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!!!!

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

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

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!

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!

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 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!

Tuesday March 13

We started dissections today!!

Homework for this week:

• Chapter 32: Read, Vocab and PZ (p. 740 1-8)


• Chapter 33: Read, Vocab, and PZ (p. 766 1-9)


• Animal Diversity Project

Have a great week!!

Tuesday March 6

Today we started looking at animals!!

Homework for this week:

• Read, PZ, vocab for Ch. 30 (p. 684 1-8)


• Read, PZ, vocab for Ch. 31 (p. 704 1-9)


• Study the anatomy of your assigned organism


• Plant test corrections

Have a great week!!

Tuesday Feb 28

Homework for this week:

• Chapter 28: Read, Vocab, PZ (p. 636 1-8)


• Chapter 29: Read, Vocab, PZ (p. 658 1-9)


• Study online the anatomy of: hydra, sponge, and honeybee

Get ready to start our animals unit! See you next week!

Tuesday Feb 21

Homework for this week

• Chapter 27: Read, Vocab, PZ (p. 612 1-9)


• Study for plants test (chapters 23, 24, 25 and 26) next week!


• Analyze and conclude for lab p. 569 (complete sentences!)


• Imagine you are a water molecule in the soil. Explain everything that would happen from the time you enter a root hair to the time you transpire out of a leaf. Include the structures that you pass through and the forces that act upon you.

Have a great week!

Better late than never!!

Homework for this week:

• test corrections: learn it, don't just change it!



• Chapter 26: read, vocab, PZ p. 586 (1-7)



• Review chapters 23, 24, and 25 a little each night!


• Garden Design project

Have a great week!

Tuesday Feb. 7

We had a great opportunity to hear from Dr. Li, professor of Biology at Hope College, today. He shared with us some of his research, and gave us a guided tour of the greenhouse. This was a perfect kick off for our chapters on plants.

Homework for this week:

• Chapter 24 Read, Vocab, PZ p. 546 (1-9)


• Chapter 25 Read, Vocab, PZ p. 566 (1-9)


• Write a vegetarian meal plan (healthy and fully balanced)

Have a great week!

Tuesday Jan. 31

We did several labs in class today!

Homework for this week:

• Chapter 23 Read, Vocab, PZ (p. 524 1-10)


• Test next week over chapters 14, 20, 21, and 22! STUDY!!


• Continue to observe your test tube with yeast and sugar. Did anything happen? If not, answer the below question based on what you believe should have happened (feel free to look it up). Write a paragraph (min 5 sentences) explaining: why you saw what you saw using as many terms from ch. 22 as you can.

Have a great week!

Tuesday Jan 24

Students did a great job on their 'Friend or Foe' presentations! We are starting out second semester on a great note!
Homework for this week:

• Chapter 21: Read, Vocab, Pz (p. 476 1-8)


• Chapter 22: Read, Vocab, PZ (p. 494 1-8)


• Disease Detectives p. 456-457 (read and answer questions)

Have a great week!

Tuesday Jan 17, 2012

Homework for this week:

• Chapter 20: Read, Vocab, and PZ (p. 452 1-9)


• Bacteria Friend or Foe Project-due next week.


• Link to article for "Friend or Foe": http://www.actionbioscience.org/biodiversity/wassenaar.html

Have a wonderful week!!

Tuesday Jan 10

Homework for this week:
Read chapter 14
Vocab and PZ (p. 213 1-9)
Finish moth lab
STUDY FOR EXAM next week covering chapters 1-13

• study vocab, PZ


• study tests


• study bellwork


• go over Standardized Test Prep for each chapter


• Study, Study, Study!

Have a great week!!

happy new year!

Welcome back! Just a reminder about the PATH snow day policy: if either or both Holland/West Ottawa are closed due to weather, PATH is also cancelled. PATH will not advertise it's closure on TV/radio, if Holland and or West Ottawa are closed PATH will not be held that day.
Homework for this week:
Test corrections (ch 9-11)
Study for exam covering chapters 1-13 to be held Jan. 17
Chapter 12 PZ p. 270 (1-9, 11, 12)
Read/Vocab chapter 13
Ch 13 PZ p. 294 (1-11)

Have a great week!