Week of 19 - 22nd

TEST on Mitosis and Meiosis Monday and Tuesday - you've had your study guide since early last week so be sure to study!


HW 1:  Achieve:  "A Real Cold Fish"
HW 2:  Achieve:  "Twin Surprise"

Mon - Tues
Test
Reproductive System

Wed - Thurs
Pregnancy and Childbirth

Watch:  9 Months of Pregnancy in 4 minutes

Week of Dec 12 - 16th

Congratulations!  Everyone passed the Mid-Term Exam/Scrimmage and many of you scored over 100 points with the curve.  Way to go, team!

HW 1:  p. 171, Draw Fig 6.2 and answer the Compare ? that goes along with it
HW 2:  Mitosis Matching - make flashcards from the worksheet to help you study for the Quiz Wed "B" / Thu "A".  Know the name of each phase, what is happening and what it looks like.

Note:  You will be completing a big Study Guide on Mitosis and Meiosis to take home and study for a test next week on Monday "A" and Tuesday "B" day.

Monday
Wrap up mitosis and continue meiosis
Guess that Phase activity
Watch:  Counting Chromosomes
Notes on meiosis
p. 174  Finish drawing stages of meiosis

Tues - Weds  Quiz: Stages of Mitosis
Stages of Mitosis vs. Meiosis w/s
Watch: Amoeba Sisters Explain Meiosis
Study Guide for test on Mitosis vs. Meiosis Monday/Tuesday

Thurs - Friday
Begin sexual reproduction

Week of Dec 5 - 9th

Mid-Term Exams This Week:

Bio Exam:  Thursday, Dec 9th for B day students
                   Friday Dec 10th for A.


HW 1: Read 168 - 176, 10 facts
HW 2: Parts of the Cell Review w/s
Study your Study Guide for Exam
Leaf Packet is still due for full credit - turn it in ASAP

Watch Mitosis review   Mitosis and Cell Division
 and Meiosis  The Stages of Meiosis

Mon - Weds
Meiosis
Exam Jeopardy Review

Thur - Fri
Exam

Week of Nov 28 - Dec 2nd

HW due from previous week:
Leaf Packet Diagram - questions and color coding
Also counts as a lab, so no HW passes accepted
Due:  ASAP after you receive it.


This week's HW:
Quiz Th/Fr  Study pp. 668 & 671 Know parts and functions of the flower
HW 1:    Read pp. 134 -141, 10 important facts
HW 2:   p. 141 Draw and label "The Cell Cycle"

Monday: Begin review for Mid-term Exam Dec 8-9
Finish Plants and Flower - Open Notes Quiz

Tues - Weds
Cell Cycle
Asexual vs. Sexual Reproduction

Thurs - Fri
Mitosis

Week of Nov 21-22

HW 1 and 2:  Leaf tissue diagram color coding


Monday - Parts of the Flower

Tuesday - Plant Reproduction Open Notes Test

Week of Nov 14 - 18th

HW 1:  Study Guide for Quiz on Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
                    Quiz - Weds "A" day and Thurs "B" day
HW 2:  Read pp. 668 - 672, 10 facts on flowers


Watch: Plant Transport: Xylem and Phloem

Mon - Tues    Plant leaves and tissues

Wed - Thur    Quiz on Psyn and CResp
Stomata Lab
Flower Parts

Friday
Flowers (continued)

Week of Nov 7 - 10th

NO SCHOOL FRIDAY!  11/11 is (always) Veteran's Day


HW 1: Photosynthesis vs. Cell Respiration matching w/sheet 
HW 2: Do 3 PENDA assignments – Osmosis/Diffusion, Photosynthesis, Respiration
    Go to pendalearning.com
    log in and password are the same: (Capital)S*******
    If you don't see these 3 assignments, check your Incomplete Tab

Monday-Tuesday
TEST:  Cell Membrane and Transport
Cellular Respiration notes and LAB

Weds - Thurs
Aerobic vs. anaerobic respiration
Penda and Puzzles - cellular energy review

Week of Oct 31 - Nov 4th

HW 1:   Read pp. 80 - 89.  Define all highlighted words
HW 2:   Read pp. 103-105.  Answer Apply ? p. 103,
              Identify ?, p. 104 and Summarize ? p. 105
              Draw a chloroplast p. 104 and label the light dependent reactants


Monday B day
Test corrections for Cell Test
Complete notes on osmosis and diffusion


Tuesday and Weds
Types of Transport
Hyper, hypo and isotonic solutions
Begin Photosynthesis

Thursday and Fri
Photosynthesis and Rate of Photosynthesis Lab
Watch:  Ted Ed The Simple Story of Photosynthesis


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

October 24 - 28

HW 1 and 2:  9 Weeks' Exam Study Guide
                    Due: Weds "A" day or Thursday "B" day
   
District 9 Weeks' Exam:  Thursday "B" day students and Friday "A" day students


Monday: "A" day
Review and take Cells and Organelles Test
Begin Cell Membrane

Tuesday - Wednesday
Active vs. Passive Diffusion
Watch: Four Types of Transport
Review for 9 weeks' Exam
Diffusion Lab

Thursday - Friday
District 9 weeks' Exam

Week of October 17 - 20th

Wednesday 10/19    End of 9 weeks
and PSAT testing for all 10th and 11th graders

Friday 10/21
Teacher Planning Day - no school for students

HW 1:  Plant and animal cell color coding w/s
HW 2:   Organizing Life Concept Map
              and Study for TEST on Cells:
                               Thurs 10/20  "B" day students
                               Mon   10/24  "A" day students

Mon - Tuesday
Finish up cell organelles and complete Study Guide

Weds - PSAT Testing schoolwide

Thurs  - TEST  on Cells

Fri - No School

Week of Oct 11 - 14th

(Note:  This HW is continued from last week)
HW 1: Cell Theory Review W/S
HW 2:  Read pp. 70 - 79.  Describe the functions of the 12 organelles highlighted in yellow


If you are absent this week be sure you watch:
An Intro to Cells

Tuesday - Wednesday
Quia Game - Cell Theory
Prokaryotes vs. Eukaryotes - Amoeba Sisters
Organelles

Thurs - Friday
Organelles - Continued
Pro vs. Eu and Plant vs. Animal Microscope Lab

Week of October 3 - 7th

HW 1: Cell Theory Review W/S
HW 2:  Read pp. 70 - 79.  Describe the functions of the 12 organelles highlighted in yellow


If you are absent this week be sure you watch:
An Intro to Cells


Monday  Open Notes Test on DNA Replication
Begin Cell Theory

Tuesday - Wednesday
Quia Game - Cell Theory
Prokaryotes vs. Eukaryotes
Penda Learning
Microscope lab

Thurs - Friday
Organelles
Pro vs. Eu and Plant vs. Animal Microscope Lab

Week of Sep 26 - 30th

HW 1:  Read pp. 235 - 238, Write 10 important facts
HW 2:  p. 233, # 1-5, AND p. 238, # 1-5, Restate

If you are absent this week be sure to watch:
Watch: Bozeman Science Nucleic Acids
            How DNA copies itself
            What is a Gene?
            What is DNA and How Does it Copy Itself?

Mon - Tues
Intro to DNA
DNA models

Weds - Thur
DNA Replication
LAB:  Strawberry DNA Extraction
Cell Theory

Friday
Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic Cells

Week of Sep 9 - 13th

HW 1:  Achieve 3000:  Water These Plants - or Maybe Not!
HW 2:  Enzyme w/s and
            STUDY: Test on Macromolecules and Enzymes Th/Fr

Note:  We are running out of glue sticks if you'd like to donate a few!

Monday 9/19
Notes on Chemical Reactions and Enzymes
PENDA Learning:  What is an enzyme?


Tues-Weds 9/19-20
Enzyme Pogil
Complete Study Guide

Thurs-Fri 9/21-22
Jeopardy Review
TEST
Begin:  DNA Replication

Week of: Sep 12 - 16th

HW 1:  p. 53, answer # 1-5, RESTATE
HW 2:  Read pp. 54 - 56.  Write 10 important facts.


Monday - Tuesday
Macromolecule chart
Review: Independent and Dependent variables, p. 49
Read pp. 50 - 52, Draw, label and learn the graphs
Vocab - define highlighted words

Weds - Thurs
Identifying macromolecules - "How To" flow chart
Urinalysis Lab - Identifying macromolecules, Part 2
Begin:  Enzymes

Friday
Enzymes

Week of Sept 6th

MACROMOLECULES

HW 1:  Finish Sec 2.3 Review worksheet started in class
HW 2:  Read p. 44-48. Answer # 1-5, p. 48.  Restate


Tues - Weds
 Notes on Macromolecules: Carbs and Lipids
Watch:  Biological Molecules -Crashcourse Science
Watch:  Carbon is a Tramp - Crashcourse Science

Thurs - Fri
Proteins and Nucleic Acids
Complete Macromolecules chart and begin models
Lab:  Using Indicators to Test for Bio Molecules

Week of Aug 29 - Sep 2nd

HW 1:   p. 39, restate answers to # 1-5
HW 2:  p. 43, restate answer to # 1-5
Study!  Test on Properties of H2O  Weds-Thurs

Mon - Tues     Monday @ 6 PM OPEN HOUSE
Discussion ?s - Why do living things need water?
Watch:  Amazing Properties of Water
Notes:  pH
Amazing Properties Lab
Complete Study Guide for Test Weds-Thurs


Weds - Thurs
Test review Jeopardy
Test:  Properties of Water
Joe's Cell

Friday
Begin macromolecules

Weekly Overview

Weekly Overview

Week of Aug 22nd

Biology
HW 1:  Life crossword
HW 2:  Read pp. 4 -11.  Restate answers to questions # 1-4 on p. 6

             and questions # 1-6 on p. 11.

8/22
Martian and the Car

Microscope Lab

Battling Bad Science - CONPTT

8/23-24

Begin Properties of Water

Baseline testing

Biological Organization

8/25-26
Watch:  Amazing Properties of Water
Notes on hydrogen bonding and the 5 amazing properties of water that sustain life
Crash Course:  Properties of Water

8/27 - 30
Lab: Properties of Water
Notes on pH

Welcome back! Week of August 15th

BIOLOGY

Week of: August 15th

Intro and Syllabus review
Real science vs. pseudoscience
Observations and inferences
Science is CONPTT
Eye of Nye Video - Pseudoscience
Biozene - When Knowledge and Ethics Collide
Microscope Safety How to use a compound microscope
Science Chat!  Lab Activity

Note: You have 2 homework assignments every week, due the last day I see you (either Thurs or Fri)

HW 1: Get Safety Contract signed. Bring in supplies - 3 subject spiral notebook with pockets.
           1 roll of Scotch tape, colored pencils
HW 2: The Language of Science

HOW TO ENROLL IN GIZMOS EXPLORE LEARNING ONLINE LABS

Go to explorelearning.com.  Use the following class codes to enroll in my class.

1.     Click the "enroll in a class" link at the top-right corner of any page on the site.

Student Self-enrollment Link

2.     Enter the Class Code (see list below) on the next page and click Enroll.

BIO	1st	CLASS CODE: ZBXLXPPR5V
BIO	3rd	CLASS CODE: GMAQTP6S7T
BIO	4th	CLASS CODE: QPZZ3BSUPA
EARTH SPACE	6TH	CLASS CODE:  2P5ZVTBLY2
BIO HON	7th	CLASS CODE: 2RUWMGPDNC
BIO HON	8th	CLASS CODE: ZZXZZWTF5X

Submitting Class Code

3.     The next page shows what class you are enrolling in. If you do not have an ExploreLearning account, you should click the "Register now to enroll" link. If you already have a username and password, click "Log in now to enroll" instead.

Account Confirmation

4.     If you need to create a new account, the next page lets you do that. Fill in your name and choose a username and password. Click "submit". You are done!

Week of May 16 - 20th

Biology

Human Body Systems Project - in your groups, compose a presentation to use when teaching the class about your system.  You may use notecards, write a report, or make a PowerPoint presentation.  You will also be making a body diagram which must include all of the organs in your system drawn, labeled and colored to use as a visual aid when teaching.

Students will be working on the project during class this week and may work on it at home, as well.  Presentations will begin the end of this week and continue through next week until they are all done.

HW 1 and 2:  Complete and practice your presentation


Earth Space Science

Soil and Terrain

HW 1 and 2:  Complete any unfinished work from class

Week of May 9 - 13th

BIOLOGY

EOC is TUESDAY, MAY 10TH

HW 1 & 2:  Study!




EARTH SPACE

EOC is THURSDAY, MAY 12TH

HW 1 & 2:  Study!

Week of May 2 - 6th

Biology

EOC dates have changed!
New dates:   Tuesday, May 10th

HW 1 and 2:  STUDY:  Your study guide and be on the Escambia County EOC review website


Earth Space

EOC date:  Thursday, May 12th

HW 1 and 2:  STUDY:  Your study guide

Week of April 25 - 28th

BIOLOGY

EOC
         Tuesday , May 10th B day


HW 1:  Learn your Study Guide
HW 2:  Spend time on the Escambia EOC Review Website - see the top of this page


Monday - Tuesday
Immune System
EOC Review

Wednesday - Thursday
Immune System
Enzymes
EOC Review



EARTH SPACE

EOC Monday, May 9th

HW 1 and 2:  Learn your Study Guide

Monday - Wednesday
Finish Sstudy Guide

April 18 - 22nd

Biology

EOC Dates:  Friday, May 13 A day classes
                     Monday, May 16th B day classes

HW 1:  Ecological Relationships w/s
HW 2:  Parts of the Cell W/s
          and spend time on the EOC Review Website (link at the top of this page)

Monday, April 18
Human Impact and Biodiversity
Study Guide # 13 - 16

Tues-Weds, April 19-20th
Renewable and nonrenewable Resources
Study Guide thru #20
Watch:  The Lorax
Design a Sustainable City

Thurs-Friday, April 21 - 22nd
Marine Ecosystems and Estuaries
Complete Study Guide
Begin:  Practice Test

Earth Space

HW 1:  Read pp. 390-395, 10 facts
HW 2:  p. 395, # 1-4

Tuesday
Karst topography
Begin Study Guide

Thursday
Sinkholes, caverns and caves
Study Guide

Week of April 11 - 15th

Biology

**If you got an “A” on your classification test, skip HW1!
 
HW 1:  do p. 447, # 1-5 (if you didn’t get an a!)
HW 2:  Food Chain Gizmo & w/s (counts as a lab)
           And go to the online eoc review website and practice any section you need work on.  there are video reviews and practice questions with answers.  try to work on it for at least 30
minutes each week between now and 5/13th.            
          (the link is at the top of this website.) 

fyi:  We will begin the study guide for the eoc this week and finish it by thursday,  april 28nd, giving you 2 weeks to be sure you know anything on it you need to work on. we will be reviewing and practicing every day in class, as well.

your eoc is friday, may 13th and mon, may 16th.

Mon - Tues, apr 11 - 12th
Wrap up food webs and energy pyramids
succession - primary and secondary
begin study guide - sections 1-9 

Wed - thurs, april 13 - 14th
population dynamics
changes in ecosystems
study guide - sections 10 -12

friday april 15th
loss of biodiversity
human impact
study guide - sections 13 - 14

April 4 - 7th

Biology

HW 1:  Binomial Nomenclature w/s
HW 2:  Study - TEST on Classification and Cladograms Weds/Thurs
             Read 436 - 444.  Write 10 important facts

Monday-Tuesday
Food Webs, Energy Pyramids and Biogeochemical Cycles

Weds - Thursday
TEST on classification and cladograms
Population Size and Density



Earth Space

Monday
TEST on Plate Tectonics

Wednesday
Finish Earthquakes

March 29th - April 1st

Biology

HW 1:  (From previous week) p. 524 - 528, read and answer # 1-4 on p. 528
HW 2:  Read pp. 402-409.  Write the 10 most important facts you find.

Tues - Weds, March 29th-30th
Classification Study Guide
Notes on the 4 Kingdoms: Protists, Plants, Animals, and Fungi
Pizza foldable
Watch:  Life in a Drop of Water Video


Thurs-Fri, Mar 31 - April 1st
Food Chains
Food Webs
Energy in the Ecosystem


Earth Space

Chapter Review - TEST next week!

HW 1:  p. 232. 1-3
HW 2:  Read 242 - 248.  10 Facts

Week of March 14 - 17th

Biology

HW 1:  Study for Mock EOC Weds(B) and Thurs(A)
HW 2:  Read 524 - 528.  Answer # 1-4 on p. 528.

Monday-Tuesday
Review for Test

Weds - Thursday
Mock EOC

Week of March 7 - 11th

Biology

HW 1:  Read pp. 379 - 383.  Write 10 important facts about primate evolution
  pp. 727 - 728.  Learn the lobes and parts of the brain for Quiz Thur/Friday
HW 2:  Read pp. 372 - 374, p. 374 # 1-4

Study:  "Mock EOC" next Weds "B"/Thurs "A"

Monday, 3/7
Evolution Analysis
Test: Natural Selection and Evolution
Begin EOC Review

Tues - Weds, 3/8-9th
Organelle review
Primate evolution
Evolution of Jaws
What is a Primate?
EOC Review

Thurs - Fri  3/10 - 11th
"Shower Cap" Brain
Comparing Indexes Lab
Begin Classification
EOC Review

Week of Feb 29 - March 4th

Biology

HW 1:  Speciation Lab Activity
HW 2:  Read pp. 310 - 314.  10 important facts
            Study - Test on Natural Selection and Evolution Friday/Monday

Monday, Feb 29th  Happy Leap Day and Tuesday, March 1st
Evolution
Watch:  Darwin's Secret Notebooks

Weds - Thursday March 2 - 3rd
Evidence for Evolution
Watch: What is Evolution?
Test Review- Jeopardy

Friday  March 4th
Evolution Test
Begin: Hominids and the Origin of Life

Earth Space Science

HW 1:p. 154, 1-5
HW 2: p. 168, 1-4

Monday
Volcanoes and Earthquakes

Wednesday
What drives the plates?

Friday
Plate boundaries

Week of February 22 - 26th

Biology

HW 1:  p. 309, # 1-5 and p. 329 # 1-5
HW 2:  Read pp. 335 - 337 5 facts and read pp. 304 - 307 5 facts


Monday - Tuesday 2/22 - 23rd
Darwin and Natural Selection
Breeding Bunnies Lab Investigation

Weds - Thurs  2/ 24 - 25th
Darwin's Theory of Evolution
Speciation
Evolution by Natural Selection

Watch:  Darwin's Secret Notebooks

Friday
Fossil Record, comparative anatomy and embryology, biogeography
Stated Clearly: Evidence for Evolution
 Pocket Rock Mice natural selection
Evidence of Evolution Analysis Investigation

Earth Space Science

HW 1:  Global Climate Recap w/s
HW 2:  Read 159 - 168 10 facts

Tuesday
CO2 and global warming
The Earth's crust
Plate Boundaries and the Earth's deepest holes

Thursday
Plate boundaries