May 13, 2009

Biology 5/11/09 - 5/15/09

Download Final Exam Review F08    Download Bio Semester project presentation rubric Spring 2009

Monday 5/11/09

Project presentations

Lab: Enzymes & data analysis lab p. 164

Tuesday 5/12/09

Project presentations

Crossword challenge with a candy prize: Bacteria

Wednesday 5/13/09

Project presentations

Martian Lab

Homework: Complete units 4, 8, & 9 in final exam packet

Thursday 5/14/09

Finish Martian lab

Day 1: Respiration lab

Whiteboard Activity: Create & present a whiteboard to teach a final exam concept in unit 4

Friday 5/15/09

Day 2: Respiration lab

Whiteboard activity: Create & present a whiteboard to teach a final exam concept in unit 8 or 9

May 04, 2009

Biology 5/4/09 - 5/8/09

Project Links for Presentations on Monday 5/11, Tuesday 5/12, and Wednesday 5/13

 Download Bio-sem-proj-presentationaudience-guidelines-2  Download Teaching-oral-presentation-skills-2

EOCT & Final Exam Review Packet  Download Final-exam-review-f08-3

Released Biology EOCT Test  Download Released_eoct_test 

Monday 5/4

Classwork: Final exam review packet units 7 & 8

EOCT Review- USA Test Prep review in the library

Homework: Final exam review packet- Units 2,3,& 5

Tuesday 5/5

EOCT Review

Homework- EOCT Review  Ch. 6-9

Wednesday 5/6

Biology End of Course Test

Video clips

Homework- Bring powerpoints to download to classroom computer.

Thursday 5/7

Biology End of Course Test

Video clips

Homework:  Practice presentation for next week.

Friday 5/8

Powerpoints due to be downloaded onto classroom computer.

Lab: Microscopic Examination of Protists

Homework: Practice presentations for next week.

April 28, 2009

Biology 4/27/09 - 5/1/09

Download Kingdom_animalia   Download Kingdom_plantae

Monday 4/27 Plant and Animal Kingdoms

Kingdoms foldable due and Domains contest

Powerpoint presentation & Graphic organizers

Lab: Create a dichotamous key for 4 leaves or shells

Homework: Read Ch. 20.1 and answer #s 1-8 p. 595

Tuesday 4/28 Viruses Ch. 18.2

Powerpoint presentation and virus worksheets

Video clips-polio and vaccines

Homework: Read Ch. 18.2 and answer #s 17-30 p. 536

Wednedsay 4/29 Classification Review Ch. 17-20

Practice test and go over classification quiz

Bacteria Jeopardy and Laptops: EOCT review on USA Test Prep

Homework:  Study for test & Read Ch. 18.1 and answer #s 1-13 p. 535

Thursday 4/30 Classification Test Ch. 17-20

Test and EOCT Review- Ecology

Homework: EOCT Practice work Ch. 1-4

Friday 5/1 EOCT Review

EOCT Ecology review

Homework: EOCT Practice review Ch. 5-7

April 22, 2009

Biology 4/20/09 - 4/24/09

Classification Unit

Download Biology-unit-9-classification-virus-objectives-ma     Download Unit-6-classification 

Download Unit-6-classification-18-3    Download Kingdom_protista    Download Kingdom_protista_2

Download Kingdom_fungi    Download Kingdom_plantae    Download Kingdom_animalia

Monday 4/20 Ch. 17.2

Modern classification graphic organizers and

Go to the library to work on powerpoint presentations.

Homework:  Read Ch. 17.2 and answer #s 10-20 on p. 507

Tuesday 4/21 Ch. 17.3

Cladogram activity and

Go to the library to work on presentation powerpoint

Homework: Read Ch. 17.3 and answer #s 24-33 on p. 508

Wednesday 4/22 Ch. 17.3

Domains graphic organizer, classification vicabulary flash cards, and make a kingdoms foldabale

Go to the library to work on presentation powerpoint

Homework: EOCT practice p. 292 1-9, p. 322 1-9,  and p. 356 1-8.

Thursday  4/23 Ch. 19.1

Domains activity and Archaebacteria and Eubacteria

Homework: Read Ch. 19.1 and answer #s 1-7 on p. 569

                  Study for quiz tomorrow.

Friday 4/24  Ch. 20.1

Quiz: Classification

Powerpoint and GO for Protists and Dichotamous Key Lab

Homework:  Read Ch. 20.1 and answer #s 1-8 p. 595

April 13, 2009

Biology 4/13/09-4/17/09

Monday 4/13/09 Ch. 15.3  Genetic drift

Powerpoint presentation and crossword challenge

Video clips

Homework: Study for vocabulary quiz tomorrow

Tuesday 4/14/09 Ch. 15

Quiz: Evolution vocabulary  Skills worksheet: Darwin's solution

Activity: Analyzing amino acid sequences to determine evolutionary relationships

Homework: Issues in biology: Should the use of antibiotics be restricted?

Wednesday 4/15/09 Review for evolution test

WordWise challenge  Evolution practice test

Laptops: Skills tutor evolution review

Homework: Study for evolution test tomorrow

Thursday 4/16/09 Test:14.2 & 15  Classification Ch. 17.1

Test: Evolution

Powerpoint presentation-Taxonomy

Homework: Read Ch. 17.1 and answer #s 1-8 p. 507

Friday 4/17/09 Modern Classification Ch. 17.2

Powerpoint presentation & graphic organizers

Activity: Create a Cladogram

Homework: Read Ch. 17.2 and answer #s 10-20

April 02, 2009

Biology 3/30/09 - 4/3/09

 Evolution Unit  Download Biology-unit-8-evolution-objectives-ma

Download Biology_ch. 14   Download Biology_ch. 15  Download Unit_5_evolution_15.1  

 Download Unit_5_evolution_15.2   Download Unit_5_evolution_15.3

Download Unit_5_evolution_16.1  Download Unit_5_evolution_16.2

Monday 3/30 Ch. 14.2 Early & Modern Ideas About the Origin of Life

Test: Molecular Biology

Graphic organizer-  Ideas about the origin of life

Homework: Work on project paper due tomorrow

Tuesday 3/31 Ch. 14.2 & 15.1 Endosymbiont Theory, Natural Selection,

Powerpoint presentation- Vocabulary flash cards

Homework: Read Ch. 15.1 & answer #s 1-7 p. 445

Wednesday 4/1 Ch. 15.2 Evidence for Evolution

Powerpoint presentation & Tracking changes worksheet

Homework: Read Ch. 15.2 and answer #s 10-17

Thursday 4/2 Ch. 15.2 & 15.3 Adaptations & Hardy-Weinberg Principle

Powerpoint presentation & Graphic organizers: Adaptations, Hardy-Weinberg, Disruptive Selection 

Homework: Read Ch. 15.3 and answer #s 23-30

Friday 4/3 Ch. 15.3 Mechanisms of Evolution

Graphic organizers: Convergent & divergent evolution & Types of reproductive isolation, Speciation

Peppered moth activity & worksheet

Homework: Evolution concepts worksheet

March 23, 2009

Biology 3/23/09 - 3/27/09

Download Biology_ch. 12    Download Biology_ch. 13

Download Biology-unit-7-molec-genetics-biotech-objectives-ma

Monday 3/23  Ch. 12.4

Download Day 6

Tuesday 3/24 Ch. 13.2

Download Day 7  

Wednesday 3/25  Ch. 13.1

Download Day 8 

Thursday 3/25  Ch. 13. 1 & 13.2

Download Day 9 

Friday 3/26  Ch. 12 & 13.1 -2

Download Day 10

March 18, 2009

Biology 3/16/09 to 3/20/09

  Download Biology-unit-7-molec-genetics-biotech-objectives-ma

Download Unit_6_dna_rna

Monday 3/16  Ch. 10.2 & 10.3 and Ch. 11 

Review and test on genetics

Homework: Define vocabulary on p. 326 & 336

Tuesday 3/17 Ch. 12.1 & 12.2

Powerpoint & graphic organizers on structure and function of DNA

Label DNA replication diagram and make  DNA replication foldable

Homework: Read Ch. 12.1 & 12.2

 and answer #s 12-18  p. 353

Wednesday 3/18 Ch. 12.3

Powerpoint and graphic organizers on transcription and translation

Label transcription & translation diagrams with steps in process

Homework: Read Ch. 12.3 and answer #s 22-29 p. 353

Thursday 3/19 Ch. 12.3

Activity: Translating the genetic code

Worksheet: DNA, RNA, transcription, & translation

Homework: Study for transcription & translation quiz tomorrow

Friday 3/20

Review & quiz on transcription and translation

Mutations graphic organizer

Laptops: Using word to make graphs & tables for project data

Homework: Work on semester long project paper due 3/31

March 06, 2009

Biology 3/9/09-3/13/09

Download Biology_unit_6_genetics_objectives

Download Mendelian Genetics~Notes Merged

Monday 3/9 Ch. 11.1 Dominant and recessize human disorders

Review & Quiz: Punnett squares & vocabulary

Powerpoint / vocabulary cards  & Probability lab

Homework: Read Ch. 11.1 and answer #s 1-9 on p. 319 

Tuesday 3/10 Ch. 11.2 Incomplete dominance and codominance

Powerpoint & Punnett square problems & Pedigree activity p. 300

Homework:  Read Ch. 11.2 and answer #s 10-18 p. 319-320

Wednesday 3/11 Ch. 11.2 Multiple allele and sex-linked traits

Powerpoint & punnett square problems

Homework: Answer #s 21-30 p. 320

Thursday 3/12 Ch. 11.3 Karyotyping and Nondisjunction

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bioactivities/karyotyping/karyotyping.html

Laptops: On line karyotyping lab

Homework: Study guide for genetics unit test 

Friday 3/13 Ch. 10 & Ch. 11

Download Biology_project_making_tables

Test review: Genetics & Laptops: Using Word Link to make tables

Homework: Study for genetics test on Monday & work on semester long project  experiment and paper due 3/31

 

March 03, 2009

Biology 3/2/09 - 3/6/09

Monday 3/2  Ch.. 9.3 & p. 276  Download Cell Division Notes Merged   

Onion root tip lab due   &    Rough draft of introduction to project paper due

Cyclin, the cell cycle and cancer 

 Homework: Study for test on cell reproduction on 3/3

Tuesday 3/3  Ch. 9 and Ch. 10.1  Download Unit 5 Cell Div vocab cards 

Cell division test review: Practice test, mitosis quiz, and meiosis worksheet

Homework: Study for cell reproduction test tomorrow

Wednesday 3/4 Ch. 9 & Ch. 10.1 Tutoring 7:30 am  Download Biology_ch. 10

Review and Test: cell reproduction  & Cell test corrections

Homework: Read Ch. 10.2 & define vocabulary p. 277

Thursday 3/5  Ch. 10.2 & 10.3    Tutoring 7:45 am Download Biology_unit_6_genetics_objectives 

Mendelian genetics & punnet square problems

Mini lab p. 281

Homework: Read Ch. 10.2 & 10.3  & answer #s 14-25 p. 289-290

Friday 3/6 Ch. 10.2 & Ch. 10.3

Punnet Squares, gene linkage & polyploidy

Sponge Bob genetics

Homework: Answer #s 21-29 p. 290-291