Biology

Dear Parents and students, Finals are coming.  Finals are coming.  Yes, but so is a two week break!  I always wonder why we give students the most difficult test of the year right before they [...]

Dear Parents and students, We have been studying evolution and will will continue this in the next two weeks.  We are going to study the various forces of evolution including population genetics [...]

Dear Parents and students, We have been studying the geologic time scale, fossils and the beginning stages of life.  There are so many interesting creatures that have lived on the planet! I just [...]

Dear Parents and students, Just in case you missed it last week, It is time to start thinking and working on the Science Fair and STEM Festival. Each year students produce projects that are [...]

Dear Parents and students, It is time to start thinking and working on the Science Fair and STEM Festival. Each year students produce projects that are highly creative and well thought out. The [...]

Dear Parents and students, Recently someone lost their life as a result of CRISPR technology that allows additions to the genetic code of an organism or individual.  Making changes to our genes [...]

Dear Parents and students, We are back in the thick of it.  The students are now comfortable in class, but this is usually the time when they start to feel like slacking a bit on their academic [...]

Dear Parents and students, There was a lot going on this past week with homecoming.  70’s, 80’s, and 90’s days reminded us all of the past. The coolest part may have been the [...]

Dear Parents and students, Can you believe Q1 is almost over? It has gone by so fast!   We finished our karyotyping lab this week and had several surprises!  Minor changes in the chromosomes can [...]

Dear Parents and students, We explored fermentation and anaerobic respiration this week. It was a little stinky in the classroom as we waited for our yeast to run out of oxygen so they could [...]