December 20, 2010

Daily Questions:
Open your books to page 492 and study the diagram.  When you & a friend are ready, turn and try to talk out why the first exposure to an infectious agent often results in disease, while additional exposures do not.  Consider your responses at both a molecular and cellular level, how are Ab molecules produced?


Agenda:
1. Finishing concept maps
2. Preparing for test


Homework:
-Immunology test on Tues, 21st
-Late work all due before test Tues.

Quote:
"Borrow money from a pessimist - they don't expect it back." ~Unknown

December 16, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please pick up the handout at the front, as a class we will take turns reading this aloud, you may want to look over it for a few moments before we begin.

Agenda:
-Keynote covering 24.13 - class question....
-Concept Mapping...


Homework:
-Lab Report due Friday, 17th
-Test- Immunology on Tues, 21st
-Guest speakers Wed, 22nd


Quote:
"If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?" ~Abe Lincoln

December 10, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get a copy of the movie notes (In Mrs. Dominic's writing!) and read through these as best you can.  We will try to decipher more after the movie!

Agenda:
1. Pandemic Flu movie
2. Thank you card
3. Debrief notes


Homework:
-Monoclonal antibodies worksheet due Monday, 13th
-Lab report due Thursday, 16th
-Test on Friday 17th....

Quote:
"Courage doesn't always roar.  Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow." ~Mary Anne Radmacher

December 9, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please pick up a scrap piece of paper and write a draft message to Dr. Norman Moore, Director of Medical Affairs at Alere.  Please make the message PERSONAL, include something specific about what you learned in the lab, or goals you may have in the future for biotechnology/immunology.  This is a draft message, you will make a final copy tomorrow.

Agenda:
1. Group notes descriptor
2. Breaking into groups - 25 min total
3. Group presentations - 7 min each


Homework:
-Current event due today by 11:59pm
-Immunochromatography lab report due Thursday, 16th

Quote:
"We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations." ~Charles R. Swindoll

December 8, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please pick up a copy of the class data & trim it down with scissors from the side/back counter (top right drawer).  This needs to be taped into your lab notebook, along with the test kit diagram & individual data table.

Agenda:
1. Review diagnostic kits & labeling diagrams
2. Data review worksheet questions & conclusion pieces
3. Handout vocab for conclusion
4. Break into groups to start section notes - new criteria!!

Homework:
-Current event #1 due Thursday, 9th
-Lab report - Immunochromatography - due Thursday, 16th

Quote:
 "You are educated.  Your certification is in your degree.  You may think of it as a ticket to the good life.  Let me ask you to think of an alternative.  Think of it as your ticket to change the world." ~Tom Brokaw

December 7, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get out your handout from yesterday with the diagram of the kit.  With a partner, 1 person will share the details of how the kit works, the other will ask any clarifying questions AND decide what a purpose may be for our lab experiment.

Agenda:
1. Purpose of the lab
2. Handouts & kit samples
3. Run tests, share results
4. Questions

Homework:
-Vocab due today
-Current Event due Thurs, 9th
-Due date for lab report?___________

Quote:
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." ~Maya Angelou

December 6, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please pick up the news article on the table and a small piece of paper.  Read the article quietly at your desk, and on the piece of paper write down 2 things that surprised you in this article, and 1 question you have.

Agenda:
1. TPS homework about the lab
2. Overhead diagram of kits
3. Group notes 24.9-24.12

Homework:
-Vocab due Tues, 7th
-Current Event due Thurs, 9th

Quote:
"I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure." ~Unknown

December 3, 2010

Daily Questions:
Once you've been returned your Ch 24 part 2 questions, go over your answers with a classmate to make sure your responses are similiar and fully explained/easy to understand.

Agenda:
1.TPS handouts from yesterday
2. Introduce Legionella Lab
3. Make up test time...

Homework:
-Legionella hmwk 1 & 3 due Monday, 6th
-Vocab defintions due Tues, 7th

Quote:
"I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." ~Robert McCloskey

December 2, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get a small piece of paper from the front desk, and respond to the following quesitons:
1. Using figure 24.7 on page 490, why do the newly cloned effector cells have lots of endoplasmic reticulum?  What does ER do in a cell?
2. How does an antigen trigger its own destruction?
I will collect the papers once you have answered these questions - please hold them up for me when you're finished!

Agenda:
-Mountain climber clip (20min)
-In-depth look at 24.8
-Labelling diagrams from 24.9


Homework:
-Vocab definitions due Tues, 7th


Quote:
"If you wait to do anything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything." ~Win Borden

Daily Questions:
When you receive your Ch 24 part 1 questions back, go over your responses with a class mate to make sure you both answered all the questions completely & accurately.  If you have questions, this is your opportunity to get clarification from your class mates, ask 2 people, then come to me!

Agenda:
1. Keynote covering 24.5-24.6-24.7
2. Handout questions for 24.8?

Homework:
-Ch 24 part 2 questions due Thurs, 2nd

Quote:
"Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know." ~Daniel L. Boorstin

November 30, 2010

Daily Questions:
Without using your textbooks - turn & talk with a partner and discuss possible answers to the following questions:
1. Why do your lymph nodes swell when you are fighting certain kinds of infections?
2. Why is protection resulting from a vaccination considered active immunity rather than passive immunity?

Agenda:
1. Divide & conquer sections 24.1-24.4


Homework:
-Ch 24 part 2 questions due Thurs, 2nd

Quote:
"Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts." ~Jim Morrison

November 22, 2010

Daily Questions:  
Please choose 1 article from the options on the table and begin quietly reading it at your desk.  We will be sharing quick summaries of the main ideas in the articles as a group. 

Agenda:
1. Read Aloud: Bird article
2. Scientific article assignment & exemplars
3. Differences between theoretical & experimental science
4. Class time to research


Homework:
-Due date for 1st article ____________?

Quote:
"The optimist claims we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true." ~James Branch Cabell

November 18, 2010

Daily Questions:
In your notebooks, please answer the following questions (yes, use your books!):
1. Chemical reactions often require an input of energy to get them started.  Once initiated, they proceed rapidly.  Explain using the concept of activation energy AND an energy diagram.  Be sure to label your diagram completely.
2. Describe TWO ways in which a chemical reaction can be made to go faster.  Explain how each way overcomes and /or diminishes the activation energy.
When finished, turn & share your responses with another person in class.  Find out what great vocabulary should be used in a question like this - do your energy diagrams look similar?  Are they LABELLED?!?

Agenda:
1. Andrea & Jesse's concept map presentation
2. OYO workshop time


Homework:
-Any late work from this past unit is due before the test tomorrow, 19th

Quote:
"The true art of memory is the art of attention." ~Samuel Johnson

November 17, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get a small piece of paper from the desk and anonymously write down how YOU prepare for tests in this class.  Make a pile at the front on my desk, I'll be reading these aloud to the class.

Agenda:
1. Presenting maps
2. Review for test

Homework:
-Prepare for test on Friday, 19th

Quote:
"We want people who hate to lose, like myself.  Now marinate on that." ~Snoop Dogg

November 12, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please pick up the progress report reflection with YOUR NAME ON IT & proceed to read the directions.  You will not be able to put these reflections into your notebooks (because I have these to grade!).  You can earn up to 5 bonus points by answering (thoughtfully) all of the questions.

Agenda:
1. AIDS Cocktail dicussion
2. OIL RIG
3. Concept Mapping


Homework:
-Progress report reflections due Tues, 16th
-Concept Maps due Weds, 17th

Quote:
"The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal.  The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach." ~Benjamin Mays

November 9, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please pick up the article "Vital Signs" and questions & begin quietly reading & answering these at your desks.  DO NOT PASS IN YOUR HOMEWORK!

Agenda:
1. Think:Pair:Share Vital Signs article
2. Transferring Ch 5 main ideas around the room
3. AIDS cocktail article discussion
4. Starting Ch 6 questions

Homework:
-Enzyme lab report due Wed, 10th
-Ch 6 questions due Monday, Nov 15th

Quote:
"Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself.  Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedyingthem -every day begin the task anew." ~St. Francis de Sales

November 5, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please pick up the enzyme organizer from the front and start filling in details about enzymes to summarize imporant information you have read about/experienced this last week.

Agenda:
1. Jesse's Test
2. AIDS cocktail article/discussion
3. Continue conclusion writing & uploading PPs onto laptops

Homework:
-Summarize 2 key points from each section of Ch 5 (use the PPs!!)

Quote:
"One loses so many laughs by not laughing at oneself." ~Sara Jeannette Duncan

November 4, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get out your graphs & data tables to compare what other students have for info... make some notes on your procedures of possible sources of error to discuss later in your conclusion...

Agenda:
1. Finish up experiment 3
2. Enzyme organizer
3. Lab conclusion handout & vocab
4. Uploading PP to your laptops.... during conclusion time

Homework:
-Have all data tables & graphs completed for lab for Fri, 5th
-Be ready for a round table discussion over AIDS cocktail article on Friday, 5th
-Lab reports due: _________?

Quote:
"By the time they had diminished from 50 to 8, the other dwarves began to suspect 'Hungry' ..."

November 3, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get out your directions & data tables for the lab, and review the basic procedures for Experiment 2.  I have a quick request to make once everyone is quiet!

Agenda:
-Experiment 2 & 3 (hopefully?)  Please complete 2 trials for temp & pH.  If you are waay ahead of the class, you can complete a third, but check in with me if you're not sure what you can fit in.

Homework:
-have calculations for rate completed and graphs made for all experiments completed thus far.  You need these in order to participate in class discussion Thurs/Fri.

Quote:
"The highest result of education is tolerance." ~Helen Keller

November 2, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get out your pre-lab questions & the procedures.  You have 5 min to go over these quietly with class mates before we begin the lab.

Agenda:
1. Complete experiment 1 & 2 : Enzyme catalysis

Homework:
None due tomorrow - but I suggest starting to put together the lab report...

Quote:
"New roads; new ruts." ~G.K. Chesterton

November 1, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get out your questions from the weekend reading (Immune to a Plague) and read these over to become very familiar with them.  You may also want to peruse to article again for a few minutes.  Do not pass these in!

Agenda:
1. Inside/Outside circles for article
2. Hand out Fluid Mosaic model of a membrane
3. Article: Attacking AIDS & questions
4. Pipette practice

Homework:
-Finish answering questions with AIDS article

Quote:
"If you won't be better tomorrow than you were today, then what do you need tomorrow for?" ~Rabbi Nashman of Bratslav

October 29, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please pick up the handout and begin quietly reading at your desk. 

Agenda:
1. Hand back tests (10 min)
2. Gather email addresses
3. Movie: Secrets of the Dead

Homework:
-Create 4 questions that the class can discuss/respond to from the article "Immune to a Plague" for Mon, 1st
-Bring colored pencils to class Monday, 1st

Quote:
"You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way." ~Marvin Minsky

October 28, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please pick up the handout & read it quietly at your desk.  You can highlight it, makes notes in the margin, etc.  It is for you to keep.

Agenda:
1. Jesse's project
2. Hand back tests
3. Gather email addresses
4. Notes about enzymes
5. Practicing with pipettes & bulbs
6. Questions about RCSB worksheet or pre-lab?

Homework:
-Prelab questions due Fri, 29th
-RCSB Protein Databank worksheet due Oct 29th

Quote:
"Why not go out on a limb?  Isn't that where the fruit is?" ~Frank Scully

October 27, 2010

Daily Questions:
You have 5 min to get prepared for your presentations.  Please make sure you have emailed me your slide show, OR make time after class, before school, after school to thumb drive it to me (not now).

Agenda:
1. Continue/finish group presentations
2. Debrief (5min)
3. RCSB Protein Database activity


Homework:
-Reflection responses for day 2 presenters is due Wed, 27th

Quote:
"I've always been well-liked.  I was so popular in school, everybody hated me." ~Anonymous

October 25, 2010

Daily Questions:
You & your partner have ~10 min to get together and finalize any plans for your presentations.  IN ADDITION, you need email me the presentation AND you need to score yourself in all categories except actual "presentation" on your rubric.  Using 1 of the rubrics I gave you (bright gold/orange paper) circle JUST the bullets that you think best represent the presentation you both have created.  You will hand this to me at the start of your presentation.

Agenda:
1. Group presentations (take notes folks & ask questions!!)
2. Looking ahead - laptops for Tues/Wed's class.. lab experiment Thurs/Fri?

Homework:
-When you have finished your presentation, I want you to write a reflection on the assignment.  What did you like about it, what would you have changed?  Where would you have invested more of your time if you could do this over again (places for improvement?)  What part are you most proud of/where do you think you were most successful?  This is an individual effort, at least half-page long!  Due the day after you've presented.

Quote:
"Concentrate on finding your goal, then concentrate on reaching it." ~Colonel Michael Friedman

October 20, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get out your textbooks and spend ~5min quietly skimming through the sections.  You will be paired to become experts for 2-3 sections over the next couple of days.  Try to narrow down a list of the top 3 sections you would like to cover.


Agenda:
1. Description of Ch 5 project
2. Hand out rubric for PP presentations
3. Work in pairs for presentation

Homework:
-Ch 5 questions due Mon, 25th
-Ch 5 presentations start Mon, 25th

Quote:
"People want you to be a crazy, out-of-control teen brat.  They want you miserable, just like them.  They don't want heroes; what they want is to see you fall." ~Leonardo DiCaprio

October 18, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get out your graphic organizer of the biomolecules of life & check with a partner to see if you can add some more details to your own sheet.  You have 5 minutes!

Agenda:
1. Biochemistry Jeopardy - deciding rules.... & teams...

Homework:
-Test 2 tomorrow, Tues, Oct 19th

Quote:
"Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely." ~Auguste Rodin

October 15, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get the handout at the front and read through the description of X-Ray Crystallography quietly to yourself.  I will be splitting the class into groups for a discussion momentarily....Think, Pair, Share


Agenda:
1. Final parts of Ch 3 - Nucleic Acids
2. Chapter Review & organizer
3. Quest: Food for Thought/Review for test


Homework:
-Unit 2 test on Tues, 19th

Quote:
"To reach a port, we must sail--Sail, not tie at anchor--Sail, not drift." ~Franklin Roosevelt

October 12, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please pick up the handout that is up front and quietly read through the questions to familiarize yourselves before the movie.


Agenda:
-Diet wars movie (60min)
-Remainder of class to finish answering the questions or to work on your lab reports..punnett squares..

Homework:
-SCA & Nutritional Analysis lab reports due Friday, 15th


Quote:
"We are what we repeatedly do.  Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~Aristotle

October 8, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get the article at the front "Jamming Their Structures" and read this quietly at your desk (15min).  Please do NOT write on the article, you will be finishing the reading for homework.

Agenda:
1. Analyzing gels, filling in data tables & punnet squares
2. Watch 20 min malaria clip
3. Work on lab report

Homework:
-Finish reading "Jamming Their Structures" article for Tues, 12th.  After, write down 3 things that surprised you, 2 questions you have, and 1 way you can connect this article to the lab report.
-SSA/Electrophoresis lab report & Nutritional analysis lab report due Fri, 15th

Quote:
"I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and Fries." ~Stephen King

October 7, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get out your notes for the Pyramid paper we read yesterday so we can continue note-taking.  ALSO get the handouts at the front.

Agenda:
1. Finish Pyramid notes
2. Health/Nutrition papers
3. Watch Calories & drinks movies

Homework:
-Sickle Cell Anemia lab due Tues, 12th
-Nutrional analysis lab due Friday, 15th

Quote:
"If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask?  Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?" ~Scott Adams

October 6, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please pick up the handout "Rebuilding the Food Pyramid" and read it quietly to yourself.

Agenda:
1. Debrief yesterday's disaster
2. Hand out Super Foods & "My Pyramid" patterns
3. Discuss lab reports, expectations & make up

Homework:
-Food diary data sheets from .gov website due Friday, 8th

Quote:
"A positive attitude may not solve all of your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort." ~Herm Albright

October 5, 2010

Daily Questions:
If you have movie questions to turn in, please do, then stay packed up to go to the library for our diet study.  There is a handout describing the activity at the front desk you need to pick up and read quietly before we go. :O)

Agenda:
1. Hand back lab notebooks - key features
2. Library visit for the diet study
3. Debriefing electropheresis

Homework:
-Print out any additional documents from Dietary study for lab report

Quote:
"I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it." ~Frank Howard Clark

October 4, 2010

Daily Questions:
Pretend you are trying to create directions for next semester's students who will be taking Advanced Bio & need to know how to be careful when loading their samples into the electropheresis gel.  Make a numbered list of details you would want them to know before trying to do this procedure on their own.  I will collect these, but first we'll share as a group.

Agenda:
1.  Move about mad cow, prions, 3D shape changes, etc..

Homework:
-Make contact to me through the blog!  Post a comment on Friday's, Monday's or Tuesday's posting BEFORE 2pm Tuesday, Oct 5th
-Bring food diaries to class Tues, 5th

Quote:
"The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it." ~Jean Paul

October 1, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get out the sports article from yesterday and finish up the 5 questions with answers.  These can go into the homework folder when you are finished.

Agenda:
1. Analyzing electrophoresis data
2. Making punnet squares
3. Short movie clip of malaria & connection to sickle cell

Homework:
-Get on the blog this weekend, follow the blog, and post a message, due Tues, Oct 5th

Quote:
"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living.  The world owes you nothing.  It was here first." ~Mark Twain

September 30, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get the handout from the desk and quietly read directions for "Method 2" concerning electrophoresis.


Agenda:
1. Split class - half will be injecting their samples into wells, half will be quietly reading the Sports article concerning Sickle Cell trait carriers & effects of being heterozygous.
2. Watch short video?

Homework:
-Friday is the last day to make up the Ch 1 & 2 test
-Food diary due Tues, 5th

Quote:
"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?" ~Satchel Paige

September 29, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get out the handout from yesterday that has the image of a hemoglobin on one side, and lab directions on the other.  Then, quietly read this page of directions/introductions to yourself.

Agenda:
1. Purpose of the Sickle cell lab
2. How to pour agarose gel
3. Gel vs. sponge talk
4. PIPL talk?

Homework:
-Ch 3 part 2 questions due today
-Food diary extension, until next Tues, 5th!

Quote:
"Until you value yourself, you won't value your time.  Until you value your time, you won't do anything with it." ~M. Scott Peck

September 28, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get out the Hemoglobin article from yesterday & quietly read this to yourself.  When you are finished, you should start answering the questions on the back side of the article.

Agenda:
1. Handout diagram of Hemoglobin
2. Egg whites & acid demo
3. Go over sickle cell lab intro
4. PIPL discussion


Homework:
-Part 2 ch3 questions due Wed, 29th
-Food diary due Thurs, 30th
-Last day to make up Ch 1 & 2 test is Friday, 1st

Quote:
"Common sense is not so common." ~Voltaire

September 27, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please quietly read pages 42-44 in your books, then make a list of the important vocab that is bolded on these pages.  You are encouraged to TAKE NOTES of these pages in addition to the vocabulary!


Agenda:
1. Handback work
2.  Polar vs Non Polar - how determined?
3. Heme & Protein notes
4. Article: Hemoglobin & questions

Homework:
-Why Carbon lab report due TODAY
-Food diary due Tues, Wed, Thurs...
-Ch 3 part 2 questions due Wed, 29th
-Deadline to make up Ch 1 & 2 test is Friday, 31st

Quote:
"The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat." ~Lily Tomlin

September 24, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please pick up the article: "Trans Fatty Acids" on the desk and quietly read this to yourself.  When you have finished, please start answering the questions on the back.  We will get into groups when everyone is finished reading to collaborate for the quetions.

Agenda:
-WORKSHOP day-
-Lab report
-Ch 3 part 2 questions
-Discuss articles
-Hand back tests!

Homework:
-Lab Report Why Carbon? due Monday, 27th
-Food diary log due Tues, 28th
-Ch 3 part 2 questions due Wed, 29th

Quote:
"Always forgive your enemies- nothing annoys them so much." ~Oscar Wilde

September 23, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get out the "Hitting the Sweet Spot" article, and the questions, and answer questions 1 & 2.

Agenda:
1. Finish reading Sweet Spot article & questions
2. Milk activity
3. Trans Fat article & questions
4. Handout lipids diagram/notes

Homework:
-Ch 3 part 1 questions due Fri, 24th
-Lab report due Mon, 27th
-Food diary finished for Tues, 28th

Quote:
"Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed." ~George Burns

September 22, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please pick up the handout at the front and read through the parts of a lab report & the grading rubric on the back side of the paper.

Agenda:
1. Finish building carbon molecules (15 min)
2. Modeling dehydration synthesis & hydrolysis with glucose molecules
3. Read article: Hitting the Sweet Spot aloud in class & answering questions
4. Food Diary handout! & Milk $$

Homework:
-Ch 3 part 1 questions due Friday, 24th
-Lab report for Why Carbon? due Monday, 24th
-Collect food diary data for Tues, 28th

Quote:
"Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction." ~Anne Frank

September 21, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please pick up the handout near the front and begin reading through the directions for building carbon molecules.  Use your textbook and friends in the classroom to determine formulas for the structures you will be creating.  This will be the first lab report we put into the lab notebooks!

Agenda:
1. Building carbon molecules
2. Handout Ch 3 questions (part1)

Homework:
-Ch 3 part 1 questions due Friday, 24th

Quote:
"Are you a dreamer or are you merely a part of someone's dream?" ~Alice in Wonderland

September 20, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please clear your desk for the test!

Agenda:
1. Ch 1 & 2 test
2. Begin quietly reading Ch 3 after you have completed the test

Homework:
NONE!

Quote:
"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself." ~John Dewey

September 17, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please pick up the "Kuru" questions handout up front and quietly read through the questions.  Begin filling in the steps for the scientific method to go along with question #2.  ALSO get out your prion paper to go over questions in class.

Agenda:
1. Go over Prion paper
2. Watch Kuru & answer questions
3. Go over questions

Homework:
-Study for Ch 1 & 2 test on Mon, Sept 20th

Quote:
"Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine." ~Robert C. Gallagher

September 16, 2010

Daily Questions:
DO NOT PASS IN your Chemistry worksheet or the Penny Lab questions.  INSTEAD, keep these at your desk and discuss your findings/questions with a neighbor QUIETLY!

Agenda:
1. Check out Ptable.com - Atomic radius vs Electronegativity trends
2. Expert groups for Ch 2 questions
3. Chemistry worksheet questions?
4. Prion discussion & test review

Homework:
-Study for Ch 1 & 2 Test on MONDAY, Sept 20th
-GET A LAB NOTEBOOK!

Quote:
"A person without a sense of humore is like a wagon without springs.  It's jolted by every pebble on the road." ~Henry Ward Beecher

September 15, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please pick up the Review Sheet for Test 1 at the front of the room & peruse.  We will have class time today (and a bit tomorrow) to review, answer questions & prepare for the test on Friday.

Agenda:
1. Expert groups for Ch 1 questions
2. Bonding & Dot Structures Keynote & IMF Keynote
3. Expert groups for Ch 2 questions
4. Prion paper discussion

Homework:
-Have lab notebooks ASAP (can get some from me if you need to)
-Chem worksheet due Thurs, 16th
-Penny mini lab questions due Thurs, 16th
-Ch 1 & 2 test on Friday, 17th

Quote:
"The time I kill is killing me." ~Mason Cooley

September 14, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get the handout from the table near the door and read through the procedures for the Penny Lab.

Agenda:
1. Lab Station assignments & clean out
2. Paperclip guessing game
3. Water on a Penny mini lab
4. Hand out periodic table, chemistry worksheet & lab questions

Homework:
- Chemistry worksheet due Thurs, 16th
- Penny Lab questions due Thurs, 16th
-Ch 1 & 2 test on Friday, 17th

Quote:
"A man who dares to waste an hour of time has not discovered the value of life." ~Charles Darwin

September 13, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please pick up the handouts "Characteristics of Life" & "Are Viruses Alive" up front.  In assigned groups, you will be finding evidence indicated in the paper to answer the question asked in the title.  Use the first handout as your guide to determine if viruses meet all of the characteristics.  See board for role descriptions in groups.

Agenda:
1. Assigning lab stations & cleaning equipment (30 min max)
2. Read "A Cult of Proteins" and answer the questions.


Homework:
-Ch 1 & 2 questions due today
-Make up quizzes from absences - please see me after class!
-MUST have a lab notebook for class Tues, 14th

Quote:
"Excellence is not a skill.  It is an attitude." ~Ralph Marston

September 10, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please clear your desks for the Safety & Expectations Quiz.  TURN in ALL work to the homework box!  When you are finished with the quiz, please put in in the homework box also, then pick up the handout "Are Viruses Alive?" and read this quietly at your desk.

Agenda:
1. Safety/Expectations Quiz
2. Read Viruses article & create 5 questions with answers
3. Cleaning equipment & assigning lab stations
4. Handout Ch 2 questions
5. Read article: "A Cult of Proteins" & answer questions on back

Homework:
-Chapter 1 & 2 questions due on Mon, Sept 13th
-Return all parent signature forms ASAP
-Have a comp/lab notebook for Tues, Sept 14th

Quote:
"Weather forecast for tonight: dark." ~ George Carlin

September 9, 2010

Daily Questions:
DON'T get settled!  I've had a change of heart- which means a seat change!  Please notice the homework folders up front!  Then, please get a textbook from the back counter and fill in the sign-off sheet near the stack.

Agenda:
1. Group assignment: The Signs of Life
2. Reporting out in groups what we've decided
3. Read virus handout & create questions
4. Start homework - Ch 1 reading & questions

Homework:
-About Me due TODAY!
-Safety & Expectations quiz on Friday, Sept 10th
-Poem due Friday, Sept 10th
- Ch 1 questions due Mon, Sept 13th

Quote:
"Find a job you like and you add five days to every week." ~H. Jackson Brown, Jr

September 8, 2010

Daily Questions:

WELCOME!  Posted here you will see the first expectations of the class when you arrive.

Agenda:

This will be a list of our planned activities/expectations for the day, for example:

1. Handout Advanced Bio Newsletter - follow on board

2. Handout Parent consent for course to be signed -- bonus points if returned before quiz on Friday!

3. Watch safety video & tour important classroom features

4. Handout "About Me"

5. Handout "I am From" poem & go over

Homework:

1. "About Me" due Thurs, Sept 9th (both front & back)

2. Safety Quiz on Friday, Sept 10th

3. "I am From" poem due Friday, Sept 10th

4. Have a BOUND composition lab notebook for Tues, Sept 14th

Quote:

"Respect yourself and others will respect you." ~Confucius