Daily+Openers

DAILY OPENERS **This page contains daily opening activities that I use in my Honors Biology classes.**

I have the opening activity on the screen when the students arrive to class. They have a section in their notebooks where I expect them to do the opening problems as I walk around to check their homework and take attendance.

As incentive to do the openers, I will: randomly collect the openers for a classwork grade, put the opening question on a test or quiz, and remind them that these questions help prepare them for CAPT (which is a graduation requirement at BHS).

We then go over the opener and the homework. Generally, the entire process take about 15 minutes.


 * **The files are all PPT and are already formatted to allow for approximately 5 minutes to complete the problem.**
 * **Most questions are CAPT released items, although some are specific to units that we cover at BHS. As often as possible, I have also tried to include an answer slide at the end.**
 * **The files are names according to the strand and topic they cover. For example:** **"V-Monohybrid Opener", would correlate to "Strand V: Genetics, Evolution, & Biodiversity" of our state standards and would be a monohybrid cross problem.**
 * **As I create additional openers for each strand, I will post them on this site. Enjoy!**