I’ve been considering a shift to a different blog/discussion board lately. I think that using Edublogs last year for our brain warmer was fairly successful, but not without several glaring issues.

Most of you at some point experienced the posting errors because edublogs thought all of your comments were coming from the same IP address and as a result lost your comments. I’ve been looking at Edmodo for a wiki/blog type setup. Stay tuned….

Question: Name one subject on your EOC that you were unprepared for.

Question: Describe the process of photosynthesis in as much detail as you can remember?

Question: What is a pacemaker? How does it work?

Question: Name all of the organelles that you would find in a plant cell, but not in an animal cell

Calculate molarity if you added 15 g of HI to a total volume of 300 mL of solution.

Calculate molality if you added 23 g of HF to 300 g of water.

Question: What is the difference between a vertebrate, an invertebrate, and a chordate?

Question: Where do you find most benthos organisms and their habitats? How are nekton habitats different?

Assignment for today: choose any 1 nekton and 1 benthos organism. Students can then use their laptops to write about how their organism does the following: Feeding and digestion, circulation, respriation, excretion, response/nervous system, movement, reproduction. Write this information in your notes so that I can check it the following day.

Question: How would you create a NaCl solution that has a concentration of 1.5-M?

Assignment for today: log into study island and complete their assignment. They can play games, but they must finish their assignment today. When students log onto study island, they must go to their student page to get their chemistry assignment.

Question: When people donate blood, they are told to drink plenty of fluids after donation and abstain from exercise. How long does it take to replace blood volume? How long does it take to get each component of blood back to pre-donation levels?

Assignment for today: create a pamphlet that describes in both pictures and words the process of hemostasis and coagulation – section 12-4 in your text. The target audience is pre-med students (so keep it technical). They can use their text to do this assignment. Due tomorrow.