Monday, May 26, 2008

Tuesday, May 27 & Wednesday, May 28

Review the Following Articles:

Read the following 2 articles and consider this question:

Can you incorporate any of this information into your Introduction or Discussion in your write up?  

1. Write a 1 paragraph response to each article.



2. If you can use any of this information in your paper go for it. Remember to cite your sources.  




Thursday, May 22, 2008

HW 5/22

Tonight for Homework 

1) Please review your Title, Introduction, Hypothesis, Materials and Procedure from last night.

a) Is your title specific?  Does it give an idea to the audience of what the actual experiment is all about?
b) Does your introduction include background information about compost and soil?  Do you have at least 1 reference from a scientific article in this introduction?  Is the purpose of the experiment clearly stated in the introduction?
c) Does your Hypothesis have the IF, THEN , Because format?
d) Is your procedure detailed enough so that a stranger could perform experiment?  It should be written like a recipe, vs. written like a biography "I did this ,then I did this..." Do not use "I" in this paper!!!!

2) Review the Power point presentation that Max and Stephanie presented to the class.  Write a Discussion about this presentation and the results of the culled beet data.  Title this part of the paper:  "Culled Beet Data Discussion".  (This should go after your Procedure.)Be sure to use numbers and evidence from the power point presentation.

3) Add "Procedure for Beet Leaf Measurements" and "Procedure for Bean Height and Flower Counting" to your Procedure section.


Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Monday, April 14, 2008

Evolution Syllabus!

Evolution Syllabus

Homework night of 4/16 & 4/17

(4/16-4/17):

Read in the text "Evidence for Evolution," pp. 382-385. Write a summary of the evidence that Darwin used to infer that living things have been evolving on Earth for millions of years. How was Darwin's thinking similar to the thinking that you used in the Cube Activity?

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

HW A block Biology Due Friday

HW: A block Biology Due Friday

Please write a full page journal entry describing our work in the garden today.
Observations and reflections. Date this entry. Thank you!

Monday, March 24, 2008

Homework for Biology Classes 3/24 & 3/25

Here is the Homework for next class. Please put all of this information in your composting journal. Thank you!

Monday, March 3, 2008

Monday, February 11, 2008

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Lunch Time Speaker: 2/6

Greetings Biology Students

Please bring your own lunch for our lunch time presentation tomorrow.

Thank you! See you in the Bodie lecture hall at lunch!

Monday, February 4, 2008

Tuesday/Wednesday Feb. 5 & 6

HW: All Students should Study for a quiz on comparing mitosis and meiosis, the steps of meiosis, asexual and sexual reproduction, and flower parts.

Feb. 6th: Lunch time presentation on Cancer & Cell Cycle (Bobbie Head)

Tuesday, January 8, 2008