Homework - May 29, 2009

1) Reproduction Practice Regents Questions - complete the 3 page handout and bring it to class on Monday, June 1, 2009.

2) Check your TeacherEase account. Complete any missing assignments/projects by next week! I can not accept anything after then.

3) ePortfolio submissions: Upload your work into your ePortfolio for Living Environment. You must choose the standards addressed for each assignment and write a summary for each assignment. Your summary should be a paragraph (at least) that describes what the assignment goals were (what was the assignment about and what you did for the assignment) and what you learned during and after completing the assignment.

4) Visit the Regents Prep websites posted on the blog to review for the Regents.

Homework - May 27/28, 2009

1) Human Impact on the Environment Assessment: Complete the artifacts, 'what you understand' section, and reflection questions for EACH of the standards. E-mail your completed document to me at emitsiadis@wjps.org AND upload it to your ePortfolio.

Artifacts to choose from:
a) Sourcebook work: include the date
b) Environmental Issues Blog
c) Environmental Issues Poster
d) Ecological Problem Blog
e) CRQ on Carbon Dioxide Concentration and Temperature Change
f) Your second CRQ
g) Human Impact on the Environment Test
h) Industrial Melanism and the Peppered Moth Lab
i) Relationships and Biodiversity Lab


2) Check your TeacherEase account. Complete any missing assignments/projects by next week! I can not accept anything after then.

3) ePortfolio submissions: Upload your work into your ePortfolio for Living Environment. You must choose the standards addressed for each assignment and write a summary for each assignment. Your summary should be a paragraph (at least) that describes what the assignment goals were (what was the assignment about and what you did for the assignment) and what you learned during and after completing the assignment.

4) Visit the Regents Prep websites posted on the blog to review for the Regents.

Homework - May 26, 2009

1) ePortfolio submissions: Upload your work into your ePortfolio for Living Environment. You must choose the standards addressed for each assignment and write a summary for each assignment. Your summary should be a paragraph (at least) that describes what the assignment goals were (what was the assignment about and what you did for the assignment) and what you learned during and after completing the assignment.

2) Regents Prep: Use the Regents Prep websites linked to this blog to review for the Regents exam. Links are located on the right of the blog as you scroll down.

3) Check your TeacherEase account! If you have any missing assignments or projects please work on those immediately. I will not accept missing work after next week! Many of your midterm grades are 'incomplete' because of missing major assignments.

Homework - May 18-22, 2009

1) Beaks of Finches Analysis Final Draft must be typed and stapled to the rubric handout and ready to hand in on the day we get back to school. If you need feedback on your written assignment, please e-mail me your work through TeacherEase or at my wjps email and I will reply to you with feedback as soon as possible.

2) ePortfolio submissions should be made for various assignments listed in the Living Environment section of your portfolio. You MUST have work added to your ePortfolio! So please use this time wisely to do so.

3) Regents Prep - Visit http://regentsprep.org/Regents/biology/biology.cfm and read through the synopsis of the 'Reproduction and Development' section. Also complete the practice regents questions in this section. Furthermore, you should continue to review topics we have covered by visiting the other sections of the Regents Prep link and practicing with the multiple choice questions.

4) Further Regents Prep: Visit http://www.nysedregents.org/testing/scire/regentlive.html to take various practice Living Environment Regents Exams. They are a valuable tool to use to study and there are answer keys provided.

Homework - May 15, 2009

Beaks of Finches Analysis Final Copy of written assignment due on Monday, May 18, 2009. Please staple your work to the assignment handout. Make sure to save your work so that it is available for you to upload into your ePortfolio.

Homework - May 14, 2009

Beaks of Finches Analysis - Draft must be brought to class tomorrow. See handout provided in class for details.

Homework - May 13, 2009

No homework.

Homework - May 12, 2009

Relationships & Biodiversity Part D Practice Regents Questions - handout provided in class. Due tomorrow.

Homework - May 8 & 11, 2009

Respond to the following on the blog in complete and detailed sentences:

--Describe the purpose of the Relationships and Biodiversity lab (i.e.
what were you trying to do in the lab).
--How did you achieve the purpose of this lab (i.e. what tests did you conduct)?
--What were your overall results and conclusions?

Homework - May 7, 2009

No homework.

Homework - May 6, 2009

Human Impact on the Environment Test Corrections: To receive partial extra points on your test you must make your test corrections on loose leaf paper. The test corrections must consists of the correct answer and a detailed explanation of your choice of answer (i.e. how you know that is the correct answer). Staple the loose leaf to your test and hand in tomorrow. Test corrections will not be accepted after tomorrow.

Homework - May 5, 2009

1) If you have not handed in your 2 CRQ assignments (Human Impact on the Environment) they must be completed and handed in ASAP.

2) If you have not completed the online DNA Fingerprinting Lab - Please see me ASAP to do so.

Homework - May 4, 2009

No homework.

Homework - May 1, 2009

Human Impact on the Environment Test on Monday, May 4th, 2009.
Review your sourcebook notes/work and the LE Review Guide (read pages 109-122 and the practice questions on pages 115-116 and 122-129).