Thursday, May 30, 2013

JUNE 3-7 GOOD LUCK SENIORS!!

June 3-Review for final Questions will be from  topics and test questions reviewed during class.  Ecology and reproduction covered from the text will be included in the final.

Refer to the syllabus re: the final.

June 4&5 Finals  75 questions/80 minutes

NO ADVISORY TUES. AND WED. DURING FINALS

Refer to the AP topics correlation pages viii and ix in the text.

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!!!!!!

May 28-31 Project Presentations Amnioscentesis/Biome

Amnioscentesis. Explain your results A-F, expound upon the characteristcs, frequency etc.  What are the bioethical implications for these types of prodecedures?

Biome 2-3 page research paper with bibliography.  5 min. oral presentation/power point or poster also.
Use the Biome Guidelines as a reference for your project.

Sign-ups on the board. 

Homework(last hw due)
54.2 Net primary productivity
46.3 Sexual reproduction

May 20-24 Ecology Ch. 50-55

Read Ch. 50
Assignment in-class Take ecolgy notes based on 3 diagrams:

50.3
50.6
diagrams on pages 1088 and 1089

Prairie Grass free response due

Senior finals May 23-28 Good luck seniors!

May 13-17 See Engrade for Assignments prior to this week

Water transport in plants/Transpiration/Water Potential
Read Chap 36.1-36.4

Do Free response Water Potential AP 2011

May 6-10 Prep for AP Exam Mon. May 13

Monday, April 29, 2013


April 29-May 3, 2013

DID YOU SIGN UP FOR APSCORES TO GET YOUR RESULTS?

Read Animal Development Chapter 47
Do terms for 47.1 and 47.3 and self-quiz for ch. 47
Pay attention to cell signaling
                         gene expression on cell development

Do 2 Grid-In questions for Monday, April 29.

Finish the assugnments for last week as we have to complete AP topics before the exam May, 13.

Chapter 51 Behavioral Ecology
Check your Cliff terms against the text to make sure you know all the terms.
Imprinting, taxis, types of learning and conditioning,
Chap 52 Population Ecology
Survivorship curve, exponential growth, logistic curve, K-selection, r-selection,logistic model, age structure
Chapter 53 Community Ecology
Terms community-species area curve
Chap. 54 Ecosystems
Trophic relationships-ozone layer depletion

Do as many practice exams as possible in the Cliff book or whatever supplement book you have.
If all you have is your textbook do as many sel-quizzes as you can WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE ANSWERS FIRST!!

Free response question #4 on transpiration and water potential due Thurs. May 2, 2013.