Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Tues-Day 1
Bio 3/6 - we expanded our discussion of living vs. dead vs. non-living by giving examples of non-living things that may have very complex collections of molecules but that are fundamentally not organized in cell units; non-living things cannot independently perform all of the various life functions though non-living things can use energy sources to "function" or "work" i.e. a computer performing a calculation. We discussed the minimum necessary requirements for organisms/living things and saw that it is not SUFFICIENT to have a collection of highly organized molecules to be alive.
We described, gave examples, and discussed the purpose of the various life functions and tried to develop a mnemonic to remember all of them.
We then began to discuss lab safety- please get your lab safety agreements signed by Thursday, thank you.
AP Chem- we mapped out the various forms of matter starting with single pure substances and then mixtures of two or more substances. We gave several examples of each type of matter and drew out their structure, in some cases.
I will post later tonight, on Blackboard, some practice questions for Friday's test and also the answers to the text part of your summer assignment..
We described, gave examples, and discussed the purpose of the various life functions and tried to develop a mnemonic to remember all of them.
We then began to discuss lab safety- please get your lab safety agreements signed by Thursday, thank you.
AP Chem- we mapped out the various forms of matter starting with single pure substances and then mixtures of two or more substances. We gave several examples of each type of matter and drew out their structure, in some cases.
I will post later tonight, on Blackboard, some practice questions for Friday's test and also the answers to the text part of your summer assignment..
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