Biology+11+Daily+Summaries

March 31st 2008

-Microbiology Jeopardy

March 30th 2008

-Helpful and harmful relationships of protists

March 28th 2008

-Live Protist Lab

March 27th 2008

-Plant-like Protists -Looking at prepared slides of Euglena and Vorticella

March 26th 2008

-Animal-like Protists -Looking at prepared slides of animal like protists

March 13th 2008

-Introduction to Protists

March 12th 2008

-Notes on the immune system -Bill Nye videos on bacterial resistance

March 11th 2008

-Bactreria & Virus Crossword Review -Notes on Uses of Bacteria -Video on use of Bacteria as an energy source HW Video 1media type="youtube" key="RFSlaP9hFL0" height="355" width="425"

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March 10th 2008

-Bacterial Culture Lab -Notes on Bacterial Reproduction

March 7th 2008

-Bacterial Shape Lab

March 5th 2008

-Bacteria Introduction

March 4th 2008

-Virus Assignment Due Friday March 14th

March 3rd 2008

-Notes of the immune system

February 29th 2008

-Notes on Lytic cycle and Lysogenic cycle -Cut and paste lytic cycle

February 28th 2008

-What are characteristics of living organisms? -What is a virus? -Structure of a virus -Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics

February 27th 2008

-Unit Test on Evolution

February 26th 2008 Unit Test on Evolution Tomorrow -Video of mating habits of animals -Jeopardy game to review evolution

February 21st 2008 -Notes on DNA and Mutations -DNA Activity --> a single change in a base pair is enough to change the protein that is coded for by the DNA, Most mutations are negative or neutral some may be beneficial -Evolution Review: Reviewing Darwin & Lamarck, Types of evidence, punctuated equilibrium, and gradualism

February 20th 2008

February 19th 2008

-Microscope Quest Tomorrow
 * Parts and Functions (you will be given a diagram of a microscope and asked to label the parts a give their functions
 * Depth of Field
 * Field of View (Size of the field of view at different powers, estimate the size of an object in the field of view)
 * Conversions
 * Techniques for preparing a wet mount and for staining
 * General use of the microscope ex. If the object you are looking at is too dark what can you do?

February 18th 2008

-Jean Baptiste de Lamarck -Direct and Indirect evidence of evolution

February 14th 2008

-What is evolution --> think pair share -Video on Charles Darwin -Notes on Charles Darwin -Bill Nye Video -Vocab

February 13th 2008

-Review quiz -Demonstration on microscope techniques -Microscope lab

Check out the article that I posted in the class discussion.

February 12th 2008

-Quiz on taxonomy -Microscope parts (there is a video if you want extra review) -Unit conversions and Estimating size

February 11th 2008

-Describing objects. Remember to ensure that you are describing objects in ways that are not contextual or with characteristics that change -Dichotomous Keys -Dichotomous Key Assignment - due Thursday February 14th. Don't forget to check the marking key to ensure that you have included everything __***QUIZ TOMORROW***__ Taxonomy, naming, and dichotomous keys will be covered - check out the classification rap to review the 7 taxons

February 8th 2008

-What makes a good classification system? -Notes on taxonomy notes sheet can be found in the homework and worksheets section -WS on taxonomy and dichotomous key -Amazing 80's video of classification titled "Classification Rap" in the video section

February 7th 2008

-Reviewed scientific method worksheet -Fields of science scavenger hunt

February 6th 2008

What is a variable? -Notes on graphs (I will try to get these scanned and posted soon) -Mosquito Lab (I will scan this and post it in the homework and worksheets section) -Mr Cameron's Wikispace, you are here so I will assume that you got this part
 * Q/D:** Is a car living? Present both sides of this argument
 * Don't forget to go to the homework section for today's homework and instructions for setting up your account***