Exam Info

Nearly done!

The exam will be 100 multiple choice and four open response.  The multiple choice will cover the entire year, but not to the level of depth that the regular unit tests covered.  The topics on the open response will be

• one question covering photosynthesis and cellular respiration, and how these processes relate to ecosystems
• one question on genetics and protein synthesis (review the processes of transcription and translation)
• one question on experimental design and human body systems (review the main functions of systems, detailed processes not included)
• one question on ecosystems and populations

The best place to review will be the unit reviews from earlier this year.  We will spend our last class reviewing for the exam.

Ecology Wrap-Up

If you left early on Tuesday:

TEDtalk: johan_rockstrom  Watch the first 10 minutes about the "squeezes" on the Earth, and the boundaries that we are crossing.

TEDtalk: alex_steffen  Watch from about 4:00 to 9:00 on success stories.

Everyone- Look over Ch 36, Environmental Concerns.  OPEN NOTES QUIZ on Ecology Thursday for both sections.

***Don't forget to turn in the questions for "The Piscivore's Dilemma" into your folder as well.***

Monday night HW

Read Ch 33, Populations.

Wednesday night HW, June 3rd

Read and take notes on CH 35, The Biosphere.  Pay attention to the general characteristics that define each biome.

Ecology HW

Read the article "The Piscivore's Dilemma," either from the PDF in the unit 6 folder or from this link at Outside Magazine.  Answer the questions in the Unit 6 folder.

Final Unit!

Up next, ecology.  Chapter 34 will be posted this afternoon is posted in the Mader folder, read sections 34.1 and 34.2.  On Friday morning we will be going outside (in the courtyard).

REMINDER: I'm making my way through your Planaria lab drafts and giving feedback.  Many of you have not turned in a draft yet!  If you see NTI under the draft column, that means I don't see a draft in your folder.  Saturday morning (5/30) at 8am is the drop-dead due date for your drafts.  If you have not turned in a draft by then, you will not get the 10 practice points for the draft, and you won't get any feedback on your draft.  Any labs turned in after that date will just be graded as the final version.

Final versions of the lab will be due on the last day of class, June 15th.

New test dates

The Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration test has been pushed back a day: Wednesday for Squids, Thursday for Jellies.  We'll start Ecology on Friday.

I'm making my way through your Planaria lab drafts and giving feedback.  Many of you have not turned in a draft yet!  Saturday morning (5/30) at 8am is the drop-dead due date for your drafts.  If you have not turned in a draft by then, you will not get the 10 practice points for the draft, and you won't get any feedback on your draft.  Any labs turned in after that date will just be graded as the final version.

Final versions of the lab will be due on the last day of class, June 15th.