EO WILSON on TED

http://www.ted.com/talks/e_o_wilson_advice_to_young_scientists.html

Lab safety

 
 Here's a short video to review lab safety issues.
This is a Biology class so we probably won't be working a whole lot with toxic chemicals or gas flames but you should always enter a lab situation knowing and using best practices for all possible situations, enjoy:
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/puppet-lab-safety-video/

Our first week will be focused on the smaller pieces of Biology.
We'll be learning about biochemistry so you'll need a refresher on atoms, molecules and pH in order to  really understand what makes organic compounds and how they work.

Here's another clip by the same people that did the safety song, only this one is about really small things; Nano sized things!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFoC-uxRqCg&noredirect=1


Now check out this interactive on size and scale of cells and other things

what's bigger an e.coli bacterium, a paramecium or a ribosome?
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/

JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I AM SO PROUD OF MOST OF MY HONORS BIOLOGY STUDENTS

YOU WERE AN ENERGETIC BUNCH TO SAY THE LEAST!

 I REALLY HOPE THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH SOME OF YOU AGAIN IN A FUTURE UPPER LEVEL COURSE  ( hopefully it'll be a smaller class size too!).

OVERALL, OUT OF 98 STUDENTS WE HAD 77 LEVEL 4'S!   THE REST WERE 3'S AND MOST OF THOSE WERE HIGH LEVEL 3'S WHICH LEAD US TO AN OVERALL "A" AVERAGE (94).


HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY SUMMER AND TAKE PRIDE IN WHAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR!

OK, so here it goes:  EVERYONE PASSED THE EOC!

THERE WERE 25 LEVEL 4'S AND 9 LEVEL 3'S WITH A CLASS AVERAGE OF A 94.

HIGH SCORES GO TO CAMERON, SHANE, TRENTON, Nikki, WEST, THOMAS B, ARLYN, NATE AND MAELYNN   YOU ALL ARE EXEMPT FROM THE RECYCLED ART PROJECT.

First Block test results

UNBELIEVABLE! 
EVERYONE IN MY FIRST BLOCK BIOLOGY CLASS PASSED THE EOC TOO!  
 25 LEVEL 4'S AND 5 LEVEL 3'S. CLASS AVERAGE: 94!!!!

HIGHEST SCORES GO TO RYAN (w), MICHAEL, AUSTIN AND GAVIN-- GREAT JOB GUYS- YOU ARE EXEMPT FROM THE RECYCLED ART PROJECT.

FOURTH PERIOD STUDENTS EXEMPT FROM THE PROJECT ARE: LOGAN, DAVIS, FAITH AND KODEE.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

ONE MORE CLASS TO TEST - 3RD BLOCK- HOPE YOU ARE STUDYING OVER THE WEEKEND, IT WOULDN'T HURT TO RE-WRITE YOUR "WHITE SHEET" A COUPLE OF TIMES, JUST TO KEEP IT FRESH IN YOUR MIND OVER THE WEEKEND.

LETS GO FOR 100% OVERALL IN OUR HONORS CLASSES!!

EOC results for 4th block today

Fourth Block had terrific test results!

27 out of 34 received a level 4

your class average was a 94!!!!!!

highest grade was 98 (several) lowest grade was an 84, we only had one "C", everyone else got an A or B! 
CELEBRATE!!

The rest of you need to be sure you know the "white sheet" and review the regents test prep questions as well as the sample eoc questions- first link in the previous post.

sample EOC questions/ recycled art update

go here to look at sample EOC questions by goal:http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/accountability/testing/eoc/sampleitems/5

Released EOC test:
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/accountability/testing/releasedforms/biologyreleased.pdf


REGENTS TEST PREP SITE!  BEST SITE- ONLY REVIEW THE STUFF YOU KNOW WE COVERED (FOR EXAMPLE, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO COVER HUMAN SYSTEMS)
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/biology/biology.cfm



Recycled Art project now due June 6th - after 3rd periods EOC's- I don't want you to be cramming for an EOC and trying to finish that too!