This morning our Genetics class had our monthly breakfast in first block. Barnyard, biscuits and more with Sourwood Springs honey. Afterwards we went over our review sheet for our last chapter test on Monday. We also handed out and started on a sample AP Biology exam to see where we stand ... the last 20 questions are lab set questions and will be good practice for Saturday's ACT exam. Tomorrow we will have 5 students out to the BETA convention. We will continue on our practice AP Exam and do a practice test of Monday's real test.
My Introduction to Computer Science continued to work on the exit projects ... appears to be some of the best ever! We had some volunteers in this class clean up the leftovers from our first block breakfast.
We finished our population genetics lab in Selected Topics in Science and wrote up the lab report. Tomorrow we return to our Exit Projects with some computer time and making our posters.
GSP applications were due today so a lot of teachers were writing recommendations ...
Club Schedule has been moved to Tuesday of next week with finals on Thursday and Friday.
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Population Genetics Lab and more ...
Faculty meeting after school today and softball conditioning was conducted by Coach Bunton.
ILP day for my home room ... IMHO I don't think most students get much of a vision where they stand and where they can go from a piece of software. In any case, my homeroom missed class to update their ILP - Individual Learning Plan. Someone in some country made a boat of money with this software .... maybe that is the lesson.
Class review for today ...
In Genetics we finished out book today with discussions questions on human reproduction treatments for infertility ... IVF, GIFT and ZIFT and questions centering around the human genome program and model organisms. We finished our class with our review game.
In Computer Programming we started a web search on the history of computer science and the people that made it happen, early home computers and programming languages. Several students continued to work on their exit projects.
In Selected Topics in Science we added a population genetics lab to understand how the changing of organism over time (evolution) works ... natural selection. We will finish this lab tomorrow and give students time to work on their exit projects.
Don't forget that the ACT test is Saturday at the high school ... good luck to all!
Next week will be busy ... Genetics test on Monday ... Club Schedule on Tuesday ... Finals on Thursday and Friday next week before leaving for Christmas vacation.
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ILP day for my home room ... IMHO I don't think most students get much of a vision where they stand and where they can go from a piece of software. In any case, my homeroom missed class to update their ILP - Individual Learning Plan. Someone in some country made a boat of money with this software .... maybe that is the lesson.
Class review for today ...
In Genetics we finished out book today with discussions questions on human reproduction treatments for infertility ... IVF, GIFT and ZIFT and questions centering around the human genome program and model organisms. We finished our class with our review game.
In Computer Programming we started a web search on the history of computer science and the people that made it happen, early home computers and programming languages. Several students continued to work on their exit projects.
In Selected Topics in Science we added a population genetics lab to understand how the changing of organism over time (evolution) works ... natural selection. We will finish this lab tomorrow and give students time to work on their exit projects.
Don't forget that the ACT test is Saturday at the high school ... good luck to all!
Next week will be busy ... Genetics test on Monday ... Club Schedule on Tuesday ... Finals on Thursday and Friday next week before leaving for Christmas vacation.
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Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Cold, Cold and ACT on Saturday!
Good luck to the Patriot basketball teams at Barren this evening!
Students received their PSAT scores today ... you need about 207 to qualify for national merit semi-finalist in Kentucky out a possible 240. You can only qualify as a junior. Hopefully we will have someone qualify ... being a National Merit Semifinalist is a BIG honor and results in $$$ when you apply to college! Something every serious student should work toward from their freshman year on to junior year.
Good luck to all our students taking the ACT on Saturday.
In Genetics today we finished our lab report and graphs for the data we collected from our mini-lab using a spectrophotometer yesterday. We did some research on the absorption peaks of methylene blue across the visual spectrum of light. Our transmission of light data fit perfectly with the absorption rates of methylene blue ... data was perfectly inversely proportional. We also started on our last set of discussion questions and should finish them tomorrow. Mostly genetic testing and human reproduction problems today.
Our projects in Introduction to Computer Science continued today. Projects are coming along well. Tomorrow we are going to take a break from our program to do a little history of computers and computer science.
In Selected Topics, we did a graphing problem in our comp books. Following this we finished the write up of our Super Structure Lab. Tomorrow we are going to do some ACT practice and our weekly reading.
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Students received their PSAT scores today ... you need about 207 to qualify for national merit semi-finalist in Kentucky out a possible 240. You can only qualify as a junior. Hopefully we will have someone qualify ... being a National Merit Semifinalist is a BIG honor and results in $$$ when you apply to college! Something every serious student should work toward from their freshman year on to junior year.
Good luck to all our students taking the ACT on Saturday.
In Genetics today we finished our lab report and graphs for the data we collected from our mini-lab using a spectrophotometer yesterday. We did some research on the absorption peaks of methylene blue across the visual spectrum of light. Our transmission of light data fit perfectly with the absorption rates of methylene blue ... data was perfectly inversely proportional. We also started on our last set of discussion questions and should finish them tomorrow. Mostly genetic testing and human reproduction problems today.
Our projects in Introduction to Computer Science continued today. Projects are coming along well. Tomorrow we are going to take a break from our program to do a little history of computers and computer science.
In Selected Topics, we did a graphing problem in our comp books. Following this we finished the write up of our Super Structure Lab. Tomorrow we are going to do some ACT practice and our weekly reading.
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Monday, December 6, 2010
Super Structure Contest ... 207 pounds!
We had softball conditioning after school today ... free weight station work and our wall ball (Allen County Handball) tournament began.
Genetics - We did a spectrophotometer lab today ... since we have only two specs it took some time. We are going to analyze our results tomorrow class and work on Chapter 20 discussion questions.
Introduction to Computer Science - Exit projects are coming along really well ... several students have animated objects as part of their projects. All projects are in Microsoft Visual BASIC.
Today in Selected Topics in Science we tested our super structures build of popsicle sticks ... 8" tall structures weighing only 34 grams. Our winners ... Ben White, Tyler Bullington and John T Williams built a structure that held 207 pounds ... students learned about laminations, load bearing members and other physics/building principles. We will finish this lab tomorrow and work on some ACT practice questions.
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Genetics - We did a spectrophotometer lab today ... since we have only two specs it took some time. We are going to analyze our results tomorrow class and work on Chapter 20 discussion questions.
Introduction to Computer Science - Exit projects are coming along really well ... several students have animated objects as part of their projects. All projects are in Microsoft Visual BASIC.
Today in Selected Topics in Science we tested our super structures build of popsicle sticks ... 8" tall structures weighing only 34 grams. Our winners ... Ben White, Tyler Bullington and John T Williams built a structure that held 207 pounds ... students learned about laminations, load bearing members and other physics/building principles. We will finish this lab tomorrow and work on some ACT practice questions.
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Saturday, December 4, 2010
Great Game - You did well!
Having coached in many state competitions I know the pressure on both the coaches and players. AC-S comes to state competitions as the country kids and we never have some of the opportunities the suburban and urban school and communities can provide. What has been the case for our teams and the football team last night is playing as a team. Not wanting to let your teammates down. That team dynamic was in the mix last night and it got ACS to within on big play of a state championship. It was an inspired game and I for one, was proud of you!
Regardless of classes or lack thereof ... there has never been a state champion or a state runner-up at our high school. You can now mark off state runner-up.
For Monday -
Genetics - Chapter 20 and 21 questions ... we plan to finish the book by midweek and have a final test. We have a Spec lab sometime next week ... maybe Monday or Wendnesday
Genetics - We are doing an extra animation problem on Monday but most of the week will be dedicated to your exit project.
Selected Topics in Science - Super Structures will be tested on Monday in the field house ... Good Luck!
Next week there is a lot of distractions ... Club Schedule on Tuesday ... ILPs the middle of the week and more. We may juggle some assignments around.
Christmas Parade today ... Girls Softball will be the Grand Marshall ... The team was third in the state tournament last year, losing in the finals of the winner bracket to the eventual state champion ... as I have said, we know your pain.
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Regardless of classes or lack thereof ... there has never been a state champion or a state runner-up at our high school. You can now mark off state runner-up.
For Monday -
Genetics - Chapter 20 and 21 questions ... we plan to finish the book by midweek and have a final test. We have a Spec lab sometime next week ... maybe Monday or Wendnesday
Genetics - We are doing an extra animation problem on Monday but most of the week will be dedicated to your exit project.
Selected Topics in Science - Super Structures will be tested on Monday in the field house ... Good Luck!
Next week there is a lot of distractions ... Club Schedule on Tuesday ... ILPs the middle of the week and more. We may juggle some assignments around.
Christmas Parade today ... Girls Softball will be the Grand Marshall ... The team was third in the state tournament last year, losing in the finals of the winner bracket to the eventual state champion ... as I have said, we know your pain.
rr
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Big Football Game Tomorrow - Good luck!
In Genetics we went over Chapter 19 Discussion Questions and prepped up a lab with out spec-20s which will now be pushed back to Monday ... We are working to finish our book by Wednesday next week ... ACT practice and some AP questions tomorrow ...
Computer Science projects are coming along ... several will add animation which is new for our exit projects. Work on these project continue tomorrow ...
Final full day on our Super Structure Lab/Contest today ... several look like they will hold over 25 lbs ... we will test these on Monday. Tomorrow we are in the computer lab for half the block then wrapping up our structure building efforts.
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Computer Science projects are coming along ... several will add animation which is new for our exit projects. Work on these project continue tomorrow ...
Final full day on our Super Structure Lab/Contest today ... several look like they will hold over 25 lbs ... we will test these on Monday. Tomorrow we are in the computer lab for half the block then wrapping up our structure building efforts.
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Projects continue
In Genetics, we are wrapping up the last few chapters of our Ricki Lewis textbook. Today the discussion questions centered on Chapter 18 - Cancer ... oncogenes, proto-oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. Tomorrow Chapter 19 Discussion questions are on the tools of biotechnology - bacterial transformations (a lab we have completed), PCR, and more.
Computer Science - We are spending the week working on our final projects ... today we worked on animation of objects in Microsoft Visual BASIC, an area we usually do not get to ... will help some of our gaming development programs.
In Selected Topics in Science, we are wrapping up our structures to test on Friday ... several are really taking shape after a few failed efforts.
Tomorrow we have softball conditioning after school
Friday is the big game at WKU - the 4A state football championship - Go Pats!
Saturday is the Christmas Parade - the 2010 Pat Softball Team are the Grand Marshall.
Closed done some of my hives this evening in the dark ... most of the hives have lots of honey for the winter ... hoping for the best!
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Computer Science - We are spending the week working on our final projects ... today we worked on animation of objects in Microsoft Visual BASIC, an area we usually do not get to ... will help some of our gaming development programs.
In Selected Topics in Science, we are wrapping up our structures to test on Friday ... several are really taking shape after a few failed efforts.
Tomorrow we have softball conditioning after school
Friday is the big game at WKU - the 4A state football championship - Go Pats!
Saturday is the Christmas Parade - the 2010 Pat Softball Team are the Grand Marshall.
Closed done some of my hives this evening in the dark ... most of the hives have lots of honey for the winter ... hoping for the best!
rr
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