Carbohydrates, Lipids and Pick the Corn

Today the odd number classes met in a block format.

We handed out textbooks in both AP Biology classes (Biology by Campbell / Reece, 8th and 6th editions).  Rumor has it that we will not be buying textbooks again.  So I keep the old ones and some are ten years old now.  There are other rumors saying that we are going to buy iPads for everyone with textbooks downloaded on them (which still costs $$).  I still like a great textbook but, I am probably out of the mainstream.  In one Selected Topics class I polled to see how many students have internet at home and it was less than 50%.  So, we are some distance from using internet resources outside of school to fill the textbook gap.

Also in AP Bio, we started our study of biochemistry.  We got through carbohydrates and lipids.  On Thursday we will finish with proteins and nucleic acids.  Lots of examples and some drawings.

In Computer programming today (fifth period class), most students finished up the Pick the Corn program.  We are working on the Grand Prix problem which is the last problem before we start programs with if-then and if-then-else.

Tomorrow in Selected Topics, we continue our regeneration lab and will work on a lab called Molecules of Importance with some molecule modeling.