Friday, November 30, 2007

Friday 11/30 HW

Homework: Read text pg. 45-52
Answer Critical Thinking Q # 5 pg. 48
Alternative Assessment: Modeling a process. pg. 53 (Make a model that demonstrates how an active site & substrate are like a lock and key!).

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Digestion Notes

Here are the notes from today's presentation!
Very specific notes. You will find everything you need here!
Digestion Notes

General Outline:
Know Structure & Function of entire Digestion System
1. Mouth
chewing - function
saliva- function

2. Esophagus & Stomach
Peristalsis
Stomach- function (Physical & chemical)
Pepsin
Lipase
Chyme

3. The Small intestine
Duodenum
Liver- bile
Pancreas
Trypsin
Amylase
Lipase
Villi

4. The Large Intestine
cecum
colon
rectum
appendix

Friday, November 16, 2007

11/16 Homework: Prepare for Quiz

Materials on Quiz:

1) Eukaryotic Cells vs. Prokaryotic Cells
2) Endosymbiosis
3) Protists- What type of cells are they? Examples
4) Structure & Function of Cell Membrane (Be able to draw one and label it)
5) Movement in and Out of cells (Passive diffusion, activie diffusion, osmosis, facilitated diffusion, endocytosis & exocytosis) / Think about dialysis tubing activity in class!