Thursday May 31st, 2007

SNC 1D
- Lesson/Note: Other Celestial Bodies
- Continue working on reading p. 435-456.
- No quiz tomorrow!


SBI 3C
- Lesson/Note: Food Molecules (Macronutrients) / The Digestive System

Wednesday May 30, 2007

SNC 1D
- Note/Lesson: Celestial Bodies/The Night Sky
- Assigned Reading: Non-Activity pages from p. 435-456


SBI 3C
- Note/Lesson: Populations: Types of Growth, Growth Rate, Limiting Factors, Histograms

Tuesday May 29th, 2007

SNC 1D
- Field Trip to McMaster 3D Theatre.


SBI 3C
- Continue working on Environmental Science Project.

Monday May 28th, 2007

SNC 1D
- Guest Speaker from McMaster - Topic: DNA Research
- Field Trip Tomorrow!
Meet in the foyer at 9am. Bus leaves at 9:05 and returns to the school at 10:45am. Some of you need to remember your forms and $ in the morning!


SBI 3C
- Lesson/Note: The Nitrogen Cycle and how humans affect Nutrient Cycles.

Friday May 25th, 2007

SNC 1D
- Biology Unit Test

Reminders: Monday - Class will take place period 3 (for both classes) in the pit in the Library. We have a guest speaker coming from McMaster for a talk on DNA research.
Permission forms and money are due Monday for the Field trip on Tuesday (May 29th) to McMaster. The bus leaves the school at 9am and returns at 10:45am.


SBI 3C
- Lesson/note: Nutrient Cycles, The Carbon Cycle

Thursday May 24th, 2007

SNC 1D
- Short note/lesson: Twins and Cloning
- Biology Review
- Unit Test tomorrow!
- Field Trip forms and $8 due Monday!


SBI 3C
- Lesson/Note: Organization of organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems, biosphere / Biomes / Nutrient vs Energy flow
- Time to work on assignment.

Wednesday May 23rd, 2007

SNC 1D
- Work Period: Read p. 80-86, p. 91-94 & p. 112-121
Do p. 90 # 2, p. 94 # 3,4 & p. 121 # 1-5

- Download the Biology Unit Review Sheet from the Parkside Science Website! Use the Link to the left! Unit Test this Friday!



SBI 3C
- Work Period: Work on the Environmental Science Assignment.

Tuesday May 22, 2007

SNC 1D
- Lesson/Note: Human Development: Pregnancy
- Reminder: Unit Test: Friday May 25th.


SBI 3C
- Begin Environmental Science assignment: Do Pre-test for Unit 5 in textbook (#1-9)

Friday May 18th, 2007

SNC 1D
- Reproduction Quiz & take-up & discussion.
- Complete movie(s) not completed this week.
- Assigned work: Read p. 112-121, do p. 121 # 1-5


SBI 3C
- Buy-In (Alumni Basketball Game)
- If in class: Work on Plant Video Project

Thursday May 17th, 2007

SNC 1D
- Lesson/Note: DNA Structure
- Movie - Bill Nye: Genes


SBI 3C
- Unit Test: Plants

Wednesday May 16th, 2007 (Learning Community Day)

SNC 1D
- Work period: Time to work on questions assigned yesterday. Review of Meiosis vs. Mitosis.


SBI 3C
- Work period: Time to work on Unit Review questions.

Tuesday May 15th, 2007

SNC 1D
- Movie & worksheet: Plant Reproduction
- Work on: Activity: p. 48-49, Read p. 46-50 do p. 50 # 1-7, Read p. 60-71 do p. 71 # 1-5


SBI 3C
- Read p. 341-343 do p. 343 # 1-8
- Plants Unit Review questions assigned - test on Thursday!

Monday May 14th, 2007

SNC 1D
- Note/Lesson: Sexual Reproduction & Meiosis.
- Activity on p. 48-49, work with a partner.
- Assigned work: Read p. 46-50, Do p. 50 # 1-7 (due Wednesday)
Due tomorrow: p. 40 # 1-3
Biology Unit Test: Friday May 25th!


SBI 3C
- Video + worksheet: Plant Reproduction

Friday May 11th, 2007

SNC 1D
- Reproduction Quiz 2
- Lesson/Note: Asexual Reproduction in Plants.
- Assigned work: Read p. 36-40, Do p. 40 # 1-3


SBI 3C
- Quiz: "Plants"
- Work on assigned questions and Plant Video Project

Thursday May 10th, 2007

SNC 1D
- Work on p. 28 # 1-7
- Hand in Onion Root Tip mitosis drawing.
- Lesson/Note: Asexual Reproduction.
- Assigned work: Read p. 29-35, Do p. 35 # 1-5


SBI 3C
- Continue to work on Plant video project and questions on p. 274 and 284.
- Handout: Stems

Wednesday May 9th, 2007

SNC 1D
- View Onion Root Tip Cells for mitosis. Diagram with scale due tomorrow.
- Assigned work: Read p. 24-28, do p. 28 # 1-7 (due Friday).


SBI 3C
- Work on questions in cell package as well as p. 274 #1-4 and p. 284 # 1-6
- Work on plant project on computer.

Tuesday May 8th, 2007

SNC 1D
- Complete and hand in cheek cell drawing. (Complete at lunch if necessary).
- Movie: Mitosis.
- Lesson/Note (handout): Mitosis.
- Assigned work: Read p. 17-23, do p. 23#1-6 (due tomorrow).


SBI 3C
- Lesson/Note: Plant Response to external stimuli (Phototropism, Geotropism).
- View example of completed Plant project on computer.

Monday May 7th, 2007

SNC 1D
- Take up microscope worksheet including determining the actual size of a cell when viewed under a microscope.
- Activity: View cheek cells stained with methylene blue. Draw cell and provide scale indicating magnification of drawing. Complete for homework.



SBI 3C
- Lesson: Life cycle of flowering plants.

Friday May 4th, 2007

SNC 1D
- Reproduction Quiz 1
- Lesson/Worksheet: Determining the Field Diameter of a microscope.
- Homework: Complete 3 microscope worksheets and cell parts worksheet.


SBI 3C
- Plants Quiz 1
- Lesson: Monocot vs Dicot stem structure including rings of woody dicots.
- View and draw herbaceous dicot stem.

Thursday May3, 2007

SNC 1D
- Microscope Handout: Biological Drawings, Preparing a Wet Mount, Viewing Onion Cells.
- View onion skin, draw and label a cell. No homework except to read over handout and have cell drawing complete. Quiz tomorrow.


SBI 3C
- Clean out seed jars.
- Activity: Glass tubes of various diameters placed in water. Measure height of water in tube due to adhesive and cohesive forces of water. Graph results.
- Continue trying to cut a cross-section and capture image on computer.

Wednesday May 2, 2007

SNC 1D
- Garbage clean-up day and/or:
- Microscope handout plus Magazine Microscope Activity. No homework.

SBI 3C
- Note/Lesson: Stems Part 1
- Cut monocot stem (adult corn plant). Stain with toludiene blue. Observe under microscope. Draw. Capture image on computer if possible.

Tuesday May 1st, 2007

SNC 1D
- Worksheet: Cell Parts and their Functions (due tomorrow)
- Assigned work: Read p. 11-16, Do p. 16 # 1a, 3,4 (due tomorrow)
- Lesson/Note: The Cell Theory


SBI 3C
- Note/Lesson: Roots
- Continue with cross section root cuts.