Biological Form and Function
Friday, 8/17 - Work in pods on the "What Is Science?"
worksheet. We will finish going over it on Monday. Monday, 8/20 - Finish going over "What Is Science?" Read p.14-18 and complete #1-#8 on the Living Things Reinforcement worksheet Tuesday, 8/21 - Class Discussion of the Living Things Reinforcement worksheet Read "Where does life come from?" p.19-21 and complete the worksheet questions Wed., 8/22 - Classifying Life - Collaborative Team Work Thursday, 8/23 - Discuss Classifying Life findings View "CC Taxonomy" Friday, 8/24 - Read "Classifying Life" p.22-26 Research Assignment - Classification of Living Things Monday, 8/27 - Classification of Living Things due
Work with teams to reclassify the organisms from the collaborative team work on Wednesday Create a poster model with new classification schemes. We will continue this on Tuesday, 8/28 in class Wednesday, 8/29 - Final day of team work on posters Thursday, 8/30 - Teams will work together to write a one paragraph reflection comparing their initial classification strategy with the strategy used to develop their poster Friday, 8/31 - Cell Organelles research. Look up the organelles listed on the homework page and record their role. Tuesday, 9/4 - Class discussion and note-taking over Cell Organelles View "Crash Course: Eukaryopolis" Wednesday, 9/5 - "Organelle Analogies" - using our descriptions of the roles of organelles, create analogies comparing these to everyday items Thursday, 9/6 - Share "Organelle Analogies" Begin working on paper-plate animal cell diagrams Friday, 9/7 - Begin working on plant cell diagrams Monday, 9/10 - View "Bill Nye: Cells" Define Osmosis and Diffusion on exit ticket Tuesday, 9/11 - Create data table for Osmosis and Diffusion Lab Exit Ticket Question - How are egg shells similar to a cell membrane? Wednesday, 9/12 - Discuss Exit Ticket responses Take initial egg measurements for Osmosis and Diffusion Lab Thursday, 9/13 - Lecture Notes View "Membranes and Transport" Friday, 9/14 - Monday, 9/17 - Measurements for Osmosis and Diffusion Lab Determine % Change in mass for Tuesday Tuesday, 9/18 - Wednesday, 9/19 - Complete the calculations for Osmosis and Diffusion Lab Research Question - Why did the eggs soaked in corn syrup decrease in size? Record response on an exit ticket Thursday, 9/20 - Discuss responses for Research Question View "Diffusion and Osmosis" to review what we have learned Complete the Key Terms worksheet for Friday Friday, 9/21 - Define 4 vocab. p.81 Read "Energy for Life" p.81-85 Complete worksheet for Monday Monday, 9/24 - Cell Processes Vocab. Review assigned Tuesday, 9/25 - Review Cell Processes Vocab. Thursday, 9/27 - Cell Processes Quiz Friday, 9/28 - Go over Cell Processes Quiz Fill in the Major Phases of Mitosis notes page Monday, 10/1 - View "Mitosis & Cytokinesis" Begin coloring in the pieces of the Mitosis diagram Tuesday, 10/2 - Work time to create Mitosis poster Wednesday, 10/3 - Mitosis poster due Thursday Thursday, 10/4 - Lab Activity - Modeling Cell Division in Early Development Tuesday, 10/9 - Continue Lab Activity and Graphing Wednesday, 10/10 - Lab Questions and Graph Due Read p.104-109; complete the Meiosis worksheet as homework Thursday, 10/11 - Go over Meiosis assignment Read p.110-115 Complete the DNA worksheet for Friday Friday, 10/12 - Go over the DNA worksheet Work in groups to complete the DNA and RNA Base Pairing Activity in class Monday, 10/15 - Modeling DNA Tuesday, 10/16 - Connect our DNA models "Radiation, Genes, and Mutations" Document-Based Questions Wednesday, 10/17 - Cell Reproduction Vocabulary Review Crossword Thursday, 10/18 - Cell Reproduction Chapter Review Friday, 10/19 - Go over Cell Reproduction Chapter Review This will serve as a study guide for the Cell Reproduction Test on Thursday, 10/25 Monday, 10/22 - "Should You Clone Your Dog?" - read article and discuss as a class Cloning Controversy paragraph due Monday Cell Reproduction Test on Thursday Thursday, 10/25 - Cell Reproduction Test Monday, 10/29 - Go over Cell Reproduction Test Retest on Wednesday Cloning Controversy Writing due Tuesday Tuesday, 10/30 - DNA Structure Diagrams Wednesday, 10/31 - Cell Reproduction retest Thursday, 11/1 - DNA Extraction Lab Prep Friday, 11/2 - DNA Extraction Lab Activity Monday, 11/5 - "What is bacteria?" read p.186-191 and complete the questions Tuesday, 11/6 - Worksheet covering "What is bacteria?" and "Bacteria in Our Life" due Thursday Thursday, 11/8 - Bill Nye "Bacteria" Tuesday, 11/13 - Chapter Review p.204; 1-17 due Wed. Wednesday, 11/14 - "Bacteria" take-home assessment due Monday Monday, 11/19 - Science World "Battling the Flu" Complete "New Defense?" worksheet Monday, 11/26 - Protists p.210-221; complete the outline Wednesday, 11/28 - Protists WS due Thursday Thursday, 11/29 - Complete Fungi Note-taking outline for Monday; p.222-229 Monday, 12/3 - Go over Note-taking outline Take-home assessment due Thursday Monday, 12/10 - Finish "Fungi" video Log-in to cK-12 Tuesday, 12/11 - CK-12 Plant Identification Info Monday, 12/17 - CK-12 Plant Evolution and Classification |
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