Welcome to the Living Environment

Check here often for updates on tests, quizzes, assignments, and due dates.

More Practice!

I have 7 more practice Part A and B1 Regents exams up on CastleLearning. You may recognize some of these from class. Practice, practice!

I will be available for extra help on Wednesday at 10:30, after your Global Exam. Look for me in C103. BRING QUESTIONS!

Can you identify this bird? Click to enlarge for a better view of some of its adaptations.

Biology Games

Excellent and fun review site with games! Try them out! The ones that are labeled NY 8-10 are NYS regents questions.

Practice Regents Exams

Available for extra credit - extra practice!
Go to CastleLearning and complete the Practice Regents exams that have been assigned. There are 3 of them. You can do 1, 2 or 3 of them. Complete these by June 10th for extra credit.

HW: In review book: Jan 10 Regents Exam Part D (starts on p 22) due on Monday.

Textbook Return

Bring in your textbooks on Tuesday for two points. Don't forget!

Red Tailed Hawk

Revised Human Impacts Unit Schedule

HW: Complete the reading on pages 37-40 in lab manual.

Complete the Topic 7 Review Book assignment for Tuesday, May 17th.

We will have our first Review Book quiz on Topic 7 on Tuesday, May 17th.

CastleLearning will be up on Tuesday.

Human Impact Unit Exam will be on Thursday, May 19th.

Extra help available on Tuesday - no classes on Wednesday.

Please see Review Book assignments under HW for due dates for each topic.

Human Impact Updates

Periods 6-7 - complete Lab: Human Population Growth for Friday, May 13.

Human Impacts Unit

Friday, May 6
Exotic Species Assignment, p 15-16 in lab manual
Exotic Species List
Asian Longhorned Beetle Reading, p 17-21 in lab manual
Eagle Reading, p 47-50 in lab manual

Current Events Article, p 51 in manual due on Wednesday.

Ecology Unit Update

1. Complete homeworks 3-6 by Thursday.

2. Complete pages 23-26 in the lab manual.

3. Complete pages 31-34 in the lab manual.

4. Complete Succession pages 35-38 to be handed in.

5. Energy Pyramid Lab (period 6, complete for HW, period 8 complete in class on Thursday).

Ecology Unit Exam on Friday, May 29.

CastleLearning will be open on Wednesday, May 27.

Extra help after school on Thursday until 2:30.

Ecology Unit

HW #1 Due on Tuesday, April 12. Eagle Video Cam

Evolution Unit

Outline of Unit Do CastleLearning for extra credit! Exam tomorrow - Friday, April 8.

Evolution Homework

Complete HW#s 6-9 for Thursday, April 7. Period 7-8, complete reading on pages 69-72. Evolution Exam is on Friday, April 8 CastleLearning will be up on Wednesday. Extra help after school on Thursday.

Evolution Homework

Quiz tomorrow on Darwinian Evolution and evidence. HW #4 due tomorrow, Thursday.

Evolution Unit Homework

Complete the Horse Reading pages 21-31 for Monday.
Complete HW #2 for Friday.
Complete Lab: Comparative Anatomy (per 6-7).

Homework Update

Karyotyping Lab - section EE

CastleLearning is up!

Complete HW # 10 and Lab Section FF - Field of Genes.

We will complete sections DD and EE tomorrow as well as review for the Exam.

Genetices Exam: Friday 3/18.

Extra help after school Thursday, 3/17.

Genetics Review Sheet - Important Terms

Homework

Complete Lab: Protein Synthesis

Period 7-8 - complete Lab Manual pages W.

Protein Synthesis Quiz on Tuesday.

Unit Exam on Genetics on Friday, 3/18.

Genetics Update

Complete Sections L and M to be checked off.
HW: Complete Section O in manual.
Extra: Complete Section N in manual.

Genetics HW

Complete HW #3.

Complete Human Inheritance Lab to hand in tomorrow.

Study for Basic Mendelian Genetics Quiz tomorrow.

Gentics Unit HW

We completed sections E and F in lab manual. This will be checked off tomorrow.
Complete HW #2.
Quiz on basic Mendelian Genetics on Thursday, 3/3.

Genetics Unit

We have completed A1-A3 and Ci-C5
Complete HW #1.

Updates

CastleLearning is up for Reproduction and Development. Get started early - there are 70 questions!
Extra Help after school on Thursday.
We will complete the Menstrual Cycle Lab tomorrow.

Reproduction and Development

Homework #s 6-9 due on Wednesday, 2/16.
Unit Exam on Reproduction and Development - Friday, 2/18.
If you know you will be out on that day, please make arrangements to take the test before you go!

See post below for lab manual assignments.

Homework

Complete the following for Monday (if not already done):
p 51-53
p 65-68
p 71-82
p 69

Homework

Complete Flower Lab to be handed in tomorrow, 2/9.
Look over the Seed Lab and the Fruit Lab and answer any questions you can before the lab.
I will also check HW #5.

Quiz on Sexual Reproduction in Plants and Meiosis on Friday, 2/11.
Unit Exam on Reproduction and Development next week near the end of the week.

Sexual Reproduction in Plants

Complete HW #5.

Period 6-7 Complete Flower Lab

Holly female flowers and fruit

Homework

Complete HW #3 and #4 for Monday, 2/7.

We will be doing the flower dissection lab on Monday!

Homework

Complete HW #2.

Complete pages 25-26 in the lab manual.

Extra credit: page 24 in the lab manual

a: roots, b: stems, c: leaves, d: buds

Use any colors, just make a key. Due on Thursday 2/3.

Homework

Complete Asexual Reproduction in Lab Manual - pages 17-22. This is due on Monday, 1/31.
Period 6-7: complete the Mitosis Lab pages 7-9 due on Monday.

Homework

Complete your Making Connections Lab to be handed in on Monday, 1/24. See directions below for details on the write up. This lab will be graded for 3rd quarter.
Reproduction and Development HW# 1 for Monday 1/24.

Delayed Opening

We will still be having our Midterm. You should have plenty of time to complete the exam. Make sure that you are here on time and prepared with a pencil.

Computer Lab - Onion Cells

Go to this website and read the introduction Online Onion Root Tips

Continue on the next page to learn about the phases in the cell cycle.

Finally, click next to get to the assignment and follow directions given there.

Draw a cell in each one of the phases at the bottom of your page. Make sure that you label them.

Midterm Review

Reminder: STUDY for your MIDTERM!
1. Use your review packet
2. You can use CastleLearning! Here is how:
On your homepage, go to courses. Under Science select Biology/Living Environment, hit GO.
Select short answer review.
Select Sessions That You Create Yourself
Select Create a New Short Answer Session
The Two Units that will be on your midterm are:
The Unity and Diversity of Life and
Maintaining a Dynamic Equilibrium that Sustains Life
Check off both of these.
Decide the number of questions you want in your test and hit Start Session.
Good Luck and let me know how this works out!

Making Connections Lab

We will be finishing up the lab in class today. You must write up a formal lab report as described in the lab. Use the data that we collect today. Your lab should be printed and well presented.

Hand in on Monday 1/24:

1. The lab with all questions answered in the lab.

2. Your lab writeup with results in a table and graphed with discussion and conclusion as per page 43. Be sure that you refer to page 42 for details on what you should cover in your write up.

Data from Period 6-7

Data from Period 7-8 - we need to refine our data table to better reflect the data that we collected. Please be sure to have your data with you so that we can take care of this tomorrow.

Midterm Update

The snowday changed our A days and B days.

Period 6-7 Midterm day: Thursday, 1/20

Period 7-8 Midterm day: Friday, 1/21

Work on your Midterm Review sheet over the weekend!

Making Connections

Complete lab pages 40-42.

You will be answering questions and designing an experiment.

These will be collected on Tuesday, 1/18.

We will conduct the experiment on that day.

Updates

Period 6-7 - Complete questions 1-5 in State Lab

Period 7-8 - Complete the Sports Injury Lab

CastleLearning will be open today to help in preparing for the Physiology Unit Exam on Friday, 1/14.

Midterm Review Packet should be worked on soon - don't wait until the last minute! See below for dates for the midterm exam.

Updates

Period 7-8 - complete lab manual pages 21-24
HW#s 4-6 due on Tuesday 1/11
Final Disease Presentations on Wednesday, 1/12
CastleLearning open Wednesday, 1/12
Extra Help Thursday, 1/13 Unit Exam: Physiology 3 - Friday, 1/14


Midterm -
Period 6-7: Friday, 1/21
Period 7-8: Thursday, 1/20
Midterm review sheet will be handed out next week

Updates

HW# 3 due tomorrow, 1/6/11
Quiz on Nervous System and Endocrine System Friday, 1/7/11

Updates

HW#2 due tomorrow, 1/5

Complete Perspiration Lab (per 6-7)

Please note the dates for presentations on regulation and locomotion were switched. If you are unable to present your regulation presentation this week, you can have an extension to Wednesday, 1/12.

Phys 3 Updates

Please note homework assignments are on the side.
HW #1 is due tomorrow, 1/4.
Phys 3 Disease Presentations:
Regulation/Coordination: Thurday, 1/6
Movement: Wednesday, 1/12
Extra help available on Thursdays
CastleLearning available on 1/12
Unit Exam: Friday, 1/14