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EXPECTATIONS
IB Biology Year 2
Study for IB exams in May.
February 15: Lab on Heart Rate. February 17: Lab on Excersice and Respiration. February 20: Lab on Blood Analysis.
THE MOCK EXAMS WILL INCLUDE ALL THE MATERIAL IN TOPICS 1-6 (HL & SL), OPTIONS D & G (HL & SL), TOPICS 7-11 (HL).
TEST ON JANUARY 9, 2012 ON ALL THE MATERIAL ALREADY COVERED IN TOPIC 5 ON "HUMAN HEALTH AND PHYSIOLOGY".
December 16, 2011: Review all material covered in Year 1 and so far this year (up to and including "Gas Exchange"). Complete the Internal Assessment work that is overdue. Have a nice break!
TEST ON EVOLUTION, OPTION D, ON NOVEMBER 25 RESCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY DECEMBER 2.
October 24, 2011. Review and study the material in Option D "Evolution" up to and including "Species and Speciation".
Lab report on "Abiotic factors and population variations" due on October 24.
TEST ON ECOLOGY (TOPIC 5 AND OPTION G) ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 14, 2011.
FIELD WORK FOR THE INTERNAL ASSESSMENT ON "ABIOTIC FACTORS AND POPULATION VARIATIONS" on October 3. The excercise will take all day. Wear hiking shoes, long pants, bring a hat, bring your lunch and water.
September 16, 2011. Please make sure to finish all outstanding Internal Assessment laboratory reports pending by next Monday.
September 6, 2011. Please return signed Laboratory Safety form by the end of this week.
First exam will be on Monday September 12. Topics included are all the ones covered in Year 1.
IB Biology Year 1
Final Exam topics are: Topic 1, "Statistics"; Topic 2, "Cells"; Topic 3, "The chemistry of life"; Topic 4 "Genetics"; Topic 7, "Nucleic acids and proteins"; Topic 8, "Cell respiration and photosynthesis"; Topic 9, "Plant science"; Topic 10 "Genetics".
Study and review Topic 5 on Ecology.
Lab report on "Plant Phyla" is due on May 14.
Monday April 30, Field work on "Plant Phyla."
TEST on "Plants" on April 23.
Laboratory report on "Photosynthesis" is due on March 26. Laboratory report on "Monohybrid and dihybrid crosses in Maize" is due on April 2.
TEST on "Genetics" IB Topics 4 and 10 on March 9.
Lab report on "Enzyme Activity" is due on February 20, 2012. Lab design on "Photosynthesis" is due on March 5, 2012.
THE MID YEAR EXAMS WILL INCLUDE TOPICS 1-3 AND TOPICS 7-8.
December 19, 2011: Prepare a design laboratory on "Enzymes" due on January 9. Begin reviewing the material covered so far (in Topics 1 to 3 and 7 to 8) for the Mid Year Exam. Have a good break!
TEST ON TOPICS 3 "THE CHEMISTRY OF LIFE" UP TO & INCLUDING TRANSLATION & TOPIC 7 "NUCLEIC ACIDS & PROTEINS" UP TO & INCLUDING PROTEIN FUNCTIONS.
Laboratory report on "Osmosis" is due on December 12, 2011.
Laboratory on "Osmosis" to begin December 1.
November 4, 2011. Design laboratory report on "Osmosis" is due on November 14.
November 22. Review and study DNA structure, replicatio, transcription and read ahead for translation and polypeptide synthesis.
Design lab on "Osmosis" is due November 14.
Lab report on "Mitosis" is due on Monday October 31. Also review and study "Transport across membranes" and "mitosis".
Lab on "Mitosis" on October 21.
October 17, 2011: Review and study the process of mitosis.
Lab report on "Microscopic identification..." is due on Monday October 17.
Thursday October 6 and Friday October 7, Laboratory work on "Microscopic identification and measuring of different cell types".
TEST MONDAY OCTOBER 3: TOPIC 2 "CELLS`, UP TO TRANSPORT ACROSS MEMBRANES (TRANSPORT IS NOT INCLUDED).
September 19, 2011. Study the structure of prokaryotic cells. Read ahead on the structure of eukaryotic animal and plant cells.
September 9, 2011. Finish the calculations on % change from the table on Chimpanzee mass. Bring graph paper to the next class.
September 6, 2011. Please return signed Laboratory Safety form by the end of this week.
Biology 10th Grade
Final Exam topics for 10 A only, are: Chapter 10, "Plants and Food"; Chapter 11, "Transport in plants"; Chapter 13," Reproduction in plants".
Final Lab report on "Osmosis" is due on Tuesday May 22.
Lab on "Osmosis" on May 8 and May 10.
Test on "Transport in Plants" on April 24.
Group A in Biology, Design a lab on Osmosis, due date March 27.
February 17, 2012: Study the notes and the material in the text book on global warming, ozone depletion and acid rain.
THE MID YEAR EXAMS WILL INCLUDE CHAPTERS 10-11, 13-14, & THE SECTION ON GLOBAL WARMING AND THE GREEN HOUSE EFFECT IN CHAPTER 15.
TEST ON CHAPTER 14 "ECOSYSTEMS" ON JANUARY 10. You can also begin reviewing the material covered so far for the Mid Year Exam (Chapters 10, 11, 13, 14). Prepare the laboratory report on the "Flower Types", the report is due on January 10.
November 4, 2011. Final laboratory report on "Photosynthesis" is due on Tuesday November 15. The report should include: Changes made to the method and the reasons, Data, Graphs, Analysis of the data (includes any calculations made), Conclusions and Evaluation of the experiment, its methodology and proposed improvements.
TEST ON CHAPTER 11 "TRANSPORT IN PLANTS" ON TUESDAY NOVEMBER 8.
Laboratory on "Photosynthesis" will begin on Tuesday Novemebr 1st. Come prepared.
October 20, 2011. Review and study Chapter 11, "Transport in Plants". Work on the questions on pages 133 and 134.
Lab report on "Osmosis in onion epithelial cells" is due October 18, 2011.
September 27, 2010. Design section of the laboratory report on "Photosynthesis" is due on October 4.
TEST SEPTEMBER 22 ON CHAPTER 10, "PLANTS AND FOOD".
September 13, 2011. Review and study abiotic factors affecting rate of photosynthesis.
September 9, 2011. Practice sketching and labelling a cross section of a leaf. Read and study pages 109 to 114 in Chapter 10.
September 6, 2011. Please return signed Laboratory Safety form by the end of this week.
Science 9th Grade A
Final Exam topics are in Physics: Chapter 1, "Measurements and Units" pages 10-13; Notes on measurements, SI units, scientific notation, significant figures, precision, accuracy, graphs, error bars, and slopes; Chapter 2, "Forces and motion" pages 26-29 (units 2.01-2.02) and 32-43 (units 2.04-2.09).
Physics quiz on Friday May 4 on "Force, mass and acceleration" section 2.07.
Physics quiz on Friday the 6th of April on "Free fall" section 2.04.
Physics quiz on Friday the 30th of March on "Motion graphs" section 2.02.
Physics homework for March 28, 2012, do problems 1 and 2 on page 29.
Physics quiz on Wed. the 21st on sections 2.01-2.02. Solve the problems on pages 27 and 29 as part of preparing for the quiz.
Quiz on March 9th on Food pages 37 to 45 and on the class notes.
February 22: Review and study the material on Food. Use your notes and pages 37 to 45 in the book.
February 17, 2012: Study the material in your notes and in Chapter 4 on "A balanced diet" pages 37-39.Quiz on Feb. 22.
THE MID YEAR EXAM WILL INCLUDE CHAPTERS 1 TO 3 AND RELATED NOTES:
Chapter 1 Life Processes: Life processes, Cell structure,Enzymes, Respiration,Movement in and out of cells, Cell division, Cell differentiation, Cells tissues organs.
Chapter 2 The variety of living things: Plants, animals, fungi,protoctists, bacteria, what is the nature of viruses.
Chapter 3 Breathing and gas exchange: Structure of gas exchange system, ventilation of the lungs, alveoli, effects of smoking.
December 16: Review the material in Chapters 1 and 2 as part of preparing for the Mid Year Exams.
TEST ON CHAPTER 1 "LIFE PROCESSES" ON FRIDAY DECEMBER 2.
November 11, 2011. Laboratory report on Temperature and Catalase activity is due on November 18.
October 24, 2011. Read all of Chapter 1 over the long week end.
October 20, 2011. Review and study the section on "Enzymes: controlling reactions in cells", and "Factors affecting enzymes" on pages 3-6.
Lab report on "An introduction to microscopic study of plant and animal cells" is due on Wednesday October 19.
Lab on "An introduction to microscopic study of plant and animal cells" Friday October 7. Bring your lab coats.
October 5, 2011. Review and study the structure of Animal cells.
September 28, 2011. Review and study the structure of Prokaryotic (Bacteria) and Eukaryotic (Plant) cells. You must be able to draw, label and know the functions.
TEST SEPTEMBER 23 ON THE PROCESSIS OF LIFE AND GRAPHING.
September 9, 2011. Review and study the 9 processis that must be carried out for life. See page 1, chapter 1.
September 6, 2011. Please return signed Laboratory Safety form by the end of this week.
Science 9th Grade B
Final Exam topics are in Physics: Chapter 1, "Measurements and Units" pages 10-13; Notes on measurements, SI units, scientific notation, significant figures, precision, accuracy, graphs, error bars, and slopes; Chapter 2, "Forces and motion" pages 26-29 (units 2.01-2.02) and 32-43 (units 2.04-2.09).
Physics quiz on Monday May 7 on "Force, mass and acceleration" section 2.07.
Physics quiz on Thursday the 5th of April on "Free fall" section 2.04.
Physics quiz on Thursday the 29th of March on "Motion graphs" section 2.02.
Physics quiz on Monday the 19th of March, pages 26 and 27. Do problems 1,2 and 3 as part of preparing for the quiz
Quiz on March 8th on "Food" pages 37 to 42 and the class notes on the material.
February 17, 2012: Study the material in your notes and in Chapter 4 on "A balanced diet" pages 37-39.
THE MID YEAR EXAM WILL INCLUDE CHAPTERS 1 TO 3 AND RELATED NOTES:
Chapter 1 Life Processes: Life processes, Cell structure,Enzymes, Respiration,Movement in and out of cells, Cell division, Cell differentiation, Cells tissues organs.
Chapter 2 The variety of living things: Plants, animals, fungi,protoctists, bacteria, what is the nature of viruses.
Chapter 3 Breathing and gas exchange: Structure of gas exchange system, ventilation of the lungs, alveoli, effects of smoking.
December 16: Review the material in Chapters 1 and 2 as part of preparing for the Mid Year Exams.
December 16, 2011: Review the material in Chapters 1 and 2 as part of preparing for the Mid Year Exam.
TEST ON CHAPTER 1 "LIFE PROCESSES" ON THURSDAY DECEMBER 8, 2011.
November 14, 2011. Lab report on "Temperature and Catalse Activity" is due on November 24. The report should include: 1) Research question (aim), 2) Hypothesis (your prediction), 3) Variables (independent, dependent, controlled), 4) Method (just attach the method given to you), 5) Apparatus (equipment), 6) Data Table, 7) Graph, 8) Analysis of the data, 9) Conclusion, 10) Evaluation of the method.
November 10, 2011. Laboratory experiment on Temperature and Catalase Activity is on Monday November 14. Come prepared with lab coat, timer, ruler and method. Make sure you have carefully read and understood the method.
November 4, 2011. QUIZ on Monday November 7 on Cellular Respiration. Pages 6-9.
October 24, 2011. Review and study the material on Enzymes pages 3-4. Quiz on Monday October 31st.
October 24, 2011. The three students ( E. K., G.SM.L., A.F. ) that missed their Chemistry test on Friday the 21st, will be expected to take it during their Biology class today. BE PREPARED.
October 20, 2011. Review and study the section on "Enzymes: controlling reactions in cells", pages 3-4.
Lab report on "An introduction to microscopic study of plant and animal cells" is due on Monday October 24.
Lab on "An introduction to microscopic study of plant and animal cells" Monday October 17.
QUIZ ON PROKARYOTIC (BACTERIA) AND EUKARYOTIC (ANIMAL AND PLANT) CELLS ON MONDAY OCTOBER 10.
September 29, 2011. Review and study the structure of Prokaryotic (Bacteria) and Eukaryotic (Plant) cells. You must be able to draw, label and know the functions.
TEST SEPTEMBER 22 ON THE PROCESSIS OF LIFE AND GRAPHING.
September 15, 2011. Bring graph paper to the next class on Monday.
September 12, 2011. Review and study the 9 processis that must be carried out for life. See page 1, chapter 1.
September 6, 2011. Please return signed Laboratory Safety form by the end of this week.
Science 8 A and B
For the final exam study: Chapter 1 "Chemical reactions", sections 1.2-1.5; Chapter 4 "Chemical patterns", sections 4.8-4.5; Chapter 6 "Moving energy", sections 6.2-6.3; Chapter 7 "Biology revision", sections 7.1-7.3.
