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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?

Please begin reading chapter 18 (p. 380 – 383) and complete the review on p. 383 (q. 1-3). Then work on the handout given in class.

Please read p. 501-508 (DNA technology).