Friday, December 18th, 2009 - In Class and Homework

Semester Exam Day 1 (7th Period). Although there is no required homework over break, those students planning on taking the AP exam in May are encouraged to work on/ complete the Ecology work (Chapters 50 - 55).

Thursday, December 17th In Class and Honmework

Today was a student led review day meant to prepare everyone for our 1st semester exams (held over the next three school days). Students are reminded to bring a pencil to the exam period. Also, students are reminded to take their books, etc out of the classroom for cleaning purposes

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 - In Class and Homework

We reviewed more of Chapter 14 Genetics Problems (including pedigrees). The remainder of the period was spent in preparation for our semester exam.

AP Biology - 1st Semester Exam Questions Distribution

Chapter 1 - 5
Chapter 2 - 4
Chapter 3 - 7
Chapter 4 - 5
Chapter 5 - 10
Chapter 6 - 11
Chapter 7 - 7
Chapter 8 - 6
Chapter 9 - 14
Chapter 10 - 10
Chapter 12 - 5
Chapter 13 - 4
Chapter 14 - 12
Total # of Questions = 100

Monday 12/14/09 - In Class and Homework

We received a number of handouts in class today - mainly practice genetics problems (review from our previous Biology class) as well as chapter 14 objectives, a guide sheet and a study guide. We began working on these in class. The homework is to finish reading chapter 14 (Note - chapter 14 will be the final chapter to be covered on the exam).

Friday, December 11th, 2009 In Class and Homework

We took the Chapters 12 and 13 quiz today. With the time remaining we began reading the 1st 3 sections of chapter 14 (finish for homework).

Thursday, December 10th In Class and Homework

We continued to review chapters 12 and 13 - particularly the formative assessments. The homework is to study for tomorrow's quiz (30 questions - multiple choice equally divided between chapters 12 and 13).