Week of Nov 2 - 6th

Biology 

This week: Cell  membrane, passive and active transport

HW 1:  p. 95,  #1-12  Restate (except 1-8)
HW 2:  p. 95, # 14 - 24, Restate

Mon, Nov 2nd
Notes on diffusion and osmosis
Iodine diffusion experiment
Iso, hyper and hypotonic scenarios
Watch:  Amoeba Sisters Explain Osmosis
Hypo, iso, hypertonic solutions
Active and Passive transport

Tues - Weds, Nov 3rd & 4th
Iso, hyper, hypotonic scenarios
Set up gummy bear osmosis lab
District testing

Thurs - Fri, Nov 5th
Complete gummy bear lab
Study Guide for Test Tuesday

Earth Space

This week:  Finish Apollo 13 and begin Thunderstorms

HW 1:  Read pp. 539 - 542.  Write 10 important facts
HW 2:  p. 542, Checking Up ?'s

Tues, Nov 3rd
Begin Thunderstorms
Apollo 13 - complete Movie Fact Guide

Thursday, Nov 5th
Finish Apollo 13 and Fact Guide

Week of October 26 - 30th

Biology

HW 1:  Read pp. 81 - 89  The Cell Membrane.  Write 10 important facts you find.
HW 2:  p. 84, # 1-4
            p. 87, # 1-4

Finish:  Cells and Organelles
Begin:  Cell Membranes

Watch:  Hyper, hypo, isotonic
            The Cell Membrane in the Virtual Cell
             Getting materials through the membrane
             Active and passive transport
            Voyage Inside the Cell

Monday:  Oct 26th
Review and take the TEST on Cells and Organelles
Begin:  Phospholipid bi-layer model

Tuesday - Wednesday:  Oct 27th
Cell membrane Power notes
Complete model
Osmosis, diffusion and active transport

Thursday: Oct 28th
Osmosis lab


Earth Space

HW 1:  Complete Study Guide for Test Thursday
HW 2:  Study for TEST on Ch. 1

Tuesday: Oct 27th
Complete Study Guide and Review

Thursday:  Oct 29th
Jeopardy Review and TEST on Ch. 1

Week of October 18th - 22nd

Biology
HW 1:  Organelle Study Guide
HW 2:  Prokaryotic vs Eukaryotic Study Guide
Watch:  Intro to Cells

Monday/Tuesday Oct  18-19th
Finish organelle Powernotes
Plant lab

Weds - Thurs  Oct 20-21st
Cell membrane
Test study guide - The Cell

Friday - Monday  Oct 22 and 25th
Cell Test


Earth Space

HW 1:  What is the EM Spectrum? w/sheet
HW2:  Great Vibrations (side 2 of w/sheet)
Quiz Wednesday - EM Spectrum

Monday Oct 18
Begin:  Lives of Stars
Finalize and begin presentations:  EMR

Wednesday  Oct 20
Notes on Lives of Stars
H-R diagram lab
Quiz:  EMR
EMR presentations

Friday Oct 22
Death of Stars

Week of October October 12 - 16

Biology

HW 1:  Read pp. 70 - 79.  Describe the function of the 12 organelles (listed as vocab on p. 73)
HW 2:  Plant, animal or both?  Below each organelle's description state whether the organelle is found in plants, animals or both types of cells
STUDY:  Quiz Thurs/Friday on pp. 230 - 237  DNA Replication


Monday-Tuesday, 10/12-13th
Finish: DNA Replication and review for Quiz Thurs/Friday
Begin: Cells
Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic Venn diagram
Watch: Comparing Pro and Eukaryotic Cells
Animal vs. Plant Cells -  Complete chart of comparisons
Watch: Cells, Cells, They're Made of Organelles
Powernotes:  p. 74 Recognizing Organelles
Structure and Function of Organelles

Wednesday 10/14th   PSAT and FCAT Retake Testing
Watch:  Eukaryopolis

Thursday-Friday, 10/15 - 16th
Quiz:  DNA Replication
Pro and Eukaryotic Cells - Analyze and Conclude Activity


Earth Space

HW 1:  Read pp. 93-98.  Write 10 most important facts you find.
HW 2:  Digging Deeper w/s
Note:  Next class you will have an open book, notes, HW Quiz on The Sun, pp. 79 - 86.  If you have been absent, it would be in your best interest to get the notes copied, and do the homework and the crossword from last week so you can use them on your test!

Tuesday, 10/13

Begin: EMR Spectrum

Watch:  EMR Spectrum

Begin group project on EMR

Thursday, 10/15

Open book/notes Quiz 

Finish group project and be prepared for presentations next class

Week of October 5th - 9th

Biology
HW 1:  Read pp. 230 - 238.  Write the 10 most important facts you find.
HW 2:  p. 233, # 1-4, restate and p. 238, # 1-4, restate.

Monday/Tuesday, 10/5-6
Test Review and Jeopardy
TEST on macromolecules and enzymes
Endo and Exothermic lab:  Baggy Blast

Weds/Thurs  10/7-8  Early Release
DNA replication
Watch: Bozeman Science Nucleic Acids
            How DNA copies itself
            What is a Gene?
            What is DNA and How Does it Copy Itself?
Make a model of DNA

Friday  10/9
Begin Cells - prokaryotic vs. eukayrotic
and plant versus animal cells


Earth Space
HW 1:  Comets, Asteroids w/s
HW 2:  Solar Storms news article

Monday, 10/5
Compare and contrast asteroids, meteoroids and comets
Watch:  Asteroid Strike Simulation
Sunspot graphing p. 78 and Solar Flare graphing p. 79
Follow up questions

Wednesday, 10/7  Early Release
Notes:  Sunspots and solar flares
Watch:  The Sun  Solar Flares  and Sunspots
Read pp. 80 - 82  Comprehension questions

Friday  10/9
Review sun crossword and vocab for Quiz Tuesday
Begin EMR:  draw the spectrum with examples - also on Quiz Tuesday
Watch:  NASA's Intro to EMR