Biology

Fetal Development: For each assigned time period, include the following information and publish it on the class wiki:

1. photograph(s)
2. approximate size
3. major organs &/or developing structures
4. at least 5 other pieces of information

Weeks/months of pregnancy: 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, 1 month, 6 weeks, 2 months, 10 weeks, 3 months, 14 weeks, 4 months, 18 weeks, 5 months, 22 weeks, 6 months, 26 weeks, 7 months, 30 weeks, 8 months, 34 weeks, 9 months

Be sure to include you name on the wiki page

Due Date: Wed. Feb. 14

Biology

Development Project: You will be assigned one of the topics below and are required to research and report your findings to the class. Your final product is up to you, however whatever you choose, you still must teach the class. Possible products include, but are not limited to: movie, webpage, brochure, poster, book of cartoons, children's book, etc. A rubric will be provided for grading purposes. The instructor is NOT telling you what you MUST include but rather YOU are responsible for determining the most important information. I am setting the standards very high and am expecting high-level products; set your own standards high and be proud of completing an upper-level product!

1. Tubal ligation & vasectomy
2. Reproductive technologies
3. Ultrasound
4. Substance abuse during pregnancy
5. Career: Genetic counselor
6. Placenta/umbilical cord
7. Amniocentesis
8. Infertility (male & female,causes & treatments)
9. Zero Population Growth (ZPG, countries & measures)
10. Twins/multiple births (fraternal, identical, conjoined, etc.)
11. Premature births
12. Kleinfelter syndrome
13. Gardasil, cervical-cancer, 6th-grader, and Texas
14. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
15. Androgens
16. "Inside the Womb" article from TIME
17. Birth defects associated with premature births
18. Diseases passed onto offspring (including HIV)
19. Fetal surgery (ex.: for spina bifida)
20. Birth
21. Your choice

Due Date: Wednesday Feb. 28th

Biology Homework

Homework due Tuesday, January 30th: In black review book, read pages 119-122 and answer questions 1-20 Part A-Multiple choice. For each question, write down the full question AND the full correct answer (not just the number). In the left hand column, write down the correct answer number. Feel free to email me your assignment at: pcerny@nwcsd.org

Biology: MIDTERM!

You will have a midterm next Thursday and Friday (Jan. 18 & 19). The information covered will be that from Theme II and Theme III in your review book. Topics that will be stressed are as follows: organic molecules (carbs, lipids, proteins), levels of organization, cell membrane (including movement in and out), enzymes, cell organelles, photosynthesis, cellular respiration, homeostasis, disease, basics of: nutrition, gas exchange, transport,excretion, regulation, immunity, locomotion/support.

Exercise Physiology

You will have Monday in class to place the information from your study into a PowerPoint Presentation. Presentations will begin Tuesday. The PowerPoint must follow the following format:

1. Title: of study, author(s), institution, presenters name
2. Background: "teach" audience about VO2/max, simplify it
3. Methods: procedure, # subjects, testing methods/materials, etc.
4. Results: graph (you may have to make one), data tables, p-values, significance?
5. Discussion: discuss what the results mean to the average athlete/trainer, answer: who cares?
6. Critique: where are the "holes," problems, what are your questions
7. References: include full reference of where study came from, volume #, pages, etc.