Tuesday August 27th, 2019

 

Bell-ringer/ Essential Question: 

Use this format for your Bell-ringer:

What is the main difference between qualitative and quantitative data? Is it better to be more accurate or more precise? Defend your claim.

Recap:

Wow! Technology is great when it works and when it doesn't what...a pain! So OneNote is a great program and one day I hope to master it because it would really make life easy. However, I can't afford to fall behind so we will have to go with what works. Starting today I will convert all the video clips I use into files you can download to watch. You can then delete them when you are done.

Students should review the lab safety rap video again. Round 2 of the safety test was completed, and I have opened attempt three. Please remember to finish your safety test by Wednesday at midnight.

Review vocabulary. Click this link. Make a copy and save it as Biology (AP or 1) Vocabulary list. Record your words on this for the remainder of the year.

It provided students this brief video clip of how to apply Bayes Rule to scientific decision making. We will have a PowerPoint lesson on this today. Homework is ongoing. Students  need to finish reading the website and taking notes for our discussions through the end of the week.  Probabilistic Fallacies and Bayes Rule.  If you are having difficulty with understanding, Watch this video:

An Introduction to Byes Theorem

 Students were reminded to use the join codes for my class resources.

I provided a background video that explains as review what was learned in Earth Space and Physical science. If you didn't remember this, please review how the Earth formed and how life got started. 

Big Think: Earth and the Early Atmosphere

Agenda:

Bell-ringer/ Essential question (Use proper format and ticket out the door)
Fortune Telling Fish lab (10 minutes only!) Place completed lab in your folder with all participants names on it. 

Bayes Rule Power point

Class join codes

Biology 1:

HMH Biology Textbook Chapter 1- Read Chapter 1 and take notes on your assigned section to share tomorrow

Fortune Telling fish inquiry

Homework: 

Homework: Read Chapter 1

Long Range Projects:

Science Fair research topic selection 

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AP Biology:

Join Codes: Use your first initial and last name in ALL usernames

Fortune Telling fish inquiry

Textbook link (This is the full book and may have to be downloaded on a home computer. File is 193 mb)

AP Biology Chapter 1

Why Statistics in Biology? First read, mark up.The Chi Square Test Lab- First read, mark up 

Watch this video clip through 5:33 only

Bozeman Science Statistics in Science

probabilistic fallacy and how does recognizing it, help me clarify evidence? (ongoing)

Long Range Projects:

Science Fair research topic selection

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Electronic Resources: FREE resources to help YOU!

KAMI PDF editor and markup tool- A free Chrome tool and extension that allows you to mark on and edit PDF's.

PDFSam (Basic)- take those large files and split them into manageable parts!

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