honors biology daily logs

Honors BiologyDaily Logs

8/3/’15 Monday

“Today is the 1st day of the rest of your life.”

• Welcome to MPHS Honors Biology• Complete Handout: “Who Are You?”• Introduction to Honors Biology•HW:• Get Contracts signed; Need Large 3 Ring Notebook• Print the Chapter 2 Text Outline from Text Book Web Site


8/4/’15 Tuesday

“One can only face in others what one can face in oneself.”

• Hand in:• Contracts• Who Are You?

• Set-Up Canvas• Review Lab Safety•HW:• Get Contracts signed; Need Lrg 3 Ring Notebook• Print the Chapter 2 Text Outline from Text Book Web Site


8/5/’15 Wednesday

“The best vision is insight.”

• Log into Canvas:• Power-Up• Reset your password• Log into Canvas and fix settings

• Review WS: Using the Scientific Method to Solve Problems •HW:• Get Contracts signed• WS: Developing a Controlled Experiment


8/6/’15 Thursday

“When we are confident all we need is a little support.”

• Review HW: Scientific Method & Developing a Controlled Experiment• Using the Scientific Method to Solve Problems:• graph the data on red crayfish growth using Aureomycin over 6

weeks.

•HW:• Get Contracts signed; Need a Large (1.5”) Notebook• Print the Chapter 2 Text Outline from Text Book Web Site• WS: Using Scientific Method to Solve Problems


8/7/’15 Friday

“A person can’t ride your back unless it’s bent.”

• Set-up Notebooks; contracts in?• Review HW: Using the Scientific Method to Solve Problems•Lab: How does the Miracle Fish work?

•HW:• Complete Sections 2.2 & 2.3 of Study Guide


8/10/’15 Monday

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”

•Are you able to log on to Canvas? Need to complete discussions in Canvas•Microscopic Notes:• What kind of microscopes are found in the biology lab?• What are the most important microscope parts?• How do you properly operate a Compound Light Microscope

•HW:• Work on the Discussions found in Canvas (4 disscussions due Fri)• You need headphones if you want to work on discussions in class


8/11/’15 Tuesday

“Don’t bunt, aim out of the ball park.”

•Lab: Techniques for Better Microscope Use

•HW:• Continue Discussions on Canvas (must complete 4 discussions)

• NOTE: Proper Assignment Heading: (upper Rt hand corner)NameHrs Bio ?(period #)Date


8/12/’15 Wednesday (EARLY-OUT SCHEDULE)

“The most important things in life aren’t things.”

• Video: The Greatest Discoveries of Biology• HW:• Continue Chapter 2 Study Guide; 2.4 & 2.5


8/13/’15 Thursday (AC LAB SCHEDULE)

“If you want to change the world, change it yourself.”

• Complete Microscope Lab (Page 1 of drawings and all the questions must be completed.

• HW: Complete all 4 Discussions


8/14/’15 Friday

“To know what is right and not do it is cowardice.”

• Microscope Lab due today (hand in it)• Hand back WS: Controlled Experiment• Review:• Scientific Method (Crayfish Lab)• Microscope

• Notes on the Characteristics of Life•HW: • Test Monday

• Scientific Method• Microscope Operation• Characteristics of Life


8/17/’15 Monday (EARLY OUT SCHEDULE)

“Conscience is God’s presence in man.”

• Complete Notes: Characteristics of LifeHW: • Study for Test tomorrow

• There is a Practice Test in Canvas (under Quizes)• Quiz involves notes from:

• Scientific Method• Microscope• Characteristics of Life

OPEN HOUSE TONIGHT 6:00 – 8:10pm (Encourage Parents to Attend)


8/18/’15 Tuesday

“The more a person knows, the more he forgives.”

• Quick review of Quiz today.• Quiz (Scientific Method, Microscope & Characteristics of Life)•HW: Con’t Working on CH2 Study Guide


8/19/’15 Wednesday (EARLY OUT SCHEDULE)

“The wise person questions himself, the fool, others.”

• Review:• graded assignments and log on point sheet and calculate your grade• review your Chapter 1 Quiz

• Start Chapter 2 Notes:• Introduction to Chemistry• Explain all the important Atomic Structures found in atoms.

•HW:• Con’t Chapter 2 Study Guide; complete through Section 2.3• Complete Atomic Structure WS



“The wise person questions himself, the fool, others.”

• Continue Chapter 2 Notes:• Explain the atomic structure of atoms (p+, e-, no)• How are electrons (e-) arranged in around atoms?• Why are electrons important in forming chemical bonds?• How are atoms of elements arranged in the Periodic Table?

• HW: • Continue Atomic Structure WS• Continue Chapter 2 Study Guide; through Section 2.3


8/21/’15 Friday (Assembly Schedule)

“If you carry your childhood with you, you will never grow old.”

• VIDEO: What are the Challenges of Life? (take notes)• •HW:• Continue working on your Chapter 2 Study Guide• Go to Khan Academy (website) to review Atomic Structures• Continue working on Atomic Structure WS


8/24/’15 Monday

“A young person is a theory, an old person a fact. ”

• Review Atomic Structure WS• Continue Notes:

• How are electrons arranged around the Periodic Table?• What are chemical bonds and how are they formed?• What are ions and isotopes?

• HW: Complete Hrs Bio Pop Quiz


8/25/’15 Tuesday (ACADEMIC LAB SCHEDULE)

“The trick is growing up without getting older. ”

• Continue Notes:• How are Electrons placed in their energy levels?• How do substances go from atoms to molecules?• How do atoms become ions?• What are the two types of bonding that can take place between

atoms?

•HW:



“You never know when you are making a memory. ”

• GRADE ATOMIC STRUCTURE WS• CONTINUE CHAPTER 2 NOTES• BONDING (IONIC & COVALENT)• WHAT ARE TRACERS?• WHAT IS A HYDROGEN BOND?

•HW: • CHAPTER 2 STUDY GUIDE; THROUGH SECTION 2.4



“Remembering is a dream that comes in waves. ”

• QUIZ: ATOMIC STRUCTURE• CONTINUE CHAPTER 2 NOTES•HW: • CONTINUE CHAPTER 2 STUDY GUIDE (DUE MONDAY!!); SECTION 2.5• TEST CHAPTER 2 TUESDAY


8/28/’15 Friday

“The past should be a springboard, not a hammock. ”

• REVIEW ATOMIC STRUCTURE QUIZ• CONTINUE NOTES:• WHAT IS HYDROGEN BONDING?• WHY IS WATER A POLAR MOLECULE?• WHY IS WATER’S POLARITY IMPORTANT?• WHAT ARE ACIDS AND BASES?• WHAT IS THE pH SCALE?

•HW: CONTINUE CHAPTER 2 STUDY GUIDE; COMPLETE ALL THE SECTIONS; THE STUDY GUIDE REVIEW QUESTIONS ARE DONE ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER!!!!


9/1/’15 Monday

“Friends are relatives you make for yourself. ”

• VIDEO: THE 100 GREATEST DISCOVERIES IN BIOLOGY (Complete the video guide questions)

•HW: CHAPTER 2 STUDY GUIDE GRADED WEDNESDAY

9/1/’15 Tuesday (AC LAB SCHEDULE)

“Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.”

• CONTINUE CHAPTER 2 NOTES (CLASSIFYING SOLUTIONS AS ACIDS AND BASES)• DEFINE AND ACID AND BASE• WHAT CAUSES A SOLUTION TO BECOME AN ACID OF BASE• WHAT HAPPENS DURING BUFFERING OR NEUTRALIZATION?• EXPLAIN THE pH SCALE AND EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENS TO THE

CONCENTRATION WITH EACH CHANGE OF pH.

•HW: CONTINUE CHAPTER 2 STUDY GUIDE; GRADED WEDNESDAY


9/2/’15 Wednesday (EARLY RELEASE SCHEDULE)

“America is a tune. It must be sung. ”

• GRADE THE CHAPTER 2 STUDY GUIDE• WORK ON THE REVIEW QUESTIONS FROM THE STUDY GUIDE:• QUESTIONS #1 – 33• WRITE YOUR ANSWERS ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER• INTEGRATING AND APPLYING KEY CONCEPTS (extra credit if answered

correctly)

•HW:• COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE DUE TOMORROW (stapled Review Questions to

the back of your Study Guide)• CHAPTER 2 TEST TOMORROW!!6


9/3/’15 Thursday (AC LAB SCHEDULE)“A dog wags its tail with its heart.”

• HAND IN YOUR CHAPTER 2 STUDY GUIDE (staple your Review Questions to the back of your Study Guide making sure to correctly place your heading on your paper.)• TEST – CHAPTER 2:• COMPLETE THE HEADING• TEST MUST BE FINISHED DURING THIS CLASS PERIOD

•HW: • PRINT OUT THE TEXT OUTLINE FOR CHAPTER 3 FROM THE TEXT WEBSITE• PRINT OUT THE CHAPTER 3 POWERPOINT NOTES.


9/4/’15 Friday

“A true friend is one who looks past your failures and tolerates your successes. ”

• REVIEW CHAPTER 2 TEST (Correct your mistakes)• WORK ON THE CHAPTER 3 STUDY GUIDE

•HW:• PRINT OUT CHAPTER 3 TEXT BOOK OUTLINE (from Text Web Site)• PRINT OUT CHAPTER 3 POWERPOINT LECTURE NOTES


9/8/’15 Tuesday (AC LAB)

“Friendship X joy / grief = life.”

• START CHAPTER 3 NOTES:• INTRO TO CHAPTER 3• WHY IS THE ELEMENT CARBON SO IMPORTANT IN THE FORMATION

OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS?• WHAT ARE HYDROCARBONS AND WHERE ARE THEY FOUND IN

NATURE?•HW: • Continue Chapter 3 Study Guide; Section 3.1


9/9/’15 Wednesday (EARLY OUT)

“Might does not make right; it only makes history.”

• CONTINUE NOTES: THE CHEMISTRY OF CARBOHYDRATES• WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CARBOHYDRATES?• WHAT IS A CONDENSATION REACTION?• WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE SUCROSE?• HOW ARE CARBOHYDRATES BROKEN DOWN IN YOUR BODY?

•HW: • CON’T CHAP3 STUDY GUIDE; THRU 3.1 BY TOMORROW


9/10/’15 Thursday (AC LAB)

“A friend is a lot of things, but, a critic he isn’t. ”

• CONTINUE THE CHEMISTRY OF CARBOHYDRATES• CHEMISTRY OF PROTEINS•HW:• CON’T CHAP3 STUDY GUIDE; SECTION 3.2


9/11/’15 Friday

“Extending your hand is extending yourself. ”

• LAB: MOLECULES OF LIFE • START WS: CHEMISTRY OF CARBOHYDRATES

WE WILL NEVER FORGET THAT TERRIBLE ACT

•HW: • COMPLETE CHAP3 STUDY GUIDE SECTION 3.2• COMPLETE WS: CHEMISTRY OF CARBOHYDRATES


9/14/’15 Monday

“Don’t blow it – good planets are hard to find. ”

• GRADE WS: CHEMISTRY OF CARBOHYDRATES• CONTINUE NOTES:• CHEMISTRY OF FATS:

• WHAT ARE BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF FATS (DOK2)?• WHAT ARE THE 4 MAIN TYPES OF FATS (DOK1)?• EXPLAIN EACH TYPE OF FAT AND WHERE IT’S USE WITHIN AN

ORGANISM (DOK3)•HW: • CONTINUE CHAP3 STUDY GUIDE THRU SECTION 3.8• WS: CHEMISTRY OF FATS & PROTEINS (DUE WEDNESDAY)


9/15/’15 Tuesday AC LAB SCHEDULE

“The only things we ever keep are what we give away. ”

• CONTINUE NOTES:• WHAT ARE BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF FATS (DOK2)?• WHAT ARE THE 4 MAIN TYPES OF FATS (DOK1)?• EXPLAIN EACH TYPE OF FAT AND WHERE IT’S USE WITHIN AN

ORGANISM (DOK3)

•HW: • COMPLETE LAB (MOLECULES OF LIFE)• CHAPTER 3 STUDY GUIDE; THRU SECTION 3.8• WS: THE CHEMISTRY OF FATS & PROTEINS



“Only love can be divided endlessly and still not diminish. ”

• GRADE: WS: CHEMISTRY OF FATS & PROTEINS• COMPLETE LAB: MOLECULES OF LIFE

•HW: • CONTINUE CHAPTER 4 STUDY GUIDE; THRU SECTION 3.8


9/17/’15 Thursday AC LAB SCHEDULE

“Familiarity, truly cultivated, can breed love. ”

• COMPLETE CHAPTER 3 NOTES:• CHEMISTRY OF PROTEINS• NUCLEIC ACIDS

• HW: • COMPLETE CHAPTER 3 STUDY GUIDE; THRU SELF QUIZ (STUDY GUIDE

GRADED TOMORROW)

• CHAPTER 3 STUDY SESSIONS:• AC LAB• BEFORE SCHOOL FRI, MON• AFTER SCHOOL THURS, MON


9/18/’15 Friday

“Indecisiveness assures dependency. ”

• COMPLETE LAB: MOLECULES OF LIFE (BUILD A PROTEIN)• REVIEW FOR CHAPTER 3 TEST

•HW: THE CHAPTER 3 STUDY GUIDE GRADED MONDAY AND REVIEW QUESTIONS DUE THE DAY OF THE TEST (TUESDAY)


9/21/’15 Monday NORMAL SCHEDULE

“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides. ”

• GRADE CHAPTER 3 STUDY GUIDE• WORK ON CHAPTER 3 STUDY GUIDE REVIEW QUESTIONS (all questions are answered on a separate sheet of paper)

•HW: • THE COMPLETED STUDY GUIDE IS DUE TOMORROW• STUDY FOR CHAPTER 3 TEST TOMORROW

• RE-READ CHAPTER 3 (check you notes from our outline)• READ OVER YOUR CHAPTER 3 STUDY GUIDE• READ OVER YOUR CHAPTER 3 LECTURE NOTES


9/22/’15 Tuesday AC LAB SCHEDULE

“Heredity is what sets the parents of a teenager wondering about each other. ”

• HAND IN CHAPTER 3 STUDY GUIDE (remember to staple Review Questions to the back)

• COMPLETE FILL OUT THE TEST ANSWER SHEET• HAVE GREAT SUCCESS ON THE TEST (CHAPTER 3)

•HW: PRINT OUT THE TEXT OUTLINE FOR CHAPTER 4


9/23/’15 Wednesday HALF DAY SCHEDULE

“Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river. ”

• HAND BACK CHAPTER 3 TEST :• CORRECT THE QUESTIONS YOU MISSED BY YOURSELF. IF YOU DO NOT

WORK ALONE YOU WILL LOOSE THE CURVE POINTS.• INDICATE THE CORRECT ANSWER BY PLACING AN X THROUGH THE

CORRECT ANSWER. SEE THE WHITE BOARD.• FAILING TO DO THIS CORRECTLY YOU WILL LOOSE THE CURVE POINTS.• EVERY NEW CORRECT ANSWER WILL ADD 1 MORE POINT TO YOUR TEST

GRADE • YOU MAY USE YOUR NOTES AND TEXT BOOK TO ASSIST YOU IN FINDING

THE CORRECT ANSWERS.•HW: PRINT OUT CHAPTER 4 TEXT OUTLINE (BRING TO CLASS TOMORROW)



“To err is human, to refrain from laughing humane. ”

• COMPLETE TEST CORRECTIONS• START CHAPTER 4 NOTES:• WHAT ARE THE IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES IN CELL BIOLOGY AND BY

WHOM?• WHAT IS THE CELL THEORY AND WHO ARE THE SCIENTIST WHO

DEVELOPED IT?•HW: CH4 STUDY GUIDE; SECTION 4.2


9/25/’15 Friday NORMAL SCHEDULE

“Character is what you know you are, not what others think you are. ”

• CHAPTER 4 NOTES:• WHAT ARE THE IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES IN CELL BIOLOGY AND BY WHOM?• WHAT IS THE CELL THEORY AND WHO ARE THE SCIENTIST WHO

DEVELOPED IT?• WHAT ARE THE PROPERTIES OF THE DIFFERENT MICROSCOPES?• WHY ARE CELLS LIMITED TO HOW LARGE THEY CAN BECOME?• CAN YOU STATE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A PROKARYOTIC &

EUKARYOTIC CELL?•HW: CH4 STUDY GUIDE; SECTION 4.2


9/28/’15 MONDAY

“To have lost your reputation is to be dead among the living. ” • CONTINUE CHAPTER 4 NOTES:• DISTINGUISH PROKARYOTIC CELLS FROM EUKARYOTIC CELLS• EXPLAIN THE Endosymbiont Hypothesis .• EXPLAIN THE STRUCTURE & FUNCTION OF EACH CELL ORGANELLE.

• HW: • CHAP4 STUDY GUIDE; SECTIONS 4.4 THRU 4.7• TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY TO CORRECT YOUR CHAPTER 3 TEST


9/29/’15 TUESDAY AC LAB SCHEDULE

“An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day. ”

• WORK ON CHAPTER 4 STUDY GUIDE; SECTIONS 4.3 – 4.7

•HW: CHAPTER 4 STUDY GUIDE; SECTIONS 4.3 THRU 4.7


9/30/’15 WEDNESDAY AC LAB

“Memory is the treasure and guardian of things. ”

• CONTINUE CHAPTER 4 NOTES:• CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURE OF EACH ORGANELLE AND GIVE

ITS BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION?

• HW: CONTINUE CHAP4 STUDY GUIDE; SECTIONS 4.4 THRU 4.7



“The time is always right to do the right thing. ” • CELL LAB:• PROPERLY PREPARE CHEEK AND ONION CELLS.• FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS ABOUT YOUR CELL DRAWINGS AND HOW TO

LABEL ALL YOUR CELLS.• BE CAREFULL TO CORRECTLY OPERATE YOUR COMPOUND LIGHT

MICROSCOPE.

NOTE: ALL ORANGE LeBLANC BUCKS MUST BE USED THIS QUARTER THEY DO NOT CARRY OVER TO THE 2nd QUARTER.

•HW: CHAP4 STUDY GUIDE; SECTIONS 4.8 THRU 4.10


10/2/’15 Friday

“No virtue can be great if it is not constant. ” • COMPLETE CELL LAB DRAWINGS• WORK ON CHAPTER 4 STUDY GUIDE

•HW:• COMPLETE LAB ON CELLS (INCLUDES WS’s HANDED OUT FRI)• CHAPTER 4 STUDY GUIDE; THRU SECTION 4.10• EXTRA CREDIT: (+10 PTS) Take a picture of you with your biology

book in a unique location. You MUST bring the PICTURE in Monday when we get back. No email pictures or digital copies!!!!!!!

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