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A DAY CLASSES B DAY CLASS ACTIVITIES HOMEWORK
8/16 8/17 Ice Breaker

Syllabus

Parent Letter

Book Receipt

Notebook and Spiral

8/18 8/21 Epidemiology Ice Breaker Parent Letter

Book Receipt

Notebook and Spiral

8/22 8/23 Spiral Notebook Check

Observation vs. Inference

Characteristics of Life

Finish characteristics of life wheel
8/24 8/28 Experimental Design Scientific Method w/s
8/29 8/30 Vocab Journals

Cricket Lab

Study for Vocab Quiz
8/31 9/1 Vocab Quiz

Finish Cricket Lab

Daphnia Data Lab
9/5 9/6 Chemistry Webquest Chem Review w/s

Click here for link to help!

Get Progress Report Signed

 

9/7 9/8 Chem Review

Mickey Mouse Lab

Food Diary - keep track of what you ate for 2 COMPLETE days and how many servings!
9/11 9/12 Water Video

Food Diary Analysis

none
9/13 9/14 Carbohydrates finish carb lab
9/15 9/18 Fats

Fast Food Analysis

none
9/19 xx Review

Writing Prompt

Study
9/21 9/22 Quiz: Chem Review, Water, Carbs, Fats

Proteins

 
9/25 9/26 Catalyst Lab Enzyme "pre-test"
9/27 9/28 Enzyme Activity

Enzyme Notes

 
10/2 10/3 Review - organize notebooks organize notebook!

study!

10/4 10/5 Biochemistry Test

Notebook Check

cell word search
10/6 10/9 Microscope Lab study for chemistry basics + water test
10/10 10/11 Chem basics + water (re)test!!!

Cell Webquest

 
10/12 10/13 Carbs/Fats/Proteins (re)test!!!

Cell Video

cell w/s
10/16 10/17 Finish Cell Webquest

Study for enzyme re-test

study for enzyme re-test
10/18 10/23 Enzyme (re)test!!!

Finish cell video

bring a magazine to cut up!
10/24 10/25 Finish Microscope Lab

Guess the Function!

ch. 7 cell w/s (redo)
10/26 10/27 Finish Guess the Function!

Cell Analogy - Assessment

no homework
10/30 10/31 diffusion lab bring book next class
11/1 11/2 cell membrane notes

set up diffusion lab

no homework
11/3 11/6 finish diffusion lab

finish membrane notes

 
11/8 11/9 finish transport notes exit slip worksheet
11/10 11/13 pigment lab

review for test

study!

Bring book

11/14 11/15 TRANSPORT TEST

Cell Energy ACtivity

get notebook organized
11/16 11/17 NOTEBOOK CHECK

Finish Cell Energy activity

Guided notes - cell respiration

finish cell energy activity if you did not already
11/20 11/21 Cellular respiration continued

Creatine Article

no homework - see extra credit links!
11/27 11/28 Pigment Chromatography

Photosynthesis Notes

Venn Diagram - compare and contrast photosynthesis and cellular respiration
11/29 11/30 Photosynthesis Continued...  
12/1 12/4 Carbon Cycle, TRB.1

Global Warming

Review

 
12/5 12/6 TEST: Ch. 9

Start DNA

 
12/7 12/8 Strawbeery DNA extraction

DNA Structure and Replication

 
12/11 12/12 Protein Synthesis Protein Synthesis practice w/s
12/13 12/14 Protein Synthesis and review  
12/15   A2 and A4 final exam A1 and A3: DNA video/review
12/18   B2 and B4 final exam  
12/19   A1 and A3 final A4: DNA video
12/20   B1 and B3 final  
1/3 1/4 Mitosis Mitosis w/s
1/5 1/8 Mitosis Online Lab Ch. 8 w/s
1/9 1/10 Ch. 8 w/s due

Cell Cycle Regulation

study for mitosis quiz
1/11 1/12 Mitosis Quiz

Cancer

 
1/16 1/17 Review and smoking article Study Guide
1/18 1/19 Cell Cycle Test  
1/22 1/23 Work on portfolio pieces  
1/26 1/25 Meiosis and flower dissection  
1/30 1/29 Meiosis wrap up science skills w/s 7
2/1 1/31 Life's Greatest Miracle study!
2/9 2/2 MEIOSIS QUIZ

Genetics-Face Lab

no homework
2/13 2/6 &2/8 Vocab Journal

Punnett Squares

Started Dragons

Guinea Pig Punnett Squares
2/15&2/21 2/12

Dihybrids

Dragons Continued

A DAY CLASSES: GENETICS QUIZ

 
2/20 2/14 Finish Dragons

B2: GENETICS QUIZ

 
2/23 2/22&2/26 Variation Lab

Non-Mendlian Genetics

 
2/28 2/27 Karyotype Activity

Non Mendelian Genetics

 
3/1 and 3/5 3/2 Pedigrees

Get Study Guide

 
3/7 3/8 Review

GENETICS TEST

 
3/9 3/13 Mouse That Laid the Golden Egg Video

Transgenic Organisms

 
3/12 3/13 Restriction Enzyme Activity

PGLO Lab

 
3/14 3/15 Cloning Video  
3/16 3/19 QUIZ over transgenics/cloning

Writing on cloning or transgenic organisms

 
3/20 3/21 Natural Selection Lab  
3/22 3/23 How the Leopard Got His Spots

Notes

Natural Selection Activity

 
3/26 3/27 Adaptation ORQ

Evolution Online Lab

 
3/28 3/29 Finish online lab

wrap up adaptations and natural selection

Natural selection w/s
3/30 4/9 NOVA: Evolution Series Video  
4/10 4/11 Evolution: Why Bother?

Start breeding bunnies lab

 
4/12 4/13 Breeding Bunnies Lab  
4/16 4/17 Natural Selection ORQ

Started Creature Feature

study for quiz!
4/18 4/19 Evolution Quiz

Finish Creature Feature

Speciation notes

Walking with Cavemen

 
4/20 4/23 Barbellus Activity

Walking with Cavemen

 
4/24

A3 and A4 ONLY

CATS TESTING A3: Star Lab

A4: Barbellus Activity

 
4/26 4/27 Animal Behavior - stations  
4/30 5/1 Animal Behavior - review study!

review worksheet (A days)

5/2 5/3 Animal Behavior - review

 

study!

review worksheets (B days)

5/4 5/7 Animal Behavior Quiz

wrap up evolution/animal behavior

 
5/8 5/9 ecology vocab review

food web activity

food web w/s
5/10 5/11 Lions and Hyenas  
5/14 5/15 ecology vocab concept map

10% rule

A1: ecology w/s
5/16 5/17 interactions none
5/18 5/21    
5/23 5/24    
5/25   FINAL EXAMS: A1 and A3

A4: Review

 
5/29   FINAL EXAMS: B1 and B3

B2: Review

 
5/30   FINAL EXAMS: A2 and A4

A1 and A3:

 
5/31   FINAL EXAMS: B2 and B4