Wednesday, September 30, 2009

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

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

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.

Friday, September 25, 2009

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:

Thursday, September 24, 2009

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 .

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

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:
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 .

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

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 .


Saturday, September 19, 2009

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:

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.