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

Week of Feb 16th - 19th

Biology

HW 1:  Read pp. 201 - 203, 7 important facts and Study - genetics study guide
HW 2:  Natural Selection Key Terms w/sheet

Tuesday, Feb 16th
Mutations
Study Guide for Genetics Test next class

Weds and Thurs, Feb 17 - 18th
TEST on Genetics
Begin Natural Selection


Friday Feb 19th
Breeding Bunnies lab 
 Natural Selection in a nutshell
Crash Course Natural Selection
Island of Bunnies
Cheetah genetics

Earth Space Science

HW 1: Study Study Guide for Ch 7, Test on Sections 1-4 Friday
HW 2:  Read pp. 669 - 673 and write 10 facts about CO2 and Global Warming

Wednesday, Feb 17th
Sec 1-3 Recap
Notes - Sec 4, Plate Tectonics, Ocean Currents and Climates
Study Guide for Test Friday

Friday, Feb 19th
Test: Ch 7, Sec 1-4
Begin Sec 5, Global Warming and CO2

Biology

Mendel's Laws of Heredity

HW 1:  Read pp. 272 - 281, 10 facts about Biotechnology
HW 2: p. 255, 1-5, Restate
 255, # 1-5, Restate

Monday, Feb 8th
Review packet - protein synthesis
Watch:  RNA vs. DNA
Quiz
Key Terms Ch 9, Sec 3 - 5

Tuesday, Feb 9th
Powerpoint - Mendel's Law
Practice problems - monohybrid crosses

Wednesday - Thursday, Feb 10 - 11th
Dihybrid crosses, codominance, incomplete dominance, sex linked traits
Blood types

Friday, Feb 12th
Test Crosses
 


Earth Space Science

Climate

HW 1:  Read pp. 658 - 661, 10 facts
HW 2:  p. 661, 1-3 and p. 662, 2 & 3

Monday
Milankovitch Cycles
Ice Cores and Tree Rings Investgations
Watch: Milankovitch Cycles

Wednesday
Plate Tectonics and Climate
Watch: 60 Minutes: Global Warming

Friday
CO2 and Global Warming