BIOLOGY: NEW UNIT, NEW SYLLABUS, NEW NOTES

Students! We are now in a new unit (Unit 7) focusing on genetics and material from Chapters 11 and 12 of our text.

Selected students also have Saturday School this Saturday, March 9th, between 8:15-11:45, in Room N-63.   Failure to attend without a parent contact will be treated as defiance and the student referred.


Meanwhile, here's the new syllabus for this Unit:

The lecture notes for the present unit on Genetics is available at this link. Students will be assigned a 70-point Project, a "Mendelian Genetics" booklet on Tuesday the 5th.  This booklet is due on Tuesday, March 12th.

They may find the notes, as well as their text (Chapter 11) are very helpful in completing this project. They have also received a Lecture Guide in Mendelian Genetics that covers this material, which will be due on Friday, March 8th.

Students who fail to hand in their BOOKLET by Tuesday, March 12th, may have the home contacted.

VIDEO: HOW THE EARTH WAS MADE

The following video segments were shown in class and form the basis of a video worksheet.  The focus of this material is how the geological record provides evidence of how the Earth has changed over time, particularly with respect to the atmosphere:





And here's the second segment...

BIOLOGY: THE NERVOUS SYSTEM!

And, for that matter, the endocrine system as well!

Yes, it's the second group of notes for Unit 6, "Systems for Control and Defense."   That, along with the previous Power Point on Body Systems, will be what is expected to be in student's Cornell Notes on Thursday, Feb. 21st, when they take their first Unit Test of the year.

ALERT!   Students are allowed to use these notes on Thursday's test.....but there is a catch:   the notes need to be in a Composition Book, and the Notes need to be completed, "Cornell style".  

That means they should have original questions and comments in the margins, proper headings on every page (front and back), summaries (in their own words) at the end of each section of notes, and other evidence (highlighting/underlining/drawing etc.) that they have actually reviewed and personalized the notes given in class.  They could reasonably be expected to look something like this.....

BIOLOGY: NEW SYLLABUS, "BODY SYSTEMS" NOTES

Biology students: we spent the first two weeks of the spring semester reviewing DNA's structure and protein synthesis, which is found in Chapter 12 of our text. 

We have now begun a new unit on Body Systems for Control and Defense.   Much of this material will be found in Chapters 35, 39 and 40.   Here is the syllabus for this unit, previously distributed in class:

Here are the notes on Human Body Systems that have already been given in class.   Use these to make sure your Cornell Notes are complete!

POWER POINT: THE FLUID MOSAIC MODEL OF THE CELL MEMBRANE

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES, FAULTS AND FOLDING

EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES

Here it is, in all its earth-shaking glory:

EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES Here are the Power Point Notes on Faults and Folding!

Here are the Power Point Notes on Faults and Folding!

POWER POINT: POPULATIONS AND ECOSYSTEMS

This post contains a new Power Point, with a mixture of new and previously-covered material in this course on populations and ecosystems.   

If you are a new student to Environmental Science, please understand that it is expected that you, the student, will have your notes completed, Cornell Style, in a standard composition book.

If you need more information on Cornell Style notes, please click on this link or use the Cornell Notes tab on the main page.

If students, for any reason, miss getting the notes in class they are still expected to have all the notes.   For this reason, the notes are made available on-line.   Simply click on the text or images associated with the Power Point.   These contain embedded links that will take you to sites where you can either view the notes on-line or download them.

As an example, here is our newest Power Point, on Populations and Ecosystems:

Not every one has Power Point on a computer handy at their home all the time, of course.   Not to worry!   It turns out that you don't need to own the Power Point program, or spend money to get the program.  All computers on the BHS campus already have Power Point installed, for one thing.   And, if you prefer to do this off-campus at home or at a friend's home, you don't actually need Power Point.    All you need is access to the Internet!

Using a web browser, enter the following search term:   Power Point Viewer

"Power Point Viewer" is free software from Microsoft that allows you to open and view Power Points.    It costs nothing, and it is very small (less than 26 MB), so it can be run by all systems.

THIRD AND FOURTH PERIOD: WELCOME BACK!

Environmental Science students: We will begin this semester by reviewing the important material on populations and ecosystems covered in the final unit of the fall semester.   You can find that material here.

Students who failed to demonstrate basic math skills relating to the properties of populations in fall semester coursework may be directed to complete earlier assignments.  Math skills are NOT optional in this course.

You will also be given a schedule of reading assignments that will lay out the order of the material to be covered in the spring semester.   Your textbook will figure more heavily in this part of the course, so make sure that you do the readings and answer the questions based on them on a regular basis.