2nd Period: Due Wednesday 11/8 – On a separate sheet of paper, create a diagram that shows the entire cell cycle. Specific instructions are here. Ms. Lassar has your notebooks, and you probably want to see the notes that are in them. Luckily, you copied down all those notes from THESE SLIDES.
We are getting to the time of year when exams are on a lot of students’ minds. Biology is looking forward to the Required Quarterly Exam (end of October) and AP Environmental Science is gearing up for its first major exam (Tuesday!!).
Our favorite source high school worthy news, Buzzfeed, has published a GREAT list of study strategies to help you through all of your upcoming exams.
However, a major theme in all of these study strategies is the use of spaced practiced (a.k.a. the opposite of cramming). This means that you need to start your studying well ahead of time so your brain has time to turn that weak understanding into lasting knowledge
For another look at study strategies, check out this piece by The Learning Scientists. This educational psychology blog has put together a resource for students about the most heavily supported style of studying: retrieval practice.
Some last words of wisdom:
Effective studying is hard! But don’t give up – the hard work feeling actually indicates that you’re learning. Easy studying (like re-reading) is just not very effective.
Don’t be afraid to take breaks! Spacing out your practice (over hours or days) is crucial to let your brain move the new information into long term storage.
Test yourself in as many ways as you can! Make up questions, use flashcards, try to write out your notes from memory. There are infinite ways to test yourself.
Teach someone else! This requires a DEEP understanding of the material. If you can convince a friend or family member to sit and listen to you teach them about specialized cells/speciation/genetics/ecology you will be doing yourself a big service.
Do you like to watch House, M.D. or other medical mystery shows?
While the Vital Signs articles published by Discover are only available to magazine subscribers*, there are plenty of other opportunities to read real-life medical mysteries online. Here are a two other sources:
Washington Post Medical Mysteries Collection – This archive includes articles published in the monthly Medical Mysteries column. All articles include interview text from the doctor and occasionally the patient. These mysteries provide a view in to the experience of both the diagnosis physician and the patient experiencing the illness.
Medical Daily’s: Top 10 List of Medical Mysteries for 2014 – While this is not an updating collection, this static list of 10 medical mysteries includes some thrilling cases! These mysteries are surprising, gripping, and (of course) 100% true.
Washington Post Medical Mystery Collection
*For more articles from Discover, stop by Ms. Lassar’s room! There are magazines available for students to read and borrow.
Finish any missing Body Systems notes by using these completed slides. Remember: you are responsible for learning the function of each of the 10 body systems AND being able to match important organ to the body system they are a part of.
Finish any missing Body Systems notes by using these completed slides. Remember: you are responsible for learning the function of each of the 10 body systems AND being able to match important organ to the body system they are a part of.
4th period only: Due Monday 10/10 – Complete the Experimental Design Tutorial. The link is on Google Classroom. Completing the tutorial is worth a 10 pt completion grade.
Finish any missing Body Systems notes by using these completed slides. Remember: you are responsible for learning the function of each of the 10 body systems AND being able to match important organ to the body system they are a part of.
Due Wednesday 10/5 by 7:00am on Google Classroom – Video #8 and questions
New chapters on the Unit Test: 4, 5.1, 7, 14.1 – Please start reading these chapters ASAP! There will not be a quiz specifically on these chapters, they will assessed for the first time on the Unit 1 Test.
Due Thursday 10/6 – Complete Biome slides. Our class slideshow is on Google Classroom. Use reliable internet resources to complete your assigned piece of the slideshow. Here are the requirements for what should go on each slide.
Due Thursday 10/6 – Create climatograms. You and your group should have divided up the 8 circled biomes on the bottom of the climatogram data sheet. The biomes are only labeled with a letter. Make sure you create your climatogram as a bar graph for precipitation and a line graph for temperature data. Check out these examples of climatograms!
New chapters on the Unit Test: 4, 5.1, 7, 14.1 – Please start reading these chapters ASAP! There will not be a quiz specifically on these chapters, they will assessed for the first time on the Unit 1 Test.
New chapters on the Unit Test: 4, 5.1, 7, 14.1 – Please start reading these chapters ASAP! There will not be a quiz specifically on these chapters, they will assessed for the first time on the Unit 1 Test.
Chapters on the Unit Test: 4, 5.1, 7, 14.1 – Please start reading these chapters ASAP! There will not be a quiz specifically on these chapters, they will assessed for the first time on the Unit 1 Test.
Tuesday (period 5) or Wednesday (period 2,4,6) is BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE day! If you have a personal laptop, tablet, smartphone or other internet enabled device please bring it in to class on Tuesday/Wednesday. If you do not have a personal device, there will be Chromebooks available.
Macromolecules Quiz Retake is Tuesday 9/27 during Lunch
Due Tuesday 10/4 – Finish the Sports Injury Project Part I graded component. Although you will begin your research with a partner, this is an INDIVIDUAL graded component. Written work is expected to be each student’s own words.
Due Tuesday 10/4 – Finish the Sports Injury Project Part I graded component. Although you will begin your research with a partner, this is an INDIVIDUAL graded component. Written work is expected to be each student’s own words.
Due Tuesday 10/4 – Finish the Sports Injury Project Part I graded component. Although you will begin your research with a partner, this is an INDIVIDUAL graded component. Written work is expected to be each student’s own words.
Due Tuesday 10/4 – Finish page 32-33 in your ISN. This is just a space to record your research notes. I will be scanning over the pages to verify that you were actively taking notes before writing your Initial Injury Assessment.
Due Tuesday 10/4 – Finish the Sports Injury Project Part I graded component. Although you will begin your research with a partner, this is an INDIVIDUAL graded component. Written work is expected to be each student’s own words.
Due Friday 9/30 by 7:00am – Video #7. Link is on Google Classroom.
New chapters on the Unit Test: 4, 5.1, 7, 14.1 – Please start reading these chapters ASAP! There will not be a quiz specifically on these chapters, they will assessed for the first time on the Unit 1 Test.
New chapters on the Unit Test: 4, 5.1, 7, 14.1 – Please start reading these chapters ASAP! There will not be a quiz specifically on these chapters, they will assessed for the first time on the Unit 1 Test.
The fluffy, white fungal network extends way beyond the end of the plant roots. This network is critical to the survival of the plant.
Assimilation is an important part of the nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur chemical cycles. Assimilation, sometimes called “uptake,” is the process that plants use to move nutrients that are in the soil into their roots and cell structures.
But how does assimilation actually happen? Are tree roots just like little straws, sucking the phosphates, nitrates, and sulfates out of the soil? It turns out that tree roots are actually really bad at that. Only the very tips of the roots are able to move those nutrient compounds into the plant, and that supplies far less material than the plant needs.
So how do plants take up the nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur that they need? In a word: fungus.
There is a network of fungus tubules stretching through forest ground. These fungus tubes invade tree roots, but not to harm: to give. The fungus tubes funnel harvested mineral nutrients (nitrates, phosphates, and sulfates) to the tree, while the tree sends off huge amounts of photosynthesized sugar to the heterotrophic fungi.
The mutualistic partnership is incredible in scope. By some estimates, the trees siphon off up to 80% of their photosynthesized sugar to the fungal network below them. And on the other hand, the fungus is actively mining and hunting phosphates and nitrates to provide to the plant.
The network is massive and surprisingly active. Listen to the RadioLab episode about the fungus-tree partnership (below).
Due Friday 9/23 – Complete your research on your Specialized Cell (see slides 9-12). You will have 10 minutes at the start of class to complete your poster. All students must be prepared to share their information!
Due Monday 9/26 – Choose a partner for your Sports Injury Project. Fill out this Partner Selection form. Choose your partner carefully! Obviously, they need to be in the same period as you. But beyond that, choose someone who you feel you work well with.
Due Tuesday 9/20 by 7:00am – Watch video #5. The link is on Google Classroom.
Continue reading Chapter 3 and taking notes accordingly. Your quiz is on Friday9/23.
Begin working on Chapter 3 objectives. They are due Thursday 9/22.
Tuesday 9/20
Ms. Lassar out sick
Wednesday 9/21
Due Thursday 9/22 by 7:00am – Watch video #6 and fill out the form with questions about the video. The link is on Google Classroom.
Due Friday 9/23 by 7:00am on turnitin.com Chapter 3 objectives.
Due Monday 9/26 by 7:00am on turnitin.com – NPP GPP lab write up. This is your first formal lab report. It is only a brief lab report, but make sure that you address every component on the rubric/description document. Here is the class data.
Continue reading Chapter 3 and taking notes accordingly. Your quiz is on Monday 9/26.
Thursday 9/22
Due Friday 9/23 by 7:00am on turnitin.com -Chapter 3 objectives.
Due Monday 9/26 by 7:00am on turnitin.com – NPP GPP lab write up. This is your first formal lab report. It is only a brief lab report, but make sure that you address every component on the rubric/description document. Here is the class data.
Quiz on Chapter 3 – Monday 9/26
Friday 9/23
Due Monday 9/26 by 7:00am on turnitin.com – NPP GPP lab write up. This is your first formal lab report. It is only a brief lab report, but make sure that you address every component on the rubric/description document. Here is the class data.
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