Friday, September 7, 2012 - B DAY

Objective:
Students will . . .
conduct counts of hatched brine shrimp, quantify the effects of salinity on hatching viability of brine shrimp, test other factors that affect hatching viability of brine shrimp in order to relate salinity tolerance of brine shrimp to natural selection.

Warm Up:

• Quietly hand in your Newspaper Activities to Justina
• Prepare for and begin Exam
• Upon completion of the exam, please move on to Day 3 
• Upon completion of the Day 3 activities, please clean lab and return to seats so we can complete the Presentation Folders.

Classwork:

• Exam Ch. 23
• Natural Selection Lab 
• Presentation Folders

Homework:

• Calculate the hatching viability for each of your 5 dishes.  The equation is found in your handout.

• Plot the data from Table 1.  Title the graph and label the axes after identifying the independent and dependent variables.
• Begin working on the Laboratory Questions
• Lab Group Discussion (if time)

SAT Words:  

Tuesday, September 4 – ABSCOND (v.) – to sneak away and hide
Huckleberry Finn wanted to abscond from civilization.

Wednesday, September 5 – ABUNDANT (adj.) – in great numbers
After a week of heavy rain, the mosquitoes were very abundant in the back yard.

Thursday, September 6 – ACCEDE (v.) – to agree
The student finally acceded to his teacher’s advice to study thoroughly for the final exms.

Friday, September 7 – ACCENTUATE (v.) – to emphasize, highlight
The Counselor accentuated the importance of a good introductory essay when applying
for college admittance.


Announcements:

• Don't forget to purchase your Princeton Review Guides, the release is scheduled for today!
• Please water your plants, which may be found in either Ms. Gunn's or Ms. Siebert's room.
• Ms. Johnson is willing to laminate your Presentation Folders for our Mini Poster Sessions.
• Team Leaders don't forget to collect all digital images/observations from your team members.

Important Links:

www.tinyurl.com/thebuzzwithberk

www.tinyurl.com/berkeleysymbaloo

www.edmodo.com -- Group Access 9nr351

twitter:  @thebuzzwithberk
study chat room:  www.todaysmeet.com/apbiostudysession

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