Yellow Corydalis, AP Bio, and Snow today ...

Today, we missed first block for an assembly on drunk driving.  Second block ... we worked on the three organ systems now in  the new AP Bio curriculum ... immune, endocrine and nervous.  Lots of talk about homeostasis in mammals.  Over spring break students have questions on the ecology chapters which will finish our content for the year.  We are reviewing 5-10 minutes each period ... today was genetics, H-W and Crick's Central Dogma.

In computer programming students are finishing up their math tutorial program and some are working on the casino programming problem.  This problem simulates a slot machine and controls the money deposited, won and loss.  In the end, the user cashes out their winnings or the amount remaining after losses.  The only programming problem remaining in this first set of easy Microsoft Visual BASIC programming is a multiple choice questioning program on WWII or Astronomy written for middle school students.

We have several flats of wildflowers planted at school for the Patriot Pollinator Project ... several kinds of milkweed, coneflowers, compass plant, cup plants and more.

Even though it snowed some today and our spring is late in arriving, this weekend was warmer and a few spring flowers are out (even though there is no sign of twinleaf or mayapples).  Below, there were several patches of yellow corydalis ... also called scrambled eggs (Corydalis flavula).  Also below ... maybe gray beardtongue or ?? spring cress.