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"Poor planning on your part does not necessarily constitute an emergency on my part." |
27 "You can't leave footprints on the sands of time if you sit on your butt. And who wants to leave butt prints in the sand?" |
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"In all science, error precedes truth, and it is better it should go first than last." Hugh
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29 First day WELCOME BACK TO THE NEW SCHOOL AND TO THE NEW SCIENCE LAB.
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30 Due: Summer packets and essays COLLECT
15 PILL BUGS ALIVE!! DUE IN TUESDAY Natural Selection *Collect 10 pill bugs
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1 The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!', but 'That's funny...'" Isaac Asimov |
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3 NO SCHOOL LABOR DAY |
4 PreLab Quiz *Return summer packets *Pill Bug Lab parts A & B Design experiment for part C in lab notebook |
5 PostLab Quiz *Grade behavior essay in class |
6 Vocab Quiz #1 PILL BUG LAB DUE |
7 Ecology & behavior review activity Study wisely |
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10 TEST: Ecology & Behavior DUE TOMORROW START BIO CHEM |
11 Read Ch 2: p. 33-44 & take notes Read/notes chapter 3 |
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14 NO SCHOOL Read/Notes Ch 5: p 71-85 (proteins) Read 150-158 (enzymes) |
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<>17 Enzyme discussion Prelab:
Enzyme Catalysis |
18 Prelab QuizEnzyme Lab *Begin Enzyme Lab Report *Read/Notes Ch 4 |
19 Finish Enzyme Discussion Begin functional groups and macromolecules discussion *Complete lab report |
20 *Continue working on
macromolecules handout |
21 DUE: Journal Article Summary DUE:
Enzyme Lab Report *Begin working on handout |
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25 CATCH UP DAY Why did the white bear dissolve in water?
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26 take home essay Meet 1-2 Read/notes124-138 |
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NO SCHOOL Rosh Hashana |
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1 Cell Membrane & transport discussion Read Prelab: osmosis and diffusion lab |
2 Diffusion & Osmosis Lab |
3 Start cell organelle lecture Read chapter 6 fill out chart |
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8 QUIZ ON CELL MMEMBRANE/DIFFUSION OSMOSIS |
9 Finish organelle review. work on connections |
10 DONE UP TO HERE |
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| 14 Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a gift: that's why we call it The Present." |
15 *Mitosis
Lab #10A Read/Notes
Ch 18: p 340-346
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16 Diversity of Life: ProkaryotesRead/Notes Ch 27: p. 526-535 Complete Mitosis Lab Analysis #1-10 |
17 DUE: Mitosis Lab Analysis ?'s #1-10 only*Finish Prokaryotes *Diversity of Life: Protists Read/Notes Ch 28: p. 545-554 |
18 Vocab Quiz #5 Read/Notes Ch 26: p. 516-523 Prelab Lab #7: Parts I & II ONLY |
19 *Prokaryote & Protist Lab #7 Answer Parts I & II lab analysis ?'s Print pictures of all organisms observed in lab & tape into lab notebook |
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22 *Origin of life Read/Notes Ch 18: p. 328-339 |
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25 Prelab: Transformation lab (handout/on-line) |
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Transformation Lab MEET
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29 *Test Journal *Meiosis Vocab Read/Notes Ch 13: p. 234-245 Prelab Lab #10: Parts B & C |
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Meiosis Lab #10 Compare Mitosis & Meiosis Answer Lab Analysis ?'s #11-22 |
31 Meiosis, Mendelian Genetics, & Patterns of Inheritance Use Ch 14 as resource for solving problems in packet  |
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Discuss/Perform MORE Mendelian Genetics Problems Use Ch 14 as resource for solving problems in packet DUE: Journal Article Summary Vocab Quiz #6 |
2 Mendelian Genetics Quiz Non-Mendelian Patterns of Inheritance Use Ch 15 as resource for solving problems in packet |
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6 *Genetic Diseases & Disorders Do More practice problems! Read chs 13-15 |
7 Review Study
Wisely |
8 Read/Notes Ch 31: p.616-619 & p. 629-631 |
9 *Test Journal *Diversity of Life: Fungi *Alternation of Generations Prelab Lab #7: Part III ONLY |
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12 Fungus Lab Read/Notes Ch 29: p. 575-582 A mushroom walks into a club and starts hitting on a girl. She turns him down. Not willing to give up he says"C'mon , I'm a fun guy." |
13 Plant Diversity, Evolutionary Adaptations, & Alternation of Generations Read/Notes Ch 29: p. 582-594 |
14 DUE: Fungi Lab Analysis Vocab Quiz #6 Prelab Lab #8: Part I ONLY |
15 Bryophyte Lecture & Lab #8: Part I Read/Notes Ch 30: p. 597-605 |
16 Pteridophyte Lecture & Lab #8: Part I Read/Notes Ch 30: p. 606-613 Prelab Lab #8: Part II- Gymnosperms |
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19 DUE: Bryo & Pterido Lab Analysis *Gymnosperms & Angiosperm Evolution *Gymnosperm Lab #8: Part II Study Wisely |
20 TEST: Fungi & Plant Evolution Prelab: Primary Productivity (handout & online) |
21 *Set up Primary Productivity Experiment Read/Notes Ch 10: p. 176-184 |
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NO SCHOOL  Happy Thanksgiving! Eliminate the unessentials, but keep the little touches of Beauty and Soul that give each day Warmth and Gentleness and Meaning. |
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NO SCHOOL beware of
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26 *Discuss Primary Productivity Lab Results *Intro to Photosynthesis *Photosynthetic Pigments *Work on Aquatic Productivity Lab Report *Prelab
Lab #6 Part A only |
27 Paper Chromatography Lab *Photosynthesis-Light Reactions (Photophosphorylation) Read/Supplement Class notes p. 184-189 |
28 DUE:
Aquatic Productivity Lab Report Photosynthesis-Dark Reactions (Calvin Cycle) Read/Supplement Class notes p. 189-194 |
29 *Photosynthesis-CAM & C4 photosynthesis adaptations *Review Photosynthesis Study Wisely for test Vocab Quiz #7 |
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3 TEST: Photosynthesis Bring in a fruit OR flower for lab on Tuesday! *Read/Notes Ch 30: p 606-612*Read/Notes Ch 38: p 783-794 *Prelab Angiosperm Reproduction Lab (Handout) *Print diagrams as indicated in lab
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4 TEST JOURNAL BEFORE SCHOOL *Angiosperm Reproduction Lab Prelab
Lab 8: Part III only Read/Notes
Ch 35: p. 720-728 PRINT
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5 TEST JOURNAL BEFORE SCHOOL (after 7:40a ONLY!) *Angiosperm Vegetative Structures Lab #8 (III) Read/Notes Ch 35: p. 729-738 Answer Lab Analysis ?'s #1-14 on p. 57 of lab manual PRINT Ch 35 DIAGRAMS |
6 Vocab Quiz #7 (last one!) Read Ch 36: p. 749-759Complete transport handout #1-2 PRINT Ch 36 DIAGRAMS
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7 TEST JOURNAL BEFORE SCHOOL Due: Angiosperm (Lab #8) Analysis Answers Angiosperm Transport Mechanisms Read Ch 36: p. 759-764 Complete transport handout #3-4Prelab Lab #9: Transpiration |
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10 Transpiration Lab #9 Begin Lab Report The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings. |
11 *Angiosperm Hormones Read/Notes Ch 39: 806-817 PRINT Ch 39 DIAGRAMS |
12 *Angiosperm Responses: Tropisms & PhotoperiodismRead/Notes Ch 39: p. 817-827 |
13 Review Study Wisely |
14 (Ch 30, 35, 36, 38, & 39) Work on Final Exam Review Assignment Read/Notes Ch 16 |
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1 NO SCHOOL Go overAngiosperms *DNA replication Prelab: Electrophoresis Lab Handout Print all diagrams for Chapters 16 & 17 |
2 NO SCHOOL Lab: Electrophoresis Work on Lab Report Read/Notes Ch 17: 303 - 309 |
3 NO SCHOOL Due: Final Exam Unit Review Outline *mRNA editing & Splicing *Protein Synthesis Read/Notes Ch 17: 309-316 |
4 NO SCHOOL Due: Electrophoresis Lab Report *Finish Protein Synthesis *Mutation Read/Notes Ch 17: 317-325 |
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7 TEST: DNA/Protein Synthesis |
8 Periods 1, 2, 4 (1b-2: exam during 2nd hour slot) *Read/Notes
Ch 19: p 354-358, 362-368 |
9 Finals: (3-4a: exam during 3rd hour slot) (6b-7: exam during 7th hour
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Ch 19: p 354-358, 362-368 |
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15 Test Journal Final Exam Discuss Ch 19: DNA packaging in eukaryotes Print Ch 19 diagrams Read/Notes Ch 20: p 375-383 |
16 Ch 20: Gene Cloning, Recombinant DNA, & PCR Read/Notes Ch 20: p 383-393 |
17 Ch 20: RFLP analysis, Sanger Method, Microarray Lab Intro & Activity PreLab:
Microarray (handout) |
18 LAB: Microarray *Read
Ch 20: p 393-399 *Check out the AP
Biology Links Page: Molecular Biology Section with groovy links and
interactive activites! |
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Reading Quiz •Transformation Lab and Operons... •Review for test *Do Operons handout *Review operon notes |
22 Complete Microarray Lab -->Hybridize DNA •Control of Gene Expression: Repressible Operons Study Wisely |
23 TEST: Biotechnology & Gene Expression Regulation (Ch 18, 19 & 20)Read/Notes Ch 46: p 975-986 |
24 Test Journal
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25 •Gamete
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Ch 47: p 999-1007 |
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29 •Development Lab *Complete Development Lab Analysis ?'s *Review notes, begin active review for test
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30 Movie: DevelopmentStudy Wisely |
31 DUE: Development Lab Analysis QuestionsTEST: Reproduction & Development (Ch 46 & 47) *Read Ch 32: p633-644 |
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Journal *Use
gigantic chart handout to facilitate reading & note-taking for
Ch 33: p647-661
*Prelab YOUR section/organism
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4 *Use gigantic chart for reading & note-taking Ch 33 p. 661-675 *Prelab: Lab #14- Organize info in lab manual on chart h/o
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5 *Prepare
Dissection Presentation with partner |
6 Invertebrate Lab Dissection & Presentations *Read
Ch 34: p. 678-680 and
682-684, and 686-692 |
7 •Invertebrate Dissection Presentations•Vertebrate Basics *Read
Ch 34: p. 693-706 |
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Invertebrate Lab Analysis Answers •Vertebrate
Evolution, Diversity, and Classification •Review for test Study
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11 TEST:
Invertebrates & Vertebrates (Ch 32-34)
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12 •Test Journal *Use
Chapter 45 and Ch 11
(p. 197-204) plus outside sources to learn about topic &
prepare presentation
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13 Endocrine/Hormone Project Work Time Complete
presentation & handout
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14 Endocrine/Hormone
Presentations *Take
own notes for Ch 45
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15 *Take own notes for Ch 45 *Assess personal understanding for topics presented today! |
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18 No School - President's Day |
19 Study Wisely |
20 TEST: Endocrine & Hormones (Ch 45 & 11)Read/Notes Print Diagrams Ch 44: p. 925-936 |
21 •Thermoregulation Eventually, read Ch 41: p850-859, 867-868 and answer guided reading questions on yellow handout |
22 DUE: Journal Article #7 •TJ *Work
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25 •Osmoregulation for various organisms in various environments•Types of nitrogenous wastes •Human Excretory System |
26 DUE: Digestion Flow Chart •How
Nephrons work: Filtration, reabsorption, secretion |
27 VIDEO:
Work of the Kidneys Study wisely for test
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28 TEST: Digestion and Excretion (Ch 41 & 44)Turn in AP Biology test registration form and fee ($83/test) by 4pm on March 2 |
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6 Work on Lab Report  |
7 LAB:
Physio of Circulatory System Read/Notes/Print
Diagrams Ch 42: p871-877 |
8 Circulatory System Read/Notes/Print
Diagrams Ch 42: p877-886
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12 DUE: Circulatory Physiology Lab Report•Finish Circulatory System •Begin Respiratory System Read/Notes/Print Diagrams Ch 42: p886-892 |
13 •Respiratory System Read/Notes/Print Diagrams Ch 42: p892-897 |
14 Respiratory SystemBegin Test Review |
15 Quick Video and/or Study
Wisely |
16 DUE: Journal Article #8 TEST: Circulation and Respiration (Ch 42) *Read/Notes Ch 43: p900-904 & 908-912 *Complete flow chart h/o in PENCIL *PRINT Diagrams - they are essential for this unit! |
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19 TEST MAKE-UP: 7am in Rm 1904•Immune system: 1st and 2nd lines of defense •MHC markers: self vs. non-self •T cell & B cell roles and characteristics Read/Notes Ch 43 p. 904-908, 912-915 (take notes on diagrams/ about diagrams!) *Answer reading focus questions! |
20 •Cell-mediated immunity•Humoral immunity *Read/Notes Ch 43: p916-921 *Write out concept genreralization for how specific immunity works! *Answer reading focus questions! |
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per. • TJ: Circ/Resp test Study wisely
for test |
22 TEST: Immunology (Ch 43)
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23 •Test Journal •MARCH OF THE PENGUINS Read/notes Ch 48: p1022-1032 Have a great spring break! Send a postcard for BONUS POINTS: A. Inselberger c/o Stevenson HS 1 Stevenson Drive Lincolnshire, IL 60069 |
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2 •Nervous Sytem Anatomy: neuron, reflex arc •Action potential along a neuron •Determine lab groups & lab part(s) to be performed by each group PreLab: #17- Nervous System Physiology (your assigned part only) |
3 •Lab
#17: Nervous System Physiology *Begin formulating
plan for presentation of lab experiment: Intro bio concepts (Ch 48
&/or Ch 49), methods, results, discussion *Read/Notes Ch 48:
p. 1033-1038 *Read/Complete handouts related to p. 1040-1051 |
4 •Synaptic
Transmission of Action Potential *Complete Lab experiment ppt
presentation |
5 *Prelab entire lab #17 *Work on NS handouts for Ch 48 |
6 No School - Good Friday
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9 Lab Presentations:Parts 4, 5, 6 •Peripheral vs. Central Nervous System •Autonomic vs. Somatic Nervous system •Brain Parts & Functions *Read Ch 49: p1057- 1063 *Complete receptor chart as notes  |
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Lab #17 analysis answers •Sensory Reception (Ch 49) *Read
Ch 49: p. 1064-1073 |
11 •Review Nervous System ConceptsStudy Wisely for Test  |
12 TEST:
Nervous System (Ch 48 & 49) |
13 End 5th Qtr
•TJ Begin
answering ?'s in evolution packet |
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| 15 The existence of a watch implies the existence of a watchmaker. In other words, great effect imply great causes. Common sense would seem to dictate the truth of this deduction, but common sense is merely unaided intuition, and unaided intuition is reasoning performed in the absence of instruments and the tested knowledge of science.. Common sense tells us that massive satellites cannot hang suspended 36,000 kilometers above one point on the earth's surface, but they do, in synchronous equatorial orbits. 16 Evolution On-Line ActivityContinue answering evolution guided reading ?'s |
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Day Speakers Evolution Questions Work Day *Continue answering evolution guided reading ?'s *PreLab (LAST ONE!): #18 - Hardy Weinberg Principle |
18 *Answer H-W lab analysis (problems) *Continue answering evolution guided reading ?'s |
19 Late Arrival Evo Questions Work Day *Complete evolution guided reading ?'s *Study wisely for test |
20 TEST:
Evolution (Ch 22, 23, 24, 25) Let the AP exam review commence! Do take home essays #8
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| 22 EARTH DAY! The environment is the theater, as the ecologist G. Evelyn Hutchinson once remarked, and evolution is the play. And more: genetic prescription of the developmental process is the language, and mutation invents--but like an idiot spouting gibberish. Finally, natural selection is the editor and principal driving, creative force. E.O. Wilson |
23 DUE: Take home
essays #8 & 9 •Correct
take home essays Do take home essays
#1 & 3 PM Review (7-9): ECOLOGY |
24 DUE: Take home
essays #1 & 3 •Correct
take home essays PM
Review (7-9): BIOCHEMISTRY & ENZYMES |
25 NO AP
BIOLOGY CLASSES! Seniors: go to commons to study! PM
Review (7-9): CELLS, CELLULAR RESPIRATION, PHOTOSYNTHESIS |
26 NO AP BIOLOGY
CLASSES! Seniors: go to commons to study! PM Review (7-9): CELL DIVISION, GENETICS, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
27 DUE: Take home
essay #5 Do take home essays
#12 & 6 |
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30 DUE: Take home
essays #12 & 6 Do take home essays
#4 & 7 PM
Review (7-9): PLANTS
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1 DUE: Take home
essays #4 & 7 •Correct
take home essays Do take home essays
#11 & 2 |
2 DUE: Take home
essays #11 & 2 •Correct
take home essays PM Review (7-9): ANIMAL PHYSIO PART II |
3 •Correct take home essays •In class review concepts: Invertebrates, Vertebrate Classification, Histology, Body Plans (Ch 32-34, 40) Prepare for second practice AP Biology MC Exam! PM Review (7-9): LABS & ESSAY WRITING STRATEGIES
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7 •TJ Practice Exam #2 Exams: Government & Politics: US & Comparative, French Language
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8 Exams: Computer Science A & AB, Spanish Language,
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9 •In class review concept: Ecology (Ch 50-55)
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10 •In class review concept: Evolution (Ch 22-26)
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11 •In class review concept: LABS! (Bring Lab Books #1
and #2) Exams: US History, European History, Studio Art
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14 Breakfast Brainstorm &
Pre-test
bonding: Room 1904- 7:00-7:50a |
15 Exam debriefing TURN
IN TEXT BOOK!
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16 Exams: Italian Language & Culture,
English Language, Art History TURN
IN TEXT BOOK! |
17 Exams: Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, TURN
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TEXT BOOK! |
18 TURN
IN TEXT BOOK! |
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22 Cat dissection- muscles  |
23 Awards Day Turn in text books Cat dissection- muscles & begin opening body cavity |
24 Turn in text books Cat dissection- Digestive, Circulatory & Respiratory
Systems |
25 DUE: Last (and best!)Journal Article Summary (#10) Turn in text books Cat dissection-Excretory, Reproductive & Nervous Systems |
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28 No School - Memorial Day |
29 Cat Dissection Completion & Review  |
30 CAT DISSECTION LAB PRACTICAL (REAL CATS - not computer pictures!) *Last AP biology test grade! |
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Medical and Biology Career Guest Speakers Recital Hall Periods 2, 3 and 7 Meet in 1904 during 1a, 4a and 6b! |
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End 6th Quarter YOU SURVIVED AP BIO!! AP BIOLOGY AWARDS
DAY AND CELEBRATION
Write a letter to next year's AP Biology students! Keep in touch seniors!  |
5 *Finals: 1, 2, 4 *THERE IS NO AP BIOLOGY FINAL ON THESE EXAM DAYS |
6 *Finals 3, 7, 5 *THERE IS NO AP BIOLOGY FINAL ON THESE EXAM DAYS |
7 *Finals 8, 6 *THERE IS NO AP BIOLOGY FINAL ON THESE EXAM DAYS |
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