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September
(top)
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Tuesday
8/30
single periods
BW:
CW:
Welcome/About Me
Fill out Agenda
Name Tags
Materials
3 Truths and a Lie
Student Inventories
HW:
1.
Fill out
Student & Technology Inventory due
tomorrow, Wed.
2. 2.
Bring suggested materials to class from home
due Friday.
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Suggested:
-1 College Ruled Spiral Notebook (VERY
IMPORTANT
100+pages, college ruled, plastic cover, 8 1/2 x
11, Mead 5 Star works best)
*Only $2
at finance office window
-3 large glue sticks (UHU brand is best)
-several pencils & pens
-pencil sharpener
-stapler
-highlighter
-1 pack of lined 3 in. x 5 in. index cards
-Handheld pencil sharpener with lid
Optional:
Colored Pencils, Ruler, Calculator (These will
be provided, but it might be nice to have your
own.)
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Wednesday
8/31
single periods
BW:
Turn in Technology Survey
Complete Science Survey
CW:
Syllabus/Grading
Website: Packet Where to douwnload
unit A
HW:
1.
Bring suggested materials on
Friday. (see Tuesday's homework for list of suggested supplies)
2. Download & print
unit A
from class website, bring to school Friday.
3. Make 2 coversheets for notebook (Semester 1, Life Science,
name, teacher, room, period, 2+ colored illustrations.....EXAMPLE)
and Unit A (Unit A: Studying People Scientifically, name, 2+
colored illustrations.....EXAMPLE)
due Friday to be attached into notebook Friday
(DO NOT GLUE THEM IN!).
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Friday 9/2
2,4,6 block periods
BW:
Check for Science Notebooks,
materials,
Unit A,
and notebook coversheets
CW:
Bathroom/Homework Passes
Finish
Syllabus/Grading
Check Materials
Rules &
Procedures
Activity: Building Bridges
Lab Safety
Absent Policy
Seating Chart
Table Group Leaders
HW:
1. Study for quiz (covers
Syllabus/Grading ,Rules
&
Procedures,
Lab Safety , and
Absent Policy)
on Wed. 9/8
2. Bring
all materials to class to be assembled on Wed 9/8
into notebook (notebook, coversheets,
Unit A
Packet, all class documents, stapler,
glue-stick).
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Monday
9/5
NO SCHOOL |
Wednesday
9/7
2,4,6 block periods
BW:
check notebooks
Check for
students late supplies
CW:
Quiz
(Syllabus, Discipline, Procedures, Safety, Notebook)
Science Notebooks: What, when, Why, how
Assemble Notebooks
Discuss HW
Pass Out Textbooks
HW:
1.
Website Scavenger Hunt
due Fri.
2.
Review class documents in Science Notebook with parents
and get their signature on
Parent Signature Page
due Friday
9/10.
3.
If you didn't finish assembling
your science notebook in class, finish it in at home
tonight.
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Friday 9/9
2,4,6 block periods
School Cancelled
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Mon.
9/12;
single
BW:
check
Science Notebooks
Write in Big Question
Collect Parent Signature Page
CW:
Introduce Unit A/Video
Explain how to do
vocab
Activity #1 Save Fred
HW:
1.
1.Do
vocabulary
for Activity #1,
due Wednesday.
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Wed.
9/14;
2,4,6 block
BW:
Stamp
Activity #2
vocabulary
CW:
Collect
Website Scavenger Hunt
Glue in Stamp Sheet
Finish Act #1
Activity #2 Pellagra
HW:
1.
Finish Activity
#1 and
#2 and Activity #2
vocabulary
due Fri.
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Fri.
9/16;
2,4,6 block
BW:
Stamp
Activity #1/2 and vocab; Index Card
CW:
Traditional Scientific
Method
Discuss Grading/Stamps
#3 Testing Medicines: A Clinical Trial
HW:
1. Intro Quiz
Make-ups Monday at lunch
1.
1.
Finish 1. Activity #3 analysis
questions and summary (save question 4 for Monday) and do
vocabulary
for Activity #3 due Mon.
t 2. you do a good job!
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Mon.
9/19;
late start
BW:
Record all class data
Handback index cards
CW:
Finish Act #3 Clinical Trials-finish
question 4
Discuss compiled class
data
Fill in
schedule/gp member info
How to Be Successful
Key Concepts for activities #1 and #2
HW:
1.
Act. #3 due Wed.
2. Act #4
vocabulary due Wed.
3. Vocab Quiz (Act #1-4) this Friday. |
Wed.
9/21
BW:
stamp
Activity #3
CW:
Discuss
index card grading and rewrites (review
UC Rubric);
Discuss Act #3 Summary assignment in
FDQ
Activity #4 Testing Medicine Scientifically
HW:
1.Finish
Activity #4, due Friday.
2. Study for quiz on vocab
from Activities 1-4 on Friday.
3.
Optional re-writes
on Act #2 Summary index cards due by 9/28
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Fri.
9/23
BW:
prep for quiz
stamp Act #4
CW:
Vocab
Quiz (Act #1-4)
Activity #5 Can you feel the
difference
HW:
1.
Activity #5
vocabulary
due Mon.
2. Complete
Question #1 on page 34 of variable worksheet, due
Monday.
3.
Optional
re-writes
on Act #2 Summary index cards due by 9/28
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Mon.
9/26
BW: stamp
Activity #5 and vocab pg 1
Act 5 Key Concepts
CW:
Read Act #6 Can
you feel the nerve
(periods 4 and 6 only)
Complete definitions and Question #2 on page 34 of variable
worksheet in groups
Start
Activity #8 Studying People
Variables/Experiments
HW:
1.
Finish
and
Activity #5 (Analysis
#s 4a and 4b and Summary) and
Activity #8 Studying People
Variables/Experiments (do all Stopping To Thinks,
Analysis Questions, but skip Summary)
due Wednesday.
2. Activity #8
vocabulary due Wednesday.
3. Complete
Question #3 & 4 on page 34 of variable worksheet, due
Wednesday.
4.
Optional
re-writes
on Act #2 Summary index cards due by 9/28 |
Wed.
9/28
BW:
Last day to turn in
Act #2 Summary
index card rewrites
stamp
Activity #8 Studying People
Variables/Experiments
CW:
Discuss
Elements of Good Experimental Design (Goldberger
T-chart notes) Glue in yellow sheet on reference
sheet
Activity #9 Data Toss
Part 1
Complete Questions #5 and 6 on page 35 of variable
worksheet in groups
HW:
1.
Finish Activity #9 Part 1 (analysis questions at top of
page 38, no summary) due Fri.
2. Activity #9
vocabulary
due Fri.
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Fri. 9/30
BW:
Stamp
Activity 8 and Activity #9 Part 1
Table groups write a
key concept for Act #8 Pass out
crossword puzzles.
CW::Activity
#9 Data Toss Part 2
HW:
1.
Finish variable worksheet (pgs 34 and 35, skip Venn
Diagram) to be stamped Monday.
2. Finish prepping Act 9 Pt2 (all of page 39 and data
tables on page 41 or 42,
see worksheet from class) to conduct your experiment
and collect data Monday.
3. Crossword
puzzle
due Mon.
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October
(top) |
10/3
BW:
Stamp Crossword Puzzle and Variable Worksheet; pass out
Study Guide
CW:
Activity
#9 Data Toss Part 2: collect data and discuss dividing
up the project by group members to turn in as FDQ group
project (project
hints)
Start Activity #10
HW:
1.Finish
Act 9 Part 2 Conclusions and Analysis ?s on your own,
due Wednesday to be stamped.
3.
Study Guide due Fri.
4.
Study for Unit A test next Mon. 10/11
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10/5
BW:
Write Key Concepts for Activity #9
while I stamp Act 9
CW:
Activity #10 Evaluating Clinical
Trials (Click
here to read);
Assign your
JOB/PART of Activity #9 part 2
to compile into final Group Project, due Fri.; Unit A
Benchmark
HW:
1.
2. YOUR
JOB/PART of Activity #9 part 2 Group Project ROUGH
DRAFT due in FDQ Fri. 10/7 (How
to make a graph and
How to make a data table using MSWord);
2. Finish Activity #10 and do
vocab
for Activity #10 due Fri.
3.
Study Guide due Fri.
4. Study for Unit A test next Mon.
10/11
5. Print
Unit B packet due Mon
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10/7
BW:
Stamp
Act. 10, study guide and vocab;
Stamp Act 9
CW:
Activity #9
Data Toss Part 2 group collaboration/editing time with
rubric; Discuss
"How to Study Ideas" in pg 5 of notebook; go over Study
Guide with answers; Discuss finishing and turning in key
concepts; Discuss Test and
Answer Sheet; Pass back Unit A Benchmark data and go to
computer lab for Unit A
Onlne Review.
HW:
1.
Study for Unit
A test on Monday (Play
Jeopardy or do more of the
Unit A Onlne
Review).
2.
Activity #9 part 2 Group Project
in FDQ due Mon. 10/10 with Rubric (No late passes for
unit projects;
How to make a graph and
How to make a data table using MSWord)
3. Complete one assignment in Unit A (for which you did
not get full credit on time) by Monday to get stamped
for full credit (your "freebie").
4. Bring
Unit B packet to class Monday with gluestick to
attach unit B in notebook after test
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10/10
BW:
Turn in Unit A Group
Project: Data Toss Part 2 in FDQ;
CW:
Fill out test
Prep Record;
Unit A Test;
glue Unit B into your notebook; make seating requests
HW:
1.
Make Unit B Coversheet on pg. 56,
see Table of Contents (pg. 57) for directions.
2. Attach/assemble
Unit B in notebook due Wed. |
10/12
BW:
Pass out
Notebook Check
CW:
Discuss Unit A
Notebook Check
Grading; Intro to Unit B;
Activity #12 Pt 1 and 2
HW:
1.
Finish Activity
#12: (see
reference sheets) summary picture on page 59,
colored with labels, tables complete (2) on page 60,
analysis questions 1 and 2, no written summary, due Fri.
2. Do
vocabulary
for Activity #12 due Fri.
3.
Unit A
Notebook Check
grading with parent help due Fri.
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10/14
BW:
New
seats; Stamp Act. 12, write key concept for Act 12
CW:
Peer grading
Notebook Check
and then turn in; Start
Activity #14(book) and collect background knowledge
and design experiment (Scaffolding).
HW:
1.
Finish
Activity #14 planning (pgs 66) so that you can
collect data on Monday.
2. Complete
vocabulary
for Activity #14 due Monday.answers
the BIG QUESTION)
|
10/17; late
start
BW:
None
CW:
Activity #14 continued
(collect data).
HW:
1.
Finish
analyzing Act #14 data on page 67 due Wed.
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10/19
BW:
Answer the challenge question to Super Size Me while I
set up the movie
CW:
Super Size Me
HW:
1.
Finish Super
Size Me questions (pg 62 and 63) and summary due Friday.
2. Optional Super Size Me extra credit assignment
(bottom of page 63) due Monday 10/24.
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10/21
BW:
Write
a key concept for Act #14 & a key
concept for SSM in your table groups; Stamp Vocab Page
1, Act 14, and SSM
CW:Finish SSM.
Discuss Act #14 FDQ rough drafts
due Wednesday;
Discuss Super Size Me; Surface Area Notes; Look over
Unit A Test
HW:
1.
Act #14 (hints
sheet and
scaffolding) rough draft in FDQ due Wednesday 10/26.
(How
to make a graph and
How to make a data table using MSWord)
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10/24
Collaboration Day
BW:
Pass back Unit A
Notebook Check & graded Surface Area Index Cards (table
leaders collect from table folders)
CW:
Act 15 (Reading); Pass back Act #9 Group Projects
and discuss common errors;
HW:
1. Finish
Act 15 reading and notebook page 70, due Wed.
2. Act #14 (hints
sheet and
scaffolding) rough draft in FDQ due Wednesday 10/26.
(How
to make a graph and
How to make a data table using MSWord)
3. Complete
vocabulary
for Activity #15, due Wed
4. Optional Surface Area index card rewrites due 11/2 |
10/26
BW:
Check Act #14
FDQ and stamp Act #15 & Vocab pgs 2 & 3 while you write
key concepts for Act #14 and 15
CW:
Use
Activity #14 rubric to make any needed change on FDQ
rough draft; Activity #17
HW:
1.
Make any
changes to Act #14 FDQ and turn in for grading with
rubric attached on Friday, 10/28.
2. Finish Act 17 Analysis ?s (no summary) due Friday
10/28.
3.
Act 17
vocab,
due Fri.
4. Optional
Surface Area index card rewrites
due 11/2.
|
10/28
BW:
Stamp
Act #17 & vocab
while you write a key concept for Act #17; Collect Act
#14 FDQ for grading
CW:
Activity #18
HW:
1.Do Act 18
vocab, due Mon.
2. Optional Act 15Q3 rewrites due by 11/8
3.Optional
Surface Area index card rewrites
due 11/2.
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November
(top) |
10/31
BW:
Write Key
Concepts for Act 15 and 17 while I stamp surface area
chart on page 69
CW:
Finish
Act 18
HW:
1.
Finish Act 18 (analysis and summary) due Wed.
2. Vocab quiz on Friday, Act 12-22
3.Optional
Surface Area index card rewrites
due Friday 11/2.
4. Optional Act 15Q3 rewrites due by 11/7
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11/2 End 1st
quarter
BW:
Write Key Concepts for Act 18
while I stamp Activity #18
CW:
Activity
21 and 22
HW:
1. Finish Act
21 (Analysis #3 only, no summary) and 22 (all analysis
and summary)
2.
Vocab quiz on Friday, Act 12-22
3. Activity 22
vocab due Fri
3.
Optional Act 15Q3 rewrites due by 11/7
|
11/4
BW:
Stamp Act 21
and 22
& vocab
while you write key concepts for Act 21 and
22 at your tables
CW:
Vocab
quiz 12-22; Activity
23 (reading)
HW:
1.Finish
Act 23 analysis
questions (no summary)
and do Act 23
vocab, due Mon.
2. Write key concepts for Act 18, 21, and 22 due Monday.
3.
Optional Act 15Q3 rewrites due by 11/7
|
11/7 BLOCK
BW:
Stamp Act 23 and vocab page 4 while you write a key
concept for Act 23 at your tables.
CW:Watch
Heart video, finish page 88 of notes; Bill Nye:
Bones and Muscles; Intro to On The Move (OTM) Project
and group planning
HW:
1. Bring
supplies for OTM on Wed to start building.
2.Finish Bill Nye Bones and Muscles questions (no
summary yet), due Wed. |
11/9 BLOCK
BW:
Stamp
Bill Nye Bones
and Muscles.
CW:
OTM group work time: Finish
planning your project and start building
HW:
1.OTM
vocab due Monday 11/14
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11/11
NO SCHOOL!
|
11/14 late
start
BW:
Stamp
page 5 vocab
while you write key concept for OTM
CW:OTM
group work time
HW:
1.
OTM Model Presentation answers due on page 95 or 96
Wed.
2.Practice
OTM Model Presentation answersfor when your group
presents on Wed. |
11/16
BW:
Stamp
OTM
Planning Sheet
CW:
On The Move Model
Presentations
HW:
1.
OTM Final Evaluation due Friday
2. Review Act 23 heart diagram and study for Heart Quiz
on Friday 11/18
3. Unit B Crossword Due
Wednesday 11/30
|
11/18; last day before fall
break
BW:
Turn in
OTM Final Evaluation;
pass out
Unit B Crossword; Review
"Lay of
the Land" ppt.
CW:Bill
Nye "Eyeballs";
Sheep Eye Dissection
HW:
1. Finish
Bill Nye
"Eyeballs" and Sheep Eye Dissection questions.
Chart on pg 99 - only answer first two questions. Due Wednesday after break, 11/28.
2. Enroll in Blackboard - Due Monday 11/28 (Instructions)
3.
Unit B Crossword
and
Study Guide due Wed. 11/30
4. Download
Unit C to bring to class to attach on 12/2 after
test.
|
11/28
BW:
Pass out
Unit B Key Concept Assignment
CW:
Form Follows Function Chart;
HW:
1.
Unit B Key Concept Assignment due Friday 12/2.
2. Download
Unit B
Study Guide and complete by Wednesday 11/30.
3.
Unit B Crossword due Wed.
4. Finish any key concepts you haven't yet, to be
stamped Wed.(you should have 10= Act 12, SSM, 15, 17,
18, 21, 22, 23, OTM, and Eyes)
5. Sign-up for Blackboard if you haven't done so yet! (Instructions)
6.Download
Unit C to bring to class to attach on 12/2 after
test. |
11/30
BW:
Stamp
Unit B Crossword
and Unit B
Study Guide; Sheep Eye Dissection.
CW:
Discuss
"How to Study Ideas" in pg 5 of notebook; go over Study
Guide with answers; Go to
computer lab for Unit B Review
& Unit B Benchmark test (website
and
directions) (other links for review:
Jeopardy;
Online quiz)
HW:
1.
Study for Unit B test on Friday
2. Unit
B
Key Concept Assignment
due
Fri.
3. Finish
Unit B Remediation (at least 4 questions)
4.
Download
Unit C to bring to class to attach on 12/2 after
test.
|
12/2
BW:
Collect
Unit B Key Concept
Assignment; stamp Unit B Remediation; Pass
out Unit B Notebook Check
CW:
Fill out test
Prep Record;
Unit B Test;
glue
Unit C into your notebook; make seating requests
HW:
1.
Fill out
Unit B Notebook Check
with parents, due Monday.
2. Make Unit C Coversheet see Table of Contents for
directions, due Mon.
3. Attach/assemble
Unit C
in notebook due Mon.
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December
(top) |
12/5
BW:
Collect
Unit B Notebook Check
CW:
Intro Unit C; Activity #31
HW:
1.
Finish Activity #31 and do
vocab for Activity #31 due Wed. |
12/7
BW:
Stamp Activity #31
CW:
Pass out new stamp sheet for Unit C; Activity #30
HW:
1.
Finish Activity #30 and do
vocab for Activity #30 due Fri.
|
12/9
BW:
Stamp Activity #30
& 31
CW:Pass
back Unit C Test Grades;
Activity 32 and
33
HW:
1. Finish Activity #32 (Act
32 Cards) & 33 (video)
and do
vocab for Activity #32 & 33 due Monday
2. Write key concepts for Act #32 due Monday
|
12/12
BW::
Stamp Act 32 & 33.
Write 2 key concepts for Act 33
CW::
Activity #35 Part 1
HW:
1. Finish Activity #35
Part 1 and do
vocab for Activity #35 due Thursday.
2. Study for microscope quiz on Thursday. (Quiz will cover
all of page 1 and 2 of Activity #35) |
12/14
BW:
Stamp
Activity #35 Part 1
CW:
Microscope
quiz; Activity #35 Part 2
HW:
1.
Finish Activity #35 Part 2 (drawings, analysis ?s and
summary)due Friday.
2. Optional Extra Credit, due
1/4 upon return, can earn up to 10 points extra credit
in "Notebook" category:
Activity #34 The Story of Leprosy,
Read and
print & complete worksheet, hand in worksheet
stapled together on 1.4.12 (no late assignments).
|
Friday 12/16; min. day & last
day before winter break
BW:
Stamp
Activity #35 Part 2.
Write key Concepts for Act 35
CW:
Microscope Practice; Start
Act #37
HW:
Nothing
is due right
after break is over!!!! :)
If you want
to get ahead, you can work on
Act #37. It will be due Wednesday after break and
there is also optional extra credit, due 1/4. See
12/14's homework info for details).
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|
January
(top) |
1/2
No School!
|
1/4
BW:
Welcome back!
CW:
Activity
38
&
Act #37;
Introduce Rubber Egg Lab
HW:
1.
Finish
Activity 38 &
Act #37 due Fri.
2.
Complete "Part 1: Removing The
Shell" by Fri, see top of page 132 for detailed
directions.
(In short, you need to put an egg
in vinegar tonight so it will be ready for Part 2 after
school Wed. 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!
|
1/6
BW:
Stamp
Act #37
CW:
Activity 39
HW:
1.
Finish Act. 39
write a key concept, and do
vocab due Mon.
2.
Rubber Egg Lab: Complete "Part 2:
Testing The Model", steps 4-7.
Also complete the bottom of page
133 and top of page 134 "data". You do not need to graph
or make conclusions YET.
Please read directions on page 133 and 134!
|
1/9
BW:
Stamp
Act. 39
CW:
Share
Rubber Egg Lab data, graph results; Act 40.
HW:
1. Act 40 vocab due Wed.
2.
Write key concept for Act
39.
3. Start typing up your Rubber Egg Lab at Home.
Type up everything from the middle of page 133
through the Graph on page 134 (wait to do conclusions
Wed night). This
typed up, final draft is due Friday, 1/14.
(How
to make a graph and
How to make a data table using MSWord)
|
1/11
BW:
Stamp Vocab pg 3
CW:
Finish Act 40 + notes; tie Rubber
Egg Lab results to Act 40, discuss Rubber Egg Lab
conclusions, take notes; Act 41
HW:
1.
Finish
Activity 40 and 41, due Friday.
2.
Finish conclusions and typing up
Rubber Egg Lab (pgs 133-134) in Final Draft Quality
(FDQ), due Friday 1/13 with completed
rubric attached.(How
to make a graph and
How to make a data table using MSWord)
Miss Pytel's
Egg Data
|
1/13
BW:
Collect
Rubber Egg Lab,
stamp Act 40, 41 and Rubber Egg Lab
CW:
Review Act 41; Video: Bill Nye:
Cells; Act 42
HW:
1.Finish
Act 42 due Wednesday 1/18.
2.
Study for vocab quiz on WED. (will
cover Act 30-42, minus 35, plus vocab from 42 found on
page 164)
3.
Optional
Extra Credit, due 1/20, can earn up to 15
points extra credit in "Project" category:
Cell Analogy Poster Homework Assignment.
Described in detail at
bottom of page 161 in notebook.
Examples (you can not copy one of these!)and
rubric. Hand in final product by 1/20, no late
assignments accepted for extra credit.
|
1/16
NO SCHOOL |
1/18
BW:
Stamp Act 42; prep
for quiz
CW:
Vocab
quiz (covers 30-42, minus
35, plus vocab from 42 found on page 164);
Wrap up Act 42;
Relative size animation; Act 43
HW:
1.
Finish Activity 43 and
vocab due Fri.
2. All Unit C vocab should be complete by Friday, 1/20.
3. Act 45 due Friday (for reading,
click here)
***Get a new science
notebook ($2 at finance window) due Wed, 2/1
|
1/20
BW:
Stamp work; Cross check your
Key Concepts against my list, do you have them all?;
Pass out
Semester Final Hints sheet
CW:
Review
Act 45;
Classification notes and
website
review;
Photosynthesis Notes;
HW:
1.
Download and complete
Unit C Study Guide
due Mon. 1/23.
2. Take Unit C Benchmark on Blackboard (under the
'Content' tab).
3.Unit
C Key Concepts Assignment
due Friday 1/27 (choose 10 activities and type up a KC
for each in FDQ).
4. "Freebie" stamp to be stamped Monday, be ready!
5. Unit C Crossword due
Monday.
5. Download
Unit D: Genetics and attach it in new science
notebook by 2/1.
***Get a new science
notebook ($2 at finance window) due Wed, 2/2
|
1/23
BW:
Stamp Freebies, Crossword, Class. notes & Unit C
study guide
CW:
Pass back Benchmark results and discuss review activity;
Benchmark Review;
stamp freebies
HW:
1.
Finish Benchmark Review for Stamp, due Wed. 1/25
2. Study for Unit C Test on Wed. 1/25
3. Download
Unit D: Genetics and
attach it in new science notebook by 2/2.
4. Bring
extra credit unused DOGs and/or bathroom passes to class
on Fri 1/28 for extra credit (OR you can save them to
use second semester). You will get 3 new DOGs/bathroom
passes for second semester.
***Get a new science
notebook ($2 at finance window) due Wed, 2/1 |
1/25
BW:
Stamp
Benchmark Review;
CW:
Review Study Guide;
Fill out Unit C Test prep; Take Unit C Test;
Use Science Notebook and Unit A and B study guides to
review for Semester Final on Friday;
HW:
1.
Study
for Semester 1 Final (covers Unit A, Unit B and Unit C)
on Fri. 1/27
2. Bring Semester 1 Notebook to class tomorrow!
3.
Download
Unit D: Genetics
and attach it in new science notebook by 2/1.
4.
Bring
extra credit unused DOGs and/or bathroom passes to class
on Fri 1/27 for extra credit (OR you can save them to
use second semester). You will get 3 new DOGs/bathroom
passes for second semester.
***Get a new science
notebook ($2 at finance window) due Wed, 2/1
|
1/27; end 1st semester
BW:
Pass out
Unit C Notebook Check and semester extra credit;
Pass out 2nd semester,
New Notebook Slips . Stamp Key Concepts
CW:
Semester 1 Final;
Take Unit C Benchmark again as post-test; Pass back Unit
C Test grades; Complete Unit C Notebook check; Collect 1st semester Notebooks and remove
needed papers to transfer into 2nd semester notebook
HW:
1.
New Notebook Slips due
2. Have 2nd semester notebook ready to go, with all
Intro documents transferred from 1st semester notebook
into 2nd semester one, new Notebook Title Page, Unit D
title page, and
Unit D: Genetics
attached by
Wed. 2/1.
***Get a new science
notebook ($2 at finance window) due Wed, 2/1
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February
(top) |
1/30 and 1/31
NO SCHOOL |
Wednesday 2/1;
single periods
BW:
Pass
out new DOGs and bathroom passes and new stamp sheets;
check for new 2nd semester notebooks
CW:
Intro to Unit D; New Big Question; Activity 54 (not in
packet)
HW:
1.
Complete vocab
for 54 due Friday 2/4.
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Friday 2/3
BW:
Write
a key concept for Act 54.
CW:
New seats; fill
out TOC with new table members' info; Activity 55, 56 (reading
and
info)and start 57
HW:
1.
Finish
Act 55 & 56, vocab
for Act 55 & 57 due Monday 2/6.
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Monday 2/6
BW:
Write a key
concept for Act 56 while I stamp Act 56
CW:Act
57
HW:
1.
Finish Act 57 (analysis, summary)
due Wed.
2. Bring a glue stick to class on Wednesday! |
Wednesday 2/8
BW:
Write a key
concept for Act 57 while I stamp Act 57 & 1st page of
vocab; index card
CW:
Do
online cloning activity;
Act 58
HW:
1.
Finish Act 58 (analysis, summary)
due Fri.
|
Friday 2/10
BW:
Write a key concept for Act 58
while I stamp Act 58; index card (6th pd only)
CW:
Activity 59
HW:
1.
Finish Act 59 (analysis, summary,
vocab) due Tuesday
2. Bring a flower to dissection on Tuesday 2/15
(Good flowers to
bring: hibiscus, lily, tulip, daffodils
Bad flowers to bring: rose, daisy, birds of
paradise, calla lily, anything too small)
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Tuesday 2/14
BW:
Write a key
concept for Act 59 while I stamp; Pick up Index Card
from table folder
CW:Activity
60 Part 1; flower dissection (Flower
Dissection with Images and
Image of Flower Ovary)
HW:
1.
Finish Act 60 Part 1 (analysis,
summary, vocab) due Thursday |
Thursday 2/16
BW:
Index card
CW:Mendel
video; Activity 60 Part 2 (reading)
HW:
1.
Finish Act 60 Part 2 (analysis,
summary, vocab) due Wednesday
2. Complete
Mendel and his peas worksheet passed out at the end
of class, due Wed.
|
Friday 2/17
No school
|
Monday 2/20
No school
|
Wednesday 2/22
BW:
Stamp Act 60 while you write Key
concepts
for Act 60
CW:Activity
61 and Punnett Square Practice (30 min to work on in
class; Review
Mendel and his peas worksheet
HW:
1.
Finish Act 61 (analysis and
summary),
vocab,
and Punnett Square Practice, all due
Friday
|
Friday 2/24
BW:
Stamp
Act 61 and Punnett
Square Practice
CW:Review
Punnett Square Practice; Review
Start Activity 63 (reading);
HW:
1.
Finish Act 63
reading
(analysis, summary, and
vocab), due Monday
2. Go through
What Is Heredity? online activity
3. Study for vocab quiz covering vocab 54-64, no word
bank, on Monday
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|
March
(top) |
Monday 2/27 Late
Start
BW:
Stamp Act
63; Index card
CW:
Vocab
quiz covering vocab 54-64 (no word bank); Finish
Activity 62 Data Collection; Review Punnett Square
Practice
HW:
1.
Finish Act 62
(analysis & summary), due Wednesday
|
Wednesday 2/29
BW:
Pass back
Rubber Egg Lab; Stamp Act 63; Index card
CW:
Read
Activity 64 Intro; Chromosome Mix-up (key)
HW:
1.
Finish
Chromosome
Mix-up, due Friday (key)
|
Friday 3/2
BW:
Stamp
Chromosome Mix-up
CW:
Activity
65
HW:
1.
Finish Act 65
(analysis, summary, and vocab), due Monday
|
3/5
BW:
CW:Free!
HW:
1.Be
sure you are up to date on all of your key concepts and
if you have a index card rewrite to turn in, they are
due Wed (Act 59, 60 & Punnett Square Practice) and Fri
(Act62).
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3/7
BW:
Stamp
Act 65
CW:
Putting it all together;
website; Karyotyping
HW:
1.
Finish
Putting it all
together, due Fri.
2.
Karyotyping
analysis&
summary due
Fri.
Extra Credit:
#1.
Take a
sheet of chromosomes passed out in class and cut
them up.
Tape/glue them in your science notebook in matching
chromosome pairs.
Worth 5 pts to notebook grade, due Monday.
#2. On your finished karyotype, write next to each
chromosome at least 2 genetic disorders that
occur on each chromosome. This website will help you:
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_
Genome/posters/chromosome/chooser.shtml (Must
complete extra credit #1 to do #2, this one is worth an
additional 10 pts to your notebook grade).
|
3/9
BW:
Stamp
Putting
it all together and karyotyping activity
CW:
Review karyotyping and Putting it
all together;
Activity 66
HW:
1.
Finish Act 66 and do vocab due
Mon.
2.
Gel Electrophoresis homework (in
your notebook) due Wed.
NEW LINK!
3. Extra Credit due MONDAY!
|
3/12
BW:
Stamp
Act 66
CW:
Building a DNA ladder
HW:
1.
Finish DNA ladder due Wed.
2.Gel
2. Electrophoresis homework (in your notebook)
due Wed.
NEW LINK!
3.Make
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3/14
BW:
Stamp
DNA ladder and
Gel Electrophoresis
CW:
Review
Pedigrees (ones we did in class) and Gel
Electrophoresis;
HW:
1.Finish ALL vocab!
2. Start studying
for vocab test (no word bank)
|
3/16
BW:
Write a key concept
for Gel Electrophoresis. Stamp Vocab pg 4
CW:
Review structure of
DNA;
DNA replication; DNA construction activity
HW:
1.
Finish Building a DNA ladder
summary, due to be stamped Monday.
2. Study for vocab quiz with no word bank (Act 63,65,66
and PS) on Fri 3/25
|
3/19; late start
BW:
Stamp
Building a DNA ladder while
you write a key concept for it.
CW:Start
Gene Expression
HW:
1.
Gene Expression
vocab (called "PS") due Wed.
2. Study for vocab quiz with no word bank (Act 63,65,66
and PS) on Fri.
|
3/21
BW:
Stamp
vocab
CW:
Gene Expression
HW:
1. Finish Gene
Expression
2. Study for vocab quiz with no
word bank (Act 63,65,66 and PS) on Fri.
|
3/23
BW:
Write a key concept for Gene
Expression
CW:
Finish Gene Expression; Gene
Expression Review:
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=ap1302;
Vocab quiz
HW:
1. Unit D Crossword.
2.Work
on key concept assignment
(type all 10 up in FDQ, due 3/30).Submit
via Google Docs!!
3. Download and complete the
Unit D Study Guide (if you need a copy, see me after
class), due to be stamped on 3/28
|
3/26
BW:
Pass
back vocab quizzes; stamp
Crossword
CW:
Crossword, Review
HW:
1.
Work on key concept assignment (type 10 up in FDQ, due
3/30. Submit via Google Docs!!
2. Download and complete the
Unit D Study Guide (if you need a copy, see me after
class), due to be stamped on 3/28
3.
Download
Unit F and attach into notebook by 4/4.
|
3/28
BW:
Stamp Unit D
Study Guide
CW:
Unit D Study
Guide review; Unit D
Crossword Puzzle;
Go to computer lab to do online
Unit D Benchmark Review
;
Unit D Jeopardy
HW:
1.Period 2- BB has been updated so you can see the
questions that you got correct/wrong!
2..
Work on key concept assignment (type 10 up in FDQ, due
3/30. Submit via Google Docs!!
3.
Download
Unit F and attach into notebook by 4/4.
4. Study for Unit D Test on Friday!
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
|
3/30
BW:
pass out
Unit D Notebook Check
CW:
Fill Out Test Prep Record;
Unit D Test;
Set up new notebook and Unit F
HW:
1.
Unit D Notebook Check
due Monday 4/2
2.
Unit F
attached in notebook and new title page due Monday 4/2
|
|
April
(top) |
4/2
BW:
Collect
Unit D Notebook Check
CW:
Intro to Unit F and new Big Question,
Act 89
HW:
1.
Finish Act 89 (analysis,
summary, and vocab) due Wed. |
4/4
BW:
Pass
out Unit F stamp
sheet, write a key concept for Act
89
CW:
Concept
cartoons; Activity 90
HW:
1. Finish Activity 90
(analysis, summary, and vocab) due
Fri.
|
4/6
Last day before Spring
Break!
BW:
Pass
back Unit D Key Concepts and Test grades;
New seats; Stamp Act 89 and
90; write a key concept for ACt 90
CW:
Act 91
HW:
1. Finish Activity 91
if you didn't finish in class!
(analysis, summary, and vocab) due
Mon.4/16 (Footprint
card #1,
#2, and
#3)
|
4/16
BW:
Key Concept for Activity 91
CW:
8th Grade Orientation with Counselors
HW:
NONE! :) |
4/18
BW:
Stamp
Act 91
CW:
Act 92;
Review
Geolgic Time; Act 93;
watch
How do we know evolution happens?;
start
Evidence for Evolution Notes
HW:
1.Act 93 VOCAB.
2.
Finish Act 92 (analysis, summary,
and vocab) due Wed.
ACT 92 CARDS SCANNED HERE!
|
4/20
BW:
Stamp
Act 92 & 93 and vocab page 1
CW:
Act
94;
watch Darwin's Dangerous
Idea (parts
1
and
2)
HW:
1. Finish Act 94 (analysis, summary
& VOCAB) due Mon.
|
4/23
Late start
BW:
Key Concept
for Act 94
CW:
Darwin's Dangerous Idea
HW:
1.
What did Trex Taste Like? Extra credit (up to 15
points to Sci Notebook grade) due by Monday 4/30
|
4/25
NATIONAL DNA DAY!
BW:
Index Card
CW:
Watch
How does evolution really work?;
Activity 96;
Begin Activity 97 (reading)
Natural Selection notes
HW:
1.
Finish Act 96 (analysis
& summary & vocab) due Fri.
2.
What did Trex Taste Like? Extra credit (up to 15
points to Sci Notebook grade) due by Monday 4/30
|
4/27
BW:
Stamp Act 96
CW:
Nature
at Work; Activity 97(reading)
and Darwin's Dangerous Idea prompts with table; watch
A Mutation Story;
Adaptation notes and YouTube videos:
How Animals DO That Pt. 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WtmfMfCjfQ
How Animals DO That Pt. 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypv_z0f8iqs&feature=related
How Animals DO That Pt. 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4MSqKUhiR4&feature=related
How Animals DO That Pt. 4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFOFlFkxlRg&feature=related
Recap Act 96; revisit/recap
Natural Selection with notes;
HW:
1.
Finish Act 97
reading (stopping to think ?s 1-4,
analysis ?s 1-3 & summary &
vocab) due Mon.
2.
What did Trex Taste Like? Extra credit (up to 15
points to Sci Notebook grade) due by Monday 4/30
3. Index Card re-writes Due
Wednesday, 5/2
|
|
May
(top) |
4/30
BW:
Stamp Act 97, Index Card
Rewrites; Key Concept for Act 97 & NAW
CW:
Begin
Evolution/Conservation project; catch
up on YouTube videos
HW:
1.
Choose a topic/subject for your
project, use these links to help you:
"Life" video snipets shown in class;
Endangered Species Video;
Earth's Endangered Creatures;
WWF;
IUCN
Red List plus TONS more you can find online on your
own.....
2. Study for Vocab Quiz on Monday
3. Index Card re-writes Due
Wednesday, 5/2
|
5/2
BW:
Pass out
Evolution Project Research
Questions
sheet &
rubric;
Index Card Re-writes DUE
CW:
Go to
Computer lab to research your topic; turn
in topic/subject for your Evolution/Conservation project
before you leave lab
HW:
1.
Evolution/Conservation project Data
Sheet (see
sample) with
rubric
attached due Friday (Directions
on how to access your h drive at home).
2. Study for Vocab Quiz on Monday
|
5/4
BW:
CW:
Evolution/Conservation project
Data Sheet
sharing; Finish Concept Cartoons,
Darwin's Dangerous Idea Video & Prompts
HW:
1. Get Permission Slip for
Positive Prevention signed - due MONDAY
2. Finish ALL vocab
3. Study for vocab quiz (all evolution words, no
word bank) on Monday
|
5/7
BW:
Evolution Notes Review
Stamp Vocab, Collect Permission Slips
CW:
Great Transformations Whale Video; Vocab quiz;
Review
Evolution Cartoons
HW:
1.
Unit F Study Guide due Monday 5/14
2.
Unit F Crossword due Wed. 5/16
3.
Unit F Key Concepts due in FDQ on Wed 5/16 -
submitted via Google Docs!
4. Unit F Test Wed. May 16 |
5/9 STAR TESTING
BW:
CW:
Act 99. Finish
reviewing
Evolution Cartoons;
watch
What Darwin Never Knew Video and Questions;
take Unit F
Benchmark
HW:
1.
Unit F Study Guide due Monday 5/14
2.
Unit F Crossword due Wed. 5/16
3.
Unit F Key Concepts due in FDQ on Wed 5/16-
submitted via Google Docs!
4. Unit F Test Wed. May 16
|
5/11
STAR TESTING
BW:
Stamp Act 99. Key Concept for Act 99
CW:
What Darwin Never Knew Video
Video and Questions; pass out Benchmark data
HW:
1. Finish
What Darwin Never Knew Video and
Questions, due Monday
2.
Unit F Study Guide due Monday 5/14
3.
Unit F Crossword due Wed. 5/16
4.
Unit F Key Concepts due in FDQ on Wed 5/16-
submitted via Google Docs!
5. Unit F Test Wed. May 16
|
5/14
Collaboration
Day
BW:
Stamp
Unit F Study Guide
CW:
Review
Unit F Study Guide with Key;
Review for Unit F Test using benchmark data in computer
lab
HW:
1.
Finish
Benchmark Review to be stamped Wed.
2. Unit F Crossword due Wednesday
3. Unit F Test Wednesday,
STUDY!
4. Unit F Key Concepts due in
FDQ on Wed 5/16-
submitted via Google Docs! |
5/16
BW:
Stamp
Unit F Crossword and Benchmark Review, collect Unit F
Key Concepts
CW:
Unit F Test; Pass out
Unit F Notebook Check; Pass out Unit P; Ground Rules for
Unit P
HW:
1. Unit F Notebook Check due
Friday
2. Finish attaching Unit P into your notebook by Friday
|
5/18
BW:
Collect Notebook Check
CW:
Adolescence notes;
watch video, "Teen Dreams"
HW:
1. Vocab "###" to "###" due on
Monday
|
5/21
Career Fair
BW:
Stamp vocab
CW:
Endocrine system
and reproduction notes
HW:
1.
Complete
vocab
through "##" to "##" due Wed.
2. 2. Complete
pg 130 b in notebook
by using the shark book due
Wed. |
5/23
BW:
Stamp
homework
CW:
Pregnancy, Development, and Birth Notes
Video:
"Life's greatest miracle"
HW:
1. Finish vocab "##" to "##" due
Friday.
2. Extra credit Baby Essay due next Wed.
3.
Complete pg 132F/b
and 133Fin your
notebook due
Fri.
|
5/25
BW:
Stamp
homework
CW:
Activity 46
HW:
1. Finish Act #46 (analysis,
summary and vocab) due Wedm
2. Study for vocab quiz on Wed.
|
|
June
(top) |
5/28
NO SCHOOL
|
5/30
BW:
Stamp
homework
CW:
Vocab quiz; Positive
Prevention Intro/Lesson 1; Video
HW:
1.
Complete
vocab
through "##" to "##" due Fri.
|
6/1
BW:
Stamp homework
CW:
Positive Prevention Lessons
2 & 3
HW:
1.
Complete
vocab
through "##" to "##" due Mon.
2. Bring textbook to school to turn in on Monday
|
6/4
BW:
Collect
textbooks
CW:
Positive Prevention
Lesson 4
HW:
1.
Unit P Study Guide and crossword due Fri.
2. Unit P Test on Friday
3. Final on Monday
4. If you forgot your textbook today, be sure to bring
it Wed for 2/5 points
|
6/6
BW:
Collect
CW:
Positive Prevention 5-6
HW:
1.
Parent HIV homework due Monday 6/14
2. Bring DOGs/bathroom passes for extra credit this
Friday 6/10
3.
Unit P Study Guide and crossword due Fri.
4. Unit P Test on Friday
5. Final on Monday (optional study guide here)
|
6/8
BW:
Check
Unit P Study Guide and crossword;
collect extra credit DOGs and bathroom passes
CW:
Finish
Positive Prevention
Fill out test prep record
Unit P
Test
Unit
P
Notebook Grading
Review for Final
HW:
1. Unit P Notebook
Check due Monday
2. Study for Final on
Monday
|
Tuesday 6/12
BW:
Turn in Unit P Notebook Checks
CW:
Fill out
test prep record, take Semester 2 Final, Collect 2nd
semester notebooks
HW:
1.If you'd like to
keep your notebook, be sure to fill out a parents
permission slip and return it by end of the week.
|
Wed. 6/13
CW:
Distribute final grades
________________________
Thurs. 6/14
CW:
Classroom breakdown
|
6/15;
min day
BW:
CW:
Sign yearbooks
HW:
Have a great summer!
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