Biology 11

Today we started a food mold lab.....This is found in your book and will be worked on for the next week.   Next we took some notes on FUNGI.  Power point found HERE and notes HERE. 

Homework:  STUDY for microbiology Test (you have your review).  Due tomorrow:  5 Jeopardy style questions worth: 200, 300, 400 or 500 points based on viruses, bacteria, protists or microscopes

Here is a link to writing good jeopardy questions if you want to be really professional!

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Today we finished our EGGCELLENT lab.  Make sure you complete the lab with a ABCDE paragraph for your conclusion.  Tomorrow we start cells in the immune system. 

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After the quick question quiz we took some notes on what happens to a cell based on three Osmosis scenarios.  Next we did our own Osmosis experiment with some raw eggs with no shell on them.  Yah!  Nobody broke any eggs, eggcellent!

Biology 11

Today we worked on completing any missing work.  Answers to Protist Biology Questions found HERE.Make sure you check if you have any questions about these.
  
Fun with Fungi starting on Monday! Test on Microbiology on Friday, Nov. 30th.

Biology 11

Today we finished off Protists and you may never swim in Williamson Lake again!

We did a lab on Protists.  Next we got some questions:  Protist Biology which are due on Friday.

Finally we watched some mirobiologists wading through a cave filled with Sulfuric Acid in the NOVA movie: How Life Began. 

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For double block in 3/4:  First I collected the homework from yesterday (page 40 #1-4)

Next we took some notes on osmosis and diffusion.  See powerpoint HERE.    We did a lab looking

at onion cells under the microscope.  Finally we watched a few minutes of NOVA, How Life Began.
HOMEWORK FUN TIMES:  (the secret password is butterfly!)  Page 50 #1-14 in Checking Concepts.   

Biology 11

Today we finished off notes on Kingdom Protista.  We worked on the protist colouring sheet (See Monday's post).  This is due tomorrow.