4/21/10 Warm up Warm up: What is the difference between a vein and an artery? Review: Name the fours chambers of the human heart.

4/20/10 Warm up Warm up: How are the circulatory systems of fish and amphibians different? (2 differences..see page 870) Review: How are the circulatory systems of reptiles and mammals different? (2 differences..see page 870)

4/15/10 Warm up Warm up:What is going well with your experiment? What could be improved? Review: Describe 3 things that you learned about the human body during the presentations today.

4/14/10 Warm up Warm up: What is the next step to your experiment? Review: How do you prevent diseases or disorders for the system of the body that you are researching.

4/13/10 Warm up Warm up: What body system are you researching and what are the major functions of that system? Review:What is the next step in your experiment?

4/9/10 Warm up Warm up: Review:

4/8/10 Warm up Warm up:Which variable is your group going to change in your experiment? Review:List at least 5 variables that you attempt to control (keep the same) during your experiment.

4/7/10 Warm up Warm up: How is the “killfish” experiment different from the “mammoth molar” study? Review: What is your group’s experimental question?

4/6/10 Warm up Warm up:No warm up Review: No review

4/5/10 Warm up Warm up: Think of a medicine that you have taken in the last year. Describe an experiment that could be done to test the effectiveness of the medication. Review: How does the experiment in the article control variables? (answer: they only changed one variable at to time)

4/1/10 Warm up Warm up: Why is it important to identify sources of error for an experiment? Review: Describe 2 sources of error that your group tried to control in the experiment plan?

3/31/10 Warm up Warm up: Which kind of information should be on the “X” axis of a graph? Which belong on the “Y” axis? Review: Which information did you put on the “X” axis of your graph? Which information did you put on the “Y” axis?

3/30/10 Warm up Warm up: Why is it important to change only 1 variable in an experiment? Review: Which variable did your group change? List at least 3 variables that your group will attempt to control (keep the same).

3/29/10 Warm up Warm up: Why is it important to introduce background information at the beginning of an experiment report? Review: Which prompt did your group choose?

3/17/10 Warm up Warm up: No warm up today 3/18/10: If you could go anywhere for spring break, where would it be and why?

3/16/10 Warm up Warm up: Based on the information that you found in your research, what are at least 3 benefits or costs to society of stem cell research? (choose the opposite side that you discussed in yesterday’s warm up)

3/15/10 Warm up Warm up: Based on the information that you found in your research, what are at least 3 benefits or costs to society of stem cell research?

3/15/10 Warm up Warm up: Do you think the government should fund embryonic stem cell research? Why or why not?

3/11/10 Warm up Warm up: No warm up today

3/10/10 Warm up Warm up: What is the hardest thing about school? What is the easiest thing about school?

3/9/10 Warm up Warm up: How many hours of sleep do you get on an average week night? (the reading assignment we are doing today relates to hours of sleep)

3/8/10 Warm up Warm up: What is a simile?

Warm up No warm up questions March 3-5 We were state testing

3/2/10 Warm up Warm up: What is the procedure for finding out what the warm up question was from an absence? Answer: (3 parts)  Check the website found in “Department resources” section of the high school website.  Click on the warm up questions link.  Also check the green wall for a printed copy to borrow during work time.

3/1/10 Advanced Biology Warm up: What is the procedure for finding out what assignments were given when you were absent? Answer: Collect the class calendar from the red folder on the green wall when you return. The due date is extended 1 day if the absence was excused.

2/26/10 Advanced Biology Warm up: What is the most abundant gas in the Earth’s atmosphere? How much of the atmosphere is made up of this gas?

2/25/10 Advanced Biology Warm up: Which natural force most likely caused the layers to deform into the wavy pattern? A D C B

2/24/10 Advanced Biology Warm up: Place the fossils (1,2,3,4) in order from youngest to oldest. Explain how you know your order is correct. A D C B

2/23/10 Advanced Biology Warm up: According to the most current scientific evidence, how many years ago did two large objects collide to form our planet? Rephrase the question into your answer: “According to the most current scientific evidence….” Activities: -State test review “Fearless planet” notes -radiometric dating -ages of fossils

2/22/10 Advanced Biology Warm up: What is the hardest thing that you have ever done that ended in a success? Activities: -reading notes 12.1 due at warm up -papers passed back -quiz corrections

2/19/10 Advanced Biology Warm up: Explain the evidence that was used to confirm that DNA is the molecule that stores genetic information. Activities: -Quiz -reading notes 12.1 due MON at warm up

2/18/10 Advanced Biology Warm up: What chemical characteristics make it so that Adenine bonds with Thymine and Guanine bonds with Cytosine? Activities:  p. 308 “evolutionary connection” due at warm up  Go over study guide QUIZ TOMORROW!

2/17/10 Advanced Biology Warm up: How does cooperation help scientists make new discoveries. Activities:  p.308 cooperation vs competition paragraph due at warm up  p. 308 “evolutionary connection” due THURS at warm up

2/16/10 Biology Warm up: Why is it important to have genetic variation in a population of organisms? Activities:  p.278 #1-5 and connecting concepts due at warm up  Graded work is returned  Quiz corrections  Meiosis cutouts due warm up  11.5 reading notes due warm up

2/11/10 Biology Warm up: What is the difference between a haploid cell and a diploid cell? See page 275 Activities: -Reading notes 11-4 (pp ) due THURS -Notes: meiosis p.278 #1-5 and connecting concepts

2/10/10 Biology Warm up: Describe one of Mendel’s principles of heredity. Activities: -review notes due at warm up -QUIZ TODAY Reading notes 11-4 (pp ) due THURS

2/5/10 Biology Warm up: (20 points) Explain how traits are inherited. Use the following terms in your paragraph:  allele  trait  dominant  recessive  homozygous  heterozygous Activities: Punnett square worksheet warm up -Work sheet : genetics practice packet These words should be used to form a coherent paragraph that completely answer the question.

2/4/10 Biology Warm up: What is gene segregation? Activities:  Reading notes 11.2 (pp ) warm up  p. 269 #1-5 due at the end of the period (we will do these together if time allows)  Punnett square practice problems progress check Friday at warm up

2/3/10 Biology Warm up: Describe at least 3 habits that allow students to be successful in school. Activities: -Reading notes 11.1 warm up -Groups divide: p.266 #1-6 + thinking visually Reading notes 11.2 (pp ) due warm up

2/2/10 Biology Warm up: List 3 things that can cause cancer. Hint: (use complete sentences) -virus (HPV can cause cervical cancer) -radiation -carcinogenic chemicals -heredity can increase risk Activities: -QUIZ TODAY -Reading notes 11.1 (pp ) due warm up

2/1/10 Biology Warm up: List the stages of mitosis in order: Hint: Interphase is the first stage before it begins. Use complete sentences to answer the questions. Activities: -Review of Mitosis -Notes: regulating the cell cycle

1/29/10 Biology Warm up: (20 points) Explain why it is useful for our cells to be designed to die after a certain amount of time. What happens if they don’t die on schedule? Hints:  Write your best paragraph with an introductory sentence that rephrases the question.  Include reasons for cell death.  Include discussion of cancer. Activities: -p.249 #1-6 due at warm up - experiment report writing (typing if we have time)

1/28/10 Biology Warm up: In which part of mitosis do the chromosomes line up along the “equator” of the cell? Use complete sentences. Activities: Mitosis Flipbooks due today at warm up Discussion notes “life span” see p.249 Assignments: p.249 #1-6 due FRI at warm up Reading notes for pp due warm up (reading notes were assigned Tuesday)

1/27/10 Biology Warm up: Which part of the cell cycle does a cell spend most of it’s time? Use complete sentences. Activities: Notes: Mitosis Mitosis Flipbooks due Thursday at warm up Reading notes for pp due warm up

1/26/10 Biology Warm up: Why is it important to human health that cells can make a genetically similar copy of itself? Activities: Discussion: cell division P.243 #1-4 as a class. Due at the end of the discussion. Reading notes for pp due warm up

1/25/10 Biology Warm up: Describe something about yourself that you are proud of. Activities: Reading notes pp warm up Review classroom procedures Test corrections Discussion notes