BYOT Day Friday March 15

FYI - Friday is a BYOT (Bring Your Own Technology) day in biology class. We will be doing some work on the internet exploring the cells alive website, as well as looking at some of the resources that my AP biology students put together for you. So, if you have your own technology that will allow for you to access the internet through the wireless network, please bring your technology with you to class. If you don't have your own technology, limited numbers of computers will be available.

If you'd like a preview of the sites feel free to check them out:
www.cellsalive.com
http://landryapbiology.blogspot.com (look on the left side of the screen for the blog roll of student blogs; then click on one and check it out)

Have a great Wednesday evening and be ready to get into the lab Thursday and take advantage of the opportunity to show that you are a quality producer. Go Spartans!

Lesson Plan for Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Here's the plan for Tuesday:
1. Finish the notes that we started on Monday. Watch the video below and pause it as needed to complete the tasks:


2. Work on the cell advertisement (due Wed). The explanation of the advertisement is in the last five minutes of the above video.

3. Work on two worksheets that are due on Thursday that review cell stuff we have been discussing this unit.

Enjoy your day.

Grades Posted

Grades for the Food Lab & Macromolecule Quiz are posted in Powerschool.

Biology Class is Now on Facebook & Twitter

I've setup a Facebook Page for the class. Visit http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Mr-Landrys-Biology-Class-at-Sparta-High-School/439841139428544?fref=ts and like the page in order to get more timely notifications I place on the blog. I'll also occasionally post to the wall videos, links, etc.

You can use the posting feature to post questions and be able to discuss them with classmates and myself as well.

Additionally, connect with me on Twitter to get blog updates @mrlandryshs.

Have a great weekend.

Grade Updates & Cell Unit Preview & Twitter

Hello everyone. I have your quizzes graded and will get them plugged into Powerschool sometime this weekend (there is a slight snafu that I need to correct before I load them in). Additionally, I should be able to get all of your food labs graded this weekend and will get those loaded into the gradebook as well.

If you did not finish your notes on "Life is Cellular", please do so this weekend. Next week we will look into what the parts of the cells are, develop advertisements for the parts of the cell, look more closely at cells under the microscope, and explore the cell membrane and how it regulates the movement of certain things into and out of the cell.

Finally, I have linked this blog to Twitter, so if you are interested in getting more timely notices about this blog, please follow me on Twitter @mrlandryshs. Thanks and enjoy your weekend.

YouTube Playlist for Cell Structure, Function, & Transport Unit

Quiz Thursday and Next Unit

I hope you all are preparing for tomorrow's quiz. On Friday, we will start our cell unit. All materials for this unit are available on the class share site, including all of the notes. Happy studying!