Thursday, March 30, 2011 - Day 2

Biology 12 - Period 1
Respiration with Ms. Tam.

Biology 11 - Period 2
Seed plants.  Powerpoint and worksheet followed by a look at the gymnosperm life cycle.  Click for links to:

• seed plant powerpoint
• seed plant notes
• seed plant life cycles powerpoint
• seed plant life cycles worksheet

Earth Science 11 - Period 3
Erosion today.  Powerpoint, notes and text questions.  Questions assigned so far have been:

• page 137, 1-5
• page 171, 2-3
• page 182, 11-13 and 15

Links to powerpoints, notes and worksheets can be found below

• Weathering powerpoint
• Weathering notes
• Weathering worksheet
• Erosion powerpoint
• Erosion notes

Biology 11 - Period 4
Seed plants with Ms. Tam

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Biology 11 - Period 1
Ms. Tam's class.

Biology 11 - Period 2
Finished up gymno and angiosperm notes.  Looked at the gymnosperm life cycle. 



Biology 12 - Period 4
Ms. Tam's class.  More respiration...

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Bio 12 - Period 1
Ms. Tam's class.  Started respiratory system.  Parts and functions!

Bio 11 - Period 2
Started seed plants.  Compared and contrasted Gymnosperms and angiosperms.  Naked seeds!?  What the heck?

Earth Science 11 - Period 3
Weathering.  Let's wear out those mountains!  Bring them down to sea level.

Bio 11 - Period 4
Ms. Tam's class.  Seed plant intro.  How about those gymnosperms?

Monday, March 28, 2011 - Day 1

Period 1 - Biology 11
Ms. Tam's class.  Intro to the seed plants!

Period 2 - Biology 11
Intro to seed plants.  Compare and contrast Gymnosperms and Angiosperms.

Period 4 - Biology 12
Ms. Tam's class.  Intro to the respiratory system.  Parts and functions.

Friday, March 18, 2011 - Day 2

Spring Break is officially on!  Have a good one.

Period 1 - Biology 12
Circulatory System test is officially done!

Period 2 - Biology 11
Algae/Moss/Fern test is officially done!

Period 3 - Earth Science
Yay, the wolves lost and dad made it to NY City!  Movie is done!

Period 4 - Biology 11
Ms. Tam's class.  Where was everybody?

Thursday, March 17, 2011 - Day 1

Biology 11 - Period 1
Ms. Tam's class.  Algae/moss/fern test.

Biology 11 - Period 2
Algae/moss/fern test.

Biology 12 - Period 4
Circulatory system test.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - Day 2

Biology 12 - Period 1
Ms. Tam's class.  Review for your circulatory system test.  Please be sure to study for this one.

Biology 11 - Period 2
Review for your algae/moss/fern test.  Got to love those primitive plants!  Review topics can be found HERE.  Study!

Earth Science 11 - Period 3
Day After Tomorrow...

Biology 11 - Period 4
Ms. Tam's class.  Algae/moss/fern test!  Feels good to have it done doesn't it?

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - Day 1

Biology 11 - Period 1
Ms. Tam's class.  Today was review for you Algae/Moss/Fern test which is coming up on Thursday, March 17th.  Don't forget to study.

Biology 11 - Period 2
Today was review for you Algae/Moss/Fern test which is coming up on Thursday, March 17th.  Don't forget to study.  Review topics can be found HERE.

Biology 12 - Period 4
Today you reviewed some of the circulatory system topics in preparation for your Circulatory System Test which is happening on Thursday, March 17th.  Please study for this one as it is a challenging test.

Monday, March 14, 2011 - Day 2

Biology 12 - Period 1
Lots of info today!  Lymphatic system, human circulation, fetal circulation.  Information overload!  All in preparation for next week's Circulatory System test.  Do not fret, there will be a review class.  For those of you who missed class, here are some links to Ms. Tam's powerpoint and notes for today.

• Notes.
• Powerpoint.

Biology 11 - Period 2
Review for your Algae/Moss/Fern test.  Time to start studying.  Lots of material for this test.

Earth Science 11 - Period 3
Atmosphere/Wind/Air Pressure test today.  Hopefully everyone "blew" the test away!  Get it?  Started looking at some glacier related definitions.



Biology 11 - Period 4
Ms. Tam's class.  Reviewing for your Algae/Moss/Fern test.  Make sure you prepare!

Friday, March 11, 2011 - Day 1

Love the Canucks!


Biology 11 - Period 1
Ms. Tam's class.  Fern lab today and lots of other good stuff!  Algae/Moss/Fern test coming up next week.

Biology 11 - Period 2
Fern lab! Algae/Moss/Fern test coming up next week.

Biology 12 - Period 3
Lots of info today!  Lymphatic system, human circulation, fetal circulation.  Information overload!  All in preparation for next week's Circulatory System test.  Do not fret, there will be a review class.  For those of you who missed class, here are some links to Ms. Tam's powerpoint and notes for today.

• Notes.
• Powerpoint.

Have a great weekend folks!

Thursday, March 10, 2011 - Day 2

Biology 12 - Period 1
Ms. Tam's class.  Notes on blood, clotting, antigens/antibodies and capillary tissue fluid exchange.  Followed by body tracing and body blood vessels aka system circulation.



Biology 11 - Period 2
Another fern discussion followed by the fern lab.  Lab was due in class.

Earth Science 11 - Period 3
Finished wind notes today.  There will be a test next class which will cover the atmosphere, pressure and wind.  Review topics can be found here.  There are also some links to powerpoints and worksheets below.  Check them if you need to.

• Atmosphere powerpoint
• Air Pressure powerpoint
• Wind powerpoint
• Atmosphere notes
• Air pressure and wind notes

Biology 11 - Period 4
Ms. Tam's class.  Fern lab today.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - Day 1

Biology 11 - Period 1
Ms. Tam's class.  Cutting and pasting some moss and fern life cycles.  Other fun stuff too.  Fern lab is coming up.

Biology 11 - Period 2
Moss lab due today!  Please stop "checking your work" before class.  You know how I feel about copying.  Continue with this behavior and I will rant again!  Notes on vascular tissue and ferns.  Fern lab next class.  Yup.



Biology 12 - Period 4
First full class with Ms. Tam.  Capillary-Tissue fluid exchange notes followed by some body tracing/blood vessel labeling.  All good stuff.  Test coming up next week.  Start prepping now.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - Day 2

Biology 12 - Period 1
Notes on blood pressure to start followed by the cow's heart!  Then Ms. Tam telling you about blood.

Biology 11 - Period 2
Evolution of vascular tissue and then lots of notes about FERNS!

Earth Science 11 - Period 3
Air pressure and wind today folks.  Exciting stuff.

Biology 11 - Period 4
Ms. Tam's class.  Cutting and pasting some moss life cycles among other things.

Monday, March 7, 2011 - Day 1

Biology 11 - Period 1
Ms. Tam's class.  Moss review followed by the moss lab.  Sweet!

Biology 11 - Period 2
Quick review of moss life cycle followed by the moss lab (unlimited fun).  Also a worksheet and discussion on the adaptations (or lack thereof) Bryophytes have for life on land.



Biology 12 - Period 4
Cow's heart dissection today.  Very cool stuff.  Also more notes on the circulatory system courtesy of Ms. Tam.  I have links to some of the notes sheets we have been through.  Unfortunately the powerpoint file is too HUGE for google docs so there will not be a link.  If you want access to the ppt, please see me.
Here are some links to other stuff:

• Intro and Blood Vessel notes.
• Heart Notes

Friday, March 4th, 2011 - Day 2

Biology 12 - Period 1
More circulatory system.  Finished heart parts and functions then moved on to the Cardiac Cycle and control of the heartbeat.

Biology 11 - Period 2
A brief review of the moss life cycle and then on to the moss lab.  Looked at some prepared slides as well as some live moss samples.  How cool is that!?  Lab is due next day.



Earth Science 11 - Period 3
Today was a day for you to get any overdue work completed and handed in.  Hopefully you took full advantage.

Biology 11 - Period 4
Ms. Tam's class.  A quick game of Taboo with bio words followed by a moss lab.  Oh yeah!

Thursday, March 3, 2011 - Day 1

Biology 11 - Period 1
Algae quiz today.  Killer algae and BioFuel discussion followed by an intro to moss.  Finished up the algae crosswords.

Biology 11 - Period 2
Finished the Algae Lab (due today) and started MOSS!  Click here for notes sheet or powerpoint.  Late work for term 2 is due THIS Friday (March 4th).

Biology 12 - Period 4
More circulatory system.  Finished heart parts and functions then moved on to the Cardiac Cycle and control of the heartbeat.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - Day 2

Biology 12 - Period 1
Circulatory System!  Notes on blood vessels and the heart.  Will continue with notes on Friday.  Late work for term 2 is due THIS Friday (March 4th).

Biology 11 - Period 2
Finished the Algae Lab (due next day) and started MOSS!  Click here for notes sheet or powerpoint.  Late work for term 2 is due THIS Friday (March 4th).

Earth Science 11 - Period 3
Green Bricks presentation.  Late work for term 2 is due THIS Friday (March 4th).

Biology 11 - Period 4
Ms. Tam's class.  Started with a quiz, followed by some moss info.  Late work for term 2 is due THIS Friday (March 4th).

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - Day 1

Biology 11 - Period 1
Ms. Tam's class.  Reviewed algae to start.  click here for Ms. Tam's powerpoint.  Looked at some prepared algae slides for the Algae Lab which is due next class.  Also you will be writing a 10 minute algae quiz which will begin at the start of class.  That's 8:50 am folks.  Scary isn't it.

Biology 11 - Period 2
Looked at the life cycle of Ulva.  This was followed by the always exciting Algae Lab which is due next class.


Biology 12 - Period 4
Continued with the circulatory system.  Looked at the blood veins and parts of the heart.  It was a very "heart" felt presentation if I may say so.