We had some students take off early so will have their finals and presentations to make up before they can pass ... especially in Selected Topics.
We went over our final in Genetics this morning ... then danced out to Second Block. Most students are going on to AP Biology ... make sure you do your reading assignment on Ecology during Christmas ... Lab 12 when we return!
Computer Programming ended with Josh being awarded best Final Project. I will post his pict later this week on www.patscience.com ... that was sure a fancy trophy!
We had several students present their exit projects in Selected Topics in Science today. A few failed to make it to school and we will have to make that up on return. For many it was not easy to get up and talk in front of the class ... a skill to work on!
Hope you all have a great Christmas and Happy New Year ... be careful driving over the holiday ... I know that some of you don't pay much attention ... drive slow!
rr
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
Half way finished with finals and a Christmas pict ...
Today, we had finals in first and third blocks. Tomorrow, our final day of school in 2010, we will have finals second and fourth blocks.
Genetics had a cumulative final this morning ... it is hard to remember all the that science from August on but, at the next level in college you will have to be able to do just that! I am grading them as we speak and it appears they are above what I expected after hearing all that moaning and groaning this morning. Tomorrow we will go over our last two tests in class and talk a little about our AP assignment for the Christmas holiday. Students moving on to AP already have their textbooks, syllabus, first lab (Dissolved Oxygen and Primary Productivity Lab) and our first set of discussion questions ... all over the reading assignment - Ecology - Chapters 52-56.
Make sure you keep up or stay ahead in AP it is much more demanding than Genetics! I have a lot of that material on www.patscience.com
We reviewed two projects today and will finish the remaining final projects tomorrow in Computer Programming.
We took our Big 100 Final today ... 100 questions over the junior CATS assessment ... Congratulations to Kellie for having the highest score and setting a new all time Big 100 high score for any Selected Topics class at the high school! That is BIG! Tomorrow we will finish our exit projects then head to the house for vacation!
Ms Roberts and I had our children home for the weekend ... Hannah lives in San Francisco and can only come home a couple of times a year. Rachel (our oldest daughter) and her husband (Kyle) live in Champaign IL and John is doing a Master's program at WKU ... it is rare to have them all home at one time and those times are special ... They all went to school at ACS a few years back and I am including a picture ... Shown below ... Roberts family, Franklin and Gaye Foster and Ms. Conner (Granny, Sue Neal's mother an ACS teacher of 39 years)
Genetics had a cumulative final this morning ... it is hard to remember all the that science from August on but, at the next level in college you will have to be able to do just that! I am grading them as we speak and it appears they are above what I expected after hearing all that moaning and groaning this morning. Tomorrow we will go over our last two tests in class and talk a little about our AP assignment for the Christmas holiday. Students moving on to AP already have their textbooks, syllabus, first lab (Dissolved Oxygen and Primary Productivity Lab) and our first set of discussion questions ... all over the reading assignment - Ecology - Chapters 52-56.
Make sure you keep up or stay ahead in AP it is much more demanding than Genetics! I have a lot of that material on www.patscience.com
We reviewed two projects today and will finish the remaining final projects tomorrow in Computer Programming.
We took our Big 100 Final today ... 100 questions over the junior CATS assessment ... Congratulations to Kellie for having the highest score and setting a new all time Big 100 high score for any Selected Topics class at the high school! That is BIG! Tomorrow we will finish our exit projects then head to the house for vacation!
Ms Roberts and I had our children home for the weekend ... Hannah lives in San Francisco and can only come home a couple of times a year. Rachel (our oldest daughter) and her husband (Kyle) live in Champaign IL and John is doing a Master's program at WKU ... it is rare to have them all home at one time and those times are special ... They all went to school at ACS a few years back and I am including a picture ... Shown below ... Roberts family, Franklin and Gaye Foster and Ms. Conner (Granny, Sue Neal's mother an ACS teacher of 39 years)
Friday, December 17, 2010
See you on Monday!
We will now be going to school on Monday and Tuesday of next week to make up snow days. Finals are scheduled for those days ... First /Third Blocks on Monday and Second / Third blocks on Tuesday.
More personally ... my own children are headed home for a early Christmas since Hannah has to work during Christmas ... she is flying in from San Francisco today ... Rachel (oldest daughter) and her husband Kyle is driving down from Champaign, IL and John will be over from WKU/Bowling Green. We rarely have them all home at one time so it will be a great weekend for Ms Roberts and I.
Today in Genetics we took our last regular test over Chapters 15-22 and some of the labs we have done with mixed reviews. On Monday we will have a Cumulative final for bonus and maybe get a head start on AP on Tuesday before we depart.
We started review our final Microsoft Visual BASIC projects today and will continue on Monday. All have be good and a couple were above that. All students should have some basic skills in programming and logic ... at least enough to know if they want to pursue it as part of their career.
In Selected Topic in Science, we started or exit projects .. John T has a good one on the Science of Muscle Fibers ... the difference between high twitch and slow twitch fibers and how they work. David gave a good summary on The Science of Black Holes. For many of these students it is difficult to get up in front of people to speak but it is a skill that is required in most jobs. A good time to practice that skill.
Hope you all have a great weekend and be careful!
rr
More personally ... my own children are headed home for a early Christmas since Hannah has to work during Christmas ... she is flying in from San Francisco today ... Rachel (oldest daughter) and her husband Kyle is driving down from Champaign, IL and John will be over from WKU/Bowling Green. We rarely have them all home at one time so it will be a great weekend for Ms Roberts and I.
Today in Genetics we took our last regular test over Chapters 15-22 and some of the labs we have done with mixed reviews. On Monday we will have a Cumulative final for bonus and maybe get a head start on AP on Tuesday before we depart.
We started review our final Microsoft Visual BASIC projects today and will continue on Monday. All have be good and a couple were above that. All students should have some basic skills in programming and logic ... at least enough to know if they want to pursue it as part of their career.
In Selected Topic in Science, we started or exit projects .. John T has a good one on the Science of Muscle Fibers ... the difference between high twitch and slow twitch fibers and how they work. David gave a good summary on The Science of Black Holes. For many of these students it is difficult to get up in front of people to speak but it is a skill that is required in most jobs. A good time to practice that skill.
Hope you all have a great weekend and be careful!
rr
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Back to School! Yeah!
Back to school today finally ... we had club schedule today and our last softball conditioning session / open hitting at BSA was after school. Preseason conditioning starts on January 4th and our tryouts will be open to all students and from February 15-18.
In Genetics today we handed in our AP Biology test for practice ... lots of scores in the 3 range without doing all the labs and much of the AP content which is a good sign. Tomorrow we will have our last test over Chapters 15-22. We will have a cumulative Final for bonus before heading to AP.
I hope to the have the first installment of AP docs on google docs by tomorrow and links to my website by this weekend ... www.patscience.com
We are ready to start our assessments of our final projects in Computer Programming tomorrow.
In Selected Topics we begin our presentations tomorrow ... Next Monday is the Big 100 final and on Tuesday we will finish our exit project presentations.
I will get some picts of our posters and presentations and post them over the next few days.
rr
In Genetics today we handed in our AP Biology test for practice ... lots of scores in the 3 range without doing all the labs and much of the AP content which is a good sign. Tomorrow we will have our last test over Chapters 15-22. We will have a cumulative Final for bonus before heading to AP.
I hope to the have the first installment of AP docs on google docs by tomorrow and links to my website by this weekend ... www.patscience.com
We are ready to start our assessments of our final projects in Computer Programming tomorrow.
In Selected Topics we begin our presentations tomorrow ... Next Monday is the Big 100 final and on Tuesday we will finish our exit project presentations.
I will get some picts of our posters and presentations and post them over the next few days.
rr
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
??? No school tomorrow ... again!
No school tomorrow, Wednesday ... I guess in anticipation of the forecasted ice storm.
Warmed up in Holland today and some of the snow melted. Sue Neal and I spent some time getting the house ready for Christmas ... I suspect we will be going to school next week. Our youngest daughter is flying in from San Francisco on Friday and our other children are coming in for an early Christmas.
I bottled the rest of our honey from last summer so we could we give it away for Christmas. Graded some papers and typed our final test in Genetics.
Took a walk this evening down almost to Long Creek. Not many animals moving around ... a couple of deer.
Finished our Christmas letter this evening and worked on my website and will publish and update tomorrow.
Hope you all are having fun in the snow and be careful driving! Hopefully, we will get back to school on Thursday and put together a game plan to finish off the semester.
rr
Warmed up in Holland today and some of the snow melted. Sue Neal and I spent some time getting the house ready for Christmas ... I suspect we will be going to school next week. Our youngest daughter is flying in from San Francisco on Friday and our other children are coming in for an early Christmas.
I bottled the rest of our honey from last summer so we could we give it away for Christmas. Graded some papers and typed our final test in Genetics.
Took a walk this evening down almost to Long Creek. Not many animals moving around ... a couple of deer.
Finished our Christmas letter this evening and worked on my website and will publish and update tomorrow.
Hope you all are having fun in the snow and be careful driving! Hopefully, we will get back to school on Thursday and put together a game plan to finish off the semester.
rr
Monday, December 13, 2010
Snow and No School today!
About three inches of snow in Holland and cold ... fed birds this AM and sweep the snow off the porches. Working on some odd jobs and will grade papers after lunch and enter some grades.
Our Patriot Softball Booster Club meeting will be postponed until next Monday evening.
No Allen County Beekeepers meeting today ... I checked my hives on Sunday morning without opening them. Made sure the bottom boards were completely in and duck taped the ventilation holes. It is a long way to February but they all had significant honey reserves with the exception of one hive and I will continue to feed them through the winter ... hopefully they will make it.
As for schedule changes ... I don't know if they will have club schedule tomorrow but, our schedule is set ...
Genetics - we will now be having our test on Thursday if we have club schedule tomorrow. I will finish handing out AP books to non-genetics students for second semester and giving them their Christmas reading assignment in Genetics. Your sample AP exam is due on Tuesday still.
Computer Programming - Hope your project is getting close because we will begin checking them on Wednesday and finish on Thursday.
Selected Topics in Science ... we will start our Exit Project presentations on Wednesday ... Poster or Powerpoint, verbal summary (3-5 minutes), and written summary in the form of an article for a school newspaper or website. Be ready to go!
Hard to predict if we will go to school next Monday or Tuesday in which case, we will move some of our project deadlines back a day or two.
Hope you have a great day ... be careful if you have to drive!
rr
Our Patriot Softball Booster Club meeting will be postponed until next Monday evening.
No Allen County Beekeepers meeting today ... I checked my hives on Sunday morning without opening them. Made sure the bottom boards were completely in and duck taped the ventilation holes. It is a long way to February but they all had significant honey reserves with the exception of one hive and I will continue to feed them through the winter ... hopefully they will make it.
As for schedule changes ... I don't know if they will have club schedule tomorrow but, our schedule is set ...
Genetics - we will now be having our test on Thursday if we have club schedule tomorrow. I will finish handing out AP books to non-genetics students for second semester and giving them their Christmas reading assignment in Genetics. Your sample AP exam is due on Tuesday still.
Computer Programming - Hope your project is getting close because we will begin checking them on Wednesday and finish on Thursday.
Selected Topics in Science ... we will start our Exit Project presentations on Wednesday ... Poster or Powerpoint, verbal summary (3-5 minutes), and written summary in the form of an article for a school newspaper or website. Be ready to go!
Hard to predict if we will go to school next Monday or Tuesday in which case, we will move some of our project deadlines back a day or two.
Hope you have a great day ... be careful if you have to drive!
rr
Friday, December 10, 2010
Have a good weekend!
Basketball at Cumberland tonight ... good luck!
Several BETA from my first block class were in Louisville to a state meeting today. In Genetics, we reviewed for our test on Monday.
In Computer Programming we continued to work on our exit project. I checked several of the programs today and they look great so far ... some of the best Microsoft Visual BASIC programs we have ever had!
Selected Topics in Science - We did some reading in Current Science then worked on our posters for presentations that begin on Tuesday.
I have a Kentucky Softball Coaches Association meeting tomorrow ... softball is just around the corner!
rr
Several BETA from my first block class were in Louisville to a state meeting today. In Genetics, we reviewed for our test on Monday.
In Computer Programming we continued to work on our exit project. I checked several of the programs today and they look great so far ... some of the best Microsoft Visual BASIC programs we have ever had!
Selected Topics in Science - We did some reading in Current Science then worked on our posters for presentations that begin on Tuesday.
I have a Kentucky Softball Coaches Association meeting tomorrow ... softball is just around the corner!
rr
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