Category: Biology 11 Martin 1-2

Finish the summary of the article you have chosen, and bring hard copies of both the article and written summary to the next class.
We are meeting in the learning commons again.

Continue searching the database (see previous post if you forget how to access it) for an article to summarize on the black death.
Be sure you have chosen an article and read it carefully by Monday’s class.
Please meet in the learning commons on Monday, and be sure to arrive on time.

Find the habitat (where they are found) and lifestyle (eg. parasite, free-living, photosynthetic, etc) for the 7 protists we looked at under the microscope: Paramecium, Amoeba, Volvox, Plasmodium vivax, Tripanosoma (African sleeping sickness), Radiolaria, Diatoms. Just give a couple of points for each protist.

Prepare for the Black Death project by doing the following three things:
Go here

Watch the video “The secret in the bones” that is linked on the site, and read the introduction to our project.

Look up some possible articles on the black death:
Go to http://webcat.vsb.bc.ca
Click on Databases tab
Click on Academic Search Premier or
Click on Global Issues in Context
Log in using 39jo and library for username and password
Enter the search term “black death” (be sure to use quotation marks).
Look at some of the many articles that will come up. Check out some of these resources and get a sense of the type of information that is available on the black death.

Draw and label (in pencil) paramecium and euglena, giving functions of any structures that you label. Bring with you the black plague notes you took in class.

Study for Mid-Year exam. Use this guide to help you, and also refer to notes, text, online resources.Biology 11 Terms and concepts to know

Work on microscope problems.
Ensure handout from Wednesday 14 Jan is complete.
Study for mid-year exam.

Work on the review questions handed out in class.
Continue to study for the exam. See previous post for the specific sections covered on the exam.

Read pages 969-976 in the textbook (Immunity) and work on the microscope handouts/crossword.

Finish microscopy worksheet and bring to class.
Read text section on microscopy beginning on p. 34.

Welcome back an happy new year!

Study for Ecology test – Ch. 47 and 48.
Look up and take your own notes on spores/endospores, conjugation and binary fission (Monerans).
Look up photosynthesis and cellular respiration in the textbook and be able to write the balanced chemical equation for both.