Week of December 11 - 15

Mid-Term Exams Next Week:

                       A Day:   Dec 18th

                       B Day:   Dec 19th

                      Make up day:  Dec 20th 

HW 1: Photosynthesis and Respiration review w/s
HW 2: p.176, # 1-5 
HW 3: Study for Unit Test:  Cell Division "B" Day - Wednesday
                                                            "A"Day -  Thursday
            You have a Study Guide packet we made in class

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

Mon - -Tues
Finish Meiosis
Review for Unit Test on Cell Division Weds and Thurs
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Review


Wed - Thurs   TEST on Mitosis and Meiosis

Friday - Exam Review

Week of Dec 4 - 8th

Mid-Term Exams:  Dec 18th

HW 1: Read 168 - 176, 10 facts
HW 2: Read pp. 148 - 150.  Answer p. 150 # 1-5
Study Flashcards for a Quiz on Phases of Mitosis Weds-Thur
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 - Mitosis

Notes 

Onion and Ascaris Worm Lab

Tues - Weds

Continue mitosis

Quiz

Thurs - Friday

Begin meiosis

Week of Nov 27 - Dec 1

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:
HW 1:    Read pp. 134 -141, 10 important facts
HW 2:   p. 141 Draw and label "The Cell Cycle"

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

Weds - Thurs
Cell Cycle
Asexual vs. Sexual Reproduction

Fri
Mitosis

Week of Nov13th

Study your Study Guide for Quiz on Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
                    Quiz - Mon "A" day and Tues "B" day

HW 1:  Read pp. 648 - 655, 10 facts on plants
HW 2:  Draw, label and define the 9 parts of the flower labeled on p. 668


Watch: Plant Transport: Xylem and Phloem

Mon - Tues 
Finish up and review Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
Cellular Respiration Lab
Quiz

Wed - Thur      Begin: Plant leaves and tissues
Stomata Lab

Friday
Flower Parts

Week of Nov 6 - 9th

HW 1:  2 Achieve Articles - just read and take the Quiz
             You must score a 75 the first time for it to count
   Article 1 - Life Without Light or Air?
  Article 2 - Water These Plants?

HW 2:  p. 102, # 1- 5 Restate

TEST Monday (A) or Tuesday (B) on Photosynthesis vs. Cellular Respiration.  There will be a Study Guide you will make this week.

Week of Oct 30th

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

Week of Oct 23 - 27th

HW 1:  p. 95, # 1-12
HW 2:  Study Guide, Part 1 for TEST Fri (A day) or Mon (B Day)
   Note:  Study Guide Part 2 will be done in class Weds and Thursday


Mon - Tues
Active vs. Passive Transport
Plant vs. Animal Cell Lab

Weds - Thurs
Test Review and Study Guide, Part 2
Cell Transport - hyper, hypo and isotonic solutions

Friday - Monday
TEST on Cells and Organelles

Week of Oct 17th

District 9 Weeks Exam is Thursday - Friday.  Be sure to complete the Study Guide I gave you last week to take home and work on.  We will be learning the last section Tuesday and Wednesday.

NOTE:  THIS 9 WEEKS EXAM CANNOT BE MADE UP.  THE WINDOW FOR TAKING IT LOCKS ON FRIDAY!

HW 1:  Cell Organelle Color Coding worksheet - Be memorizing what each organelle looks like, as well as its function from last week's homework.

HW 2:  Read pp. 81 - 87 and write the 10 most important facts you find and STUDY for your Exam Thursday or Friday.

Week of October 9th

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 - Tuesday  Open Notes Test on DNA Replication
Cell Theory

Wednesday
PSAT Testing for all 9 - 11th graders
No Classes

Thursday
Prokaryotes vs. Eukaryotes
Plants vs. Animals
Organelles
Microscope lab

Week of: October 2 - 6th

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
TEST - Macromolecules

Intro to DNA
DNA models

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

Friday
Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic Cells

Week of Sept 25th

HW 1 and 2:  Organic Compounds (2 sided worksheet)
WEEKEND HW:  Study your Study Guide for TEST Monday/Tuesday
      on Macromolecules and Enzymes

Monday, 9/25
Macromolecules structures
Identifying macromolecules
Amoeba Sisters:  Macromolecules

Tuesday - Weds 9/ 26 - 27th
Catalase Enzymes Lab
Enzyme Pogil

Thursday - Fri 9/28 - 29th
1/2 sheet Test Review
Study Guide for TEST on Macromolecules and Enzymes Monday and Tuesday
Pogil - Enzymes

Week of Sep 18th

MACROMOLECULES continued

HW 1:  Finish Sec 2.3 Review worksheet started in class
HW 2:  Read pp. 50-53, write the 10 most important facts you find.

If you missed Thursday before the hurricane make up work includes:
Proteins and Nucleic Acids fill in the blank notes - take a picture of my key or a neighbor's completed notes to complete your notes
Warm up - Copy notes and drawing of carbon
Begin models of the 4 macromolecules - this worksheet and a key for you to follow will be attached to your grade sheet,

Monday - Tuesday
Lab:  Using Indicators to Test for Bio Molecules

Sec 2.3 Macromolecules Review worksheet
Complete models of macromolecules and label

Wednesday - Thursday
Urinalysis Lab
Macromolecule matching
Begin notes on Enzymes

Friday - Monday
Continue Enzymes notes
Organic Molecules Study Guide

Week of Sept 5 - 7

MACROMOLECULES

HW 1:  Elements in Plants and Animals Color Coding
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  (Friday - school cancelled due to Hurricane Irma)
Proteins and Nucleic Acids
Complete Macromolecules chart and begin models


Coming up next:

Lab:  Using Indicators to Test for Bio Molecules

Week of Aug 28 - Sep 1st

HW 1:  Read pp. 36 - 39, Restate # 1-5 on p. 39

HW 2:  Read pp. 40 - 43. Restate # 1-5, on p. 43

Monday night is OPEN HOUSE!  Please join us from 6:00 - 8:00 PM.

8/28- 29 Monday and Tuesday

10 Themes of Biology

Begin Properties of Water

Watch:  Amazing Properties of Water

Notes on hydrogen bonding and the 5 amazing properties of water that sustain life

Watch: Crash Course:  Properties of Water

8/30 - 31 Weds and Thursday
Lab: Properties of Water
Notes on pH

9/1 and 4 Friday and Monday
Study Guide for Properties of Water
Review for TEST next class

Week of Aug 21st

OPEN HOUSE:  Next Monday, Aug 28th  6:00 PM

HW 1:  Observing w/sheet
HW 2:  Read pp. 4 -11.  Restate answers to questions # 1-4 on p. 6

             and questions # 1-6 on p. 11.

8/21

Science Is?

Observation vs. Inference

Hypotheses and Theories

Martian and the Car Debate

Finish baseline testing

8/22 - 23
Theories vs. Laws
Science vs. Pseudoscience
Watch:  Eye of Nye  Pseudoscience
Concepts of Science
Controls and Variables
Lab Safety and watch:  Crash Course Lab Techniques

8/24 - 25
Watch:  Intro to the Microscope
Discuss Microscope Etiquette
Pre-reading pp. 40 - 43 Properties of Water
Intro to the Microscope Lab

Week of August 14th

BIOLOGY

Week of: August 14th

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

Weeks of May 8th and May 15th

Hooray!  We made it through the EOC - now we can relax a little...

HW this week and next:
Work on your human body systems project.  Presentations will begin Wednesday and Thursday, May 17th and 18th and conclude on the 19th and 20th.

This project counts as a double test grade and is a group project.  You will be in charge of coming up with a lesson to teach your group's body system, make a model/diagram as a visual aid while teaching.  Everyone in your group must participate and speak during the presentation.

Week of April 24th

Topics:  Finishing Marine Ecosystems
              Immune System
              Blood Flow

HW 1:  Learn your Study Guide
HW 2:  Practice on Escambia County Bio EOC Review website
             (the link for it is above) and review the PowerPoint I emailed you.

Mon - Tuesday
Immune System - Pathogens
EOC Review: Energy Flow in the Ecosystem
         and Osmosis

Weds - Thurs
Immune System - Antibodies and Antigens
Contagion Lab
Begin:  Blood Flow
EOC Review:  Enzymes

Friday - No School!

Week of April 17 - 21st

Unit:  Ecology - Human Impact, Biodiversity, Natural Resources, Marine Ecosystems


HW 1:  Read pp. 471 - 474.  Answer # 1-6, p. 474
HW 2:  Mitosis Review worksheet and spend time studying on the
            Escambia County Bio Review Website  (link is at the top of this page)


Mon - Tues
Loss of Biodiversity
EOC Study Guide, p. 3
Renewable vs. nonrenewable resources

Wednesday
9th Grade FSA Testing
ACT and PERT testing

Thurs - Friday
Estuaries and immunity

Week of April 10 - 14th

Unit:  Ecology

EOC:  May 9th!
We will finish the Study Guide next week and you will be able to take it home and STUDY!

HW 1:  Read pp. 445 - 447.  Answer # 1-5, p. 447
HW 2:  Finish the Bacteria Population lab and spend time studying the Escambia County Bio EOC online review website.  Click HERE to go to it.  Use it to study any of the topics you don't feel confident about.  Try the practice questions and see what you know and what you need to spend time studying.


Monday - Tuesday  Population Dynamics
Lab:  Bacteria Population

Weds - Thursday   Human Impact
Watch:  The Lorax and Crash Course:  Human Impact

Week of April 3 - 7th

Test on Classification Monday for "A" day students
2 Achieves due Friday, April 7th:  What a Snake Can Do and Surprise on the Sea Floor

Food Webs, Energy Pyramids, Cycles
Changes in Ecosystems, Succession

HW 1:  Read pp. 440 - 444.  Define all yellow terms
HW 2:  p. 444, # 1-5


Monday
Cladogram Review
Jeopardy and TEST on Classification
Begin:  Ecology

Tuesday - Wednesday
Food Webs and Energy Pyramids
Water Cycle
EOC Review:  Macromolecules
Begin EOC Study Guide

Thursday - Fri
Carbon Cycle
Changes in Ecosystems
Succession
"How to Get a 32 and Pass the EOC"
Review Packet # 1-20
EOC Review: Natural Selection
Study Guide, finish p. 1

Week of March 27 - 31st

CLASSIFICATION

HW 1:  Read pp. 406 - 407.  Answer # 1-5, p. 407
HW 2:  Read pp. 408 - 411. Write 10 important facts
             Study:  Classification Test on Fri (B) and Mon (A)


Monday - Tuesday
Finish Classification and complete Study Guide
Binomial Nomenclature
Notes on Taxonomy

Weds - Thursday
Classification Review
Notes on Cladograms and practice

Friday - Monday
Test Review Jeopardy
Classification Test
Begin Food Webs

Week of March 13 - 16th

HW 1 and 2:  Study for MOCK EOC Tuesday and Wednesday

Monday
EOC Review

Tuesday and Wednesday
Mock EOC Exam
Will count as a double test grade

Thursday
Bear Hunt Evolution Game

Week of March 6 - 10th

Origins and Life and Classification

HW 1:  Read pp. 524 - 528, 10 important facts
HW 2:  Read pp. 402-409, 10 important facts and
            STUDY:  Mock EOC is next week!


Mock EOC dates:

Tuesday, 3/14  "A" day

Wednesday, 3/15  "B" day

Monday - Tuesday
Finish up origins of life and begin classification
EOC Review:  Meiosis, Mitosis, Reproduction and Fetal Development

Wednesday - Thursday
Stations Lab - Classification of Protists

Friday - Monday
Classification using Cladograms
EOC Final Review - Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration and Plant anatomy

Week of Feb 27 - Mar 3rd

Primates and Hominid Evolution
The Brain

HW 1:  Read pp. 379 - 383, 10 facts
HW 2:  Read pp. 368 - 371, # 1-4, p. 371 Restate
Quiz Thurs/Friday on the brain.  Study pp. 727-728
ACHIEVES due Fri, 3/3rd: "What the Toucan Can Do" and "A Story With Legs"

Monday "B" Day
Natural Selection Review
Evolution Lab
Jeopardy
Test:  Evolution and Natural Selection

Tues - Weds
Watch:  What Are Primates?
Powernotes on Hominids
The Brain - label study guide
EOC Review: Cell Membrane and Types of Transport


Thur - Fri
Brain Quiz
Powernotes on Origin of Life
Lab:  Occipital Differences
Watch: The Miller Urey Experiment Stated Clearly
EOC Review:  Meiosis vs. Mitosis and Plant Anatomy

Week of Feb 21 - 24th

NATURAL SELECTION AND EVOLUTION

HW 1:  Natural Selection Study Guide - both sides
HW 2:  Memorize the keys terms vocab w/s we completed last week
             and study the 2 Study Guides from this week for
     TEST Fri (A) and Mon (B)


Tuesday
Watch:  Bunny Island, Japan
Lab:  Breeding Bunnies
EOC Review: Animal vs. Plant Cells

Weds - Thurs
Lab conclusion
Watch:  Rock Pocket Mice and Natural Selection
Evidence for Evolution Powernotes/PowerPoint
Watch:  Stated Clearly: Evidence for Evolution
p. 325  # 1-6  Test Review
EOC Review:  Organelles

Friday - Monday
Evolution by Natural Selection
Evidence for Evolution packet
Jeopardy Review
TEST:  Natural Selection and Evolution

Week of: Feb 13 - 17th

Evolution and Natural Selection

HW 1:  Read pp. 302-309.  Write 10 important facts you find.
HW 2:  Natural Selection Vocab - front side due Weds "A" /Thurs "B"
             We'll do the back side together in class

Genetics Test retakes/make ups must be done before Thursday.  Check your grade in Focus and if it is not acceptable to you, study, come get help and redo it before Thursday.
I'm available before and after school and during 1st lunch any day.

Monday and Tuesday
Mutations and how they impact natural selection
Darwin's Secret Notebook Watch it here
Watch: How Does New Genetic Info Evolve?
Watch: Gene Duplications
EOC Review:  Properties of Water

Weds and Thurs
Natural Selection
Watch:  What Is Natural Selection?
Building Vocab
Breeding Bunnies lab
EOC Review:  Cell Theory and Plant Cells

Friday
Evolution
Bunny Island
Speciation
What is Evolution?

February 6 - 10th

Reviewing Genetics - TEST Thur/Friday
Beginning: Natural Selection

HW 1:  Complete Study Guide for Genetics Test
             and study for the test - Thursday A/Friday B
             Note:  B Day students - please complete it
             and bring it with you on Wednesday.
HW 2: p. 207, # 1-6, Restate
Also:  Complete Dragon Lab if not completed in class.

Monday B
EOC Review: Independent and Dependent variables
Blood types and codominant crosses
Dihybrid crosses
Test crosses

Tuesday A and Weds B
EOC Review: Macromolecules
Go over Study Guide for Test Th/Fr
Dragon Genetics Lab

Thursday A and Fri B
Practice Reading Pedigrees
Jeopardy and Genetics Test
Begin Natural Selection
Watch:  Mutations in Genes
Natural Selection

Week of Jan 30 - Feb 3rd

Genetics

HW 1 and 2:  Bikini Bottom Genetics Practice worksheet


Monday
Genetic Engineering

Tues - Weds
Incomplete Dominance, color blindness, polygenic traits, pedigrees

Thurs - Fri
Blood types, multiple alleles, dihybrid crosses

Week of Jan 23 - 27th

Topic:  Protein Synthesis

HW 1:  DNA Crossword
HW 2:  p. 242, # 1-5 and p. 247, # 1-2  Restate all answers.
Study:  Test on Protein Synthesis Thur (A) and Fri (B)
Watch for a great Test review:  Transcription and Translation

Monday - 1/23rd
Review Protein Synthesis
Protein Synthesis Lab

Tues - Weds 1/24 & 25th
Putting It All Together
Codon Wheels
Study Guide for Test Th/Fri
Lab:  Cookie Scavenger Hunt
Watch:  Exploring Genetics

Thursday -Friday  1/26 & 27th
Test on Protein Synthesis
Begin Genetics

Week of January 17 - 20

Reminder:  B day students have a test on Reproduction Tuesday!

HW 1: Read pp. 239 - 247, Write the 10 most important facts you find
HW 2: Define the 12 highlighted terms pp. 239 - 247


Protein Synthesis

Tues 1/17  "B" Day
Milestones of pregnancy
Test: Reproduction
Finish movie:  Life's Greatest Miracle
Begin DNA Replication Review, p. 238, # 1-3

Wed - Thur 1/18-19
Transcription of DNA
Protein Synthesis
Watch: Amoeba Sisters: Protein Synthesis

Fri  1/20
Protein Synthesis Lab - Making Protein

Week of January 9 - 13th

Welcome to 2nd Semester!


Homework is due at the end of the week - either Thursday or Friday.
HW 1:  Read pp. 798 - 801.  Write 10 important facts on fetal development
HW 2:  Sex Cells and Fertilization w/sheet
Study for TEST Friday/Monday on reproductive anatomy (pp. 789-790) and fetal development (pp. 798-799)


Monday-Tuesday
Review reproductive anatomy - male and female
Meiosis-Fertilization cycle
Watch:  9 Months of Pregnancy in 4 Minutes

Weds - Thurs
Pregnancy and fetal development
Watch:  Life's Greatest Miracle

Friday
Test on human reproduction
Biotechnology