Blocks 2/3 week of April 18th

Blocks 2 & 3:

Tuesday - return and correct Taxonomy, Monera & Protista tests and review for tomorrow's midterm

Reminder re: Midterm: 31 m.c., 12 matching, 3 diagrams to label and/or discuss, 12 short answer BUT you choose 6 to respond to.  No organelles, mitosis or meiosis...start at genetics.

Wednesday - Midterm

Thursday - Porifera notes, worksheet on porifera (due at end of class... key found here)

Friday - Cnidaria notes, Draw the Life Cycle of a Cnidarian, Start Lab: Exploring Cnidarians

Blocks 2 & 3 - week of April 10th

Blocks 2 & 3

Midterm next Wednesday!!!

Monday - Presentations, Key for Protists notes found here, Review for tomorrow's test (quizlet and review sheet under review tab above).  For test identify and label: bacteria and the 3 protists (euglena, paramecium, amoeba)
Tuesday - Test on Taxonomy (Classification), Kingdom Monera and Kingdom Protista
Wednesday - starting Kingdom Animalia & Review time
Thursday - Phylum Porifera & Review time
Midterm next Wednesday

AM Bio 11 week of April 10th

Before-school Biology 11 class:

Monday - For homework you watched and wrote notes Mrs. Shuck's vodcast on Characteristics of Phylum Chordata.  Today we will dissect Subphylum Vertebrata in a little more detail by completing a table on the 7 classes.

Homework: Watch this video on external frog anatomy

Wednesday - Lab: Frog External Anatomy - drawings, fill-in-the blanks and questions are due today!

Homework: Watch this video on internal frog anatomy

Thursday - Lab: Internal Frog Dissection - drawings and questions due on Monday

Reminder: Test on Arthropods & Chordates on Monday, April 24th

Blocks 2 & 3 - week of Apr 3rd

Here is the plan (if you are/were away, you will need to check with a friend to see what we got to).  Early notice: Kingdom Monera & Protista test next Tuesday.

Monday - Submit formal bacteria labs (3 of them); Bacteria notes (continued) and Evolution and ecology of bacteria notes

Tuesday - Guest speaker: "The Science in Sports" - please take a moment to complete this survey AFTER our presentation (http://mysurvey.letstalkscience.ca/). Antibiotic resistance article and questions.

Wednesday - Introduction to Kingdom Protista and start on guided notes for the phyla of protista

Thursday - Lab: Live Protist Culture (observe & complete table in lab).  When finished, continue with guided notes from yesterday.

Friday - WEAR RED - Go Spartans!!!  Flex day: finish up any loose ends from this unit and review for Tuesday's test on Kingdom Monera & Protista.

AM Class - week of Apr 3rd

Monday - Notes: Arthropoda   

Homework: watch both videos below in preparation for Wednesday lab (note - class on Wednesday this week NOT Thursday)

External Crayfish Dissection 

Internal Crayfish Dissection

Wednesday - Crayfish dissection (Diagrams and questions due Monday)

Homework: complete lab and write notes from this introductory video on Phylum Chordata