This blog will list homework assignments as well as helpful links and other information for students in Biology and Honors Biology at North-Grand High School.
What do you think about the ideas in these shows? Are there better explanations of how the Earth came to be? How do you think life began? What evidence do you base your beliefs on? Is evidence important when considering such questions?
Here are the winners from my Biology classes. Congratulations!
Once all the projects from all the Biology and Chemistry classes are judged, perhaps one of our classmates will be going on to the Area science fair at IIT, the Illinois Institute of Technology and then on to the City science fair at the Museum of Science and Industry.
Use the link on the upper right of this page to get to "Cantor's Science Fair Page" for copies of the Science Fair Proposal Sheet, the Science Fair Paper Guide and Rubric, the Science Fair Paper Template, and the Science Fair Board Layout sheet. You can download these documents and print them out if you lost the one I passed out in class.
If you use these documents you will do great on your paper and presentation.
There are also links to science fair ideas for those of you who are having a hard time coming up with one.
Homework for next class is to bring in 3 ideas you have for science fair projects. Remember, it should be something which interests YOU! If you are having trouble coming up with ideas click on the link at the upper right side of this blog to get to my Science Fair Page.
Study AGS Chapter 1 as well as all the notes and activities we've done in our Interactive Biology Notebooks (IBN's.)
Part of your studying involves reviewing Chapter 1 from AGS. You need to turn in the Chapter 1 Review (Pp. 27-29). Answer all 25 questions and be sure to write all questions and write out all answers. Answer the critical thinking questions in full sentences. Due Thurs. 10-22 (b-day) and 10-26 (a-day). If you don't know any answers FIND THEM IN THE BOOK - most are "right there" questions or "think and search" type questions.
Use the review sheet you received in class to make sure you are studying all the topics. This test will be CLOSED notes so you need to memorize important terms and be sure you UNDERSTAND the ideas we've discussed them so you can apply them.
In case you don't have your review sheet, here is the info from it.
Terms and topics to know – All were in our book or covered in class lecture or activities:
Observation
Quantitative, Qualitative, Subjective, Objective
Biology
Organisms
Cycles of Life
Energy CyclesGrowth Cycles
Conservation of energyReproduction
Energy transformation & HeatDNA
Cell
Evolutionary CyclesEcological Cycles
EvolutionEcology
Species and SpeciationEcosystem / Ecologist
ExtinctStimulus
Adaptation
Environment
Scientific Method –
Theory
Experiments –
Experimental Group, Control Group
Independent Variable, Dependent Variable
Purpose
Hypothesis
Materials and Procedures
Data and Data Analysis
Data Tables (reading them carefully)
Graphing (which graph to use and how to do it well)
Bar
Line
Pie (Circle)
Writing Conclusions and Communicating Results
Measurement using the Metric System / SI
millimeters, centimeters, meters, kilometers
milligrams,grams, kilograms
milliliters,liters, deciliters
Calculating Velocity distance ÷ time = velocityd/t = v
Calculating Meanmean=sum of all values / number of values
Here is the plant growth data we were graphing in class.
Plant-----Week one------ Week two------ Week three ------Week four
A ---------10.5 cm ---------10.3 cm ---------10.0 cm --------- 9.5 cm
B -------- 10.9 cm ----------11.5 cm ---------12.3 cm ---------12.5 cm
C -------- 11.0 cm ----------11.5 cm ---------12.5 cm ---------13.5 cm
When you do your graph be sure to label the X and Y axis with the variable and units. Also create a title which includes both variables in the experiment. For example, "How_____ affects _______."
I hope you find this blog useful as a way to keep up with your biology assignments. If you have any questions please contact me at ptdworkin-cantor@cps.edu. I usually check my e-mail several times each day, but I may not be able to get back to you for about 24 hours so don't procrastinate.
I have official "office hours" in room 125 every Monday and Wednesday from 3:00 to 4:00. If you can't come during that time please see me to schedule a time or have the main office place a note in my mailbox.
Mr. Vallet is the co-teacher in some biology classes so any student can ask him for help also. His e-mail is jdvallet@cps.edu.
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