Thursday 10-29-09

In Class:
Journal
Notes on Carbohydrates
Time in class to finish your water lab
Time in class to start your macro molecule class projects
Time in class to start your HW...see below for details

HW:
The water labs will be collected next class
I will be colleting your carbohydrate reading questions next class
You should complete up to the lipids portion of your macromolecule HW packet so you don't get overwhelmed when it is due

Reminders:
don't forget to gradually work on the Ch 6 reading guide
you should have started your at home experiments by now.... they are due 11/23!!!!

HBio Tuesday 10-27

In Class:
journal
collected your water readings
collected your chemistry, water and pH HW packets
went over the answers to the packets
quiz on: chemistry, water and pH
Started Macromolecules notes

HW:
Do the first part of the macromolecules HW packet...stop at carbohydrates
be working on the reading guide questions
be working on your at home experiment.
Water lab due next class!

Friday 10-23-09

In Class:
Collected your project proposals
notes on on pH
Did water lab

HW:
Finish water reading
Finish yellow chemistry HW packet...the info on this HW packet will prepare you for your quiz

QUIZ next class!

Wed 10-21-09 HBio Period 1 and 4

In class:
Journal while Jenkins checked off your chemistry vocab HW
Went over answers

Took notes on water and watched a really cool animation...see link below...

http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/propertiesofwater/water.html

Copy and paste this into your web browser and it should work!

Gave you about 10 minutes of class time to start your HW

We will do the water lab next class!

HW:
Complete the water worksheet
Finish your at home experiment initial write up that is due next class
start working on your water reading...THIS WILL NOT BE DUE NEXT CLASS. In an attempt to prevent you from feeling overwhelmed, I changed my mind on the due date. Now it will be due next week on Tuesday. SO those of you who check the blog just had some stress relief.

Hbio Mon 10-19-09

In class:
Journal
reassigned chores
checked HW
went over answers to chemistry worksheets
did chem notes

HW: finish the chemistry "fill in the blank" worksheet

I am holding off on any quizzes for next class...NO QUIZ NEXT CLASS

Reminder:

Your at home science projects are due on Friday. Here are the parts of the formal lab write up I would suggest you do to complete this assignment correctly:
Thesis/hypothesis
Materials and methods
Experimental Essentials

I would recommend doing it the "required" way so you don't have to redo it later, when you are completing your entire formal lab write up.

PLEASE see me if you have questions or need some ideas....

Thursday 10-15-09 HBio Periods 1 and 4

In Class:
Journal
Jenkins checked your chemistry HW
Collected your Alka-selzer labs
took notes and did some activites on: covalent bonds, ionic bonds, electronegativity

HW/handed out:
Chemical bonding WS 9-10
Chemical Fomrulas ws
Finish your periodic table project that is due next class

Have a great weekend!

Monday 10-12-09 HBio 9-10

In Class:
DNA extraction lab as the journal
Checked the chem HW you recieved last class
Gave the answers to the HW
Assigned long term lab projects....
initial approval report due: 10/23
Finalized approval report due: 11/23
Passed out readig guide for Ch 6...due the day of the chapter 6 exam...about one month from now
Passed out a periodic table reference sheet for you to keep in your binders
Did some chem notes

HW:
chemical fundamentals WS due next class...first part only
Periodic basic lab due Monday 10-19
Alka-selzer lab write ups due next class

Wed 10/7

In Class
Collected your binders
Collected your assessment pages HW
Collected your reading guide worksheet

Took the Ch 1 exam

HW:
Complete the chemistry ws you got in class...it was green and double sided

CHANGE OF DATES
Your alka-seltzer lab formal write up date is moved to Thurs 10/15
Start reading ch 6 to prep for next class

Journals for Ch 1

Journal One Chapter One
1. What are some areas in your life that biology has affected?
2. What are some major branches within the biology field that you are familiar with. Example…evolution
3. What are some important characteristics you think a scientist must have?
4. What are some characteristics you think something must have in order to be classified as living.




Journal 2 Ch 1
1. Looking in the textbook please list the major fields biologist tend to focus their area of study in.
2. Looking in the textbook, give an example of each of the characteristics of life
3. Get out your HW notebooks and record your HW…it will be on the board

Take out your HW so I can come around and check it while your journal/announcements are on…

Journal 3 Ch 1
Make the following conversions using your conversion chart…you will come up and show your process
1. 5 ml into nl
2. 5678 kg into g
3. 21.2384 nm into m
Journal 4 Chapter One
1. Take out your characteristics of life WS so I can check while your
2. Give an example of some data you might be asked to keep track of in an experiment and provide examples of qualitative and quantitative data you would keep.

Journal 4 Ch 1
Take out your HW so I can come around and check it while your journal/announcements are on…
1) What is one frustrating thing you encountered when you used your book DVD
2) What are some cool discoveries you found when using your book DVD that the class might want to know?



Journal 5 Ch 1
Make the following conversions using your conversion chart…you will come up and show your process
1. 5 ml into nl
2. 5678 kg into g
3. 21.2384 nm into m





Journal 6 Ch 1
Turn in your worm labs
Turn in your graphing labs and metric ws

Decide which of the following are independent and independent variables….






Example 1
A researcher wanted to study the effects of sleep deprivation on physical coordination. The researcher selected 25 year-old male college students and deprived some of the subjects to either 24, 36, or 45 hours of sleep.
1) In the present study the independent variable was:
a) the length of time the subjects were deprived of sleep. b) the age of the subjects. c) the gender of the subjects. d) the physical coordination skills of the subjects.

2) In the present study the dependent variable was:
a) the length of time the subjects were deprived of sleep. b) the age of the subjects. c) the gender of the subjects. d) the physical coordination skills of the subjects.

















Example 2
An investigator had 60 subjects watch a videotaped re-enactment of a bank robbery. Half of the subjects were asked by a police investigator to recall the event, while the remaining subjects were interviewed by a police investigator while they were hypnotized.
3) In the present study the independent variable was:
a) whether a police investigator was used. b) whether subjects were hypnotized. c) how much subjects recalled. d) what subjects watched.

4) In the present study the dependent variable was:

a) whether a police investigator was used. b) whether subjects were hypnotized. c) how much subjects recalled. d) what subjects watched.

Journal 7 ch1
1) Define the following terms and provide an example…
a. Data
b. Hypothesis
c. Experiment
d. Theory
e. conclusion
2) How would you explain the difference between observation and inference to your younger sibling
3) What are two types of observations we can make…think the cheetoo lab!













Journal 8 ch1
1) The following are measurements of the area of a cube:
a. 5cm long
b. 10cm wide
c. 3 cm height
Calculate the volume in meters cubed!
2) How do you know how many mg 1 ml of water is if it is 4 degrees celcius?

Next Class:
You have an exam, binder checks (see BLOG) reading questions due, chapter assessment due. Make sure to record student data for number 21 before you leave class. ALSO make sure your reading essentials are done!

Monday 10/5/09 Honors Bio Period 1 and 4

In class:
journal
talked about formal lab write up expectations
did alka-selzer lab

HW:
Due next class:
1. finish chapter assessment worksheet that was passed out today. YOu are to record your answers on the assessment answer sheet that I passed out today

• The info for number 21 on this worksheet is on Netclassroom. See prior blog posting to see how to access that word document from Netclass room!

2. Complete the reading guide you got last class...I think it is on pink paper!

3. Check the BLOG for the binder items I am checking next class and see the order they are to be organized

4. Study for your test

Alka-selzer lab formal write up is not due until MONDAY OCTOBER 12!!!!!!!!!

Directions to access the Movie Data on Net Classroom

Here is the pathway your should be following to access the notes for next class...

go to your main net classroom page
click on classes
class info
scroll to honors biology
at that page you will see a section titled, "documents"
The movie data will be under that section and you can just click on it and print!

If you are not able to access this you are to come see me BEFORE NEXT CLASS!!!!

Thursday 10-1 HBio 9-10-11

HAPPY OCTOBER GUYS!!!!!!!

In Class:

1. Journal while Mrs. Jenkins checked off your sponge bob packet AND your Inferences (TV commercial) packet
2. gave answers to sponge bob packet
3. Took the quiz (see propr blog post for info on the quiz)
4. Went over the metric lab as a class where Jenkins made three major points:

1 cc = 1 ml

how to convert 5ml squared into 5 liters squared, ect.

that 1g of water is equal to 1 ml of water AT 4 degrees celcius

HW:
you can start working on your reading questions that go with chapter one. THey will be due the day of the exam

We are performing a lab next class...be sure to come dresses appropriatly!

REMINDERS!
Your chapter one exam is on Wed of next week and we will also be doing a binder check that day!