Biotech+2011-2012

Welcome Students!

//To think about:// "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." ~Chinese Proverb

SPRING 2012 MAKE-UP LABS (YOU MUST DO THESE LABS WITH ME IN CLASS, AT LUNCH, BEFORE OR AFTER SCHOOL): Set up your lab report as you do in class: title, introduction (use the information in the chapter outline), purpose, materials, procedure, data, conclusion. You must demonstrate that you spent at least 45 minutes on the task in order to get a lab credit.

lab 1-gene splicing: []# lab 2-water quality: []# lab 3-ecosystems: []# lab 4-earthworm dissection []# lab 5-blood pressure [] lab 6-enzyme controlled reactions []#

MAKE UP ASSIGNMENTS Go to []. Choose any 6 of the topics listed. Read and take detailed notes using a note taking straegyon pages 8-19 at []. Submit all work, neatly written and organized, in a folder.

week of April 16, 2012
 * 1) Herbs and Spices Project-due Monday April 23, 2012-[[file:forensicsbiotechmbhsbc/herbs and spices research project.pdf|herbs and spices research project.pdf]]
 * 2) Lab 12-Testing for macromolecules
 * 3) Introduction to herbs and spices [|http://www.nslc.wustl.edu/courses/Bio343A/2005/herbs.pdf[[http://chemistrythroughfood.com/handouts/spices.pdf]]][]
 * 4) tubers, corms, rhizomes, bulbs

Week of April 9th, 2012 VACATION!

week of April 2nd, 2012
 * 1) harnessing nature
 * 2) mimicing nature
 * 3) rainforests
 * 4) medicinal plants con't [[file:forensicsbiotechmbhsbc/medicinal plants.pdf|medicinal plants.pdf]]

week of March 19, 2012
 * 1) Project -due Wed 3/28/2012
 * 1: Create a garden (rooftop terrace, botanical garden exhibit, etc) that includes illustrationa and informational tags/signs/labels/etc. that answer the questions below. Have fun and be creative.
 * 1) What are the characteristics of the plant kingdom
 * 2) How did plants evolve?
 * 3) Describe and give 3 examples of bryophytes?
 * 4) How do humans use bryophytes?
 * 5) Describe and give 3 examples of seedless vascular plants.
 * 6) Describe and give 3 examples of seed plants.
 * 7) Describe and give 3 examples of angiosperms
 * 8) How are plants adapted to H2O, salt, deserts?
 * 9) Lab # 7 chromatography
 * 10) PBA on gene therapy [[file:forensicsbiotechmbhsbc/gene therapy biotech pba article.doc|gene therapy biotech pba article.doc]]
 * 11) PBA [[file:forensicsbiotechmbhsbc/biotech PBA task and rubric-gene therapy.pdf|biotech PBA task and rubric-gene therapy.pdf]]
 * 12) PBA

~End of Marking Period One Spring 2012~

week of March 12, 2012
 * 1) Lab #6 Enzymes in detergents
 * 2) Plant diversity con't
 * 3) Annotation and habits of effective readers
 * 4) Thesis statements and topic sentences []
 * 5) Graphic organizers and argument writing page 21 of []

Week of March 5, 2012

week of February 27, 2012 > so I can post that it's taken. Attach an information card that describes the shape, an example of the microbe and role of the microbe in the environment. Finally attach a string to the model so that it can be hung from the ceiling in the classroom. (MICROBE SHAPES TAKEN SO FAR: _none ) > week of February 13, 2012 > (you do not need to join the wiki, simply create an account so that you can post to the discussion board)
 * 1) Lab #5 Plant Parts []
 * 2) Introduction to plant structure & grow your own plants with a partner project []
 * 3) How do we learn academic vocabulary? [[file:forensicsbiotechmbhsbc/vocabulary word map.pdf|vocabulary word map.pdf]] [[file:forensicsbiotechmbhsbc/Frayer Models science examples.pdf|Frayer Models science examples.pdf]]
 * 1) lab #4 bacteria plate streaking
 * 2) ilovebacteria.com webquest
 * 3) bacteria and viruses vocabulary
 * 4) a trip to the microbe zoo
 * 5) HW #4: build a 3D model of a microbe shape using household items-Email me (mpersau3@schools.nyc.gov) your microbe shape from this site: http://ilovebacteria.com/bacteriashape.htm
 * 1) lab #3 disease transmission
 * 2) lessons: disease and immunity [|powerpoint1]
 * 3) open notes quest
 * 4) review & crib sheet
 * 5) portfolios, lab folders and exam #1
 * 6) HW #3: respond with reason and logic to the post: []

week of February 6, 2012
 * 1) lab #2 measurement
 * 2) lessons: disease & immune system vocabulary; classificiations of diseases [[file:forensicsbiotechmbhsbc/human health and disease.ppt|human health and disease.ppt]]
 * 3) HW #2: write your autobiography. Include: where you were born/grew up; describe your family; schools attended; positive and negative school experiences; places you have traveled/would like to travel to; 3 things you'd like to do in the next year; 3 things you'd like to do in the next 5-10 years; predict your life as it would go up through age 100; anything else you'd like to share

Week of January 31, 2012 >, the main points of a disease from each category: allergies through skin, hair nails [|http://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/#cat20156]
 * 1) safety lab #1
 * 2) diseases & impact pre-assessment; lesson: diseases & impact
 * 3) 7 habits of effective readers; annotation & VPACE [] []
 * 4) community building & multiple intelligences []
 * 5) HW #1 (due mon 2/6/2012): read about and then summarize, using a graphic organizer []
 * 1) HELP with graphic organizers []