Monday, January 23 - Friday, January 27


News: It's official - New Century will be a separate school but in a new location beginning next school year.  We are happy to keep our identity and look forward to sharing a new facility with Lee HS students and faculty.  


We also received the new calendar for 2011-2012.  We lose our week-long fall break again as it has been reduced to a four day weekend.  However, we will have a week off for Thanksgiving which  gives us two more days than we usually receive.

A Days: (Mon., Wed., Thurs)
Honors (Pre-AP) Biology: We started our unit on genetics last week and will finish it this week.  Objectives to be covered include:  

• Explain why and how Mendel studied pea plants.
• Complete monohybrid and dihybrid crosses and explain the results
• State Mendel's laws of segregation and independent assortment and explain each

• Monday, 1/23: Study skills for chapter vocabulary.  Online video: Greg Mendel. Activity:  Genotype/Phenotype.  Khan Academy video: Genotype/Phenotype.  HW: Sec Rev p. 186.  Study for test on Thurs.
• Wed., 1/25: HW Check.  CW: Punnet Squares practice
• Thurs., 1/26: Test chapter 9. Read Ch 10, sec. 2 and complete vocabulary p. 196. 

Medical Tech Essentials: Students completed their websites last week.  This week they will learn how to use an online presentation tool called Prezi and begin a study of how the body changes at puberty using an online textbook.  In addition, they will continue reading "The Hot Zone" book, about a virus outbreak.

• Monday, 1/23: Read "The Hot Zone" and take notes on plot as well as unknown vocabulary. Go to Prezi website and sign up for education account as a student.  Review tutorials.  and take notes on how to add text, images, and video move around. HW:  Complete vocabulary p. 483, 489.  Select 3 terms from sec. 1 and 3 from sec. 2 and draw out Prezi storyboard to define each.  One should have an image and one should have a video.
• Tues., 1/24: Read  "The Hot Zone".  Complete Prezi presentation.HW: Bring in a picture of yourself, ages 2-5
• Wed., 1/25: Read  "The Hot Zone".  Present Prezi presentations. HW: Still need that picture!
• Thurs., 1/26: Read  "The Hot Zone". Notes: Puberty and how the body changes
• Fri., 1/27: Read  "The Hot Zone". Notes:  Body Growth during puberty.

Principles of Engineering: Students will finish their bridge using only 3 file folders and following specific instructions.  

• Monday, 1/23: Bridge construction. Register for West Point Bridge Building contest. Review software and begin models.
• Wed., 1/25: Bridge construction.  West Point Bridge Building contest. Review software and begin models.
• Thurs., 1/26: Bridge testing.  West Point Bridge Building contest. Review software and begin models.  

B Days: (Tues., Fri.)

Multimedia: Students will use Audacity to create an audio podcast.  

Medical Tech Essentials: See Tues and Friday above
Honors Biology: Same as Mon and Wed A days (above) TEST on Tuesday.