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September
11 |
Aug 29 No School
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Aug 30
BW:
About Me
CW:
Welcome
Fill out Agenda
Name Tags
Materials
Student Inventories
HW:
1. Fill out Student Inventories/Tech Survey and get parent
signature "Due Tue"
2. Bring suggested
materials to class "on
Thur"
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Aug 31
BW:
CW:
Collect Technology Survey
Syllabus/Grading
Bathroom/Homework Passes
Website: Packet
HW:
1. Bring
suggested
materials to class "on
Thur"
2. Print
Unit A Packet from class website "Due Thur"
3. Make 2 coversheets and bring them to class (
do not
glue them in)
"Due Thur"
Your coversheets can be
computer
generated
or
done by
hand.
#1)Semester 1 notebook coversheet (Semester 1,
Life science, name, teacher, room, period, 2+ colored
illustrations related to science)
Example
and
#2)
Unit A Coversheets
(Unit A:
Studying People Scientifically, name, 2+ colored
illustrations)
Example
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Sep 1-2
BW:
CW:
Check Materials
Discipline Plan
Procedures
Fill in Names/Phone
# of Unit A Group
Group Activity
Lab Safety
Absent Policy
HW:
1. Bring all material to class
from now on (notebook, coversheets, Unit A Packet)
"Due Tue"
2. Study for
quiz on Tuesday
(covering syllabus, grading policy, discipline plan,
procedures, lab safety)
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3 No school
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6-7
BW:
Pass Out Textbooks
CW:
Seating Chart
Table Group Leaders
Quiz
(Syllabus,
Discipline, Procedures, Safety)
Science Notebooks: What, when, Why, how
Assemble
Notebooks
Discuss HW
HW:
1.
Website
Scavenger Hunt "Due Thur-Fri"
2. Finish assembling
your notebook "Due Thur"
2. Review class documents with parents and get their
signature on
Parent Signature Page
"Due Thur" |
8-9
BW:
Collect Parent Signature Sheet
Stamp website scavenger hunt
CW:
Go over scavenger hunt
Finish setting up Notebooks
Introduce Unit A, Write in
Activity #1 Save Fred
HW:
1. Finish Activity #1 and do
vocab
for Activity #1 "Due Mon" |
12
BW:
Stamp Activity #1
CW:
Discuss
Act #1/Vocab
Discuss Absense Policy
Activity #2 Pellagra
HW:
1. Activity #2
vocab(only) "Due Tue" |
13-14
BW:
stamp vocab pg 1
Key concepts for Act #1 and 2
CW:
The Traditional Scientific Method
Finish
Activity #2 Pellagra
HW:
1. Finish Activity #2 "Due Thur-Fri" |
15-16
BW:
Stamp Activity #2
CW:
Activity #3
HW:
1. Finish Activity #3 and do
vocab
for Activity #3 "Due Mon"
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19 Late start
BW:
Stamp Activity #3
CW:
Discuss Act #3 Rubrics
Look at compiled class data
Vocab review
HW:
1. Vocab for Act #4 due Tues.
2. Study for quiz
on vocab from activity 1-4 "On Thur" |
20-21
BW:
Key Concepts
CW:
Pass back index Card and discuss grading and rewrites
Activity #4 Testing Medicine
Scientifically
How to be Successful
HW:
1. Study for quiz on vocab from activity 1-4 "On Thur"
2.
(Optional) Rewrite Index Card for Act #2 Q4c,d "Due
next Tue" |
22-23
BW:
Stamp Act #4
Turn in Re-Do of FDQ
Prep for Quiz
CW:
Vocab
Quiz (Act
#1-4)
Activity #5 Can you feel the difference
Discuss Activity #6 Can You feel the Nerve
(just read and discuss)
HW:
1. Finish Activity #5 and do
vocab
for Activity #5 "Due Mon"
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26
BW:
Stamp activity #5
CW:
Activity #8 Studying People
Variables/Experiments (pg 1)
HW:
1. Finish Activity #8 (reading)
and do
vocab for Activity #8
"Due Tue"
2. Finish Variables Worksheet (just
the first pg, pg 34). "Due Tue"
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27-28
BW:
Key Concepts for Activities 3 &4
Index Card Activity #8
1a and 1b
CW:
Activity #9 Data Toss Part 1
HW:
1. Finish Activity #8 (Periods 3,5) "due Thurs"
2.
Finish Activity #9 (Analysis ?s 1, 3 and 4) "due Thurs"
3. Vocab Activities 8 &9 "due Thurs"
4. Mini Notebook
Check "due Monday" |
29-30
BW:
Stamp Activity #8 and 9 Part 1
Key Concepts for
Activities 5 & 8
CW:
Go over variables worksheet
Elements of Good
Experimental Design
Activity
#9 Data Toss Part 2
HW:
1.
Crossword
puzzle "Due Mon"
2. Finish Act #9 Pt 2- Prep for the
experiment including writing procedures and making data
tables "DUe Mon"
3. Mini Notebook Check
"due Monday" |
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October
11 |
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3
BW:
Stamp crossword puzzle
CW:
Activity #9 Data Toss Part 2
Discuss dividing up project by group members to
turn in as FDQ
Start Act #10
HW:
1.Activity #9 part 2
Unit Project in FDQ "Due Tue"
Rubric (No late passes for unit projects) Website
What is your job?
2. Study for Unit A test next Mon, Print and work
on the
study guide "Due Thur"
How to make a graph and
How to make a data table using MSWord)Create a graph
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4-5
BW:
Turn in Unit A Project: Data Toss Part 2 in FDQ
Stamp Activity #9 Part 2
Key Concepts Act 9
CW:
Rubric for Unit A Project
Pass back rewrites and index cards
Activity #10 Evaluating Clinical
Trials
Unit A Benchmark
HW:
1. Make edit changes to Act #9 and print 5 copies "due
thur"
2. Complete Unit A
study guide "Due Thur"
3. Print
Unit B Packet
"due Monday
4. Do Act #10 vocab "Due Thur"
5. Index card
rewrites due 10/6 |
6-7
BW:
Stamp Study Guides
Stamp activity #10
CW:
Discuss "How to Study Ideas" pg 5 of notebook
Go over Study Guide (25 minutes)
Discuss Test and Answer Sheet
Unit A benchmark data and go to media center to do
Unit A Online Review
HW:
1.
Study for Unit A test on
Monday (Unit A Online Review and
Jeopardy).
2.
Finish Unit A Key Concepts "Due Mon"
3. Print
Unit B Packet
"due Monday |
10
BW:
Collect Key Concepts
CW:
Fill out test Prep Record
Unit A Test
Finish Assembling
Unit B Packet
in
Notebook
HW:
1. Make Unit
B Coversheet and complete
assembling Unit B in notebook "Due Tue" |
11-12
BW:
Stamp Unit A Remediation
CW:
Discuss Notebook Grading
New Seats
Intro B
Activity #12 pt 1 and 2
HW:
1. Finish Activity #12 and do
vocab
for Activity #12 "Due Thur"
2. Unit
A Notebook Grading
with parent signature "Due Thur"
Suggested Reading from Prentice Hall
Textbook: pg. 510-515
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13-14
BW:
Peer grading of notebook
CW:
Turn in notebook grading
Super Size Me
HW:
1. Finish SSM questions "Due Mon"
2. (extra credit) Super Size Me Homework question in FDQ
"Due Mon"
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17
BW:
Turn in SSM FDQ Extra
Credit
TA:
Wrap up SSM
HW:
1. Activity #14 vocab "Due Tue"
Suggested Reading from Prentice Hall
Textbook: pg. 16 |
18-19
BW:
CW:
Activity #14
HW:
1. Complete
the data tables and graphs for Activity #14 in preparation
for Data Collection on
Thursday
How to make a graph and
How to make a data table using MSWord)Create a graph
Suggested Reading from Prentice Hall
Textbook: NONE
|
20-21
BW:Stamp
SSM, Act 12 and Vocabulary Page #1
Key concepts (Activity #12
and SSM)
CW:
Collect Data for Activity #14
Pass back Act #9 projects
Surface Area Notes
Begin Activity #15
(15 min)
HW:
1. Activity #15
vocab
2. Bring in complete copy of Activity
#14 FDQ (we will be doing peer editing on Monday)
Suggested Reading from Prentice Hall Textbook:
NONE |
24 (collab day)
BW:
Stamp Surface
Area Notes
Key Concepts Activity #14
CW:
Peer Edit Act #14 Projects
Review Act #14-Edit Sheets
Activity #15
HW:
1. Finish Activity #15 "Due Tues"
(go to downloads for a link to finish the reading)
2.
Make any changes to Act #14 in FDQ
"Due Thurs"
3. Activity #15 Vocab
Click to enlarge image
Suggested Reading from Prentice Hall Textbook:
pg. 570-578 (14-1 |
25-26
BW:
Stamp Act #14, Activity #15 and Vocab Page #2
CW:
Activity #17
HW:
1. Finish Activity #17 and do
vocab
for Activity #17 "Due Thur"
2.
Make any changes to Act #14 in FDQ
"Due Thurs"
3. Index Card Rewrites "due
Tuesday"
Suggested Reading from Prentice Hall Textbook: pg. 570-578 (14-1)
|
27-28
BW:
Key Stamp Activity #17 and Vocab Page 3
Turn in Act #14
TA:
Activity #18
HW:
1. Do
vocab
for Activity #18 "Due Mon"
2.
Index Card Rewrites
"due Tuesday"
3. On Aires, print a grade report and get a parent's
signature.
If you have any
questions, please highlight the grade in question and write
a note directly on the grade report. Attach any
documents if needed to fix any grades
"due Mon"If you have any
questions, please highlight the grade in question and write
a note directly on the grade report. Attach any
documents if needed to fix any grades
"due Mon"
Suggested Reading from Prentice Hall Textbook: pg. 563-566 |
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November
11 |
Oct 31
BW:"Circulation
Game Chart"
CW:
Finish Activity #18
The
Blood Mobile
HW:
1. Index Card Rewrite "Due Tuesday"
2. Review "Circulation Game Chart" for Activity #18 Quiz
tomorrow
Suggested Reading from Prentice Hall Textbook: pg. 552-561 (14-1) |
1-2
End of 1st Quarter
BW:
Activity #18 Quiz
CW:
Activity #21/22
HW:
1.
Finish Activity #18
2. Finish Activity #21/22 and do vocab "Due Thur"
3. Study for vocab quiz (Act 12-22) on Thur
Suggested Reading from Prentice Hall Textbook:pg. 552-561 (14-1)
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3-4
BW:
Stamp Act #18,
21, 22
Key Concepts Activity #15, #17, and #18
Study for Quiz
CW:
Quiz (Act 12-22)
go over Act 18 chart
Activity #23
Heart
Video
HW:
1.
Get caught up with Key Concepts (Act 12,SSM,
14,15,17,18) "Due Tue"
15-Nutrient absorption, villi (why?), organs of digestive
system with functions
17-Aleveoli (why?), gas exchange
18-function of blood, each organ contributing to the whole
2. Finish Activity #23 and do
vocab
for Activity #23 "Due Mon"
Suggested Reading from Prentice Hall Textbook: pg. 552-561 (14-1) |
7-8
BW:
Stamp Act 23
CW:
Review Heart (BrainPop Heart Video)
On the Move Project
Bill Nye: Bones and Muscles
Brainstorm Supplies
HW:
1. Bring supplies for OTM (on the move project) "due Wed"
2. OTM(On the Move Project)
vocab
"Due Wed"
3. Key Concepts for Act 21/22/23 "Due
Wed"
21- pump, valves
22- pulse, efficiency of heart
23- heart structure, double pump
Suggested Reading from Prentice Hall Textbook: pg. 526-539 |
9-10
BW:
Check Key Concepts Activities 21-23
CW:
On the Move Project
HW:
1. Finish Bill Nye: Bones and Muscles
2. Complete the
labeling, drawings and descriptions on bottom of pg.91
Suggested Reading from Prentice Hall Textbook: pg. 526-539
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11 No School
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14 Late Start
late Start
BW:
CW:
On the Move Project Worktime
HW:
1. OTM (unless your group did not finish your project,
in that case you need to finish your model and prepare your
answers to the
Presentation Questions)
"due Tue"
Suggested Reading from Prentice Hall Textbook: pg. 526-539 |
15-16
BW:
Stamp OTM, Bill Nye:Bones and Muscles, and Vocab Page
5
CW:
On the Move Project Presentation
On the MOve Presentation Questions
HW:
1.On
the Final Evaluation "Due Thur"
2. Print
Unit B study guide
and start working on it "Due Tues 11/29"
3. Study for Unit B Test on Thurs 12/1
Suggested Reading from Prentice Hall Textbook: pg. 526-539
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17-18
BW:
Turn in OTM Final Evaluation
CW:
Bill Nye- Eyeball
Eyeball dissection (Sheep
Eye Dissection Instructions and
Sheep Eye Diagram)
HW:
1. Finish Eye dissection questions "Due Mon"
2. Get
started on
Unit B study guide "Due Tue after break"
3. Study for Unit B
Test on Thurs 12/1
4. Index Card Rewrites for Acti. 32 Analysis
Question 1b "due Thurs 12/1"
5. Log onto
Blackboard and enroll in
the class (Blackboard
Instructions)
Suggested Reading from Prentice Hall Textbook: Eye pg 614-617
Ear pg 618-620 |
21 No School
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22-23 No School
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24-25 Thanksgiving
 |
28
BW:
OOTM
Project Returned
CW:
Form Follows Function
Unit B Key Concepts
HW:
1.
Unit B Crossword Puzzle "Due Tues"
2. Finish
Unit B Study Guide "Due
Tue"
3.
Unit B Key Concepts "Due Thurs"
4.
Study for test "On Thur"
5.
Print
Unit C Packet
"Due Thur"
6. Index Card Rewrites for Act.
32 Analysis Question 1b "due Thurs 12/1"
7.
Log onto Blackboard and enroll in the class "Due Tues."
digestive
video (beware, funny pronunciation of words)
Bill Nye: Eye 1
Heart
Video
The
Blood Mobile
Eye
video
Respiration
Types
of Joints
Heart
Animation
Bill Nye: Digestion 1
2
3
Bill Nye: Respiration: 1
2 3
Bill Nye: circulation 1
2
3
Eye
Animation
|
29-30
BW:
Stamp study guides, Crossword Puzzles,
Sheep Eye Dissection, Bill Nye Eyeballs, Form Follows
Function
CW:
Unit B Vocab Review
Go over Unit B Study Guide
Blackboard Benchmark Exam and Remediation Instructions
Website
Review (remediation)
Unit B Crossword Puzzle
HW:
1. Study for test "On Thur"
2.
Print
Unit C Packet
and make a Unit C coversheet "Due
Thur"
3. Finish
Website
Review Questions (what
we started in class with the laptops) "Due Thur"
Links for Unit B Review
4.
Index Card Rewrites for Acti. 32 Analysis Question 1b "due
Thurs 12/1"
5.
Unit B Key Concepts "Due Thurs" |
Dec 1-2
BW:
Stamp Unit B
Remediation/Review
CW:
Turn in Key Concepts
Test
Prep
Unit B Test
Prep
Unit C
HW:
1. Finish putting Unit C into notebook
and create a Unit c coverpage "Due
Mon"
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December
11 |
5
BW:
New Seats
CW:
Intro Unit C
Ted Talks - Nathan Wolfe
Activity #31
HW:
1. Finish Activity #31 and do
vocab for Activity #31 "Due
Tue"
2. Complete the
Unit B Notebook Grading Sheet
"Due Tue" |
6-7
BW:
CW:
Turn in
Unit B Notebook Grading
Activity #30
HW:
1. Finish Activity #30 and do
vocab for Activity #30 "Due
Thur" |
8-9
BW:
Prep for Act #32
Stamp Act #30 and 31
CW:
Activity #32 and 33
Check Notebooks for all pages in notebook
HW:
1. Finish Activity #32 and do
vocab for Activity #32 "Due
Mon" (Act
32 Cards)
2. Finish Activity #33 and do
vocab for Activity #33 "Due
Mon"
3. Extra Credit:
Complete Act #34
Activity (Print this)
Reading |
12-13
BW:
Stamp Act #32
CW:
Wrap up Act #33
Read intro to Act #34
Activity #35 Part 1
Begin Studying and Vocab
Unit C Key Concepts Template
HW:
1. Finish Act #33 "due Wed"
2.
Do
vocab for Activity #35
"Due Wed"
3. Study for microscope quiz on Wednesday (Quiz will
cover all of page 128 and 129 in your notebook and vocab for
35)
4. Extra Credit:
Complete Act #34 "due Tues 1/3"
Activity (Print this)
Reading
|
14-15
BW:
Stamp Act #33, Page 1 & 2 of Vocab
CW:
Microscope Quiz-
Check pg 1 and 2 of vocab
Activity #35 Part 2
HW:
1. Finish Activity #35 Part 2 "Due
Fri"
2. Want to get ahead? You can work on Act #37 .
Due Tuesday after break
Activity #37 Reading
3. Extra Credit:
Complete Act #34
Activity (Print this)
Reading "due Tues 1/3"
Suggested
Reading from Prentice Hall Textbook: pg 68-69
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16 Min Day
BW:
Unit C key concepts
CW:
Microscope Practice
Begin Act #37 (pg 141-142)
Read intro together
HW:
None! Have a great winter break!
If you want to get
ahead, you can work on Act #37 It will be due Tuesday
after break.
Activity #37 Reading
Extra Credit:
Complete Act #34
Activity (Print this)
Reading
"due Tues 1/3"
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19 to 30 No School
 |
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January 12 |
2 No School
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3-4
BW:
Collect Activity #34
CW:
Read intro to
Act #37
Activity #38
Discuss Rubber Egg Lab Part 1
Suggested Reading from Prentice
Hall Textbook: pg 88-95
HW:
1. Finish Activity #38 and do
vocab for Activity #38 "Due
Thur"
2. Finish Activity #37 "Due
Thur"
Activity #37 Reading
3. Rubber
Egg Lab: Complete Part 1 on pg 132
"Due
Thursday
Night" You MUST start TONIGHT. (In
short, you need to put an egg in vinegar tonight so it
will be ready for Part 2 after school Thur.
1/5. Hint: if
you can, you might want to do more than 1 egg just incase
there is an "accident" or if you choose to use a
larger sample size...) Please
read directions on page 132!
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5-6
BW:
Stamp Act #38
CW:
Go over answers to #37
Activity #39
Discuss Rubber Egg Lab
HW:
1. Finish Activity #39 and do
vocab for Activity #39 and
Photosynthesis "Due Mon"
2.Rubber
Egg Lab: "Part 2: Testing The
Model", complete bottom of page 132 and the top of
page 133, steps 1-7. "Due Thur"
Please
read directions on page 132 and 133!
Suggested Reading from Prentice
Hall Textbook: pg 123-127
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9
BW:
Stamp Act #39
CW:
Share Rubber Egg Lab Data
Demo
for Rubber Egg Lab (Watch this to see the possible
results)
Activity #40 A Cell Model Demo
HW:
1. Activity #40
Vocab
"due Tue"
2. Start
typing up your Rubber Egg Lab at Home.
(Rubber Egg Lab Template)
Type up everything from the middle of page 133
through the Graph on page 134 (wait to do conclusions Tues
night). This typed
up, final draft is due Thursday, 1/12.
How to make a graph and
How to make a data table using MSWord)Create a graph
Suggested Reading from Prentice
Hall Textbook: pg 118-122
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10-11
BW:
Stamp Vocab Page 3
CW:
Discuss Rubber Egg Lab Conclusions
(Rubber Egg Lab Rubric)
Finish Act #40
Activity #41 A Cell so Small
Why are cells so small video
HW:
1. Finish
Activity 40 "Due Thurs"
2.
Finish Activity 41
"Due Thurs"
3.Type up
Rubber Egg Lab (FDQ everything from Big
dot to big dot) "Due
Thurs"
How to make a graph and
How to make a data table using MSWord)Create a graph
Suggested Reading from Prentice
Hall Textbook: pg 118-122
|
12-13
BW:
Stamp Act #40 and 41
Index Card Activity #40 Summary
CW:
Debrief
Peer Edit Rubber Egg Lab
Activity #42
Bill Nye: Cells
Add to
Classification Notes
HW:
1. Finish Activity #42 "Due Tue"
2. Optional Extra Credit- Up to 15pts, Cell Analogy Poster
Homework Assignment pg 161 "Due Thurs 1/19".
Suggested Reading from
Prentice Hall Textbook: pg
88-95 |
16 No School
 |
17-18
BW:
Pass Back Index Card
CW:
Vocab Quiz Activities 30-40 (except
35)
Finish Activity #42
Relative
size animation
Activity #43 Microbes Under View
HW:
1. Finish Activity #43 and do
vocab for Activity #43 "Due
Thur"
2. Complete Act #45 Reading for homework-
Do top half of page in notebook and vocab "Due Thur"
3. Print
Unit C Study Guideand bring it to class
"On Thur"
4. Optional Extra Credit- Up to 15pts, Cell Analogy Poster
Homework Assignment pg 161 "Due 1/19".
Suggested Reading from Prentice
Hall Textbook: pg 80-81
|
19-20
BW:
Pass back Quiz
CW:
Go over #43
Go over Act #45
Classification Chart
Photosynthesis Notes
Begin work on Study Guide
HW:
1. Log on to
Blackboard and
take the Unit C Benchmark (Click
here if you need help remembering your login and password)
2.
Complete Unit C Study Guide "Due Mon"
3. Complete
Unit
C Crossword puzzle "Due Mon"
4. Get a new science spiral notebook "Due next
week"
Suggested Reading from Prentice
Hall Textbook:
pg 118-122
|
23
BW:
Stamp Act #42, 43, 45, REL, Classification Notes, Study
Guide, Crossword and Vocab Page 4
CW:
Go over answers to Unit C
Study Guide
Unit C Benchmark Remediation
HW:
1. Unit C Key Concepts FDQ
Keyterms
and
Template
2. Print
Unit D Packet
Due Thur"
3.
Get
a new science spiral notebook "Due Tue"
4. Finish
Unit C Benchmark Review Activity "Due
Tue"
5. Study for Unit C Test "On Tue"
6. Index Card Rewrite "due Tuesday"
|
24-25
BW: Stamp Unit C Remediation
Stamp any
students that got missed yesterday!
CW:
Review for Unit C Test
Fill out "Test Prep Record" for Unit
Unit
C Test
Use Unit A and B Study
Guides to Review for Final
HW:
1. Unit C Key Concepts FDQ
Keyterms
and
Template
2. Study for Final - Optional to complete the Study
Guide "on Thur"
3.
Unit C notebook grading
with parent "Due Thur"
4. Bring
both notebooks to school on Thursday
5. Print
Unit D Packet "Due Thur"
6. Bring any unused bathroom/homework passes to class on
Thursday to turn in. |
26-27
1st Semester Ends
BW:
CW:
Turn in Unit C Notebook Grading
Discuss Unit C test, Prep for Final
Semester 1 Final
assemble
Unit D notebook
HW:
1. Check your grade on Monday. Email me by
Tuesday if any concerns.
2. Finish preparing unit D "Due Tue" |
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February
12 |
30-31 No School -Staff Inservice
|
1
BW:
New Seats and Table Group Leaders, Unit D Notebook Check,
Notebook Permission Slip
CW:
Intro Unit D
Read intro to Act #54
HW:
1. Do Vocab for Act 54 "Due Thur"
|
2-3
BW:
Return Unit C Notebook Check, Unit C Key Concepts
CW:
Activity #55
Activity #56
Begin Activity #57
HW:
1. Finish Activity 55/56 and do
vocab for Activity #55/56 "Due
Mon" |
6 (collab)
BW:
Stamp Act #56
CW:
Activity #57
HW:
1. Finish Activity #57 and do
vocab for Activity #57 "Due
Tue"
|
7-8
BW:
Stamp Act #57
CW:
Cloning-
Wrap up Act #57
Mimi the Mouse
Cloning or Not?
Activity #58
HW:
1. Finish Activity #58 "Due Thur"
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9-10
BW:
Stamp Act #58
CW:
Review Act #58. Peer teacher critters and simple inherited
traits.
Activity #59
HW:
1. Finish Activity #59 and do
vocab for Activity #59 "Due
Mon"
2. Bring a flower to dissect
(Good flowers to bring: hibiscus, lily, tulip,
daffodils
Bad flowers to bring: rose, daisy, birds of paradise, calla
lily, anything too small)
"Due Mon"
|
13-14
BW:
Stamp Act #59
CW:
Activity #60 part 1
Bill Nye:
Flowers
HW:
1. Finish Activity #60 Part 1 and
Part 1 vocab "Due Wed"
Suggested Reading from Prentice
Hall Textbook: pg 392-395 |
15-16
BW:
CW:
Activity #60 Part 2
Mendel Video
HW:
1. Finish Activity #60 Part 2 and do vocab "Due Tue"
2. Index Card Rewrite Activity #58 "Due Thurs 2/23"
Suggested Reading from Prentice
Hall Textbook: pg
154-159
|
17 No School
 |
20 No School
|
21-22
BW:
Stamp Act #60 and Vocab Page #2
CW:
#61
Begin Punnet Square Practice
Watch Gattaca
HW:
1. Finish Act #61
and Punnet Square Practice and do vocab"Due Thur"
2. Index Card Rewrite Activity #59 "Due Thurs."
3. Index Card Rewrite Activity #60 Part 1 "Due Tues"
Suggested Reading from Prentice
Hall Textbook:
|
23-24
BW:
Stamp
Punnett Square Practice
and #61
CW:
Go over Punnet Square Practice
Activity #62
Activity #63 (start)
Video : What is Heredity? (GSLC)
HW:
1. Finish Activity #62 "Due Mon"
2. Study for Vocab quiz (Act 54-61) "on
Mon (No Word Bank)
3. Finish
Act #63 diagrams and do vocab for 63 "due Mon"
|
27 Late Start
BW:
Return Index Cards
CW:
Quiz (Vocab Activity 54-61)
Activity
63
(Reading)
Video : What is Heredity? (GSLC)
HW:
1. Finish 63 "due
Tue"
Activity 63 Reading
2. Index Card Rewrites for Act 60
(Part 2 Summary) and Punnett Square Practice 6 "due Mon"
|
28-29
BW:
Stamp Act #55/62 and #63
CW:
Finish Act #63
Read Act 64 Intro
Activity: Chromosome Mix Up
HW:
1. Finish Chromosome
Mix Up "Due
Thur"
Chromosome
Mix Up Key
2. Index Card Rewrites for Act 60 (Part 2 Summary) and
Punnett Square Practice 6 "due Mon" |
March 1-2
BW:
Chromosome Mix-Up
CW:
Activity #65
Discuss
Making a Karyotype
HW:
1. Finish Act 65
and do vocab "Due Mon"
2. Index Card Rewrites for Act 60 (Part 2 Summary) and
Punnett Square Practice 6 "due Mon"
3.
Making a Karyotype Activity "due Thurs" |
|
|
|
March
12 |
5
BW:
Stamp
Activity #65 and Vocab Page 3
CW:
Putting it all Together
Meiosis video
HW:
1. Get a good night sleep and eat a healthy breakfast.
2.
Finish
Making a karyotype "Due
Thur"
Suggested Reading from Prentice
Hall Textbook: pg 175-181
|
6-7
BW:
CW:
Using
a Karyotype to Predict
Finish
Putting
it All Together
GATTACA
HW:
1. Finish
Putting it all together "Due
Thur"
2.
Finish
Making a karyotype "Due
Thur"
Suggested Reading from Pr
|
8-9
BW:
Stamp
karyotype, putting it all together
CW:
Activity #66
HW:
1. Finish Act 66
and do vocab "Due Mon"
2. Gel Electrophoresis homework (in your notebook)
"Due
Tue"
Gel Electrophoresis Website
Suggested Reading from Pr |
12
BW:
CW:
Build a DNA ladder
HW:
1. Finish DNA ladder coloring and analysis (not
DNA Replication or
summary) + DNA vocab "Due Tue"
2. Gel Electrophoresis homework- pg 59 in your notebook)
"Due
Tue"
Gel Electrophoresis Website
Prentice
Hall Textbook: pg 192-197 |
13-14
BW:
Stamp DNA ladder, Activity 66, and Gel Electrophoresis
CW:
Go over Gel Elect
Homework
Go over Act #66
Discuss DNA structure
Online Genetics learning center- What is DNA, What is a
gene, and What is a chromosome?
HW:
1. GE
vocab (finish all Unit D
Vocab) "due Thurs"
Prentice
Hall Textbook: pg
201-203 |
15-16
BW:
CW:
Review DNA structure
GSLC-
Build a DNA and
what is a protein
Gene
Expression- board demo
HW:
1. Study for vocab quiz with no word bank (Act DNA, 63,65,66 and
PS) "Due Thur"
Prentice
Hall Textbook: pg 192-197 |
19 Late Start
BW:
CW:
Gene
Expression- notes
NIH Protein Article
National Geographic Twins Article
HW:
1.
Study for vocab quiz with no word
bank (Act DNA, 63,65,66 and PS) "Due Thur"
2.
Unit D Crossword Puzzle "Due
Tue"
Prentice
Hall Textbook: pg 192-197 |
20-21
BW:
Stamp Vocab Page 4 and Crossword puzzle
CW:
Gene
Expression- board demo
Gene
Expression
What Makes a Firefly Glow?
Transcribe and Translate a Gene
HW:
1.
Finish
Gene Expression Activity analysis and summary "Due THur"
2.
Unit D study guide
"Due Mon"
3.
Study for vocab quiz with no word
bank (Act DNA, 63,65,66 and PS) "Due Thur"
4. Index Card Rewrites (rewrite any Unit D Index
Cards - up to 2 for the unit for credit)
"Due Thurs 3/29"
Need Extra Help:
Check out
Punnett Square Training Video
Check out
Pedigree Training Video
Prentice
Hall Textbook: pg 192-197
|
22-23
BW:
Stamp GE
CW:
QUIZ- Vocab 63,65,66, PS,DNA
Go over Gene Expression
NPR
Clip
Bill Nye: Genes
HW:
1.
Unit D study guide "Due
Mon"
2. Index Card Rewrites (rewrite
any Unit D Index Cards - up to 2 for the unit for credit)
"Due Thurs 3/29"
Need Extra Help:
Check out
Punnett Square Training Video
Check out
Pedigree Training Video
Check out
Gene Expression
Check out
Transcription
Check out
Translation |
26
BW:
Return Quiz
CW:
Bill
Nye Genes
HW:
1. Unit
D Key Concepts in FDQ "due Thur"
Key Concepts Template
2. Unit D Benchmark Test Online "due Tues"
Blackboard Link
Instructions for Logging onto Blackboard
3. Print
Unit F packet "Due Thur"
4. All Unit D Index Card Rewrites "due Thurs"
Prentice
Hall Textbook: pg 192-197
Ideas for Ways to Review:
>Vocab
Quizzes and Self Tests (PH Online textbook)
>Tour
of the Basics (Genetics Online Learning
Center)
>Punnett
Square Practice (Just do the first two
sections)
>Punnet
Square Practice (challenging, but you will
really see if you know it) More
>More
Genetics Problem Practice (first two sections
>Some
Pedigree Practice
>More
Pedigree Practice
|
27-28
BW:
Stamp study guide
CW:
Go over answers to study guide
Unit D Study Guide review
Unit D remediation
Unit D Jeopardy
Google Docs submission
HW:
1. Unit D Key Concepts in FDQ "due Thur"
2. Print
Unit F packet "Due Thur"
3. Study for Unit D test "On Thur"
(look to the left for ideas on where to study)
4. Finish
Unit D remediation "Due Thur"
5.
All Unit D Index Card Rewrites "due Thurs"
Google Docs Links
Google Docs Site
How to do your Unit D Key Concepts as a Google Doc
Link to Unit D Key Concept Submission Form
Suggested Reading from Prentice
Hall Textbook: pg 192-197 |
29-30
BW:
Turn in Unit D Key
Concepts, Stamp Unit D Remediation
CW:
Unit D Test
Set up new
notebook and Unit F
HW:
1.Unit
D notebook grading with parent
"Due
Mon"
2. Finish assembling
new notebook
with Unit F "due Mon"
3. Make Unit F Coversheet. Should
include: 2 colored pictures, Title (Unit F: Evolution), Name
and Period |
|
|
|
April
12 |
2
BW:
TA:
Turn in Unit D grading sheet
New Seats
Intro Unit F
Activity
#89
HW:
1. Finish
Activity
#89 and do vocab
for Activity #89 "Due Tue"
Suggested Reading from Prentice Hall Textbook: pg |
3-4
BW:
Stamp Act #89
CW:
Pass back tests
Go over Act #89
Evolution Cartoon Pretest
Activity #90
HW:
1. Finish Activity #90 and do
vocab for Activity #90/91 "Due Thur"
Suggested Reading from Prentice
Hall Textbook: 7-2 pgs. 236-237 and 7.2 pg 238-239
|
5-6
End of 3rd Quarter
BW:
Stamp Act #89 and 90
CW:
Activity #91
Start #92-
Pt 1
HW:
1. Finish Activity #91 and do
vocab for Activity #91 "Due
Mon after break"
Suggested Reading from Prentice
Hall Textbook:
|
9 No School
 |
10-11
 |
12-13
|
16
BW:
CW:
8th grade Preparation
in the Media Center
HW:
1. Do
vocab for Activity
92 and 93 "Due Tues"
2.
Extra Credit:
What did a T-Rex Taste Like? Online Activity Due
Thur
Suggested Reading from Prentice
Hall Textbook: (93) 8.2 pg 272-277
|
17-18
BW:
Stamp Act #89, 90, 91 and Vocab Page 1
Understanding Geologic time Online Activity
CW:
Review Activity #91
Activity #92-
>Time
Cards A-F
Cool
image
Notes: Fossils
Video: Evolution
Seg 3-
How do we know
evolution
happens?
Seg 4-How does evolution really work?
HW:
1. Finish Activity #92 Do
vocab for Activity #92 "Due
Tue"
On your timeline you will need:
·
the name of
each time period
·
the year that
the time period began in MYA
·
the
information in the grey box from the time period card
·
draw a
picture of at least one fossil from that time period (if
there are fossils!) that is listed on your card (you can use
your pictures from 90 if they show up on a card!)
2.
Extra Credit:
What did a T-Rex Taste Like? Online Activity Due Thur
Suggested Reading from Prentice
Hall Textbook:
8.2 pg
272-273, 276-277
|
19-20
BW:
Stamp Activity 92
CW:
Activity #93 Intro
Activity #94
Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Add to notes
HW:
1. Finish Activity 94 and do
vocab for Activity
94
"Due Thur"
2.
Extension:
Extra Credit:
What did a T-Rex Taste Like? Online Activity "Due Mon"
Suggested Reading from Prentice
Hall Textbook: (93) 8.2 pg 272-277 and
(94)7.1 pg 224-231
|
23
BW:
Collect T-Rex Extra Credit Assignment and 8th Grade
Course Selection Form
CW:
Darwin's Dangerous Idea
HW:
1. Get caught up on Key Concepts for Act 89, 90, 91
and 92. I will be checking for both key terms and sentences.
"Due Tues"
Suggested Reading from Prentice
Hall Textbook:
7.3 pg 241-246 |
24-25
BW:
Stamp Act #94 and check Key Concepts
CW:
Notes
Activity #96
Peppered Moth Simulation
HW:
1. Finish Activity #96 and do
vocab for Activity #96 "Due Thur"
Suggested Reading from Prentice
Hall Textbook: 7.3 pg 241-243
|
26-27
BW:
CW:
Nature At Work
Activity #97
Watch a Mutation Story
Adaptation Notes
HW:
1. Finish Nature At Work Activity
2.
Finish Act #97 and do vocab "due Mon"
3. Watch
Darwin's Dangerous Idea
and answer the Prompts 106 on Page 106 in your Science
Notebook
Suggested Reading from Prentice Hall Textbook:
7.2 pg 234-235 and 7.5 pg 255-257 |
|
|
|
May
12 |
April 30
BW:
CW:
Conservation
Project-Video
HW:
1. Evolution Project- be ready with your species that you
want to research "Due Tue"
use these links to help you:
"Life" video snipets;
Endangered Species Video;
Earth's Endangered Creatures;
WWF;
IUCN Red
List plus TONS more you can find online on your own.....
2. Index Card Rewrites "due Mon"
|
1-2
BW:
CW:
Conservation
Project - Research
HW:
1. Finish project
-
Complete 8 1/2 x11 Data Sheet
or
-
Tech Option
(Make sure all info on data sheet is
covered!) "Due Thur"
2. Index Card
Rewrites "Due Mon" |
3-4
BW:
CW:
Conservation
Project- Group share
HW:
1.
Study for Vocab Quiz (all vocab for evolution with no
word bank) "on Mon"
2. Activity #99 vocab "due Mon" |
7
BW:
CW:
Vocab Quiz (all
vocab)
Great Transformations (whale video)Whale Video
Activity #99
HW:
1.
Finish
Activity #99
2. Period 1- Bring a good SSR book on
TUesday and WEdnesday for testing block
3. Bring in signed
permission slip - any
student that does not turn in a permission slip will not be
allowed to participate in the last unit. "due Tues" |
8-9 STAR
BW:
CW:
What Darwin Never Knew- video
Questions
Unit
HW:
1.
Bring in any missing
permission
slips "due Thurs" |
10-11 Late
Start (7th)
BW:
CW:
What
Evolution Notes
Discuss Act 98/100
HW:
1.
Print and complete
Unit F Study guide
"Due Tues"
2.
Unit F Crossword puzzle Due
Tues"
3. Unit F Blackboard Quiz "due
Mon" (Directions
for logging onto Blackboard)
4.
Unit F key concepts
in FDQ "Due
THurs" (Directions
for submitting on Google Docs) |
14
(collab day)
BW:
CW:
Go Go over Study guide
Review for Unit F Test
Unit F Benchmark
remediation
HW:
1.
Unit
F key concepts
in FDQ "Due
THurs"
2. STudy for Test "on Tue"
3. Finish
Unit F remediation worksheet "Due Tue"
|
15-16
BW:
stamp act #100
CW:
Test Prep Record
F Test
Prep unit P
New Seats
Ground Rules
HW:
1.Unit F
notebook grading with
parent "Due Thur"
2. Finish putting Unit P
into your notebook "Due Thur"
3.
Unit
F key concepts
in FDQ "Due
THurs" |
17-18
BW:
CW:
Turn in
Notebook Grading
Reproductive System Notes
Adolescence Notes
Video: Teen Dreams
HW:
1. Do
Vocab "Hormone"
to" "Menstration" "Due Mon"
Suggested Reading from Prentice Hall Textbook: pg 656-663 |
21
Career Faire
BW:
Return Tests
Cw:
Finish Notes from last week
Start Pregnancy Notes
HW:
1. Complete pg 130 b in notebook by using
the shark book
"due tue"
Suggested Reading from Prentice Hall Textbook: pgs. 640-645 and 648-655
|
22-23
BW:
CW:
Pregnancy, Development, and Birth Notes
Video: "Life's greatest miracle"
HW:
1. Complete pg 132F/b
and 133Fin your notebook "Due Thur"
2. Finish all of "Life's"
Greatest
Miracle" questions "Due
Thur"
Suggested Reading from Prentice Hall Textbook:
pg 656-663
|
24-25
BW:
CW:
Act #46
HW:
1. Finish
Act #46 and do vocab for Act #46 "Due
Tue"
2. Study for
vocab
quiz (all of pg 1 of vocab) "on
Tue"
Suggested Reading from Prentice Hall Textbook:
pg 656-663
|
28 No School
 |
29-30
BW:
CW:
QUIZ
(Vocab pg 1)
Positive Prevention Intro/1
Video
HW:
1. Complete Unit P
vocab
"Due Mon" |
31-June 1
BW:
CW:
Positive Prevention 2-3
HW:
1. Complete Unit P
vocab
"Due Mon"
2. Bring textbook on Monday |
|
June
10
|
|
June 12
|
4
BW:
CW:
Turn in Textbook
Positive Prevention
2
HW:
1.
Unit RP Study Guide/crossword puzzle
"Due Thur"
2. Bring in an advertisement that uses sex to sell a product
"due Tues"
3. Unit RP Test "on Thur"
4. Final on Monday
5. If you didn't bring your
textbook today, make sure you bring it by Tuesday for 2/5
pts.
|
5-6
BW:
Return
Quiz, Unit F Key Concepts, Unit F Notebook Grading
CW:
Last 2 weeks of school
Positive Prevention
4-6
HW:
1.
Unit RP Study Guide/crossword puzzle
"Due Thur"
2. Unit RP Test "on Thurs"
3. Final "on Monday"
4. Parent HIV homework "Due Thurs"
5. Bring DOG/HW passes "Due Thurs"
6. (Optional)
Final practice review
|
7-8
BW:
CW:
Turn in DOGs/Bathroom passes
Finish Positive Prevention
Positive Prevention
and Rep Test
Review for Final
HW:
1. Study for Final on Monday
2. (Optional)
Final practice review
Key
3.
Parent Permission Slip for Semester 2 Notebook |
11-12
BW:
CW:
Semester 2 Final
Turn in Notebooks
End of the Year Survey
HW:
1.
(Optional) Request to
Keep Notebooks with parent signature "due Wed"
|
13
BW:
CW:
Classroom Breakdown
HW:
none
|
14
BW:
CW:
Classroom breakdown
Take home notebooks (if you have a signature)
Distribute Final grades and semester grades
HW:
none |
15 Min Day
Last day of School
BW:
CW:
sign yearbooks!
HW:
none |
 |
SUMMER! |
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