Long term data Collection

The Long term data Collection is now posted. To enter data click on this link: Long term Data Collection APHSBio. You can mark it in your browser, so you don't have to come back to this link each time.

For students that have been collecting data, you may enter it in this form. You will need to enter data for each day. For those that enter data for the month of December, I will give you extra credit. If you enter for the entire time we should have been collecting data, I will give you an 8 point bonus on the next test. I am also willing to give 2 points for each week, in case you don't have complete data for the month.

After Jan 1, 2010, you will be required to enter data. You may enter a weeks data at a time. You certainly may enter the data daily. I will enter a grade each week, for the data entered. This is an easy way to get continued good grades for your projects. You will be graded on your effort, and all data might not be entered each day.

12/22/09 Nervous System Webquest

Today we will be doing a WebQuest about the Nervous System. Click on the link and you will download a copy of a document. This is the document that you will have to add your answers to and submit via email to aphsbio at gmail.com. Please format the email subject line and your document title correctly, as explained in the handout.

12/21/09 Reflex lab

There is a makeup test available for the test we took on 12/17. To sign up you need to log onto the castlelearning.com website. You should look for the assignment "Makeup Dig - homeostasis". Students will have to log in with "averillpark.studentid" where studentid is their id number in 9 digit format, with leading zeros, if needed. The first time students log in they will be prompted to set up a password. Follow the instructions to enter a password.

You have until Sunday 12/27 to complete the makeup test. If you get an 80% or higher I will average the makeup and your original test for a grade. If you do not get at least 80% your original test score will stand. There is only a multiple choice part.

If you have difficulty logging on or any other difficulties you can email me at aphsbio at gmail.com.

We continued on with the unit on the Nervous and Hormonal Systems. I expect to have a unit test on nervous & endocrine system the week of 1/11/09.

Then we did a lab on reflexes.

Notes for the current unit, Nervous and Hormonal Systems, are available in several formats:

• 2 slides per page in color, large format for viewing
• 6 slides per page in black & white, for economical printing
• 3 slides per page in black & white with room for notes on one side.
• The entire PowerPoint presentation with media included and a viewer in compressed (approx 79 MB) format.
• Link to a textbook for the current unit (approx 7.5 MB)that follows the course presented in class.
• Worksheets for the Nervous and Hormonal Regulation unit. This worksheet must be completed for Jan 4, 2010.
  

Homework:

• Review the notes.
• Begin writeup of lab report for the lab on reflexes. This lab is due on Wednesday 12/23.
• Begin the worksheets for the Nervous and Hormonal Regulation unit. Due Jan 4th.
  

The current project is the second of two choices. Remember that you need to do either this or the previous project. If you do both projects one will count for extra credit. If you did not do the previous article you must do this article. Click here to see the project.

12/20 Makeup Test

There is a makeup test available for the test we took on 12/17. To sign up you need to log onto the castlelearning.com website. You should look for the assignment "Makeup Dig - homeostasis". Students will have to log in with "averillpark.studentid" where studentid is their id number in 9 digit format, with leading zeros, if needed. The first time students log in they will be prompted to set up a password. Follow the instructions to enter a password.

You have until Sunday 12/27 to complete the makeup test. If you get an 80% or higher I will average the makeup and your original test for a grade. If you do not get at least 80% your original test score will stand. There is only a multiple choice part.

If you have difficulty logging on or any other difficulties you can email me at aphsbio at gmail.com.

12/17/09 Nervous & Hormonal Regulation

We took a unit test today. The test will be returned on Friday.

On Friday we will go over the test and continue on with the unit on the Nervous and Hormonal Systems. I expect to have a unit test on nervous & endocrine system the week of 1/11/09.
Notes for the current unit, Homeostasis, are available in several formats:

• 2 slides per page in color, large format for viewing
• 6 slides per page in black & white, for economical printing
• 3 slides per page in black & white with room for notes on one side.
• The entire PowerPoint presentation with media included and a viewer in compressed (approx 12 MB) format.
• Link to a textbook for the current unit that follows the course presented in class.

Homework:

• Review the notes.
• Begin the worksheets for the Nervous and Hormonal Regulation unit. Due Jan 4th.
  

The current project is the second of two choices. Remember that you need to do either this or the previous project. If you do both projects one will count for extra credit. If you did not do the previous article you must do this article. Click here to see the project.

12/14/09 Homeostasis

Today you will use various Internet or text/review books to answer questions on a worksheet. If you want to enlarge the text on any site, hold the ctrl key and roll the mouse wheel. Doing searches for: homeostasis, exocrine, endocrine, hormone, feedback, "negative feedback", stimulus, effector, receptor, set point, stimulus, response, or combinations of these words and other descriptors shouls make your searches more efficient.

This worksheet will be due on Tuesday, 12/15.

We will have a test on Thursday, 12/17/09. This will be on material from the units on body systems to the present.

Notes for the current unit, Homeostasis, are available in several formats:

• 2 slides per page in color, large format for viewing
• 6 slides per page in black & white, for economical printing
• 3 slides per page in black & white with room for notes on one side.
• The entire PowerPoint presentation with media included and a viewer in compressed (approx 12 MB) format.
• Link to a textbook for the current unit that follows the course presented in class.
  

The current project is the second of two choices. Remember that you need to do either this or the previous project. If you do both projects one will count for extra credit. If you did not do the previous article you must do this article. Click here to see the project.

12/10/09 Organization of Life

We will have a test on Thursday, 12/17/09. This will be on material from the units on body systems to the present.

Notes for the current unit, Homeostasis, are available in several formats:

• 2 slides per page in color, large format for viewing
• 6 slides per page in black & white, for economical printing
• 3 slides per page in black & white with room for notes on one side.
• The entire PowerPoint presentation with media included and a viewer in compressed (approx 12 MB) format.
• Link to a textbook for the current unit that follows the course presented in class.
  

Today we did an activity where students searched the Internet for the 5 levels of organization of living organisms. The project requires some written information and drawings on each of 5 index cards.

The lab report from the Reaction Time lab is due on Friday 12/11. Remember to include a data table and a graph, as well as the answers to all the questions.

The current project is the first of two choices. Remember that you need to do either this or the previous project. If you do both projects one will count for extra credit. If you did not do the previous article you must do this article. Click here to see the project.

12/02/09 Circulation & Respiratory

In class we will be creating a ride for a combination museum and amusement park. Our ride will be for the circulatory system part of the park, to show the interrelationship between it and the respiratory system.

For Resources students will look here. Th have an opened window while you work you should hold the shift key down as you click this link. That will open another window for you to use.

Notes for the Respiration & Circulation unit are available: 2 slides per page in color, 6 slides per page in black and white or the entire PowerPoint presentation with the media and viewer.

The notes for the nutrition unit are available. The complete PowerPoint, with all media can be downloaded. The notes from the PowerPoint can be downloaded as a pdf file: 2 slides per page, in color or 6 slides per page in black and white. And the notes from the textbook can be found here.