Thursday, September 30, 2010

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

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

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

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

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

Monday, September 27, 2010

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

Friday, September 24, 2010

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

Thursday, September 23, 2010

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

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

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

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

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

Monday, September 20, 2010

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

Friday, September 17, 2010

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

Thursday, September 16, 2010

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

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

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

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

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

Monday, September 13, 2010

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

Friday, September 10, 2010

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

Thursday, September 9, 2010

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

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

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