I hope you got a good start on your Body Systems book in class today. Remember to follow all the directions and you should get a good grade on it.  We have our Body System pre-test tomorrow.
Body System Test- Thursday December 16th.
Body System book is due Friday the 17th.
You can work on your book in class after the pre-test and after the test.

I hope you liked the movie we watched today. It did a nice job relating body systems to one another.
No homework.

Today we started Body Systems.  Look over your notes from the power point presentation.  You will need to be familiar with exactly what each body systems does and the organs that comprise it.

I hope you all did well on our test today!
Finish the body systems intro packet that you started in class today. 
We will continue with body systems up until the holidays.

Benchmark II exam tomorrow. Good Luck. Look over your study guide tonight.

Finish the cell review worksheets that you started in class.  Review scientific notation. These are just 2 of the topics on the benchmark exam next week. We will continue review tomorrow.

Finish the first side of the benchmark review sheet.
The benchmark exam is next Tuesday December 7th.

Finish the test review packet form class today
Photosynthesis and Cellular resp test tomorrow
Benchamrk II exam next week

Study your worksheets on photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
Test Tuesday November 30th.
Enjoy your Thanksgiving Break!

Look over your notes from class.
We will have the unit test Tuesday after Thanksgiving break.

Complete the Directed Reading sheets on energy and cellular respiration. Use your textbook (chapter9) to get help.
Our Unit test on Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration will be November 30th (after break)

Study your notes on photosynthesis.
Complete the IR reader 2 packet that you were given in classtoday
Quiz tomorrow

Today we started photosynthesis/cellular respiration in class.  What ever you did not finish in class, please complete tonight.  This goes along with textbook pages 197-201 (Energy in Living Sysytems).
Chapter 9 section 1 sheet (both sides)
Interactive Reader packet questions (the one we read in class)

Finish color coding the cell chart and complete the organelle chart too.
Be prepared to start photosynthesis and cellular respiration on Monday.

Pd 3 - finish the assigned chapter review questions
Other periods- No homework
Test Friday on Transport

Complete the multiple choice review questions that went with the reading from class on cell transport.
Test date changed- Cell Transport test is Friday November 12th.

Homework: Finish the DR worksheet and the science skills worksheet that you started in class.

Homework: Complete the "Do You Know Transports" sheet if you did not finish it in class. Also, finish the multiple choice questions if they were not finished in class.
Test Wednesday on Cell Transport November 10th

Read over your power point notes.
Homework: Complete the vocabulary sheet and the 8-1, 8-2 worksheets that go with the textbook.

Read over your powerpoint notes we took today on cell transport.  Concentrate on the differences between diffusion, osmosis and the types of active and passive transport.
Homework: Complete the double entry journal questions

Finish the interactive reader packet

Cell Transport

Today we tested on cells and began cell transport. Cell transport in in your textbook on pages 175-183.
Homework: complete the worksheet pages 79-81 only. This is in the packet that you picked up after the test today.

No homework other than to study for our unit cell test that will be given tomorrow.

Finish the backside of the science skills worksheet.  the benchmark has been recorded and grades are pretty much final at this time.  Most of you got an A or B on the benchmark!  Only a handful of C's. Great job!
Cell test Thursday. Look over all your worksheets and the power point notes.

Finish the worksheet on alike/differences in plant and animal cells.
Cell test Thursday Oct 28th. Know all cell parts, alik/diff of prokaryotes and eukaryotes.

Homework: Complete fill in the blank worksheet on cell parts.
 Look over yournotes on cell parts that you took in class today.
Warmup quiz Monday October 25th
Cell test Thursday October 27th

I hope you did well on your benchmark today.
Homework: finish the packet on cells that you picked up after your test today
Warmup quiz Monday October 25th.

Finish the new benchmark review packet. Continue to look over the review packets each night.
Benchmark Wednesday October 20th
Warm up quiz Monday October 25th

Finish the scientific method/Benchmark review packet. Due Monday.
Keep reviewing everything we have learned this year. Benchmark is Wednesday .

Complete the review packek from class today. This is the first review packet for the benchmark exam.

Packet is due Thursday in class.  Good luck on the PSAT if you take it tomorrow.

Homework- Complete vitamin and mineral chart. Use pg. 893 in your book
Complete the enzyme reading packet and questions
Calvert County Benchmark exam Wednesday October 22

Study for our unit test being given tomorrow.
Pep Rally tomorrow- Wear school colors to show school spirit for your class.

Homework- Study your notes and worksheets for the unit test.
Know all the building blocks, functions and examples of each biomolecule ( water, carbs, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids).

Finish the review packet on biomolecules tonight.
Tomorrow we will complete a pre-test together in class.
Remember to wear white if you are a freshman and gray is you are a sophmore tomorrow!!!

Friday- Unit test on biomolecules.

Please read over the power point notes today on proteins and nucleic acids.  Look over the top of the notes on water, carbs and lipids too. You have to know all this stuff.

Read and complete the questions on your "glowing puppies" article.

See you tomorrow and PLEASE come see me for extra help at lunch. I will only keep you 15 minutes I promis

Test Friday

Biomolecules continued

If you do not think you did well on the quiz today then study your handouts and notes on biomolecules. 

Homework: Complete the anticipation guide on proteins and nucleic acids.  Those are the last 2 biomoecules that we will cover.

Unit test on Biomolecules Firday October 8th. (water, carbs, lipids, proteins, nucleic scids)

Carb and lipid quiz Monday
No homework
Keep out of the mud at the fair!!!

Remember- Benedicts solution indicates a monosaccarhide when heated because it turns orange (ex. glucose). Di and poly saccharides will not react.
Iodine indicates a polysacchahide and it turns black when added to a polysaccharide (ex. starch).
Disaccharides do not react with either solution (ex. sucrose).

Read over your power point notes from today on carbohydrates and Lipids.
HW: complete the "Big Picture Carbohydrates" worksheet

Tomorrow I will be presenting a demo lab on how to identify carbohydrates.

Biomolecules

Continue to review the notes/worksheets form class each day. There is so much to remember about biomolecules!
Homework: read pg 59-63 in your textbook. Complete pg. 63 1-5. you MUST restate the question in your answer to get full credit.

Quiz- Monday October 4th

Finish Packet on biomolecules titled carbon compounds. We will be learning about these biomolecules fro the next several days.

Please finish the worksheets on the introduction to biomolecules. Now that we have learned all about water, we are moving on to the other very important biomolecules...carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids and lipds.  The fun is just beginning!

Complete the worksheets from class today.  I will collect them tomorrow. Quiz tomorrow.

No homework tonight!!!
Study your power point notes on water for the quiz Friday. Review the properties of water and pH.
We will finish the lab after the quiz on Friday.

Complete the worksheet you were given in class titled water and solutions.  Continue to study the properties of water and how it relates to homeostasis.  Also, review the pH scale.

QUiz- Friday

It looks like most of you did a great job on the scientific method test. Well done! We have finally moved on to biology topics as of today. We began propeties of water.  Remember to read over you power point notes from today. This will help you remember the important facts that you MUST know.

Homework: Green Match This! vocabulary sheet and the double entry journal paper (white sheet)
Quiz: Friday on water

I hope you did well on our unit test today!  Finish reading pg. 55-57 if you did not get to it after the test. Complete pg. 57 questions 1-4 in the textbook. See you Monday. Have a fun weekend.

Study using your power point notes and your handouts from class and the test study guide provided. Unit test tomorrow.  Good Luck!

Today you were given time in class with your lab group to complete the lab papers that your group will be handing in.  This should include the sedign an experiment sheet, how you collected data (include it), and the procedure.  Staple these three together and make sure your name and all of your lab member's names on on the packet.
Homework: Complete the BCR on the double blind study tonight.
Test: Friday on scientific method and measurements.

Hope you guys are enjoying your day off and no homework! Tomorrow we will talk about bias and continue with scientific method.  I will also give you some time to complete your lab write up with your partners.

Friday is our test on scientific method and measurements.

I enjoyed meeting so many of your parents last night! I just wish I had more time to talk to all of them
Tonight please read the article on aching backs that I gave you in class. Complete the questions that follow it to help review the scientific method. 
Quiz tomorrow. Look over the power point notes to review vocabulary and terminology.

Complete the Set A scientific method worksheet tonight.
We have a scientific method quiz on Friday (Terminology -see your power point notes)
Unit Test Friday Sept 17 on Scientific Method.

Complete the 2 worksheets on scientific methods. One is dep. vs. ind. variables. The other is the Simpson's worksheet.  Look back at your powerpoint notes if you need more help.  Remember to see me during lunch for help as well.  Quiz Friday.

Enjoy the long weekend!  Remember to finish the 2 worksheets you took after the quiz.  Scientific Method (pg. 10 in book) and "What is Biology" (pg. 17 in book).  All the answers are directly from the textbook. Your book should be at home at this time as it was issued several days ago.

Great job today reviewing the metric system and scientific notation.  Complete the practice worksheet from class.  Quiz tomorrow.

Practice

Continue to practice metric measurements and scientific notation by completing the worksheet you started after the lab today.  We will go over it tomorrow in class.

Metric Units

Complete the pink metric worksheet of you did not finish it in class - both sides.  Remember-
King Henry Drinks Ucky Dark Ucky Chocolate Milk.

Metric System

Today we reviewed the units of measurement in the metric system.  Finish the metric Measurements worksheet if you werenot able to complete it in class.

Don't forget your homework

Great job on the lab safety test today.  Don't forget to complete the worksheets that you started in class (blue/white ones).  Be prepared to turn it in Monday.  Next week we start measurements.

lab saftey test tomorrow

Look over the lab rules tonight. Good Luck.

Lab Safety homework

Today we started reviewing the lab safety rules.  Most students are familiar with the lab safety rules from middle school.  Tonight students should finish the lab safety worksheet that is due tomorrow and study the rules to prepare for the lab safety test Friday 8/27.

Course outline

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Welcome to Honors Biology

I hope you enjoy learning all about biology this year. Perhaps you will even be inspired to seek a career in biological sciences by the end of the year.  You will be amazed at the end of they year at how much you have learned.  I look forward to spending the next year with you and helping you achieve an outstanding score on your biology HSA in May 2011.