

• Continued with the notes from the frist unit. The presentations notes are available available downloads. Two slides per page in color or 6 slides in black & white, for printing by clicking these links. To download the PowerPoint presentation, with all the media, click this link. This package has to be unzipped. There is a viewer included, in case you don't own PowerPoint.

The Beaks of Finches labis be due on Wednesday, 9/16.

Students should be working on the The worksheet packet for the first unit .

9/14/09 Darwin puts it together

Today we:

• Continued with the notes from the frist unit. The presentations notes are available available downloads. Two slides per page in color or 6 slides in black & white, for printing by clicking these links. To download the PowerPoint presentation, with all the media, click this link. This package has to be unzipped. There is a viewer included, in case you don't own PowerPoint.
• Finished the Beaks of Finches lab. This lab will be due on Wednesday, 9/16.

Students should be working on the The worksheet packet for the first unit .

9/11/09 Beaks of Finches

Today we:

• Continued with the notes from the frist unit. The presentations notes are available available downloads. Two slides per page in color or 6 slides in black & white, for printing by clicking these links.

9/10/09 Processes of evolution

Today we began the unit of Processes of evolution.

Tomorrow we will do a lab activity on the Beaks of Finches. This is the first of four NYS lab activities. The accompanying graphic is used in the lab and students need to be able to use it to understand relationships of the birds.

9/9/09 Introduction

The packet for class syllabus and guidelines were passed out. We discussed class expectations. I introduced the game project that we will be doing the first quarter.

The frist unit we will be starting with is the process of evolution. The worksheet packet for the first unit is now online.

2009 - 2010 Year begins

Each new class and each new school year comes with many questions. This is a place where you will be able to find many answers.

At this blog I will post whet we are doing in class. I will also post links to sites that have information that will enrich what we are doing in class. Every piece of material, except the 4 state labs, that I hand out will be posted here.

This site was started last year, so you will be able to see what the last class did, and will be able to "look forward" at what we are going to do.