Month: January 2019

Be sure you have handed in stomach lab and are working on the digestive system review (including the 3 charts).

Study for the mid-year exam 4/5 February (scientific method, safety, the cell, biological molecules, membrane/membrane transport, human organization).

Be sure that you have handed in the latest assignments:

Fungi, Plantae, and Algae charts

Zygomycota/zygospore microscope drawing

Protist structure colouring

Study for the mid-year exam 4/5 February: chapter 1, 5, 9, 10 (the portions we studied), 13, 14, 18, appendix B and appendix C.

See earlier blog post about optional 1 sided notes page.

Please report to Mr. Singh’s classroom (213) on time for class on Friday, 18 January, as I will be off-campus.  Thank you.

Please report to Mr. Marsella’s room, 221, on time for class, as I will be off campus. Thank you!

Dissection lab will be on Monday/Tuesday, not Friday/Monday, as previously mentioned.

Mid year exam: 4 and 5 February (depending on the block). The exam will cover scientific method, safety, the cell, biological molecules, membranes and human organization.

Begin reading chapter 14, digestive system.

Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM5kMSjBrmw if you haven’t seen it yet.

Mid year exam: 4 and 5 February (depending on the block). The exam will cover scientific method, safety, microscopy, the cell, genetics, evolution, and protists.

You are allowed one optional notes page, 8.5″X11″ letter-sized piece of paper, one-sided notes to bring to the exam.  It must be hand-written by you (not photocopied, printed, or copied from someone else).

For Block 1-3 only: We haven’t begun the protist posters yet. We will do so next class. Thank you.

Research the following protists and answer the questions for each:  amoeba, paramecium, euglena, spirogyra, volvox, trypanosoma, and plasmodium. Use pages 437 – 438 and chapter 18 in the text.

1. Is it an animal-like, plant-like, or fungus-like protist?
2. What is its Phylum?
3. Is it free-living or parasitic (if parasitic, what disease does it cause)?
4. What is its ecological role?