New Paltz High School

Biology     Room 131 Blocks 1A, 3B 

If you have any questions about the assignments during the time that classes are suspended please email: 

Mr. Tracy jtracy@newpaltz.k12.ny.us or Mrs. Hoyt dhoyt@newpaltz.k12.ny.us 

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Assignments:  Make a folder and save all the vocabulary, worksheets and diagrams you complete while at home. You will receive credit for all your work when we return to school.

Week of March 16th through March 20th

Read Chapters 9 and 10 on the Circulatory System and Blood. 

You should download and complete the worksheets list below for these chapters. The is also a lab activity for the Circulatory System that you can complete at home. The list of vocabulary for the two chapters should be defined as usual.  

Week of March 23rd through April 3rd

Take Quizzes on Chapters 8, 9 & 10 on Castle Learning. The quizzes will be available from Wednesday, March 25th through Friday April 3rd. Give them a try and see how you do.  The grade is not important, it is just a way for me to get some feedback on how you are progressing through the material.

One is a vocabulary quiz for Chapter 9 & 10. You should have already downloaded and defined the list of vocabulary words given for Chapters 9 & 10. Use that list when taking the vocabulary quiz and make sure the spelling of your answer is exactly as on the list. You won't get credit if the term is misspelled. 

The second one is a 30 question multiple choice quiz covering Chapters 8, 9 & 10.

To Log on to Castle Learning

Castle Learning is experiencing some problems due to the high volume of traffic on their website. They are working on it and suggest logging on before 11 AM or after 4 PM. 

To log on to Castle Learning, your User Id is npz- followed by your first initial and last name

Ex: npz-jtracy

If you already have a password use it. If not, leave it blank and you'll be asked to make one. If you can't remember your password or if doesn't work, contact me and I will reset it.

To log on to Castle Learning: Click Here 

Week of April 5th through April 11th

The next Chapters to be covered are Chapters 11, 12 & 13. The handouts for these chapters are listed below. Read these chapters in the textbook and complete the worksheets and diagrams. There is no vocabulary due for these chapters. Save these worksheets in your folder for this class.

Week of April 13th through April 17th

The final chapters in Anatomy and Physiology are Chapetrs 14, 15 & 16.  These cover the  Nervous and Endocrine Systems. Once again it important to have an appreciation for the structures and purpose of these systems without having understand of the entire process in detail. Read over these chapters and complete the handouts listed below. Use can show watch the narrated powerpoint for more imformation.  There is also a practice quiz with the answer to  review before the quiz.

The week of April 20th there will be a short multiple choice quiz posted on Castle Learning covering chapters 11 - 16.  It sounds like a lot of material but there will only be a few simple questions from each chapter. You can use all the handouts you have completed on this quiz.

Take Quiz on Chapters 11-16 on Castle Learning Now

Coming Up - Genetics !