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Dates |
State Standards / Objectives |
Learning Activities |
Sept 6 (1 hr all classes) |
Students will be introduced to the course of biology, take a "Learning Styles Inventory," and introduce their lab partner. | 1) Syllabus |
Sept 7 (1 hr all classes) |
Students will take cloze test and review the scientific method (IE 1b,j,k) | 1) Cloze test / Key 2) Review of Sci Meth 3) Vocabulary to be defined & practice at Quia.com using text pp 3-15. |
Sept 8 & 9 (2 hr classes) |
Students will identify problem, form hypotheses, test a hypothesis, collect & analyze data, make conclusions, and identify extraneous variables. | Bring Book on Block Days 1) Vocabulary |
Sept 12 (1 hr) Mon |
Students will recognize the need for controlled experiments. | 1) Review of previous vocab & discussion of "controlled experiments," "control group," & "experimental group" 2) Controlled experiment poster |
Sept 13 & 14 (2 hr) Tues & Wed |
Students will identify problems, form hypotheses, and write reproducible procedures. | 1) Redo drop testing (eliminate extraneous variables) & finish lab |
Sept 15 & 16 (2 hr) Thurs & Fri |
Students will identify problem, form hypotheses, test a hypothesis, collect & analyze data, make conclusions | 1) finish observation lab |
Sept 19 (1 hr) Mon |
Students will recognize the cumulative nature of scientific & distinguish between hypothesis and theory as scientific terms. | 1) Vocabulary Review 2) Discussion & review of Sect 1-1 & 1-2 |
| Students will learn that the fundamental life processes of plants and animals depend on a variety of chemical reactions. | 1) MC Test Ch 1 (1-1 & 1-2) & Sci Meth Vocab 2) Easy notes Ch 2-1 3) Large & Small Molecules Lab |
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Sept 22 & 23 (2 hr) Thurs & Fri |
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1) Easy note 2-2 Due Mon 2) Go over and correct test -Set goals for next test -2pts for signed by parent -2pts for email by parent -1 pt if parent comments about the website. -my email kpitts@cnusd.k12.ca.us 3) Atomic Structure |
Sept 26 (1 hr) Mon |
Students will learn that the fundamental life processes of plants and animals depend on a variety of chemical reactions. | 1) C, H, O, & N properties 2) C, H, O, & N macromolecules 3) Acting out molecules & bonding (if time allows) |
Sept 27 & 28 (2 hr) Tues & Wed |
Students will learn that the fundamental life processes of plants and animals depend on a variety of chemical reactions. | 1) Organic Compounds including Carbs & Lipids 2) Organic Compounds ch 2-3 easy notes 3) Organic Compounds Discussion |
Sept 29 & 30 (2 hr) Thurs & Fri |
Students will learn that the fundamental life processes of plants and animals depend on a variety of chemical reactions. | 1) Lipids, DNA, & Proteins & Enzymes 2) DNA to Proteins Coding Activity 2) Enzyme Lab |
Oct 2 & 3 (2 hr) Mon & Tues |
Students will learn that the fundamental life processes of plants and animals depend on a variety of chemical reactions. | 1)What affects enzyme rates? 2) nucleic acid relationship to proteins & enzymes 3) vocabulary fill in the blanks 4) teach someone biochem |
Oct 4 (25 min) Wed |
Students will learn that the fundamental life processes of plants and animals depend on a variety of chemical reactions. | 1) Ch 2 Test Review on Organic Compounds (answer for  ) |
| Students will compare and contrast the structure of plant and animal cells. | 1) Chapter 2 test on Organic Compounds & turn in portfolio of work for ch 2 2) Plant & Animal Cells and Cellular organelles 3) Cell Observation Lab |
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Oct 10 (1 hr) Mon |
Students will see the position that cells occupy in the organization of life. | 1) Test results from Ch 2 |
Oct 11& 12 (2 hr) |
Students will know how prokaryotic cells, eukaryotic cells (including those from plants and animals) differ in complexity and general structure. | 1) Review atomic structure & retake on vocab basic chem terms |
Oct 13 & 14 (2 hr) |
Students will know the roles of cellular organelles in the structure & function of the cell including the E.R. & Golgi Apparatus, chloroplasts & mitochondria, cell membranes & cell walls, and the cytoskeleton. | 1) 7-1 Easynotes and 8 vocab with cues due |
Oct 17 Mon |
Students will know the roles of cellular organelles in the structure & function of the cell including the E.R. & Golgi Apparatus, chloroplasts & mitochondria, cell membranes & cell walls, and the cytoskeleton. | 1) Cell analogy drawing |
Oct 18 & 19 Tues & Wed |
Students will know the roles of cellular organelles in the structure & function of the cell including the E.R. & Golgi Apparatus, chloroplasts & mitochondria, cell membranes & cell walls, and the cytoskeleton. | 1) 30 minutes of cell analogy work |
Oct 20 & 21 Thurs & Fri |
1) Begin lab: Effects of solution concentration on potato piece mass. Do initial mass data 2) Review of organelles 3) Quiz on organelles 4) End lab: Take final data on potato pieces and solutions. Do calculations & writeup. |
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Oct 24 |
Students know cells are enclosed within semipermeable membranes that regulate their interaction with their surroundings. | 1) Movement through cellular membranes 2) Finish lab writeups on: Effects of solution concentration on potato cell mass. |
Oct 25 & 26 |
Students know usable energy is captured from sunlight by chloroplasts and is stored through the synthesis of sugar from carbon dioxide. | 1) ATP energy 2) Photosynthesis 3) Lab: Effects of light intensity of photosynthesis rate in Elodea |
Oct 27 & 28 |
Students know the role of the mitochondria in making stored chemical-bond energy available to cells by completing the breakdown of glucose to carbon dioxide. | 1) ATP & the relationship of photosynthesis to respiration. 2) Lab: Effects of exercise on respiration rate. |
Oct 31 |
Review for district exam | |
Nov 1 & 2 |
Review for district exam | |
Nov 3 & 4 Thurs & Fri |
District Exam over:
Students receiving 40% or less will NOT be given a passing grade for the 1st 9 wks. Evening study sessions from 7-9 in room D102 for extra credit on Wednesday Nov 2 and Thursday Nov 3. |
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Students will know how basic DNA technology is used to construct recombinant DNA molecules. |
1) Congratulations to Mrs Fitz's & Mr. Pitts' biology students for reaching your goals on the district biology assesment! Party Time: Popcorn & Jurassic Park | |
Nov 9 & 10 Wed & Thurs |
Students will know how to predict the probable outcome of phenotypes in a genetic cross from the genotypes of the parents heterozygous for eye color. | 1) Finish Jurassic Park (15 min) |
Nov 14 Mon |
Students will know the genetic basis for Mendel's laws of segregation and independent assortment. | 1) Finish lab on coin tossing and eye color (get class results) |
Nov 15 & 16 Tues & Wed |
Students will know the genetic basis for Mendel's laws of segregation and independent assortment. Students will know how to predict the probable outcome of phenotypes in a genetic cross between parents with various genotypes. |
1) Finish Coin Toss Lab |
Nov 17 & 18 Thurs & Fri |
Students will know how to predict the probable outcome of phenotypes in a genetic cross between parents with various genotypes. | 1) Finish Polygenic traits lab |
Nov 21 Mon |
Students will know how to predict the probable outcome of phenotypes in a genetic cross between parents with various genotypes. | 1) Finish figuring out "couple" phenotypes and determining baby phenotypes 2) Homework: #3 & 4 from Nov 17 & 18 |
Nov 22 & 23 Tues & Wed |
Students will know how to predict the probable outcome of phenotypes in a genetic cross between parents with various genotypes. | 1) Genetic vocab review 2) Draw your baby 3) DUE: Easynotes 11-1 & 11-2; Vocab with cues |
Nov 28 Mon |
Students will know how to predict the probable outcome of phenotypes in a genetic cross between parents with various genotypes. | 1) Review of genetics vocab 2) Probability & Human Genetics Problems |
Nov 29 & 30 Tues & Wed |
Students will know how to predict the probable outcome of phenotypes in a genetic cross between parents with various genotypes. | 1) Genetics Vocab Review (Round the Room) |
Dec 1 & 2 Thurs & Fri |
Students will know how to predict the probable outcome of phenotypes in a genetic cross between parents with various genotypes. | 1) Finish "Who's the Daddy" paternity lab 2) Finish Faces of Offspring 3) Begin "4 types of Inheritance poster" |
Dec 5 & 6 Mon & Tues |
Students know how to predict the probable mode of inheritance from a pedigree diagram showing phenotypes. | 1) Video & explanation of Sex-linked inheritance 2) Pedigree analysis for dom, rec, & sex-linked traits 3) Finish "4 types of inheritance" poster |
Dec 7 Wed (minimum day) |
Students will review the genetics standards back to Nov 15 | Genetics Test Review |
Dec 8 & 9 Thurs & Fri |
Portfolio Due: 1) Genetics Test Review |
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Dec 12 Mon |
Students will know meiosis is an early step in sexual reproduction in which the pairs of chromosomes separate and segregate randomly during cell division to produce gametes containing one chromosome of each type. | 1) Finish Mitosis Flipbook Study session during 1st lunch and after school for those retaking the genetics test. |
Dec 13 & 14 Tues & Wed |
Students will know meiosis is an early step in sexual reproduction in which the pairs of chromosomes separate and segregate randomly during cell division to produce gametes containing one chromosome of each type. | 1) Mitosis Reviewed Study session during 1st lunch and after school for those retaking the genetics test. |
Dec 15 & 16 Thurs & Fri |
Students will know meiosis is an early step in sexual reproduction in which the pairs of chromosomes separate and segregate randomly during cell division to produce gametes containing one chromosome of each type. | 1) Mitosis & Meiosis Compared & Contrasted GENETICS TEST RETAKE |
Dec 19 Monday |
Students will know meiosis is an early step in sexual reproduction in which the pairs of chromosomes separate and segregate randomly during cell division to produce gametes containing one chromosome of each type. | 1) Finish Meiosis Yarn Project 2) Genetics Test Corrections |
Dec 20 & 21 Tues & Wed |
Students will know how to apply the genetic coding rules to predict the sequence of amino acids from a sequence of codons in RNA that came from DNA in the nucleus. | 1) DNA structure & processes notes 2) DNA processes coding activity 3) DNA vocab with cues |
Dec 22 & 23 Thurs & Fri |
Students will know how to apply the genetic coding rules to predict the sequence of amino acids from a sequence of codons in RNA that came from DNA in the nucleus. | 1) DNA coding quiz Assignments Due: |
Jan 9 Mon |
Students will know how to apply the genetic coding rules to predict the sequence of amino acids from a sequence of codons in RNA that came from DNA in the nucleus. | 1) Review of DNA & RNA processes 2) DNA & RNA Concept Map |
Jan 10 & 11 Tues & Wed |
Students will know how mutations in the DNA sequence of a gene may or may not affect the expression of the gene or the sequence of amino acids in an encoded protein. | 1) DNA & RNA cmap quiz 2) Mutations (p307 & 308 of text) 3) Mutation of human DNA reports |
Jan 12 & 13 Thurs & Fri |
1) Mapping disorders |
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Jan 17 & 18 |
1) ABC's of Biology Review Booklet I will stay after school with all students wanting help until 4:00 pm |
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Jan 19 & 20 |
1) ABC's of Biology Review Booklet I will stay after school with all students wanting help until 4:00 pm |
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Jan 23 Mon |
Review day for periods 4 & 6 Finals for period 2 7-9pm study session rm d102 |
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Jan 24 Tues |
Review day for periods 3 & 5 7-9pm study session rm d102 |
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Jan 26 Wed |
Minimum day 7-9 pm study session rm d102 |
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Jan 27 Thurs |
Minimum day Finals for periods 3 & 5 |
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Jan 28 Fri |
NO STUDENTS |
