E-portfolio Daily Logs Sept. 3rd 2013 -Introduction to course (course outline, expectations) -Gr.

10 review package -I understand Sept. 4th 2013 -Introduction to Bio-animation and E-portfolio -I understand Sept. 5th 2013 -Practise lab to review compound microscope parts and microscope drawings -I understand Sept. 6th 2013 -Learned how to calculate field of view, DM, and specimen size -I understand Sept. 9th 2013 -Reviewed full lab report formatting -I understand Sept. 10th 2013 -Nature of Science; law vs. scientific theory, what is science?, observations and hypothese -I understand Sept. 11th 2013 -Research period for Human Uses of Plants project -I understand Sept. 12th 2013 -Quiz; Microscope, Nature of Science and Lab format -I understand Sept. 13th 2013 -In-class Assignment concept map; Taxonomy article -I understand Sept. 16th 2013 -Classification; Taxonomy, naming, kingdoms and taxa -Dichotomous key activity -I understand Sept. 17th 2013 -Walk in Nature, collecting leaves for leaf Dichotomous key -I understand

Sept. 18th 2013 -Prokaryotes; Archaebacteria and Eubacteria; species, Domains -I understand Sept. 19th 2013 -Calculating Bacteria Population; Reproduction, Binary Fission -I understand Sept. 20th 2013 -Quiz: Prokaryotes, bacteria classification, characteristics of life, Microscope -I understand Sept. 23rd 2013 -In-class Assignment; shark Dichotomous Key -I understand Sept. 24th 2013 -Research period for Human Uses of Plants -I understand Sept. 25th 2013 -Viruses and Infectious Particles; Bacteriophage, structure and infection cycle -I understand Sept. 26th 2013 -Prions -I understand Sept. 27th 2013 -Human Uses of Plants Presentations -I understand Sept. 30th 2013 -Human Uses of Plants Presentations -I understand October 1st 2013 -Quiz; Bacteria, Viruses, Microscope -I understand October 3rd 2013 -Eukaryote; Protists; origin of Eukaryotes, animal-like, fungi0like, and plant-like -I understand October 4th 2013 -Eukaryote: Plant; structures, nutrition types, replication -I understand

October 7th 2013 -Eukaryote: Plant; algae, generation alternation, adaptation of Plants -I understand October 8th 2013 -Eukaryote: Plant; Pteridophytes, bryophytes, flowers, gymnosperm, angiosperm, monocots and dicots, seeds -I understand October 9th 2013 -Eukaryote: Animalia; origin of animalia, classification of animals -I understand October 10th 2013 -Trip to the zoo -I understand October 15th 2013 -Gattaca; movie on society so dependent on genes -I understand October 16th 2013 -Class in lab; e-portfolio and endangered species project -I understand October 17th 2013 -Finished Gattaca, Review on grade 10 Genetics, DNA structures -I understand October 18th 2013 -Quiz on Eukaryotes (Protist, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia) -I understand October 21st 2013 -Genetics; genotype, phenotype, cell division, mitosis and mitosis gone wrong -I understand October 22nd 2013 -Cell Cycle Checkpoints and Applications of Mitosis; Cloning -I understand October 23rd 2013 -Meiosis; chromatics, homologous chromatids and chromosomes, band patterns -I understand

October 24th 2013 -Quiz on mitosis review -I understand October 25th 2013 -Meiosis; how genes are given to baby (from mom and dad) -I understand October 28th 2013 -When Meiosis goes Awry; down syndrome, non-disjunction, sex chromosome abnormalities -I understand October 29th 2013 -Mechanism of Inheritance; dominant and recessive traits, Punnett Square -I understand October 30th 2013 -Quiz on Meiosis, Genetics Probability Exercise -I understand October 31st 2013 -Work Period; Baby Face lab, Genetic Probability Exercises -I understand November 1st 2013 -Incomplete Inheritance; when the heterozygous genotype has its own phenotype due to equally strong alleles -I understand November 4th 2013 -Quiz; crosses (Punnett Square) -Co-dominance inheritance (lesson); patchy phenotypes -I understand November 5th 2013 -Patterns of Inheritance; multiple allele genes, blood types, and blood transfusions -I understand November 6th 2013 -Work-period on Genetics summative in the lab November 7th 2013 -Pedigrees; symbols, drawing pedigrees, mapping out mutations -I understand

November 8th 2013 -Quiz; Co-dominance, pedigrees and incomplete inheritance -sex-linked inheritance (on X or Y chromosome) -I understand November 11th 2013 -Sex-linked Inheritance; autosomal vs. sex chromosomes, colour-blindness, dihybrids -I understand November 12th 2013 -Absent! November 13th 2013 -Quiz: Dihybrids -review game for unit quest -I understand November 14th 2013 -Movie Rise of the Planet Apes November 15th 2013 -Movie- Rise of the Planet Apes November 18th 2013 -Work Period for Genetics Summative -Introduction to Evolution; Micro to Macro Evolution (small genetics changes vs. large changes resulting in a new species) -I understand November 19th 2013 -Genetics Unit Quest November 20th 2013 -Class in the lab- work period for E-portfolio November 21st 2013 -Work period for genetics summative November 22nd 2013 -Natural vs. Artificial Mechanisms; compared various vegetables which come from the wild mustard plant, selection (random vs. directive) -I understand November 25th 2013 -Artificial Processes; Natural vs. Artificial Mechanisms (differences and similarities) -Types of Changes; Changes during a lifetime vs. Changes during generations -I understand

November 26th 2013 -Constructing a Cladogram; cladistics classification, out groups, sister groups, shared traits, symplesiomorphy, synapomorphy -I understand November 27th 2013 -Constructed a large cladogram -Mechanisms of Evolution -Whoolyboogers activity -I understand November 28th 2013 -continued Whoolyboogers activity (learning how to survive, learning which traits may be more favourable for a certain environment) -I understand November 29th 2013 -In class Assignment; voyage of Charles Darwin -I understand December 2nd 2013 -Natural Selection; sexual selection, microevolution and macroevolution, sympatric speciation and allopatric speciation -I understand December 3rd 2013 -Evidence of Evolution; Fossil records, geographic distribution, comparative anatomy, molecular biology -I understand December 4th 2013 -Work period for E-portfolio December 5th 2013 -Quiz; cladograms, introduction to evolution -Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium; use the equation to determine whether or not evolution occurred within a gene pool -I understand December 6th 2013 -Work period to work on Comparative Structural Lab December 9th 2013 -Work period to work to Galapagos Boobies Assignment (comparing molecular biology for the 4 birds) -I understand December 10th 2013 -Work period to work on comparative structural lab

December 11th 2013 -Work period to work on Galapagos Boobies Summative December 12th 2013 -Other Form of Evolution; types of selection, evolution without selection, speed of speciation, aspect of evolution, Human Evolution -I understand December 13th 2013 -Review for Quest December 16th 2013 -Review for Quest December 17th 2013 -Evolution unit quest December 18th 2013 -Lung lab; lung capacities, inhaling and exhaling, emphysema December 19th 2013 -Cow heart dissection January 6th 2014 -Worksheets on the digestive system; parts of the system, function of the organs -I understand January 7th 2014 -Lesson on Respiratory system; process of respiratory system, ventilation, external respiration, circulation, and internal respiration -I understand January 8th 2014 -Quiz on Digestive and Respiratory system January 9th 2104 -Pig dissection; viewed the internal organs, and layout of them January 10th 2014 -Presentation on Cardiovascular system; taught the class about the various components of the system, and their functions, as well as how to check if the parts of your system are working efficiently January 13th 2014 -Work period on the e-portfolio January 14th 2014 -Work period on the e-portfolio

January 15th 2014 -Work period on the e-portfolio January 16th 2014 -exam review