January 7 - 10th

NEWS:  District Mid-Term Exam will be next week
              "B" day students - Weds, Jan 15th
              "A" day students - Thur, Jan 16th
* Yes, it will count as a grade.
* Study Guides will go home Tuesday/Weds to be completed


HW 1:  Study Guide - finish where we leave off in class and STUDY! 
HW 2:  Read pp. 272 - 279. Write 10 important facts
QUIZ THURS "B"/FRI "A" - Male and Female Anatomy and Mammal Embryo

Monday - Off
Teacher Planning Day

Tues - Weds
Begin Study Guide for Mid-Term Exam next week
Finish Study Guide for HW
Genetics Review Packet

Thurs - Fri
Quiz - Male and Female Anatomy and Mammal Embryo
Bikini Bottom Genetics Review Packet 2
Designer Babies

Week of Dec 15 - 19

NO HW this week!

Last week to make up missing assignments, retake tests, etc.
Last day to turn in work to me is Wednesday, 12/18th.

Monday B Day
Mammal Reproduction
Begin:  Life's Greatest Miracle

Tuesday - Wednesday
Pregnancy and childbirth
Finish: Life's Greatest Miracle

Thursday
Make up day

Week of Dec 9 - 13th

HW 1:  Read pp. 189 - 191 and answer # 1-5, p. 191
HW 2:  Read pp. 788 - 790.  Define all yellow highlighted terms


Mon - Tues
Tangram puzzle activity
Cell Division Jeopardy
TEST - Meiosis, Mitosis and Chromosomes

Begin Reproduction

Weds (Early Release) - Friday
Reproduction

Week of Dec 2-5

HW 1:  p. 159, # 1-10  Restate when possible
HW 2:  p. 176, # 1-5  Restate
TEST on Cell Division Friday "A" and Monday "B"

Monday - Tuesday
Begin Meiosis

Weds - Thursday
Finish Meiosis
Study Guide and Venn Diagram for TEST on
  Mitosis and Meiosis Friday/Monday

Friday
TEST on Mitosis and Meiosis
Begin Reproduction

Week of Nov 25 and 26

No HW - Happy Thanksgiving!


Monday - Mitosis Lab
Quiz - Phases of Mitosis


Tuesday - Begin Meiosis

Week of Nov 18 - 22nd

HW 1:  Read pp. 134 - 141.  Write 10 important facts.
HW 2:  Answer # 1-5 on p. 137. Restate, as always.
Leaf Packet lab due Friday

QUIZ on Phases of Mitosis Fri (A day) and Monday (B)
Study Guide to go home Weds/Thursday

Monday - Tuesday
Notes:  Cell Cycle
Asexual vs. Sexual Reproduction

Wednesday - Thursday
Exam Review:  Organelles
Microscope Lab - Animal and Plant mitosis

Friday - Monday
Reveiw:  Macromolecules
Continue mitosis.
Begin meiosis

Week of Nov 12 - 15th

Quiz Thursday - Friday Parts of the Flower, Study p. 668
                                       No word bank, spelling counts!

HW1:  Guided Notes for Plant Anatomy, Ch 21, Sec 1, 2 and 4
            No passes.  You use these notes for an open notes quiz next week
HW 2: Study for Flower Quiz - Spelling Counts, No Word Bank!

Tuesday - Weds
Flower model
Plant foldable
Finish notes on plant tissues for open notes quiz Monday - Tuesday
Watch:  Plant Transport through Xylem and Phloem

Thursday - Friday
Quiz on the parts of the flower
Plant Tangram puzzle
Stomata Lab - A Day students
Leaf Packet

Week of November 4 - 8th

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 - NO PASSES!


Watch: Plant Transport: Xylem and Phloem

Monday
Review Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration Lab
Begin: Plant leaves and tissues

Tuesday - Weds
Quiz: PS vs. CR    
Energy tangram puzzles
Leaf-Stems- Roots
Cellular Respiration Lab

Thurs - Friday
Stomata Lab
Leaf Packet

Week of Oct 28 - Nov 1st

HW 1: Cellular Respiration - Breaking Down Energy w/s
HW 2: Photosynthesis Crossword and
Study:  Quiz on Cell Membrane Weds & Thurs

Monday - Tuesday
Cellular Respiration notes and graphic organizers

Weds - Thurs
Quiz - Cell Membrane
Photosynthesis Lab - Floating Chads

Friday - Finish PS and CR

October 21 - 25

Quiz next week: Cell Membrane and Transport.
     

HW 1: Read 81-89.  Write 10 important facts

HW 2: Read p. 100 - 102.  p. 102, # 1- 5 Restate

Monday and Tuesday

Finish Cell Transport

Baggie Diffusion Lab

Study Guide for Quiz on the Cell Membrane

Begin:  Photosynthesis

Weds and Thursday

Photosynthesis

Friday 

Continue: Photosynthesis 

Absent this week, watch:

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

Week of October14th

9 WEEKS EXAM THIS WEEK!  You have the Study Guide to review.
Monday - B day will be testing
Thursday -  A day will be testing

NOTE:  THE 9 WEEKS EXAM will go away after Thurs, 10/17.  If you do not take it by that date, you will reeive a 0 for this Exam on your 9 weeks grade/report card.

If you will not be in class for your test day, please plan to take the Exam at another time.  I am available any day at lunch or after school this week.

ALSO NOTE:  Friday is teacher planning.  No school!

HW 1:   Read pp. 81 - 89.  Define all highlighted words

HW 2:   Read pp. 103-105.  Answer Apply ? p. 103,
              Identify ?, p. 104 and Summarize ? p. 105
          * There will be a question like one of these on the Exam

Monday  B Day
9 Weeks Exam
Plant vs. Animal Lab

Tuesday  A Day
Types of Transport
Hyper, hypo and isotonic solutions
Exam Review

Wednesday - PSAT TESTING  7:15 - 11:30 AM  
You will only go to 7th and 8th periods this day

Thursday  A Day
9 Weeks Exam

Fri - OFF

Absent this week 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 7 - 11th

TEST on Cells and Organelles - this week, Thur 10/10 "B" day, Fri 10/11"A" day
District 9 Weeks Exam is NEXT WEEK - Mon, Oct 14 "B"  & Thurs 17th "A". 
    Study Guide for 9 Weeks Exam goes home this week, Thursday and Friday


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

HW 2:  Study Guide, p. 2


Monday - Tuesday
Finish Cells and organelles
Study Guide for Cells TEST

Weds 
Begin Cell Membranes

Thursday - Cell TEST for B day classes

Fri 
Cells TEST for A Day classes
Study Guide 9 Weeks EXAM

Week of: Sep 30th - Oct 4th

Begin:  Cells and Organelles

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
Microscope lab

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

Week of Sep 23 - 27th

HW 1:  Read pp. 230 - 238, Write 10 important facts
HW 2:  p. 233, # 1-5, AND p. 238, # 1-5, Restate

Topic:  DNA REPLICATION

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
Return and review TEST - Macromolecules

Intro to DNA
DNA models

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

Friday
Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic Cells

Week of Sep 16 - 20th

Enzyme Virtual Lab links for Lab Tuesday and Wednesday:

http://www.kscience.co.uk/animations/anim_2.htm

http://glencoe.mheducation.com/sites/dl/free/0078802849/383930/BL_11.html

Finish unit on:  MACROMOLECULES and ENZYMES

HW 1:   Read pp. 54 - 56.  Write 10 important facts
HW 2:   p. 56, answer # 1-5, restate
Study:  TEST on Macromolecules and Enzymes Thur(A day) Friday(B day) 

Monday 

Notes on enzymes

Identifying Macromolecules

Tuesday - Wednesday
Macromolecules Matching -  cut'n paste table 
Enzyme Virtual Lab
Study Guide for TEST Thursday/Friday


Thursday - Friday 
Lab:  Urinalysis - Testing for Proteins, Lipids and Sugars to
          diagnose kidney disease in patients

TEST:  Macromolecules and Enzymes

Week Sep 9-13th

Quiz Tues (A) and Weds (B) - Chemical Symbols from Study Guide

HW 1: Section 2.3 Review worksheet
HW 2:  Read pp. 44 - 48, write the 10 most important facts you find

Finish Powernotes on Macromolecules
Watch:  Crash Course on Carbon
Making models - 4 macromolecules and their monomers

Lab:  Using Indicators to test for Bio Molecules
Complete models and label
Watch:  Crash Course on Macromolecules

Macromolecules of Organisms
M/M Comparison Chart
Begin:  Enzymes

Week of Sep 3rd

No school Monday - Happy Labor Day!
No school Tuesday, Wednesday and ???
Be safe throughout the hurricane

We will play this week by ear, but if there is no school this week the following HW will be for the week we return:

HW 1: Section 2.3 Review worksheet

HW 2:  Read pp. 44 - 48, write the 10 most important facts you find

When we return:

Finish Powernotes on Macromolecules
Watch:  Crash Course on Carbon
Making models - 4 macromolecules and their monomers

Lab:  Using Indicators to test for Bio Molecules
Complete models and label
Watch:  Crash Course on Macromolecules

Macromolecules of Organisms
M/M Comparison Chart
Begin:  Enzymes

Week of Aug 26 - 30th

Reminders:  Open House Monday, 8/26 6 PM - 8 PM 

Early Release this week!  School gets out at 12:15

HW 1:  p. 43, # 1-6 Restate

HW 2:  p. 43, draw and color the pH scale.  List 5 acids and 5 bases.

Due Thursday/B day and Friday/A days

TEST on Properties of H2O Weds (A) and Thurs (B) 
Learn your Study Guide - completed in Week 2

Good to watch to Review for TEST Weds and Thurs:

Watch:  Amazing Properties of Water

Watch: Crash Course:  Properties of Water

8/26 - 27 Monday and Tuesday

Lab: Properties of Water
Notes on pH

Review for Properties of H2O TEST next class

8/28 - 29 Weds and Thursday
TEST Properties of H2O
Begin notes on macromolecules

Watch:  Crash Course - Carbon

8/30  Friday
Macromolecules

Week of Aug 10 - 19th

OPEN HOUSE:  Monday, Aug 26th  6:00 PM

HW 1:  Properties of H2O w/sheet
HW 2:  Read pp. 4 -11.  Restate answers to questions # 1-4 on p. 6  and questions # 1-6 on p. 11.

NOTE:  All homework is due the last day I see you, either Thursday or Friday.  I don't accept late homework, with the exception of the Safety Contract.  I must have that ASAP if you haven't turned it in signed by your parent/guardian already.

8/19 "B" 

5th - Assembly

    Color Coding - finish at home

6th - Baseline Testing

Safety Test

Color Coding Activity

8/20 - 21 "A" & "B"

Baseline Testing
Begin properties of H2O

8/22  - 23 "A" & "B"
5th - Baseline Testing
Properties of H2O Graphic Organizer
Microscope Lab 

Watch:  Intro to the Microscope
Discuss Microscope Etiquette
Pre-reading pp. 40 - 43 Properties of Water (1st period only)
Intro to the Microscope Lab

BIOLOGY: Pre-AICE and Honors

BIOLOGY:  Pre-AICE and Honors

Welcome back!  I'm happy to have you in my class this year.

Homework: You will have 2 written homework assignments every week.  
* HW is due on the last day of the week I see you, either Thursday or Friday.
* I do not take late homework

HW 1: Get Safety Contract signed. 
            Bring in the following supplies by the end of the week:

     5 subject spiral notebook with pockets.
     1 roll of Scotch tape, colored pencils to share (optional)

HW 2: The Language of Science  (You will receive this worksheet in class on the first day I see you.)


This week's topics of study:

Intro and Syllabus review
Real science vs. pseudoscience
Observations and inferences
Science is CONPTT
Battling Bad Science - TedTalk
Eye of Nye Video - Pseudoscience
Microscope Safety Using a compound microscope

Science Chat!  Lab Activity

EOC EXAM WEEK!!

YOUR EXAM IS THIS THURSDAY,  MAY 9TH!

HW 1:  Review study guide, PowerPoint and your NB
HW 2:  Be working on Escambia review website
            Review, review, review!

 Monday
Blood flow and Ecology Review

Tuesday, Wednesday
Brain Dump
Review, review, review!

THURSDAY - EXAM DAY!
7:15 - 10: 40
Check with me so you know where to go
Get a good night's sleep and eat breakfast!
Don't forget "How to Get a 32 and Pass the Exam"

Friday and next week:
Group Human Body System projects

April 29 - May 3

STATE End of Course EXAM:   Thurs, May 9th

Only 1 week to go!  Please spend as much time as possible reviewing on the Escambia County website.  CLICK HERE

HW 1:  Study your EOC Study Guide and go through the EOC PowerPoint (which is now available on Focus as a lab assignment) for 1 hour
HW 2:   Go through your notebook, page by page, and stop to review anything you've forgotten.

Monday, "A" day
EOC Review - Cell Cycle and Genetics
Marine Ecosystems
Immune System

Tuesday, "B" day
EOC review - Protein Synthesis, DNA vs RNA
Finish Immune System
How to Pass the EOC and Brain Dumping
Blood flow

Wed and Thurs   FSA Reading in the AM
Super exciting Team Jeopardy  

Friday "A" day
EOC review - Protein Synthesis, DNA vs RNA
Finish Immune System
How to Pass the EOC and Brain Dumping
Blood Flow

Week of April 24th

STATE End of Course EXAM:   May 9th

Only 2 weeks to go!  Please spend as much time as possible reviewing on the Escambia County website.  CLICK HERE

HW 1:  Study your EOC Study Guide and go through the EOC PowerPoint (which is now available on Focus as a lab assignment) for 1 hour
HW 2:  Spend 30 minutes or more on the Escambia County Review website


Tuesday, "A" day
Human Impact
Watch the Lorax
EOC review

Wed and Thurs
Sustainability and Marine habitats
EOC review

Friday and Mon
Blood Flow
EOC review

Week of April 15 - 18th

BIOLOGY EOC STATE EXAM:  MAY 8TH
Please be reviewing on this link:  Escambia County Bio EOC
You also will be finishing up the big EOC Study Guide soon and I will email you the PowerPoint that goes with it.


HW 1:  Read pp. 484- 487, Answer # 1-5 p. 487
HW 2:  Read 498 - 501, 10 facts

Monday
Populations and Cycles
Begin EOC Study Guide
Bacteria Population Lab

Tuesday - Wednesday  Human Impact, Loss of Biodiversity
    Watch:  TedEd Biodiversity

Thurs
Sustainability
Finish EOC Study Guide

Friday & Monday
Happy Easter break!

Biotechnology WebQuest Links

Website #1 https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sheppard/analyze.html

Website #2: http://www.amnh.org/ology/

Website #3: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/harvest/coming/coming.html

Website #4 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/harvest/exist

Week of April 8th - 12th

End of Course STATE EXAM:  May 9th
You will have your very full notebooks, a giant study guide, a massive review PowerPoint and the links at the top of my page to study.  We will be reviewing in class every day until the big day!

HW 1:  Biotech Webquest - see the links, below
HW 2:  Read pp. 440 - 444.  Answer # 1-6 on p. 444

This week's topics:
Biotechnology, Populations, Cycles, Food Webs Pop Quiz

Monday
Cell Organelles Review
Biotechnology
Ocean Food Web

Tuesday
FSA Writing Test
Ocean Food Web

Wednesday - Thursday
Go over MOCK EOC results
Changes in Ecosystems
Pop Quiz - Food Webs

Friday
Cycles - hydrologic and carbon
Populations notes and Lab

Week of April 1st - 5th

Mock EOC this week!  "B" day Thursday April 4th
                                         "A" day Friday April 5th
You have a study guide from two weeks ago and the Practice EOC packet to study.

ACTUAL END OF COURSE EXAM:  Thurs, May 9th


This week's topics:
Food Webs, Energy Pyramids, Cycles
Changes in Ecosystems, Succession

HW 1:  Read pp. 408 - 416, 10 facts
HW 2:  Study for MOCK EOC Thurs/Friday

Monday
Classification Review and Quiz
Complete Mock EOC Review Packet
Binomial Nomenclature
Begin Ecology - Food Webs


Tues - Weds
Food Webs and Energy Pyramids
Water Cycle
Carbon Cycle
Changes in Ecosystems
Succession  
Final Mock EOC Review


Thurs - Friday
MOCK EOC  - Counts as a Test grade

Week of March 25 - 29th

NEWS: MOCK EOC April 4th B day - April 5th A
                      Yes, it counts as a TEST grade


Actual EOC:  May 9th


HW 1:  Read pp. 406-407. # 1-5, p. 407
             Learn Kingdom characterists for Quiz Fri B - Mon A
HW 2:  Read pp. 524 - 528, 10 facts


Mon - Tues
Mock EOC Review
Classification : 3 Domains - 6 Kingdoms
Taxonomy

Weds - Thurs
Cladograms
Quiz Review for Quiz on Kingdom Characteristics - next class

Fri - Monday
QUIZ: 3 Domains - 6 Kingdoms Characteristics
Begin Ecology

Hominid Web Quest Links

http://humanorigins.si.edu/research/fossil-forensics-interactive

http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-evolution-timeline-interactive

http://humanorigins.si.edu/human-characteristics/brains

http://humanorigins.si.edu/human-characteristics/tools-food

http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/snapshots-time

Primates and Hominid Evolution
The Brain

FYI:  The EOC "Mock" Exam - Postponed until later in March 

HW 1:  Read pp. 379 - 383, 10 facts
HW 2:  Read pp. 368 - 371, # 1-4, p. 371 Restate
Quiz  Weds/Thurs: on the brain.  Study pp. 727-728

Monday -Tues 

Watch:  What Are Primates?
Powernotes on Hominids
The Brain - label study guide
EOC Review

Weds - Thur
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

Friday -
EOC Mock Exam Review

Week of Feb 25 - Mar 1

MOCK EOC:  Postponed until after Spring Break

TEST THIS WEEK: Evolution and Natural Selection
Thurs "A"/Fri "B"

HW 1: Guided Reading for Natural Selection worksheet
HW 2: Read pp. 347 - 351, 10 facts (no passes for this one)
Study: TEST Thur/Fri on Evolution and Natural Selection 

Monday
Breeding Bunnies lab
EOC Review:  Study Guide, begin p. 2

Tues - Weds
Watch:  Stated Clearly - Evolution
Study Guide for TEST 
Benchmark questions Test Review

Thurs - Friday
Watch:  Professor Dave Explains Genetic Drift
             Rock Pocket Mice "Evolution"
and       Evidence for Evolution
Evidence of Evolution packet
10.2 and 10.3 Review worksheet
TEST - Evolution
Begin:  The Brain and Hominid Evolution

Week of Feb 19 - 22nd

9 Weeks EXAM - Weds, Mar 6 and Thurs Mar 7th
Be sure you are there those days or plan to take it early!

HW 1:  Read pp. 302 - 314, 10 facts
HW 2:  p. 309, # 1-5 AND p. 314, # 1-4,  RESTATE



Tuesday
Darwin's Secret Notebooks
Key Terms - Evoluation

Weds - Thursday
Natural Selection

Friday
Breeding bunnies

Week of Feb 11 - 14th

HW 1:  Read pp. 298 - 303, Write 10 important facts
HW 2:  p. 301, # 1-5 AND p. 303, # 1-3.  Restate



Monday  "B" Day
Finish Guided Notes, p. 2 Transcription and Translation
Putting It All Together
Study Guide for TEST Wednesday
Crash Course:  Protein Synthesis
Jeopardy


Tuesday "A" and Wednesday "B"
TEST Protein Synthesis
Natural Selection Key Terms
Mutations PowerPoint and Notes

Thursday "A"
Watch:  Darwin's Secret Notebooks

Friday and Monday - OFF!
Happy President's Day!

Week of Feb 4 - 8

HW 1:  DNA Crossword
HW 2:  p. 242, # 1-5,  and p. 247 # 1 & 2


Monday and Tuesday
Protein Synthesis Lab
Amoeba Sisters - Transcription and Translation

Weds and Thursday
Study Guide and Review for TEST Friday/Monday
Cookie Scavenger Hunt

Friday
TEST on DNA and Protein Synthesis (Postponed until Tuesday)

Week of Jan 28- Feb 1

Human Reproduction Quiz this week - Tues (A) and Weds (B)
Study Anatomy and Mammal Embryo study guide worksheets

HW 1: Define the 12 highlighted terms pp. 239 - 247 

HW 2: pp. 239 - 247, Write the 10 most important facts you find about protein synthesis

Monday    Milestones of pregnancy
Reproduction Review and study guides

Tuesday - Weds
Quiz: Reproduction
Begin DNA Replication Review, p. 238, # 1-3

Thur-Fri                                                                                      Transcription of DNA

Protein Synthesis

Watch Amoeba Sisters: Protein Synthesis

Week of January 22 - 25th

GENETICS TEST:  Weds (A) and Thurs (B)
Reproduction Quiz:  Friday (A) and Monday (B)

HW 1:  Genetics Crossword - it was part of Packet 2 from the Sub
HW 2:  Genetics Test Study Guide

Monday - Off

Tuesday
Test Review
Dragon Genetics Lab

Weds - Thursday
TEST - Genetics
Study Guide -  human reproduction anatomy
Fetal Development

Friday
Quiz - Human Reproduction
Begin:  Protein Synthesis

Week of January 14 - 18

Beyond Mendelian Genetics

HW 1   Read pp. 177 - 187, write 10 facts
HW 2   Read pp. 200 - 207, # 1-5 on p. 207


Monday - Tuesday
Sex Linked Traits
Dihybrid Crosses
Herdity Webquest

Weds - Thurs
Pedigrees
Watch Amoeba Sisters: Sex Linked, Pedigrees, Dihybrid Crosses

Friday
Biotechnology

Week of Jan 8 - 11th

Welcome back!  I'll be in Indiana this week welcoming in my new grandson!  We will be putting the Human Reproduction unit on hold until I return next week.  You'll be starting on a big review of genetics while I'm away.

HW 1:  Reproduction Crossword
HW 2:  Read pp. 798 - 801.  Write the 10 most important facts you find.


Tues - Weds
Genetics Review Packet

Thurs - Fri
Bikini Bottom Genetics Review Packet 2
Designer Babies