Pre-AP/Honors Biology:
- HW Check (Safety Contracts/Syllabus Signature Sheet/Characteristics of Life)
- Fees ($20) due the day after labor day - Thanks to all who have already paid!
- Tech Info: blog url; my email (jane@janejones.org); ncths email info
- CW: Review scientific method - read experiment info/answer questions
- Hand out textbooks
- CW: Answer questions based on experiment info - 10 minute time limit
- Notes: Characteristics of living things (p. 6 in textbook). Circle ones you listed from your HW and explain. Add any from textbook that you did not include
- Hand out lab equipment sheet and review lab equipment
Tech Essentials
- Counselor Watson presentation on preparing for high school and college
- Subscribe to my blog
- Make a blog: today's topic - "Don't major in minor things" OR "Take care of your reputation. It's your most valuable asset".
Modeling and Simulation
- Excel basics: fill down; graphing
- Mathematical Model: How Big Can a Bee Be?
- What limits an organism's size?
- Why are cells so small? What limits a cell's size?
- Surface area vs volume - formulas for area/volume of a cube and sphere
- Use excel to compare surface area vs volume of a cube with at least 10 different sides
- Use excel to compare surface area vs volume of a sphere with at least 10 different radiuses (pi = 3.14)
- Graph area vs volume of each
- Discuss what is happening
- Why are cells microscopic?
