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September
(top) |
Tuesday
8/30
single periodsBW:
Science Survey
CW:
Welcome; Name Tags;
Agenda;
Student Inventory; Materials;
Two Truths and a Lie
HW:
1.
Fill out
Student Inventory due
tomorrow, Wed.
2. Bring suggested materials (1. notebook 2. stapler;
3. glue-stick) to class from home by Friday.
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Wednesday
8/31
single periodsBW:
Collect
Student Inventory
CW:
Review
Syllabus/Grading ; Pass out bathroom passes & DOGS;
Website and where to download
Unit A.
HW:
1.
Bring suggested
materials (1. notebook 2. stapler; 3. glue-stick) to class from home by Friday.
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:
Discuss
Classroom Rules and Procedures &
Lab Safety;
Activity: What is Science?: Mystery
Boxes Activity; seating requests.
HW:
1. Study for quiz (covers
Syllabus/Grading,
Classroom Rules and Procedures,
and
Lab Safety)
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
CW:
Seating Chart & Table Group
Leaders; Lab safety quiz;
Science Notebooks: What, when,
Why, how; Assemble
Notebooks and attach
Unit A; 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
BW:
Collect
Website
Scavenger Hunt
and check Science Notebooks
CW:
HW:
1.
Finish Activity #1 and do vocabulary for Activity #1, due Monday.
|
Mon.
9/12;
single
BW:
Collect
Parent Signature Page
CW:
Introduce
Unit A; explain how to
do vocabulary; Activity #1: Save Fred!
HW:
1.
Website
Scavenger Hunt due
Wed.
2. Activity #1
vocab
due Wed.
|
Wed.
9/14;
2,4,6 block
BW:
Quiz Grades passed
out
CW:
Finish Activity #1 Save Fred; The
Traditional Scientific Method;
Key Concept for
Activity
#1;
What to do when you're
absent;
Activity #2 Pellagra
HW:
1.
Finish Activity #1 (analysis ?s summary) due Fri.
2. Activity #2
vocab
due Fri.
|
Fri. 9/16;
2,4,6 block
BW:
Stamp
Activity #1
and Vocab Page #1 while you fill out an index card
CW:
Explain Stamp Grading
& Stamp Page;
Finish Activity #2 Pellagra;
Activity #3 Testing Medicines: A Clinical
Trial
HW:
HW:
1.
Finish 1.
Finish Act #2 analysis and summary, due Monday
2. Activity #3
vocab
due Mondau
|
Mon. 9/19;
late start
BW:
Collect Act #3 Table Data
CW:
Discuss
Act #3
Clinical Trials and look at compiled class data
together.
HW:
1. Complete the Act #3 bar graph
on page 22 using the class data (use ruler and color)
due Wed. 2.
Act #4
vocabulary
due Wed.
3. Vocab Quiz (Act #1-4) this Friday. |
Wed.
9/21
BW:
Stamp
Activity #2;
return Act #1 index cards;
complete index
card for Act #2
CW:Discuss
index card grading and rewrites (review
UC Rubric);
Finish Act #3 Clinical Trials;
Activity #4 Testing
Medicine Scientifically
HW:
1. Finish
Act. #3 and
Activity #4
Analysis and Summary due Friday.
2.Study for quiz on vocab from Activities 1-4 on
Friday.
3. Optional
re-writes
on Act #1 Summary index cards due by 9/28
|
Fri. 9/23
BW:
Stamp
Activity #3
& #4
and complete index
card
CW:
Vocab
Quiz (Act #1-4);
Review Act #4; Activity #5 Can you feel the
difference;
discuss Act #6 Can you feel the nerve;
start Variable Worksheet
HW:
1.
Finish
Activity #5 (Analysis #s 4a and 4b and Summary).
2. Activity #5
vocab
due Mon.
3. Complete
Question #1 on page 34 of variable worksheet, due
Monday.
|
Mon. 9/26
BW:
Write a key
concept for Act #3 & #4 in table groups
CW:
Pass back index cards and quizzes;
Complete
Question #2 on page 34 of variable worksheet in groups;
Start
Activity #8
Studying People
Variables/Experiments
HW:
1.
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 31 index cards due by Wed. 9/28 and Act #2 index card
rewrites due by
10/3
|
Wed.
9/28
BW:
Index card for Act #8 while I stamp
Activity #8
Studying People
Variables/Experiments
CW:
Review
Activity #8
Studying People
Variables/Experiments
and Variable worksheet #s 2-4;
Discuss
Elements of Good Experimental Design;
Activity #9 Data Toss Part 1
HW:
1. Finish Activity #9 Part 1
(analysis questions at top of page 38, no summary) due Fri.
2. Complete Questions #5 and 6 on page 35 of variable
worksheet
due Fri.
3. Activity #9
vocab
due Fri.
|
Fri. 9/30
BW:
Stamp
Activity #9 Part 1; write key concepts for #5 and #8, pass out
crossword puzzles.
CW:Discuss
Mini Notebook Check; finish Act 8 table previously
skipped while I stamp; Review
What to do when you're
absent website; Activity
#9 Data Toss Part 2;
Pass back Act 3 and 8 index cards
HW:
1.
Mini Notebook Check with parent signature due Monday
2.
Finish
variable worksheet (pgs 34 and 35, skip Venn Diagram) to be stamped 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:
write procedures and make data tables in class and then go outside to collect
data.
HW:
1.Finish Act 9 Pt2 Graph,
Conclusion, &
Analysis ?s on page 40 tonight
on your
own, due Wednesday to be stamped.
2.
Unit A
Study Guide due Fri.
3. Study for Unit A test next Mon.
10/10 |
10/5
BW:
Write Key Concepts
while I stamp
Act 9 Part 2
CW:
Activity #9 Data Toss Part 2:
discuss analyzing data and conclusion;
group collaboration time
to choose
JOB/PART of Activity #9 part 2
you will be typing up (FDQ)
to turn in as one final
group copy;
Activity #10 Evaluating Clinical Trials (Click
here to read as word doc and
here as pdf);
Unit A Benchmark
HW:
1.
Activity #9 part 2 Group Project in
FDQ due
Fri. 10/7 (No late passes for unit projects;
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.
10/10
5.
Print Unit B packet due Mon.
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10/7
BW:
Write
homework into agenda
CW:
Discuss
Unit A
Key Concepts Assignment; Turn
in Unit A Group Project (Activity #9 part 2 Group Project in
FDQ)
and review rubric;
Review Act.
10;
; go over Study Guide with answers;
Pass back Unit A Benchmark data and
review how to do
Unit A
Online Review; Discuss
"How to Study Ideas" in pg 5 of notebook.
HW:
1.
Study for Unit A test on Monday by completing the
Unit A
Online Review
and
Jeopardy.
2. 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").
3. Unit A
Key Concepts Assignment typed
up in FDQ
due
Mon.
4. Bring
Unit B packet to class Monday with gluestick to
attach unit B in notebook after test
|
10/10
BW:
Collect
Unit A Key Concept Assignment
CW:
Fill out test Prep Record;
Unit A Test;
glue Unit B packet into your notebook; make seating requests
HW:
1.
Make Unit B
Coversheet on pg. 52, see Table of Contents (pg. 53) for
directions.
2. Attach/assemble
Unit B packet 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
vocab
for Activity #12 due Fri.
3. Unit A
Notebook Check
grading with parent
help due Fri.
|
10/14
BW:
Turn in
Unit A
Notebook Check;
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 (up to 10
pts max to science notebook grade)
answers the
BIG QUESTION)
|
10/17; late start
BW:
CW:
Finish Super Size Me
and discuss
HW:
1.Finish Super Size Me questions (pg
62 and 63) and
summary to be stamped Wed.
2. Optional Super Size Me extra credit assignment
(bottom of page 63) due Monday 10/24 (up to 10
pts max to science notebook grade) 3.
Complete
vocab
for Activity #14 due Wednesday.
|
10/19
BW:
Write key concepts for Act 12
and
SSM.
CW:
Act 15 (Reading)
HW:
1.
Finish
Act 15 reading
(Stopping
to Think ?s, diagrams, the table, and analysis questions
& summary in notebook page 70 and 71)
due Fri. 2. Complete
vocab
for Activity #15 due Friday
|
10/21
BW:
Stamp
Act. 12,
Super Size me, Act 15 and
Vocab Page 1
CW:
Pass out
Act 9 Group Project Feedback and Editing Guide and
review graded group projects; Demo
Activity #14 Part
1 and groups design their own experiment for Part 2
HW:
1. Go home tonight and type up
Parts I-IV of Activity #14 using this
scaffolding
so you lessen your homework for Monday night.
(How to make a data table using MSWord).
No need to print up and bring to class. Know that
if you blow it off, your homework Monday night will be
GINORMOUS!
|
10/24
Collaboration Day
BW:
Pass out
Act
14 FDQ Rubric
CW:
Complete data gathering for Act 14 Part 2; start
working on page 67 graph and conclusions and analysis
questions.
HW:
1.
Finish
analyzing Act #14 data on page 67 due Wed.
to be stamped.
2.
Type up
Act #14 in FDQ
due Wednesday 10/26.
Helpful links for
completing this assignment:
-scaffolding
-Act
14 FDQ Rubric
-Act 9 Group Project Feedback and Editing Guide -How to make a graph
-How to make a data table using MSWord |
10/26
BW:
Collect Act #14 FDQ and stamp Act #14
CW:
Surface Area Notes;
Activity #17
HW:
1.
Finish Act 17 Analysis ?s (no summary) due Friday
2.
Act
17
vocab, due
Fri.
|
10/28
BW:
Stamp
Act #17 while you fill out and
index card and copy down the key terms for
Act #14, 15,
and 17
key concepts
CW:
Finish Act 17; Watch
"The Bloodmobile";
Activity #18
HW:
1.Write key concepts for Act
14, 15, and 17 using the key terms given to you in
class, due Mon. 2.
Do Act 18 analysis (not summary) due Monday 3.
Do Act 18 vocab, due
Mon.
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|
November
(top) |
10/31
BW:
Collect mail and index cards;
pass out Act 18 Chart
CW:
Finish
Act 18
HW:
1.
Finish Act 18 summary due Wed.
2. Vocab quiz on Friday, Act 12-22
3. Activity 22
vocab due Wed.
|
11/2 End 1st quarter
BW:
Pass back
index cards and stamp homework
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
|
11/4
BW:
Stamp Act 21
and 22 while you write key concepts for Act 18, 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.
|
11/8 BLOCK
BW:
Stamp Act 23 and vocab page 4 while you write a key
concept for Act 23 at your tables.
CW:
Pass back Act 14FDQ and Notes page to review;
Bill Nye:
Bones and Muscles;
Start page 91 in notebook to review joints; Brainpop on
"Joints";
Intro
to On The Move (OTM) Project and group planning
HW:
1. Bring
supplies for OTM on Thurs. to start building.
2.Finish Bill
Nye Bones and Muscles PH questions in bottom
right corner of page 91, due Thursday. 3.OTM
vocab due Monday 11/15 |
11/10 BLOCK
BW:
Stamp
Bill Nye Bones
and Muscles
while you write a key
concept for Act 23 at your tables.
CW:
Review page 91; Watch Brainpop on
"Muscles"; Discuss
Group Grading Guidelines for Project;
OTM group work time: Finish
planning your project and start building
HW:
1.OTM
vocab due Monday 11/15
|
11/11
NO SCHOOL
|
11/14 late start
BW:
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 vocab
while you write key concept for OTM
CW:
On The Move
Model Presentations;
Watch the Incredible Human Machine
HW:
1.
OTM
Final Evaluation due Friday 2.
Unit B
Study Guide due Wed. 11/30
3. Unit B Test coming up on Friday 12/2, Friday after we
return from break.
|
11/18; last day before fall break
BW:
Turn in
OTM
Final Evaluation
CW:Bill
Nye "Eyeballs";
Sheep Eye Dissection;
Review how to log onto Blackboard (instructions
passed out in class); Watch the Incredible Human
Machine
HW:
1. Log onto Blackboard by Monday
11/28 (instructions
passed out in class).
2. Finish
Bill Nye
"Eyeballs" and Sheep Eye Dissection questions and
summary due Wednesday after break, 11/30.
3. Unit B
Study Guide due Wed. 11/30
4.
Unit B Test coming up on Friday 12/2, Friday after we
return from break.
|
11/28
BW:
Pass out
pass out
Unit B Crossword
CW:
Form Follows Function
Chart;
Watch
Human Body: Pushing the Limits: Sight.
HW:
1.
Make sure you get your "Freebie"
stamp assignment done by Wed 11/30.
2.Download
Unit B
Study Guide
and complete by Wednesday 11/30
3.
Unit B Crossword
due Wed. 11/30 4. Study for Unit B Test on
Friday 12/2. 4.
Unit B Key Concept Assignment due Friday 12/2.
5.Download
Unit C
to bring to class to attach on 12/2 after test. |
11/30
BW:
Stamp Freebie stamp,
Unit B Crossword
and
Unit B
Study Guide;
Sheep Eye Dissection and any other activities for Unit B
CW:
Discuss
"How to Study Ideas" in pg 5 of notebook; go over Study
Guide with answers;
Unit B Benchmark test
and review
on
Blackboard in computer lab (other links for review:
Jeopardy;
Online quiz)
HW:
1. Finish your
Unit B Remediation, due to be stamped Friday 2. Study for Unit B Test on Friday 12/2.
3.
Unit B Key Concept Assignment due Friday 12/2.
4.Download
Unit C
to bring to class to attach on 12/2 after test.
|
12/2
BW:
Collect Unit
B Key Concept Assignment; Collect notebook to stamp
during test; 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.
|
|
December
(top) |
12/5
BW:
Collect
Unit B Notebook Check
CW:
Intro Unit C (Nathan
Wolfe TED Talk); Activity #31
HW:
1.
Finish Activity #31 (summary)
and do
vocab
for Activity #31 due Wed. |
12/7
BW:
Stamp Activity #31;
Pass out new stamp sheet for Unit C;
CW:
Finish Act 31 scavenger hunt; 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 Tuesday
2. Write key concepts for #32 and #33, due Tuesday
|
Tuesday 12/13
BW:
Stamp Act 32 &
33
CW:
Activity #35 Part 1
HW:
1. Finish Activity #35
vocab due Thurs.
2. Study for microscope quiz on Thurs. (Quiz will cover
all of page 1 and 2 of Activity #35) |
Thursday 12/15
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 1.4.11 (no late assignments for
extra credit accepted).
|
Friday 12/16; min. day & last day before
winter break
BW:
Stamp
Activity #35 Part 2
CW:
Pass back work; Act 35 Key Concepts;
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 Friday after break and there
is also optional extra credit, due 1/4. See
12/15's homework hotline 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 due Fri.
2.
Act
#37 due Mon. (fill out pages 141 and 142 in your
notebook)
3.
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 Activity
38
while you do vocab and key concepts
CW:
Activity 39
HW:
1.
Act
#37 due Mon. (fill out pages 141 and 142 in your
notebook)
2.
Finish Act. 39 and do
vocab
due Mon.
3.
Rubber
Egg Lab:
FRIDAY:
Complete
Part 1: steps 2-4 by removing your egg from vinegar;
then complete Part 2 steps 1-4 by putting your egg in
either corn syrup or water (or both?) depending
on your experimental design at bottom of page 132.
SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY MORNING:
Complete
Part 2 steps 5-7.
You should have pre and post qualitative and
quantitative data to share on Monday.
You do not need to graph or make conclusions YET.
Just conduct your experiment and collect data.
|
1/9
BW:
Stamp
Act. 37 and 39
while you complete an index card
CW:
Share
Rubber Egg Lab data; review Act 39; start
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 I. Problem through V.
Data (wait to do VI. Graph and VII. 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:
Pass
out
Rubber
Egg Lab Rubric
CW: Finish
Act 40 + notes; tie Rubber Egg Lab results to Act 40,
discuss Rubber Egg Lab class data, graph, and conclusions; Act 41
HW:
1.
Finish Activity 40, due
Friday.
2.
Finish typing up your Rubber Egg Lab at Home,
(finish VI. Graph and VII. Conclusions
tonight).
FDQ
due Friday 1/13
with completed
Rubber
Egg Lab Rubric attached.(How to make a graph
and
How to make a data table using MSWord)
|
1/13
BW:
Index card and
stamp Act 40
and Rubber Egg Lab; collect
Rubber Egg Lab
CW:
Watch video clip; Review Act 41; Video: Bill Nye:
Cells; Act 42
HW:
1.Finish Activity 41
and 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 10 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 41 and 42;
catch up on key concepts; prep
for quiz
CW:
Vocab quiz (covers 30-42, minus 35,
plus vocab from 42
found on page 164); Wrap
up Act 42;
HW:
1.
Do
Activity 43 #5
and
vocab
due Fri.
2. Act 45 due Friday (for reading,
click here), finish page 171 in science
notebook. 3.
All Unit C vocab should be complete
(except "Photosynthesis") by Friday,
1/20
|
1/20
BW:
Stamp work and pass back quizzes and index
cards; Pass out
Semester Final Hints sheet and
discuss Unit C
Key Concepts Assignment.
CW:
Wrap up
Act 43; Complete
Classification Chart on page 170;
Relative size animation; Photosynthesis
(Misconceptions
and
Magic School Bus).
HW:
1.
Finish Act 43 to be stamped Monday. 2. Download and complete
Unit
C Study Guide
due Mon. 1/23 (if you need a copy, ask me!)
3.
Take the Unit C Benchmark on
Blackboard
(Instructions)
4.
Unit
C Key Concepts Assignment
due Wednesday 1/25
5. "Freebie" stamp to be stamped Monday
1/23, be ready!
|
1/23
BW:
Stamp
Act 43,
Benchmark Review
and
Unit
C Study Guide;
Pass out Unit C
Crossword
CW:
Review
Benchmark results and
Unit
C Study Guide;
stamp freebies and remaining work; microscope
practice time
HW:
1.
Unit C
Crossword due Wed. 1/25
2.
Unit
C Key Concepts Assignment
due Wednesday 1/25
3. Study for Unit C Test on Wed. 1/25 (Unit
C Remediation Questions)
4. Download
Unit D: Genetics
and attach it in new science notebook
by 2/1.
5. 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 |
1/25
BW:
Collect
Unit
C Key Concepts Assignment;
stamp
Unit C
Crossword and Freebie;
Pass out
Unit C Notebook Check.
CW:
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; Pass out Unit C
Notebook Check
HW:
1.
Study
for Semester 1 Final (covers Unit A, Unit B and Unit C)
on Fri. 1/27
2.
Unit C Notebook Check
due Fri 1/27
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, 2/2
|
1/27;
end 1st semester
BW:
Collect Unit C
Notebook Check and semester extra credit;
Pass out Science Notebook Permission Slips
CW:
Semester 1
Final;
Pass back Unit C Test grades;
Collect 1st semester Notebooks and remove needed papers
to transfer into 2nd semester notebook
HW:
1.
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: Genetics title
page, and
Unit D: Genetics
attached by Wed. 2/1.
2. Turn in
2nd
Semester Notebook Check Slip due Wed 2/1
***Get a new
science notebook ($2 at finance window) due Wed, 2/2
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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, write a key concept for 55 & 56, and vocab
for Act 55 & 57 due Monday 2/9.
|
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.
|
Wednesday 2/8
BW:
Write a key
concept for Act 57 while I stamp Act 57 & 1st page of
vocab; index card
CW:
Review
Act
57;
Act 58
HW:
1.
Do
online cloning activity
|
Friday 2/10
BW:
Write a key
concept for Act 58 while I stamp Act 58; index card
CW:
Recap Activity 58;
Activity 59
HW:
1.
Finish Act 59 (analysis, summary,
vocab) due Tuesday
2. Bring a flower to dissection on Tuesday 2/14 (Good
flowers to bring: hibiscus, lily, tulip, daffodils
Bad flowers to bring: rose, daisy, birds of
paradise, calla lily, anything too small)
|
Tuesday 2/14
BW:
Write a key
concept for Act 59 while I stamp; index card
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:Review
Parts of a flower; Fill out more info on our Critter
Page; Activity 61 and Punnett Square
Practice (30 min to work on in class); GATTACA
HW:
1.
Finish Act 61 (analysis and
summary),
vocab, and
Punnett Square Practice, all due
Wed. 2/22
|
Friday 2/17
No school
|
Monday 2/20
No school
|
Wednesday 2/22
BW:
Stamp Act 61 while you do
index
card and key concepts
CW: Mendel
video; Activity
60 Part 2 (reading);
Mendel
and his peas worksheet
HW:
1.
Finish Act 60 Part 2 (analysis,
summary, vocab) due Fri
2. Complete
Mendel
and his peas worksheet passed out at the end of
class, due Fri.
|
Friday 2/24
BW:
Index
card while I stamp
CW: Review
Punnett Square Practice; Review
Act 62 data from plants we grew;
Start Activity
63 (reading);
GATTACA
HW:
1.
Finish Act 62
(analysis, summary, and
vocab), due Monday
2. Complete Act 63 vocab
3. Study for vocab quiz covering vocab 53-63, no word
bank, on Monday
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|
March
(top) |
Monday 2/27 Late
Start
BW:
Stamp
page 2 vocab
CW:
Vocab quiz covering vocab 53-63 (no
word bank); Activity
63 (reading)
HW:
1.
Finish Act 63
(analysis, summary, and vocab), due Wednesday
|
Wednesday 2/29
BW:
Stamp Act 62 & 63; Index card
CW:
Review Act 63; Read Activity
64 Intro; Chromosome Mix-up (key)
HW:
1.
Finish
Chromosome Mix-up (chart,
analysis, and summary) due Friday (key)
|
Friday 3/2
BW:
Stamp
Chromosome Mix-up
CW:
Watch Mitosis video and do
mitosis/meiosis card sort; Review
Chromosome Mix-up and
Inheritance Patterns; Read Activity
64 Intro; GATTACA (stamp Punnett Square
Practice during video)
HW:
1.
Finish skipped portions of Act 61
(2 ab and 4 abc) to be stamped Monday.
|
3/5
BW:
Stamp Act 61
CW:Activity
65
HW:
1.
Finish Act 65
(analysis, summary, and vocab), due Monday
|
3/7
BW:
Stamp
Act 65
& index card
CW:
Putting it all together
HW:
1.
Finish
Putting it all
together, due Fri. 2.
Karyotyping Extra Credit:
#1.
Download 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 Friday. #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 5 pts to your notebook grade).
|
3/9
BW:
Stamp
Putting it all
together and check for extra credit
CW:
Activity 66
HW:
1.
Finish Act 66
and do vocab due Mon.
2.
Gel Electrophoresis homework (in
your notebook) due Wed.
|
3/12
BW:
Stamp
Act 66 and pass back graded index cards
CW:
Building a DNA ladder
HW:
1.
Finish DNA
ladder due Wed.
2.Gel
2.
Gel Electrophoresis homework
due Wed.
3.Make
sure all vocab for Unit D is complete (except PS) due
Wed.
|
3/14
BW:
Stamp
DNA ladder
& Gel Electrophoresis &
vocab
CW:
Karyotyping
(website);
Review structure
of DNA, DNA replication
HW:
1. Finish Building a DNA
Ladder Summary to be stamped Friday.
2. Study for vocab quiz with no
word bank covering Act 63, 65, 66 and GE on Fri 3/23
|
3/16
BW:
Index card
CW:
Watch
Bill Nye Genes
and complete
worksheet; PH reading (pages 175-181) and do Section
4 assessment (1abc, 2abc, 3ab) on pages 70+ in science
notebook.
HW:
1.
Finish Section 4 Assessment by
Monday for stamp. 2.
Study for vocab quiz with no word bank (Act 63,65,66
and GE) on Fri 3/23
|
3/19;
late start
BW:
Stamp
Section 4 Assessment by Monday for
stamp.
CW:Start
Gene Expression, page 61, discuss
proteins
HW:
1.
Gene
Expression vocab (called "GE") due Wed.
2. Study for vocab quiz with no word bank (Act 63,65,66
and GE) on Fri.
|
3/21
BW:
Pass out Unit D Crossword
and stamp
vocab
and previous unstamped work
CW:
Watch "What
is a Protein?";
Gene Expression pages 62-63;
What makes a firefly glow?
HW:
1.
Unit D
Crossword due Friday
2. Go online and transcribe a protein:
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content
/begin/dna/transcribe/
3.
Finish Gene Expression
Analysis ?s, due Friday
4. Study for vocab quiz with no word bank (Act 63,65,66
and GE) on Fri.
|
3/23
BW:
Catch up on
Key Concepts while I stamp the Crossword and Gene
Expression
CW:
Finish Gene Expression; Gene Expression Review:
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=ap1302;
Gene Expression Hands on Activity; Vocab
quiz
HW:
1. 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 Gene
Expression
CW:
Review
how to do Unit D Key Concepts on Google Docs; How to do
Blackboard Review and Remedication; Finish GATTACA
HW:
1.
Work on key
concept assignment (type all 18 up in FDQ, due 4/1).
2. Download and complete the
Unit D Study Guide (if you need a copy, see me after
class), due to be stamped on 3/30
3.
Get your "Freebie" ready to be
stamped on Wednesday in the computer lab 4.
Download
Unit F and attach into notebook by 4/4.
|
3/28
BW:
Stamp
Unit D Study Guide
CW:
Unit D Study
Guide review;
Go to computer lab to either work on Google Docs,
Blackboard Review, or Unit D
Jeopardy
HW:
1.
Work on key
concept assignment (type all 18 up in FDQ, due 4/1)
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 4/4
2.
Unit F attached in notebook and new title page due
Monday 4/4
|
|
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
(;
Act 92 Part 1
HW:
1. Finish Activity 91
(analysis, summary, and vocab) due Mon.4/18
(Footprint
card #1,
#2,
and #3)
|
4/16
BW:
Stamp Act 91; Pass back index cards
CW:
8th Grade Orientation with Counselors
HW:
1.
Finish Act 92 (analysis, summary, and vocab) due Wed.
ACT 92 CARDS SCANNED HERE! |
4/18
BW:
Stamp
Act 92
CW:
Act 92 Part
2;
Review
Geolgic Time; Act 93;
watch
How do we know evolution happens?;
start
Evidence for
Evolution Notes
HW:
1.Finish Act 94 (analysis,
summary, and vocab) due Fri.
|
4/20
BW:
Stamp
Act 94 and vocab page 1
CW:
Act 94;
watch Darwin's Dangerous Idea (parts
1
and
2) and answer prompts 1-4;
Natural Selection notes
HW:
1.
Finish Act 95 (analysis &
summary) due Mon.
|
4/23
Late start
BW:
New
table group leaders
CW:
Breeding
Bunnies Lab
HW:
1.
Flashy Fish worksheet
due Wed. 2.
What
did Trex Taste Like? Extra credit (up to 10 points
to Sci Notebook grade) due by Friday 4/29
|
4/25
BW:
Stamp
Act 95
and
Flashy
Fish worksheet; pass back notecards
CW:
Watch
How does evolution really work?;
Activity 96; Begin Activity 97 (reading)
finish as homework
HW:
1.
Finish Act 96 (analysis &
summary & vocab) due Fri. 2.
What
did Trex Taste Like? Extra credit (up to 10 points
to Sci Notebook grade) due by Friday 4/29
|
4/27
BW:
Stamp
Act 96, catch up on key concepts,
index card
CW:
Wrap up
Activity 97; watch
A Mutation Story;
Adaptation notes
and you tube 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; Begin Activity 97 (reading)
HW:
1.
Finish Act 97
reading (stopping to think ?s 1-4, analysis
?s 1-3 &
summary & vocab) due Mon.
|
|
May
(top) |
4/30
BW:
Stamp Act 97,
pass out
Life Ed Permission Slip
CW:
Begin
Evolution/Conservation project
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.Life Ed Permission Slip due on Friday 5/6
|
5/2
BW:
Pass out
Evolution Project Research
Questions
sheet &
rubric; collect
Life Ed Permission Slips
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.
Life Ed Permission Slip due on Friday 5/6
|
5/4
BW:
Collect
Life Ed Permission Slip
CW:
Evolution/Conservation project Data Sheet
sharing; Activity 99
HW:
1.
Finish Act 99 (analysis &
summary & vocab) due Mon. 2.
Study for vocab quiz (all evolution words, no word bank)
on Monday
|
5/7
BW:
Stamp Act 99,
write a Key Concept for Act 99 and do
Evolution Notes
Review
with your table
CW:
Great Transformations Whale Video;
Vocab
quiz; Review
Evolution Cartoons
HW:
1.
Unit F
Study Guide due Monday 5/16 2.
Unit F
Crossword due Wed. 5/18 3.
Unit F Key Concepts due in FDQ on
Wed 5/18 4. Unit F Test Wed. May 18 |
5/9 STAR
TESTING
BW:
CW:
Finish
reviewing
Evolution Cartoons;
watch
What Darwin Never Knew Video and Questions;
take Unit F
Benchmark
HW:
1.
Unit F
Study Guide due Monday 5/16 2.
Unit F
Crossword due Wed. 5/18 3.
Unit F Key Concepts due in FDQ on
Wed 5/18 4. Unit F
Test Wed. May 18
|
5/11
STAR TESTING
BW:
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 5/16 3.
Unit F
Crossword due Wed. 5/18 4.
Unit F Key Concepts due in FDQ on
Wed 5/18 5. Unit F Test Wed. May 18
|
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 5/18 |
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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