August 28

In AP Biology, we did some ACT practice and began our notes for Chapter 2 - Basic Chemistry. We will finish these notes up on Monday.

Today's two AP Biology videos of the day are all about water:

 

In physical science, we did the pre-lab from pg. 37, which is all about physical properties of matter. We also began notes on Chapter 2 - Properties of Matter. We talked about viscosity of liquids and watched the following video about the longest running science experiment in the world - some scientists have been watching a container of pitch for nearly 100 years to show that pitch is indeed a liquid.

August 27

In AP Biology, we began working on our semester-long project. The rough outline for your project is due tomorrow.

In physical science, we took notes on the metric system and scientific notation. We also did a lab to determine the thickness of a piece of aluminum foil.

August 26 Recap

Today in AP Biology, we took a pre-test and covered some topics that we should know as the class starts. We also took a few notes on Chapter 1 - see the previous post.

In physical science, we did some ACT practice and took notes on Chapter 1. We talked about the scientific method and the homework assignment was to come up with and design your own experiment.

If you have a few minutes, this is a pretty neat video about the scientific method:

AP Biology Notes - Chapter 1: A View of Life

AP Biology students - the slides for chapter 1 can be found here.

**Please note that we use the book "Biology, 10th edition" (2010) written by Sylvia Mader. However, these notes were adapted from the 8th edition of "Biology" by Campbell and Reece. These lectures were compiled by Chris Romero, Erin Barley and Joan Sharp. The copyright (2008) belongs to  Pearson Education (Pearson Benjamin Cummings). This citation will apply to all of the notes/slides that we will use throughout this course.

Fall 2014 AP Biology and Physical Science Syllabi (that is the plural of syllabus, you know...)

The AP Biology syllabus for the Fall 2014 semester can be found here.

The Physical Science syllabus can be found here.

Parents, I ask that you  review each of these and sign and return the bottom portion of the last page as soon as possible.

AP Biology Schedule - August 25-29

The weekly AP Biology schedule can be found here: August 25 - 29. I will print a class schedule for each week so you are able to plan your week and do homework accordingly.

This week, we will be covering Ch. 1 & 2 in the Mader Biology book. I will upload other assignments as we go along.

Welcome Back!!

Hello, students and parents!

Welcome back to RHS for the 2014-2015 School year. I am moving all of my online activity to this blog site as it is much easier to find and navigate compared to our old school website. 

Here you will be able to find  a schedule of what we do each day. I will try to update the site daily and include any assignments for both AP Biology and Physical Science. I will also include links to any awesome science news I come across and of course our Science Video of the Day. 

Feel free to contact me through this website. You can also email me at bdavis@graham.k12.nc.us or call the school at 828-479-3330. I want to be the most accessible teacher your kids have, so please don't hesitate to contact me if there are any questions or concerns.

Thanks and I'm looking forward to another great year! Go Black Knights!

~Mr. Davis