May 5, 2014 AIM: What are enzymes? Class days til the Regents exam: 29 Homework: Finish today's classwork packet if you did not complete it. [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1-ENZYMES-REVIEW-.pptx"] [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1-ENZYMES-REVIEW-NOTES.docx"] [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1-ENZYMES-PRACTICE-WORK-final.docx"] … [Read more...]
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Webquest – 5/5/14
Aim: What goes into designing a product? Do Now: If you could create a product to sell, what would you create and why? Step 1: It's About Design Inventors spend many hours designing and creating new items or making innovative improvements to the design of items. In order to protect their ideas or "intellectual property" they may apply for a patent. The U.S. Patent Office has been granting inventors of ideas, devices, designs and processes an award called a patent. A patent will protect the inventor from anyone being able to make, sell or take their original ideas for 20 years. The protection guaranteed by the patent is included in the Constitution of the United States (Article 1, Section 8) and has been in place over 200 years. … [Read more...]
Reading Passages SAT Video
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Single Blank Completions SAT Video
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Food in Puerto Rico
Aim: What do we need to know about Puerto Rican cuisine? Activity: Read the attached article about food in Puerto Rico, and answer the 10 questions on the second attachment. Due: Friday (05/02/2014) [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Food-in-Puerto-Rico-text.docx"] [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Food-in-Puerto-Rico-questions.docx"] … [Read more...]
Final Exam Part 1
AIM: Final Exam If you are absent from class, you must see me immediately for a makeup. Tomorrow will be PART TWO short response questions. For tomorrow's exam.... You must be able to analyze a situation where humans are causing harm, and come up with a solution to the problem Look at the COSTS and BENEFITS of humans choices. How does this help us? How does this hurt the environment? Describe how human activity can affect biodiversity Read about renewable sources of energy Look at the COSTS and BENEFITS of drilling for oil Look at biotic and abiotic factors Decide how removing a certain species from a food web will affect other organisms Look at connections in a food web Talk about how nature cycles carbon … [Read more...]
Algebra [8]: notes and videos
See Ms. Jufer's page: 4/28/14 post for the videos on exponential decay and growth. Click here for the notes on percents. We will be working on sales tax and discounts next. … [Read more...]
30 April 2014 – Aim and Assignments
Aim: How did African nations gain their independence? - Study Notes/Regents Review Packet - AP – chapter 8 due 05/02 Regents Prep Schedule Monday – 8th and 9th period Tuesday – 4th period Wednesday – 8th and 9th period Thursday – 8th period Friday – 4th period – 9th period in room 328 with Mr. Bruno Regents Prep Resources Crash Course – http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9 Regents Prep Global History – http://regentsprep.org/Regents/global/global.cfm List of Films on Global History Topics Iranian Revolution - Persepolis - Argo Yugoslavia - Once Brothers Soviet Union - The Other Dream Team Cuban Revolution - Che India - Gandhi - Slumdog Millionaire (good depiction of the major issues … [Read more...]
FINAL EXAM Review
AIM: FINAL EXAM REVIEW HOMEWORK: STUDY Today we are studying all of the ecology topics that we have covered. Remember that ecology is the most important topic for the Regents examination. Your exam will be TWO DAYS. Thursday will be multiple choice Regents questions, Friday will be short answer Regents questions. Ms. Taylor is available to tutor today (Wednesday) after school as late as you want, and tomorrow morning for a last minute cram/quiz session at 7:45am. [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/EXAM-Review-ecology.docx"] [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/EXAM-review-guide-questions.docx"] … [Read more...]
Literary Element of Theme Video
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