May 9

WB page 79


Signed Interim

Some of my best Brags & Whines

For this activity I gave my students the choice to "brag" or "whine" about being a certain type of plant. They could have chosen non-vascular plants, angiosperm (flowering plants), or gymnosperm (cone bearing plants). Here were some of my better Brags & Whines. [spelling is their own]

" It is terrible being an angiosperm. I am beutiful but people are always touching me. Bugs are always flying inside of me. And one day I'm going to be picked out of my roots!"

"Its pretty cool to have such massive cones. Kids throw my future offspring at other kids. All the other trees are always looking at my massive cones. The oak tree next to me is all over my pine needles."

"I'm so proud to be a gymnosperm! I'm way more wise than the other and I've been around long before angiosperms. I have no problem getting water because I am a vascular plant. My boyfriend is a male cone and I'm obviously a female cone. We all have the same common ancestor of green algae but I'm definitely cooler than both angiosperms or non vascular plants. I don't even need water to reproduce!"

"This sucks not having veins. I can't stay hydrated and I can't go far on land because I need the water. The water is so boring, and wet. I'm so jealous of those angiosperms. I'm so ugly"

"It's so great to be non-vasculer. My name is Mr. Green Algae and I am [not] a plant. All year I stay well hydrated at my home on an island in a river; it's paradise. I have lots of neighbors that have lots in common with me; in fact, I'm related to them. I get enough minerals because the water is constantly moving minerals so I don't need great roots, I love being non-vascular."

"I'm so pretty because I'm designed to attract everyone. It's so awesome, I can reporduce all by myself. Pollinators come to me all the time because my flower is so brightly colored and attractive. It took me a while to evolve so I'm newer and better than everyone."

"I am an angiosperm and I love it! Pollen always come to me from the wind, animals, or even water. I also get to tan out in the sun and make my own food. My flower petals are so pretty and pollenators love me for them."

"I love being a tullip. I'm just so beautiful. People love to smell me because of the hormones I let out. I love it. I get to fly far from my parents, theyr so annoying! Its the best!"

"Being a gymnosperm sucks. People always cut me down at Christmas time and put me in their houses. People eat me. We use pine trees in our houses."

Plant Review Answers

1. green algae
2. prevent H2O (water) loss, getting needed materials (water & minerals), and reproduction
3. cuticle
4. vascular tissue
5. xylem
6. phloem
7. alternation of generations
8. gametophyte
9. lack support of vascular tissue & have to transport material using osmosis/diffusion
10. water
11. gymnosperms
12. # of cotleydons, root, stem, leaves, floral parts
13. primary: length; secondary: width
14. stomata
15. guard cells
16. pollen
17. coat, embryo, endosperm (food)
18. seed leaf, can be used to store food
19. p- transfer of pollen; f- union of egg/sperm
20. wind, water, animals
21. the ovary changes into a fruit
22. dormancy
23. phototropism
24. thigmotropism
25. geo- or gravitropism
26. auxin
27. ethylene

Mini Mimi

1. Go to the following website & clone Mimi the Mouse:

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/tech/cloning/clickandclone/

2. Then go here to help you answer the questions:

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/tech/cloning/whatiscloning/

Vocab 10

Vocab Quiz on Monday


Test on Tuesday (Study Karyotypes, Pedigrees, and Biotech notes)

March 28

Finish your lab. Due tomorrow.


Review Questions Powerpoint

Self-check quizzes (Do chapter 12 sections 1-3) http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078675642/student_view0/self-check_quizzes.html

Other Practice: http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/exceptions-to-simple-dominance-codominance-and-incomplete-dominance.html

March 27

Read Section 12.2 and do questions 1-5 on page 322.

Photosynthesis packet

page 1
page 2
page 3
page 4
page 5
page 6
page 7
page 8
page 9
page 10
notes 1
notes 2

Packet & Vocab links

->Midterm Packet Answers<-


E-mail me if you can't get the packet to show up.

ALL VOCAB FOR THE QUARTER

Mar 19

Study for the Test


MOST of your Midterm Packet (Not the Ch 10 Packet) should be done. Due Thursday.


Test Wednesday
Midterm Friday

Mar 16

Midterm packet pages 2-6 should be completed over the weekend. 

Mar 15

Midterm Packet page 2-3


Vocab Quiz tomorrow.

Midterm Review Packet pg 1-3

Answers to the Midterm Review Packet
Page 1


Page 2


Page 3

March 14

Homework: Workbook pg 45


Coming up:
Friday- Vocab Quiz
Wed- Meiosis & Mendel Test
Next Friday (3/23)- MIDTERM

All Vocab for the Quarter

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

March 12

Study for your Test.

Vocab Week 7

Sorry I posted this so late. Send me an e-mail if you don't get it done by tomorrow.

Vocab Week 7

Mar 6 & 7

Homework:
WB page 47-50 due Friday
Vocab

Mar 1

Finish coloring & labeling Mitosis diagram (easy homework grade!!!)
Colors:
centrioles- orange
spindle fibers- yellow
centromeres- red
nucleolus- purple
chromatin/nucleus- blue
chromosomes- black
cell wall- green
animal cytoplasm- pink/tan
plant cytoplasm- light green

Vocab definitions due tomorrow. Quiz on Vocab tomorrow.

Coming up:
Tuesday- Mitosis Quiz

Feb 29

Vocab due Friday

Link to notes here.

Feb 28

Test Tomorrow. Study :)

Week 6 Vocab

Link to Week 6 Vocab

https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRiILMchrCJ9gYAjOlt_wypDYHa83JP4ADX3jQ9XfOYHvdn4fSl

Cell Energy Online Games & Review

1. Shows photosynthesis and cell respiration (their reactants & products) http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspView&ResourceID=455

2. Who wants to be a millionaire type review of photosynthesis & fermentation
http://www.quia.com/rr/194891.html

3. Photosynthesis review
http://www.quia.com/rr/216175.html

4. Respiration review
http://www.quia.com/rr/216170.html

5. Various types of review
http://www.science-class.net/Biology/Photosynthesis.htm

Feb 27

Homework:

• Get Interim signed
• Complete Photo Packet for Wednesday

Coming Up:

Wednesday- Cell Energy Test

Friday- Vocab quiz

Light Lab Link

Today in class we are going to do a light lab.

You can find the link here: www.assessnet.org.uk/e-learning/course/view.php?id=55

Login: granitecity

Password: biology

After logging in you may need to click the link above again.

Follow the instructions on your simulation sheet.

Feb 22

Homework:
Energy and Life WS (what you picked up at the beginning of class)
Vocab (due Friday)

Coming up:
Fri- Vocab quiz & ALL work due if you want the grade on your interim.

Week 5 Vocab

Here is the link to the week 5 vocabulary words. Vocab Quiz next Friday!

Week 5 Vocab

Feb 17

No homework, enjoy the long weekend

Feb 16

Your Cell Test is tomorrow. Study your microscope lab & ws, your cell theory packet (which includes plasma membrane, cell transport, osmosis, etc).

Vocab due tomorrow.

Feb 15

Homework:

• Vocab due Friday

Coming Up:

Friday- Cell Test

Feb 14

Homework:

• Workbook page 29-32 due tomorrow!
• Vocab words due Friday

Coming up:

Wed: Organelle Quiz

Fri: Cell Test

Feb 13

Homework:

• finish cell lab (due tomorrow)
• WB pages 29-32 due Wednesday

Vocab words for this week- due Friday!

Coming up-

WED- WB pages due

            Organelle Quiz

FRI- Vocab definitions due

         Vocab Quiz

Feb 10

Homework:
WB page 29

Coming up:
Wednesday: Organelle Quiz and WB pages 29-32 due

Feb 9

Vocab definitions due tomorrow.
Bring at least 1 egg for our lab!


Vocab Quiz tomorrow

Feb 8

Homework:

• finish microscope lab if you did not finish in class
• Vocab definitions due Friday

Other: All labs should now be turned in to me. Test grades should be posted later tonight on engrade. If you need to know your username and password then send me an e-mail. 

Feb 7

Homework:

-Formal Lab Report on the Seed Lab due tomorrow. Here is a copy of the outline.
-Microscope Worksheet due tomorrow. (MUST HAVE TO COMPLETE NEXT LAB)

Link to vocab.

Feb 2

Finish Vocab definitions to turn in tomorrow.

Vocab Quiz tomorrow!!!

Coming up:
Tuesday- Chemistry Unit Test
Wednesday- Formal Lab report due for Seed Lab

Feb 1

Formal lab report due next Wednesday (2/8).

Coming up:
Friday- vocab definitions due and vocab quiz
Tuesday- Test

Jan 31

Workbook page 25. (Due tomorrow)

Coming up:
Friday- Vocab definitions due and Vocab Quiz
Next Tuesday- Test

Jan 30

No homework.

Vocabulary definitions due Friday. Didn't get all the vocab copied down? Look here.

Coming up:
Vocab quiz Friday (2/3)
Test next Tuesday (2/7)

Jan 27

Workbook pages 5-6 due on Monday. (Check answers to study for test)

TEST Monday!!

24 Jan 2012

Homework:

Finish the Root Words worksheet (taken for a grade tomorrow)

Get your syllabus, info sheet, and lab safety rules signed by parents.

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