23 MAY 2024 GRADE 12 BIOLOGY. Word of the day: Autotroph (sorry about the ads, but a really good web resources regardless)
Announcements:
- WARNING! No Class this Friday (tomorrow) AGAIN!!! TV Crew filming! Further,… the Thursday class today will be compressed into the AM. So, the AM class til 10:15, the PM class 10:30 to 12:00.
- Quiz. The Regular Weekly Quiz (on Unit D) was issued yesterday for take-home; due Monday
10:0013:00 at the latest, late penalty applies! - Weekly Issue of Progress report was yesterday. Hopefully students have done the statistical calculation, if their present mark is 40% or less they will need 80% or more on the final exam. Or at least 70% on the final with a perfect cheat sheet! Do the math! A bunch of really late asignments will not help hardly any!
- nly five more full days of lessons, two days review and then Exam Thursday 6 June at 09:00 AM
Today’s Lesson (compressed class)
- Discuss Completed Phylogenetic Tree Project
- Read, study Section 3.3 Energy flow in Ecosystems
- Lesson Support Videos: 3.3 Energy Flow in an Ecosystem (my selection of appropriate videos for us)
- Measuring Energy. What is a calorie? Or a KCal? or a Joule.
Useful Resources
- Unit E Review Workbook
- MrD Bio Teacher Movies: Chapter 3 Biosphere; and Chapter 4 Ecosystems
- Crash Course Biology: Ecology Video Playlist
- Unit D Classification of Biodiversity Study Guide to focus thoughts.
- Daily Lessons Shared Folder
- Study Notes [Cheat Sheet] Preparation and Marking Guide. An up to an EXTRA 5%, submitted with final exam.
- A small selection of former Grade 12 Biology Quiz Debrief Videos.
- Grade 12 Biology Glossary. Issued on Day One, students should flip through it regularly, ‘knowing the meaning of words is the beginning of wisdom‘.