Tuesday, February 24, 2015
1. Warm-Up: Homologous Chromosomes Problem-Solving Mini-Lab
2. PPT: Mendel's Laws of Heredity w/Guided Notes
3. PPT: Monohybrid Crosses w/Guided Notes
4. Simple Genetics Practice (Board work)
5. Punnett Square Practice & Solving Monohybrid Crosses WS
Thursday, February 12, 2015
1. Warm-Up: Tonicity Review (Hyper-, Hypo- and Isotonic Solutions)
2. Meiosis Strips Group Review Activity
3. QUIZ: Meiosis
4. Karyotyping Lab and Analysis Questions
HW: Finish Karyotyping Lab
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
1. Warm-Up: Mitosis Review
2. Chromosome Number Practice
3. Snurfle Meiosis Webquest (Biomanbio.com)
HW: Finish Webquest, Study...Meiosis QUIZ next class
Friday, February 6, 2015
1. Warm-Up: Levels of Organization Review
2. PPT: Meiosis and Guided Notes
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
1. Warm-Up: Given three sequences of mRNA, determine which two code for the same sequence of amino acids.
2. TEST: Mitosis, DNA/RNA and Protein Synthesis
3. Define and illustrate 10 key terms about Meiosis p. 263
Monday, February 2, 2015
1. Warm-Up: Protein Synthesis Review Questions
2. PPT: Mutations w/Guided Notes
3. Mutation Practice Sheet
HW: Finish Mutation Practice Sheet, Study Guide...DNA/RNA, Protein Synthesis and Mutations...TEST next class
Thursday, January 29, 2015
1. Warm-Up: Protein Synthesis Analogy
2. QUIZ: Protein Synthesis
3. Protein Synthesis Decoding Sentence Activity
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
1. Warm-Up: What is your goal for the 3rd Nine Weeks? How will you reach this goal?
2. Review Protein Synthesis Diagram
3. Protein Synthesis Flow Chart and Review
HW: Study...Protein Synthesis Quiz next class
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
1. Semester Exam
Friday, January 16, 2015
1. Warm-Up: None
2. Transcription and Translation WS
3. Semester Exam Review
CLICK HERE FOR A COPY OF YOUR EXAM STUDY GUIDE
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.**
Monday, December 1, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Draw and label a molecule of ATP. Explain the relationship between ADP and ATP in terms of the battery analogy.
2. Photosynthesis and Respiration Review
HW: STUDY...Photosynthesis and Respiration QUIZ next class.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
1. Review for Cell Test
2. Cells Test
HW: Have a great Thanksgiving! Be safe, eat lots of tasty food, spend time with your loved ones and watch a little football :)
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.
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
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
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
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
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!!!****
Friday, October 31, 2014
1. 1st NW Exam
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Review Cell Membrane and Transport (Section 8-9 in study guide)
2. QUIZ: Membranes and Transport
3. Work on 9 Weeks Study Guide
HW: Complete the 9 weeks study guide and STUDY!!! your nine weeks test is next class!!
CLICK HERE for a completed study guide
Monday, October 27, 2014
1. Cells Alive Internet Lesson
HW: Study...quiz next class on the plasma membrane and cell transport
Thursday, October 23, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Create a model of the cell membrane with a partner, then draw and label a cell membrane diagram.
2. PPT: Cell Transport w/Guided Notes
3. Microscope Lab pt. 2
HW: Cell Membrane Reading Sheet and Cell Membrane Review Sheet
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Using a textbook (p. 175), explain the role of the plasma membrane.
2. PPT: Plasma Membrane w/Guided Notes
3. Microscope Lab pt. 1
4. Foldable: Membranes and Transport
HW: Macromolecules Project due next class
Friday, October 17, 2014
1. Review Biochemistry Concepts
2. Biochemistry Test
HW: Macromolecules Project due 10/22-23
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
1. Warm-Up:
2. Macromolecules Flashcards
3. Quiz: Macromolecules
4. Enzyme WS
5. Biochemistry Study Guide
HW: Study...Biochemistry Test next class.
Monday, October 13. 2014
1. Finish McMush Lab Report
2. Video: Amoeba Sisters "Biomolecules Band"
3. Macromolecules Flashcards
4. PPT: Enzymes w/Guided Notes
HW: Study...Macro Quiz next class
Thursday, October 9, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Explain the relationship between a monomer and a polymer. Give an example of each.
2. McMush Lab
3. Macromolecules Cut and Paste
HW: Macromolecules Project due 10/22-23 (click here if you need another project sheet)
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Using a periodic table, identify the elements represented by SPONCH. Which element is needed to classify a molecule as "organic"?
2. Finish pH lab report
3. PPT: Carbon Compounds w/Guided Notes
HW: Macro G.O. and Crossword puzzle
Friday, October 3, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Complete a venn diagram on acids and bases.
2. Brain Pop: Acids and Bases
3. Review properties of water and pH
4. Acids and bases coloring sheet
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
1. Brain Pop: Water
2. Water Review Sheet
3. PPT: Acids, Bases, and pH w/Guided Notes
4. Quiz: Properties of Water
5. Acids and Bases Coloring Sheet
Monday, September 29, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Match each bond with the appropriate description
2. Water Station Lab
3. 12 Properties of Water Gallery Walk PPT (click here for the notes sheet)
4. 12 Properties of Water Vocabulary Review Sheet
HW: Study...water quiz next class
Thursday, September 25, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Draw and label a carbon atom.
2. Quiz: Scientific Method and Graphing
3. Video: Water-Liquid Awesome
4. Water Properties Cut and Paste Activity
HW: Importance of Water Graphic Organizer
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Metric Conversion Practice
2. Brain Pop: Atoms
3. PPT: Properties of Water w/Guided Notes
4. Sticky Molecule w/5 Questions
Friday, September 19, 2014
1. Warm-Up:
2. Review PPT: Metrics and complete practice problems
3. Inquiry Lab: The Effect of Activity on Heart Rate
4. WS: Writing Meters, Liters, and Grams
HW: Finish Metrics WS and Graphing Skills WS
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Distinguish between a hypothesis, theory, and 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: Copy notes on the Metric System and complete practice problems (click here); Using Graphing Skills (click here) due Tuesday
Monday, September 15, 2014
1. Warm-Up: What is the difference between an observation and an inference? (See Check this Out tab for Video)
2. QUIZ: Scientific Method
3. Pre-Assessment
HW: Copy notes from PPT: Graphing, bring a picture of yourself to class
EXTRA CREDIT: Find a data set online and create an appropriate graph. Identify the title, IV, DV, and briefly explain what is being depicted in your graph.
Thursday, September 11, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Complete a Venn Diagram on Qualitative vs. Quantitative Data (Click here for the video)
2. Mystery Powder Inquiry Lab
3. Quantitative vs. Qualitative Data Practice Sheet
HW: STUDY...Scientific Method QUIZ next class
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
1. Warm-Up: Complete a T-Chart on IV vs. DV
2. Review the steps of the Scientific Method
3. Scientific Method in Action
4. Design an experiment with a partner when given a problem
HW: SM Magic # and Matching WS
Friday, September 5, 2014
1. Warm-Up: What is wrong with the lab scenario shown?
2. Lab Safety Rap and Quiz Review
3. QUIZ: Lab Safety
4. PPT: Scientific Method w/Guided Notes
HW: Identifying Variables WS
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
1. Discuss syllabus, class expectations, and safety contract.
2. Getting to know you by the numbers
3. PPT: Lab Safety
HW: Sign and return syllabus and safety contract