Welcome Back!!!!

Hey Everyone,
I hope we were safe and enjoyed the extra time off over the "extended" break!!
This week we are getting back into Biology starting with Learning how to set up and read graphs properly.

M: Reflect on break, Review terms from the beginning of the semester unill now (via Password Game), Graphing Notes (the parts of a graph, types of graphs, etc), and Graphng Practice.

T: Graphing review & Practice, Microscope Notes, and Lab, Lab Analysis & abstract observations (looking at weird things underneath the scope), Quick Quiz to check for understanding (covering: Identifying the Characteristics of Life and Scientific Method).

W: Microscope practice Q's (structures and functions), Recap functions and simplify WHAT THEY DO AND WHY. Actual Quiz (C.O.L and Scientific Method), introductory reading assignment (cells), Graphic organizer

Th:  Introduce Cell History (notes)...MORE TO COME!

Upcoming Test for Genetics Unit

Students and Parents,

This Friday before our BEAUTIFUL Thanksgiving break, we will administer our Genetics Unit Test,
Students were given the opportunity to work on study guides during class today (and were advised to highlight or circle questions they would like to review). These study guides should be completed by Friday!
Study Hard, and do well!!

This week in Bio/Art

We will begin our Genetics Unit:
* Introduction to DNA and how it functions in the body, replication, and transferring genetic information.
*How to illustrate portraits using a grid to conduct scale drawings.
*RNA and protein synthesis
* Mendelian Genetics and Punnett Squares
* DNA Technology and Genetic Engineering Concepts & Techniques

Evolution test are GRADED!!!

Hello Parents and Students:

On Wednesday of last week we administered the Evolution/Classification Unit Test. All classes have been graded and the results have been entered into Synergy PLEASE CHECK!!!

This week we have 2 REMEDIATION/TUTORING sessions on Wednesday 10/11
BEFORE school from 7:30-8:10 and after school from 3:40 - 4:45. All retakes will be done on This FRIDAY during classes.

**ALL STUDENTS MUST EMAIL ME AND ATTEND TUTORING BEFORE A RETAKE***

Overview for the week of 8/21

This week we will cover concepts of ecology such as Carbon, Nitrogen, and Water cycles, which show how matter is cycled throughout the ecosystem. How communities in nature rebuild themselves through succession. How populations grow and change based on the interactions between living and non-living factors in the ecosystem.

We are taking a field trip to Sweet Water National Park to apply our knowledge of contour drawings and practice in nature. Students will have the experience of being inspired by nature to create art using the concepts and strategies they've learned this semester.

WE ARE PREPARING FOR OUR UNIT TEST THIS FRIDAY ON ECOLOGY!!!
WE HAD AN INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK QUIZ TODAY/YESTERDAY
SYNERGY IS UPDATED!!!

Wednesday 8/16 is the new tutoring date required for Quiz 1 Retakes.

If you plan to come EMAIL me at phsboi1@gmail.com
List your name and block #

**NEW DAY**Next weeks Tutoring/Remediation Day for TODAY'S Unit 1 Quiz

All students who scored less than 70% must attend this remediation session in order to participate in the Unit 1 Quiz retake.

Tuusday 8/15 **changed!!! see below

3:45pm-4:45pm
Topics:
Scientific Method, Parts of an Experiment, Microscopes, Characteristics of Life.

***MOVED TO WEDNESDAY 8/16*** Same time and place