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I encourage you to use this website to stay up to date with classwork, assignments, and science content. Use the discussion board to post questions and talk with other students about what we are learning in class. I will chime in if there are unanswered questions, but I hope you can really use this space to share ideas with each other.

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===//Congrats seniors! Enjoy your summer. Don't forget to watch [|Gattaca], and email me with updates from college, or any travels and adventures that you partake in during break. Good luck and have fun!//===

[[image:http://www.mariecurie.org/discus/clipart/star.gif width="22" height="22"]]5/10/07

 * Test on Monday. Come to class early if you have last minute questions or review topics. I'll be there at 7:45.
 * There are 100 multiple choice questions on the in-class exam (Not the actual AP test). That leaves you little time for each question. Answer the ones you know first and go back to the others. Use test-taking strategies to help you guess on the tough ones.
 * Eat a good breakfast, try not to stress too much, and come as mentally prepared as possible.
 * **//Post questions to the discussion board!!!//** I will be away this weekend but some of your peers might be able to help. I should be back Sunday night to answer anything last minute.

[[image:http://www.mariecurie.org/discus/clipart/star.gif width="22" height="22"]] 5/8/07

 * Try the multiple choice questions for next time--we'll do a few in class on Thursday.
 * Don't forget: Review sessions in the morning at 7:45 every day this week. Also, Wed. night from 6-8pm.
 * //Tips//: go through the Review Pages your classmates created on this wiki. Some of them are exceptionally good and many point to other online resources that are animation-rich; the animations will implant those key images in your brain.

[[image:http://www.mariecurie.org/discus/clipart/star.gif width="22" height="22"]] 5/7/07

 * I haven't received any of your "What I know, what I don't know..." so the review will be general unless I get some feedback.
 * We will complete Lab 12 in class Tuesday. Exam is next MONDAY.

[[image:http://www.mariecurie.org/discus/clipart/star.gif width="22" height="22"]] 4/30/07

 * Schedule for the rest of the week:
 * Wed: Ch 41 review (Digestion) and 44 (Controlling Internal Environment)
 * Fri: Ch 43 (Immunity) and 45 (Hormone Regulation) see handout for objectives.
 * Friday you will get a prelab for [|Lab 12] (did I already hand this lab out?)
 * //The AP test is coming, the AP test is coming!// We will be working very hard these next two weeks so I will not be checking homework as much, but, you are still responsible for this material. Make an effort to read through the objectives and write down any questions you want to cover in class.
 * Morishita will be holding review sessions soon. I'll post dates and times as soon as I find out.

**//Plagiarism and how to avoid it.//** The Internet is full of lousy pages that are carbon copies of other websites, articles, books, etc. It sometimes takes an awful lot of time to find quality, original content of any use. Let's not contribute to the problem. Please do not copy and paste //any// text onto this website. Use your brain to process information first, then write in your own words. You may not sound as professional and polished as a published writer, but at least you are making more of an effort by creating your own work. Here are some great resources regarding plagiarism that are worth checking out:
 * [|Avoiding plagiarism]: from the OWL at Purdue, this site provides an extensive number of articles about how to write effectively.
 * [|Copyright and Plagiarism Tutorials]: from RIT, here are some interactive exercises that demonstrate the difference between unique and plagiarized writing.
 * [|Plagiarism: What it is, and How to Recognize and Avoid it]: from Indiana University, here are some basic examples of correct and incorrect ways to use other people's ideas.

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