McCarter Biology

Mon. 9/7:   No school today!!

Tues. 9/8 (day 8 Maroon): 1. WU -none today. 2. More time for the Variation Lab – discuss it when finished.   HW:  Unit 2 vocabulary due Friday

Wed. 9/9 ( day 1 Maroon):No Biology class today.

Thurs. 9/10 (day 2, Gold & Silver):  1. Time to work with partners on Variation lab discussion questions – about 20 min.    2. Discuss Darwin and Natural Selection (powerpoint with notes sheet)  HW: Vocabulary unit 2 due tomorrow

 Fri. 9/11 (day 3, Maroon):   1. no WU   2. Finish discussing Darwin and natural selection (powerpoint with notes sheet) HW: complete the Graphic Organizer Darwin’s Natural Selection due Tuesday.

coming up next week: Continue with Unit 2 Evolution – Evidence for Evolution

Mon. 8/31 (day 3 Gold & Silver):    1. WU -Interpreting Data 2. Lima Bean check up  3. Finish the Graph Types Card Sort 4. Work on the Graphing Skills Worksheet  HW:  Quiz over Graphing and Scientific Method Thursday. Turn in the Scientific Method Notes on Google Classroom by Wednesday – make sure you have the highlighting/color/images added and you have completed the Venn diagram at the end. We will have time to work more on the Graphing skills worksheet Wednesday and it is due Thursday.

Tues. 9/1 (day 4 Maroon): No Biology class today.

Wed. 9/2 (day 5, Gold & Silver):  1. WU – Line Graphs and Scatterplots   2.  Time to work on the Graphing Skills worksheet we started on Monday. 3. Nearpod review of Graphing – student paced  HW: Quiz tomorrow

Thurs. 9/3 ( day 6 Maroon): 1. Quiz Graphing and Scientific Method 2. Begin discussing Evolution and Darwin. HW: none

 Fri. 9/4 (day 7, Gold & Silver):  no Biology class today

coming up next week: Continue with Unit 2 Evolution

Mon. 8/24 (day 6 Gold & Silver):  Chapter 1 vocabulary words due today   1. WU – Scientific Method 2. Review Characteristics of Life Kahoot!  3. Discuss the scientific method using the powerpoint and Cornell notes sheet found on Google Classroom  HW:  Quiz over Characteristics of Life Wednesday

Tues. 8/25 (day 7 Maroon): No Biology class today.

Wed. 8/26 (day 8, Gold & Silver): 1. Quiz Characteristics of Life   2. Do the first page of Lima Bean lab together.  HW:  Begin your Lima Bean Experiment tonight!!

Thurs. 8/27 (day 1, Gold & Silver): no Biology class today Collect data about your bean and take photos if they begin to sprout.

Fri. 8/28 ( day 5 Maroon): B lunch 1. Watch Mythbusters Are Elephants Afraid of Mice video and answer the questions together 2. Check in with Lima Bean lab and show the Google Sheets for adding your data. It might be a good idea to start a google doc and add your photos as you go so you don’t lose them 3. Start the Graphing Cards Sort/Drag ‘n’ Drop   HW: WE will have some time to finish the Graphing Card Sort in class Monday.  There will be a quiz over Scientific Method and Graphing next Thursday. Take data about your beans every day and record in our google spreadsheet.

coming up next week: Finish Lima bean lab, quiz

Mon. 8/17( day 1 Maroon):  No Biology class today.  Make sure you have completed your slide on Meet Your Class. Click on the Google Classroom “Turn It In” button when you have completed it.

Tues. 8/18 (day 2 Gold & Silver):  1. Meet Your Class – introduce yourselves. 2. Set up the warm up google slides and do Warm Up #1 Scramble, 3. Is it Alive? Nearpod    HW: Complete the Google Form Lab Partner Requests

Wed. 8/19 ( day 3 Maroon): 1. WU – Asexual Reproduction  2.  Discuss the characteristics of life and do the DOGSREACH mnemonic page and turn it in on Kami   3. Watch the 2 virus videos in class if we have time it will be homework if we don’t) HW: complete the Are Viruses Alive on the Google Slides assigned on Classroom. Quiz over Characteristics of Life next Wednesday.

Thurs. 8/20 (altered day 4, Gold & Silver): no Biology class today

Fri. 8/21 ( day 5 Maroon): B lunch 1. WU – Evolution  2.  Scientific Method Card Sort with a partner.   HW: complete the vocabulary words  on the Google Slideshow assigned on Classroom. Due by next Wed.  Quiz over chapter 1 next Wednesday

coming up next week: Graphing, chapter 1 quiz

Assignments for the week of 8/10/20:

Wed. 8/12/20:  New student orientation. I am so excited to meet all of you!

Thurs. 8/13 (Maroon 40 min): Make sure you bring your charged computer. We will check Google Classroom, the textbook and syllabus. I will get you started on your Virtual Notebook.  HW: complete the Meet Your Class slide and customize the cover of your virtual notebook.

Fri. 8/14 (Gold & Silver 40 min): see the Maroon day above.

coming up next week: Characteristics of Life

E-Learning Week #9 – last week of school!!!

Mon. 5/18: Maroon Day- no Biology class. Make sure you are almost finished with the Ice Core Lab.

Tues. 5/19: Gold Day – no class meeting today! We will meet on Friday.

IMPORTANT: All assignments must be completed and sent to me before 4pm this Friday! No exceptions.

For today,   Continue to work on the Ice Core Lab and you can begin Friday’s lesson by watching the EdPuzzle video about Cane Toads (9min). When we lived in Brisbane, Australia, I used to HATE these things. They are not native, terribly invasive, and are systematically wiping out many of the indigenous wildlife found nowhere else on earth!  We used to dress up in gloves and protective eyewear, turn on lights at the school oval (football field) and gather as many in trashbags as possible. Why protective gear? They shoot poison!  Then we would freeze them. It’s the most humane way to kill them.

Wed. 5/20: work and rest day. Try to give your eyes and back a break from the computer!

Thurs 5/21: Maroon Day – no Biology class. Make sure you have finished the Ice Core Lab and Cane Toad video.  All work must be completed by 4pm on Friday – I have grades due Monday and need time to grade everything. 

Fri. 5/22: Gold Day – LAST DAY of SHCOOL!  I will send you a link to the Google Meet class meeting via Google Chat at 8:25am. Class starts promptly at 8:30am.

Agenda for today: Q&A about anything we have done so far and say goodbye! Make sure you send me any assignment you want graded BEFORE 4pm TODAY.

Today’s extra credit assignment: Create a collage of mostly photos that tell the story of one invasive species found in the United States. It should include: name, where it is invasive, where it came from originally, why is it destructive, and other important information (this will vary depending upon what organism you choose). Complete it today!  I will not accept any work after 4pm today since I have grades due Monday morning.

Here is mine:

 

 

E-Learning Week #8

Mon. 5/11: Maroon Day- no Biology class. Make sure you have finished the HHMI Exploring Biomass Pyramids interactive data lab from Friday and sent me the PDF that is generated by email.

Tues. 5/12: Gold Day – no class meeting today! We will meet on Friday.

For today,   Watch the EdPuzzle video about “How Wolves Change Rivers” (4:33 min) – the importance of keystone species. Then complete the worksheet Moose of Isle Royale.  Due before our next class on Friday. Send me your Moose worksheet via email, text photo or share the google doc (this may be more difficult since you have a graph to do, but you could copy and paste an Excel graph). 

Having trouble with the graph? This video may help:

Wed. 5/13: work and rest day. Try to give your eyes and back a break from the computer!

Thurs 5/14: Maroon Day – no Biology class. Make sure you have finished the EdPuzzle video How Wolves Change Rivers and completed the Moose of Isle Royale worksheet before class starts tomorrow. 

Fri. 5/15: Gold Day – I will send you a link to the Google Meet class meeting via Google Chat at 8:25am. Class starts promptly at 8:30am.

Agenda for today: Q&A about anything we have done so far since we will be starting the next unit today. I will be discussing how to do the Ice Cores and Climate Change Lab.

Today’s assignment: 1. Watch the video found on EdPuzzle about Ice Cores. (2:32 min)   2. Complete the lab worksheet as instructed during today’s meeting.  3. Here is an Excel spreadsheet of the data.

The graphs are easier to complete on Excel, but can be done on Google Sheets.

Coming up next: Climate change and invasive species – our LAST week of school!

E-Learning Week #7

Mon. 5/4: Maroon Day- no Biology class. Make sure you have finished the Amino Acid Sequences and Evolutionary Relationships worksheet from Friday.

Tues. 5/5: Gold Day – no class meeting today! We will meet on Friday?  If I can get the lesson on video, we won’t need to meet. I will let you know by Wednesday for sure and update this website.

For today,   Watch the EdPuzzle video about “The Day the Mesozoic Died” (33 min). Due before our next class on Friday.  

Wed. 5/6: work and rest day. Try to give your eyes and back a break from the computer!

Thurs 5/7: Maroon Day – no Biology class. Make sure you have finished the EdPuzzle video The Day the Mesozoic Died before class starts tomorrow. 

Fri. 5/8: Gold Day – NO NEED TO MEET TODAY. I was able to video today’s lesson and it should be pretty straight forward. You can find it on EdPuzzle – titled Ecological Pyramids (14 min). Make sure you have your BILL and a pen or pencil. You will be taking notes that will help you do the virtual lab after watching the video. There are some easy math problems to do within the video and the lab – YAY MATH!!

Then you will complete the virtual lab about Exploring Biomass Pyramids.  Click on “Launch the Interactive”. As you work, you will be typing in answers. The lab gives you yellow HINTS and and online calculator to help you out. Make sure you fully answer the questions since it will generate a pdf of your data when you are done. Email me that pdf.  Due before our next class on Tuesday 5/12 .

Coming up next: Keystone species, climate change

E-Learning Week #6

Mon. 4/27: Maroon Day- no Biology class. Make sure you have finished the Antibiotic Resistance video from EdPuzzle before tomorrow.

Tues. 4/28: Gold Day – no class meeting today! We will meet on Friday.

For today, complete the Natural Selection Simulation at Phet worksheet.  We are going to be breeding bunnies! Send me photos of the completed worksheet or write the answers in your BILL and send me a photo of that.  The link to the simulation is at the top of the page. You may not be able to access it unless you have JAVA on your computer. I think anyone with a Mac will probably not get it to work. If you have trouble and can’t get it to work, I videoed the simulation and put it onto EdPuzzle. It takes a little bit more time to watch the video, but it will work.  You only need to watch the video if you can’t get the simulation to work.  Due before our next class on Friday.  We will have an “entrance ticket”/quiz about Population Genetics (antibiotic resistance and how natural selection effects populations) on Friday.

Wed. 4/29: work and rest day. Try to give your eyes and back a break from the computer!

Thurs 4/30: Maroon Day – not Biology class. Finish your Natural Selection simulation before class starts tomorrow and send me a photo. We WILL meet for class tomorrow.  

Fri. 5/1: Gold Day – I will send you a link to the Google Meet at 8:25am  via our Google Chat and class starts promptly at 8:30am.  Please have your BILLs and a writing utensil ready.

Agenda for today: Q&A about anything we have done so far. We will be discussing how cladograms and phylogenetic trees are used to show evolutionary relationships using this worksheet:  Cladogram Analysis.  We will only meet for about 15 minutes and work on the worksheet together. I will be “calling on you” to answer questions as we work this together. Then, complete the Amino Acid Sequences and Evolutionary Relationships worksheet.  Use a pencil to do the last problem or do on scrap paper first! Due before our next class on Tuesday 5/5.

See sections 11.9-11.10 of you book for help and more information.

Coming up next: Extinctions, begin the ecology unit

E-Learning Week #5

Mon. 4/20:  Maroon Day – no biology class. Your Evidence for Evolution worksheet from Friday is due by tomorrow. Email or text me a picture before class begins.

Tues. 4/21:  Gold Day – We will not need to meet this morning. We will meet on Friday this week.

1. Complete the EdPuzzle video about Gel Electrophoresis from the Amoeba Sisters first (8 min).
2. Then watch my instructional video below about how to solve real-world problems using Gel Electrophoresis. Answer the questions on the Gel Electrophoresis worksheet – the first problem is the one I am doing in the video.
3. Both of these are due before class begins on Friday although you should be able to complete the entire assignment within the one hour allotted for class time. Send me a photo of your worksheet answers.

Wed. 4/22:   work or rest day. Try to stay away from your computer screen if you can!

Thurs. 4/23:  Maroon Day – no Biology class. Complete Tuesday’s homework BEFORE class begins. Send me a photo of your gel electrophoresis worksheet. 

Fri. 4/24: Gold Day –  we WILL meet for class this morning at 8:30 am. I will send a link to a Google Meet at 8:25am.  Agenda for our meeting: Any questions about Gel Electrophoresis? Do the “exit ticket”/google form quiz directly after our meeting. You may use your electrophoresis notes and worksheet. It MUST be completed by 9:15am!

For today – watch the video on EdPuzzle about  antibiotic resistance titled “The Antibiotic Apocalypse Explained”.  What is happening right now with covid-19 and with antibiotic resistance is the reason why it is so vital to study evolution!! You should have plenty of time to complete this during our class time since it is only 5 minutes long. Do this before class on Tuesday at the latest.

Coming up next week: population genetics lab, Cladograms