Add yourself to the memrise classroom. Start trying the memrise Macromolecules terms.
Try out the Macromolecules questions on Checkle. There are a bunch! This lesson has a TON of vocab. You will be a much happier student if you start testing yourself ASAP.
Try out the Macromolecules questions on Checkle. There are a bunch! This lesson has a TON of vocab. You will be a much happier student if you start testing yourself ASAP.
Try out the Macromolecules questions on Checkle. There are a bunch! This lesson has a TON of vocab. You will be a much happier student if you start testing yourself ASAP.
APES Homework
Tuesday 9/13
Sit back, relax and enjoy a night off!
Wednesday 9/14
Due Thursday 9/15 – Watch Video #4. The link is on Google Classroom. I suggest you take notes during the video too!
Start reading Chapter 3 and taking notes accordingly. Your quiz is on 9/23.
Thursday 9/15
Read through the Lab Information. Draft a step-by-step procedure for our lab, including a data table and calculation set up. (Ignore all instructions about Elodea and creating a low DO sample. We will be using pond water, not Elodea!) This will be your entrance ticket for the lab. – Due Friday 9/16
Start reading Chapter 3 and taking notes accordingly. Your quiz is on 9/23.
Begin working on Chapter 3 objectives. They are due Thursday 9/22.
Friday 9/16
Continue reading Chapter 3 and taking notes accordingly. Your quiz is on 9/23.
Continue working on Chapter 3 objectives. They are due Thursday 9/22.
Suggestion: get these out of the way this weekend because you will have a lab write up to complete next week.
What’s the best way to understand the reality of antibiotic resistance developing in bacteria? Set it up in a mega-sized petri dish.
A team of scientists at Harvard University have set up an elegant way to visualize the antibiotic resistance that bacteria develop as they are exposed to antibiotics over time.
The team created a giant (really: it was 2′ x 4′!) petri dish with bands of increasing levels of antibiotic. The lowest levels of antibiotic were along the edges of the plate, while the center had 1,000 times the amount of antibiotic that the bacteria can typically survive.
Over the span of just 10 days, the initially drug-susceptible bacteria conquered each successive level of antibiotic concentration. You can watch their beautifully dangerous progression across the plate in the video above.
Food for thought:
What are the risks of conducting an experiment like this?
What can we learn by studying the path and timing that the bacteria take across the increasing levels of antibiotic?
What do you want to know after watching this video?
Due Friday 9/9: Finish pgs. 10 and 11 in your ISN. This is the Effects of Water on the body reading. If you need another copy of the article, here it is!
Due Friday 9/9: Add yourself to the Biology A Google Classroom page:
Period 2: gbxpve
Period 4: 8q68km
Period 5: 7ffspl
Period 6: idfnxss
For detailed instructions, see this page written by Google.
Your Properties of Water quiz will be on Friday 9/9!
Due Wednesday 9/7 by 7:00am: Complete questions 16-19 in the Ecological Footprint Webquest on Google Classroom.
Due Wednesday 9/7 by 7:00am: Complete Video #2 (the link is accessible on Google Classroom). It is a video quiz hosted on EdPuzzle.com. If EdPuzzle asks you to accept permissions, grant them access.
Continue out-of-class work on the Life Cycle Analysis Research Project. Your final project must be “Turned In” on Google Classroom by 7:00am on Friday 9/9.
Continue out-of-class work on the Life Cycle Analysis Research Project. Your final project must be “Turned In” on Google Classroom by 7:00am on Friday 9/9.
Quiz on Chapters 1 and 2 is on Tuesday 9/13. You should be reading both chapters and taking notes accordingly.
Thursday 9/8
Due Friday 9/9 by 7:00am: Complete Video #3 and response on Google Classroom.
Continue out-of-class work on the Life Cycle Analysis Research Project. Your final project must be “Turned In” on Google Classroom by 7:00am on Friday 9/9.
There are two sets of ISN pages (so far!) about the properties of water. Pages 6&7 “Properties of Water – Introduction” and pages 8&9 “Properties of Water – Observations.” This Google Slides document has all of the information for each set of ISN pages. Pages 6&7 are on Slide 4, and pages 8&9 are on Slide 5.
Have you tried the Properties of Water practice questions on LassarScience.checkle.org? They’re challenging, but you can retry them as many times as you need! These are great practice problems before our quiz!
Have you looked at the digital vocabulary flashcards on memrise.com? This is a cool website (and app) that will help you learn the vocabulary you need for this class. The first level of our Unit 1 Vocab is Properties of Water. I recommend that you start studying!
Want to be part of conservation wildlife biologists’ efforts to monitor the recovery of animal populations at Gorongosa National Park?
Teams of conservation biologists have set up a network of over 50 motion activated cameras all over the park. These cameras take dozens of pictures a day, and have been active for a few years. Here’s where you step in.
Instead of spending thousands of hours categorizing the animals found in each photo, the biologists are outsourcing it to citizens all over the world. Anyone (including you!) can logon to https://www.wildcamgorongosa.org/ and start categorizing the animals you see in each photo.
The website will teach you how to identify species from the massive list of native animals. If you find a particularly awesome (or confusing) photo, you can even open up a chat with other volunteers.
I’m keeping track of the animals I’ve seen. My goal is to identify one of each animal on the species list! So far I’ve seen:
Bushbuck
Oribi
Baboon
Warthog
Eland
Civet
Unidentified reptile
Humans! (They set off the camera when they check the area)
Impala
Nyala
Totally empty pictures with no animals at all (Sometimes moving grass sets off the cameras too)
Sapelo Island, Georgia salt marsh during a 2016 drought. Credit: Christine Angelini
A team of researchers from the University of Florida have just identified a key example of protective biodiversity. They noticed that during a drought, while most salt marsh grasses quickly die off some small patches of grass remain.
When they examined the surviving patches of grass, they found that the patches were heavily surrounded (“paved”) with ribbed mussels. The community of mussels is able to trap water effectively around the base of the salt marsh grasses, protecting it from the effects of drought.
In fact, when the drought is over, the patches of surviving salt marsh grass are able to quickly repopulate the area. The salt marsh is able to return to their health it had prior to the drought.
Food for thought:
What are the mussels getting out of this relationship?
Does this mean we should transplant mussels into other drought affected salt marshes?
Challenge: How MANY issues could you spot in that video?
Nice job: 10 issues
You’re getting the hang of it: 18 issues
You’re ready for the lab: 22+ issues
Lab safety is a big deal. In fact, you’ll need to prove your safety smarts every year from now until you finish your science career.
MCPS uses Flinn Scientific’s Lab Safety Contract and Quiz. You will be held to the guidelines on this contract. Now is a great time to review the contractand the quiz that you will take every year in high school.
Figure out how you will get your Interactive Science Notebook, so you have it in class on THURSDAY 9/1. This is critical. Your notebook MUST meet ALL of the following requirements:
Spiral bound
At least 70 pages
8.5″ x 11″ pages
College ruled
See Ms. Lassar ASAP if procuring this notebook is a problem – I will provide you with one.
Due Thursday 9/1: Read the Biology A Syllabus and Digitally Sign it. You will need to provide your email address and your parents’/guardians’ email addresses too.
Practice for the Lab Safety Quiz by solving the lab safety questions on LassarScience.com
Tuesday 8/30
Figure out how you will get your Interactive Science Notebook, so you have it in class on THURSDAY 9/1. This is critical. Your notebook MUST meet ALL of the following requirements:
Spiral bound
At least 70 pages
8.5″ x 11″ pages
College ruled
See Ms. Lassar ASAP if procuring this notebook is a problem – I will provide you with one.
Due Thursday 9/1: Read the Biology A Syllabus and Digitally Sign it. You will need to provide your email address and your parents’/guardians’ email addresses too.
Due Friday 9/2: Add yourself to the Biology A Google Classroom page:
Period 2: gbxpve
Period 4: 8q68km
Period 5: 7ffspl
Period 6: idfnxss
For detailed instructions, see this page written by Google.
Wednesday 8/31
Figure out how you will get your Interactive Science Notebook, so you have it in class on THURSDAY 9/1. This is critical. Your notebook MUST meet ALL of the following requirements:
Spiral bound
At least 70 pages
8.5″ x 11″ pages
College ruled
See Ms. Lassar ASAP if procuring this notebook is a problem – I will provide you with one.
Due Thursday 9/1: Read the Biology A Syllabus and Digitally Sign it. You will need to provide your email address and your parents’/guardians’ email addresses too.
Due Friday 9/2: Finish “left side” analysis of Properties of Water – Introduction
Due Friday 9/2: Number ALL pages of your Interactive Science Notebook (ISN).
Start reviewing vocabulary on memrise. Want the most impact for your effort? Practice these words everyday! You should start on the Properties of Water level.
Friday 9/2
Due Tuesday 9/6: Finish pages 6 and 7 in your ISN. See the ISN pages for what should go on there.
Due Tuesday 9/6: Tape the introductory pages into your ISN. Highlight or underline key parts of each page. Write any questions you have on sticky notes. If you forget what order they go in: look at the first few pages of the ISN pages.
Due Wednesday 9/7: Finish the Properties of Water lab write up.
Upcoming: Your Properties of Water quiz will be on Thursday 9/8!
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