Semester 2 - Week of Jan. 31 to Feb . 3

Welcome to Biology 30 - Semester 2

Date	Plan	What we did
Monday	Inservice Day
Tuesday	1) Attendance 2) Course Outline 3) Expectations and Class Norms - Generalized Rubric - Who Am I 4) Duotang - Sign out 5) Unit 1 Overview 6)Big Ideas and Key Questions in Biochemistry 7) Review of Chem	1) Worked through the course outline and reviewed the tools available online. 2) Worked through the document on Class Norms. 3) Handed out the Who am I?  sheet to fill in
January 31
Wednesday	1) Set up your cell phones to follow along on Twitter. 2) Finish the Who Am I? and Goals sheets 3) Work on the Biochem unit Pre-Assessment 4) Handout Textbooks and Duotangs (Textbooks it is your choice to sign one out) 5) Review the big ideas and key questions for this unit. 6) Handout the Objectives for this unit. 7) Start the Review of Chemsitry	1) Set up cell phones to receive text message from twitter. - To do this send a text to 21212 with the following message: Follow MrsPainchaud 2) Finished up and handed in your goals sheets and Who Am I sheets 3) Finished and handed in Biochem Pre-Assessment sheet. 4) Handed out textbook and duotang. 5) Started working on Review of Chem assignment from Duotang.
Feb. 1
Thursday	1) Hand out and assign Laptops. - Check over laptop and make sure that it is in good working order. 2) Setting up you Biology Website. through Google apps. 3) Finish up Review of Chem (Review Crossword) 4) What do you know about Carbs?	1) Signed out laptops - logged into Google apps - Reviewed Google Docs and Google Pres - Tried to create a Twitter account. Use your school username and email to set up this account. 2) Worked on the review of Chem.
Feb. 2
Friday	1) Finish up the review of Chem. 2) Work on the Cross word 3) What do you know about Carbs 4) Introduce Evolution.	1) Finished up REview of Chem Terms (due for Monday) 2) Cross word challenge - Corrected up to #9 down
Feb. 3

TEchnology Wrap up Survey


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Wednesday, January 25

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

1) Reminders:

Please return your textbooks and duotangs by Friday at 1:00.

Final Assessment is Friday at 1:00
- Format: 25 MC (9 Evolution; 16 Genetics)
                Short Answer:
                    - Evolution - 2 questions (1 in on evidence for evolution)
                 Genetics Problems:
                     - 1 mitosis/meiosis  - 6 punnett square questions  - 1 linkage   -  1 HW

** You have the Genetic Engineering Question.  You may hand it in any time before the final or the day of the final.

Body Systems Project is due today (Wed).

2) Class Picture

3) Evolution Review

4) Genetics Engineering Review

** Please complete the Tech Follow up Survey (Technology Feedback Form) and discuss the question which platform would be best for students to stay in contact.

Tuesday, January 24

Tuesday, January 24



1) 20-25 minutes - Wrap up your Body Systems Project and hand in

(Make sure that you have shared your project with Mrs. Painchaud)

3) Wrap up Evolution
- finish up Analogous, Homologous, Vestigial Features
- Evidence for Evolution

- Discuss how to prepare for this section on the exam

4) Handback Quizzes and review (Detailed question review will be at lunch.

5) Fill in the Technology Feedback Form