One full week in on second semester with some very cold temperatures for Kentucky ... below 0 degrees here one morning ... tough on honeybees!
Club Schedule tomorrow and MLK Day / No School next Monday.
In AP Biology, we did a bacterial transformation lab last week (using plasmid BLU / Carolina Biology) and we will look at the results tomorrow in class. This week will wrap up our study of biotechnology ... two labs and a demo on PCR. Our restriction enzyme / electrophoresis lab is scheduled for Wednesday.
In Computer Programming I, we are working on our last programming problem in qBASIC ... 2-D arrays and sorting. Our last lab is an analysis of the Powerball Lottery numbers ... a good practice problem for sorting.
Tuesday in Computer Programming II we will continue to work on Python problems ... lists and list that contain lists with several sorts. We have a project rotation starting after MLK Day ... arduinos, raspberry pi computers, app inventor and SNAP ... lots of new material to develop ... frustrating and fun. We will continue to work on Python during this time by introducing the use of classes.
Also on Tuesday, we will work on a pHET simulation electrical currents in Selected Topics in Science. We plan to wrap up our physics unit on electricity next week. Congrats to Haden and Timmy for building the best electromagnet last week ... 89 paperclips with one "D" battery ... almost a world record.
Will try and get some lab pictures posted this week!
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