|
Date of Activity |
Due Date |
Assignment |
| 1/8 |
|
went over syllabus, expectations, and safety; passed out One
Day Extension; read safety contract; received biology books and
completed usage agreement form |
| |
1/14 |
3-Ring Binder - preferably 1 1/2" rings; book cover |
| |
1/8 |
Student Information Sheet |
| |
1/11 |
Safety Test - must pass in order to participate in
experiments |
| |
1/14 |
Signed Safety Contract - student and parent/guardian
signature required |
| |
1/9 |
4th block - p. 7 #1-6 written in complete sentences |
| 1/9 |
|
Took notes over chapter 1 -
student notes,
PowerPoint,
previewed biology book, reviewed safety; started lab -
Conducting Experiments - Aspirin Lab |
| 1/10 |
1/14 |
Quiz - Intro to Biology; took notes; completed the Concept
Circle describing the relationship between fact, hypothesis,
theory, and law; assigned
Ch. 1
Vocabulary |
| 1/11 |
1/15 |
Safety Test; took notes; assigned Review
1-1, 1-2 |
| 1/14 |
|
Due today - 3- ring binder, book cover, signed safety
contract; went over Safety Test; finished Designing Experiments
- Aspirin lab; took quiz; organized binders |
| 1/15 |
|
Ch. 1 notes over Characteristics of Organisms; Watched "The
Human Body" video - related it to characteristics notes |
| 1/16 |
1/18 |
Quiz over notes; finished notes on Characteristics of
Organisms; started What is Alive lab |
| 1/17 |
1/18 |
reviewed; took notes; finished What is Alive lab; Assigned
Review 1-3,
1-4 |
| 1/18 |
|
finished Ch. 1 notes;
Understanding Variables worksheet - started; reviewed |
| 1/22 |
1/23 |
Enzymatic Browning lab |
| 1/23 |
1/24 |
review; Quiz over Energy and Organisms; Ch. 1 Crossword |
| 1/24 |
|
Snow Day |
| 1/25 |
|
review for test; grade crossword; go over Understanding
Variables; start Oxidative Rancidity
lab |
| 1/28 |
|
review; work on Oxidative Rancidity lab |
| 1/29 |
1/30 |
Ch. 1 Test; Preview Ch. 2; 2nd block - Atomic Structure
worksheet; 4th block - Dr. Watson worksheet |
| 1/30 |
|
2nd block - Oxidative Rancidity Lab (follow rubric); Atom
Video (and worksheet); Energy Levels worksheet (received and
briefly went over) |
| 1/30 |
|
4th block - worked on Oxidative Rancidity lab the whole
block |
| 1/31 |
|
2nd block - White Board Review; Periodic Table Revisions;
Matter Notes; Electron Dot Diagram wks (due tomorrow if not
completed in class); Elementary My Dear Watson |
| 1/31 |
|
4th block - watched The Atom video and discussed; worked on
Oxidative Rancidity lab; worked on Dr. Watson; passed out grade
sheets |
| 2/1 |
|
No School - Snow Day |
| 2/4 |
|
No School - Snow Day |
| 2/5 |
|
2nd block - Chip lab observations; Notes; Bonding lab (cut
out pieces and start) |
| 2/5 |
2/6 |
4th block - Balancing Chemical Equations; review; work on
Dr. Watson; Atomic Structure worksheet; took potato chip
observations |
| 2/6 |
|
2nd block - Edit Notes; Grade Watson Worksheet; Bonding Lab;
Open Note Quiz |
| 2/6 |
2/7 & 2/8 |
4th block - went over Atomic Structure; Balancing Equations
#1 - due Th; Balancing Equations #2 - extra credit - due Fri;
start cutting out bonding models |
| 2/7 |
|
2nd block - flower activity/wks (finish and turn in
tomorrow); Naming Compounds worksheets (2) - due Fri.; Notes |
| 2/7 |
2/8 |
4th block - go over Balancing #1; Chemical Bonding activity
and naming; quiz over intro to chemistry |
| 2/8 |
|
2nd block - Flower Lab-finish questions; Finish Naming
worksheets; Balancing Equations worksheet (due Mon.) |
| 2/8 |
2/15 |
4th block - went over Ch. 1 test; Chemical bonding activity
due; balancing equations extra credit due; took oxidative
rancidity observations; gave out naming extra credit - due next
Fri. |
| 2/11 |
|
Receive Equipment Form; Do Enzyme Lab |
| 2/12 |
|
Took Quiz (2nd block); Took notes (4th block); Chip
Observations; pH lab; Review 2-4 wks (due Wed); |
| 2/13 |
|
computers - work on Oxidative Rancidity lab |
| 2/14 |
|
computers - work on Oxidative Rancidity lab; Review wks 2-3 |
| 2/15 |
|
Oxidative Rancidity lab due; Carbohydrate Lab Part 1 |
| 2/18 |
|
No School - President's Day |
| 2/19 |
|
Carbohydrate Lab Part 2 |
| 2/20 |
|
Finish Carbohydrate Lab; Notes (2nd-Carbon Compounds, 4th -
Properties of water); Protein Lab Part I |
| 2/21 |
|
Received Test Review; Protein Lab Part II; Review
Carbohydrate lab (and turn in); Crossword Puzzle due today (4th
block) |
| 2/22 |
|
Quiz #2; Lipid Lab Part One; Crossword puzzle due Monday
(2nd block) |
| 2/25 |
|
Test Review; complete lipid lab |
| 2/26 |
|
Chemistry Test!!!, Review wks 4.1 (due Th.) |
| 2/27 |
|
Population Notes; Deer Population wks; Rev. 5.1-5.2 (due
Fri.) |
| 2/28 |
|
Humans & The Ecosystem notes; Oil Spill Lab; Rev. wks 3.2
(due next Mon) |
| 2/29 |
|
Population Density Questions; Notes; An Inconvenient Truth
movie |
| 3/3 |
|
Finish Notes; Ecology Activity (due Fri.) |
| 3/4 |
|
Complete missing assignments |
| 3/5 |
|
Ecology Activity; Matter Cycle Notes; Chapt. 3 rev. wks E.C.
(due Fri) |
| 3/6 |
|
Open Note Quiz; Ecology and Climate Notes; Biome Notes
research & Notes |
| 3/7 |
|
Went over Unit I Test; Reviewed Ecology using clickers |
| 3/10 |
|
Rev. 3.1 wks (due Wednesday); Bingo |
| 3/11 |
|
Ecology Unit Test ; Rev 7.1-7.2 (due Th) |
| 3/12 |
|
Cell Pre- Test; Cells/Transport Notes; Egg Lab day 1;
Crossword (due Mon) |
| 3/13 |
|
Eukaryotic Cells Notes; Organelle picture/description; Egg
lab day 2; went over test |
| 3/14 |
|
Diffusion lab (due Tues); Creative Project (due Tues); Cell
specialization ( due Mon);
p. 197 1-10 (due Monday) |
| 3/17 |
|
organelle 'quiz'; microscope lab (due today); lego cell |
| 3/18 |
|
wks p.88-86 practice for test; clickers (review) |
| 3/19 |
|
Ch. 7 TEST; Rev. 8.1 (due today) |
| 3/20 |
|
video; photosynthesis notes; chapter eight 1-10 |
| 3/21 |
|
Spring Break - Remember - Extra Credit and Test Reviews are
on the Biology Home Page |
| 3/31 |
|
Go over test; Cellular Respiration Notes; Concept Circle;
Label Mitosis Stages |
| 4/1 |
|
Mitosis/Meiosis Manipulative; Mitosis/Meiosis Notes; Chapter
10 vocab wks (due Thurs.) |
| 4/2 |
|
Quiz; Microscopes lab 1(due in class); chapter 10.2 wks (due
Fri) |
| 4/3 |
|
Microscope lab (due Fri.) |
| 4/5 |
|
Multicultural lesson (complete next Mon. and turn in) |
| 4/7 |
|
Mitosis Flip Book; Cell Regulation Notes; write paragraph
(due tomorrow) |
| 4/8 |
|
Mitosis Flip Book; 10.1 & 10.3 (due tomorrow) |
| 4/9 |
|
2nd block - Quiz; DNA extraction lab (p. 252 1-4; p 257 1-10
due at end of block) |
| 4/10 |
|
review games |
| 4/11 |
|
TEST!!!; chapter 11.1 |
| 4/14 |
4/14 |
go over test; read ch. 11; chapter 11 vocabulary wks; Mendel's
scientific processes |
| 4/15 |
|
took notes over genetics -
PowerPoint,
student notes |
| 4/16 |
4/16, 4/17 |
notes; Review #1 - due today; pop quiz over yesterday's
notes; Human Characteristics - due Th |
| 4/17 |
4/18 |
Genetics Quiz #1; notes on incomplete dominance and
codominance -
student notes,
PowerPoint; Determining Genotypes from Phenotypes |
| 4/18 |
4/21 |
Genetics Quiz #2; reviewed; went over Genetics Quiz #1;
notes on dihybrid crosses; Review #4 |
| 4/21 |
4/22, 4/25, 5/14 |
reviewed; went over Human Characteristics, Quiz #2, Review
#4, and Determining Genotypes; Trihybrid EC - due Fri; Pedigree
Studies - due Tue; Family Pedigree EC - due 5/14 |
| 4/22 |
5/6 |
start
genetics research project |
| 4/23 |
|
Quiz - dihybrid crosses; work on genetics research project |
| 4/24 |
|
work on genetics research project - today is the last day to
use laptops in class |
| 4/25 |
4/28 |
reviewed; Multiple Alleles |
| 4/28 |
4/29 |
went over Pedigree Studies; went over Multiple Alleles
worksheet; Sex-Linked Traits |
| 4/29 |
5/1 |
Genetic Variation in Corn Lab; went over Sex-Linked Traits;
worked on Ch. 12 Review |
| 4/30 |
5/1 |
Finish Genetic Variation in Corn lab; Worked on Ch. 12
Review; Built DNA models |
| 5/1 |
5/1 and 5/5 |
Notes; Polygenic Traits lab (due today) |
| 5/2 |
|
Quiz - Multiple Alleles, Sex-Linked Traits, Pedigrees; DNA
and RNA worksheet |
| 5/5 |
5/6 |
Finish DNA and RNA worksheet; went over Friday's quiz;
discussed how DNA code works; Protein Synthesis worksheet |
| 5/6 |
|
Genetics Research Project due; notes on Genetic Mutations |
| 5/7 |
|
Genetics Research Project presentations; went over Genetic
Mutations worksheet |
| 5/8 |
|
Genetics Research Project presentations; worked on genetics
unit review; went over DNA and RNA worksheet |
| 5/9 |
|
watched video on Designer Babies and discussed issues |
| 5/12 |
5/14 |
reviewed for test and went over past assignments; Ch. 13
(last page of packet required) & 14 (last two pages of packet
required) Reviews - rest is extra credit |
| 5/13 |
|
reviewed for test |
| 5/14 |
|
Genetics Unit Test - cumulative for the whole semester; Family Pedigree Extra Credit due;
Preview Ch. 15, 16, 17, 18 |
| 5/15 |
5/20 |
notes on evolution; Ch. 15 Review; started watching Darwin's
Dangerous Idea |
| 5/16 |
|
Predator/Prey Lab; work on Ch. 15 Review |
| 5/19 |
5/20 |
studied for final exam by taking on-line test review; took
notes; Biochemical Evidence for Evolution |
| 5/20 |
|
finished notes on Evolution |
| 5/21 |
5/27 |
used laptops to work on Biodiversity Project |
| 5/22 |
|
candy classification and discussion; watched more of
Darwin's Dangerous Idea video |
| 5/23 |
|
last day to turn in late work and extra credit; worked on
Biodiversity Project |
| 5/27 |
|
Review for Final; Biodiversity Project presentations |
| 5/28 |
|
Review for Final; notes on classification; watch Evolution
video |
| 5/29 |
|
FINAL EXAM |
