Regents Biology

Mrs. Kilmartin

September 9-11, 2009

Welcome to Biology!

Wed 9/9 Complete pink parent letter/information sheet, get signed, return

to me by Friday (worth 5 homework points). Please fill out pp 7-8. You and your parent need to sign both sides. You may keep pp 1-6.

Thu 9/10 Define vocab 1-11

Note: You will use both your text glossary and green glossary for most vocab assignments this year. (book)=use text book, (glossary)= use green glossary packet

Signed pink parent information sheet due tomorrow (pp 7-8 only)

Fri 9/11 Over the weekend:

Define vocab 12-24

Complete lab #1 "Observing Living Things" (data chart, all discussion questions)

· We will be going outside to a meadow next week. Wear long pants (jeans/dark color) and sneakers or boots – you may want to bring old shoes and socks to wear for the lab. Your feet may get damp from dew in morning classes. Your group needs 2 large bags to carry specimen (grocery store bags or gallon size zip locks). I will tell you exactly which day.

· Please bring the following supplies to biology everyday:

binder with current notes/assignments/labs

pen and pencil

calculator (for some labs)

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