Season's Greetings.

 Wishing you a fun and relaxing break and hope I get to meet you in 2021.

Chapter 4: A Tour of the Cell

 The Animal Cell

The Plant Cell

Chapter: The Molecules of Cells

 Hydrocarbons 

 

Unlike compounds formed from other elements, carbon compound are far more numerous and varied.  There are several million carbon compounds known and several hundred thousands are synthesized each year. 

The 4 Macromolecules"

1) Carbohydrates

2) Protein

3) Lipids

4) Nucleic Acid

View Video: The Macromolecules

Water the Miracle Solvent

 Below is a video link to help with the understanding of the topic of water.

Video Link: The Properties of Water

Lab demonstration for Friday, November 20th. 

Water Properties Lab.

The Electronic Configuration of the Atoms

Atoms of the element oxygen and magnesium

Bonding:

Covalent Bond

Ionic Bond

The Chemical Basis of Life.

 Introduction to the Periodic Table

No Zoom Meeting on Monday, November 9, 2020

Log into Google Classrrom to view the assignment.

The Zoom Link for the class is posted in Canvas

Second Quarter for the 2020 - 2021 School Year - Welcome!

The new links for first Zoom meeting is posted on the high school's page and under the announcement section in Canvas. After which a new link will be posted in Google Classroom and in Canvas.

The Plasma Membrane

 Work for the remainder of the quarter. 

Log into Google Classroom to access information. 

The Plasma Membrane:

Final Exam Information.

 The information for the final is posted in Google classroom. Remember to upload you Cell analogy project to the folder by end of class on Monday, October 26, 2020.

Class will be held on Tuesday

 Use the regular Zoom link to access class.

A Tour of the Cell

You will draw and label both cells

The Prokaryote 

 

 

The Animal Cell

Video Link for the Macromolecules

 The Amoeba Sister: The Macromolecules

Macromolecules Continued

 Lipids:

 Lipids are mostly from carbon and hydrogen atoms. Lipids include the compounds we call fats, oils, waxes, and steroids.  Lipids can be used to store energy, and they form important parts of biological membranes and waterproof coverings.   Many lipids such as steroids hormones, function as chemical messengers. 

A typical fat consists of a glycerol molecule joined with three fatty acids.

 

The Macromolecules

Start of Chapter 3.  The chapter will start with the drawing of the hydrocarbons.

The 4 Types of Macromolecules are:
1) Carbohydrates
2) Proteins
3) Lipids
4) Nucleic Acids

 

 

 

Test Today

 Students who are not willing to turn on their cameras will not be allowed to take the test.

Change of plans, the work will be introduced on Monday.  Have a great weekend.

The Chemical Basis of Life: Some Topics Covered

Adhesion; water bonding to other molecules,

Covalent bond

Test on Friday

Please study the vocabulary words and the notes in preparation for the tests.

The assignment from today's class included reading pages 149 Acids and bases - pages 151.  Answer questions 1-5 on page 151.  The link to the textbook is in Google classroom.

Class work

 You will answer questions 1, 2, and 3 on page 151 and

questions 11, 12, and 13 on page 168.  The link to the textbook is in Google Classroom

The Electronic Configuration

The class will take notes and work individually drawing elements from the periodic table.  You will be given a chart with different elements and different combination of the following; atomic number, mass number, protons, electrons and neutrons to fill in the missing information.

The Electronic Configuration of the Elements

 Review the vocabulary and read the notes from class

The Chemistry of Life

We will grade the home work, the study of Life worksheets, pages 3 and 4.  Please spend some time write the definition of the words given in class. Read pages 141 -143 and take notes.  The link to the chapter has been posted in Google Classroom.

Folder is available for work to be uploaded

Visit Google classroom to see a list of the assignments to upload.  The folder for the upload is listed below the information.  Please do not upload your work to any other area. 

Also, pages 3 and 4 of the Study of Life worksheet is also available in Google classroom.

Have a good weekend.

The Study of Life Worksheet

For Friday, September 11, 2020

Remembering 9/11 and those who died and became sick as a result of the events.

I posted the phone number for the Family Support Phone number in Canvas.  Go to Canvas and click on announcements. This number is for students having technical issues.

Vocabulary words will be posted under the vocab tab for Friday's class. Please click on the tab to view the words.  

You will fill out the first of two pages of the Study of Life worksheets. The worksheet will be used as reinforcement for the lessons covered. 

The Zoom information from Thursday will be used for Friday's class. Email at the start of the class if you are having an issue logging on.  

The Scientific Method

We will discuss the scientific method and answer questions on an Experimental Design Diagram.

The link for chapter 1 of the text is posted in Google Classroom. 

Download the experimental design diagram worksheet. The sheet will be used in class today, Thursday, September 10th. 

independent learning: Read pages 11 - 13 and take notes.

The 7 Critreria for Life

1) Reproduction: This can be sexual reproduction or asexual reproduction.

Asexual

2) Growth and Development

3) Homeostasis

4) Responding to Stimuli

5) Evolution

 

6) The Need for Energy

7) Interdependence: Relying on living and non living things

Start of Instructions

The Zoom information for today's class in in Google classroom. 

Independent Learning:

1) Spend some time reading through and memorizing  most of the root words on the Scientific Language worksheet. 

2) Study the first 6 vocabulary words on the Investigation and Experimentation Vocabulary sheet.

And remember: The Best of Times is Now

Click on the link to listen.

Day 5 Welcome Week. September 4, 2020

If you are logging on for the first time, read through the previous posts.  

Today's Zoom meeting is optional.  It will run from 9:45 - 10:45 and will be for all my classes.  

Again, log into Google Classroom and download the vocabulary worksheet posted there. Be prepared on Tuesday to discuss the scientific language assignment.  

Have a great long weekend. 

Welcome Week. Day 4. September 3, 2020

A Canvas link has been added.  Once in Canvas, click on announcements the code for Google classroom is saved there.

Scientific Language

Scientific vocabulary is made of root words that are linked to have different meaning.  Learning the root words will help you to understand the meaning of words that would otherwise be difficult.

The sheets with some common prefixes and a few scientific words have been posted in Google classroom. Review and guess the meaning of the words listed.

Remember to write you name on the form for attendance.

Day 3 of Welcome week

September 2, 2020

The Canvas link has been updated.  Follow directions below to access the Google classroom code.

Click on the link to Google classroom to view today's assignment.  Participation will be used to take attendance.

The code for Google classroom can be found by clicking on the link for Canvas. Click on the assignment tab on the left of the page. The page opens, then click on the words Google classroom to display. 

How To Access the Google Classroom Code

To access the Google Classroom Code, click on the Canvas Link and then click on discussion.

Welcome Week Day 2 - September 1, 2020.

Please fill out the form listed in Google Classroom.  It will be used to take attendance.  In addition, there will be a Zoom meeting at 9:45 AM today.  The link is also available in Google Classroom.

Biology: The study of Life.

Welcome to the virtual start to the 2020- 2021 school year.

Check the high school's home work page for information about the first day of school, tomorrow,

August, 31, 2020

After Monday's class, the code for Zoom meetings will be posted in Google classroom.

Happy Mmeorial Day

Have a great Memorial Day weekend.

Reading assignments and attendance.

Some students asked that the work be listed in Google classroom because they receive notifications when new assignments are posted. Therefore, most of the details will be posted there.  

Also, make certain to log into Google classroom. Attendance will be taken based on your participation. 

The Therory of Evolution second part

Read pages 398 - 403 and answer questions 1 - 6.  Details also listed in Google classroom.  Due date; May 8th. Please upload your to the Theory of Evolution folder.

The Theory of Evolution

The details of the assignment is posted in Google Classroom

Assignments Posted between March 16th through March 25th

The assignments posted during the above specified period remains in  PowerSchool.  For those of you who already turned in the work, you might not see the grade until next week.  That is because the date entered has been changed to May 6th.  The change was necessary due to information received from the district.

If you have not already done it you can still submit the work to Google Classroom. 

Zoom Meeting and other information

Please read through the entire post.
I am scheduling ZOOM meetings for this week.

Period 1 Meeting; Monday, May 4th from 10 - 11am

Period 4 Meeting: Wednesday, April 29th from 11:10 - noon

Period 6 Meeting: Friday, May 1st 11:10 - Noon
The Zoom information will be posted in Google Classroom.

These times scheduled by the school  are based on your class period.

If you are in need of a virtual meeting before the assigned times you can email me and we will decide on a time to meet.

I now too have a phone number provided by Google voice.  This number will be posted in Google classroom.

Work for this week:

If you have already done the work posted on this blog between March 18 and March 24th, no work will be posted for you this week of April 27, through May 1st. For everyone else, here is yet another opportunity to complete the assignments posted March 18th, 19th, 24th.  Please follow the instructions posted previously to upload the files to Google Classroom. Do not email your work.  The due date is May 1, 2020.

More updated information will be added on Friday, May 1, 2020.

Updated information will be posted on April 27, 2020

Please check back for an update. 
Also, if you submitted work to Google classroom and did not get a grade that means there is a problem.  Please go back and read the assignments on the blog.

Upload Your Work

Please upload the work you completed between the period March 16 - March 27, 2020.  An uploads  folder has been created in Google Classroom.  Do not email the assignments to me.  Do however, contact me by email if you are having a problem uploading the material.  

Interesting Developments

                                                               

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Answers to Your Questions

I have read all your responses on the Google Form.  Thank you.
It was nice reading that many of you got involved with family activities, keeping some sort of routine and learning new things.

 As for me, I am well.  My time was spent creating a website, reading, watching some movies mainly old classics, and exercising. I am looking forward to this weekend as my daughter will be home and we will celebrate my birthday, quite unlike what was planned. We will make it a fun memorable experience and not whine about what we can't do.

For Your Information:
1) Feel free to contact me via email with details about your individual questions.
2) Zoom meetings will be scheduled soon and no they should not conflict with other teacher's.  There is a specific sequence based on class periods.
3) A decision will be made about how to submit work you did during the first two weeks and I will enter grades for that work.
4) Anything work between now and April 24th will not be graded, Remember we return to grading work on Monday, April 27th.
5) You should not use your district email. I cannot respond to them.  The messages get returned as undeliverable.

No need to check back before Monday, April 13th.

Have a Happy Easter and Passover.

Google Classroom Code

The code for Google Classroom cannot be listed on the blog.  The blog is public.
 Please communicate with each other to get the code which was shared so many times throughout the school year. Most of you from periods 4 and 6 took pictures of the code on March 13th.  Check the photos on your phones. 

Transitioning

Hello Guys, Welcome back. I hope you are all well and keeping positive.  Things are never 100 percent negative.   I hope you have spent some of the three weeks figuring out and possibly doing some things that should be done.  It was and still is an opportunity to learn about you and what you would like to achieve.

With that being said, I am aware that some families are affected more than others not only because of being ill, but also economically.  I really do wish that this current situation will ease and we can return to experience some semblance of life. Feel free to reach out by email if you need to communicate with me.

Concerning the work that was assigned March 16^th through March 27, 2020:

1)     The work will be collected and grades will be entered.  Let me know if you were not able to complete the assignments.

2)     There will be a Google form for you to fill out.  Please log into Google Classroom to complete it. Let’s share about your experience over the past three weeks.

Guidelines from the District:

1)     Some work will be assigned starting today through April 24^th.  This work will not be graded.  The time will be used to ensure that each student across the district has access to a computer. 

2)     It will also be a good time for teachers to establish their virtual classrooms. Most of my assignments will be posted in Google Classroom.

3)     We will return to grading assignments for work done starting April 27, 2020.

Current Guideline for my classes:

1)     In addition to becoming more efficient with Google Classroom, I will also be creating and presenting lessons via Zoom.  More details to follow.

2)     I will also establish office hours when we can communicate directly if needed.  Office hours will be staggered so that I am available at three different time periods on three different days. 

3)     You can communicate via email.

I am looking forward to communicating with you.

Spring Break

Hello all,  I hope you are doing well and keeping positive during the current situation.  No additional assignments will be posted. I will respond via this blog after hearing the update from the district. 

Next week is the official Spring Break. 

If we are not back in school on April 6, 2020 I will return after that time to post an update. 



Remember, attitude makes the difference between an adventure and an ordeal.  Stay positive and think creatively during this period. Have a good Spring Break.

Assignment

Please log into Google classrrom to read, take notes and respond to the question.

The article is called: The Evolution of Drug-resistant Microorganisms is a Serious Health Concern.

Notes and Assignment

The chapters on Evolution have been posted in Google Classroom
Evolution; the idea that living species are descendants of ancestral species, that were different from present day ones.  It can also be described as the genetic changes of a population from generation to generation.

Using the current worldwide affairs in the lesson.
It has become apparent that certain members of the population are more prone to develop serious effects from the coronavirus:
1) Gatrhering in large groups
2) Not practicing proper hygiene like washing of the hand
3) Smoking, that can damage the tissue of the lung
4)Weakened immune systems.


Use the chapter on the Theory of Evolution for this assignment
Assignment: Use your creative imagination to explain how evolution might occur in a non-human species.  Use copy paper, without lines.  Your answer should include picutures and words.
a) Show where your species lives (Use pictures; for instance forests, water, desert)
b) Include pictures of tje species.
c) What adaptations allow your species to live and survive in its niche?
d) Explains what resulted in some members of your species evolving (This should include changes in genes or special adaptations)
e) What was or were the conditions leading to evolution?
f) What happened to the ones that did not evolve? Explain.

Don't procrastinate.  Start working on the assignments.
The instructions for the next assignment will be posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Evolution; Change Through Time

You will start the new Unit on Evolution> The Chapter of the text has been posted in Google Classrrom.Check the vocabulary tab to view the word.

Assignment:

1) Read pages 366 to 373. 
2) Takes notes and used the heading to identify the sections represented.
3) Answer the questions in the problem solving section on page 372.
4) Explain in your own words the Fossilization Process.

Please check back for additional assignments

The Unorthodox Break From School

I hope that all is well with you.  Don't let the outside environment interfere with your mind and make you fearful.

This current situation in the country is temporary. This too shall pass.

Check back in a few days for the assignment. The activity will prevent you from totally losing the momentum that it too so long to develop.

How Genes Controlled

Friday the 13th

      School closed until April 6, 2020.  Check back on 3/16/20 
                                                           for updated information.

Introduction to cloning:





We will review the answers from the assignment from yesterday.

Chapter Reading

March 12, 2020
Assignment with substitute.  Textbook available in Google Classroom.
Read page 498 and take notes
Read pages 349 - 353 and then answer questions 1-5
Answer the questions in the problem solving section on page 353

Chapter 10 Multiple Choice Test

PowerPoint

Friday, March 6, 2020
The PowerPoint was used to show pictures and to fill in some additional details about transcription, translation.
In addition, the class read information about viruses and answered questions from the problem solving lab on page 480 of the class textbook.  A copy of the book is available in Google Classroom.

Lytic and Lysogenic Cycles

The Behavior of HIV nucleic acid in a host cell

Translation of the mRNA

You will learn about the tRNA  to show how the body translates the code from the mRNA.

Video Link: Animation; How Translation Works

You will also work on individually on a Transcription and Translation worksheet.

Genetic Code Chart

Copying the DNA Molecule and Transcribing the mRNA

We will review copying of the DNA Molecule and then Transcribe the mRNA.

Video Link: Copying the DNA


Copying the DNA:



Transcribing the mRNA :

The DNA Molecule

Write the definition of the vocabulary words listed on the blog.  They should be included in the vocabulary words for this chapter 10.

The Introduction of the DNA Molecule.
You will take notes on the characteristics of the DNA


 

Molecular Biology of the Gene

Introduction to the nucleic acids.  Due to the current world wide situation with the current coronavirus, we will start the chapter by introducing the topic of viruses.

Any information shared about the current Coronavirus is intended as a learning tool and is not intended to cause panic. Moderna Biotech Company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, has developed a vaccine that is ready for clinical trials.

This will be an introductory lesson.  We will have to first discuss the details of the nucleic acids in order for you to fully understand viruses.


Reading: What are Viruses, Viral Structure, Attachment to Host Cell.
You will read pages 475 through 478 and take notes.

Discussion topic: Will include the characteristics of viruses and the current situation.