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CHAPTER 1 & 6.2 & 6.4 |
| 8/17 - 8/18 |
Day 1: Intro to Biology; Online Book Scavenger Hunt; ;
"Great Possessions"; Assign: Great Possession Outdoor Activity - due 8/31 - 9/1 and Ch 1 Science Notebook handout - due 8/23 - 8/24 |
| 8/19 - 8/22 |
Day 2: The Power of Observation; Is Sammy Alive?; Discuss Characteristics of Living Things;
Stations Assign: Find a picture that represents each of the characteristics of life - put into a power point - due next time |
| 8/23 - 8/24 |
Day 3: DNA extraction
from strawberries;Organic molecules; hot dog tests; Assign:
play Chemistry of Cells on quia and Ch 6-2 & 6-4 Science Notebook worksheet |
| 8/25 - 8/26 |
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| 8/29 -8/30 |
Day 5: Finish Enzyme lab; review; Assign: Ch 1/6.2/6.4 test-next time |
| 8/31 -9/1 |
Day 6: Ch 1/6.2/6.4 Test; Microscope lab; Assign:color
microscope handout; |
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CHAPTER 7 - Cell Structure & Function |
| 9/2 - 9/6 |
Day 1: microscope quiz; Crime lab; Assign:
Warrant |
| 9/7 - 9/8 |
Day 2: Prairie Birthday (September Outdoor Activity) Cell observation lab; Inside a Cell web activity; Assign: Praire Birthday - due 9/21 - 9/22 |
| 9/9 - 9/12 |
Day 3: Sweet 16; role play; start Inspiration cell map; |
| 9/13 - 9/14 |
Day 4: Inspiration map and analogies;set up dialysis tubing lab; |
| 9/15 - 9/16 |
Day 5: Complete dialysis tubing lab; discuss diffusion & osmosis;
plasmolysis lab Assign: 7.4 Science notebook - due next time |
| 9/19 - 9/20 |
Day 6: plasmolysis lab quiz; finish cell transport discussion;cellular
transport webquest; laser disc demo; "kiss" problem; Prairie Birthday - due next time |
| 9/21 - 9/22 |
Day 7: Diagnosing Diabetes (Sanford) Extra Credit Cell Brochure - due 10/5 -10/6 |
| 9/23 - 9/26 |
Day 8: Finish Diagnosing Diabetes lab;Ch 7 Test; Energy Pyramid web activity; |
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CHAPTER 8: Cellular Energy |
| 9/27 - 9/28 |
Day 1:Discuss photosynthesis; chromatography set up; Photosynthesis
and Respiration lab (31C) Assign: Ch 22 plant structure
worksheet - due next time |
| 9/29 - 9/30 |
Day 2: Complete photosynthesis/respiration lab (beetles & spinach); virtual transpiration lab; Red Lanterns - due 10/17 - 10-18 |
| 10/3 - 10/4 |
Day 3: Discuss aerobic cell respiration; Oxygen and human respiration lab; set-up fermentation lab; and "David Blaine record" video (20 minutes); Assign: Cell respiration worksheet - extra credit due next time |
| 10/5 - 10/6 |
Day 4: "Energy Flow in Coral Reefs"; check fermentation lab; Discuss fermentation;Inspiration review map; Ch 8 quiz - next time; EXTRA CREDIT DUE TODAY! |
| 10/7 - 10/10 |
Day 5: Ch 8 Quiz |
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CHAPTER 9 Cell Reproduction |
| 10/7 - 10/10 |
Day 1: Cell size lab; Launch lab - cell observations; Assign: Ch 9 Science Notebook - due 10/13 - 10/17 |
| 10/11 - 10/12 |
Day 2: Discuss mitosis; mitosis internet lesson; Time for the cell cycle lab;(optional - make mitosis flipbook) |
| 10/13 - 10/17 |
Day 3: Cell cycle in an onion root tip; NIH website; discuss cancer
with cd ; ASSIGN: cancer research
due NEXT TIME ( Red Lanterns due 10/17 - 10/18) |
| 10/18 - 10/19 |
Day 4: video "Cell Wars"; Cover up debate; Observe cancer tissue; Ch 9 Quiz; |
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CHAPTER 10 & 11 |
| 10/20 - 10/21 |
Day 1: FACE lab; Assign: Ch 10 science notebook - due 10/26 - 10/27 |
| 10/24 - 10/25 |
Day 2: meiosis simulation; Discuss
meiosis |
| 10/26 - 10/27 |
Day 3: Chromosome activity; monohybrid crosses; Virtual lab - Punnett squares; Assign:
Genetics wkst #1- due next time (Monohybrid quiz next time) |
| 10/31 - 11/1 |
Day 4: Monohybrid quiz; dihybrid crosses & test crosses Assign:
Genetics wkst #2-due next time (EXTRA CREDIT - due 11/8 - 11/9) Dihybrid quiz - next time |
| 11/2 - 11/3 |
Day 5: dihybrid corn genetics & dihybrid quiz; November Outdoor Assignment - due 11/21 - 11/22 |
| 11/4 - 11/7 |
Day 6: heart disease risk activity;
risk continuum; Case
of Nicotine Addiction (pedigree analysis) Assign: Epigenetics (E.C. due next time) |
| 11/8 - 11/9 |
Day 7: Pedigrees Assign:
Genetic disorder poster & pedigree #6 - due next time |
| 11/10 - 11/14 |
Day 8: Patterns of Heredity; Drag N Drop activity; internet karyotyping activity; Karyotype worksheet; Assign: Genetics worksheet #3 - due next time |
| 11/15 - 11/16 |
Day 9: Chromosome Abnormality Data Analysis; Paternity Report; Practice Test & discuss; Review; Quia
games; Genetics
Test - Next Time |
| 11/17 - 11/18 |
Day 10: Ch 10 & 11 Genetics Test; November outdoor assignment due next time; Assign: Ch 12 worksheet due 11/23 - 11/28 |
| 11/21 - 11/22 |
Day 11: "GATTACA" |
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CHAPTER 12 - Molecular Genetics |
| 11/23 - 11/28 |
Day 1: DNA extraction; DNA structure and replication; "Humanzee - part I" |
| 11/29 - 11/30 |
Day 2: discuss mutations;DNA
replication game; Mutation exercise; "Humanzee - part 2"; The Mighty Mutation Maker game; |
| 12/1 - 12/2 |
Day 3: "Humanzee - part 6"; discuss Protein Synthesis; Transcribe and Translate a Gene; Drag and Drop Protein Synthesis; Assign:
Ch 12.3 - 12.4 wkst - due 12/7 - 12/8 |
| 12/5 - 12/6 |
Day 4: Protein Synthesis - A Life Sentence |
| 12/7 - 12/8 |
Day 5: DNA Sequencing (Sanford) |
| 12/9 - 12/12 |
Day 6: Gene Regulation discussion; lac
Operon web activity ;Phet gene machine simulation |
| 12/13 - 12/14 |
Day 7: Ch 12 test |
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END OF SEMESTER |
| 12/15 - 12/20 |
Day 1: Semester review; Quia games |
| 12/21 - 12/22 |
Day 2: Semester Tests |
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CH 13: Biotechnology |
| 1/4 - 1/5 |
Day 1: Review DNA structure with origami; DNA: The Genetic Material (Sanford)transformation lab |
| 1/6 - 1/9 |
Day 2: Teachers domain (Genetic Modification & Classical vs Transgenic clips); Discuss genetic engineering; paper plasmid lab Assign: What is Gene Therapy website and handout - due next time |
| 1/10 - 1/11 |
Day 3: "Got Silk" & "Xenotransplants" VCU; Engineer a tomato crop; practice
electrophoresis; Discuss PCR; PCR simulation; January Thaw |
| 1/12 - 1/13 |
Day 4: DNA Fingerprinting; "A Link for the Missing"; DNA Detective (It takes a Lickin'); Assign:
DNA Mystery - due next time |
| 1/17 - 1/18 |
Day 5: "Rover Redefined"; Diagnosing Niemann Pick Disease (Sanford) Assign; Gene chip and Microarray technology due next time |
| 1/19 - 1/20 |
Day 6:"Personal DNA Testing"Teacher's Domain; Using microarray technology to study the affects of smoking on gene
regulation lab; "Stem Cells Breakthrough" - TD; Start "Cloned"; Assign: Cloning websheet - due next time |
| 1/23 - 1/24 |
Day 7: Finish "Cloned"; Cloning
and stem cells webquest; January Thaw - due next time |
| 1/25 - 1/26 |
Day 8: Discuss DNA Profiling; Investigate Your Own DNA (Sanford); Lyle
and Louise Mystery; Bioethics Forum; Finish Investigate Your Own DNA; Review; Ch 13
Test - NEXT TIME |
| 1/27 - 1/30 |
Day 9: Ch 13 TEST; Find the Freaks! Assign: Variation, Selection and Time websheet - due 2/2 - 2/3 |
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Ch 15 & 16 - Evolution |
| 1/31 - 2/1 |
Day 1: ; Discuss natural selection; Gene frequency lab |
| 2/2 - 2/3 |
Day 2:"Dressing for Dinner"; What
would T-rex taste like? ; Mitochondrial DNA & evolutionary
distance; Assignment: Cladogram worksheet - due next time |
| 2/6 - 2/7 |
Day 3: shell cladogram;"Sneaky Cartoon"; Good Oak - due 2/22 - 2/23
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| 2/8 - 2/9 |
Day 4: Discuss Evidence for Evolution; "Evidence
for Evolution" video;
stations Assign: Evidence
worksheet - due next time |
| 2/10 - 2/13 |
Day 5: Molecular Evolution (Sanford) |
| 2/14 - 2/15 |
Day 6: Animal Hands activity; Discuss
How Populations Evolve; Bottleneck Activity; |
| 2/16 - 2/21 |
Day 7: "wolfman" video; Hominid skull comparison lab; The
Biology of Skin Color article; Assign:
EXTRA CREDIT - DUE |
| 2/22 - 2/23 |
Day 8: "Apes to Man"; Hominid
migration activity; Nomadic Hand-Me-Downs article; Extra Credit due
today;
Ch 15/16 evolution test - NEXT TIME |
| 2/24 - 2/27 |
Day 9: Evolution Test; collect bacterial specimens; introduce classification with feature cards |
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Ch 17 - Classification & Kingdoms |
| 2/28 - 2/29 |
Day 1: Discuss classification
system & kingdoms; Computer classification activity; Gram stain
bacteria; Shark Key Assign:
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| 3/1 - 3/2 |
Day 2: Classify living and preserved specimens; Assign:
Ch 15/20 wkst due next time |
| 3/5 - 3/6 |
Day 3: Finish classifications & keying;Geese Return |
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Ch 32 - 37 The Human Body |
| 3/14 - 3/19 |
Day 1: Review bones game;owl pellet - skeleton construction; |
| 3/20 - 3/21 |
Day 2: skeletal
forensics; Assign: Medical imaging wkst - due next time |
| 3/22 - 3/23 |
Day 3: skeletal system lab quiz; virtual knee and hip
replacement; Weight room muscle lab dissect frog muscles; Assign:
Geese Return |
| 3/26 - 3/27 |
Day 4: Play muscle identification game; vernier muscle labs; Assign: Freq asked questions worksheet - due
next time |
| 3/28 - 3/29 |
Day 5: muscular lab quiz; vernier
heart rate labs; Assign: Enlarged Heart - due next time |
| 3/30 - 4/2 |
Day 6: blood type lab; "Work of the Heart" 15
min; Assign: Cell Count activity |
| 4/3 - 4/4 |
Day 7: vernier blood pressure
labs; Assign:
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| 4/5 - 4/10 |
Day 8: Circulatory/respiratory dissection; vernier lung volume/respiration
labs; smoking demo; "Breath of Life" Assign: |
| 4/11 - 4/12 |
Day 9: Finish Circ/Resp dissection; "Eaten Alive"; Assign: Value of Villi;
Come High Water |
| 4/13 - 4/16 |
Day 10: circulatory/respiratory lab quiz; enzymes & fecal analysis; Assign: Come High Water |
| 4/17 - 4/18 |
Day 11: dissect
digestive/excretory system; urinalysis lab; Assign: |
| 4/19 - 4/20 |
Day 12: digestive/excretory
lab quiz; nervous system
lab-part 1; Assign:Digital dissection of human brain |
| 4/23 - 4/24 |
Day 13: nervous system lab part II; nervous system lab quiz; Extra
credit |
| 4/25 - 4/26 |
Day 14: Build a Body |
| 4/27 - 4/30 |
Day 15: Finish Body |
| 5/1 - 5/2 |
Day 16: Human Body Test & review for lab practical; Assign: Back
from the Argentine |
| 5/3 - 5/4 |
Day 17: Lab practical test; sexuality pre-quiz with clickers Assign:
Sexuality Packet - |
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Human Sexuality Unit |
| 5/7 - 5/8 |
Day 1: "Life's Greatest Miracle"; discuss anatomy/physiology
(LH video) |
| 5/9 - 5/10 |
Day 2: fetal development & pregnancy; abstinance; refusal skills; "No Visible Bruises" Assign: reproduction packet due next time |
| 5/11 - 5/14 |
Day 3: Contraception; answer questions;"She's Too Young"; Assign:
Song analysis/interview - due next time |
| 5/17 - 5/18 |
Day 4: discuss STDs; brochure; Finish "She's Too Young"; Sexuality Q & A wrap-up; semester review; |
| 5/15 - 5/16 |
SEMESTER TESTS |