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Today from 7 to 7:40 I was allowed to enter my classroom. I took video of the mesocosm experiments so you can see what is going on in general. ..it doesn't look good. :( I also made a video of Zach Boggeln's mesocosm since he specifically requested it. Looking good Zach!
HEY! Before I start rambling about this week, I want to have a PARTY/GET TOGETHER on Wednesday night at 6pm on Zoom! I'll post the code here on the website and we'll all get a chance to say hello! IT's nothing but a way to see each other's faces and to test out our Zoom platform. Sound good? I hope you all will show up! And tell a friend to jump in as well! ...and be sure you aren't in your underwear. Okay, here's the invite.
[email protected] is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Biology Zoom Party! Time: Apr 15, 2020 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/95375202054?pwd=WjdLZkFqeXE0TGFuTzZxU09YUEQ0QT09 Meeting ID: 953 7520 2054 Password: 945613 JUST LIKE LAST WEEK, I want to take today to share everything I know as of this moment. Things continue to change! This posting is important for everyone, and you should use it like a checklist. 1) It looks like this week (13th-19th), when you would normally be back to school, there will still be no instruction in class or online. This is basically the week where teachers can virtually get together and plan, as well as get instructions for those teachers who need help working online. I mostly already have your curriculum planned out and MAY post some of it as the week goes on for anyone who wants to get a head start. 2) Myself, I feel comfortable being on the internet and using a combination of this site for general instructions, like I always have, as well as a number of other resources I don't normally use. Your books in electronic format (online resources) and Khan Academy will be used for tutorials on topics. I will be also using online videos and databases for activities, and your personal websites will be used for showing off your personalized work that will need to be completed each week. One change from last week will be my planned tutoring platforms. I originally planned to use Google Hangouts, but since the district has provided us with Zoom, I'll probably shift to that. LASTLY, as always I will be working with my work and personal email. If you receive notification from an email, [email protected], this is ME! Please allow access. 3) All of you work will be placed on YOUR website that has been registered with me using the Google Form from a few postings ago. I've placed it here again: https://forms.gle/THykBuczV3q4BVNf9 Please make sure to double check your permissions as "Everyone Can View" so that we can collaborate, and I can grade your work. THE MAJORITY OF YOUR PAGES SO FAR HAVE NOT BEEN OPENED FOR UNIVERSAL VIEWING!!! On a side note, as always I will be working with my work and personal email. If you receive an access notification from an email, [email protected], this is ME! Please allow access. 4) It looks as though grading will be shifting to a credit/no credit format, but that is NOT absolutely decided on yet. If that is the case, you only need to complete EXACTLY what is asked for. 5) Your weekly schedule for SCIENCE will be: Work will be assigned to you on Wednesday's. My "office hours" (Zoom) will be on Thursday and Friday from 8-10am. All work should be posted on your website by 8 am on the following Monday. I will go there and, using the rubric, post scores by the afternoon on Tuesday. If you are missing a score and you did the work, you probably haven't published the website properly. 6) I believe that unless we return to school, this is our new norm. We're going to be sure to cover everything you need to know. If you need anything, and it's outside of my "office hours" please feel free to text me at 619-315-1789. 7) Several of your classmates are not checking the website, please find the emails/numbers of at least 5 of your classmates and send them a quick text/email to "Check Casey's Website!" IB BIOLOGY ONLY: I will be posting a video of your mesocosm projects later this week as I will get access to my room on Monday for about 40 minutes and then must leave. As to your pet projects, you can continue to conduct your monthly measurements and post them (along with previous work) to a separate page on your website. Just remember, if grading shifts to credit/no credit, extra credit becomes a moot point. Lastly, please know that I have adjusted your curriculum to finish plants very quickly, and to review major topics for those of you who are taking the AP exam. Of course, if you are taking that exam, you should be taking all of this extra time reviewing your weakest spots as well as attending the daily lessons on the AP Video tutorial website I posted a few weeks ago. Here it is again: https://www.youtube.com/user/advancedplacement BIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH ONLY: I think you are going to have a good time with the ecology project I have planned out for you. ...at least, I'm excited. Hello EVERYONE,
I want to take today to share everything i know as of this moment. 1) It looks like after this week (13th-19th), when you would normally be back to school, there will still be no instruction. This is basically the week where teachers can virtually get together and plan, as well as get instructions for those teachers who need help working online. 2) Myself, I feel comfortable and will be using a combination of this site for general instructions, like I always have. Khan Academy for tutorials on topics. Using Google Hangouts (I'll post a join code next week) for personal help from me. Online videos and databases for activities, and your personal websites for showing off your personalized work that will need to be completed each week. 3) All of you work will be placed on YOUR website that has been registered with me using the Google Form from a few postings ago. 4) You will have a rubric for every weekly assignment, but we may change these rubrics as time goes on, I'll be asking for your input on those. 5) Your weekly schedule for science will be: Work will be assigned to you on Wednesday's, my "office hours" (Google Hangouts) will be from Wednesday through Friday from 8-10am), and All work should be posted on your website by 8am on the following Monday. I will go there and, using the rubric, post scores by the afternoon on Tuesday. If you are missing a score and you did the work, you probably haven't published the website with the new additions. 6) I believe that unless we return to school, this is our new norm. We're going to be sure to cover everything you need to know. If you need anything, and it's outside of my "office hours" please text me at 619-315-1789. IB Biology IB Testing: As you may or may not know, this last week I spent writing a detailed report on every single one of your IAs. This, along with the grades you have in my class, my predictions for your performance on the test had it been given, and some "magic" that IB is going to perform, will result in how IB will determine whether you would have passed the test or not. What I would like to mention is what I said at the very beginning of the year. Regardless of whether or not you receive a passing score, you are ALL better prepared for college and you will know it when you take your first bio course. I'm sure IB will be equitable about this. AP Testing: You are still going to be tested this year, but AP are going to modify the test to exclude what you probably missed. Now, you are becoming a main priority to me even though we teach the IB curriculum, so everyone's work will reflect this change, and everyone will benefit. I believe this test will be given on May 11th. Please also know that the AP YouTube channel has a lesson per day, and I have placed the link in my last posting. USE IT EVERY DAY! Medical Pathway: Some of you have expressed concern over the completer status for the program you have worked so hard for over these last four years. Do NOT worry, we will be making appropriate shifts, and compensations, in this process. I am still waiting to hear how the district decides to move on this. This actually may be a REALLY good time to make sure that you document your internships (even if they have been canceled), your job shadows, volunteer hours, etc. on the links on the website. Try taking one day this week to do it, and don't worry about if you can't remember if you have done this. Do it again. It is easy for me to sort out the information. Biology and Community Health The biggest things that I need you guys to know is that you will be completing your final unit on ecology, and later your final project which is on teen health, once we get rolling. This is all that we'll cover over the remaining 6 weeks. Yet know that for some of you this will be a real challenge working in the digital realm. I guess what I want you to know is that we'll navigate this together and when you encounter something that is unclear, think about it, and then go for it. If you are really freaked, just call me. Start checking here regularly again. Yes, this is all so weird, but hang in there. Things change by the day. One of you asked me if we would be out for the rest of the year. That is NOT a definite plan, but it is a possible one. I have seen a data model that predicts we will see the peak of infection rates in May which will pretty much keep us out of school for the year, but who knows, that's only a model. Regardless, we'll keep doing what we need to do. I will have actual assignments for you every day starting April 13th, whether we are in class or online. Chin up and carry on! You are living in historic times.
IB Biology: SO, I want to clarify what you can be doing right now to set yourself up. 1) Make a google site and register it with me. Be sure to publish it first. The registry is posted at an earlier post. The function of creating this, as mentioned previously, is as a place to post the work that you will complete in the coming weeks. For now it only needs to be an introductory homepage for you. 2) Register for the Khan Academy class I posted below. The assignments on there are really just review work. When you sign up it will say that "curioustrain" is the teacher, or something like that. I have an account from a previous job, but it is me! 3) Please consider trying out a project or two on zooniverse.org as listed below 4) There are many people not paying attention. Please let others from your class know that there is work that can be done on this website. 5) IB will not be giving a test this year, but all IAs must be submitted to them and they will be equitable about this. I now know that this means you will be given a completion score based off of your IA. AP will still be testing you this year, but are going to reduce the load of what is covered. Here's a website where AP is putting up a review lesson every day. If you watched this: https://www.youtube.com/user/advancedplacement and you did the Khan Academy AP Biology tutorials, you would be doing a lot of good right now. 6) Much of what we will be doing in April and May will be Plants, Review, and a final project. Biology and Community Health: Here's what you can do before we get to April 13th and start our next unit. 1) Make a google site and register it with me. Be sure to publish it first. The registry is posted at an earlier post. The function of creating this, as mentioned previously, is as a place to post the work that you will complete in the coming weeks. For now it only needs to be an introductory homepage for you. 2) Register for the Khan Academy class I posted below. The assignments on there are really just review work. When you sign up it will say that "curioustrain" is the teacher, or something like that. I have an account from a previous job, but it is me! 3) Please consider trying out a project or two on zooniverse.org as listed below 4) There are many people not paying attention. Please let others from your class know that there is work that can be done on this website. 5) We will promptly start an Ecology unit when we return on April 13th, but will finish the year with some review and a final project on Teen Health. Looking to chew up some time and contribute to real scientific work in biology, ecology, or astronomy? Try zooniverse.org. Here you will find real scientific projects that you can help with. They make the projects simple and "friendly" to people so they aren't difficult. They just need lots of people making observations. And don't be worried about screwing things up, just go for it. Many other people are doing the same thing you are, so it's not all on your shoulders. NOTE: Screen shots (not from the tutorials but from actual work) and an overall write up of the work you did, including your insights, all placed in a document, will give you extra credit!
Hey, I was sent this link by a travel company. Pretty cool: https://www.travelzoo.com/blog/20-amazing-places-you-can-visit-without-leaving-home/ If you are feeling bored, check out some of these online places. Let me know which ones are best.
ALSO, Coursera has a "Teach Out" on the epidemiology of COVID-19. It's free, it's only 3 hours, it's all online. this IS worth extra credit to you! Fighting COVID-19 with Epidemiology: A Johns Hopkins Teach-Out: https://www.coursera.org/learn/covid19-epidemiology#about Hello everyone, I hope you are doing well both mentally and physically. Keep your social distancing up and this will be over quicker. So, here's what I know... the district has been making preparations to go completely online if needed and so I have spent some time thinking about this and I anticipate that we will NOT be coming back to school after spring break (April 13th). We might, but it doesn't look promising. So while I still can't demand anything from you at this moment, I will at some point, and there will be three big things I want you to do that will make it way easier on you when we get to that point... 1) Read last Monday's posting 2) Set up a website using Google Sites. You can register it here: https://forms.gle/aHzYYoN9QV4wgrin9 3) Sign up for the IB classroom I have set up for you on Khan Academy, https://www.khanacademy.org/join. Use this code S2ACNE9X and when it wants your name/ID, please just use your last name so I know who you are and not just your students ID. I can get your student ID from your email address. Thanks! I guess there's a fourth thing too, please continue to periodically check in here for new information. Things may change frequently and here's where I will feed you what I know. ...I NOW HAVE A FIFTH THING! POST SOMETHING TO YOUR "CHAT PAGE" on this website. Hello everyone, I hope you are doing well both mentally and physically. Keep your social distancing up and this will be over quicker. So, here's what I know... the district has been making preparations to go completely online if needed and so I have spent some time thinking about this and I anticipate that we will NOT be coming back to school after spring break (April 13th). We might, but it doesn't look promising. So while I still can't demand anything from you at this moment, I will at some point, and there will be three big things I want you to do that will make it way easier on you when we get to that point... 1) Read last Monday's posting 2) Set up a website using Google Sites. You can register it here: https://forms.gle/aHzYYoN9QV4wgrin9 3) Sign up for the Biology and Community Health I have set up for you on Khan Academy, https://www.khanacademy.org/join. Use this code KTX3CT24 and when it wants your name/ID, please just use your last name so I know who you are and not just your students ID. I can get your student ID from your email address. Thanks! I guess there's a fourth thing too, please continue to periodically check in here for new information. Things may change frequently and here's where I will feed you what I know. ...I NOW HAVE A FIFTH THING! POST SOMETHING TO YOUR "CHAT PAGE" on this website. First, before I talk about anything I'd like to lend you some advice during this break.
1) Establish a routine. Don't sleep until noon each day. Plan out activities for each day. 2) Eat well, and not all of the time. It's easy to eat all of the time by snacking. 3) Exercise. Spend an hour of your day with in-house and outside exercise. Go for a hike, ride our bike around town, or go for a run, but maintain the 6 foot safety barrier. There's also a lot of exercise videos on YouTube. 4) Enjoy your friends virtually instead of getting together in groups. Tik-Tok time! 5) DON'T get absorbed by the phone! Do some art, or write, or ...homework for class. IB Biology - Okay, so here's the deal. I have completed all of the IAs, as you know, but you should also know that within a few weeks your scores and some samples will be sent in to IB. They will be moderated by IB and you will get your final scores (eventually). I want you to know that the scores I gave you will be your final scores for my class, but IB will probably moderate this score downward as they are notoriously difficult. I'm just letting you know that they may be differences in how I score you and how IB scores you. While we wait to see how things will go in the next few weeks, I will also be doing the final grades on your unit 4 exam, and I should be able to get them done by the end of the week. So what would be beneficial before we get back together?! Well, this really puts us in a crunch for IB and AP testing, and I think our plant unit is at a loss without our class time and experiments. While I cannot require it, I would highly recommend you go into chapter 9 and get to know the material. If I was doing it, I would do all of the DBQs found in 9.1-9.4. Do a chapter every other day. You should really know xylem and phloem tissue, lignan rings, auxins, etc. Oh, you should also know reproduction (Sorry, no flower dissection as I had planned) and growth from a hormone standpoint, but also structural (apical meristems, etc.). There are many websites on the web that can help like bioninja, but feel free to email me with questions. Here's a few great online resources for plants: https://www.coursera.org/courses?query=plants and https://www.khanacademy.org/search?referer=%2F&page_search_query=plants I may post updated information as things change so check back here for more information next Monday. Biology - So, we know that these next two weeks are going to be work free...sort of. What I am posting here could be worth some extra credit to you, but regardless will get you ahead of the game when we return. So, what you don't know is that everyone in class is required to do a community health service project. Last year this was made in the form of websites that were meant to inform teens about health issues. Last year, they made sites on smoking/vaping dangers, on best make up, brushing your teeth, about mental illness, etc. They were a huge success and were all built online using Google Sites. I'm asking you, as you establish some new routines, to get ahead of the game and to create a website using Google Sites, but instead of making it about a public health topic, I want you to make it for body systems. What should it look like? Well, I think you might have a separate page for each of your top three body systems. You should have good detailed images, interesting facts, and it should cite other people's work. I know this sounds strange, but I would also try to find anatomical maps for the systems of a rat and include those as well.(you will need to demonstrate a system during the dissection). Eventually you will need to compare and contrast the rat with the human, and I think you will find they are very similar. This will all help because 1) you will be good to go when we finally get to the dissection, which you were all looking forward to, and 2) you will be super good at making websites which is what you have to do later in May. If you chose not to do these things, it's okay, but if you do, send me the URL and I'll give you feedback AND life will be MUCH easier for you later this year. Regardless, I hope you will follow my advice posted above, and I hope you will email me some of your sites. Email if you have questions. Oh, and since I'm going to miss you guys, I'd like to say "Shut up, Reid!," and "Collie you have 5 minutes." ...Makes me feel a little bit more like a normal week. Monday IB Biology - Today many of you in period 2 submitted your mesocosms plan with details on how you would balance the CO2 and O2 in the system. Tomorrow you will seal these projects and we'll start to observe them. All observations can be made on an attached sheet that you create. IN the end it should be a CLEAR story of what you did, why you did it, and what actually happened! Many of you who were not quite ready should be well coordinated tomorrow because I will also be preparing you for the exam on Wednesday. As to this exam, you need to do your part. I would suggest that you go through your flashcards, and the chapter, but I would also suggest that you go through the DBQs. As a final piece of your homework, please answer the following on a seperate piece of paper that is ready to be turned in. Your question is: If species can evolve to adjust for changes, can ecosystems evolve in the same way? What kind of emergent properties show up with an ecosystem? Emergent properties are when the end product is greater than the sum of its parts. Ex. Like when you put all of the macromolecules in a system, we end up with life (a cell), or you put a bunch of specialized cells together and get an organism that can think about itself, etc. Hey seniors, there's another scholarship opportunity available to you. See the flyers attached below. Honors Biology - After last week we realized that sexual activity is more than just a physical act, that what it really comes down to is relationships, or the psycho-social aspects of our lives, and so it's a pretty serious topic. The result of early sexual activity are pretty serious as well. One of those potential outcomes we looked at today was some of the sexually transmitted infections. We made observations of the symptoms and discussed them. Tonight I want you to select an STI that you think is most interesting and to create "one pager" on the left side of your entry from today. The instructions can be found in your notebook reference pages. Partially completed projects will be worth no points. Tuesday IB Biology - SO today was dedicated to achieving two goals: 1) mesocosms recorded and sealed, and 2) doing a review for the test. Unfortunately I continue to get people not turning, or turning work in late! I'm giving zeroes out, so please be careful to do what you should be doing. Obviously I need you to prepare for the exam tomorrow, but also know that starting Thursday we will be starting our plant unit, which is an HL unit, and you will still need soils, planters, etc. to start the growing race so start thinking. ...or maybe just leave some stuff for your mesocosm. Without fail the growing race will begin on Thursday. If you are not there, or late, it is what it is. Honors Biology - Today we focused in on the work from yesterday to look at HIV in more detail. We discussed it's origins, it's spread, and the current battle, as well as the dangerous combinations of body fluid and body parts. Tonight I want you to create a visual analogy for HIV and how it attacks and eludes the immune system. If you remember in class, I said it was like a bank robber who could change what he/she looked like. What do you think is a better analogy? Be sure to include at least 2 colorful pictures. Wednesday IB Biology - So today we spent the time we had taking our unit 4 test!!! This is the second to last unit that you need to complete! The end is near, and I know that for many of you, this is a good thing. The burn out is really starting to show. Yet, there is one thing sure to make anyone feel better and that is getting into nature! Starting tomorrow we will be starting a plant growing race. You should bring in a planter, some soil, maybe fertilizer, or ???. You will be racing against other plant growers so whatever you chose is entirely up to you. Tonight you should probably find out some information on how to germinate seeds quickly. We will be working with Beefsteak Tomato, Blue Lake Stringless Garden Bean, and Sugar Daddy Pea. In case you are interested, here is a short COVID-19 video from NOVA: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/coronavirus-covid19/ Honors Biology - Today we thought about all of the reasons to say to sex at this age, but we know that someday your will keep my job secure by having children! Planning to have children is the best way to go about doing that, and contraception is a helpful tool. I would love for you to take tonight to get caught up with your parent on everything we've talked about so far. That's it! In case you are interested, here is a short COVID-19 video from NOVA: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/coronavirus-covid19/ Thursday IB Biology - Today we got to watch the super illustrious BiPPA awards on plants! I hope you'll be as excited about plants as a I am, they are a AMAZING organisms! Today you selected your favorite partner and you should have devised your plan for the plant growing race! Make sure you have all of those materials ready for tomorrow for the start of the race! In addition, you will have an opportunity to revise your mesocosm tomorrow, so you may want to have materials/organisms hand for that as well. Lastly, I need you to preview the chapters you are responsible for with your partner. 9.1 Xylem, 9.2 Phloem, 9.3 Growth, and 9.4 Reproduction. As you look at these sections, please make flashcards for all of the new vocabulary in the section to share with your partner tomorrow. Honors Biology - Today we finished up the questions that you guys have had. Next we discussed how someday you probably will have children. Of course, it's okay if you don't, but I want you to know what pregnancy entails. So you drew three columns on a new entry. The 1st column is months (0-9). The 2nd column is where you will note important fetal developments using the following website https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/7247-fetal-development-stages-of-growth And the 3rd column is for additional info. like the size of baby, reactivity, mom’s feeling, trimester, etc. LASTLY, GO HUG YOUR MOM (or whoever takes care of you) FOR A LONG TIME UNTIL SHE ASKS YOU WHAT YOUR PROBLEM IS. ...then just say, "I love you!" and walk away. They will love it, but be confused too. Tell me about it tomorrow. Friday IB Biology - Well, I know I gave you some ideas about how we could still continue to learn over these two weeks, but I believe I am wrong on a number of points. After school today I attended a meeting that clarified a lot of things. Most importantly, due to the stresses on families during this time, teachers are not authorized to assign any work that can affect a grade, but can give out supplemental/enrichment work. What this means for you is that our schedule to complete instruction is hampered. Things you should know: I will be posting on this website on Monday with suggested material to cover and is an suggested format, all from chapter 9. While this isn't exactly worth "Points" it may be worth extra credit to your grade. You should also know that your plants are going to die in class if you haven't picked yours up. If you need to pick up your plants, please contact me and we can probably arrange a pick up time. We were going to follow their growth, but I think we'll just see who the champ is when we return. Lastly, know that your mesocosms will stay in the classroom on the top shelf. We will analyze these when we return. Honors Biology - Well, I know I gave you some ideas about how we could still continue to learn over these two weeks, but I believe I am wrong on a number of points. After school today I attended a meeting that clarified a lot of things. Most Importantly, due to the stresses on families during this time, teachers are not authorized to assign any work that can affect a grade, but can give out supplemental/enrichment work. What this means for you is that our schedule to complete instruction is hampered. Things you should know: I will be posting on this website on Monday with suggested material to cover and is an suggested format. While this isn't exactly worth "Points" it may be worth extra credit to your grade.
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