Honors G old assignments

Do Worksheet Understanding your text book

Do section 1-2 worksheet

Have parents sign safety contract

Hand in worksheet and contract

Read Pages 487-490 in text

Write a 1 1/2 to 2 page typed paper explaining whether or not viruses are alive. Use your text book and other sources to prove your point. Be sure to cite all resources

Watch Video on Living Organisms

Do questions 1-6 on page 372

Have a Science moment with your family...Show them the movie found at

**Remember, we are going outside for class on Wed. Dress appropriately

Predator/ Prey relationships

A search for organisms in our environment

On page 402 Do Questions 2,5,6 and on page 405 questions 1,2,4,5

Bring your walking shoes for a hike on Friday

Succession Field Trip

Do Worksheet 21-3

Insect identification lab

Finish lab sheet on insect identificatio

Read 402-408 Do worksheet 21-1 on Succession

A little extra about Parasites

Be prepared for a reading quiz

Species interaction

Create a travel brochure which will entice someone to come visit the Biome of your Choice.

You must create a 3 panelled brochure of a Biome of your choice.

You must include all pertinent info about that Biome

Average Precipitation

Animals one might see.

Pick a species that has been introduced to Martha's Vineyard and write a 1 page essay explaining how it arrived here, how it is affecting our environment (negatively or positively) and what is being done to control it.

Biogeochemical cycles

Biogeochemical Cycles

Bring your books in

Review for Ecology Test on Chapters 19,20,21 and 23

Do chapter review questions, review notes and handouts

Introduction to Biochemistry

Compositiion of Matter

Energy and Solutions

Questions1-6 page 42

Macromolecules of Life

Water and Carbohydrates

Test On Chapters 2 and 3

Lab- indentifying Lipids, Carbohydrates, Proteins

Lab Questions 1-4, Further Inquiry

Write a lab conclusion

A Conclusion includes:

-Intrepetation of data table...What was the unknown? Why did you come to this conclusion

- Any mistakes? How could the lab be improved? How could you change the lab? Would you?

- How could this lab info be used in real situations? What are it's applications?

You lab write up should be 1/2 to 3/4 of a page long.

Lab - How enzymes work

Answer lab questions 1-7

Write a lab conclusion

-Intrepetation of data table... What can you conclude about enyzyme activity?

- How did you come to this conclusion

-Any mistakes? How could the lab be improved? How could you change the lab? Would you?

- How could this lab info be used in real situations? What are it's applications?

You lab write up should be 1/2 to 3/4 of a page long.

An introduction to experimentation

Science Fair Guidelines 1

Complete Data Anaysis and Conclusion of the Lab

Finding your science fair topic

Developing a Hypothesis

Science Fair Guideline 2

Further work on Science Fair

Work on Lab Proposal: Due Tuesday 12/11

Do Wksht Work on Lab Proposal: Due Tuesday 12/11

Go over Science Fair info

Work on Science Fair projects Due : FEb 1

Cellular Respiration

Start work on the Cell Respiration portfolio

Work on Worksheets for Cell Resp. Portfolio

NO HOMEWORK- SEE YOU AT THE SCIENCE FAIR!!

Work in Groups on Posters and study guides

Work on Paper and article summaries

Find articles for Cell Resp. Portfolio, and start gathering info for Bacteria Paper

Finish all past assignments so that you will be ready to start writing tests.

Finish any unfinished work for the Portfolio

Biology Question Handout

An overview of photosynthesis and cellular respiration.

Introduction to Cell reproduction

Questions pg 147 1-4,6

Color Mitosis handout and on the back write a description in your own words of the cell cycle. Be sure to include all parts of interphase and mitosis

153-156 Questions 1-6 on page 156.

Finish Lab Questions

Review for test on Mitosis and Meiosis

Test on Mitosis and Meiosis

FInish up Virtual Mating lab

A question of inheritance

GUEST SPEAKER ON CYSTIC FIBROUS

The ethics surrounding genetic engineering

You should now have an idea of some of the moral and ethical issues surrounding the future of the field of genetics through the documentary film dealing with Cloning , , as well as the futuristic film, GATTACA.

The movie GATTACA is a fictionalized account of a young man who knows his genetic imperfections, is discriminated against by society and his family, and is told he will never succeed in society or achieve success. Yet he finds the inner strength enabling him to reach his goal and overcome the discrimination and the problems caused by his genetic imperfections. The antagonist is a character who is genetically designed to be the best, and yet still does not acheive his goal or live up to the standards that society has set for him. This film addresses the idea that we are not limited by our bilogical makeup, that fate and desire can be just as determining the outcome of ones’s life.

Explain what role genetics plays in the determination of who we are and how our future as individuals, and a society, could be shaped by the idea of human genetic engineering.

3 point opinion essay- 5 paragraphs

DNA, DNA structure and replication

GATTACA Essay due

Create a DNA model Due 4/6

Test on Punnett Squares and DNA

Monday 5/5 Biogenesis

Questions pg268 2,4,5 pg 272 2,4,5

Wednesday 5/ Evolution evidence and theories