Periods 1 and 5
The digestive and nutrition unit test was today. Your projects are due tomorrow - don't forget to bring your "new and improved" food and any necessary tools you need to serve it!
Period 2
Day 2 - no class!
Period 6
We started with a challenging "Do Now" that combined dihybrid crosses, incomplete dominance, and codominance! Then we went over the weekend's homework problems to review incomplete dominance and codominance. You will have a quiz tomorrow on monohybrid and dihybrid crosses (complete dominance / "regular" problems), incomplete dominance, and codominance.
Period 7
We started with a challenging "Do Now" problem that combined dihybrid crosses and incomplete dominance. We went over the weekend's homework problems to review incomplete dominance and then I introduced codominance. Codominance was easy because the problems look the same as incomplete dominance, the phenotypes just show up differently (both traits show at the same time rather than blend together). You will have a quiz tomorrow on monohybrid and dihybrid crosses (complete dominance / "regular" problems), incomplete dominance, and codominance.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Friday, April 2, 2010
Period 1
Day 1 - no class! Work on your project and study for your test!
Period 2
We reviewed dihybrid crosses and decided it was time to move on! We learned some exceptions to Mendel's Rules - starting with Incomplete Dominance (check yellow "how to" packet)
Homework: Incomplete Dominance WS #15-18, 22
Period 5
We did the "Day in the Life of a Bite of Pizza" activity as review. If you were absent, you are still responsible for completing a version of this, please see me for more info!
Homework: Test Monday, Project Tuesday! Then we can.... breathe.... (well, you can. I have to grade like a crazy woman!)
Period 6
We checked over the incomplete dominance worksheet and went over codominance.
Day 1 - no class! Work on your project and study for your test!
Period 2
We reviewed dihybrid crosses and decided it was time to move on! We learned some exceptions to Mendel's Rules - starting with Incomplete Dominance (check yellow "how to" packet)
Homework: Incomplete Dominance WS #15-18, 22
Period 5
We did the "Day in the Life of a Bite of Pizza" activity as review. If you were absent, you are still responsible for completing a version of this, please see me for more info!
Homework: Test Monday, Project Tuesday! Then we can.... breathe.... (well, you can. I have to grade like a crazy woman!)
Period 6
We checked over the incomplete dominance worksheet and went over codominance.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Hi everyone.... yes I lost track of this blog when I was sick last week. I'm back at it now so hopefully I'll be more consistent! I'm still learning about if this blogging thing is for me! (does anyone even read this anyway?? :)
Period 1
We worked on "A Day in the Life of a Bite of Pizza" as a review activity. If you were absent, you are still responsible for completing this activity, in written form, to be part of your quarter 3 grade. Please see me for more info.
Homework: study for Monday's test and work on your project!
Period 2
We checked over the cat genetics packet (and I checked it off) and we did more dihybrid cross practice. I am moving on tomorrow so if you are not 100% confident with what we have done so far, you NEED to come see me!
Homework: Dihybrid practice packet vocab and #1,2,5
Period 5
We finished talking about digestive hormones and enzymes. Then we put it all together into the 3 phases of gastric secretion to finish up the digestive system.
Homework: Test review and project work!
Period 6
We reviewed dihybrid crosses and decided it was time to move on! We learned some exceptions to Mendel's Rules - starting with Incomplete Dominance (check yellow "how to" packet)
Homework: Incomplete Dominance WS #15-18, 22
Period 7
Day 7 - no class!
Period 1
We worked on "A Day in the Life of a Bite of Pizza" as a review activity. If you were absent, you are still responsible for completing this activity, in written form, to be part of your quarter 3 grade. Please see me for more info.
Homework: study for Monday's test and work on your project!
Period 2
We checked over the cat genetics packet (and I checked it off) and we did more dihybrid cross practice. I am moving on tomorrow so if you are not 100% confident with what we have done so far, you NEED to come see me!
Homework: Dihybrid practice packet vocab and #1,2,5
Period 5
We finished talking about digestive hormones and enzymes. Then we put it all together into the 3 phases of gastric secretion to finish up the digestive system.
Homework: Test review and project work!
Period 6
We reviewed dihybrid crosses and decided it was time to move on! We learned some exceptions to Mendel's Rules - starting with Incomplete Dominance (check yellow "how to" packet)
Homework: Incomplete Dominance WS #15-18, 22
Period 7
Day 7 - no class!
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Period 1
I collected your Dietary Analysis (packet with calculations, answers to questions, and food journal if you had it still). Then we talked about how fats are digested in the body. Next, we got into recipe project groups to touch base and take a closer look at exemplar projects. Finally, we watched some more of Gunther's tour of the digestive system!
Homework:
Work on project research
Period 2
MCAS - no class
Period 5
I checked off the "I'm Starving" article questions that were assigned yesterday. Then we talked about the "How Eating Makes You Hungry" article that we read during class and discussed what makes a "good" vs. "bad" carbohydrate. I passed out a handout regarding Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load that will be a resource for your dietary analysis and recipe project. We discussed GI and GL to wrap up carbs. Then we had a few minutes to get into project groups and look a little more closely at the recipe projects. Finally, we used any remaining time to start talking about cholesterol.
Homework: Dietary Analysis due tomorrow!
Period 6
We started with a Do Now looking at a fictional family named the Mendelsons. We looked at their traits and predicted traits of their children. This introduced genetics - our new unit! I passed out a vocabulary list and a genetics "how-to" guide - both of which will serve as our unit outline. Then, we talked about Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics, and his experiments with pea plants. We went over the 2 rules he came up with from his experiments and then the 2 Laws that eventually arose out of many genetics experiments over the years. Finally, we tried out a monohybrid cross genetics problem, testing what we remember from 7th grade!
Homework: Read the Mendel cartoon
Period 7
Day 7 - no class!
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Monday, March 22, 2010
Period 1
I checked off the "I'm Starving" article and then spent some time answering questions about the dietary analysis assignment. Next, we revisited GI and GL and talked about their implications as far as carbohydrate digestion and insulin release. Then, we moved on to cholesterol, revisiting the articles that were read when the sub was here last week (received hard copies) and going over "good" (HDL) vs. "bad" (LDL) cholesterol.
Period 2
We started with a Do Now looking at a fictional family named the Mendelsons. We looked at their traits and predicted traits of their children. This introduced genetics - our new unit! We tried out a monohybrid cross genetics problem, testing what we remember from 7th grade!
Homework: Work on Monohybrid Cross packet after MCAS - due Friday
Period 5
We went over some fine details regarding completing the dietary analysis. Then, we talked about carbohydrates and read an article from the South Beach diet regarding digestion of carbs.
Homework: "I'm Starving" article
Period 6
Day 6 - no class
Period 7
We started with a Do Now looking at a fictional family named the Mendelsons. We looked at their traits and predicted traits of their children. This introduced genetics - our new unit! I passed out a vocabulary list and a genetics "how-to" guide - both of which will serve as our unit outline. Then, we talked about Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics, and his experiments with pea plants. We went over the 2 rules he came up with from his experiments and then the 2 Laws that eventually arose out of many genetics experiments over the years. Finally, we tried out a monohybrid cross genetics problem, testing what we remember from 7th grade!
Homework: Read the Mendel cartoon
I collected your Dietary Analysis (packet with calculations, answers to questions, and food journal if you had it still). Then we talked about how fats are digested in the body. Next, we got into recipe project groups to touch base and take a closer look at exemplar projects. Finally, we watched some more of Gunther's tour of the digestive system!
Homework:
Work on project research
Period 2
MCAS - no class
Period 5
I checked off the "I'm Starving" article questions that were assigned yesterday. Then we talked about the "How Eating Makes You Hungry" article that we read during class and discussed what makes a "good" vs. "bad" carbohydrate. I passed out a handout regarding Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load that will be a resource for your dietary analysis and recipe project. We discussed GI and GL to wrap up carbs. Then we had a few minutes to get into project groups and look a little more closely at the recipe projects. Finally, we used any remaining time to start talking about cholesterol.
Homework: Dietary Analysis due tomorrow!
Period 6
We started with a Do Now looking at a fictional family named the Mendelsons. We looked at their traits and predicted traits of their children. This introduced genetics - our new unit! I passed out a vocabulary list and a genetics "how-to" guide - both of which will serve as our unit outline. Then, we talked about Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics, and his experiments with pea plants. We went over the 2 rules he came up with from his experiments and then the 2 Laws that eventually arose out of many genetics experiments over the years. Finally, we tried out a monohybrid cross genetics problem, testing what we remember from 7th grade!
Homework: Read the Mendel cartoon
Period 7
Day 7 - no class!
***
Monday, March 22, 2010
Period 1
I checked off the "I'm Starving" article and then spent some time answering questions about the dietary analysis assignment. Next, we revisited GI and GL and talked about their implications as far as carbohydrate digestion and insulin release. Then, we moved on to cholesterol, revisiting the articles that were read when the sub was here last week (received hard copies) and going over "good" (HDL) vs. "bad" (LDL) cholesterol.
Period 2
We started with a Do Now looking at a fictional family named the Mendelsons. We looked at their traits and predicted traits of their children. This introduced genetics - our new unit! We tried out a monohybrid cross genetics problem, testing what we remember from 7th grade!
Homework: Work on Monohybrid Cross packet after MCAS - due Friday
Period 5
We went over some fine details regarding completing the dietary analysis. Then, we talked about carbohydrates and read an article from the South Beach diet regarding digestion of carbs.
Homework: "I'm Starving" article
Period 6
Day 6 - no class
Period 7
We started with a Do Now looking at a fictional family named the Mendelsons. We looked at their traits and predicted traits of their children. This introduced genetics - our new unit! I passed out a vocabulary list and a genetics "how-to" guide - both of which will serve as our unit outline. Then, we talked about Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics, and his experiments with pea plants. We went over the 2 rules he came up with from his experiments and then the 2 Laws that eventually arose out of many genetics experiments over the years. Finally, we tried out a monohybrid cross genetics problem, testing what we remember from 7th grade!
Homework: Read the Mendel cartoon
Friday, March 19, 2010
Period 1
We started talking about nutrition by going over some vocabulary using the PowerPoint and an article called "Why Eating Makes Your Hungry" from the South Beach Diet. I also handed out a summary of the glycemic index and glycemic load.
Homework: "I'm Starving!" article questions
Periods 2, 6, 7
Today we took the 75-point "Quest" on ATP, cellular respiration, and photosynthesis (chapter 9). After the quest, we gathered data from our photosynthesis/cellular respiration lab demo that we set up yesterday. The analysis and conclusion questions (and entire completed packet) are due Monday (except for period 6: due Tuesday).
Homework: Finish lab packet
Period 5
Day 5 - no class! Work on dietary analysis (due Wed)!
We started talking about nutrition by going over some vocabulary using the PowerPoint and an article called "Why Eating Makes Your Hungry" from the South Beach Diet. I also handed out a summary of the glycemic index and glycemic load.
Homework: "I'm Starving!" article questions
Periods 2, 6, 7
Today we took the 75-point "Quest" on ATP, cellular respiration, and photosynthesis (chapter 9). After the quest, we gathered data from our photosynthesis/cellular respiration lab demo that we set up yesterday. The analysis and conclusion questions (and entire completed packet) are due Monday (except for period 6: due Tuesday).
Homework: Finish lab packet
Period 5
Day 5 - no class! Work on dietary analysis (due Wed)!
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Period 1
I went over the dietary analysis packet and questions (due Tuesday). Then, we went over the rest of the digestive system anatomy and watched a bit of Gunther!
Homework: Work on Dietary Analysis
Periods 2, 6, 7
We started class with a "Do Now" by filling out a table showing the big picture concepts behind cellular respiration and photosynthesis (organelles, organisms, products, reactants, purpose of each). Then we compared and contrasted the processes. Finally, I showed the first part of a 2-day demo investigating how cellular respiration and photosynthesis are related to one another, using my own breath (CO2) and a photosynthetic plant.
Homework: Chapter 9 Quest tomorrow!
Period 5
We went to A202 to work on analyzing our diets using Nutritiondata.com. I passed out the packet that goes along with the analysis and explained the assignment.
Homework: Finish Harvard WebQuest for Monday, Dietary Analysis due Wednesday
I went over the dietary analysis packet and questions (due Tuesday). Then, we went over the rest of the digestive system anatomy and watched a bit of Gunther!
Homework: Work on Dietary Analysis
Periods 2, 6, 7
We started class with a "Do Now" by filling out a table showing the big picture concepts behind cellular respiration and photosynthesis (organelles, organisms, products, reactants, purpose of each). Then we compared and contrasted the processes. Finally, I showed the first part of a 2-day demo investigating how cellular respiration and photosynthesis are related to one another, using my own breath (CO2) and a photosynthetic plant.
Homework: Chapter 9 Quest tomorrow!
Period 5
We went to A202 to work on analyzing our diets using Nutritiondata.com. I passed out the packet that goes along with the analysis and explained the assignment.
Homework: Finish Harvard WebQuest for Monday, Dietary Analysis due Wednesday
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
I was out sick today and I still don't have a voice, but I'll be back tomorrow! Here is a summary of the sub plans for today. Happy St. Patrick's Day! ~Ms. S
Period 1 – Honors Human Physiology
- Read 2 articles on Cholesterol (“How cholesterol works” and “Cholesterol and triglycerides”) and complete questions. Students should complete these during class to be checked tomorrow.
- Also, if students have not finished the Harvard Public Health webquest assigned last Friday, this should be finished for homework. It will also be checked tomorrow.
Periods 2, 6, 7 – Biology **Don't forget, your Ning project is due tomorrow!**
- Complete double sided worksheet that says “Photosynthesis vs. Cellular Respiration” (or something close to that!) – one side has a large picture of a chloroplast and mitochondrion with arrows going between them and the other side is questions. Students should complete this worksheet during class and turn in.
- Once finished, work on green Chapter 9 review sheet. The 75-point test is this Friday.
Period 5 – Honors Human Physiology **we will go to A202 tomorrow to analyze your food journal**
- Complete same articles and questions on Cholesterol from period 1. It will be checked tomorrow.
- Sub should have also distributed the worksheet that reads “Harvard School of Public Health’s Nutrition Source” – students should complete these in their notes by Monday. The link can be found on the class website.
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