Our AP Biology students took their AP Exam today ... the "to make a 5" question was about water potential from the diffusion and osmosis lab ... the equation and more ... will get to see the free response questions in 48 hours so will know more then ... lots of positives since the transformation lab, Hardy-Weinberg and genetics was tested heavily.
Students don't understand it is not like an exam at school in which you have to make a 90 for an A. You only have to get about half the questions correct to make a 3 ... we will see in July!
Played Christian County after school today, they are ranked #2 ... we had 5 hits and they had 4 ... we struck out about 5 times and they struck out 14 times ... hard to believe we lost 4-0 ... but, they had three home runs. They have always been able to hit well ... they are the poster children for a short to long swing.
So, after two losses we will be out of the top place after carrying that burden for over a month. Time to step back and take a little time to plan a path to get better before post-season. PROM is Saturday so we will have a few days off before a big last week of play in regular season.
That's it for today ... a long day!
rr
Monday, May 9, 2011
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Late Nights and putting 2011 AP Bio to bed!
We had our final review for AP Biology today at the HS ... We had about 15 students there reviewing for the big test. We missed three weeks of school which is a lot of time out of a semester effort to teach the AP Bio course. We were able to get in the all the AP Labs ... a total of 30 lab days ... leaving the rest for content. Several students have reviewed well so I am optimistic that we will have several 3's and a few 4s or 5s. It will depend on the free response questions.
Played in Owensboro three nights straight returning home at 2:00 AM last night. Today in addition to a 2 hour review session, I checked all 19 of our beehives and added frames with foundation. All are doing well and a few have full supers already full of honey ... about 40-50 pounds each. Need some sunny days with no wind!
At the softball tournament this weekend, we won 4, loss 1 and tied one (on time limit) ... Had OCHS beat but lost with several errors ... both Catie and KP pitched well and generally we played well in the tournament with some timely hitting. We will take the loss and try to get rolling again tomorrow against #2 ranked Christian County at home. We are now on track to play our limit of 36 varsity games.
Our freshman team won the Warren East Tournament this weekend. This is their last week of play. All together we are getting in about 70 games this season at all levels ... not bad for the wettest April on record.
All our children checked in for Mother's Day ... Rachel was in Miami this weekend, Hannah attended a Giants game and John is preparing for finals at WKU ... all are busy like Sue Neal and I.
It was a beautiful day here ... lots of sun and warm.
Good luck to all AP Bio students! Get some sleep tonight!
rr
Played in Owensboro three nights straight returning home at 2:00 AM last night. Today in addition to a 2 hour review session, I checked all 19 of our beehives and added frames with foundation. All are doing well and a few have full supers already full of honey ... about 40-50 pounds each. Need some sunny days with no wind!
At the softball tournament this weekend, we won 4, loss 1 and tied one (on time limit) ... Had OCHS beat but lost with several errors ... both Catie and KP pitched well and generally we played well in the tournament with some timely hitting. We will take the loss and try to get rolling again tomorrow against #2 ranked Christian County at home. We are now on track to play our limit of 36 varsity games.
Our freshman team won the Warren East Tournament this weekend. This is their last week of play. All together we are getting in about 70 games this season at all levels ... not bad for the wettest April on record.
All our children checked in for Mother's Day ... Rachel was in Miami this weekend, Hannah attended a Giants game and John is preparing for finals at WKU ... all are busy like Sue Neal and I.
It was a beautiful day here ... lots of sun and warm.
Good luck to all AP Bio students! Get some sleep tonight!
rr
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Review, review, review ... AP Test Monday
We will be reviewing Sunday at 4:00 ... for the AP Bio Test at the HS ... I know it is Mother's Day ... pledge to give her a 3+ ... that would be a great Mother's Day gift.
Got home after midnight from the Owensboro tournament and going up again this morning ... beat Madisonville 2-0 and tied with Fern Creek 0-0 ... offensively anemic performance ...
Got home after midnight from the Owensboro tournament and going up again this morning ... beat Madisonville 2-0 and tied with Fern Creek 0-0 ... offensively anemic performance ...
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Bp before school, acs 11 - glasgow 2 and more AP review ...
Today we had batting practice for the varsity starting at 6:15 ... hitting then breakfast!
In AP Biology, we continued to review our cheat sheets for content and labs ... also, we looked over previous free response questions. Review continues tomorrow!
We read in our Current Science magazine in Selected Topic and continued to work on our exit projects. Organ systems and CATS review tomorrow.
We played our last district game against Glasgow this evening and hit well ... maybe it was the AM practice. We had not played in nine days which is too long. We play at Daviess County tomorrow.
Stopped to see Granny on the way home.
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In AP Biology, we continued to review our cheat sheets for content and labs ... also, we looked over previous free response questions. Review continues tomorrow!
We read in our Current Science magazine in Selected Topic and continued to work on our exit projects. Organ systems and CATS review tomorrow.
We played our last district game against Glasgow this evening and hit well ... maybe it was the AM practice. We had not played in nine days which is too long. We play at Daviess County tomorrow.
Stopped to see Granny on the way home.
rr
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
AP Bio Review tonight ... hitting early AM
We had AP Bio review from 5-7 this evening ... we went over the last ten years of free response questions ... some themes ... proteins/structure and function, Central Dogma/replication-transcription-translation, food chains/energy flow ... photosynthesis and respiration, genetic crosses, 12 labs of AP ... we continue our review tomorrow.
Selected Topics worked on their exit projects.
In softball today we were in the gym then to hit at BSA, varsity only. Looks like we will be back on the field tomorrow to play Glasgow in our final regular season district game of 2011.
Stopped by to see Granny at the hospital after AP Bio review ... she is having a hard time getting back on her feet.
We have hitting before school for the varsity ... thinking about moving a hive on Thursday morning before school while it is cool.
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Selected Topics worked on their exit projects.
In softball today we were in the gym then to hit at BSA, varsity only. Looks like we will be back on the field tomorrow to play Glasgow in our final regular season district game of 2011.
Stopped by to see Granny at the hospital after AP Bio review ... she is having a hard time getting back on her feet.
We have hitting before school for the varsity ... thinking about moving a hive on Thursday morning before school while it is cool.
rr
Monday, May 2, 2011
One week until the AP Bio showdown!
A rainy day again in southern Kentucky ... the weather is suppose to clear up after Tuesday. The blackberries are blooming so our bees could put away some great honey.
In AP today, we worked on some organ system questions and finished our AP Lab cheat sheet with the graphs from all our labs. We are working in review now until next Monday ... Tomorrow, we will have an evening of review from 5-7.
In Selected Topics, we are studying organ systems. Today was a discussion about the immune system and muscles ... a case for breast feeding and what make a good muscle contraction. We also worked on our Exit Projects.
We were suppose to play Riverdale HS (TN) today but rained out. We hit at BSA after school, 40 players and three hours of hitting ... another 3000 swings. We added two games at the end of our schedule.
Grading papers tonight.
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In AP today, we worked on some organ system questions and finished our AP Lab cheat sheet with the graphs from all our labs. We are working in review now until next Monday ... Tomorrow, we will have an evening of review from 5-7.
In Selected Topics, we are studying organ systems. Today was a discussion about the immune system and muscles ... a case for breast feeding and what make a good muscle contraction. We also worked on our Exit Projects.
We were suppose to play Riverdale HS (TN) today but rained out. We hit at BSA after school, 40 players and three hours of hitting ... another 3000 swings. We added two games at the end of our schedule.
Grading papers tonight.
rr
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Sunday ... rain of course!
After Sunday school and after lunch, I worked the rest of our hives adding new frames. They are in various states of working into Spring ... I still am worried about one hive swarming ... maybe two have already swarmed ... hard to tell at this point and I am rarely home to check on them.
We had some AP review between 3-5 ... at the high school. Afterwards, I put all the beekeeping supers and equipment away.
This week is review week for AP ... every day and some other times.
Selected Topics will finish their study of organ systems and work on their exit projects.
My hairy vetch covercrop is starting to bloom and I will try to remember to take some pictures.
Tomorrow our softball team is suppose to play Riverdale HS in TN. They are ranked in the top 10 of the national NFCA high school poll. Weather does not look good!
We have a busy week in softball ... lots of week games and two tournaments this weekend ... varsity and two teams in Warren East's freshman tournament. After this week, it will be varsity only for the rest of the season.
We had some AP review between 3-5 ... at the high school. Afterwards, I put all the beekeeping supers and equipment away.
This week is review week for AP ... every day and some other times.
Selected Topics will finish their study of organ systems and work on their exit projects.
My hairy vetch covercrop is starting to bloom and I will try to remember to take some pictures.
Tomorrow our softball team is suppose to play Riverdale HS in TN. They are ranked in the top 10 of the national NFCA high school poll. Weather does not look good!
We have a busy week in softball ... lots of week games and two tournaments this weekend ... varsity and two teams in Warren East's freshman tournament. After this week, it will be varsity only for the rest of the season.
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