Mr. Damon's terminale IB
Standard Level Biology

Graduating Class of 2008

This page is to inform you of your homework, exam revision and any other information you will need.  The assignments will be listed in reverse chronological order so that the most recent work will be on top of the list.  When it says "To Do for Week 2", that means that what is listed must be completed for the second lesson.  

To Do for Friday 28 March 2008

• As stated on Miss Burchill's calendar page, the 28th is the last day to pass in anything which you want counted as IA for Biology.  This includes any old IA or new lab reports.  This means that up until midnight on Friday the 28th, I will accept documents sent by email but do not bother sending anything else after that. 
• To be sure that your PSOW and IA is complete:
  • check your email inbox - I sent out messages saying which work was missing about a week or so ago.
  • find and pass back any old IA
  • pass in (preferably by email) any new IA (potato sticks lab & gelatine lab)
  • if you have not done so, email the Group 4 Project evaluation to me.  This is confidential and should not be shared with others. 
  • Students who need Planning (a) / Planning (b) can do the assignment in the blue box below.
• IA points are points which go directly to your diploma.  It is silly to waste them.  Every little point helps!

Before you start, have a look at the IB Programme Guide to see the criteria used to assess this work.  Then read any of the notes or sections in the book about the biology behind this.   Once you have finished, be sure to check these:

• Have I written a short concise introduction?
• Have I stated my aim / objective / research question? Be precise.
• Have I written my hypothesis?  Have I explained and justified it?
• Have I listed my variables (independent, dependent and controlled)?
• Have I listed all the materials needed?  (Think of this like the ingredients for a recipe in your kitchen).
• Have I described how to set everything up and how to carry out the experiment step by step? 

The investigation will examine how the rate of fermentation is affected by one abiotic factor.  Look in your notes about what is needed for fermentation and what products come out.  Then decide what factor you will change.  Then decide how you are going to measure how fast or how slow the yeast is fermenting.  If you are interested in "seeing" the gases produced by yeast fermenting, for example, you can submerge in water a syringe filled with a yeast suspension.  Another way is to make bread dough and try to figure out a way to quantify by how much it rises and expands due to the bubbles of gas. 

• To be sure you are on the right track, it is recommended that you email me your idea for a research question first.  Once I say it's OK, you can write the rest. 
• Remember for Pl(a) Pl(b), you are not actually going to do the experiment, only write about how you would do it.  But keep in mind the fact that the materials should be ones which are easy to find in the lab.  If you are not sure, email me. 
• You are allowed to use outside resources such as web pages or your biology book to help inspire you, but obviously you cannot simply copy and paste...

For the Mock Exams (Bac Blanc):

Note - Paper 1 will be during class during the first hour on Friday morning. 

To Do for Monday 28 January 2008

• Email the Group 4 Project evaluation to me.  This is confidential and should not be shared with others. 
• Pass in the lab report concerning potatoes and apples - you will be assessed for DPP and CE so make sure those parts are the best.  Remember for DPP that you want to get the numbers to sing.  They should tell a story.  You must do something to the raw data numbers in order to transform them into numbers which are more meaningful.  Keep in mind what we are trying to prove and see if you can get the numbers to prove it. 
• There are lots of resources available concerning how to prepare a lab report, how to process data and what to consider during a conclusion and evaluation:

• Writing lab reports for the IB

and these are on Miss Burchill's web site: 

• Mr Billiet's checklist of how to write a lab report
• Scientific drawings - do's and don'ts
• How to set up and present tables of data
• Error analysis
• All about graphs
• Elementary statistics

• Look below at the 21st of January for ongoing reminders.

To Do for Friday 18 and Monday 21 January 2008

• We will be doing an experiment on Friday and looking at the results on Monday.  Bring your lab coats both days.  This lab will help IA marks for DPP and CE. 
• If you have any old IA lab reports at home, please bring them in to add them to your dossier.  Remember, a lab report can only count towards your diploma if I have it in my hands ready to send to the IB as proof that you did the experiment.  Lost work cannot count.

To do for Friday 11 December:

• If you still have exams at home, be sure to bring them back. 
• Also, bring back any old marked IA lab reports.  Soon we will be looking over the PSOW forms to see how many points you have so far and how many lab reports we need to do to fill in any gaps in your IA work.
• Continue to bring the Option D notes. 

To do for Monday 10 December:

• Bring back exams.  They do not need to be signed. 
• If you are interested in coming to help on Saturdy Dec 15th for the inauguration of the new building, let me know by email.  One idea is to have students set up an experiment (such as your G4P investigation) to show parents and other guests.  Rumor has it that some famous people will be visiting including politicians, a Nobel prize winner and an astronaut.   I plan to show some (maybe all) of your G4P Power Point presentations in one of the labs. 

On Monday 26 November

• We will have Paper 1 in class on Monday.  The revision is the same as for Paper 2 (see box below).  There are 30 questions and you will have 45 minutes to do the exam.  There is no reading time and no calculators for Paper 1.
• The digital document for the G4P is to be given to me on Friday December 7th.  This means that students need to give their work (preferably by email) to the person in charge of putting the digital document together by this Friday - 30 Novmeber. 
• Since the digital document and the G4P is only assessed for personal skills, do not stress out too much about DC, DPP, CE, etc.  These do not have to be the best ones you have ever done because you will not be assessed on those criteria.  However if you do nothing or if you pass in text, images or graphs which are useless or wrong, that could hurt your "teamwork" assessment. 
• Most groups are either doing a Power Point presentation or a web site. Note that the best ones will be shown at the grand inauguration of the new science and art center on December 15th.  So make them look as professional and scientific as possible!

Revision for BB 3 in November 2007:

• All of Topics 1, 2 and 3
• All of Option A on Diet and Nutrition
• Section 5.1 on Digestion
• Section 5.7 on Reproduction (note that Sections 5.2 to 5.6 are NOT for revision).

You will have a "normal" Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3.  The only difference will be that Paper 3 will be slightly modified because we have not studied our second option on evolution. 

Remember my compositions groupées revision guide?  Have a look at some of my suggestions for successful revision and test-taking skills. 
 

For the Group 4 Project:

Over the weekend and up to Tuesday:  If you promised to buy stuff for the G4P, do so as soon as possible.  If you bring the receipt back to the lab technicians, you can be reimbursed.  If you think of something that you forgot to put on the French list, email me or go see the lab technicians directly to add it.  Please do not wait until Friday morning to say "Oh, we forgot to ask for this...". 

Friday 19 October

• Round 1 - Bring a lab coat + calculator + camera (optional).
• Bring in all the materials you promised to bring. 
• Bring blank data sheets to record your results. 

Friday 26 October (the last day before vacation)

• This will be round 2 - you can either repeat your first experiment or you may modify the method to try something different.  But you still have to keep the same research question. 

For Monday 1 October:

• Read the following sections in the Topic 3 notes which were sent by email:
  • all of sections 3.1 and 3.2
  • the following sections of 3.3:  3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3, 3.3.6+7, 3.3.12, 3.3.13.
• These are all things we have gone over in class so none of it should be new to you.  If you have not received the notes, it is up to you to contact me. 
• Print out and bring to class the Pl(a) and Pl(b) sections of the Biology guide.  We will be starting our discussion of the G4P research questions. 

For Friday 21 Sept:

• Do questions 3 and 4 of the questions I sent by email.  For part c of question 4 there is a pedigree chart which was sent as an image. 
• For more info about pedigrees, check out a page I use with both my 3ème and IB classes:  Pedigrees.
• The next readining assignment in the book will be pages 168 to 170.  That will be for Mondqy the 24th. 
• Group 4 Project news.  Each year, all students in Group 4 (Bio, Chem, Phys - both SL and HL) get together to do project work together.  The Group 4 Project (G4P) is an important component of your IA grade because it is eliminatory:  if there is no evidence of the G4P in your IA dossier, you get a zero for all IA.  Notice the word "evidence".  This does not necessarily mean a full lab report from each student.  Instead, students work together in groups of 4 or 5 to produce a web page or a Power Point presentation showing photos and results of their work.  More news on this later.  For now, all you need to know is that the meeting to brainstorm and kick off the G4P is on Wednesday 26 September at 8:30, probably in the Amphitheater at 65 rue du Théâtre.  Be there or be square. 

Week 2:

• Reading in the book:  pages 151 to 155.
• Make sure you know all the vocabulary and how to set up a Punnett square (the grid we made in class with the letters).  I have a web page I use with both my 3ème and my IB classes explaining the same thing here.  Although there is a link to suggested exercises at the bottom of that page, that is not part of your homework.

Back to School 2007:

• Note that all teachers' email addresses will change from .com to .net by the end of the month of September.  Please change my address accordingly. 
• Most of you have given in all of your Corrèze lab reports.  Due to the exceptional nature of my summer; I will not be able to pass back the work right away.  Give me a few more weeks.  If you are still planning on handing in one or two lab reports, keep me posted.  If I do not have all your work by the 15th of September, I will assume you do not plan to hand it in.  That's OK - I will simply mark what you have given me.  Recall, however, that any late work will not get the "magical" point that we add to the 3+3 to get 7 for the carnet grades. 
• Make sure you have all the notes from last year.  Remember that the November BB's will cover everything since September 2006. 

For the Summer of 2007:

• For everyone, have a great summer.  Do not lose old lab reports if you still have any at home.  See you in September.
• Students who went on the Corrèze trip have the lab reports to do for the 15th of July.  Please send them by email to my home address so that I am sure to get them wherever I am on vacation: 
• When writing the reports, keep in mind which criteria are being assessed.  Put extra time and effort into those sections and only do a "normal" job on the other parts of the lab reports  For DPP, if you need to do calculations or graphs and you want to go over the Excel work we did, look back to the December 14th lesson below.  If you don't have Excel and are interested in a similar program which is free, click here.
• Before you send the reports, be sure to check over Step 3 on my sheet about how to write the Corrèze lab reports.  Make sure you have not forgotten any of the things on that page.
• Three or four students have already told me that due to summer plans, they will not have access to a computer and / or Internet.  They have an extension on the deadline.  Everyone else should pass them in by the 15th of July (you can pass them in one by one as you complete them if you prefer).  For a grade out of 7, 3 points are for one criterion, 3 for the other and the "bonus point" will be for handing the work in on time. 

For Monday 21 May:

• Bring everything you will need for the Bac Blanc 2.5 test: pen, pencil, ruler, calculator, translating dictionary (if English is not your usual working language). 
• The revision list is in the green box below from last week.
• We will either be in our normal room (A1) or in the auditorium.  I will put a note on the door if we are not going to be in A1.
• i-Sounds CD:  If you would like to buy my latest album (well, it's not just mine, Miss Burchill, Mr. Hoult, Mr; Briggs and many student from the IB are performing on it), please contact me.  The CDs are on sale for 10Euros and the money will go to help a humanitarian association.  Click here to see our previous albums.

For Monday 14 May:

• Bring the photocopy of Topic 5 - we will be working on section 5.1.
• For the Bac Blanc 2.5 (as I'm calling it), see revision list below in the green box.
• For the debate during the special classes week, the volunteers who said they would help organize it need to contact the HL group.
• This will be your last chance to ask questions about revision because Thursday is a holiday.

• All of Topics 1 and 2
• All of Option A on Diet and Nutrition
• Section 5.1 on Digestion
• Section 5.7 on Reproduction (note that Sections 5.2 to 5.6 are NOT for revision).

Test format:

• During the two sessions of 1 hour and 53 minutes each, you will have hybrid tests, meaning that they will not be standard Paper 1, Paper 2 or Paper 3 tests, but rather a mix.
• On the Monday test, it will be a mix of Paper 1 (multiple choice) and Paper 2 Part A(data based questions).  This will cover everything on the revision list except Option A.
• On the Thursday test, it will be a mix of Paper 2 Part B (short answers + one essay) and some Paper 3 questions (these are the only questions which are based on Option A and they consist of only short answer questions). 

For Monday 30 April:

• Bring the notes on Option A about nutrition.  We will try to get through these as quickly as possible so that you are ready for the next exams. 
• We will then start Option D (Evolution) which has some overlap with Topic 4. 

For Monday 19 March:

• Bring back your Paper 1 and Paper 2.
• Read the following sections in Understanding Biology:  12.5.2 and 12.5.3 about the male and female reproductive systems.   
• Continue to bring the photocopied notes from Topic 5.  Be sure to keep up with the learning of the new terms in this chapter.  It is very important stuff. 

For Monday 5 March:

• No homework due today.  Hope you had a nice holiday.  

For the Bac Blanc Practice Exams in February:

• First of all, make sure you have done what it says for Monday 5 Feb (see below)

When you sit down to study - on your desk in front of you, have the following things:

• the IB Programme Guide for Biology

• all your class notes, preferably in order (the photocopied pages have numbers on the bottom) as well as any other documents from class

• the book Understanding Biology

• all your flash cards (you should easily have well over a hundred by now) and blank ones for making new cards of words you do not know

For Monday 5 February 2007

• Bring in the check and registration form for Corrèze.  Thursday 8 February will be the last time you see me in class before the deadline (Friday 9 Feb) 
• Based on the work from Monday and Thursday concerning diffusion and dialysis, write a full lab report. 
  • Again, for the method, simply write "See sheet entitled Diffusion and Dialysis". 
  • You will be assessed on DC (Data Collection) and CE (Conclusion and Evlauation)..
  • Make sure that your data colleciton is your own work.  You cannot simply have one student in the group write down the results and the other one copies them.
  • The same goes for CE - each student should come to his or her own conclusion and have their own views about sources of error, etc. 
  • Since you are not being assessed on DPP, you do not need to spend too much time processing the data.  However, in order to get a reasonable conclusion, the results cannot be left as raw numbers.  
  • Here are some links to pages which will help you obtain the most marks possible:
    • How to write lab reports for the IB (my page)
    • How to make tables of results (written by Mr. Billiet and hosted on Miss Burchill's site)
    • Lab report checklist (also written by Mr. Billiet and hosted on Miss Burchill's site) - use this to see if you have forgotten anything.
• Make sure you have done the reading (see previous week below)
• Soon there will be a revision list, but basically you should learn everything we have done since the last exam (All of Topic 1). 

For Monday 29 January 2007

• Bring lab coat. 
• Bring the printout you made of the lab called "Diffusion and Dialysis" I sent by email.  If you did not get it, email me and I will send you another copy.  Otherwise, ask one of your classmates to mail it to you.  If your printer is not working, ask a friend to print out an extra copy for you. 
• Reading to do in Understanding Biology  (this can be for Thursday 1 Feb)
  • sections 8.1 and 8.2 on pages 134 to 139 about cell division.
    • note that there are certain things in those sections which go beyond the scope of the SL program.  For example, you do not need to know the following:  Table 8.1, the differences between "early" and "late"  for each stage in Figure 8.4, the differences between "anaphase i and ii" on P 138, or the term "meristematic cells".  Those are not in the SL program.
  • "Biology Around Us" on pages 146 and 147 about cancer is on the program.
• For Corrèze, you need to bring in the signed registration sheet and a check for 190 Euros if you are coming on the Field Course in June.  The registration deadline is the Friday before the exams (Feb 9th). 
• Continuing reminder:  bring back old marked lab reports and Paper 1 & 2 if you still have these things at home or in your bag.  

   

For Thursday 18 January 2007

• Continue learning the Topic 1 notes that we have been going over.  Make Flash Cards.
• More reading to do in Understanding Biology: 
  • sections 4.2.8 to 4.2.18 on pages 60 to 66 about more ultrastructure.
  • all of section 4.3 on pages 66 to 70 about diffusion and osmosis.
• Continuing reminder:  bring back old marked lab reports and Paper 1 & 2 if you still have these things at home or in your bag.  

For Thursday 11 & Monday 15 January 2007

• As always, be sure to learn the Topic 1 notes that we have been going over.  There is a lot of new vocabulary to master.
• For Thursday, read the following in Understanding Biology: 
  • pages 47 to 53 and 56 to 60. 
  • You should memorize the tables 4.1 and 4.2.  (Table 4.3 will be dealt with later). 
  • Pages 48 and 49 are important but go into too much detail (See class notes sections 1.1.4 and 1.1.5 about microscopes to see how much you need to know). 
  • You should be able to recognize the structures on pages 52 and 53 that we have already seen in the class notes. 
• For Monday, have a good look at the lab reports you got back.  Spend some time decoding my comments and symbols C / P / N to find out where you went wrong so that in the future you have a better chance of getting 3 out of 3 on each assessment.  Make notes to yourself of mistakes not to repeat.
• Remember to bring back lab reports if you want the points to count towards your diploma.

For Monday 18 December 2006

• For students who did the Photosynthesis experiment in class, you need to write a full lab report about it. Students who were absent for the experiment can still write up a report for practice and as a "carnet" grade, but it cannot count as I.A.  The experiment will be assessed on MS (Manipulative Skills) and DPP (Data Processing and Presentation).  Here is what to include in the report:
  • Title, aim, hypothesis.
  • For the method, you can simply write "See attached photocopy".  (I will give these to you).
  • Include all your raw data presented nicely (although you are not assessed on Data Collection, so this part does not have to be perfect)
  • Since this lab is being assessed on DPP, be sure that the results section has data processing and that you have followed all the proper conventions about presenting your processed data.  To "process" data means that you are doing something to the numbers to get them to tell a story or give supporting evidence to prove your hypothesis.  Look at the guide for ideas and use what we have learned in class to help you.
  • For the conclusion, you should still write one, but since you are not being evaluated on it, it does not need to be the best one you have ever written.  You should still include information about whether or not your hypothesis was confirmed, possible sources of error and suggested improvements. 
• Here is a helpful page on my web site:  How to Write Lab Reoprts in the IB
• If you do not have Excel at home or you need more help using it, here is another helpful page:  How to Get Open Office and More Practice Using Spreadsheets.

In Class Thursday 14 December 2006

• Excel documents to work on:
• .Excel_graphs.xls

For Monday 11 December 2006

• Bring your lab coats - we will be back in A1 and we will do an experiment about photosythesis.
• Bring your Planning (a) and Planning (b) work to hand in if you have not already sent it by email.  . 
  • Using the criteria in Planning (a) and Planning (b), each student must come up with an investigation dealing with the effect of one abiotic factor on the rate of photosynthesis. 
  • As stated in Planning (a) and Planning (b) in the Programme Guide, you need to come up with a research question, a hypothesis, a list of materials, etc. 
  • Rules for writing a good hypothesis:
    1. Do not say "I think...".  Just say it!  Example:  "The magical memory pills have no effect on memory."  or "The magical memory pills will work better on males than on females." NOT:  "I think that the memory pills will..."
    2. A hypothesis is a proposal for an answer; it is not a question.  It is a prediction.  It is based on scientific reasoning and is not a wild and crazy guess.
    3. You must justify your guess.  Example:  "The magical memory pills have no effect on memory because the company which makes them has a reputation for producing faulty products."  (Notice the word because which indicates there is a justification here.)
  • Don't forget the variables: 
    • independent variables = the things which are changed from one trial to the next in order to see a difference or effect
    • dependent variables = the things which are measured or observed in order to obtain evidence to support or refute the hypothesis
    • controlled variables = the things which are kept the same in each trial in order to make the experiment fair
  • Note that this will count as part of your Internal Assessment for biology so this is literally worth points towards your diploma.  Do not lose points because of laziness or because you did not follow the criteria in the guide!
  • Since this is being evaluated on an individual basis, each student must come up with his or her own original idea.  This assignment is not group work. 

Monday 4 December 2006

• Small change in plans.  You will not need to bring your lab coats on Monday 4 December because we will be switching rooms with Mr. Billiet's group.  As a result, we will be in the room called "R".  If you are not familiar with that room, it is the new classroom which is at the front of the school directly on the right as you walk in the 70, rue du Théâtre entrance. 
• Students who have not brought back their exams should remember to do so. 
• Same reminder about old marked lab reports for IA. Bring them back to be included in your official IB records. 
• If we have time, we may play with the TI-83 calculator to learn how it can be used in the labs, so bring it to class. 

Paper 1...

Remember that Paper 1 will be in class on Monday 20 November.  It is a 30 minute multiple choice exam.  The revision is exactly the same as Paper 2 but you have to be as precise as possible with your vocabulary definitions since several answers may have very similar meanings.   

For the Exam...

When you sit down to study - on your desk in front of you, have the following things:

• the IB Programme Guide for Biology

• all your class notes, preferably in order (the photocopied pages have numbers on the bottom) as well as any other documents from class

• the book Understanding Biology

• all your flash cards (you should easily have dozens by now) and blank ones for making new cards of words you do not know

Good web site for review:  http://www.johnkyrk.com/

To Do for Monday 09 Oct

• Write a complete lab report for the investigation done on Thursday.  Below are instructions on how do to well on lab reports.  (Note:  some students were not in class and according to IB rules, students absent for an experiment cannot get credit for writing a lab report). 
  1. Follow the criteria in the Biology Programme Guide.  Look for the pages about Internal Assessment and look for the two things you will be assessed on:  MS (Manipulative Skills) and DC (data collection). 
  2. In addition to the official IB guide, I have my own suggestions on this page: How to write lab reports for the IB
  3. Remember to find the honest balance between team work and individual work. The only thing which should be identical for you and your lab partner is the Planning (a) and (b) stuff.  The rest should be your own work:  drawings, calculations, sources of error, etc.  You cannot write the reports together and use all the same ideas. (See the Guide to Academic Honesty).
  4. It is very strongly urged that you do all your work by computer.  You may either print out your work or email it following my rules of how to send work by email.  If you decide to print, please print on both sides. 
• If you did not give in your Planning (a) + (b) either by email or in class, be sure to do so.
• Once you have the corrected set of photocopied notes, be sure to copy the blanks which we have filled in onto the new sheets. 

To Do for Monday 02 Oct

• Bring your lab coats: 
• Bring in a hard copy of your planned experiment (the one you wrote using Planning (a) and Planning (b)) so that you know what you are doing. 

To Do for Thursday 28 Sept

• Finish writing what we started in class: 
  • Using the criteria in Planning (a) and Planning (b), each student must come up with an investigation dealing with the micrometer eyepeice and cells from plants, fruits or vegetables. 
  • As stated in Planning (a) and Planning (b) in the Programme Guide, you need to come up with a research question, a hypothesis, a list of materials, etc.  Use the micrometer eyepiece on a microscope page to get the names of some of the equipment used.
  • Rules for writing a good hypothesis:
    1. Do not say "I think...".  Just say it!  Example:  "The magical memory pills have no effect on memory."  or "The magical memory pills will work better on males than on females." NOT:  "I think that the memory pills will..."
    2. A hypothesis is a proposal for an answer; it is not a question.  It is a prediction.  It is based on scientific reasoning and is not a wild and crazy guess.
    3. You must justify your guess.  Example:  "The magical memory pills have no effect on memory because the company which makes them has a reputation for producing faulty products."  (Notice the word because which indicates there is a justification here.)
  • Don't forget the variables: 
    • independent variables = the things which are changed from one trial to the next in order to see a difference or effect
    • dependent variables = the things which are measured or observed in order to obtain evidence to support or refute the hypothesis
    • controlled variables = the things which are kept the same in each trial in order to make the experiment fair
  • Note that this will count as part of your Internal Assessment for biology so this is literally worth points towards your diploma.  Do not lose points because of laziness or because you did not follow the criteria in the guide!
  • Since this is being evaluated on an individual basis, each student must come up with his or her own original idea.  This assignment is not group work.  However, when we actually do the experiment in class, we will choose one out of the two in the group and you will work together in the lab next Monday.
• If you did not have time to show me your research question in class or if you have changed it, be sure to contact me (How to Contact Mr. Damon).

To Do for Monday 25 Sept

• Bring your lab coat.
• Review the page on how to use a micrometer eyepiece on a microscope.
• Find and print out the sections in the Programme Guide concerning how to do Planning (a) and Planning (b).  You will be planning an investigation based on the micrometer work we have been doing.
• Read Chapter 1 in Understanding Biology.  Most of the chapter should be review from your previous years in science. 

To Do for Monday 18 Sept

• Be sure to check out the page on how to use a micrometer eyepiece on a microscope. That is what we did last Monday. 
• If you did not have time to finish in class, be sure to use the conversion factor you found for each magnification and convert all your measurments into real units. 
• If you only obtained one conversion factor and did not get a chance to find the second, there is a calculation allowing you to find the other one.  That is explained on the micrometer eyepeice link above.  

To Do for Monday 11 Sept

• Bring your calculator (TI-83, TI83 Plus or TI-84). 
• Since we are doing lab work, you need a white lab coat. 
• Visit the page describing how to use a micrometer eyepiece on a microscope. That is what we will be working on. 
• By now you should have found and downloaded the Biology Programme Guide.  If you did not get the link from Miss Burchill's email, send me a message and I can send you the link. 

To Do for the beginning of the school year

• Be sure you have a copy of the book.  You also need a TI-83, TI83 Plus or TI-84 calculator.  For lab work, you need a white lab coat.  Lastly, you will need a science folder in which to keep your notes, homework, lab reports and quizzes. 
• We will be doing a laboratory experiment on Monday 18 September so bring your lab coat. 

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