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