FINAL EXAM

Below is a link for the FINAL EXAM.  This final was given in class on May 18th.

LINK TO FINAL EXAM

End of Year Survey

In order to get better as a teacher, I need feedback from my students about what they thought of my class and me.  Below is a survey that will ask you some questions that will help me get better as a teacher.  Please answer all questions as honestly as possible.

LINK TO SURVEY

Essay Assignment

Below is a link for the instructions for you essay assignment.  This essay is due in class on May 15th.

LINK TO ESSAY INSTRUCTIONS

End of Year Review Quiz #6

Below is a link to the End of Year Review Quiz #6.  This quiz was given in class on May 5th.

LINK TO END OF YEAR REVIEW QUIZ #6

End of Year Review Quiz #5

Below is a link for the end of year review quiz #5.  This quiz was given in class on May 4th.

LINK TO REVIEW QUIZ #5

End of Year Review Quiz #4

Below is a link for the End of Year Review Quiz #4.  This quiz was given in class on May 3rd.

LINK TO REVIEW QUIZ

End of Year Review Quiz #3

Below is a link for the end of year review quiz #3.  This quiz was given in class on May 2nd

LINK TO REVIEW QUIZ #3

End of Year Review Quiz #2

Below is a link for the end of year review quiz #2.  This quiz was taken in class on May 1st.

LINK TO REVIEW QUIZ #2

End of Year Review Quiz #1

Below is a link for the end of year review quiz #1.  This quiz is on the material in review videos 1 and 2.  This quiz was given in class on April 27th

LINK TO REVIEW QUIZ 

SAGE Review Powerpoint Slides

Below is a link to the Powerpoint slides that were used to make the SAGE review lesson videos.  This folder will be updated every day with new Powerpoint slides.

LINK TO POWERPOINT SLIDES

SAGE Review Study Packet

Below is a link for the SAGE review study packet.  This packet was assigned on April 27th and is due on Monday May 8th  at the beginning of your class period.

In order to receive a grade for this assignment, students must receive a score of 80% or higher.  Students can submit a response for this study packet once a day until the due date.  STUDENTS WHO DO NOT RECEIVE A SCORE OF 80% ON THIS PACKET BY THE DUE DATE WILL RECEIVE A ZERO FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT.

Once a student has passed this packet with a score of 80% or higher, they may continue to take the packet to try and improve their score up until the due date.

This study packet is an open-book, open resource assignment. Students can use whatever resources they wish to answer the questions in this packet.

Tip 1:  If you have an email address, and enter your email address into the form you will receive an email with your score.

Tip 2:  If you take the packet and your score remains a zero, that means you did not score 80% or higher and you need to try the packet again.

LINK TO STUDY PACKET

Unit 15 Body Systems Test

Below is a link for the unit 15 test on body systems.  This test was given in class on April 26th.

LINK TO TEST

Unit 15 Body Systems Test Review

Below is a link for the body systems test review we did in class on April 25th.

LINK TO BODY SYSTEMS TEST REVIEW

Inner Workings Assignment and Chordate Bone Lab Assignment

Below are links to the Inner Workings assignment and the Chordate Bone Lab assignment.  Both of these assignments were done in class on April 24th.

LINK TO INNER WORKINGS ASSIGNMENT

LINK TO CHORDATE BONE LAB

Unit 15 Quiz

Below is a link for the Unit 15 quiz on body systems.  This quiz covers: digestive, skeletal, nervous, integumentary, and muscular systems.  This quiz was given in class on April 19th.

LINK TO QUIZ

Unit 15 Powerpoint slides

Below is a link to the Powerpoint slides that were used to make the lesson videos for this unit.

LINK TO POWERPOINT SLIDES

Unit 15 Study Packet I (Digestive, Skeletal, Nervous, Muscular, and Integumentary Systems) and Study Packet II (Circulatory, Lymphatic, Respiratory, Excretory, and Endocrine Systems)

Below are links for the study packets for Unit 15 on body systems.  These first study packet covers the digestive, skeletal, nervous, muscular, and integumentary systems.  The second study packet covers the circulatory, lymphatic, respiratory, excretory, and endocrine systems.

These packets were assigned on April 9th and are due on Wednesday April 26th at the beginning of your class period.

In order to receive a grade for this assignment, students must receive a score of 80% or higher.  Students can submit a response for this study packet once a day until the due date.  STUDENTS WHO DO NOT RECEIVE A SCORE OF 80% ON THIS PACKET BY THE DUE DATE WILL RECEIVE A ZERO FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT.

Once a student has passed this packet with a score of 80% or higher, they may continue to take the packet to try and improve their score up until the due date.

This study packet is an open-book, open resource assignment. Students can use whatever resources they wish to answer the questions in this packet.

Tip 1:  If you have an email address, and enter your email address into the form you will receive an email with your score.

Tip 2:  If you take the packet and your score remains a zero, that means you did not score 80% or higher and you need to try the packet again.

LINK TO STUDY PACKET I

LINK TO STUDY PACKET II

And if you don't complete these study packets, well this describes your grade:

Unit 14 Test: Classification

Below is a link for the Unit 14 test on classification, this test was given in class on March 31st.

LINK TO UNIT 14 TEST

Unit 14 Test Review

Below is a link for the Unit 14 test review.  This test review was done in class on March 30th.

LINK TO TEST REVIEW

Classification Activity

Below is a link for a form to enter your responses for the classification activity that we did in class on March 29th.  This assignment is a one shot deal, no retakes.

LINK TO CLASSIFICATION FORM

Unit 14 Study Packet and Powerpoint Slides

Below is a link for the Unit 14 study packet.  This packet was assigned on March 23rd and is due on Friday March 31st  at the beginning of your class period.

In order to receive a grade for this assignment, students must receive a score of 80% or higher.  Students can submit a response for this study packet once a day until the due date.  STUDENTS WHO DO NOT RECEIVE A SCORE OF 80% ON THIS PACKET BY THE DUE DATE WILL RECEIVE A ZERO FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT.

Once a student has passed this packet with a score of 80% or higher, they may continue to take the packet to try and improve their score up until the due date.

This study packet is an open-book, open resource assignment. Students can use whatever resources they wish to answer the questions in this packet.

Tip 1:  If you have an email address, and enter your email address into the form you will receive an email with your score.

Tip 2:  If you take the packet and your score remains a zero, that means you did not score 80% or higher and you need to try the packet again.

LINK TO STUDY PACKET

To help on the study packet, below is a link to all of the Powerpoint slides that were used to teach this unit.

LINK TO POWERPOINT SLIDES

Classification Study Packet Poll

Complete the poll below to let me know if you want a study packet or not for the classification unit.

LINK TO POLL

Biology Unit 13 Test: Evolution

Below is a link for the biology Unit 13 test.  This test was given in class on March 17th.

LINK TO TEST

Evolution Powerpoint Slides and Study Questions

Below is a link for the Powerpoint slides that were used to teach the evolution unit.

LINK TO POWERPOINT SLIDES

Below is a link for a set of study questions, these questions give you an idea of the most important ideas from this unit.  If you can answer each of these questions from memory, you will be fine for the test.

LINK TO STUDY QUESTIONS

Build a Beast Actvity

Below is a link to the build a beast activity that was done in class on March 13th.

LINK TO ACTIVITY

Below is a link to a virtual dice to use for the activity on March 13th.

LINK TO VIRTUAL DICE

3rd Quarter Make Up Packet

Below is a link for the 3rd quarter make up packet.  This packet was assigned in class on March 6th and is due on March 16th NO LATER THAN 2:00PM NO EXCEPTIONS, because I have to have quarter 2 grades in by 3pm that day.

All of the same rules for study packets apply to the make up packet EXCEPT, students only need to score a 70% on the make up packet to get credit.

If a student passes the make up packet and their score is higher than a test or a study packet score from 3rd quarter, I will replace the score of the test or study packet they did worse on with score they received for the make up packet.

LINK TO MAKE UP PACKET 

Biology Unit 12 Test: Genetic Engineering

Below is a link to the Unit 12 test on genetic engineering.  This test was given in class on March 3rd.

LINK TO UNIT 12 TEST

Biology Unit 12 Test Review

Below is a link for the test review we did in class on March 2nd.

LINK TO TEST REVIEW

VIrtual Lab - GMOs

Below is a link for a virtual lab on BT corn.  In this lab you'll be able to grow different varieties of corn and see how they respond to various levels of insect infestation.  This activity was done in class on March 1st.

LINK TO VIRTUAL LAB

After you have completed the virtual lab and collected your data, you will need to answer some questions about the experiment.  Below is a link where you can answer those questions.

LINK TO GMO DATA SHEET

Blood Typing Activities

Below are two activities to help students understand blood types.  These activities were done in class on February 28th.

LINK TO RED CROSS BLOOD TYPE GAME

LINK TO SECOND BLOOD TYPE GAME

Unit 12 Powerpoint Slides

Below is a link for all of the Powerpoint slides that were used to make the lesson videos for Unit 12.

LINK TO POWERPOINT SLIDES

Epigenetics, Karyotype, and Nondisjunction Powerpoint Slides

Below is a link to the Powerpoint slides that were used to teach Epigenetics, Karyotypes, and Nondisjunction in class on February 22nd and 23rd.

LINK TO POWERPOINT SLIDES

Karyotype Activity

Below is a link to the karyotype active at the Learn Genetics website through the University of Utah. This activity was done in class on February 23rd.

LINK TO KARYOTYPE ACTVITY

Unit 12 Study Packet: Genetic Engineering

Below is a link for the Unit 12 study packet.  This packet was assigned on Feb 21st and is due on Friday March 3rd  at the beginning of your class period.

In order to receive a grade for this assignment, students must receive a score of 80% or higher.  Students can submit a response for this study packet once a day until the due date.  STUDENTS WHO DO NOT RECEIVE A SCORE OF 80% ON THIS PACKET BY THE DUE DATE WILL RECEIVE A ZERO FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT.

Once a student has passed this packet with a score of 80% or higher, they may continue to take the packet to try and improve their score up until the due date.

This study packet is an open-book, open resource assignment. Students can use whatever resources they wish to answer the questions in this packet.

Tip 1:  If you have an email address, and enter your email address into the form you will receive an email with your score.

Tip 2:  If you take the packet and your score remains a zero, that means you did not score 80% or higher and you need to try the packet again.

LINK TO STUDY PACKET

Unit 11 Test: Genetics

Below is a link to the Unit 11 test on Genetics.  This test was given in class on February 16th.

LINK TO UNIT 11 TEST

Dog Genetics Assignment and Resources

Below is a link for the dog genetics assignment, this assignment is due February 24th.

LINK TO DOG GENETICS ASSIGNMENT

If you want to look at the dogs again to identify traits, below is a link to a video of the entire presentation done by the Humane Society volunteers.

LINK TO VIDEO OF DOG PRESENTATION

Below is a link for the breed sheet that we handed out at the presentation.

LINK TO DOG BREED SHEET

Below are links to resources from the company that makes the DNA test that can help you research different dog breeds and their traits.

LINK TO FEATURES OF MIXED BREED DOGS

LINK TO DOG BREED LIBRARY

Finally, below are links to the dogs we tested last year.  You can watch the video of last years dogs and see the DNA results for both dogs from last year.  Look at the breeds that were detected in each dog and see if you can see the traits in those dogs that come from those specific breeds.

LINK TO VIDEO OF LAST YEARS DOGS

DNA RESULTS FOR BLACK DOG

DNA RESULTS FOR TAN DOG

Genetics Test Review

Below is a link to the test review we did in class for the Genetics test.  This test review was done in class on February 14th.

LINK TO TEST REVIEW

Non Medelian Genetics Powerpoint Slides

Below is a link to the Powerpoint slides that were used to teach non-Medelian genetics on February 8th and 9th.

LINK TO POWERPOINT SLIDES

If you need more help on Non-Medelian genetics, below is a lesson video that covers those topics.  Unlike your typical EdPuzzle video, you can skip ahead in this video as it plays.

Genetics Practice problems

Below is a link to 10 genetics practice problems.  These problems were assigned in class on February 7th.

LINK TO PRACTICE PROBLEMS

Pigeonetics Activity

Below is a link to the interactive genetics activity pigeonetics.  This activity was assigned in class on February 6th.  

IMPORTANT PLEASE READ

1.  Pigeonetics will only run using Safari or Firefox, CHROME WILL NOT WORK 

2.  You will have to download and install Unity Player to make Pigeonetics work

3.  You need to complete the first 12 goal birds.

4.  You will have to answer questions about the genotypes of the birds you crossed to make the goal birds.  You may want to write down which birds you crossed to make the goal birds on a piece of paper.

LINK TO PIGEONETICS

If you are having trouble figuring out the crosses necessary to make the goal birds, you can research pigeon traits at the link below

LINK TO RESOURCES ON PIGEON TRAITS

After you have completed the first 12 goal birds, answer the questions on the activity at the link below.

LINK TO PIGEONETICS QUESTIONS

Unit 11 Study Packet

Below is a link for the Unit 11 study packet.  This packet was assigned on Feb 2nd and is due on Wednesday February 16th at the beginning of your class period.

In order to receive a grade for this assignment, students must receive a score of 80% or higher.  Students can submit a response for this study packet once a day until the due date.  STUDENTS WHO DO NOT RECEIVE A SCORE OF 80% ON THIS PACKET BY THE DUE DATE WILL RECEIVE A ZERO FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT.

Once a student has passed this packet with a score of 80% or higher, they may continue to take the packet to try and improve their score up until the due date.

This study packet is an open-book, open resource assignment. Students can use whatever resources they wish to answer the questions in this packet.

Tip 1:  If you have an email address, and enter your email address into the form you will receive an email with your score.

Tip 2:  If you take the packet and your score remains a zero, that means you did not score 80% or higher and you need to try the packet again.

LINK TO STUDY PACKET

Human Genetics Activity

Below is a link for the human genetics activity we did in class on February 3rd.

LINK TO HUMAN GENETICS ACTIVITY

Unit 10 Test

Below is a link for the Unit 10 test on DNA, RNA, and Proteins.  This test was given in class on February 1st.

LINK TO TEST

Unit 10 Test Review

Below is a link for the Unit 10 test review we did in class on Jan 31st.

LINK TO TEST REVIEW

DNA Gel Electrophoresis Virtual Lab

Below is a link for a virtual lab on gel electrophoresis.  This virtual lab was done in class on Jan 30th.

LINK TO VIRTUAL LAB

Unit 10 Powerpoint Slides

Below is a link to the Powerpoint slides that were used to make the lesson videos for Unit 10.

LINK TO POWERPOINT SLIDES

Griffith and Avery Experiments

Below are resources to help you understand Griffith and Avery's experiments that helped us understand more about DNA.

LINK TO VIDEO ON GRIFFITH EXPERIMENT

LINK TO ARTICLE ON AVERY EXPERIMENT

Codon Sheet

Below is a codon sheet you can use for DNA translation activities.

Unit 10 Study Packet

Below is a link for the Unit 10 study packet.  This packet was assigned on Jan 18th and is due on Wednesday February 1st at the beginning of your class period.

In order to receive a grade for this assignment, students must receive a score of 80% or higher.  Students can submit a response for this study packet once a day until the due date.  STUDENTS WHO DO NOT RECEIVE A SCORE OF 80% ON THIS PACKET BY THE DUE DATE WILL RECEIVE A ZERO FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT.

Once a student has passed this packet with a score of 80% or higher, they may continue to take the packet to try and improve their score up until the due date.

This study packet is an open-book, open resource assignment. Students can use whatever resources they wish to answer the questions in this packet.

Tip 1:  If you have an email address, and enter your email address into the form you will receive an email with your score.

Tip 2:  If you take the packet and your score remains a zero, that means you did not score 80% or higher and you need to try the packet again.

LINK TO STUDY PACKET

Unit 9 Test

Below is a link for the Unit 9 test on weather, climate, biomes, and succession.  This test was given in class on January 12th.

LINK TO TEST

Unit 9 Test Review

Below is a link for the unit 9 test review we did in class on January 11th.

LINK TO TEST REVIEW

Unit 9 Powerpoint Slides

Below is a link to all of the Powerpoint slides that were used to make the lesson videos for this unit.

LINK TO POWERPOINT SLIDES

Biomes and Climatograph Assignment

In this assignment you will be analyzing climate data from different locations in the State of Utah and classifying those locations as one of the 10 biomes we learned about in class.  The locations you will be analyzing are: Logan, Manti, St. George, Ouray, Park City, and Salt Lake City.

I have already gathered the climate data for you.  The climate data for the 6 locations listed above can be found at this link.

Link to climate data

For each of these 6 locations you will need to make a climate graph, like the ones you saw in the biomes video. You will make the climate graphs for Logan and for 2 of the 5 other locations using a computer and either Google Sheets or Excel.

Below are links for 2 videos that show you exactly how to make a climate graph using Google Sheets or Excel.  (Sorry, I don't have a tutorial for how to use the worthless Apple program Numbers to make your climate graph as I have found Numbers to be as useless as bicycle is for a fish)

Link to Google Sheets Tutorial Video

Link to Excel Tutorial Video

After you have completed your climate graphs, send them to Bennett using either AirDrop or email them to me.  Then analyze your climate graphs and decide which of the 10 biomes we studied best fits each of the 6 locations.

After you have decided which biome best fits each of the 6 locations, go to the quiz found at the following link and enter your results.

Link to Biomes Quiz

Utah Climate Research Activity

Today you will do basic climate research.  In groups, you will answer the following questions:

1.  Which city/town in Utah has the MONTH with highest average temperature?

2.  Which city/town in Utah has the MONTH with the lowest average temperature?

3.  Which city/town in Utah receives the highest amount of ANNUAL precipitation?

4.  Which city/town in Utah receives the lowest amount of ANNUAL precipitation?

5.  Which city/town in Utah has the largest gap between the month with it's highest temperature and the month with it's lowest temperature?

The following website will help you do the research needed to answer these questions:

LINK TO WEBSITE

We will be doing a space race on Socrative for this activity.  Top scoring team gets treats.

Unit 9 Study Packet: Weather, Climate, Biomes and Succession

Below is a link for the Unit 8 study packet.  This packet was assigned on Jan 3rd and is due on Thursday January 12th at the beginning of your class period.

In order to receive a grade for this assignment, students must receive a score of 80% or higher.  Students can submit a response for this study packet once a day until the due date.  STUDENTS WHO DO NOT RECEIVE A SCORE OF 80% ON THIS PACKET BY THE DUE DATE WILL RECEIVE A ZERO FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT.

Once a student has passed this packet with a score of 80% or higher, they may continue to take the packet to try and improve their score up until the due date.

This study packet is an open-book, open resource assignment. Students can use whatever resources they wish to answer the questions in this packet.

Tip 1:  If you have an email address, and enter your email address into the form you will receive an email with your score.

Tip 2:  If you take the packet and your score remains a zero, that means you did not score 80% or higher and you need to try the packet again.

LINK TO STUDY PACKET

Semester 1 Make Up Packet

Below is a link for the Semester 1 make up packet.  This packet was assigned in class on Jan 3rd and is due on Jan 13th NO LATER THAN 2:00PM NO EXCEPTIONS, because I have to have quarter 2 grades in by 3pm that day.

All of the same rules for study packets apply to the make up packet EXCEPT, students only need to score a 70% on the make up packet to get credit.

If a student passes the make up packet and their score is higher than a test or a study packet score from 2nd quarter, I will replace the score of the test or study packet they did worse on with score they received for the make up packet.

LINK TO MAKE UP PACKET