Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Back from Spring Break.

4/8
SWBAT: Calculate and Determine importance of surface area to volume ratios.

4/9
SWBAT: Describe how nitrogen flows through an ecosystem and interactions between nitrogen and hemoglobin proteins.

4/10:
SWBAT: Measure Nitrates in well water and whiteboard the connection to the rest of biology

4/11
SWBAT: Describe the use of spectrophotometry by experimenting with different food dyes and chlorophyll.  Isolating Chlorophyll and analyzing spectrophotometry.

4/12
SWBAT: Describe spectrometry, and make connections between proteins and environment.

4/15
SWBAT: Complete Enzyme Experiment using glucose test strips

4/16
SWBAT: Analogize Primary Productivity and make predictions about which ecosystems have the highest productivity.

SWBAT: Describe water potential calculations and how water will move in different situations.

4/17
SWBAT: Describe water potential calculations and how water will move in different situations.

4/18
SWBAT: complete transpiration lab determining the rate of transpiration.

4/19
SWBAT: Quiz over primary production, nitrates in well water, biotechnology, bacterial transformation, gel electrophoresis

SWBAT: make connections between water potential, transpiration, and nitrates in well water.

4/22-4/23 6 questions in folder activity

4/24 Evaluating other people's answers and points and argue about them.