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For both groups:
To do every week: check your email to see if
there are documents to print and bring, look over the notes we have taken in
class, learn the science ideas and technical vocabulary so that you are
ready for possible tests and quizzes. To help you learn, I suggest you
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If you are in Group SA3: For
Wednesday 25 November:
- Read the chapter called "Diseases" in Biology for You.
- Bring back your science test signed by a parent - it
will be collected in class.
For Monday 23 November:
- Bring your lab coat
- Bring the printout of the "Self and Non-self"
experiment.
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If you are in Group SA4:
For Thursday 26 November:
- Read the chapter called "Diseases" in Biology for You.
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If you are in Group SA4:
Friday 6 November:
- Bring lab coat
- print out and bring lab instructions which were sent
by email - it's the one called "Catalase".
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During the Toussaint vacation
- have a look at the Revision List below and start going
over your notebook and the book
- check your email for any missing copies of the
investigation instructions
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During the Toussaint vacation
- have a look at the Revision List below and start going
over your notebook and the book
- check your email for any missing copies of the
investigation instructions
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Exam Revision List for the Compositions
Groupées in November 2009
- The following 3 chapters in Biology For You:
- Food and Digestion
- Homeostasis
- Enzymes
- Also- the end of the book has some good advice
about how to study effectively.
- Look over the investigation instruction sheets and the
notes you have been taking about the laboratory work we have done.
Remember, you are not expected to memorize all the results we have
collected. However, you need to know the names of the chemicals we
used and why we used them, the types of apparatus we used and how we set
up the experiments to prove what we wanted to prove
- Study your notes from class.
Have a look at my compositions
groupées revision guide. It contains suggestions
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If you are in Group SA4: |
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For Wednesday 7 October
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For Wednesday 14 October
For Monday 12 October
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For Monday 5 October
- Finish reading the chapter on Food and Digestion.
For Friday 2 October
For Thursday 1 October
- Bring a calculator - we will be doing some
calculations in class.
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For Wednesday 7 October
- Using the research you did in class, make a short
Power Point presentation with text and images to answer the research
question you had. Email the presentation to me by the due date.
(see the page about
emailing homework for how to do it) You will be marked on the
following:
- quality of your scientific explanations,
- the quality of the presentation,
- how logical the sequence of your presentation is
- most importantly, your ability to cite your sources
in order to avoid plagiarism. In other words, no copy/paste on
your final presentation - use your own words and cite all your sources.
This means that your last slide should have your complete bibliography.
- Also, finish reading the chapter on Food and
Digestion.
For Monday 5 October
- Complete the second half of the report on
vitamin C and email it to me. For this, you need to write a conclusion, list some of
the major sources of error and suggest improvements for how to avoid those
sources of error if you were to do the experiment again. Suggested
improvements need to be specific (not "be more careful next time") and
they must use equipment available to us in the labs.
For Wednesday 30 September
- bring lab coat for new investigation involving
microscopes. Be sure to visit the
How to use a microscope
page so that you remember all the rules.
- bring the printout of the document sent by email about
nerve cells
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for Monday 28 September:
- Using the research you did in class, make a short
Power Point presentation with text and images to answer the research
question you had. Email the presentation to me by the due date.
(see the page about
emailing homework for how to do it) You will be marked on the
following:
- quality of your scientific explanations,
- the quality of the presentation,
- how logical the sequence of your presentation is
- most importantly, your ability to cite your sources
in order to avoid plagiarism. In other words, no copy/paste on
your final presentation - use your own words and cite all your sources.
This means that your last slide should have your complete bibliography.
- be sure to look at the previous assignments below to
make sure you have them in your agenda:
for Wednesday 23 September:
- Complete and email the second half of the report on
vitamin C and email it to me. For this, you need to write a conclusion, list some of
the major sources of error and suggest improvements for how to avoid those
sources of error if you were to do the experiment again. Suggested
improvements need to be specific (not "be more careful next time") and
they must use equipment available to us in the labs.
- UPDATED 21 September:
Also, on Wednesday - bring lab coat. Visit the
How to use a microscope
page.
For Monday 21 September
- read the first six pages of Chapter 4 in
Biology For You. - all about
food and energy.
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For Friday 25 September
- read the first six pages of Chapter 4 in
Biology For You. - all about
food and energy.
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Thursday 24 September:
- Bring your lab coat on Thursday
- Email the first half of your lab report about Vitamin
C (see the page about
emailing homework for how to do it) In your report, I am expecting to see the following:
- a title
- a brief introduction
- the aim of the experiment (the objective)
- for the method, all you need to do is say "See
method sheet called ___" and put the title of the instruction sheet
- if you want to put a prediction (a hypothesis, you
may but it is not necessary for this experiment)
- the results - here is where you put the raw data
with proper units and you show any data processing (calculations and
graphs)
for Wednesday 23 September
- Bring your USB key for the 1-period class we have.
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for
Thursday 17 September
- bring lab coat
- bring printout of 2nd experiment
for
Wednesday 16 September:
- email the first half of your lab report about Vitamin
C (see the page about
emailing homework for how to do it)
- In your report, I am expecting to see the following:
- a title
- a brief introduction
- the aim of the experiment (the objective)
- for the method, all you need to do is say "See
method sheet called ___" and put the title of the instruction sheet
- if you want to put a prediction (a hypothesis, you
may but it is not necessary for this experiment)
- the results - here is where you put the raw data
with proper units and you show any data processing (calculations and
graphs)
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for Monday 14 September:
- bring lab coat
- bring printout of Vitamin C experiment
- bring a calculator
- if you have not done so, you need to send me an email
(see below).
- double check all the other things on the list below to
be sure you are ready for the year.
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To Do for the first week of classes in September 2009
- Send me an email with your name, class and
science group so that I can gather everyone's address. You can find my
email address and further instructions on my How
to Contact Mr. Damon page. Note that the address a little different
from what I wrote on the board.
- You need to have a lab coat.
- The book we will be using is
Biology for You. If you did not buy it during a
previous year in the science project, you need to get one at the book
shop. Later in the year, you will need Physics for You and
Chemistry for You.
- Each student should have a USB thumb drive. Be sure your
name is on the outside somewhere. We need to
know whose is whose. Also, if you lose it, we know who to return it
to. If you are buying a new one, I do not recommend the U3 Smart
drives in class. For the moment, they are not compatible with Mac. Also, 2 or 4 Gb is enough - do not spend more than 25€ for
this.

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