Tuesday, May 15, 2012

May 15

We are in the home stretch! 
Homework for this week:
  • Read, Vocab, PZ for Chapter 16 (p. 356 1-9)
  • Read, Vocab, PZ for Chapter 17 (p. 380 1-9)
  • STUDY FOR THE EXAM!!!!

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

May 1!

Homework for this week:
  • Chapter 15:  Read, Vocab, PZ (p. 334 1-7)
  • Chapter 16:  Read, Vocab, PZ (p. 356 1-7)
  • Finish Reaction time lab (if you didn't already)
  • Start studying for Exam (practice tests in previous post)
No PATH Bio next week!  Enjoy Tulip Time!!

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Tuesday April 24

Homework for today:



  • Chapter 41 Read, Vocab, PZ (p. 968 1-8)

  • Chapter 42 Read, Vocab, PZ (p. 990 1-7)

  • Chapter 43 Read, Vocab, PZ (p. 1012 1-6)

Final Exam on May 29 will be a NY board of Regents 'Living Environment' exam. This is a cumulative exam from the entire year. Exams can be found online: http://www.nysedregents.org/LivingEnvironment/


Start studying NOW!!!


Have a great week!

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Tuesday April 17

Students received a grade print out today that includes their most recent project!

Homework for this week


  • Finish muscle lab write up

  • Read, Vocab, PZ for chapter 39 (p. 918 1-7)

  • Read, Vocab, PZ for Chapter 40 (p. 938 1-13)

  • Study for Animal test (April 24)

Have a great week!

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

April 10

Today we enjoyed hearing from part of the class about their animal diversity presentations (and novels). We will finish that up next week!

Homework for next week:


  • Read, Vocab, Pz for Ch. 37 (p. 866 1-8)

  • Read, Vocab, PZ for Ch. 38 (p. 892 1-8)

Have a wonderful week!

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Last class before spring break!!

Today we spent time in class dissecting fetal pigs. What a great learning opportunity!!

Homework over the break:


  • Finish your animal diversity project, be ready to present after break. Use the rubric to double check that you have everything that you need!

  • Biology related novel write up: Write a paragraph summarizing the content of your novel. Write a paragraph explaining how the novel relates to our biology course. Write a paragraph explaining whether or not you would recommend this book to anyone else, if so, what type of audience. This write up should be about a page typed. Paragraphs have ~5 sentences each.

Have a wonderful break!

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Tuesday March 21

Happy Spring (though it feels like summer!!)

Homework for this week:


  • Chapter 34: Read, Vocab, PZ (p. 794 1-8)

  • Chapter 35: Read, Vocab, PZ (p. 818 1-8)

  • Work on Animal Diversity Project

  • Research fetal pig dissection for next week

Have a great week! Get outside!