Biology Spring Semester (Period 3) Assignments

Study for your Final Exam! The exam is 165 questions and covers Chapters 11, 12, 14, 35, 36, 37, 38 and 39. There is a study guide (as as been announced and shown in class since the beginning of May) available on the main web page. Click Mrs. DeLay's name to get there... the tab is on the right side of the page as "Biology Final Exam Information."

Complete Section Assessment questions #4 and 5 on page 1015 and questions # 2, 5 and 6 on page 1024.

Read Chapter 39 Sections 3-4. Be prepared for a quiz on the reading.

Complete Section Assessment questions #1,2, and 5 on page 1002 and questions 2 and 4 on page 1008. 

Read Chapter 39 Sections 1-2. Be prepared for a quiz on the reading.

Nutrition Project Part 2 is due! Check out http://www.bmhs-la.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=346572&type=u&pREC_ID=468754 for more information.

Chapter 38 Exam. During the last 10 minutes of the exam, you MAY be able to use any notes you took in class (handwritten only)! An announcement will be made at the start of the exam.

Chapter 38 Sections 2 and 3 reading is due today! Be prepared for a quiz on the reading!

Fetal Pig Lab Write-ups (if you did not finish in class on Thursday) are due today!

Biology Nutrition Assignment PART 1 is due! Check out http://www.bmhs-la.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=346572&type=u&pREC_ID=468754 for more information. An editable version of the sample chart handed out in class is included below if you wish to use it as the basis for your own charts for an IDEAL day of nutrition.

Read Chapter 38 Section 1 by today!

Study for Chapter 37 Exam

The following questions appeared on the board on Friday & Monday as the follow up questions for the frog dissection lab. These questions are to be answered in your lab books as part of the lab itself (section VI Questions/Calculations). You do not need to copy the questions but answers must be in complete sentences. This is NOT a separate homework assignment but are provided here in case you did not finish them in class.

1.       A frog does not chew its food. What do the positions of its teeth suggest about how the frog uses them?

2.       Trace the path of food through the digestive tract.

3.       Trace the path of blood through the circulatory system, starting at the right atrium.

4.       The abdominal cavity of a frog at the end of hibernation season would contain very small fat bodies or none at all. What is the function of the fat bodies?

5.        Structures of an animal’s body that fit it for its environment are adaptations. How do the frog’s powerful hind legs help it to fit into a life both in water and on land?

6.       During one mating of frogs, the female lays some 2,000 to 3,000 eggs in water as the male sheds millions of sperm over them. How do these large numbers relate to the frog’s fitness for life in water?

Then be sure to finish your lab with a concluding paragraph. Did you achieve the objectives of the lab? Explain.




If you need to complete the dissection because you were absent, there is a virtual dissection located here... http://frog.edschool.virginia.edu/Frog2/ (the frogs we used in class were preserved frogs). Make your external observations of the fog first (what does it look like, describe the external features, mouth, legs, can you tell if it is male or female? why or why not?). Then begin the dissection and make your internal observations (describe the cuts that are made, describe the organs - they are layered on top of one another and you will need to draw how they appear when you first open up the frog and then after you remove the liver and other digestive organs; label your drawings; how do the various organs connect to one another, particularly in the digestive tract and the reproductive tracts?).

Read Chapter 37 Section 3 and Complete the Reading Packet for SECTION 3 and the WORDWISE sections only (the full packet is attached to yesterday's homework if you need it). 

Complete the Reading Packet for SECTION 1 ONLY (the full packet is attached if you need it). Also, read or at least skim through the textbook for chapter 37, section 2.

Read Chapter 37 Section 1. Be prepared for a quiz on the reading. 

Complete the Chapter 37 Section 1 assessment questions - page 950 #1-5. All answers MUST BE IN COMPLETE SENTENCES!

Study for Chapter 36 Exam. 50 Questions, scantron only. 

Read Chapter 36 Section 3. Be prepared for a quiz on the reading. 

Read Chapter 36 Section 2. Be prepared for a quiz on the reading. 

Finish classwork reading packet for homework if necessary. This is NOT a new assignment - all students began this packet in class on Wednesday, April 17 and finished for homework if necessary. By request, I am posting the document file here so students may use it to study from for quizzes and the exam.

Bring Textbooks to class - you will need them for the classwork assignment.

Read Chapter 36 Section 1. Be prepared for a quiz on the reading. 

Study for Chapter 35 Exam. The exam is 50 questions, scantron only. 

Complete Chapter 35-5 Reading Packet Handout (given out in class on 3/26). If you misplaced your handout, you can download the entire reading packet for the chapter by looking at "All Homework" and choosing the packet attached to the homework due March 18th. Only the section for 35-5 is due today. 

Read Sections 4 AND 5 of chapter 35! Be prepared for a quiz on the reading. 

Complete the Reading Packet Worksheet for Chapter 35 Section 4. It was handed out in class on Friday, 3/22. If you have misplaced it or were absent and didn't get it, go to the homework from 3/18 and download the whole packet. Only Section 4 is due today. 

Chapter 35 Section 3 Worksheet is due today! (The whole reading packet was attached to previous homework due March 18 - if you lose the worksheet handed out in class, print section 3 only for today's assignment)

Read Sections 2 AND 3 of chapter 35! Be prepared for a quiz on the reading. 

Read Chapter 35, Section 1. Be prepared for a quiz on the reading!

Complete Section 2 of the Chapter 35 Reading Packet for Monday. It was handed out in class on Friday as a worksheet that covers ONLY section 2. The document attached here is the entire Chapter 35 Reading packet. If you need the homework worksheet, only print pages 3 and 4. Remember, Chapter 35, section 1 was done as a classwork assignment on Friday the 15th. 

Regular classes resume tomorrow - I'm done with jury duty. Bring your DNA lab activity and we will work on that in class during the lab day. Period 1 on Weds, Periods 3 & 4 on Thurs. Scissors may be helpful but if you don't have any, it will be ok.

Study for Chapter 14 Exam. There is both a scantron and a written portion to the test. 

Your test will be as scheduled! There is both a scantron portion and a written portion. We finished all the notes last week. We will finish the DNA lab when I get back.

**For the exam, you may use your notebook if you wish. Handwritten notes only - no printouts, no packets, no typed notes, no photocopies. No textbook either. Only your own, handwritten notes. Your sub has been told about this.

Complete the Chapter 14 Reading Packet by today. 

Complete the Chapter 14 Section 3 reading by today. Be prepared for a quiz on the reading!

Complete the Chapter 14 Section 2 reading by today. Be prepared for a quiz on the reading!

Read Chapter 14 Section 1. Be prepared for a quiz on the reading. ALSO - BRING SCISSORS TO CLASS TODAY!

Study for Chapter 12 Exam. Due to the Sophomore Retreat and Youth Day, the test has been rescheduled for Monday!

Finish the Classwork from Thursday (Vocabulary Review) for homework if you did not finish it in class. The pages are attached. 

Chapter 12 Reading Packet is due. 

Read Chapter 12 Section 5. Be prepared for a quiz on the reading.

Read Chapter 12 Section 4. Be prepared for a quiz on the reading.

You may wish to check out the following videos on DNA replication.

–         DNA replication animation by interact Medical – YouTube

•          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdDkiRw1PdU&feature=related

–         DNA replication (6 10) – YouTube

•          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z685FFqmrpo&feature=channel

Bring a pair of scissors and tape or glue (glue stick is preferred over liquid glue) to class for Wednesday! You need it for the lab!!!

Read Chapter 12 Section 3. Be prepared for a quiz on the reading.

Read Chapter 12 Section 2. Be prepared for a quiz on the reading!

Read Chapter 12 Section 1. Be prepared for a quiz on the reading!

Study for Chapter 11 Exam. Power Point and study guide are attached. 

Complete the "vocabulary review" worksheet for homework. It was handed out in class on Weds 1/30 and is attached here for your convenience.

Complete the "Dragon Genetics" picture for homework if you did not finish it in class. Remember to put the number of your dragon on either the worksheet you completed in class or on your picture. Each member of the group must turn in both a worksheet and a picture of the dragon. Remember also that you had the choice to cut out, trace, or free-hand draw your dragon offspring based on the genetic traits that were present. Both the worksheet and the picture will be collected on Wednesday 1/30.

Read Chapter 11 Section 5 for today. Be prepared for a quiz.

Bring a pair of scissors and some basic art supplies (crayons, colored pencils and/or markers) to class. I have some crayons/colored pencils in class but may not have enough for everyone and I do not have any scissors for students to use.

Complete the "graphic organizer" for chapter 11. It was handed out in class on Monday 1/28 and is due on Tuesday 1/29. It is also attached here for your convenience. 

MAKE UP WORK - If you were absent either Tuesday 1/22 or Wednesday 1/23, you need to complete the following assignments:

From Tuesday 1/22:

Students are to use their textbooks and complete the Section review questions for Chapter 11, sections 1, 2 and 3 --> #1-6 on page 266, #1-5 on page 269, and #1-5 on page 274. They should NOT be working together.

From Wednesday 1/23:

Critical Thinking #22-26 on page 284

Read Chapter 11 Section 4 for today. Be prepared for a quiz.

Complete the "Dragon Genetics" worksheets (#1,2 and 4 - given in one packet) that were begun in class on Friday for homework. They will be collected on Monday. 

Complete the Chapter 11 Reading Packet by this date.

Read Chapter 11 Section 3 for today. Be prepared for a quiz.

Bring textbooks to class on Tuesday, January 22nd. Spread the word!

Complete the reading for Chapter 11 Section 2 by today. Be prepared for a quiz on the reading!

You must have completed reading Chapter 11 Section 1 for today's class. Be prepared for a quiz on the reading!