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
Friday, October 29, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
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
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
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
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
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
Monday, October 25, 2010
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
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
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
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
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
Monday, October 18, 2010
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
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
Friday, October 15, 2010
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
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
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
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
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
Friday, October 8, 2010
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
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
Thursday, October 7, 2010
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
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
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
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
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
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
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
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
Monday, October 4, 2010
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
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
Friday, October 1, 2010
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
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
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