Dear 10th grade Biology students:

Here's the videos for aquatic ecosystems for you to review:

1) Aquatic Ecosystems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z42kNoHAU0

2) Water Ecosystem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vMLZcFx6fM

After watching the video, resolve the following questionarrie:

1) Name the factors that affect life in aquatic ecosystems.

2) What main characteristic of water environments influences the most aquatic life?

3) Draw, copy and glue, or print the different zones of an aquatic environment.

4) How does Tº varies along the different aquatic environment zones?

5) In which layer of an aquatic ecosystme is more liquely to find the most of nutrients?

6) How is aquatic life classifyied by ecologists? Name at least 5 different organisms species for each classification.

This activity wold be graded friday Nov. 18th along with the Lillehammer-Norway graph about its Tº and precipitation.

Have a nice afternoon.

10TH. GRADE BIOLOGY    Nov. 7th - Nov. 11th. activity up-date.

My dear students:

This week is the final date to present any assignments that maybe you haven`t presented before. Here I'll describe what is going to be taken into account in your midterm report:

1) Matter Cycle presentation, display material and summary
2) 2 summary reports of 2 Ecosystems science magazine issues, it can be a written summary or a conceptual map for each issue.
3) The Role of Climate worksheet, answered during class period.
4) Farming in the Rye, Analize Data activity, tx-bk pag. 79
5) Bio Blog Q/A, about 2 Climate Change scientific magazine issues. 
6) The Greenhouse effect, worksheet resolved.
7) Section assessment Ch 3-3 and Ch 4-1 and 4-2
8) Ch. 4 Assessment, Critical thinking item ·26, pag. 116.

I've already checked out some notebooks. Try to resolve at home what ever I suggested to be completed. Due date for all assignments to be presented: Thursday Nov. 10th.`16.

See you wednesday.

10TH. GRADE BIOLOGY    Oct. 31st - Nov. 4th. activity up-date.


                                                                  

My dear 10th. Students:

During this week, we'll be studying the contents of Ch. 4 Ecosystems and Communities.I'll prepare a work sheet and some other activities related to the topic so you will work with your tx-bk and also by wednesday please bring a tablet or your smart phone to make an internet investigation about some issues of this matter. About your reports related to the past presentations of Cycles of matter:

Those of you who still haven't delivered the card board, please try to finish it up this weekend I'll expect to receive it by tuesday Nov. 1st. Those illustrating instruments will be exposed in the walls near by our Lab class.
The reports about your expos could be sent by mail, and the due date for that purpose is Nov. 1st. as well.

As a home work for this week new topic will be to write a summary, of 2 scientific articles related to Climate Change in our days so you can focus in what activities should be taken into account to heal a little this delicate world wide situation. It has to have your personal conclusion related to these informations.

Issue No. 1: Climate Change, the long reach: https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/climate-change-long-reach

Issue No. 2: Global warming report: http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=11487

After reading each article please answer the following questionnarie:

Climate Change, the long reach.

      1. What is the Climate Change perspective that, climatologist Richard Zeebe suggest, should be taken into account, because its vital importance?
      2. What does Mr. Zeebe mean about Climate Change "slow feedbacks" give 2 examples.
      3. What is the opinion of climatologist Ana Ravelo about R. Zeebe study?

Global Warming Report.

      1. What is the main cause fot the rising temperatures rates, around the globe?
      2. What does the United Nations climate report predict, that could happend, for the next 1000 years?
      3. Which physical phenomenon causes the global warming?

That will be all, I hope you have a nice weekend. See you next wednesday No. 2nd.'16.

10TH. GRADE BIOLOGY    Oct. 24th - Oct. 28st. activity up-date.


My dear 10th. Students:

During this week, we'll be sharing the expositions about the Cycles of Matter that your 4 groups have been preparing with the help of the text book and other academic resources that you might took into account for your notes and images about this topic. Be sure to bring your cardboard and to distribute the content of the topics assigned previously last week to all

groups.

Our 2nd class will be about Ecosystems and Communities and I will be exposing some introductive issues and you will work in groups reviewing some scientific magazines articles about the topic so you can make a conceptual map of each article, and later resolve a worksheet as a conclusive activity for this concept.

Green House effect:  https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/greenhouse_effect.htm
Latitud and Climate Zones: https://enviroliteracy.org/air-climate-weather/climate/latitude-climate-zones/

If times helps us we'll try to perform a Real world lab Identifying a limiting nutrient, for what we'll check out the materials needed to resolve it this wednesday oct. 26 right after the exposition concludes.

See you then.

10TH. GRADE BIOLOGY    Oct. 17th - Oct. 21st. activity up-date.


My dear 10th. Students:

For this week, we`ll be checking out our 1st. partial final grading and performing a feedback of those topics that showed to be not as well understood and learned as expected, during this school year's first academic period.

This tuesday I've programed to develop a dialogued exposition with Ch.3 Ecology, Cycles of matter until nutrient limitation, We`ll resolve some worksheets related to this topic to make a closure to every doubt that you could have about it.

For those of you that need to undergo the leveling process, there is a worksheet about Ecology and all the topics evaluated in the final exam of this 1st. partial, that will be delivered and explained during our regular biology class; this activity will be valued as leveling instrument for you to aprove the partial grading.

By thursday we'll be starting Ch. 4 about the Role of Climate.

I hope that you can accomplish all you can and work hard this new academic period.

10TH. GRADE BIOLOGY


My dear 10th. Students:

The contents to be evaluated in the 1st. partial final test in this subject you need to study with your text book from page 63 to 78, pay close attention to the graphs about the topics explained in those pages, and to all key concepts written in bold ink.

Remember to bring all the reports, or card boards made for the expos presented to Mr. Galeas, during his classes. These evidences will be graded as accumulative activities.

Good lock in all your evaluative activities.

10TH. GRADE BIOLOGY


My dear 10th. Students:

Due to my traveling overseas, I've arranged my substitution with Mr. Lombardo Galeas who is going to be incharge of you until my comming back on October 10th, if God allows our proposals.

In this matter, here is what its going to be review for your Biology mid term evaluation report, so try to make Mr. Galeas takes note of all your pending assignmets that haven't been graded.

Description of the activities to be evaluated for reporting mid term partial.

- 3 notebook revisions, with everything that has been developed in class and this blog prior assignments.
- 1 Ciber Investigation about Science and Biology contributions since 1992 to 2012, presented in a time line illustration.
- Questionnaire of Tx- Bk, pag 57.
- 10% Quiz
- Carbon Compounds summary and exposition.
1 study guide about Enzymes, to be resolve during class period next week.

and 5% of class behavior related to our Class rules compromise.

Be good to Mr. Galeas and show him all your pending assignments accomplishments, so he may actualize your mid term gradings.

See you in Oct. 10th 2016.

10TH. GRADE BIOLOGY

Dear Students:
In this 5th week of classes, started on Monday, September 12th, and as tradition, is also the week of the celebration of the independence of our country and therefore we all  will enjoy 3 days of holiday. Because of this, I'll summarize the assignments of the 2 days we will be in the classroom to the following:

Class Work.

A lab experiment, described on the Tx-Bk. pag. 54 - 55, will be develop at the lab class, after resolving the 10% quiz for the 30% ccumulative in written evaluation.

Home work:
There will be no home work assigned for this holiday week. Enjoy your free time with family and friends.

10TH. GRADE BIOLOGY

Dear Students, here is a remainder about this subject'assignments for this 4th. week of classes: Sept. 5th - Sept 9th.'16.

Class Work.

09/08/16, Bio-Lab, Investigating the effect of temperature to Enzyme activity, Tx-Bk 54
In groups, sort the materials, among the group-mates, of the following list:
4 onz of raw liver divided in: 2 onz raw, and 2 onz slighty cooked.

09/09/16, 10% quiz to evaluate Ch. 1 and Ch. 2 contents. A Study Guide will be provided by the teacher to prepare the student for it.

Home Work.
Resolve the Ch. 2 assessment, "Understanding Concepts": questions 11 - 25 Tx-Bk. pag. 57


General review video about Properties of Water: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5Vm56Pu4hU

10TH. GRADE BIOLOGY

Dear Students, here is a remainder about this subject'assignments for this 3rd. week of classes: Aug. 29th - Sept 2nd.'16.

Aug. 30th.
Biology and History

1) Continue the time line on Tx-Bk pag. 13, adding modern contemporary biology contributions made from 1992 to 2012. Add an image of the Scientist and a small summary of the contribution to Biology aside the scientist picture, just like it is in your Tx-Bk.
2) Resolve Ch. 1 Study Guide on Tx-Bk pag. 30, section 1.1, What is Science?
   and the Thinking Visually Diagram as well.
3) Resolve 2-1 and 2-2 Section Assessments.

10TH. GRADE BIOLOGY

Dear Students, here is a remainder about this subject'assignments for this 2nd. week of classes.

Aug. 25nd.

Chapter 1, section 1.2, How Scientists Work.

1. Ciber Investigation: 

As a writing and illustrating activity, let's add more discovery moments to the Tx-Bk time line on pag. 13, investigating in the internet new scientific contributions since 1992 through 2012. Add a picture of the scientist and make a summary of his/her discoveries. 

2. Resolve Section 1-2 Assessment on pag. 15.

Watch this video, as an invitation to find more about the marvelous biology world!

The assignment resolution will be review in the notebooks, this friday 8/26/16

Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.  August 16^th, 2016.

Greetings to the big family of St. Mary’s Episcopal School.

Specially meant to my future Science, Biology and Chemistry students, form 7^th grade to 11^th grade.

I’m about to start my first year as a Science teacher for this, respectful and kind, educational institution. I cannot hide my excitement and optimism at the moment because I believe that if you get to know where we come from, and how our matter is conformed of, this knowledge could lead you to new investigations and innovations in technology that might carry out a lot of activities yet to improve.

My personal goal is to “promote and advance scientific and investigative development through education and practice within the walls of this distinguished school, among its youthful population.

In words of Dr. Doug Ashcraft, Head of Idyllwild Arts Academy, “Cultural development and positive personal growth, mean that we want to do more to produce skilled artists”, in my case, I will like to promote novel and skilled investigators that can optimize, with my classes on Science, Biology and Chemistry, their college studies in any career they choose.

So, welcome students to my classroom and let’s see where this new academic year could leads us.

My best wishes to all of you.

Mrs. Aura Graciela Arevalo Villeda

Master in Education of Natural Sciences
St. Mary’s Episcopal School.

10th. Grade, Biology Activities and Assignments
1st. Parcial

Aug. 15th through Aug. 19th. 2016

Prentice Hall Biology, Text Book
Chapter 1  The Nature of Life

1.1 What is Science
     What Science is and is not
     Thinking like a Scientist
     Explaning and Interpreting Evidence
            Assignment: 1) Resolve: Section Assesment 1.1 questions 1 -5, Text Book, pag. 7
                                    
                                    2) In pairs, perform the practice activity assignated, from Text Book pag.                                         xiv, right before Ch. 1 begins, following the scientific method described                                         on the Apendix A, pg 1062.