This evening I was getting ready to clean up several flats of flowers that I did not get a chance to plant ... bee balm, butterfly weed, climbing milkweed and common milkweed ... when I noticed a Monarch caterpillar on one of the milkweed plants. After looking around, I found nine in total from the late third instar stage to the early fifth instar stage. Evidently, a Monarch female visited my plant nursery outside our garage and laid several eggs. I may move some to the common milkweed plants we have in the garden.
We did not have school on Wednesday due to an electrical problem at the middle school. Sue Neal enjoyed a "snow day" in September right before she retires!
Today was the AP Bio day for me. We reviewed photosynthesis and spent most of the block working through aerobic and anaerobic respiration with applications to ecosystems. We had sample questions toward the end of class. We will meet again on Tuesday to finish up our first unit with Chapter 11 - Cell Communication. Test either next Thursday on the following week over Chapters 2-11 and our Milkweed Lab. Genetics on the horizon!
Our labs are ordered and when they come in we will stop and lab it up for a few weeks.
In Computer Programming, we are on our last two Karel problems and making good progress ... a couple of freshmen are already finished. Go freshmen!
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