Friday, January 29, 2016

SAT PREP

All Delaware 10th and 11th graders should begin accessing Khan Academy this week for FREE personalized SAT prep based on their PSAT results. Students can access PSAT scores and AP Potential information at http://studentscores.collegeboard.org/. By linking to Khan Academy from their College Board account, students can prepare now for greater SAT success. See PowerPoint for more information on linking accounts.
Educators can monitor student use of Khan to ensure that all students are taking advantage of this resource, as well as AP Potential Data. By January 20, educators will receive paper score reports.

For Students
·         Student PSAT scores and AP Potential: http://studentscores.collegeboard.org/ 
·         FREE Khan Academy SAT Practice: http://satpractice.org 
For Educators
·         Score Reporting Portal: k12reports.collegeboard.org 

·         AP Potential™ Data: appotential.collegeboard.org 
This was a photograph of a pamphlet that I saw at the Brandywine Hundred County Library

Friday, January 22, 2016

Week of 1/25

Check out this Critter that was created. Here is it's data
Gender
Male
Number of Body Segments
3 body segments
Leg Color
Blue
Number of Eyes
2
Nose Length
Long
Tail Color
Blue
Tail Style
Straight
Number of Antennas
2
Spikes
1 short blue and 2 long green
Here is several years of data on it's brothers and sisters- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Ean2OlscqFxAK4GzSd70RHlCW4rBf2v_cqVqyWpRD6s/viewanalytics



I had to make some adjustments due to student pacing. Some of the items took longer than expected. 


1/22 Breeding Critters, more traits- Day II
Birth Statistics


1/27 Breeding Critters, more traits- Day II
Birth Statistics  Breeding critters follow up. 

1/28  Bulletin Board Plants- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1KUsPI8i-9aFRmmzq12ErMoIVcUvk9E3-xT5p4BIiWA4/viewform

1/29 Patterns in Pedigrees

2/1 Patterns in Pedigrees Day II

2/2  What would you do?

2/3  Searching for lost Children Day I

2/4 Searching for lost Children Day II

2/5 Quiz- Outcomes of Genetic Crosses and 
https://quizlet.com/14494746/outcomes-of-genetic-crosses-flash-cards/


January Vocabulary championships
https://quizlet.com/14494746/outcomes-of-genetic-crosses-flash-cards/
https://quizlet.com/14494721/reproduction-flash-cards/
https://quizlet.com/14494658/genes-and-traits-flash-cards/

2/8 Paper People- Genetic Crosses

2/9 Paper People II- Looking for patter

2/10 Paper People III- Adaptations and evolution

2/11 Mendel Peas Drama and coloring Mendel's peas

2/12 http://www.radiolab.org/story/galapagos/
Charles Darwin, Artificial and natural selection, natural selction we can see

2/16 Intro to genetics, flower color hybrids,  gene symbols, co-dominance and blood types, the double helix.

2/17 Jeopardy and vocab games

2/18 Jeopardy and Kahoot

2/19 Genetic Final





Thursday, January 21, 2016

Enrichment Brainstorming

Another season of enrichment is Beginning and we would like to offer what most of you want to do.

Could you please use this survey to choose two. If you don't see the activity you had in mind, then please note that there is an option to write in your choice at the bottom. Please keep safety, cost, and time in consideration when choosing. Thank you.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1adfCeO-36gOxfFPj7bWLq3gz7GhWePFeLYbIo6_85JY/viewform

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Weeks of 1/19-1/29


End of Marking Period was 1/14/16

New Marking Period starts 1/19/16

Check HAC!- http://www.redclayschools.com/pages/RedClay/Parents_and_Students/Home_Access_Center


This looks like a great opportunity. Contact Mrs. Allen for more details- Beverly.Allen@redclay.k12.de.us











1/19 Review, Nature vs. Nurture experiment starts,

Finish- Do you want to build a snowman?
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SijEbznhhKqe5bDVV4fHWYhAILoPWeYUAI3u_5tiEiw/viewform


1/20 Quiz- Reproduction type and variations of traits.
https://quizlet.com/14494721/reproduction-flash-cards/

Vocabulary preparations- Allele-Recessive and Genetics puzzle I

1/21 Breeding critters, more traits- DayI
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Ean2OlscqFxAK4GzSd70RHlCW4rBf2v_cqVqyWpRD6s/viewform
Coin flipping
Registration
Baby Photos
Birth Statistics

1/22 Breeding Critters, more traits- Day II
Birth Statistics
Bulletin Board Plants- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1KUsPI8i-9aFRmmzq12ErMoIVcUvk9E3-xT5p4BIiWA4/viewform


1/25 Patterns in Pedigrees

1/26 Patterns in Pedigrees Day II

1/27 What would you do?

1/28 Searching for lost Children Day I

1/29 Searching for lost Children Day II





Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Happy New year!- Weeks of 1/4/2016-1/14/2016



This week's Topic- Allele pairs

1/4 Go over homework from Break- Here are the results-




Finish Plants have Genes Too.- check out our data- http://sepuplhs.org/activity_data/results/resultsTable62.php

1/5 Finish Gene Combo- Check out our data
 http://sepuplhs.org/activity_data/results/resultsTable59.php

1/6 Mendell, First Geneticist. Reading
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoVeSncKFAY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mehz7tCxjSE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTiOETaZg4w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWt1RFnWNzk

1/7 Gene Squares Day 1- (Punnet Squares)

1/8 Gene Squares Day 2 (Punnet Squares

1/11- Vocabulary Championships and Review
Congrats! Period 1
1/12 Quiz and Show me the Genes!

1/13 Nature and Nurture, Do you want to build a snowman?
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SijEbznhhKqe5bDVV4fHWYhAILoPWeYUAI3u_5tiEiw/viewform
1/14 Plant check and Do you want to build a snowman?- END OF MARKING PERIOD
Bulletin Board Flowers
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1KUsPI8i-9aFRmmzq12ErMoIVcUvk9E3-xT5p4BIiWA4/viewform


Homework
Vocabulary Championships Monday December 11
https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/f08d0988-4275-4173-a5d7-87d3cca3a0c0/intro
https://quizlet.com/14494658/genes-and-traits-flash-cards/
http://quizlet.com/1605200/dol-flash-cards/

Quiz "Genes and Traits" Tuesday December 12th
https://quizlet.com/14494658/genes-and-traits-flash-cards/