Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Term three
The third term brings a new group of students to B11 and the biology section of the Science course. The starting topic is Micro- organisms we will focus on Fungus, Bacteria and Viruses.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Monday last week of holidays
No flashy gimmicks on this site but the science looks interesting. check out I love bacteria
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Homework Book
Dear Students
The homework solution is within your grasp. Even if you have not purchased a homework book you can still do your homework. Just click on the chapter links here (Micro-organisms, Genetics) or in the Link list on the right hand side of the page.
You don't even need to print it out I will accept homework by email if you prefer.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Week two term two
This week we have completed our climate change assessments and also started our Micro-organisms topic. By now you should be able to:
- draw and label the features of bacteria, fungi and viruses
- describe the reproduction of bacteria, fungi and viruses
- Inoculate agar plates and culture bacteria and fungi
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Internal assessment Climate Change
Here are the links to the resources we used for our climate change investigation.
Here is a copy of the student task sheet
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Tuesday 30 March
Mitosis and Meiosis compared. This is a clip that I show my year 13 Biology students. It gets a bit scientific but the name of this course is Science not English!
Monday, March 29, 2010
Monday 29 March
Today we were finishing up the genetics section with a look at reproductive technologies and GM products. From some of the questions that arose I think we will need to revise Meiosis before the topic test on Wednesday. I've added a couple of links on this to the list of documents.
Next term the three year eleven classes will swap classrooms and teachers and begin the next area of year 11 Science, Physics or Chemistry.
Next term the three year eleven classes will swap classrooms and teachers and begin the next area of year 11 Science, Physics or Chemistry.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Week 8
The homework assignment on DNA, Chromosomes and Genes was due in last Thursday.
The current homework is from the homework book, activity 1 and 2 from the genetics section.
Weeks 6 and 7
Topic Two Genetics
Areas covered:
- DNA structure and functions
- DNA importance
- DNA Chromosomes and Genes
- Cell division
- Continuous and discrete variation
- Homozygous and heterozygous
- Dominant and recessive
- Genotype and phenotype
- Mitosis and meiosis
- Genes and allelles
- Punnet squares
- Inheritance
Weeks 1 to 5
Year 11 Science 2010
Topic one Micro-organisms
Areas covered include;
Topic one Micro-organisms
Areas covered include;
- Typical Bacteria cell features and functions, reproduction.
- Bacteria, Fungi and Viruses (feeding, reproduction)
- Micro-organisms as pathogens
- Micro-organisms as useful organisms
- Saurekraut, Fermentation, Baleage, Yoghurt, Cheese
- Culturing Bacteria on agar plates
- Identifying micro-organism colonies in culture
- Antibiosis and exclusion zones
- Population growth curves for bacteria in ideal conditions
Books
In 2010 students will be issued with the ESA Study Guide 
and will need to purchase the homework book ($15) from the resource center.
Depending upon the topic we are studying we may or may not use the textbook in class. However when it comes to preparing for assessments the textbook is your key resource to make sure you are confident with all the topics studied. The sections in the text will match the classwork and the activities that follow each chapter are useful to check your knowledge. The textbook has suggested answers to the activities in the back of the book please check your knowledge as the year progresses and if you have any questions please speak with your teacher in person or by commenting on this blog.
The homework book contains activities selected to re-enforce our classwork and the expectation is that all students will complete the activities in the homework book as we cover the work in class. Specific homework activities will also be set during the year.
and will need to purchase the homework book ($15) from the resource center.Depending upon the topic we are studying we may or may not use the textbook in class. However when it comes to preparing for assessments the textbook is your key resource to make sure you are confident with all the topics studied. The sections in the text will match the classwork and the activities that follow each chapter are useful to check your knowledge. The textbook has suggested answers to the activities in the back of the book please check your knowledge as the year progresses and if you have any questions please speak with your teacher in person or by commenting on this blog.
The homework book contains activities selected to re-enforce our classwork and the expectation is that all students will complete the activities in the homework book as we cover the work in class. Specific homework activities will also be set during the year.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Year 11 Science 2010
We are trying a new set up for some of our year 11 Science classes. Three classes will be rotating through Biology, Physics and Chemistry with three specialist teachers during the year. I will be taking the Biology section which involves the micro-organisms and the genetics topics.
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