Week of Sep 28 - Oct 2

Biology
HW 1:  Read pp. 50 -56, p. 52  Draw, color, label the 3 diagrams, p. 53 # 1 and 2, p. 56, 1-4
HW 2:  Carbon based molecules w/s

Monday
Review chemical reactions
Complete models of macromolecules and questions
Complete macromolecule chart
Begin: Enzymes and Catalyssts
Watch:  Function of Enzymes
             How to Speed Up Chemical Reactions
             How Enzymes Work
             The Role of Enzymes


Tues/Weds
Urinalysis Lab: Testing for Macromolecules
Notes on Enzymes

Thurs/Fri
Elements and Macromolecules w/s
Fundamentals of Enzymes w/s
Study Guide for TEST - Monday/Tuesday


Earth Space Science
HW 1:  Read pp. 54 - 60, 10 facts
HW 2:  p. 61 Checking Up # 1-3

Tues
Tides, Phases and Eclipses
p. 47, Checking up 1-4
Notes on moon phases, tides and eclipses
Begin:  Moon phases lab

Thurs
Begin Sec 5
Guided Reading

Week of September 21st

Biology
HW 1: Read pp. 44 - 48, 10 facts
HW 2: p. 48, # 1-5, restate

Mon/Tues 9/21-22
Quiz - Properties of Water from your study guide
Begin organic chemistry and macromolecules
Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids
Watch:  Biological Molecules -Crashcourse Science
Watch:  Carbon is a Tramp - Crashcourse Science

Weds/Thurs 9/23-24
Macromolecule chart
Macromolecule models and questions


Earth Space
HW 1: Read pp. 43-47.  Write 10 important facts
HW 2:  p. 46 Draw, label, color all of the orbital diagrams
            Learn the 6 orbital terms for quiz Friday:
            orbital velocity, eccentricity, obliquity, precession, inclination and ellipse (p. 45)

Mon 9/21
Review and take test on Ch 1, Secs 1-3
Begin: Earth's Orbit
Watch: Earth's Revolution Around the Sun
Watch:  What Causes the Seasons

Wed 9/23
Earth's Orbit Lab: Calculating Eccentricity

Fri 9/25
Begin: Sun-Earth- Moon System
Moon phases
Graphing tides and moon phases
Moon phases lab

Weekly Overview

Week of September 14th

Biology
HW 1:  Read pp. 36 - 39.  On p. 39, restate answers to # 1-5
HW 2:  Read pp. 40 - 43.  Write the 10 most important facts you find.

9/14
TEST on Characteristics of Life
Begin Properties of Water
Watch:  Amazing Properties of Water
Notes on hydrogen bonding and the 5 amazing properties of water that sustain life

9/16
Ban on Dihydrogen Monoxide
Lab: Properties of Water
Test corrections
Notes on pH

9/18 (A) and 9/21 (B)
Study Guide for Quiz on Properties of Water next class
Begin Cell Theory
Watch: Wacky History of Cell Theory
Complete fact guide for Wacky History
Powernotes on Cell Theory

Earth Space
HW 1:  Read pp. 32 - 38, 10 facts
HW 2:  p. 39 Think About It Again, 4 questions

9/15
Calculating light years and parsecs
PowerPoint notes - Origins of the Universe
p. 38, 1-9 "Checking Up"
Watch:  The Doppler Effect and the red shift of the universe

9/17
Theories vs. Laws
Big Bang Balloon lab
Study Guide for TEST 9/21:  Chapter 1, Sections 1-3
Watch:  Hubble Deep Field Discoveries