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have three school days to Look for Freeman under “Teachers”

make up labs/quizzes/tests, etc. before or after school.

BIOLOGY CALENDAR

LAST TWO WEEKS OF FIRST SEMESTER

TOPICS: BIOCHEMISTRY

CA State Standards Covered This Week:

·  Students know most macromolecules (polysaccharides, nucleic acids, proteins, lipids) in cells and organisms are synthesized from a small collection of simple precursors.

·  Students know proteins can differ from one another in the number and sequence of amino acids.

There is a document on my website to help you prepare for the final exam. The final exam is usually approximately 15% of the grade (100-150 scantron questions). The documents are under “Miscellaneous Files” (NOT links) and look like this: COLLEGE-PREP BIOLOGY FALL FINAL EXAM REVIEW.doc

** If you want to “go green” and save yourself some paper, cut and paste the review guide into a word document and reduce the font size. Then print out the odd pages first and feed the paper back into your printer and print the even pages.

I will drop one quiz from your grade (rather than give extra credit) – Go onto Aeries and tell me which quiz by number. Be sure it is a quiz. I will keep a list in my classroom for each class. You have until the day of your final exam to do this. I will not do this by emails, phone calls, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

MONDAY JANUARY 14 Late Start Day – Faculty Meeting

Notes: Proteins and Amino Acid Structure

Explanation and Set Up of Lab: Identifying Carbohydrates in Solutions

Homework: Read pages 46-48 in your textbook (Lipids, Nucleic Acids, and Proteins)

TUESDAY JANUARY 15

Molecular Modeling Worksheet Due

Run Lab: Identifying Carbohydrates in Solutions – Due Fri Jan 18

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 16

Notes: Enzymes

Work on your lab writeup (due tomorrow) as well as the Biochemistry Review Packet that is coordinated with Chapter 2 in your textbook. Due Thursday Jan 24

Homework: Read pages 49-53 (Chemical Reactions and Enzymes)

THURSDAY JANUARY 17

Notes: Lipids

Work on your lab conclusion (due tomorrow) as well as the Biochemistry Review Packet that is coordinated with Chapter 2 in your textbook. Due Thursday Jan 24

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FRIDAY JANUARY 18

Lab Due: Identifying Carbohydrates in Solutions

Biology Dept Common Assessment – 50 scantron questions (25 points)

DNA and RNA (Ch 12), Protein Synthesis (Ch 12), Cell Cycle (Ch 10), and Meiosis (Ch 11) , Genetics (Ch 11) , Biotechnology (Ch 13)

Review for the Final Exam – It would be very helpful

if you bring the review packet to class as well as questions that you may have.

MONDAY JAN 21 School Holiday – Martin Luther King Jr. Day

TUESDAY JAN 22

Biology Dept Common Assessment – 50 scantron questions (25 points)

Chapter 1 – The Science of Biology (Metric System, Conducting an Experiment, Tools and Procedures) Chapter 2 – The Chemistry of Life, Chapter 7 – Cell Structure and Function, Photosynthesis and Respiration (know the equations and where the reactions occur)

Review for the Final Exam – It would be very helpful

if you bring the review packet to class as well as questions that you may have.

WEDNESDAY JAN 23

FINAL EXAMS: PERIODS 1, 2, and 3. DISMISSAL AT 12:30 PM

THURSDAY JAN 24

Biochemistry Review Packet Due – the one that is coordinated with Chapter 2

FINAL EXAMS: PERIODS 4, 5, and 6. DISMISSAL AT 12:30 PM

FRIDAY JAN 25 – NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS