4/23/10 Warm up

• Warm up: What patterns have you noticed in your data so far?

4/21/10 Warm up

• Warm up: What does autotrophic mean?

• Review: What does heterotrophic mean?

4/20/10 Warm up

• Warm up:What does “prokaryotic” mean?

• Review: What kinds of environments can Archaebacteria inhabit?

4/19/10 Warm up• Warm up: In which environments

does your bacteria live? (from your project)

• Review: How do bacteria get resistant to antibiotics?

4/13/10 Warm up• Warm up:What is going well with

your experiment? What could be improved?

• Review:In which environments can your chosen species of bacteria live?

4/14/10 Warm up• Warm up:What is going well with

your experiment? What could be improved?

• Review:Are bacteria unicellular or multicellular?

4/1/10 Warm up• Warm up: Why is it important to identify

sources of error for an experiment?

• Review: Describe 2 sources of error that your group tried to control in the experiment plan?

3/31/10 Warm up• Warm up: Which kind of information should

be on the “X” axis of a graph? • Which belong on the “Y” axis?

• Review:Which information did you put on the “X” axis of

your graph?Which information did you put on the “Y” axis?

3/30/10 Warm up• Warm up: Why is it important to change only

1 variable in an experiment?

• Review: Which variable did your group change?

• List at least 3 variables that your group will attempt to control (keep the same).

3/29/10 Warm up• Warm up: Why is it important to

introduce background information at the beginning of an experiment report?

• Review: Which prompt did your group choose?

3/17/10 Warm up• Warm up: No warm up today

• 3/18/10:• If you could go anywhere for spring

break, where would it be and why?

3/16/10 Warm up• Warm up:What kinds of yes/no questions did you

use to separate object from your collection (in class yesterday)?

Write at least 3 of the questions that you used.

3/15/10 Warm up• Warm up:

Why is it important to use yes/no questions when generating a classification chart?

3/12/10 Warm up• Warm up:

Describe all the characteristics that make plants different from animals.

Use at least 3 complete sentences

3/11/10 Warm up• Warm up:No warm up today.

3/10/10 Warm up• Warm up:Think of something that you collect or have a lot of. How do you organize those items?

Activities:Classification discussionp.453 quick lab togetherClassification lab

Reading notes 18.2 pp.451-455 due THURS at warm up

3/9/10 Warm up• Warm up:• How many hours of sleep do you get on an

average week night?

• (the reading assignment we are doing today relates to hours of sleep)

3/8/10 Warm up• Warm up:

• What is a simile?

Warm up

No warm up questions March 3-5

We were state testing

3/2/10 Biology• Warm up:• What is the procedure for finding out what

the warm up question was from an absence?• Answer: (3 parts)Check the website found in “Department resources” section

of the high school website. Click on the warm up questions link. Also check the green wall for a printed copy to borrow

during work time.

3/1/10 Biology• Warm up:• What is the procedure for finding out what

assignments were given when you were absent?

• Answer: Collect the class calendar from the red folder on the green wall when you return. The due date is extended 1 day if the absence was excused.

2/26/10 Biology • Warm up:• What is the most abundant gas in

the Earth’s atmosphere?

• How much of the atmosphere is made up of this gas?

2/25/10 Biology• Warm up: Which natural force

most likely caused the layers to deform into the wavy pattern?

A

D

C

B

1 2

3

4

2/24/10 Biology• Warm up: Place the fossils

(1,2,3,4) in order from youngest to oldest. Explain how you know your order is correct.

A

D

C

B

1 2

3

4

2/23/10 Biology• Warm up:According to the most current scientific

evidence, how many years ago did two large objects collide to form our planet?

Rephrase the question into your answer:“According to the most current scientific

evidence….”Activities:-State test review “Fearless planet” notes -radiometric dating -ages of fossils

2/22/10 Biology• Warm up:What is the hardest thing that you have ever

done that ended in success?

Activities:

p.299 #1-6 + visual think due at warm up

State test review : EARTH SCIENCE

2/19/10 Biology• Warm up:• Explain why some

genes are linked meaning that they are inherited together.

Activities:Essay due at warm upQuizp.299 #1-6 and visual

thinking due MON at warm up

2/18/10 Biology• Warm up:• Explain what happens

between Telophase I and Prophase II of meiosis to make it so that the number of chromosomes is half.

Activities:Study guide Free-response essay due @warm up FRI

2/17/10 Biology• Warm up:• Which kind of cells are made by the process of

meiosis?

Activities:11.5 reading notes due @ warm upMeiosis cutouts due @ warm up THURSIf we have time…Free-response essay due THURS @ end of the period.

2/16/10 Biology• Warm up:• Why is it important to have genetic variation in a

population of organisms?

Activities:p.278 #1-5 and connecting concepts due at warm up

Graded work is returnedQuiz correctionsMeiosis cutouts due WED @ warm up11.5 reading notes due WED @ warm up

2/11/10 Biology• Warm up:• What is the difference between a haploid cell and a

diploid cell? See page 275

Activities:-Reading notes 11-4 (pp.275-278) due THURS-Notes: meiosis

p.278 #1-5 and connecting concepts

2/10/10 Biology• Warm up:• Describe one of Mendel’s principles of

heredity.

Activities:-review notes due at warm up-QUIZ TODAYReading notes 11-4 (pp.275-278) due THURS

2/5/10 Biology• Warm up: (20 points)Explain how traits are inherited.Use the following terms in your paragraph:alleletraitdominantrecessivehomozygousheterozygous

Activities:Punnett square worksheet due @ warm up-Work sheet : genetics practice packet

These words should be used to form

a coherent paragraph that completely

answer the question.

2/4/10 Biology• Warm up: What is gene segregation?

• Activities:Reading notes 11.2 (pp.267-269) due @ warm upp. 269 #1-5 due at the end of the period (we will do

these together if time allows)

Punnett square practice problems progress check Friday at warm up

2/3/10 Biology• Warm up: Describe at least 3 habits that allow students to be

successful in school.

• Activities:-Reading notes 11.1 due @ warm up-Groups divide: p.266 #1-6 + thinking visually

Reading notes 11.2 (pp.267-269) due THURS @ warm up

2/2/10 Biology• Warm up: • List 3 things that can cause cancer.• Hint: (use complete sentences) • -virus (HPV can cause cervical cancer)• -radiation• -carcinogenic chemicals• -heredity can increase risk

• Activities:-QUIZ TODAY-Reading notes 11.1 (pp.263-266) due WED @ warm up

2/1/10 Biology• Warm up: • List the stages of mitosis in order: Hint:

Interphase is the first stage before it begins.

Use complete sentences to answer the questions.

• Activities:-Review of Mitosis

-Notes: regulating the cell cycle

1/29/10 Biology• Warm up: (20 points)• Explain why it is useful for our cells to be designed to die after

a certain amount of time. What happens if they don’t die on schedule?

• Hints:Write your best paragraph with an introductory sentence that rephrases the question.Include reasons for cell death.Include discussion of cancer.

Activities:-p.249 #1-6 due at warm up-experiment report writing (typing if we have time)

1/28/10 Biology• Warm up: In which part of mitosis do the

chromosomes line up along the “equator” of the cell?

• Use complete sentences.• Activities:• Mitosis Flipbooks due today at warm up• Discussion notes “life span” see p.249• Assignments:• p.249 #1-6 due FRI at warm up• Reading notes for pp.244-249 due FRI @ warm up (reading notes were

assigned Tuesday)

1/27/10 Biology

• Warm up: Which part of the cell cycle does a cell spend most of it’s time?

• Use complete sentences.• Activities:• Notes: Mitosis• Mitosis Flipbooks due Thursday at warm up• Reading notes for pp.244-249 due FRI @ warm up

1/26/10 Biology

• Warm up: Why is it important to human health that cells can make a genetically similar copy of itself?

• Activities:• Discussion: cell division• P.243 #1-4 as a class. Due at the end of the discussion.• Reading notes for pp.244-249 due FRI @ warm up

1/25/10 Biology

• Warm up: Describe something about yourself that you are proud of.

• Activities:• Reading notes pp.241-243 due @ warm up• Review classroom procedures• Test corrections• Discussion notes