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Sunday, May 31, 2015

School's Out!

Student's last day of school was Tuesday and our last teacher's day was Friday.  190 students graduated Friday night ... so it is a wrap for 2014-2015.  AP Biology scores will be out the first week in July.

This summer I have an AP Workshop for Computer Science A (JAVA) at WKU.  I am also taking a MOOC on Science Principles this summer to get ready for the upcoming AP Computer Science Principles class 2016.

Wishing all students a wonderful and safe summer.

I have alot to do on the farm now that school is over.  Below are a few pictures from last week and this weekend from our farm.  It has been a big two weeks for Great Spangled Fritillaries (pictured at the bottom).




Friday, May 15, 2015

Tulip poplars, AP Exam 2015 and Last Week for Seniors!

Our AP Biology Exam was on Monday morning with mix reviews from students.  I didn't get to go over the exam with them until today ... FRQs were released on Wednesday afternoon.

https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/ap/ap15_frq_biology.pdf

Tested on the FRQs were the Behavior Lab, Mitosis & Meiosis Lab and Respiration Lab.  Other questions had parts of a labs.  Some more difficult topics ... exon shuffling, motor neurons, pineal gland / melatonin and more.  I think we will have many students score a three but only a few fours and fives.

Students during our last lab before the exam ... the behavior lab using fruit flies.




Computer Programming I and Computer Programming II are presenting their final projects next week.  Lots of good Scratch projects.  Our mini-bot (Zumo) line reading robot challenge will be on Thrusday.

The Selected Topics in Science class has been working on human organ systems and diseases.  Their final will be a week from Tuesday.

On our farm blackberries are blooming ...


Also, tulip poplar trees (the Kentucky State Tree!)  are blooming.  The blooms are 2-3 inches across.  Pictures below are from this afternoon.  Tulip poplar trees are a big honey maker in our region.



Last week, we had Star of Bethlehem flowers blooming in our yard  ... planted long ago.


One more week seniors!  Graduation next weekend.