Monday, February 23, 2015
1. Warm-Up: None
2. Meiosis Simulation as a Class
3. Karyotyping Inquiry Lab Pt. 1
HW: Study...Meiosis Quiz next class
Friday, February 13, 2015
NO SCHOOL...PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCE DAY :)
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
1. Warm-Up: Tonicity Review (Hypo-, Hyper- and Isotonic Solutions)
2. Chromosome # Practice
3. Snurfle Meiosis Webquest (biomanbio.com)
HW: Finish Webquest if not finished in class, STUDY...Meiosis quiz next class
Monday, February 9, 2015
1. Warm-Up: Mitosis Review
2. PPT: Meiosis w/Guided Notes
3. Finish Meiosis Vocabulary
HW: Finish practice page of guided notes
Thursday, February 5, 2015
1. Warm-Up: Levels of Organization Matching
2. TEST: Mitosis, DNA/RNA, Protein Synthesis and Mutations
3. Define and illustrate the 10 key vocab terms on Meiosis p. 263 (Sperm, Egg, Genetic Recombination, Meiosis, Crossing Over, Haploid, Diploid, Sexual Reproduction, Nondisjunction)
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
1. Warm-Up: Given three mRNA sequences, determine which two code for the same chain of amino acids.
2. Study Guide: Mitosis, DNA/RNA, Protein Synthesis and Mutations
HW: Finish Study Guide...TEST next class
CLICK HERE FOR A COPY OF YOUR EXAM STUDY GUIDE
Friday, January 30, 2015
1. Warm-Up: Protein Synthesis Review Questions
2. Practice Reading the mRNA genetic code table (Round and Square)
3. PPT: Mutations w/Guided Notes
4. Mutations Practice Sheet
HW: Finish your Mutations Practice Sheet
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
1. Warm-Up: Protein Synthesis Analogy
2. Quiz: Draw, label and explain protein synthesis
3. Protein Synthesis Decoding a Sentence Activity
Monday, January 26, 2015
1. Warm-Up: What is your goal for the 3rd nine weeks? What steps will you take to reach this goal?
2. Review Protein Synthesis Diagram
3. Protein Synthesis Flow Chart and Review Sheet
HW: STUDY...Protein Synthesis Quiz next class
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - Friday, January 23, 2015
1. Semester Exam
Friday, January 16, 2015
1. Transcription and Translation Practice WS
2. Semester Exam Review
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
1. Warm-Up: DNA Replication...when? where? helicase vs. polymerase, why semi-conservative?
2. PPT: RNA and Protein Synthesis w/Guided Notes
3. Protein Synthesis Diagram...click here to see a completed diagram
HW: Finish your project (due 1/20), become familiar with your PS diagram, begin preparing for your exam
Monday, January 12, 2015
1. Warm-Up: What does DNA stand for? Draw and label a DNA nucleotide. Describe the shape of DNA. Given a strand of DNA, write the complementary strand.
2. DNA Review...Grudgeball
3. QUIZ: DNA Structure, Function and Replication
Thursday, January 8, 2015
1. Warm-Up: Draw and label a diagram of DNA. Circle a nucleotide.
2. PPT: Chromosomes and DNA Replication w/Guided Notes (Click here to see a video of DNA condensing into chromosomes)
3. DNA Replication Foldable
4. DNA Guided Reading
HW: Finish DNA Foldable and Guided Reading
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
1. Warm-Up: Define fairness and give an example or non-example.
2. PPT: History of DNA w/Guided Notes
3. Video: MrDBioCFC...DNA the Early Years w/10 Questions
4. Finish DNA Origami
2nd Nine Weeks
**ALL MISSING WORK DUE NO LATER THAN 11/25...I will not accept any missing assignments after that date.**
Thursday, December 4, 2014 & Friday, December 5, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Chloroplast, Mitochondria, or Both?
2. Review Photosynthesis and Respiration as a class.
3. QUIZ...Photosynthesis and Respiration
4. PPT: Mitosis and the Cell Cycle w/Guided Notes (part 1)
HW: Create 5 flashcards from your Mitosis Notes
Tuesday, December 2, 2014 & Wednesday, December 3, 2014
1. Finish Photosynthesis and Respiration Foldable
2. Discuss Cell Energy PPT and review guided notes
HW: STUDY...Photosynthesis and Respiration QUIZ next class, create a recipe card for either Photosynthesis or Respiration
Wednesday, November 26, 2014 & Monday, December 1, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Using a textbook, draw and label a molecule of ATP. Explain the relationship between ADP and ATP.
2. PPT: Cell Energy w/Guided Notes
3. Photosynthesis and Respiration Foldable
HW: STUDY...Photosynthesis and Respiration QUIZ next class
Monday, November 24, 2014 & Tuesday, November 25, 2014
1. Review cells as a class
2. CELLS TEST
HW: Enjoy your Thanksgiving! Be safe and be reminded of all you have to be thankful for :)
Thursday, November 20, 2014 & Friday, November 21, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Draw and label a diagram showing the cyclical relationship between photosynthesis and respiration.
2. GO: Compare and Contrast P & R
3. Cell Energy Review Sheet
4. Cells Test Review pt. 1 and pt. 2
HW: STUDY...Cells Test (Cell Theory, Organelles, Membranes/Transport) next class.
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 & Wednesday, November 19, 2014
1. Warm-Up: If our school was a cell...
2. Cell Organelles Manipulatives
3. Teach your classmates about an organelle
4. QUIZ: Cell Organelles
HW: Chloroplast and Mitochondria Guided Reading
Thursday, November 13, 2014 & Monday, November 17, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Look Alikes
2. Organelle Flashcard Review *15 minutes to complete organelle HW
3. Photosynthesis and Respiration Guided Notes
HW: STUDY...quiz on organelles next class
Monday, November 10, 2014 & Wednesday, November 12, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Choose the term that does not belong and explain.
2. Review Cell Theory as a class and work in groups to complete cell theory manipulative
3. QUIZ: Early Scientists and the Cell Theory
4. Cell Organelles Foldable
HW: Organelle Structure and Function/Diagnostic Test WS
Thursday, November 6, 2014 & Friday, November 7, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Compare and Contrast Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes (Video Clip: Amoeba Sisters)
2. Review Early Scientists and the Cell Theory
3. Video: Cell Theory Rap #1
4. Video: Cell Theory Rap #2
5. Video: Crash Course "Eukaryopolis"
6. Organelles Cut and Paste Foldable
HW: Cell Theory Reinforcement WS, Study...cell theory quiz next class
Monday, November 3, 2014 & Wednesday, November 5, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Place the levels of organization in order from smallest to largest.
2. PPT: Early Scientists and the Cell Theory w/Guided Notes
3. Cell Theory Cloze Activity
HW: Make a minimum of 10 flashcards from your cell theory notes.
***ALL MISSING WORK IS DUE BY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31!!!!
Thursday, October 30, 2014 & Friday, October 31, 2014
1. Nine Weeks Test
Tuesday, October 29, 2014 & Wednesday, October 29, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Review Cell Membrane & Transport (last 2 sections of 9 weeks study guide)
2. QUIZ: Cell Membrane and Transport
3. Work on 9 Weeks Study Guide
HW: Complete 9 Weeks Study Guide and STUDY!!! Your1st 9 weeks test is next class!!
CLICK HERE for a completed study guide
Friday, October 24, 2014 & Monday, October 27, 2014
1. Cells Alive Webquest
HW: Finish webquest if not finished in class, complete Cell Membrane Reading/Review Sheets if not finished from last class, STUDY...Membrane and Transport Quiz next class
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 & Thursday, October 23, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Create a model of a cell membrane, then draw and label a cell membrane diagram
2. PPT: Cell Transport w/Guided Notes
3. Microscope Lab pt. 2
4. Cell Membrane Reading Sheet (Back Side)
HW: Cell Membrane Review Sheet
Monday, October 20, 2014 & Tuesday, October 21, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Use a textbook (p. 175) to explain the role of the plasma membrane.
2. PPT: Plasma Membrane w/Guided Notes (click here for guided notes)
3. Microscope Lab pt. 1
4. Cell Membrane Reading Sheet (Front Side)
HW: Macromolecules Project Due next class
Thursday, October 16, 2014 & Friday, October 17, 2014
1. Review Biochemistry concepts
2. Biochemistry TEST
HW: Macromolecules Project due 10/22-23
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 & Wednesday, October 15, 2014
1. Warm-Up:
2. Review Macromolecules Flashcards
i3. Quiz: Macromolecules
4. Biochemistry Study Guide
HW: Study...Biochemistry Test next class, work on your Macromolecule Project due 10/22-23
Friday, October 10, 2014 & Monday, October 13, 2014
1. Video: Amoeba Sisters (Biomolecules Band)
2. Review Macromolecules Flashcards
3. PPT: Enzymes w/Guided Notes and Practice
HW: Enzyme WS, Study...Macro Quiz next class
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 & Thursday, October 9, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Explain the relationship between a monomer and a polymer. Give an example of each.
2. Edible Molecule Activity: Constructing an Amino Acid
3. Macromolecule Cut and Paste
HW: Macromolecules Project Due 10/22 and 10/23 (Click here if you need another project sheet)
Monday, October 6, 2014 & Tuesday, October 7, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Using a period table, what elements do the symbols SPONCH represent? Which element is needed to classify a molecule as "organic"?
2. Finish pH lab report
3. PPT: Carbon Compounds w/Guided Notes
HW: Macro Graphic Organizer and Crossword (2 page of your notes)
Thursday, October 2, 2014 & Friday, October 3, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Complete a venn diagram on acids and bases.
2. Review characteristics of water.
3. Quiz: Properties of Water and pH
4. Lab: pH of household substances
HW: Complete any missing assignments and turn in ASAP
Tuesday, September 30, 2104 & Wednesday, October 1, 2014
1. Brain Pop: Water
2. PPT: Acids, Bases, & pH w/Guided Notes
3. Brain Pop: Acids and Bases
4. Acids and Bases Coloring Sheet
HW: Study...Water Quiz next class.
**EXTRA CREDIT...complete the attached worksheet and turn it in before your quiz
Friday, September 26, 2014 & Monday, September 29, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Match each bond to its description (ionic, covalent, polar covalent, hydrogen)
2. Water Stations Lab
3. 12 Properties of Water Gallery Walk (click here for PPT)
4. Water Properties Review Sheet
HW: STUDY...QUIZ on the properties of water Thursday & Friday
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 & Thursday, September 25, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Draw and label an atom of Carbon.
2. Finish Sticky Molecule
4. Water Properties Cut and Paste
HW: Importance of Water GO
Monday, September 22, 2014 & Tuesday, September 23, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Metric Conversions
2. Brain Pop: Atoms w/1/2 sheet
3. PPT: Properties of Water w/Guided Notes
4. Sticky Molecule w/5 Questions
Thursday, September 18, 2014 & Friday, September 19, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Briefly explain how to read a graduated cylinder.
2. Review PPT: The Metric System & complete practice problems
3. Inquiry Lab: The Effect of Height on Water Splatter
4. WS: Meters, Liters, and Grams
HW: Finish Metric WS if not finished in class, Graphing Skills sheet due next class
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 & Wednesday, September 17, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Distinguish between a hypothesis, theory, and a law (Video is on the check this out tab)
2. Review Graphing PPT
3. Arm Span Graphing Activity as a Class
4. Group Graphing Activity
HW: Take notes on the Metric System PPT (click here) and complete accompanying practice problems; Due Mon/Tues: Using Graphing Skills (click here if you need another copy)
Friday, September 12, 2014 & Monday, September 15, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Compare and Contrast Observations vs. Inferences (Video is on the check this out tab)
2. QUIZ: Scientific Method
3. Biology Pre-Assessment
HW: Take notes on the Graphing PPT (Click here) and bring a picture of yourself to class
Extra Credit: Find 3 real-world graphs and identify the title, IV, DV, type of graph, and a short summary of the data depicted in the graph/is there a trend to the data?
Wednesday, September 10,2014 & Thursday, September 11, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Complete a Venn Diagram on Quantitative vs. Qualitative Data (Click here to watch the video)
2. Mystery Powder Inquiry Lab
HW: Q & Q Data Review Sheet/Charlie Brown SM Review, SM in Action Sheet...STUDY for SM Quiz next class
Monday, September 8, 2014 & Tuesday, September 9, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Complete a T-Chart on IV vs. DV
2. Experimental Design Manipulative in small groups
3. Brain Pop: Scientific Method
4. WS: Identifying Variables
HW: SM Magic # & Matching
Thursday, September 4, 2014 & Friday, September 5, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Explain what is wrong with the lab safety scenario.
2. Lab Safety Rap and quiz review
3. QUIZ: Lab Safety
4. PPT: Scientific Method w/Guided Notes
Tuesday, September 2,2014 & Wednesday, September 3, 2014
1. Discuss syllabus, class expectations, & safety contract
2. Getting to know you by the numbers
3. PPT: Lab Safety
4. Lab Safety Video ( Password: scienceisneat ) or Lab Safety Rap
5. Explain a lab safety rule to the class
HW: Get your syllabus & safety contract signed to be returned next class, review for your Lab Safety Quiz next class.