Biology 1A/B (Period 8) Assignments
- Instructors
- Term
- 2010-2011 School Year
- Location
- N-109
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THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE SO FAR:
(e-mail me to clarify any assignment; allow 2 days for response.)
Budget Vocab. 5-1Content Standards Spring Alignment Hand outReview Questions 5-1 in textbook(per. 8-ucla presentation) Go to my new page, College help for more info.Budget Vocab 5-2Begin photosynthesis notesPhotosynthesis Reality check"About Me" (yellow sheet)Cellular Respiration Notes (5-3)Budget Vocab 5-3Standards Assessment (p.113 in textbook)-correct errorsVocabulary Review(quiz style)Test Prep Pre-test((Tech Academy students have signed up for their genetics project))Cross-word puzzle-ch.5Reality check 5-3Ch. 5 TEST((CAHSEE))Draw Chromosome StructureBudget Vocab 6-1 key terms...add mitosis (14 words total)((Tech. Academy-intro to genetics project, new easybib list))grade sheets---HW get parent signature (and coach if you are a student athlete)Brainpop-MitosisNotes-Chromosomes and DNA (part1 of ch. 6)Reality check ch.6 part1Periodic Assessment 2Part 2 of Chromosome notesWordsearch (Definitions of key terms)Reality check ch.6 part 2Read and discuss Aneuploidy in Humans (senior biology book)start KWL chart of your own DNAActivity: Wind your way around your own DNAcomplete and turn in KWL chartChromosomes Worksheet--use complete sentencesThinking map--with linking words (or share verbally)Flash cards (or any other study tool you will use) : Vocabulary 6-1Vocabulary and Spelling Test (6-1)Ch. 7-1 cornell notesDraw Meiosis7-1 Budget Vocab.Ch. 7 QuizzetteCh. 8-1 Notes8-1 Budget Vocab8-2 Budget Vocab8-2 NotesSpongebob Quiz
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Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
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No late work will be accepted after June 10, 2011.
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EXTRA CREDIT!
Major points for showing up AND saying hello to Mrs. Ramirez...I will definately be there between 3pm-4pm, at the Platinum Volunteers area...@ the first ever Green City Fair. See flyer below.
Major points for showing up AND saying hello to Mrs. Ramirez...I will definately be there between 3pm-4pm, at the Platinum Volunteers area...@ the first ever Green City Fair. See flyer below.
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Write at least two paragraphs about "plant day."
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On Friday, May 20,2011 Foshay Learning Center had our American Heart Association Teaching Garden kick-off.
E-mail or use googledocs to share what you did and what you learned. Include a paragraph about our WASC learning goals: Personal Responsibility, Effective Communication, Technology, Problem Solving.
Hand-written products will not be accepted. You must word-process, spell-check, and grammar-check your work. Be eco-wise and send/share a digital copy.
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On Friday, May 20,2011 Foshay Learning Center had our American Heart Association Teaching Garden kick-off.
E-mail or use googledocs to share what you did and what you learned. Include a paragraph about our WASC learning goals: Personal Responsibility, Effective Communication, Technology, Problem Solving.
Hand-written products will not be accepted. You must word-process, spell-check, and grammar-check your work. Be eco-wise and send/share a digital copy.
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Study [memorize!] key 6-1 terms. You will have a spelling AND vocabulary (definitions) test on those key terms.
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Genetics Webpage project:
Bring in a printout of page one and two of your webpages (discovery and hist. sig). We will read and edit in class.
If you have not done this, you will need to bring in a written sample (worth less points)
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Parents must sign progress report (extra credit if you have your academy teacher/lead and/or if you are a student athlete, Mr. Stahura must sign yours)
Tech. Academy: one of the two handouts must be completed and turned in to me. Begin your new list of works cited on easybib.com
BRAINPOP: Do the review quiz on mitosis (do not send me anything, nor print it out, just do the quiz until you get 100%)
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Reflect on your personality survey (PDC counseling time).
Journal about it (tell what you think about what you learned).
Connect it to how this experience might improve your behavior or grade in Biology class.
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Black History Elementary Celebration:
At least 1/2 a page: Why is it important for any of us to attend black history celebrations?
-Make a connection to one or more of the four WASC School-wide learning goals (communicator, personal responsibility, technology, problem solver)
All other work (now late) work to be turned in today.
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Study for your ch. 5 test. Do not just review notes and vocab. Read the textbook, create your own flashcards and have others quiz you while doing a sports activity or walking around, if you are the type of student that cannot "sit still."
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Test prep pretest-Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
Study for 5-3 Reality check
watch brainpop video related to cellular respiration
Learn You-Tube video songs by Tuesday for extra credit: Cellular Resiration and Photosynthesis
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Go to brainpop.com to watch the video on photosynthesis and any other video that might help you understand the three stages of photosynthesis.
Budget Vocab 5-2 was due on 2/23 (sorry).
Reality check next time!! (study vocab, read 5-2 and notes, do brainpop videos)
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PREVIEW Cellular Respiration section in Holt, Biology textbook.
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EXTRA CREDIT DUE BY 1:30 PM ON THURSDAY 2/10/11
(I am sorry I did not put this up earlier)
Download and fill out the reflection below. SHARE VIA GOOGLE DOCS FOR EXTRA CREDIT. Honesty and not "brown-nosing" will be rewarded.
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COMPLETE AND STUDY WHAT YOU DID NOT FINISH IN CLASS. PREPARE FOR YOUR FINAL.
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FIND EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF PAPER WITH YOUR WORK ON IT FOR MY CLASS AND PLACE IT IN REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER IN YOUR FOLDER/BINDER.
NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER JAN. 31ST.
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OSMOSIS LAB
googledocs deadline for per. 3 and 5 EXTENDED TO Friday 1:30 pm!! (thank Ms. Aaronson)
YOU MAY PRINT OUT YOUR DOCUMENT (must have a title page)
Type info and turn in based on the order it is written in the Osmosis lab handouts.
Extra Credit: If you have a google docs account turn in your Osmosis lab by the deadline.........This means you will share (invite) with Mrs. Ramirez your word document INSTEAD of printing it out. Your data/observations sheet (drawings) will be turned in by hand at the beginning of class.
SAVE YOUR DOCUMENT AS: "YourNamePer#_Osmosislab"
My e-mail is
**If you get a certificate error because you are trying to sign up at school, go ahead and go to this site anyway.
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LATE HOMEWORK/CLASSWORK:
If you were absent Monday or Tuesday, you must turn in Budget Vocab 4-1 AND a "Letter to Self" classwork.
Letter to Self is a private letter you will write telling yourself about 2010 and goals you have set in 2011. Three paragraphs will include:
a. Three things that you are proud you accomplished in 2010.
b. Three people that influenced you (good or bad) in 2010. Explain what happened or how they did this.
c. Three goals you want to accomplish in 2011. What steps will you take to make these happen?
If you were absent Monday or Tuesday, you must turn in Budget Vocab 4-1 AND a "Letter to Self" classwork.
Letter to Self is a private letter you will write telling yourself about 2010 and goals you have set in 2011. Three paragraphs will include:
a. Three things that you are proud you accomplished in 2010.
b. Three people that influenced you (good or bad) in 2010. Explain what happened or how they did this.
c. Three goals you want to accomplish in 2011. What steps will you take to make these happen?
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Due at the door:
Cell Membrane Drawing. Pg. 61. Title, label, color, and draw neatly.
Extra credit: Create a 3d model of the FLUID MOSAIC MODEL with labels. Choose scrap materials from home, do not use perishable food; due at the door the day you see me (Mon.-8 or Tues.-3,5,7)
Cell Membrane Drawing. Pg. 61. Title, label, color, and draw neatly.
Extra credit: Create a 3d model of the FLUID MOSAIC MODEL with labels. Choose scrap materials from home, do not use perishable food; due at the door the day you see me (Mon.-8 or Tues.-3,5,7)
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On a sheet of paper, with your name, period and date:
Write the last three digits of the barcode on your textbook that you have at home for my class.
Write the last three digits of the barcode on your textbook that you have at home for my class.
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Study for your Reality check.
E-mail Mrs. Ramirez about "The Prospector":
Subject line: lastname.firstname.per.8
Body of e-mail: two paragraphs. Guiding questions:
-What did you experience during the opera?
-What did you learn?
-How can you use this experience to enhance your learning in Biology (be creative! make something up!)?
E-mail Mrs. Ramirez about "The Prospector":
Subject line: lastname.firstname.per.8
Body of e-mail: two paragraphs. Guiding questions:
-What did you experience during the opera?
-What did you learn?
-How can you use this experience to enhance your learning in Biology (be creative! make something up!)?
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Prokaryote and Eukaryote cell drawing:
Neat drawings
Label with appropriate set of the following:
Note: one list will be on both cells, one will be on one type of cell and the other list on the other type of cell.
1.Cell membrane, cytoplasm, DNA
2. Capsule, cell wall, flagella (?)
3. Nucleus, organelles
Color and identify each cell
Neat drawings
Label with appropriate set of the following:
Note: one list will be on both cells, one will be on one type of cell and the other list on the other type of cell.
1.Cell membrane, cytoplasm, DNA
2. Capsule, cell wall, flagella (?)
3. Nucleus, organelles
Color and identify each cell
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HW: Bring a printout of your next article that you will need to turn in. Bring a printout of the annotated bibliography template.
Click here for the ethics project webpage and print out the template.
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Read ch. 2-3, or have someone read it to you, "Chemistry of cells" to prepare for your reality check!
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Any and all homework or classwork that you have not turned in for the past two weeks: TODAY IS YOUR DEADLINE...turn in whatever you have for some credit or you will earn a zero!
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Bring your textbook to class.
Have your novel or magazine...I will check that you have it.
Have your novel or magazine...I will check that you have it.
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due at 9pm for extra credit: send me an e-mail with your lausd or other professional-sounding account:
A paragraph about what you did today in period 8 and what you think about it.
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BINDER CHECK
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Field trip slips to Santa Monica Pier due before 3 pm in room N-109. Parents and staff are welcome. Priority will be given to my 2009-2010 Environmental Studies students. Only 55 spots available on bus. Everyone is welcome.
Sunday, Sept. 19 @ 9:45am. We will be back on campus by 5pm.