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BIOLOGY
DATE:
CHAPTER 1 - 2:
8/18 - 8/19 Day 1: Intro to Biology; check out textbook; "Great Possessions"; Animal Tracking (Signals of Spring) Assign: 15 min nature observation & essay
8/20 - 8/21 Day 2: uncontrollable foot; 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
8/24 - 8/25 Day 3: DNA extraction from strawberries;Organic molecules; hot dog tests; Assign: play Chemistry of Cells on Quia - write down one question from EACH category that you got wrong and give the right answer.
8/26 - 8/27
Day 4: enzyme simulations;Enzyme Action lab (Vernier sensors); Assign:
8/28 - 8/31 Day 5: Finish Enzyme lab; review; Assign: Ch 1 - 2 test next time
9/1 - 9/2 Day 6: Ch 1 - 2 Test; Signals of Spring; Microscope lab; Assign:color microscope handout
 
CHAPTER 3:
9/3 - 9/4 Day 1: microscope quiz; Crime lab; Assign: Warrant
9/8 - 9/9 Day 2: "Magic of Cells"; Cell size lab; Assign: Read Ch 3 and do Ch 3 vocab worksheet and cell colorings - due next time
9/10 - 9/11 Day 3: Cells Alive! internet quest; Quia games;Assign: complete cell inspiration map in t:drive
9/14 - 9/15 Day 4: Cell observation lab; analogies; ; Assign: bring "cell" materials (AND map due next time)
9/16 - 9/17 Day 5: Build Cell mobiles; Assign: Cell test next time
9/18 - 9/21 Day 6: Cell Test; set up dialysis tubing lab; "Prairie Birthday" (due 9/29 - 9/30); Signals of spring (ecosystem)
 
CHAPTER 4:
9/22 - 9/23 Day 1: Complete dialysis tubing lab; discuss diffusion & osmosis; plasmolysis lab; assign: Ch 4 wkst - due 9/24 -9/25
9/24 - 9/25 Day 2: plasmolysis lab quiz; finish cell transport discussion;cellular transport webquest; laser disc demo; "kiss" problem Assign: "prairie birthday" due next time
9/29 - 9/30 Day 3: Effect of alcohol on cell membranes lab; Extra Credit due 10/9 - 10/12; Ch 4 Test next time
10/1 - 10/2 Day 4: Ch 4 Test; Energy Pyramid web activity; Solar Detective and Tundra Math (t:drive) Assign: Plant worksheet - due 10/7 - 10/8
 
CHAPTER 5:
10/5-10/6 Day 1: Discuss photosynthesis; chromatography set up; Photosynthesis and Respiration lab (31C) Assign: photosynthesis/plant structure worksheet - due next time
10/7 - 10/8 Day 2: discuss cell respiration & fermentation; set-up fermentation lab; Assign: Red Lanterns - due 10/13 - 10/14
10/9 - 10/12 Day 3: EXTRA CREDIT - DUE TODAY! Oxygen and human respiration lab; Cell respiration worksheet; "Energy Flow in Coral Reefs" and "David Blaine record"; check fermentation lab; Ch 5 quiz - next time and Red Lanterns due next time
10/13 - 10/14 Day 4: Photosynthesis/Cell Respiration Quiz; Signals of Spring
 
CHAPTER 6 & 7
10/13 - 10/14 Day 1: internet karyotyping activity
10/15 - 10/19 Day 2: Discuss mitosis; mitosis internet lesson; Mitosis quiz next time
10/20 - 10/21 Day 3: mitosis quiz; mitosis flipbook movie; Time for the cell cycle lab; ASSIGN: Ch 6/7 worksheet - due 10/28 - 10/29
10/22 - 10/23 Day 4: NIH website; discuss cancer with cd & video "Cell Wars"; ASSIGN: cancer research due NEXT TIME
10/26 - 10/27 Day 5: meiosis simulation; Discuss meiosis; Assign: Ch 6/7 worksheet due NEXT TIME
10/28 - 10/29 Day 6: Chromosome activity; Karyotype worksheet; mitosis versus meiosis quiz (open note); review
10/30 - 11/2 Day 7: Ch 6 & 7 Test; FACE lab; Assign: Trick or Trait survey
 
CHAPTER 8 - Genetics
11/3 - 11/4 Day 1: monohybrid crosses and probabilities; Assign: Genetics wkst #1- due next time
11/5 - 11/6 Day 2: Monohybrid quiz; dihybrid crosses & test crosses Assign: Genetics wkst #2-due next time (EXTRA CREDIT- due 11/16 - 11/17)
11/9 - 11/10 Day 3: dihybrid corn genetics & dihybrid quiz; Assign: Genetics Disorder Poster - due 11/16 - 11/17 (ExtraCredit due 11/16 - 11/17)
11/12 - 11/13 Day 4: "Gattaca"
11/16 - 11/17 Day 5: Trick or Trait data anaylsis; heart disease risk activity; risk continuum; Case of Nicotine Addiction (pedigree analysis) Assign: Genetics Disorder Poster & EC due next time
11/18 - 11/19 Day 6: Patterns of Heredity; Pedigrees and review Assign: Genetics worksheet #3 and pedigree - due next time
11/20 - 11/23 Day 7: Paternity Report; Practice Test & discuss; Review; Quia games Genetics Test - Next Time
11/24 - 11/25 Day 8: Genetics Test; Signals of Spring; Assign: If I Were the Wind - due 12/8 - 12/9
 
CHAPTER 9 & 10 - DNA and Protein Synthesis
11/30 - 12/1 Day 1: DNA structure and replication; discuss mutations;DNA replication game Assign: Read Ch 9 do Ch 9 worksheet - due next time
12/2 - 12/3 Day 2: Mutation exercise; discuss Protein Synthesis; Transcribe and Translate a Gene Assign: Read Ch 10; Do Ch 10 worksheet - due 12/8 - 12/9
12/4 - 12/7 Day 3: Protein Synthesis - A Life Sentence; Ch 10 worksheet due next time
12/8 - 12/9 Day 4: Gene Regulation discussion; lac Operon web activity
12/10 - 12/11

Day 5: Ch 9 & 10 Test; Begin Signals of Spring Poster Displays
 
END OF SEMESTER
12/14 - 12/15 Signals of Spring Poster Displays & Exhibition
12/16 - 12/17 Day 1: Poster Grading; semester review; Quia games
12/18 - 12/22 Day 2: Semester Tests
 
CH 11: Biotechnology
1/4 - 1/5 Day 1: Review DNA structure with origami; Science in the News; Assign: Read Ch 11; Ch 11 worksheet due 1/13 - 1/14
1/11 - 1/12 Day 2: January Thaw; Discuss genetic engineering; paper plasmid lab; Assign: Read Ch 11; Ch 11 worksheet due Next time
1/13 - 1/14 Day 3: "A Green Light for Biology"; review genetic engineering; Discuss lytic and lysogenic cycles of viruses; demo; What is Gene Therapy website & quiz
1/15 - 1/19 Day 4: Discuss GE screening; electrophoresis;Discuss PCR; PCR simulation; DNA sequencing activity; Assign: January Thaw due Next time
1/22 - 1/25 Day 5: DNA Fingerprinting; "The Cloning Conflict"; Cloning and stem cells webquest; cloning simulation website; Assign: DNA Mystery - due next time
1/26 - 1/27 Day 6: Gene chip and Microarray technology; Using microarray technology to study the affects of smoking on gene regulation lab
1/28 - 1/29 Day 7: Human DNA typing lab - parts I and II
2/1 - 2/2 Day 8: Finish Human DNA Typing lab; Discuss DNA Profiling; Lyle and Louise Mystery;
2/3 - 2/4 Day 9: Bioethics Forum; Review; Ch 11 Test - Next Time
2/5 - 2/8 Day 10: Ch 11 TEST;
 
Ch 13 & 14 - Evolution
2/5 - 2/8 Day 1:Find the Freaks; Good Oak - February outdoor activity;
2/9 - 2/10 Day 2: Discuss natural selection; allelic frequency lab; Assign: Ch 13 worksheet - due next time
2/11 - 2/16 Day 3: "Dressing for Dinner"; Mitochondrial DNA & evolutionary distance; Assignment: Evolution computer worksheet - due next time
2/17 - 2/18

Day 4: What would T-rex taste like? ; shell cladogram;"Sneaky Cartoon"; Assign: - Cladogram worksheet - due next time (Good Oak {Feb Outdoor activity} due next time also)
2/19 - 2/22 Day 5: Discuss Evidence for Evolution; "Evidence for Evolution" video; stations Assign: Evidence worksheet - due next time
2/23 - 2/24 Day 6: Animal Hands activity; Discuss How Populations Evolve; Bottleneck Activity;"wolfman" video; Assign: Ch 14 worksheet - due 2/23 - 2/24
2/25 - 2/26 Day 7: Hominid skull comparison lab;"Apes to Man" video; The Biology of Skin Color article; Assign: Ch. 14 worksheet due next time and also EXTRA CREDIT - DUE NEXT TIME
3/1 - 3/2 Day 8: Hominid migration activity; Nomadic Hand-Me-Downs article; Extra Credit due today; Ch 13/14 evolution test - NEXT TIME
3/3 - 3/4 Day 9: Evolution Test; collect bacterial specimens; introduce classification with feature cards
 
Ch 15/20 - Classification & Kingdoms
3/5 - 3/8 Day 1: Discuss classification system & kingdoms; Computer classification activity; Gram stain bacteria; Shark Key Assign: Ch 15/20 worksheet - due
3/9 - 3/10 Day 2: Classify living and preserved specimens; Assign: Ch 15/20 wkst due next time
3/11 - 3/12 Day 3: Finish classifications & keying;Ch 15/20 quiz - NEXT TIME
3/15 - 3/16 Day 4: Classification quiz; Geese Return - outdoor activity - due 3/29 -3/30
 
Ch 38 - 44 - The Human Body
3/15 - 3/16 Day 1: owl pellet - skeleton construction; virtual knee and hip replacement Assign: Medical imaging wkst - due next time
3/17 - 3/22 Day 2: skeletal forensics; Assign: Ch 38 skeletal/muscular systems worksheet - due 3/25 - 3/26
3/23 - 3/24 Day 3: skeletal system lab quiz; vernier muscle labs; Assign: Ch 38 worksheet - due next time
3/25 - 3/26 Day 4: Weight room muscle lab; dissect frog muscles; Assign: Freq asked questions worksheet - due next time
3/29 - 3/30 Day 5: muscular lab quiz; vernier heart rate labs; Assign: Enlarged Heart - due next time
3/31 - 4/1 Day 6: blood type lab; "Work of the Heart" 15 min; Assign: Cell Count activity
4/6 - 4/7 Day 7: vernier blood pressure labs; dissect respiratory tree (fetal pig & frog); Assign: Ch 39 worksheet - due 4/9 - 4/14
4/8 - 4/9 Day 8: vernier lung volume/respiration labs; smoking demo; "Breath of Life" Assign: Ch 39 worksheet - due next time; Come High Water - due due 4/16 - 4/19
4/12 - 4/13 Day 9: circulatory/respiratory lab quiz; "Eaten Alive"; Value of Villi; Assign: Ch 40 worksheet - due 4/17 - 4/20
4/14 - 4/15 Day 10: enzymes & fecal analysis;basal metabolic rate; dissect digestive/excretory system; Assign: Ch 40 worksheet - due next time
4/16 - 4/19 Day 11: urinalysis lab;digestive bear game; digestive/excretory lab quiz; Assign: Ch 42 worksheet - due 4/22 - 4/23
4/20 - 4/21 Day 12: nervous system lab-part 1; Digital dissection of human brain
4/22 - 4/23 Day 13: nervous system lab part II; nervous system lab quiz Extra credit is due 5/4 - 5/5
4/26 - 4/27 Day 14: Build a Body
4/28 - 4/29 Day 15: Finish Body
4/30 - 5/3 Day 16: Human Body Test & review for lab practical; Assign: Back from the Argentine - due 5/11 - 5/12
5/4 - 5/5 Day 17: Lab practical test
 
Human Sexuality Unit
5/6 - 5/7 Day 1: Intro human sexuality unit; sexuality pre-quiz; Q & A; Assign: Sexuality Packet - due 5/11 - 5/12
5/10 - 5/11 Day 2: finish "Life's Greatest Miracle"; discuss anatomy/physiology (LH video); fetal development;
5/12 - 5/13 Day 3: abstinance; refusal skills;Contraception Assign: Song analysis/interview - due next time
5/14 - 5/17 Day 4: discuss STDs; brochure; "No Visible Bruises"
5/18 - 5/19 Day 5: Sexuality Q & A wrap-up; semester review; "She's Too Young" "Sizing Up Sperm"
5/20 - 5/25
SEMESTER TESTS
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CHEMISTRY

DATE:
UNIT 1: Chemistry Techniques, Procedures and Safety
8/18 Day 1: Lab Land game; lab drawer checkout; assign-complete safety worksheet (due next time)
8/20 Day 2: Discuss safety issues; Plop, plop, fizz, fizz & contest
8/24 Day 3: Measuring lab; measuring stations; who's ruling who; assign - complete measurement handout
8/26 Day 4: Measurement quiz; lab techniques and the bunsen burner; Lab quiz;
8/28 Day 5: Popcorn lab;
9/1 Day 6: Do popcorn lab write-up; review
9/3 Day 7: Intro to Chemistry Test; intro Ch 1; Soup or Solid; Assign: read section 1-1 and do What is Chemistry wkst
 
UNIT 2: Characteristics of Matter (Ch 1)
9/8 Day 1: Demos; discuss chemical and physical changes; Vernier exothermic/endothermic reactions lab
9/10 Day 2: Chemical/Physical lab (1hr 15min total)
9/14 Day 3: lab quiz; density lab Assign: 1-2 worksheet-due next time
9/16 Day 4: bonus boats; density scenario and letter report
9/18 Day 5: Melting point/Boiling point lab; start crime scenario
9/22 Day 6: crime scenario;Discuss classification of matter and make inspiration map
9/24 Day 7: classifying matter activity; "Matter" video
9/29 Day 8: mixture scenarios; separation of mixtures lab;
10/1 Day 9: liquid mixtures lab; lab quiz; give out review; Ch 1 Test 10/5; Assign: 1-3 worksheet due 10/5
10/5 Day 10: go over review for Ch 1 test; Ch 1 test; inner space; Assign: online element quiz
 
UNIT 3: Atoms and the Periodic Table (Ch 3 & 4)
10/7 Day 1: "The Atom" video; gold foil/marble lab; lab quiz;
10/9 Day 2: A.tom in a Box; lab quiz;Van de Graaf generator demo;
10/13 Day 3: spectroscopy lab - part 1 & 2
10/15 Day 4: Phet Simulation; Spectroscopy lab quiz; "Fireworks" Assign: Assign: atomic structure worksheet - due next time
10/20 Day 5: finish "Fireworks"; Label blank periodic table; Assign: element cd jacket - due 10/27
10/22 Day 6: Periodic law lab;
10/26 Day 7: Periodic law lab quiz; "The Space Between" teachers domain clip; "Periodic Table" video; Mendeleev lab of 1869; review atom & periodic table; Atom & Periodic Table test - next time!
10/28 Day 8: Atom and Periodic Table test
 
UNIT 4: Radiation
10/28 Day 1: survey; dispel radiation myths
10/30 Day 2: Radiation internet research; "Good, Bad, Ugly" video
11/3 Day 3: discuss ionizing radiation; ionizing radiation (alpha,beta, gamma) lab
11/5 Day 4: lab quiz ;isogenerator lab; discuss isotopes; (chemthink - www.chemthink.com and www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/isotopes/index.html) cloud chambers; ASSIGN: transmutation worksheet
11/9 Day 5: Discuss half-life;1/2 life simulation lab; radioactive M&Ms; use website http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/isotopes/radioactive_decay3.html ; Assign: 1/2 life problems
11/12 Day 6: Nuclear weapons webquest; Avoiding Armageddon; Begin "Sum of All Fears"
11/16 Day 7: "Sum of All Fears"
11/18 Day 8: Discuss fission versus fusion; critical mass demo; 1/2 life lab quiz; Virtual Dating;
11/20 Day 9: nuclear power discussion; "Biological effects" reading; Medical Radiation lab; "Radiation" video
11/24 Day 10: review radiation; practice test; redo survey; RADIATION TEST
 
UNIT 5: Bonding (Ch 5 & 6)
11/30

Day 1: Comparison lab and quiz; Discuss ionic bonds; naming & formula writing; Chemthink (ionic bonds and formulas)
12/2 Day 2: ionic bonding activity ASSIGN: ionic bond wkst - due next time
12/4 Day 3: Discuss covalent bonding; covalent molecules activity Chemthink (covalent bonds and forumlas)
12/8 Day 4: lab quiz; bond, polarity and solubility lab; discuss covalent naming and formula writing; ASSIGN: covalent bonding wkst - due next time
12/10 Day 5: naming & forumla writing quiz; "Bonding" video; review/practice test; Check writing lab
12/14 Day 6: Bonding Test
 
SEMESTER REVIEW
12/14 Day 1: pick-up old tests; review packet and practice test
12/16 - 12/18 Day 2: check out of lab drawers; Quia review games
12/22 Day 3: Semester Test
 
UNIT 6: Chemical Reactions (Ch 8)
1/5 Day1: Check into lab drawers; Time for a Change lab; signs of a chemical reaction demo
1/11 Day 2: Collision theory; "Things that go Bump in the Night"; factors that affect reaction rate lab; Assign: Collision Theory webquest - due next time
1/13 Day 3: grain elevator explosion demo; Reaction rate quiz; Video; Balancing equations; ASSIGN: ChemThink - do assigned tasks "chemical reactions tutorial and questions"
1/15 Day 4: Chembalancer; Balancing Act; Balancing equations quiz; Assign:balancing equations worksheet (Section 2: 1-15) - due next time
1/22 Day 5: discuss types of reactions; Class Action lab; Assign: Section 1 (1-14) of worksheet - due next time
1/26 Day 6: Class Action lab quiz; Combustion lab; Assign: Reaction Prediction Worksheet - due next time
1/28 Day 7: Rocket lab; review
2/1 Day 8: Chemical Reactions Test
 
UNIT 7: Organic Chemistry
2/1 Day 1: Intro to organic; petroleum in your future
2/3 Day 2: motor oil viscosity lab; Assign: Reactions of hydrocarbon worksheet - due next time
2/5 Day 3: "Carbon" video; isomers/sugars lab; Discuss naming hydrocarbons; Assign: Naming alkanes (tutorial to help with naming: ochem.jsd.claremont.edu/movies.dir/pre_nomenclature1.htm)
2/9 Day 4: Organic molecules lab; lab quiz; Assign: alkanes,alkenes,alkynes worksheet - due next time
2/17 Day 5: Discuss functional groups; Make esters lab; alcohols reading Assign: "chemical warfare" reading - due next time
2/19 Day 6: Organic molecules lab - part 2; lab quiz Assign: nomenclature worksheet - due next time
2/23 Day 7: Name Game; Making BioDiesel lab; practice test; ORGANIC TEST - NEXT TIME
2/25 Day 8: Organic Test; "Charge It!" article; Nanotechnology; finish biodiesel lab
 
UNIT 8: Polymers
2/25 Day 1: Playing with polymers lab
3/1 Day 2: Polymers introduction;
3/3 Day 3: Polymers computer lab http://sciencespot.net/; Will It Bounce lab;http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/chemistry/plastics/index.html; Assign: 8.6 polymers worksheet - due next time
3/5 Day 4: Investigating Polymers lab; Properties of polymers lab quiz;
3/9 Day 5: Polymer identification lab; "Age of Polymers" video; blow a PE bottle; POLYMER TEST - NEXT TIME
3/11 Day 6: Polymer Test; Albatross lab; Polysnow (conservation of mass);
 
UNIT 9: Drug chemistry
3/10 - 3/11 Day 1: drug survey; PET scan coloring; Daphnia & heart rate lab; Assign: Drugs of Abuse worksheet - due next time
3/16 - 3/17 Day 2: discuss drug classifications; "Science of Addiction" web activity (http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/addiction);
3/18 - 3/19 Day 3: discuss brain & neurotransmitters;goggles; neurotransmitter activity 1 & 2; discuss addiction; notebook activity; Cat's Eye ; Assign: Marijuana worksheet-due next time
3/20 - 3/23 Day 4: "When a Man Loves a Woman"
3/24 - 3/25 Day 5: finish "When a Man Loves a Woman"; Quiz on neurotransmitters & brain activity; Discuss effects of alcohol; breathalyzer chemistry; set up brine shrimp vs alcohol concentration lab;
3/26 - 3/27 Day 6: finish brine shrimp lab; OTC lab - part 1 (aspirin lab); aspirin lab quiz; "tylenol & alcohol"; Assign: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Quest - due next time
3/30 - 3/31 Day 7: OTC lab-part 2 (antacid lab); lab quiz; ASSIGN: NO CAFFEINE FOR 24 HOURS BEFORE NEXT CLASS!!! Assign: OTC worksheet - due next time
4/1 - 4/2 Day 8: Caffeine lab
4/3 - 4/6 Day 9: Caffeine lab analysis and write-up; Assign: Drug-Testing: A Hair-brained Idea!
4/7 - 4/8 Day 10: Guest speakers - MPD officers; (Pat Oleson, Dean Knippling, John Lord)
4/9 - 4/14 Day 11: "Tylenol and alcohol"; meth ppt; Drugs-Worth It? ppt; "Raves"; meth article & questions; Extra Credit due 4/15
4/15 Day 12: "Finish Line" "Hooked: Illegal Drugs and How They Got That Way"
4/15 - 4/16 Day 13: Review Drug Unit; practice test; "Inhalants"; "Drinking and driving"
4/17 - 4/20 Day 14: Drug Unit test; Intro to Gas Laws ;scuba diving simulation
 
UNIT 10: Gases
4/21 - 4/22 Day 1: Vernier Gas Law stations; discuss Pressure, volume & temperature
4/23 - 4/24
Day 1: Exploring Gases lab stations; Assign: tired weight - due next time
4/27 - 4/28 Day 2: Gas law Demonstrations (Gas rockets)
4/29 - 4/30 Day 4: Gas laws quiz; begin qualitative analysis; Group I knowns
 
UNIT 11: Qualitative Analysis
5/1 - 5/4 Day 1: Group I Unknowns; Group III knowns
5/5 - 5/6 Day 2: Group III unknowns
5/7 - 5/8 Day 3: Group IV knowns
5/11 - 5/12 Day 4: Group IV unknowns
5/13 - 5/20
SEMESTER TEST