Final Exam Guidelines

1st Period's Final will be 8:10-10:05 am on Tuesday, January 31st and 3rd Period's Final will be 8:10-10:05 on Thursday, February 2nd.

What You Need for the Final in This Class:
1) Pencils
2) Notebook Paper
3) 4" x 6" note card hand-written by you (must be turned in at the end of the test)
4) Something to do quietly when you are done with the test

Other Rules:
1) You must finish the test in the time allotted, although I do allow students to stay a short time into the break if they have been working steadily. Students with 504 plans or IEP's can get more time if their plan allows.
2) No trips to the restroom before you have turned in the test. Afterwards, one student at a time may go.
3) Absolutely no cell phones out.
4) Remember that any form of cheating, whether you are looking at another person's test or assisting another student, will result in a 0% on the test. Don't let that happen to you! It just isn't worth it.

Finally, it is a good idea to be well-rested, eat a good breakfast, and try to relax!    If you run into a question that is stressing you out, move on, and come back to it later. Check your test over before you turn it in to look for careless mistakes or questions you may have forgotten to answer.

January 18-February 3

We are now heading into the last 2 weeks before final exams. Make sure that you check your grade and look for missing assignments. The deadline for late work and extra credit is Friday, January 27th by 3:30 pm.

• Wed 1/18:  Finish drawing creatures and then present them to the class.  Vote for creatures that are most likely to survive and reproduce in various situations.  Questions on Mitosis and Meiosis Review?
• Fri 1/20:   Turning in notes on Mitosis + Meiosis Review before the test is optional.  Take Mitosis and Meiosis Test.  When finished, do genetics vocabulary assignment.  Read 14.1.
• Tues 1/24:  Mendelian Genetics.   Read 14.2.  Start going over Semester Review Concepts.
• Thurs 1/26:  Jeopardy Review.  Final Exam Guidelines.
• Fri 1/27:  Late Work and Extra Credit due by 3:30 pm today.
• Mon 1/30:  We see all classes today for a short amount of time.  Final questions?  Final calculations before final.
• Tues 1/31:  Finals for Periods 1,4, and 7.
• Wed 2/1:  Finals for Periods 2, 5, and 8.
• Thurs 2/2:  Finals for Periods 3 and 6.
• Fri 2/3:  Teacher Work Day.  No School.

January 3-January 13 (updated 1/12)

Welcome to 2012!  I hope that you had a relaxing Winter Break.  I know that I sure did.  Now it's time to get busy and do our unit on Cell Division and prepare for the end of the semester.

• Tues 1/3/2012:  Review phases of mitosis.  Phases of the cell cycle.  Do 1st side of Cell Divison worksheet.  Read 12.1.
• Thurs 1/5/12:  Using microscopes to identify mitosis phases.  Yarn cell simulations.  Complete 2nd side of Cell Division WS.  Read 12.2.
• Mon 1/9/12:  Regulation of the eukaryotic cell cycle.   (Read 12.3).  Meiosis and genetics terminology.   Read 13.1.
• Wed 1/11/12:   Fertilization and meiosis.  Comparison of mitosis to meiosis.  Read 13.2 and 13.3.
• Fri 1/13/12:  Ethics and Karyotyping.  Meiosis Creature Building Activity.  Hand out 12+13 Review.  Read 13.4.  Test on Chapters 12+13 next Friday 1/20.

Monday 1/16 is Martin Luther King Day.  No school.