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Monday IB Biology - Dearest Students, Your dancing was divine! Your moves were impeccable! Your shimmy went perfectly with your shake! But remember the concepts behind these moves. Even though we are moving on to the macro scale world of biology does not mean we can forget the microscopic world. In fact, it's the macro scale world that will show you the end products of all of the microscopic concepts. Tomorrow we will prepare for another day of review, but after tomorrow, we'll be off and running into new territory. In the meantime, there are a few things that I need you to do. 1) Make sure you walk through ALL of your review flashcards. Spend a little bit of time with those terms that are foggy. 2) Please come prepared with your IA. At this point you should have a research question, background information, a hypothesis, and possibly even a procedure. If you do not have any of these pieces, let's get them done tonight. Honors Biology - "If you keep doing what you've always done, you'll keep getting what you've always got." I hope you either keep doing a great job, or you think about making some changes for this second semester. Before we get to our next medical mystery, we need to review some of the major information from the past semester. So, today you guys did a 6 block pyramid review activity. In this activity you: 1)listed the 6 major themes of first semester on a pyramid, 2) You then described why you put them where you did, 3) You described how the foundational pieces support the top piece in the pyramid. And 4) Lastly, you then chose two "smaller pyramids" found within your big pyramid and described what the three blocks in each of these smaller pyramids have to do with each other. We didn't quite get there so we will be finishing this tomorrow, but you should have part one in your notebook at this point. So, tonight I want you to look at what you did with your group today and on the left side of the entry, I would like you to create another 6 block pyramid that is revised. How would you change the pyramid from today and WHY. This is the first homework of the semester. 1) Cell Structures and Body Systems 2) Homeostasis and Feedback in the body 3) Meiosis and mitosis, 4)Energy Production and Use (photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration) 5) DNA 6) Proteins (enzymes and structural) Tuesday IB Biology - Today we spent a little bit of time looking at a graph on dogs. This is the first clue in a series of clues that you will get over the next few days. https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/best-in-show-whats-the-top-data-dog/ Tonight, tell me why there are so many different types? Write this in your notebook under the first clue. Next, please take time to review your flashcards for the material we did today. Lastly, please make sure to have the preliminary components of your IA. They don't have to be perfect, but should be well established n an electronic document. INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY: The Scripps’ High School Exploration Program is now accepting student applications. Please forward to any of your health pathway students who have a 2.5 GPA or higher and who may be interested in applying. Scripps’ High School Exploration Program (HSEP) - Student Internship Eligible: HASPI High School Students, 10th-12th grade 2020 Dates: June 15 - July 17, 2020 (5 weeks) Application Deadline: 5:00pm Friday, February 14, 2020 This 2020 summer internship opportunity is located at various Scripps’ hospital locations in San Diego County. More information can be found at http://www.haspi.org/hsep.html. Honors Biology - FIRST: Charge your chromebooks tonight!!! You will need them tomorrow. Today you watched a creepy video on Addie's illness: https://www.pbs.org/video/hunting-nightmare-bacteria-update-nqil1d/ On a new entry called Addie's Sickness, we listed out the important points to this case study as well as establishing a timeline. Next we set up a new entry called "What is happening inside of Addie" This is where your homework begins. Using only the upper half of the right page in this new entry I want you to describe what you think is going on in Addie. You do not need to research anything. Just tell me what you think has occurred using just what you know. Below this writing, please place TWO questions that would be important to find out more about to know for sure. Ex. What exactly causes bacteria to be "gram-negative"? Wednesday IB Biology - Today we had an opportunity to get a few more pieces to the puzzle we've been working on. We then went to working on our IAs. You should clean up all of your IA work in preparation for the week you'll have to work on it in class (not next week, but the next). Next, Lay out a calendar for the completion of your IA work. What will you do each day to make sure it's completed on time without problems. Lastly, I really need you to complete this semi-annual survey: http://bit.ly/healthpathstudentsurvey1-20 SENIORS: Scholarship money (1650.00 and 3300.00) for being part of the med pathway! Notice the deadline to apply for one of two scholarships per site is this January 31st. Application Link Honors Biology - Today we were able to come together with our ideas about what could be going on with Addie. We then shared our questions with our groups and developed two really strong questions that we need to answer to start to figure out the case study. It looks like you narrowed it down to to three main topics that we need to pursue: How do bacteria operate?, How do antibiotics work?, and How does the immune system work? So let's start with the first of these three things: Bacteria. Tonight I want you to start a new entry called, How big is a "bug"? and below I want you to make a chart showing a drawing of the object, and then the size, and lastly the information you can get from clicking on the picture. Here is the list of what you should look up using the Scale of Things: ( https://scaleofuniverse.com/ ) : Person, ant, amoeba, bacteria, skin cell, RBC, e.coli, mimivirus, bacteriophage, HIV, DNA, glucose. Don't forget to include your units, and don't forget to use a different color for each object! ...feel free to go big and see the universe too. Thursday IB Biology - Today we received two more puzzle pieces and then lead ourselves into the ideas of how do we know what we know? The biggest ideas I was hoping you got was : Subjective and objective knowledge, and that absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Tonight I want you to read this very short article: https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-a-confirmation-bias-2795024 and just be ready to discuss it! Do you get why we look for a null hypothesis? What is a healthy approach to thinking? In addition you should be gathering your materials in order to start your IA. Lastly, please complete these yearbook surveys: Yearbook survey, favorite thing about medical path: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJBumhEh6bcJglZl4Pw3_J5vsOchUEiRZxk4PzjWdFIPFO9g/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1 Yearbook survey, future career in science?: https://forms.gle/ttdU7SLpXHrsur9c7 Honors Biology - Sorry for any trouble you may have had last night with the webpage. You guys did a good job overall. We walked our way through the microverse and the macroverse and blew up our minds in the process. Tonight, on the left side page of the entry, I want you to create a bulls-eye diagram from virus, bacteria, and somatic cells. Complete 4 things they all have in common, 2 things that are unique to each topic, and then 2 things that are common 2 topic, but exclusive of the 3rd. This last step you will need to do three times (virus/bacterial, bacteria/cell, virus/cell) Friday IB Biology - Today, after talking to Socrates, Plato, and be aware of confirmation bias. You all should now be well on your way to starting the experimentation and should be gathering materials that you can use, or stash, in class. On Monday, I will be out at a meeting. You will have a sub, but I will leave all of the instructions here on the website. What should you do this weekend? Sleep some, relax a bit, but review the lab write up guidelines and have the Title Page and the Design completed. For a new copy of these guidelines, go to the online resource page. By the way, Mrs. Hirt's Oxford PDF has been blocked as well. Copyright law has triumphed! Honors Biology - Today we looked at the relationships between viruses, bacteria, and somatic cells. They have a lot of differences, but size is one I want you to keep in mind for right now and we'll add to what we know. We then shifted gear and looked at MRSA protocols at Loyola University Lastly, we decided to investigate these invisible killers by conducting our own survey of bacteria around us. You should have a research question for your group and you should have a method of measuring growth. This weekend you should set it up by completing an electronic title page (as outlined in the guidelines), as well as your research question, hypothesis, and variables identified. I will be out on Monday, but will post all of your instructions on this website.
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