Friday November 28th, 2008

SNC 2D
1. Hand in Karyotype assignment. Re-try for Monday if applicable.
2. Lesson/Discussion/PowerPoint Slides: Biotechnology, Selective breeding, Genetic Screening.
3. Reproduction review including various questions from review sheet.
Unit Test Monday.

SNC 3M
Continue Lab: "Drop That Blood". Today: Work on graphs and/or obtain data from a 2nd surface.

SNC 1P
Part 1 of Unit test - Practical Test: Build 2 circuits as instructed, measure voltage at various parts of the circuit, draw circuit diagrams.
Part 2 of test (written) on Monday.

Thursday November 26th, 2008

SNC 2D (Short Class - Assembly)
1. Check Planaria
2. Take up questions (from textbook/test review). Try to come up with more questions for tomorrow! Monday is the Unit test.
3. Discussion regarding homework assignment. Click on the link below from Tuesday's post. Answers are due tomorrow!

Also: A reproduction review sheet is available if you want it. Click here:
http://fcinternet.hwdsb.on.ca/~noah.gardner/Biology%20Unit%20Review.doc?FCItemID=S032A099A
This is not for homework but you may use it as a source of extra questions for studying for Monday's test.

SNC 3M
Continue "Drop That Blood" Lab. Obtain data (possibly for drops onto a different surface) and begin graphing.

SNC 1P
1. Complete quiz board.
2. Note: Protecting Circuits.
3. Work on Electricity Review sheet. Test tomorrow!

Wednesday November 26th, 2008

SNC 2D
1. Lesson/Note: DNA Structure.
2. Continue Powerpoint Slide Presentation: Variation.
3. Homework assignment. See yesterday's post - due Friday.

SNC 3M
1. Blood Spatter discussion.
2. Make fake blood recipe.
3. Begin lab: Drop That Blood.

SNC 1P
1. Hand in labs: p. 144-145 and p. 148-149.
2. Make electrical "Quiz Board" using Bristol Board, aluminum foil & tape.

Tuesday November 25th, 2008

SNC 2D
1. Check Planaria.
2. Note/Lesson: Sexual Reproduction, Meiosis and Twins: fraternal, identical, conjoined (siamese) twins.

Homework assignment due Friday:
Go to:
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bio/activities/karyotyping/karyotyping.html
and complete the instructions exactly as they are written. Read all pages as you complete the steps.
Hand in on Friday: 7 questions total - 6 short answers as instructed plus a 2-3 sentence summary as explained on the site.

Unit Test: Monday December 1st.


SNC 3M
1. Lesson/Note: Physics Problem solving
2. Time to work on Physics/Motion Problems worksheet, due tomorrow.

SNC 1P
1. Continue/complete activity on p. 148-149. Sample voltage and current numbers provided for any who had trouble obtaining their own results.
2. Complete for homework: p. 149 - Analyzing and Concluding part (m) i, ii, iii, iv and Understanding Concepts #2.

Monday November 24th, 2008

SNC 2D
1. Check Planaria, bubble in oxygen, feed liver if necessary. Observe for regeneration.
2. Continue Note: Sexual Reproduction in Plants.
Homework: Sign out textbook to complete previously assigned questions
from the SciencePower 9 textbook:
Read p. 25-27, do p. 28 # 2-5
Read p. 29-34, do p. 35 # 1,2,4-6
Read p. 36-40, do p. 40 #1-4
Read p. 46-50, do p. 50 #1,2,4-6
Read p. 60-63, 66-69, do p. 71 #2abc, 3,4a
Read p. 72-74, do p. 74 #1,2,4
Read p. 114,117-119, 121, do p. 121 #1,2,3,6
(if not yet finished).

SNC 3M
1. Lesson/Note: Intro to physics (motion review).
2. Assigned work: Worksheet: Physics (Motion) Problems. Due Wednesday.
3. Reminder: Friday's assignment due tomorrow. (see Friday's post for details).

SNC 1P
1. Homework Check.
2. Lesson: Using an ammeter and a voltmeter.
3. Begin Lab activity: pg. 148-149 in textbook.

Friday November 21st, 2008

SNC 2D
Last day to complete textbook questions listed on yesterday's post.

SNC 3M
1. Download a copy of the Blood Research Assignment by clicking below.
http://fcinternet.hwdsb.on.ca/~noah.gardner/Blood%20Research%20Assignment.doc?FCItemID=S0324592C

2. Complete this assignment using the following websites.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_pattern_analysis_at_crime_scenes
http://www.bloodspatter.com/BPATutorial.htm

You can either print out the pages and complete them in writing -OR- you can type your answers on to the word file and email the completed file to:
noah.gardner@hwdsb.on.ca
when finished. (Due Tuesday)

SNC 1P
1. Complete worksheets handed out.
2. Movie: Bill Nye - Current Electricity.
3. If you have extra time, read p. 146-147, do p. 147 #1-6

Thursday November 20th, 2008

SNC 2D
1. Continue Note: Sexual Reproduction/Meiosis.
2. Force flatworm(s) 'Planaria' to asexually reproduce. How? 1. Obtain flatworm. 2. Find head and tail. 3. Cut below head and separately above tail. Planaria should regenerate to form 3 new organisms if they are provided with sufficient food and oxygen. 4. Note middle section and draw diagram in binder so you can regcognize which end was closer to the head and which was closer to the tail. Does the region closer to the head always become a new head? We will use class results to determine the answer.

Tomorrow in class, students will be given all period to complete the following questions from the SciencePower 9 textbook:
Read p. 25-27, do p. 28 # 2-5
Read p. 29-34, do p. 35 # 1,2,4-6
Read p. 36-40, do p. 40 #1-4
Read p. 46-50, do p. 50 #1,2,4-6
Read p. 60-63, 66-69, do p. 71 #2abc, 3,4a
Read p. 72-74, do p. 74 #1,2,4
Read p. 114,117-119, 121, do p. 121 #1,2,3,6
This will be the 3rd and final period to work on this in class.

SNC 3M
Unit test: Nutrition and Trace Evidence.

SNC 1P
1. Homework Check: 2 worksheets from yesterday.
2. Lesson/Note: Determining Current and Voltage in Series and Parallel Circuis.

Wednesday November 19th, 2008

SNC 2D
1. 30 minutes to work on textbook work assigned yesterday. Time will also be given Friday. Questions are expected to be completed by the end of class on Friday.
2. Lesson/Note: Sexual Reproduction / Meiosis.

SNC 3M
Review for tomorrow's test. Extra review sheets available in class or by clicking below on link in Monday's post.

SNC 1P
Use pages 134-136 & glossary in textbook to work on 2 page handout given out in class today.

Tuesday November 18th, 2008

SNC 2D
1. Work on assigned textbook work in class.
2. Complete asexual reproduction note: Regeneration.
3. Movie: Regeneration.

SNC 3M
1. Hand in Vitamin C lab.
2. Review for Thursday's test; review sheet handed out.

SNC 1P
1. Observations for p. 144-145 activity discussed. Complete p. 144-145 questions and hand in, build circuits from activity if needed.
2. Read p. 146-147.

Monday November 17th, 2008 - Learning Community Day (Two 90 minute classes)

SNC 3M
- Work on Vitamin C lab Standard Curve graph and discussion questions.
Test will be on Thursday!
For review:
1. Study notes from unit.
2. Study/re-read p. 223-229, review p. 230 #1-11
3. Click below for a review sheet:
http://fcinternet.hwdsb.on.ca/~noah.gardner/NutritionUnitTestReviewQuestions.doc?FCItemID=S031F8A74

SNC 1P
1. Handed back: Current Electricity Lab - correct circuit diagrams.
2. Work on lab activity, p. 144-145. Do observation chart (Table 1), all "Analysis and Conclusion" questions and all "Understanding Concepts" questions. Also do "Making Connections" question #6. Complete unfinished work for homework.

Friday November 14th, 2008

SNC 2D
1. Quiz
2. Hand in Mitosis Board.
3. View Onion root tip and observe cells invarious phases of mitosis.
4. Prepare wet mount with iodine and view cheek cells under high power.

SNC 3M
1. Complete Vitamin C lab including Standard curve and juice testing. Lab due Tuesday.
2. Test Wednesday.

SNC 1P
1. Quiz.
2. Take up circuit diagram homework.
2. Begin Series and Parallel circuit activity, p. 144-145.

Thursday November 13th, 2008

SNC 2D
1. Last in class time to work on reading questions ("Cells").
2. Lesson/Note: Part 2 of Asexual Reproduction (today: bacteria, fungi, plants).
3. Due tomorrow: 15 short answers + 6 paragraph answers to "Cells" reading, and Mitosis Board.

SNC 3M
Day 3 of Vitamin C lab. Today: Graphing a standard curve and testing a Vitamin C tablet.

SNC 1P
1. Part 4 of 10 minute video series.
2. Lesson/Note: Series and Parallel Circuits. Also, closed circuit, open circuit, short circuit.
3. Build and draw 2 more circuits in class. (Circuit 1 - 1 light and 1 resistor in series; wired in paralle to another light. Circuit 2 - 2 dry cells wired in parallel)
4. Make sure homework assigned yesterday is complete. Quiz tomorrow!

Wednesday November 12th, 2008

SNC 2D
1. Time to work on "Cells" reading questions. All questions due Friday.
2. Lesson/Note: Asexual Reproduction.
3. Mitosis board due Friday if not yet completed.

SNC 3M
Day 2 of Vitamin C Lab.

SNC 1P
1. Work on building and drawing circuits on back of Current Electricity Lab worksheet. Complete worksheet and hand in tomorrow.
2. Assigned work (to be completed for homework): Read p. 142-143, do p. 143 #1-5.

Tuesday November 11th, 2008

SNC 2D
1. Silent reading: "Cells" from A Brief History of Nearly Everything.
2. Worksheet for "Cells" reading. Short answer questions #1-15 and Paragraph answers #1,2 due tomorrow.

SNC 3M
1. Hand in Glucose lab if you have not already. Nutrition assignment due tomorrow. Email to:
noah.gardner@hwdsb.on.ca
2. Begin Vitamin C lab.

SNC 1P
1. Complete note from yesterday.
2. Intro to current electricity diagrams and equipment.
3. Lab: Current Electricity Lab 1 - complete front of worksheet and Conclusion for tomorrow. Time will be given to work on the back of the worksheet in class tomorrow.

Monday November 10th, 2008

SNC 2D
- Work on Mitosis Board. Hand in by Thursday.

SNC 3M
- Note/Discussion: Nutrient Deficiency & Toxicity / Gastric Conditions

SNC 1P
1. Vandergraf Generator lesson & demonstration.
2. Lesson/Note: Current Electricity

Friday November 7th, 2008

SNC 2D
1. Quiz (Microscope & cells)
2. Begin Mitosis Board assignment. For homework, work on Board captions/descriptions of phases.

SNC 3M
1. Lesson/Note: Enzymes
2. Discussion regarding Lab:Where's the Glucose where's the starch? (due Monday).

SNC 1P
1. Complete Static note: Conductors , Insulators & Grounding.
2. Assigned work: Read p. 134-136, do p. 137 #1-4 (complete for homework).
3. Bill Nye: Static Electricity

Thursday November 6th, 2008

SNC 2D
1. Homework Check and Take up Microscope worksheet.
2. Lesson/Note: Mitosis

SNC 3M
1. Lab: Where's the Glucose, where's the starch? (Due Monday)
2. Nutrition assignment deadline extended to Wed. Nov. 12 due to our computer problems.

SNC 1P
1. Parts 2 and 3 of Electricity movies.
2. Metal-leaf electroscope demonstration and discussion.
3. Note: Static Electricity - Law of attraction and repulsion

Wednesday November 5th, 2008

SNC 2D
1. Read p. 8-16, do p. 16 #1ac, 2 in SciencePower9 text.
2. Discussion regarding Microscope "Worksheet". Due tomorrow.
3. Excerpt from Movie: Introducing Biology - The Cell (focus on mitosis).

SNC 3M
1. Lesson/Note: Digestion.
2. Work on worksheet: The Human Digestion System.
3. Excerpt from Movie: Introducing Biology - Digestion.

SNC 1P
Take your kids to work day.
Those in class worked on Lab: Discovering the Law of Attraction and Repulsion (due tomorrow).

Tuesday November 4th, 2008

SNC 2D
1. Hand in Microscope Field Diameter Lab and Onion Cell Diagram.
2. Cell Note Part 1: Timeline, Cell Theory and Parts of the Cell.

SNC 3M
Work in computer lab on internet nutrition assignment.

SNC 1P
- Work on Lab: Discovering the Law of Attraction & Repulsion (Today: Observations Part B, Conclusions, Discussion Questions)
- Completed Lab is due Thursday.

Monday November 3rd, 2008

SNC 2D
1. Take up Animal Cell and Plant Cell diagrams.
2. Time to work on Microscope Field Diameter lab and Onion Cell drawing (due tomorrow).
3. Mini-lesson: Determining magnification of your cell drawing.
4. Assigned work: Microscope Worksheet (due Thursday).

SNC 3M
In computer lab working on assignment. Network failed half-way through. Tomorrow will be the last in-class day to work on this project!

SNC 1P
1. Science Log: Drawing Electrostatic Charges.
2. Begin Lab: Discovering the Law of Attraction and Repulsion.