Merry Christmas!

Reminders:
Earth Science

• Make sure you email me your extreme weather power point.

Biology

• Make sure you email me your passive transport lab report- egg lab

Earth Science

Extreme weather presentation due tomorrow!

Test corrections due today- Biology and Earth Science

These must be in complete sentences.

Bio Lessons 12/14

Monday

• Finish organelle notes
• Bingo practice with organelles
• Prokaryotes vs Eukaryotes

Tuesday

• Cell membranes
• Build a membrane project

Wednesday

• Virtual cell

Thursday and Friday

• Osmosis and diffusion
• 2 labs

Earth Science Lessons 12/14

Monday

• air pressure and storms
• Egg in a bottle pressure challenge
• Barometers

Tuesday

• wind
• Coriolis effect
• Global pressure cells

Wednesday

• air masses and fronts
• severe weather

Thursday

• Severe weather research assignment- Library

Friday

• Severe weather power point presentations

Bio assignment

Organelle notes due Monday.

Bio assignment

Cell drawings and labeling due today.

Earth science humidity quiz Friday

Biology assignment

Labeled cell drawings of onion and cheek cells due Friday.

Earth Science assignment

Data tables and lab questions due from the humidity lab today.

Test corrections are due by next Tuesday.

Test Correction Guidelines

1. Separate sheet of paper.
2. Staple corrections to original test.
3. Complete sentence explaining the concept and why the new answer is correct!
4. Half a point back for each correct question.

Earth Science

Checking the Ch. 18 vocab into grade book today!

Earth Science Lessons 12/7

Monday

• Extreme weather video

Tuesday

• Dew point
• Relative Humidity lab

Wednesday

• Relative Humidity lab continued

Thursday

• Cloud formation
• Cloud types

Friday

• Cloud lab

Biology Lessons 12/7

Monday

• Planet Earth Video

Tuesday

• Test corrections

Wednesday

• Intro to cells
• History of cellular discovery
• early microscopes
• Prepared slides

Thursday

• Prokaryotes vs Eukaryotes
• Cell sketches
• Organelle labeling

Friday

• Organelle function
• cell model

Earth Science reading assignment ch. 18

Define bold words from the text and copy key ideas(in bold) into notes.
Due Friday

Test today in Earth Science!

Biology

Human body elements assignment due today.

Earth Science reminders

Test Wednesday

Wednesday is the last day I will accept late assignments for unit 3.

Earth Science reading assignment 21.1 and 21.2 due today

Biology Lessons 11/30

Monday

• enzymes

Tuesday

• Catalase lab

Wednesday

• study guide

Thursday

• Review

Friday

• Test- biochemistry

Earth Science Lessons 11/30

Monday

• Study guide for Exam 3
• Last day for missing work unit 3 Tuesday

Tuesday

• Review

Wednesday

• Test 3- atmosphere and climate

Thursday

• phase changes
• humidity

Friday

• dew point lab

Earth Science lessons 11/23

Monday

• "Chasing Ice" climate documentary

Tuesday

• Conclude chasing ice
• quiz

Biology Lesssons 11/23

Monday

• polymers and monomers
• Review of macromolecules
• Quiz macromolecules

Tuesday

• Elements in the human body assignment

Quiz 6 Biology Monday

Biology

Buffer lab wrap up today, due Friday.

Turn in pH lab today if you have not yet done so. See the make up post if you were absent.

Climate change essay

Paper is due on Friday, November 20.
A great resource for this assignment http://climate.nasa.gov/
Earth Science

Make up assignment for the pH lab

Go to http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/ph-scale-basics/latest/ph-scale-basics_en.html
Run the simulation and record the pH level for each of the solutions present.
How does the addition of water affect the pH of an acid?
How about diluting a base?
How does decreasing the volume of the fluid affect the pH?
What ion is responsible for acidity?
How can you neutralize an acid?

Biology Lessons 11/16

Monday

• pH lab

Tuesday

• Carbon compounds

Wednesday

• Buffer lab

Thursday

• Enzymes and reactions in the body

Friday

• Start food lab

Earth Science Lessons 11/16

Monday

• climatogram assignment

Tuesday-Thursday

• Climate change essay
• Meet in the computer lab

Friday

• Chasing ice video

Quiz #6 in Earth Science today

Biology Water lab due end of the day Friday

Classwork Earth Science today

Pg. 499 Earth Science text 1-20

Climatogram assignment Earth Science

Create a climatogram for Helena, MT.  A climatogram is a graph of the region's climate characterized by temperature and precipitation averages.  Use graph paper and identify the climate type that you are depicting.  Go to http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/climate/temp_graphs.php?stn=KHLN&wfo=tfx&year=2015 for info on the climate for Helena.  Here is an example of what a climatogram looks like.e. 

Reading assignment ES

Chapter 21 Earth Science text
Write down the key concepts which are in bold.

Gas properties virtual lab

How does air pressure affect temperature?
How does volume affect temperature?

For each of these questions complete the following:

1. Hypothesis
2. Identify experimental and response variables.
3. Identify constant variables.
4. Data table- 5 trials
5. Conclusion- accept or reject your hypothesis.

To access the sim, go to phet simulations on the internet.

Atomic structure quiz today in Bio!

Biology lessons

Monday

• Ionic bonding practice
• Covalent bonding
• Chemistry games

Tuesday

• Quiz
• Properties of water lab

Wednesday

• Mixtures
• acids and bases
• pH scale

Thursday

• Cabbage lab

Friday

• Macromolecules

Earth Science Lessons 11/9

Monday

• Wrap up conduction inquiry lab
• Discuss

Tuesday

• Quiz 6
• Electromagnetic spectrum
• Earth's energy budget
• Earth/Sun relationships
• Why do temperatures vary?

Wednesday

• Climate overview
• Climatogram assignment

Thursday

• Climate change
• Human causes
• Natural causes
• Rising temperatures

Friday

• Chasing ice - video

Biology Lessons 11/2

Monday

• Test for those who were absent Friday
• Test corrections
• Current event assignment

Tuesday

• Current event presentation

Wednesday

• atomic structure and bonding

Thursday

• pH scale
• bonding continued

Friday

• Properties of water experiment

Earth Science Lessons 11/2

Monday-Tuesday

• Energy transfer in the atmosphere- Inquiry lab

Wednesday

• Electromagnetic spectrum
• Earth's energy budget
• Earth/sun relationships

Thursday

• Global distribution of temperature
• Me and my shadow activity

Friday

• Climate
• Climate change

Biology lessons 10/26

Monday

• Biodiversity
• Biotic index of creek water lab

Tuesday

• Population growth
• Limiting factors
• Biodiversity case study

Wednesday

• Population growth modeling
• Study guide

Thursday

• Review

Friday

• Test on Ecology

Earth Science Lessons 10/26

Monday

• Test corrections
• Enrichment activity- ozone depletion

Tuesday

• Current event presentations

Wednesday

• Composition of the atmosphere
• Layers and gasses

Thursday

• Energy transfer in the atmosphere

Friday

• Lab- Heating of air vs. water

Biology Lessons 10/19

Monday

• Symbiosis
• Wrap up abiotic vs biotic lab

Tuesday

• succession

Wednesday

• Biomes
• climate graphs

Thursday

• biodiversity
• population growth

Friday

• limiting factors

Earth Science Test Thursday

Earth Science lessons 10/19

Monday

• Briny deep lab

Tuesday

• Practice questions ocean currents

Wednesday

• Review

Thursday

• Test Oceanography

Friday

• Current Event in science

Earth Science Lessons 10/12

Monday and Tuesday

• Bathymetry lab

Wednesday

• Briny deep lab

Biology Lessons 10/12

Monday-Wednesday

• Students are working on their ecological research papers this week in the computer lab
• The research papers are due Monday October 19

Bio Lessons 10/5

M

• Community interactions
• Predation

T

• Symbiosis
• Symbiosis activity

W

• Ecology research project introduction

R-F

• Library
• MLA format

ES lessons 10/5

M

• Map the classroom activity

T

• World's oceans
• ocean floor topography
• sonar

W

• Bathymetry lab

R

• salinity
• ocean currents

F

• Briny Deep lab

Bio Lessons 9/28

M

• Food Chains
• Energy Flow
• Producers and consumers
• start abiotic vs. biotic experiment

T

• Nutrient cycles

W

• Climate review

R

• Community interactions
• predation/herbivory

F

• Succession and disturbance

ES Lessons 9/28

M

• Test Corrections
• Enrichment video
• Finish latitude and longitude notes
• time zones

T

• Practice lat/long/time zones
• Montana highway map activity

W

• Scale
• Mapping activity

R-F

• Topo maps intro and activity

Biology:  I am missing some Daphnia labs, please turn these in.

Biology Lessons 9/21

Monday

• Poster presentations
• 15-20 minutes to finish 
• Discuss Review assignment

Tuesday 

• Review

Wednesday

• Test #1 Scientific Method, Metrics, and Microscopes

Thursday

• Study of Biology
• careers in Bio

Friday

• Ecology overview
• biotic and abiotic factors
• producers and consumers

Earth Science Lessons 9/21

Monday

• Complete poster of UV experiment
• Hang posters in hallway
• Study guide exam 1 

Tuesday

• Review

Wednesday

• Test Unit 1 Experimental Design

Thursday

• Overview of Earth science
• Earth's major spheres
• Careers in Earth science

Friday

• Intro to map projections
• latitude and longitude

Lots of Bio students missing the measurement lab!  Please turn these in.

Biology and Earth science test #1 Wednesday Sept 23

Biology Lessons 9/14

Monday

• Graphing of daphnia lab
• Planning pill bug experiment

Tuesday

• Design and conduct pill bug/ earthworm lab
• Data collection

Wednesday

• Lab Report format and guidelines

Thursday

• Poster creation
• Plan presentation

Friday

• Poster presentations

Earth Science Lessons 9/14

Monday

• Finish "Eggle" density lab

Tuesday-Wednesday

• Begin formal density lab

Thursday

• Experimental Design planning
• Solar beads experiment

Friday

• Solar lab data collection

Earth Science students
Make sure I checked your metric practice sheet for credit!

Microscope labs turned in today! Bio

Golf ball lab reports were due yesterday.  Earth Science

There are still a lot of students who have not returned a signed syllabus.  Please do so for full credit.

Putting in grades for quiz 1 Earth Science.  Make sure your name is on your quiz as well as period number.  If you missed Friday, come take the quiz asap.

Earth Science Lessons 9/8

Monday

• Labor day

Tuesday

• metric prefixes
• metric practice

Wednesday

• Eggle Kenevil Challenge

Thursday

• Density Lab

Friday

• Metric quiz
• measurement extension

Biology Lessons 9/8

Monday- Labor day
Tuesday

• Complete microscope drawings
• Begin microscope lab

Wednesday

• Finish microscope lab

Thursday

• Begin Daphnia lab

Friday

• Finish Daphnia lab

Grading Biology metric mini labs and entering metric practice into gradebook today.

Earth Science- assignment update

• Syllabus should be signed and returned to today for a grade.  I will accept this week without penalty.
• Simpsons variable practice due tomorrow (Wednesday)

Biology Lessons August 31

Monday

• lab safety
• metric lab

Tuesday

• metric lab continued

Wednesday

• scientific process
• mini experiment

Thursday

• microscope intro

Friday

• quiz 
• microscope lab

Earth Science Lessons August 31

Monday

• Independent/dependent variables
• data- qualitative vs. quantitative
• Simpsons experiment practice

Tuesday

• Graphing lesson
• Golf ball experiment

Wednesday

• Golf ball experiment cont.
• Scientific theory vs law

Thursday

• Metric system prefixes
• measurement

Friday

• Quiz week 1
• Enrichment- How are base units derived?

Biology Lessons August 24th

Thursday

• Introductions
• syllabus
• Problem solving game

Friday

• Metric system lesson
• metric practice
• Metric competitions

Earth Science Lessons
Week of August 24

Wednesday

• Bengal Beginnings (Freshman only)

Thursday

• Introductions
• Problem solving activity
• Syllabus

Friday

• Overview of Earth Science
• Nature of Science intro- observations and testable questions
• Discrepant event mini lab