5/1  WE WILL BE DOING THE EOCT NEXT WED AND THURS W/ FRI FOR MAKEUPS.

THE FOLLOWING WEEK WE WILL BE DOING THE A-Z BOOK WHICH IS DUE MAY 18.

4/14 WE'LL SPEND THE WEEK ON CLASSIFICATION CHAPT 18.  USATESTPREP IS NOW 3 TIMES WEEKLY AND WILL INCREASE THE CLOSER WE GET TO THE EOCT IN THE 1ST WEEK OF MAY.

3/30 TOOK THE ECOLOGY EXAM TODAY AND ASSIGNED VOCAB FOR CHAPT 7 & 8.
WE'' FINISH PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND CELL RESPIRATION THIS WEEK. THEN SPRING BREAK AND PREPARING FOR THE EOCT.

3/23  AS YOU ARE AWARE WE HAVE BEGUN ECOLOGY UNIT AND THE BIOMES IN A BOX ARE DUE TODAY.  WE'LL SPEND THE WEEK ON THE UNIT AND FINISH IT FRIDAY W/ AN EXAM.  WE ARE GETTING READY FOR THE EOCT AND SPRING BREAK.   FOLLOWING SPRING BREAK WE'LL HAVE MORE FREQUENT USATESTPREP WORK REQUIRED.

3/9  WE ARE FINISHING EVOLUTION THIS WEEK W/ LAB/LIBRARY COMPUTER WORK AND EXAM THURS POSSIBLY.  NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS FRIDAY.

2/27  WE'LL REVIEW AND TEST (TUES) CHAPT 12 AND BEGIN CHAPT 13.  WE'LL HAVE A DNA SALIVA LAB MON FOLLOWING TEST REVIEW.  STUDENTS HAVE THEIR TEST REVIEW WORKSHEETS NOW.


2/6  Now working on chapt 10 & 11.4 Meiosis and mitosis.  Finish next week w/ test then on to genetics and DNA.  Rest of chap 11 and 12.


1/23 WE FINISHED CHAPT ONE W/ A TEST AND STARTED CHAPT 2. WE'LL TEST IT NEXT WEEK. THEN ON TO CELLS IN CHAPTER 7.  WE'LL HAVE THE "ATOM PROJECT" ON MON(WHICH WAS HANDED OUT AND ASSIGNED THURS THE 22ND).  STUDENTS WILL DO A "CELL CAKE" MODEL FOR THE WEEK'S END.  RUBRIC WILL BE HANDED OUT ON TUES.

1/13 FIRST WEEK OVER AND WE'RE WELL ALONG INTO SCIENTIFIC METHODS, LAB EQUIP, AND RELATED INFO.  WE'RE SPENDING THE WEEK WORKING IN THE LAB AND REVIEWING IND/DEP VARIABLES AND HYPOTHESIS TESTING.  ON FRI WE'LL START WORK IN THE  TEXT ON CHAPT 1.