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Thursday Dec 2nd, 2010

All Classes: Today was Unit 4 Day 6. We discussed Glycolysis, the first phase of cellular respiration, in detail. For tomororw, please read Chpt 7 Sec 5 (pg 150 only). Unit 4 HW 2 is due Tuesday.

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Tuesday Dec 1st, 2010 and Wednesday Dec 2nd, 2010

Today was Unit 4 Day 5. We reviewed cellular respiration and then took the Unit 2 Quiz. For next class, please read  Chpt 7 Sec 5 (Pg 148 and 149 ONLY) and take notes. Unit 4 HW 2 will be due next Tuesday.

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Monday Nov 29th, 2010

All classes: Today was Unit 4 Day 4. We took a practice pop quiz to see how much we remember from before break and to help prep us for tomorrow’s Unit 4 Quiz. We discussed how cellular respiration is related to breathing, what cellular respirations three phases are, and electron carriers. Tomorrow we will review together briefly and then take the Unit 4 Quiz. I’ve emailed you the following list as well to help you study:

Vocabulary:

Autotroph

Producer

Heterotroph

Consumer

Potential Energy

Kinetic Energy

Chemical Energy

Reduction

Oxidation

Redox Reaction

Aerobic

ATP

Electron Carrier (NAD+ and FAD+)

Glycolysis

Krebs Cycle

Electron Transport Chain

Concepts:

What is the chemical formula for cellular respiration?

Why does cellular respiration release energy and what is that energy used for?

Why does breaking up ATP release energy and what is that used for (three types of cellular work)?

What is the structure of ATP? Why is it unstable?

Identifying reductions and oxidations in a reaction.

Identifying the reduction and oxidation in cellular respiration.

How is breathing related to cellular respiration?

What are electron carriers? What do they do? What are their reduced (NADH) and oxidized (NAD+) forms?

What are the three stages of cellular respiration? Where does each occur? What happens in each (oxidation or reduction? begins with what? what does that turn into?)


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Tuesday Nov 23rd, 2010

All Classes: Today was Unit 4 Day 3. We discussed ATP. Complete the Unit 4 HW 1 for Monday and read 7.4 with notes in the book.

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Monday Nov 22nd, 2010

All Classes: Today was Unit 4 Day 2. We discussed why cellular respiration releases energy. For tomorrow, please read Chpt 7 Sec 3 and be ready to hand in Lab 8 Osmosis Formal Report.

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Friday Nov 19th, 2010

Period 2 and 5: Today was Unit 4 Day 1. We began our discussion of cellular respiration by learning about the cellular respiration/photosynthesis cycle, potential and kinetic energy, and redox reactions. For Monday, please read 7.1 and 7.2 in your book and take notes.

Everyone: If you are redoing your lab notebooks, those are due Monday. Lab 8 formal report is due Tuesday.

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Thursday Nov 18th, 2010

Period 5: Today we went over Lab 8 Osmosis. It will be due on Tuesday.

Period 8: Today was Unit 4 Day 1. We began discussing cellular respiration. Read Chpt 7 Sec 1 and 2 and take notes for Monday. Lab 8 due Tuesday.

Everyone: Redos on lab notebooks due Monday!

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Wednesday Nov 17th, 2010

Period 2 and 8: Today we discuss and analyzed all three Biology class’s data for Lab 8 Osmosis. Based on this we made a graph and plotted the line of best fit. We then discussed the format for the formal report and walked to the library to begin work on it. This report will be due Tuesday, before Thanksgiving Break. If you are redoing your lab notebook entries for more points, the notebook is due Monday.

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Wed Nov 10th, 2010

5th Period: Today was Unit 3 Day 8. We did Lab 8 Osmosis and discussed the last section of notes for this unit on active transport and exo/endocytosis.

Everyone: Unit 3 HW 2 and lab notebooks (Lab 4-7) due Friday. Test Tuesday. Lab 5 rewrites due Friday for Period 2 and Monday for Period 5 and 8.

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Tuesday Nov 9th, 2010

Period 2 and 8: Today was Unit 3 Day 9. We began Lab 8 Osmosis. We also completed the notes for Unit 3, discussing active transport, exocytosis and endocytosis. Unit 3 HW 2 and lab notebooks (Lab 4-7) due Friday. Period 2 Lab 5 Rewrites due Friday. Period 8 Lab 5 Rewrites due Monday. Everyone test a week from today!

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