Assignments

__**Week of May 21, 2018**__ Monday: Collect Plant Quiz; Animal Intro: Notes, Video Clips, Phyla Song; Begin Chapter 25 WS Packet Tuesday: Phyla Chart Notes (porifera, cnidaria); slides & song ; **HW:** Finish Chapter 25 WS Wednesday: Go over Chapter 25 WS Packet & give points; ; Begin Invertebrate Review Thursday: Mollusk & Annelid Phyla Chart Notes with song/video ; Clam Dissection; continue Invertebrate Review Friday: Arthropod & Echinoderm Phyla Chart Notes, Song, Video ; (give completion points on phyla chart) **HW:** Invertebrate Review & **Extra Credit Fish for May 30!**

__**Week of May 28, 2018**__ Monday: Memorial Day Tuesday: Correct Invertebrate Review; Vertebrate Outline Notes & begin Fish Drawing **HW:** Bring EC Fish Wednesday: Fish Dissection **HW:** Finish Fish Dissection Packet Thursday: Go over Plant Quiz; Discuss HW & give points; Animal Food Fest Friday: (sub) Animal Practice Test; Work on Exam Review Guide {Short answer portion of exam in class on Monday}

__**Week of May 14, 2018**__ Monday: Collect Project Reflections; Go over Test; Plant Introduction Notes **HW:** Plant Tissue WS/Bonus Tuesday: Collect HW & Bonus; Root Type Notes ; Begin Root Lab Wednesday: Discuss & collect Root Lab; Begin Stem Study Guide Thursday: Go over Stem Study Guide - give points ; Water Movement in Plants Notes with Leaf Diagram **HW:** Leaf WS Friday: HW Check & go over; Plant Unit Review Game **HW:** Plant Quiz (take-home)

__**Week of May 7, 2018**__ (Test & Project this week!) Monday: HW Check & discuss; Go over Chapter 39 Quiz; Project Work & begin Review Guide Tuesday: Review Game(s); Project Work &/or Review Guide Wednesday: Typhoid Mary DVD **HW:** Review Guide & Study Thursday: Microbiology Unit Test **HW:** Bacteria Project Friday: Turn in Lab Report & Project Presentations **HW:** Project Reflection

__**Week of April 30, 2018**__ Monday: HW Check & discuss (Protists); Parasite lesson/lab Tuesday: Complete & turn in Parasite packet; Project Work & begin Chapter 39 packet Wednesday: Notes: **** (chapter 39) ; Continue Chapter 39 Packet Thursday: Epidemic Lab **HW:** Chapter 39 Packet Friday: Discuss HW & give points; Chapter 39 Quiz (open-note) **HW:** Flu Shot Article/?'s

__**Week of April 23, 2018**__ Monday: "Unwelcome Guest" activity; Review Game(s) **HW:** Project Proposal & study Tuesday: Turn in Proposal; Chapter 18 Quiz **HW:** Project Materials & EC Wednesday: Project Work Thursday: Protist Lesson & Protist Packet Friday: Project Work **HW:** Finish Protist Packet

__**Week of April 16, 2018**__ Monday: Snow Day Tuesday: Snow Day Wednesday: Gram Stain Video; Bacteria ID Pre-lab - complete & go over; Project Proposal Work Thursday: (sub) Biolab 12 - turn in; **HW:**Chapter 18 Text Review # 1 - 16 & 19 - 24 and Problem Solving Lab 18.1 pg. 480 Friday: Turn in HW; Bacteria ID Lab

__**Week of April 9, 2018**__ Monday: Virus Notes & Song **HW:** Finish "Wanted" Poster Tuesday: PSAT Wednesday: Turn in HW; Bacteria Project Introduction with timeline & examples; Begin 18.2 assignment Thursday: Eubacteria Notes & Song **HW:** 18.2 Assignment Friday: HW check & go over; Classification of Bacteria Notes ; Enrichment Activity

__**Week of March 26, 2018**__ Monday: Share stories & turn in; Review Activities; Begin Review Guide Tuesday: (sub) Evolution article/?'s - turn in; Finish Review Guide **HW:** Review Guide & Study Wednesday: Turn in HW; Test: Evolution Unit **HW:** Ebola Article/?'s Thursday: Go over Test & HW; Begin Virus "Wanted" Poster Friday: Spring Break!

__**Week of March 19, 2018**__ Monday: HW Check & go over; History of Evolution Notes ; Partner Activity **HW:**How Organisms Adapt WS Tuesday: Correct HW; Adaptation Notes Video/Song; Natural Selection Story Intro Wednesday: Notes: **HW:** Population Genetics WS Thursday: HW Check & go over (Population Genetics WS); Speciation Notes  **HW:** Speciation WS Friday: HW Check & go over; Finish Natural Selection Stories

__**Week of March 12, 2018**__ Monday: Genetic Unit Review Game Part 2 **HW:** Finish Review Guide & Study for test tomorrow Tuesday: Turn in Review Guide & Game bonus; Test: Genetics Unit Wednesday: Life "//Challenges of Life//" DVD +WS Thursday: Go over Test; Evolution Intro **HW:** 15.1 WS Friday: HW Check & go over; Notes:; **HW:** Evidence for Evolution WS

__**Week of March 5, 2018**__ Monday: (sub) Genetic Diseases & pedigrees assignment (design a species EC) Tuesday: Collect EC; Genetic Diseases & Pedigrees lesson/go over HW Wednesday: Blood Typing Lab/Lesson **HW:** Finish Packet Thursday: Go over Genetic Problems Quiz; Discuss & collect HW; Begin Genetic Unit Review Guide (due Tuesday before test) Friday: Genetic Unit Review Game Part 1; Continue Review Guide (Test Tuesday)

__**Week of February 26, 2018**__ Monday: HW Check & go over; Genetic Vocabulary Quiz **HW:** Bikini Bottom Genetics Tuesday: Go over Quiz; HW Quiz Check; Begin Face Lab & Genetic Problem Review Packet Wednesday: Complete & turn in Face Lab; Continue Genetic Problem Packet Thursday: Finish Genetic Problems - give points & go over **HW:** Study for Quiz Friday: Quiz: Genetic Problems; Design a Species Extra Credit (due Tuesday)

__**Week of February 19, 2018**__ Monday: HW Check & go over; Personal Traits Lab **HW:** Polygenic cats/Genetic Challenge WS Tuesday: Snow Day! Wednesday: Turn in HW; Vocab Strategies - small groups **HW:** Genetic Vocabulary Packet & Study Thursday: Winter Carnival Friday: Professional Development

__**Week of February 12, 2018**__ Monday: Sex & Chromosomes Discussion/Karyotype Activity Tuesday: Notes: Genes, Chromosomes, & Mutations **HW:** Meiosis & Genetic Change WS Wednesday: Collect HW; Mendel & Solving Genetic Problems lesson **HW:** Monohybrid Crosses Thursday: HW Check & go over; Dihybrid Crosses lesson **HW:** Dihybrid Crosses Friday: HW Check & go over; Different Heredity Patterns lesson **HW:** Different Heredity Patterns

Monday: HW Check & go over ; Protein Synthesis Simulation **HW:** Nucleic Acids Review WS Tuesday: (sub) Correct HW - collect; Complete DNA & Protein Synthesis Review Guide Wednesday: Correct HW; Plickers Review; SAT Practice **HW:** Study for Quiz Thursday: Quiz: DNA & Protein Synthesis **HW:** Genetic Terms WS Friday: Go over Quiz; HW Check; Meiosis lesson
 * __Week of February 5, 2018__**

__**Week of January 29, 2018**__ Monday: Exams Tuesday: Introduction (candy conversations, genetic fact & fallacy survey); Begin DNA Model Wednesday: Pre-test; Finish DNA model - turn in Thursday: DNA & Replication Lesson **HW:** DNA reading assignment/ws Friday: HW Check & go over; Protein Synthesis Lesson **HW:** Protein Synthesis reading assignment/ws

__**Week of January 22, 2018 - Exam Week**__ Monday: Snow Day! Tuesday: Snow Day! Wednesday: Exams Thursday: Exams [Biology @ 12:30 pm] Friday: Professional Development

__**Week of January 15, 2018**__ Monday: Quiz: Cell Transport **HW:** Cell Reproduction Vocabulary Tuesday: HW Check & Discuss; Cell Reproduction Notes/Song **HW:** Mitosis WS Wednesday: Go over Cell Transport Quiz;Correct HW; Mitosis "Quiz"/Review Packet Thursday: Give points & go over Mitosis Review Packet; Cell Unit Vocabulary Review Game Friday: Exam Review

__**Week of January 8, 2018**__ Monday: Collect HW; Homeostasis & Diffusion Lesson **HW:** Vocabulary WS Tuesday: HW Check & Discuss; Osmosis Lesson **HW:** Diffusion & Osmosis WS Wednesday: Correct HW; Passive vs. Active Transport Notes **HW** - Passive/Active Transport WS Packet Thursday: HW Check & go over; Review Cell Transport **HW:** Study for Quiz tomorroww Friday: Snow Day

__**Week of January 3, 2018**__

Wednesday: Complete & go over Microscope Technique Lab - give points **HW:** Microscope Review WS Thursday: Correct HW & collect; Cell Part Notes **HW:** Cell Parts WS (both sides) Friday: Correct HW; Cell Parts Enrichment Activities **HW:** Cell Part "Quiz" WS

__**Week of December 18, 2017**__ Monday: Lab Day 2; Graph Temperature vs. Reaction Rate and do Post-lab questions 1 - 7c Tuesday: Lab Day 3/4 **HW:** Graph pH vs. Reaction Rate, add 100 degree reaction rate to temperature graph and finish Post-lab Questions Wednesday: HW Check & go over (post-lab); Review Game (answers = bonus) **HW:** Bring Lab & Study Thursday: Turn in Lab Packets & bonus; Quiz: Enzymes & Organic Compounds **HW:** A View of a Cell Friday: Go over Quiz; HW Check & go over; Microscope Lesson & begin Technique Lab = Merry Christmas & have a wonderful break! =

__**Week of December 11, 2017**__ Monday: Go over Test; Macromolecules lesson; Complete & go over packet Tuesday: Snow Day! Wednesday: (sub) Complete Biomolecules Packet; Begin Chapter 6 Text Review & vocabulary **__ Biology Assignment __** Thursday: HW Check & go over (Biomolecules Packet); Enzyme Song; Form Enzyme Lab Groups **HW:** Pre-lab questions and finish Chapter 6 assignment Friday: Turn in Chapter 6 Text assignment; HW Check & go over (Enzyme Pre-lab); Lab Day 1
 * Chapter 6 Text Review pg. 168 – 169 # 2, 4, 6 – 10, 19 – 21, & 24 – 25
 * __ Vocabulary: __ Define the following terms: carbohydrate, lipid, protein, amino acid, enzyme, nucleic acid, nucleotide, dehydration synthesis & hydrolysis

__**Week of December 4, 2017**__ Monday: Go over Photosynthesis Quiz; Fermentation Post-lab: clean up, graph results & post-lab ?'s Tuesday: Discuss & Collect Lab; Cell Respiration vs. Photosynthesis (video, activity, illustrations) Wednesday: Complete & turn in Illustrations; Begin Energy Unit Review Guide (Test Friday) Thursday: Energy Unit Review Game **HW:** Review Guide & Study Friday: Turn in HW; Energy Unit Test; Begin Macromolecules packet

__**Week of November 27, 2017**__ Monday: Check Fermentation Lab; Where does a plant's mass come from? activity & video Tuesday: Photosynthesis Song, Notes, & Pre-lab work Wednesday: Photosynthesis Lab & graph results Thursday: Check fermentation lab; Go over Cell Energy Quiz; Discuss & collect Lab **HW:** Light & Dark Reactions Friday: HW Check & go over; Photosynthesis Quiz (open-note); Extra Credit & //Plant// DVD

Monday: Check Fermentation Lab; Cyanide Murders Case Study (groups) **HW:** Do Plants do Cell Respiration? CER Tuesday: (sub) Collect HW; Cell Energy Review Packet - due tomorrow Wednesday: Check Fermentation Lab; Correct HW; Cell Energy Quiz (open-note)
 * __Week of November 20, 2017__**
 * Happy Thanksgiving!**

__**Week of November 13, 2017**__ Monday: Go over Energy in a Cell Packet - give points; Calorie DVD & guide - discuss; Check missing work Tuesday: Barf Bag Lab, Fermentation Notes **HW:** Fermentation Pre-lab Wednesday: Pre-lab HW Check (quiz); Discuss Procedures & set up Lab Thursday: Check Fermentation Lab; Cell Respiration Notes **HW:** Mitochondria WS Friday: Check Fermentation Lab; HW Check & go over; Clothespin Lab - complete & turn in

__**Week of November 6, 2017**__ Monday: Finish Climate Change Stations - discuss & collect; Begin Ecology Unit Review Guide Tuesday: (sub) Complete Ecology Unit Review Guide - due tomorrow! Wednesday: HW Check & answer ?'s ; Review Game Thursday: Ecology Unit Test; Begin Energy in a Cell Packet Friday: Go over Test; Watch "The Lorax" **HW:** Finish Energy in a Cell Packet
 * HW:** Study for Test

__**Week of October 30, 2017**__ Monday: Notes: ; Song & Video clip **HW:** Read pg. 91 - 99 and complete Tuesday: Correct HW; Plickers & Review Assignment **HW:** Finish Review Assignment Wednesday; Correct HW; Review Game: Sucession-Biomes-Populations **HW:** Study for Quiz Thursday: Quiz: Succession, Biomes, & Populations; **HW:** Carbon cycle handout Fridday: Go over Quiz; HW Check & go over (carbon cycle) Begin Climate Change Lab Stations Activity

__**Week of October 23, 2017**__ Monday: Go over HW; Notes:, Video Clip; Begin (due Wednesday) *Food Web drawings due tomorrow! Tuesday: [sub] Turn in Food Webs; Succession Models small group activity - turn in **HW:** Finish 3.1 Assignment Wednesday: HW Check & go over; Begin Biomes lesson Thursday: Continue Biomes lesson **HW:** Biomes WS Friday: Wrap up Biomes lesson; Play //Oh Deer!//; Begin 4.1 Assignment

__**Week of November 6, 2017**__ Monday: Finish Climate Stations Activity - discuss & collect; Begin Ecology Unit Review Guide (due Wednesday)

__**Week of October 16, 2017**__ Monday: Food Web Lesson **HW:** Begin Food Web Drawing & dress for outside Tuesday: Energy Transfer Lab (outdoors) **HW:** Graph results & post-lab ?'s Wednesday: Discuss & collect Lab; Protein & the Food Chain Notes/Activity **HW:** Food Web Drawing

Thursday: Collect Food Web Drawings; Review Energy & Food **HW:** Finish Review & Study for Quiz Friday: Correct HW; Energy & Food Quiz; **HW:** Succession SAT questions

__**Week of October 9, 2017**__ Monday: Review Unit 1 **HW:** Finish Unit Review Guide & Study for test tomorrow Tuesday: Collect Review Guide; Test: Unit 1 Wednesday: Go over Test; Ecology Unit Intro Activity **HW:** Ecology Vocabulary Thursday: Correct HW; Energy Flow Notes and begin Food Web Drawing Friday: Professional Development

__**Week of October 2, 2017**__ Monday: Notes: [|17.2 6 Kingdoms.ppt] ; Begin 17.2 Assignment Tuesday: 6 Kingdom Poster Activity **HW:** [|17.2 biology assignment.doc] Wednesday: HW Check & go over; Taxonomy Review **HW:** **Insect Collection!** Thursday: [Insect Collection due] Complete Insect Collection Analysis & Reflection - discuss & collect; Begin Unit 1 Review Guide (due Tuesday before Unit 1 Test) Friday: Homecoming! Continue work on Unit 1 Review Guide

__**Week of September 25, 2017**__ Monday: Chapter 1 Review Work **HW:** Study for Quiz Tuesday: Chapter 1 Quiz **HW:** SAT practice Wednesday: Turn in HW; Go over Quiz; Classification Intro with dichotomous keys practice Thursday: Notes: 17.1 [|Diversity of Life.ppt]; Song; **HW:** Read pg. 442 - 449 & complete WS Friday: HW Check & go over; Comparing Arthropods Activity [|arthropods.PDF]

Monday: Correct HW; Scientific Method Review (small groups); Germ Theory CER Tuesday: Finish CER - discuss; SAT practice - turn in **HW:** Lab Report Wednesday: Lab Report due! Characteristics of Life Intro activities & begin Reading/WS Thursday: Are Zombies Alive? CER - turn in **HW:** Finish Characteristics of Life Reading/WS Friday: HW Check & go over; Plickers Review; Begin Chapter 1 Review Guide (Quiz next Tuesday)
 * __Week of September 18, 2017__**

__**Week of September 11, 2017**__

Monday: Communication Activity; Notes: ; Finish Pre-test Tuesday: Nature of Science Activity Wednesday: Communication Activity; Designing An Experiment & Writing a Lab Report Project Intro Thursday: Set up Lab Report & begin Using the Scientific Method WS Friday: Termite Experiment (Lab Report due September 20) **HW:** Using the Scientific Method WS

__ **Week of September 5, 2017** __ =Welcome Back!= Tuesday: Introductory Activities **HW:** Lab Safety form due by Friday Wednesday: Biology Chat Stations Activity (includes data analysis) Thursday: Notes: Methods of Biology Friday: Lab Safety form due! HW Check & go over; Insect Collection Guidelines **[due: October 5th]**; Begin Pre-Test **HW:** Continue collecting insects
 * HW:** Read pg. 11-18 & complete Scientific Method WS [[file:scientific method ws.doc]]

__**Week of June 5, 2017**__ Monday & Tuesday: Exam Review Wednesday - Friday: Exams **[Biology Exam: Friday, June 9th @ 12:30 p.m**.]
 * Have a great summer!**

__**Week of May 29, 2017**__ Monday: Memorial Day Tuesday: HW Check & go over; Vertebrate Outline ; Label Fish Diagram & begin drawing **HW:** EC Fish specimen Wednesday: Fish Dissection **HW:** Finish Lab Packet Thursday: Discuss & collect Fish Lab; Animal Food Fest **HW:** Animal Unit Practice Test Friday: Correct HW; Exam Review

__**Week of May 22, 2017**__ Monday: Phyla Chart Notes (porifera, cnidaria, platyhelminthes & nematodes); slides & song Continue Chapter 25 WS Packet Tuesday: Sub: Finish Chapter 25 WS Packet & Begin Invertebrate Review Wednesday: Go over Chapter 25 WS Packet & give points; Platyhelminthes & Nematodes Phyla Chart Notes; Continue Invertebrate Review Packet Thursday: Mollusk & Annelid Phyla Chart Notes with song/video ;

Friday: Arthropod & Echinoderm Phyla Chart Notes, Song, Video ; **HW:** Invertebrate Review & Extra Credit Fish for May 31!

__**Week of May 15, 2017**__ Monday: HW Check & go over - collect bonus; Root Type Notes ; Begin Root Lab Tuesday: Discuss & collect Root Lab; Begin Stem Study Guide Wednesday: Go over Stem Study Guide - give points ; Water Movement in Plants Notes with Leaf Diagram **HW:** Leaf WS Thursday: HW Check & go over; Plant Unit Review Game **HW:** Plant Quiz Friday: Collect Plant Quiz; Animal Intro:Notes, Video Clips, Phyla Song; Begin Chapter 25 WS Packet

__**Week of May 8, 2017**__ Monday: Project work &/or Microbiology Unit Review Guide Tuesday: Go over Chapter 39 Quiz; Review Game **HW:** Finish Review Guide & Study Wednesday: Collect Review Guides; Microbiology Unit Test **HW:** Bacteria Project Thursday: Project presentations & turn in lab reports **HW:** Project Reflection Friday: Turn in reflection; Go over Test; Plant Intro Notes **HW:** Plant Tissue Assignment +bonus sheet

__ **Week of May 1, 2017** __ Monday: HW Check & go over (Protist Packet); Parasite Lesson **HW:** Finish Parasite Packet Tuesday: Correct HW & collect; Notes: **** (chapter 39) **HW:** Begin Chapter 39 Packet (due Friday) Wednesday: Typhoid Mary DVD & continue Chapter 39 packet Thursday: Epidemic Lab; **HW:** Finish Chapter 39 Packet Friday: Discuss HW & give points; Open-note Quiz (chapter 39); Begin Microbiology Unit Review Guide

__**Week of April 24, 2017**__ Monday: Project Work (set up experiment & lab report) &/or Ebola Article/?;s and Virus Wanted Poster Tuesday: Project Work (set up experiment & lab report) & **HW:** Ebola Article/?;s and Virus Wanted Poster Wednesday: Go over Bacteria Quiz; HW Check & discuss (Ebola article/?'s); Ebola Video Thursday: Virus Notes & activities **HW:** Wanted Poster Friday: Turn in Wanted Poster; Protist lesson **HW:** Finish Protist Packet

__**Week of April 17, 2017**__ Monday: Eubacteria Notes & Song **HW:** Finish Bacteria Assignment (18.2) Tuesday: HW Check & go over; Classification of Bacteria Notes ; Biolab 12 with slide drawing **HW:** Enrichment WS Wednesday: Correct HW; Gram Stain Video; Bacteria ID Pre-lab - complete & go over Thursday: Bacteria ID Lab - complete & turn in **HW:** Project proposal Friday: Turn in project proposal; Bacteria Quiz (open-note) **HW:** Bring Project materials

__**Week of April 10, 2017**__ Monday: No School due to power outage Tuesday: Snow Day Wednesday: PSAT Thursday: Go over Test; Bacteria Project Introduction (timeline & examples); Begin Bacteria Assignment (18.2) Friday: Break Day!

__**Week of April 3, 2017**__ Monday: Go over Population Genetics & Evolution Assignment - give points; Turn in missing/make up work; Mammal Adaptations DVD Tuesday: Speciation Notes **HW:** Speciation WS Wednesday: HW Check & go over; Review Activities **HW:** Evolution Unit Review Guide Thursday: Review Game **HW:** Evolution Unit Review Guide & Study Friday: HW Check & go over; Evolution Test

__**Week of March 20, 2017**__ Monday: Adaptation Notes Video/Song; Natural Selection Story Intro Tuesday: Predator Lab Wednesday: Complete & turn in Predator Lab **HW:** Natural Selection Story Thursday: Share stories & turn in; Notes: **HW:** Population Genetics & Evolution Reading Assignment/WS Friday: HW Check & go over (Population Genetics WS); Finish //Challenges of Life// video & discuss
 * Have a wonderful Spring Break!**

__**Week of March 13, 2017**__ Monday: Go over Test; Evolution Intro activities Tuesday: (sub) Read Evolution Misconception Article & complete questions - turn in; Do 15.1 WS Wednesday: Notes:; **HW:** Evidence for Evolution WS Thursday: (sub) BBC Life Series Episode 1: //Challenges of Life// + video ws Friday: HW Check & go over; History of Evolution Notes ; How Organisms Adapt WS

__**Week of March 6, 2017**__ Monday: Wrap up Genetic Diseases; Begin Genetic Unit Review Guide Tuesday: Go over Genetic Problem Quiz; Pedigree Activity; Continue Unit Review Guide Wednesday: Review Game Part 1 **HW:** Genetic Unit Review Guide

Wednesday: HW Check & go over; Review Game Part 2 **HW:** Study for Test Thursday: Turn in Bonus Review Game Answers; Test: Genetics Unit

__**Week of February 27, 2017**__ Monday: Go over Genetic Vocabulary Quiz; Genetic Problems Packet **HW:** Finish Problems Tuesday: HW Check & go over; Review Genetic Problems Wednesday: Turn in Extra Credit; Genetic Problem Quiz Thursday: Blood Type Lab/Lesson **HW:** Lab Questions Friday: Discuss & collect Blood Typing Lab; Begin Genetic Diseases assignment
 * HW:** Study & Extra Credit

__**Week of February 20, 2017**__ Monday: Vocabulary Strategies group activity **HW:** Finish Vocab Review Packet Tuesday: HW Check & go over; Begin Face Lab **HW:** Study Wednesday: Genetic Terms Quiz; Finish Face Lab - turn in; Begin Genetic Problems Packet Thursday: Winter Carnival! Friday: Professional Development

__**Week of February 13, 2017**__ Monday: Correct HW; Notes: Genes, Chromosomes, & Mutations **HW:** Meiosis & Genetic Change WS Tuesday: Collect HW; Mendel & Solving Genetic Problems lesson **HW:** Monohybrid Crosses Wednesday: HW Check & go over; Dihybrid Crosses lesson **HW:** Dihybrid Crosses Thursday: HW Check & go over; Different Heredity Patterns lesson **HW:** Different Heredity Patterns Friday: HW Check & go over; Personal Traits Lab; Begin Review Packet

__**Week of February 6, 2017**__ Monday: Correct HW; Review (plickers); DNA SAT practice **HW:** Review Guide & Study Tuesday: HW Check & go over; Quiz: DNA & Protein Synthesis **HW:** Genetic Terms Wednesday: Snow Day! Thursday: Go over Quiz; HW Check; Meiosis Lesson & begin Meiosis WS Friday: Chromosomes & Karyotypes Discussion/Activity **HW:** Finish Meiosis WS

__**Week of January 30, 2017 - Start of Semester 2**__ Monday: Introduction; Genetic Fact/Fallacy Survey; Continue DNA model Tuesday: Pre-test; Complete & turn in DNA model Wednesday: DNA & Replication Lesson **HW:** DNA reading assignment/ws Thursday: HW Check & go over; Protein Synthesis Lesson **HW:** Protein Synthesis reading assignment/ws Friday: HW Check & go over; Protein Synthesis Simulation **HW:** Review WS

__**Week of January 23, 2017**__ Monday: Exams Tuesday: **Biology Exam 12:30** Wednesday: Exams Thursday: Begin DNA Model Friday: No School - professional development

__**Week of January 16, 2017**__ Monday: HW Check & go over; Review Cell Transport **HW:** Study for Quiz Tuesday: Cell Transport Quiz **HW:** Cell Reproduction WS Wednesday: HW Check & discuss; Cell Reproduction Lesson **HW:** Mitosis WS Thursday: Go over Quiz; Corrrect HW; Cell Reproduction Review Friday: Cell Unit Vocabulary Review Game; Exam Review ***Exam Review Session Room 307 @ 3 pm***

__**Week of January 16, 2017**__ Monday: 1st & 2nd hour (Cell Transport Quiz) **HW:** Cell Reproduction WS 4/5th hour (Help Study) Tuesday: Go over Cell Transport Quiz; HW Check & Discuss; Cell Reproduction Notes Wednesday: Correct HW; Cell Reproduction Review - complete & go over Thursday: Cell Unit Vocabulary Review Game; Exam Review Friday: Exam Review
 * HW:** Mitosis WS

__**Week of January 9, 2017**__

Friday: (1st/2nd hour lesson from yesterday) 4th/5th = Exam Review

__**Week of January 3, 2017**__ Tuesday: Microscope Technique lesson & begin lab Wednesday:Complete Microscope Technique Lab & discuss - give points; Thursday: Correct HW & collect; Cell Part Notes **HW:** Cell Parts WS (both sides) Friday: Correct HW; Cell Parts Enrichment Activities **HW:** Cell Part "Quiz" WS
 * HW:** Microscope Review WS

__**Week of December 19, 2016**__ Monday: No School! Tuesday: Review game - hand back labs **HW:** Study & Chapter 6 extra credit Wednesday: Collect EC; Quiz: Enzymes & Organic Compounds **HW:** A View of a Cell Thursday: Go over Quiz; HW Check & go over; Cell Theory Enrichment
 * Merry Christmas & have a wonderful vacation!**

__**Week of December 12, 2016**__ Monday: HW Check & go over (Pre-lab Questions) Enzyme Lab Day 1 Tuesday: Enzyme Lab Day 2 **HW:** Graph temperature vs reaction rate Wednesday: Enzyme Lab Day 3 **HW:** Graph ph vs reaction rate Thursday: Enzyme Lab Day 4 **HW:** Post-lab questions Friday: HW Check & go over (post lab analysis) & collect; Chapter 6 Extra Credit (due Tuesday) A) Chapter 6 Text Review pg. 168 – 169 # 2, 4, 6 – 10, 19 – 21, & 24 – 25   B) Read pg. 166 & complete the Think Critically Section C) Define the following terms: carbohydrate, lipid, protein, amino acid, enzyme, nucleic acid, nucleotide, dehydration synthesis & hydrolysis

__**Week of December 5, 2016**__ Monday: HW Check & go over ; Review Game HW: Study Tuesday: Test: Energy Unit Wednesday: Go over Test; Organic Compounds Lesson & begin assignment Thursday: (sub) Organic Compound Assignment - complete & turn in Friday: Go over HW; Enzyme Pre-Lab (video, song, form groups, read packet & do pre-lab)

__**Week of November 28, 2016**__ Monday: Check Fermentation Lab; Go over Photosynthesis Review & give points; Photosynthesis Quiz (open-note) **HW:** Chlorophyll EC WS Tuesday: Collect EC; Go over Quizzes; Photosynthesis/Respiration Relay & begin Illustrations Wednesday: (sub) Complete & turn in Cell Respiration/Photosynthesis Illustration; Begin Energy Unit Revie w Guide (due Monday) Thursday: Fermentation Post-lab data & graph **HW:** Post-lab ?'s Friday: Discuss & Collect Fermentation Lab **HW:** Finish Energy Unit Review Guide

Monday: Check fermentation bottles; Photosynthesis Notes & Pre-lab work Tuesday: Photosynthesis Lab & graph results Wednesday: Check fermentation bottles; Discuss & collect Lab; Review: Light & Dark Reactions
 * __Week of November 21, 2016__**
 * Happy Thanksgiving!**

__**Week of November 14, 2016**__ Monday: Check fermentation bottles; Cell Respiration Pre-lab **HW:** Cell Respiration WS Packet Tuesday: Cell Respiration Lab (collect data) Wednesday: Check fermentation bottles; Cell Respiration Lab Analysis **HW:** Post-lab Questions Thursday: Check fermentation bottles; HW Check & go over ; Review **HW:** Get materials together & study for quiz tomorrow Friday: Cell Energy Quiz (open-note) & turn in Cell Respiration Packet

__**Week of November 7, 2016**__ Monday: Go over Test; Watch //The Lorax;// Begin Energy in a Cell Packet Tuesday: Go over Energy in a Cell Packet; Calorie DVD & ws - go over; Grade & missing work check Wednesday: Barf in a Bag Lab; Notes: **HW:** Read fermentation lab & do pre-lab questions Thursday: HW Quiz & go over; Set up Fermentation Lab Friday: Check fermentation bottles; Notes: ; Begin Cell Respiration WS Packet

__**Week of October 31, 2016**__ Monday: Begin Climate Change Stations Activity Tuesday: Finish Stations Activity Wednesday: Go over Succession, Biomes & Populations Quiz; HW Check & go over (carbon cycle); Discuss Climate Change Stations & give points; Begin Ecology Unit Review Guide Thursday: Review Game **HW:** Review Guide & Study Friday: Collect Review Guide; Ecology Unit Test

__**Week of October 24, 2016**__ Monday: Continue Biomes lesson **HW:** Biome Data Analysis Tuesday: HW Check & discuss- Biome wrap up; Oh Deer Simulation; Begin 4.1 Assignment Wednesday: Notes: ; Song & Video clip **HW:** Read pg. 91 - 99 and complete Thursday: Correct HW; Review Game: Sucession-Biomes-Populations **HW:** Review WS & Study for Quiz Friday: HW Check & go over; Quiz: Succession, Biomes, & Populations **HW:** Carbon cycle handout

__**Week of October 17, 2016**__ Monday: Discuss & collect Energy Transfer Lab; Review Energy & Food (game) **HW:** Review WS & Study Tuesday: Hand back labs; HW Check & go over; Quiz: Energy & Food **HW:** Succession Intro +SAT questions Wednesday: HW check & go over; Notes:, Video Clip; Begin (due Friday) Thursday: Go over Quiz; Succession Song & Model Activity (small group work) **HW:** Succession Assignment Friday: Correct HW; Begin Terrestrial Biomes lesson/begin analysis

__**Week of October 10, 2016**__ Monday: SAT Practice; Energy Flow Notes and begin Food Web Drawing (due Thurday) Tuesday: Human Planet DVD "Jungles" & work on Food Web Wednesday: Discuss & collect lab; Protein & the Food Chain Notes/Activity **HW:** Food Web Drawing Thursday: Turn in Food Web Drawing; Energy Transfer Lab (outdoors) **HW:** Graph Results & post-lab ?'s Friday: Professional Development

__**Week of October 3, 2016**__ Monday: Chapter 17 Review & help with Insect Identification Tuesday: Sub (science dept. meeting) Unit 1 Review Guide (due Thursday before Test) **HW:** Insect Collection Wednesday: Turn in Insect Projects; Unit 1 Review Game Thursday: Turn in Review Guide; Unit 1 Test **HW:** Friday: Discuss & collect HW; Go over Test; Ecology Unit Introduction
 * HW:** Unit 1 Review Guide & Study for Test

__**Week of September 26, 2016**__ Monday: Collect EC; Go over Quiz; Classification Intro activities Tuesday: Notes: 17.1 [|Diversity of Life.ppt]; Song; **HW:** Read pg. 442 - 449 & complete WS Wednesday: [Sub] HW Check & go over; Data Analysis Practice; Read 17.2 & begin assignment Thursday: Comparing Arthropods Activity [|arthropods.PDF] Friday: Notes: [|17.2 6 Kingdoms.ppt] ; **HW:** [|17.2 biology assignment.doc]
 * Insect Collections due Wednesday, October 5th!**

Monday: Correct HW (Using the Scientific Method); Small Group Review Activities; Characteristics of Life Intro/demos Tuesday: Are Viruses Alive? Generating an Argument NGSS activity **HW:** Termite Lab Report Wednesday: Turn in Lab Report; Characteristics of Life Stations; Notes: **[|Characteristics of Life.ppt][|Chapter 1 Outline III - char. of life.doc] [|LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION OF LIFE]** Thursday: HW Check & go over; Review Chapter 1 (Plickers & handout) **HW**: Study Friday: Chapter 1 Quiz HW: Extra Credit - Chapter 1 Text Review pg. 28 - 29 #1 - 9, 13, & 15 - 22
 * __Week of September 19, 2016__**
 * C[|HART.doc]** **HW:** Characteristics of Life Assignment: **[|**charoflifews.doc**]**

Monday: Notes: ; Communication Activity; Finish Pre-test Tuesday: Email Lab [Nature of Science] Wednesday: Data Analysis practice; Designing An Experiment & Writing a Lab Report Project Intro & begin Thursday: Set up Lab Report & begin Using the Scientific Method WS Friday: Termite Experiment (Lab Report due September 21) **HW:** Using the Scientific Method WS
 * __Week of September 12, 2016__**

__**Week of May 23, 2016**__ Monday: Phyla Chart Notes (porifera, cnidaria, platyhelminthes & nematodes) Tuesday: Go over HW - give points; Mollusk & Annelid Phyla Chart Notes with song/video ; Begin Invertebrate Phyla Animal Review Wednesday: Arthropod & Echinoderm Phyla Chart Notes, Song, Video ; Thursday: Correct HW; Vertebrate Outline Notes & Begin Fish Drawing **HW:** EC Fish Friday: Fish Dissection & finish drawing/lab packet
 * HW:** Finish Chapter 25 WS Packet
 * HW:** Invertebrate Phyla Animal Review WS

__**Week of May 30, 2016**__ Monday: Memorial Day Tuesday: Hand back Plant Quiz & go over; Discuss & collect Fish Lab; Begin Animal Phyla Review Activity Wednesday: (sub) Finish Phyla Review Activity **HW:** Animal Diversity Unit Practice Test Thursday: Hand back Fish Labs; HW Check & go over; Exam Review Friday: Exam Day 1

__**Week of May 16, 2016**__ Monday: HW Check & go over - collect bonus; Root Type Notes ; Begin Root Lab Tuesday: Discuss & collect Root Lab; Begin Stem Study Guide Wednesday: Go over Stem Study Guide - give points; Water Movement in Plants Notes with Leaf Diagram **HW:** Leaf WS Thursday: HW Check & go over; Plant Unit Review Game **HW:** Plant Quiz Friday: Collect Plant Quiz; Animal Intro:Notes, Video Clips, Phyla Song; Begin Chapter 25 WS Packet

__**Week of May 9, 2016**__ Monday: Go over Chapter 39 Quiz; Project Work &/or Review Guide Tuesday: Pictionary Slide & review game **HW:** Finish Review Guide & Study Wednesday: Turn in Review Guide; Microbiology Unit Test **HW:** Bacteria Project Thursday: Project Presentations & turn in lab report **HW:** Project Reflection Friday: Turn in reflection; Go over Test; Plant Intro Notes **HW:** Plant Tissue Assignment +bonus sheet

__**Week of May 2, 2016**__ Monday: Discuss & collect Protist Packet; Parasite Lab/Lesson **HW:** Finish Parasite Lab Tuesday: Correct Parasite Lab & collect; Notes: **** (chapter 39) **HW:** Begin Chapter 39 Packet (due Thursday) Wednesday: Typhoid Mary DVD **HW:** Finish Chapter 39 Packet Thursday: Discuss HW & give points; Open-note Quiz (chapter 39); Begin Microbiology Unit Review Guide Friday: Epidemic Lab; Continue with Bacteria Project &/or Unit Review Guide

Monday: Go over Bacteria Quiz; Bacteria Project Work (lab report, set up experiment, plan presentation, etc.) Tuesday: Continue Bacteria Project Work **HW:** //Blackfish// Essay Wednesday: Collect Essay; Viruses Intro lesson Thursday: Virus Notes ; Virus vs. Bacteria Activity; Virus Note Quiz (open-note) - turn in & begin Protist packet Friday: Protist Video & Slide Drawings **HW:** Finish Protist Packet
 * __Week of April 25, 2016__**

__**Week of April 18, 2016**__ Monday: & Song **HW:** Finish Bacteria Assignment (18.2) Tuesday: HW Check & go over; Classification of Bacteria Notes ;Gram Stain Video; Biolab 12 with slide drawing **HW:** Enrichment WS Wednesday: Correct HW; "Unwelcome Guest" Activity; Review Game; **HW:** Study Thursday: Bacteria Quiz **HW:** Bacteria ID Pre-Lab & Project Proposal Friday: Turn in project proposals; Bacteria ID Lab **HW:** Bring project materials

__**Week of April 11, 2016**__ Monday: Turn in extra credit and bonus review; Evolution Test **HW:** Begin Blackfish Article with Response Tuesday: SAT Testing Wednesday: Watch //Blackfish// - DVD/Article Analysis Thursday: Go over Test; Finish //Blackfish// and DVD/Article Analysis; Begin Blackfish Essay - due April 27 Friday: Bacteria Project Introduction with timeline & examples; Begin Project proposal & 18.2 WS

__**Week of April 4, 2016**__ Monday: Snow Day Tuesday: Evolution Review Activities **HW:** Finish Review Guide Wednesday: Snow Day Thursday: Snow Day Friday: Correct HW; Evolution Review Game **HW:** Study and vocabulary extra credit work

__**Week of March 21, 2016**__ Monday: Sub - Evolution Article/WS (SAT practice); Continue Natural Selection Story Project Tuesday: Notes: **HW:** Population Genetics & Evolution Reading Assignment/WS Wednesday: HW Check & go over (Population Genetics WS); Speciation Notes **HW:** Speciation WS Thursday: HW Check & go over; Share Natural Selection Stories - turn in; Begin Evolution Unit Review Guide Friday: Spring Break! __**Week of March 14, 2016**__ Monday: HW Check & go over; History of Evolution Notes ; Comparing Theories Activity **HW:** How Organisms Adapt WS Tuesday: Correct HW; Adaptation Notes ; Begin Predator Lab Wednesday: Complete Predator Lab Thursday: Snow Day! Friday: Discuss & collect Predator Lab; Begin Natural Selection Story Project (due March 24)

__**Week of March 7, 2016**__ Monday: Review Game Part 1 **HW:** Review Guide (+text review) Tuesday: HW Check & go over; Review Game Part 2 **HW:** Study for Test Wednessday: Genetics Unit Test Thursday: Go over Test; Evolution Introduction Activities **HW:** 15.1 WS Friday: Go over HW; Notes:; & Article **HW:** Evidence for Evolution WS

__**Week of February 29, 2016**__ Monday: Discuss & Collect Blood Typing Lab; Begin Genetic Disease WS **HW:** EC Tuesday: [//2nd hour class meeting] (turn in ec)//Genetic Disease Lesson & begin Pedigrees Wednesday: Go over Genetic Problem Quiz; Wrap up Pedigrees; Genetics Unit Review ; Begin Review Guide Thursday: Sub - Genetics Unit Review Guide (+text review) Friday: Professional Development - No School

__**Week of February 22, 2016**__ Monday: Go over Genetic Vocabulary Quiz; Complete & turn in Face Lab; Begin Genetic Problem Review Packet Tuesday: Sub - Complete Genetic Problem Review Packet Wednesday: Go over Genetic Problem Review Packet & give points; Review **HW:** Study for Quiz Thursday: Genetic Problem Quiz **HW:** Extra Credit: Design a Species (due Tuesday, 3/1) Friday: Turn in extra credit; Blood Typing Lab/Lesson **HW:** Finish Lab Questions

__**Week of February 15, 2016**__ Monday: Break Day! Tuesday: Vocabulary Strategies Group Activity **HW:** Finish Genetic Vocabulary Review & Study for Quiz Wednesday: HW Check & go over; Genetic Vocabulary Quiz +SAT practice **HW:** Bikini Bottom Genetics Thursday: Correct HW; Begin Face Lab Friday: Winter Carnival!

__**Week of February 8, 2016**__ Monday: Correct HW; Notes: Genes, Chromosomes, & Mutations **HW:** Meiosis & Genetic Change WS Tuesday: Collect HW; Mendel & Solving Genetic Problems Lesson **HW**: Monohybrid Cross WS Wednesday: HW Check & go over; Dihybrid Cross Lesson **HW:** Dihybrid Cross WS Thursday: HW Check & go over; Different Heredity Patterns Lesson **HW:** Different Heredity Patterns WS Friday: HW Check & go over; Personal Traits Lab; Begin Genetic Terms Review Packet

__**Week of February 1, 2016**__ Monday: Correct HW; Review **HW:** Study for Quiz Tuesday: Quiz: DNA & Protein Synthesis **HW:** Genetic Terms Wednesday: Snow Day! Thursday: Go over Quiz; HW Check; Meiosis Notes & Chart Friday: Chromosomes & Karyotypes Discussion/Activity **HW:** Meiosis WS

__**Week of January 25, 2016**__ Monday: Introduction; Genetic Fact/Fallacy Survey; Begin DNA model Tuesday: Pre-test; Complete & turn in DNA model Wednesday: DNA & Replication Lesson **HW:** DNA reading assignment/ws Thursday: HW Check & go over; Protein Synthesis Lesson **HW:** Protein Synthesis reading assignment/ws Friday: HW Check & go over; Protein Synthesis Simulation **HW:** Review WS

__**Week of January 18, 2016**__ Monday: Exam Review ***Exam Review Session Room 307 3 pm*** Tuesday: Exams Wednesday: Biology Exam 12:30 Thursday: Exams Friday: No School - Professional Development

__**Week of January 11, 2016**__ Monday: HW Check & go over; Review - Homeostasis & Cell Transport **HW:** Study for Quiz Tuesday: Quiz: Homoestasis & Cell Transport **HW:** Cell Reproduction Vocab Wednesday: Go over Quiz; HW Check & go over; Cell Reproduction Notes **HW:** Mitosis WS Thursday: Correct HW; Cell Reproduction Review - complete & go over Friday: Cell Unit Vocabulary Review Game; Exam Review

__**Week of January 4, 2016**__ Monday: Cell Part Notes **HW:** Cell Parts WS (both sides) Tuesday: Correct HW; Cell Parts Enrichment Activities **HW:** Cell Part "Quiz" WS Wednesday: Turn in HW; Homeostasis & Diffusion Lesson **HW:** Vocabulary WS Thursday: HW Check; Osmosis Lesson **HW:** Diffusion & Osmosis WS Friday: Collect Extra Credit; Correct HW; Passive vs. Active Transport Notes **HW** - Passive/Active Transport WS Packet
 * Extra Credit Opportunity: Draw, label & color a plant and animal cell - due Friday

__**Week of December 21, 2015**__ Monday: Go over Enzyme Quiz; HW Check & go over; Microscope Intro & begin Technique Lab **HW:** Microscope Review WS Tuesday: Correct HW; Finish Microscope Technique Lab - discuss & give points
 * Merry Christmas & Happy New Year -- Enjoy your break!**

__**Week of December 14, 2015**__ Monday: Enzyme Lab Day 1 Tuesday: Enzyme Lab Day 2; graph temp vs reaction rate Wednesday: Enzyme Lab Day 3 & 4; graph ph vs reaction rate **HW:** Post-lab ?'s Thursday: Go over post-lab; Review Game **HW:** bring completed lab packet & study Friday: Turn in lab; Quiz: Enzymes & Organic Compounds **HW:** A View of the Cell

__**Week of December 7, 2015**__ Monday: Discuss & collect Fermentation Lab; Cell Respiration vs. Photosynthesis Illustration; Tuesday: Energy Unit Review Game; Continue Illustration & begin Review Guide Wednesday: (Sub) Complete Illustration & turn in; Review Guide **HW:** Review Guide & Study Thursday: Turn in Review Guide; Energy Unit Test **HW:** Organic Compounds WS Packet Friday: Go over Test; HW Check & go over; Enzyme Pre-lab Work **HW:** Enzyme Pre-lab Questions

Monday: Check fermentation bottles; Photosynthesis Notes & Pre-lab work Tuesday: Photosynthesis Lab Wednesday: Check fermentation bottles; Discuss & collect Lab; Review: Light & Dark Reactions Thursday: Check fermentation bottles; Go over Review - give points; Quiz: Photosynthesis Friday: Hand back Quizzes & go over; Fermentation Post Lab: clean up, graph results, do post-lab questions
 * __Week of November 30, 2015__**

__**Week of November 23, 2015**__ Monday: Take fermentation measurements; HW Check & discuss; Cell Respiration post-lab analysis **HW**: finish graph & post-lab questions Tuesday: HW Check & go over - collect labs; Review Wednesday: Hand back cell respiration labs - Open-note Quiz: Fermentation & Cell Respiration
 * Happy Thanksgiving - Enjoy your Holiday weekend!**

__**Week of November 16, 2015**__ Monday: HW Check & go over; Notes: **HW:** Read fermentation lab & do pre-lab questions Tuesday: HW Quiz & go over; Set up Fermentation Lab; Extra Credit Bioluminescence WS due Friday Wednesday: Check fermentation bottles; Notes: ; Calorie DVD with DVD guide; Begin Cellular Respiration Assignment (due Monday) Thursday: HW Check & go over; Cell Respiration Pre-Lab work **HW:** Extra Credit WS Friday: Collect Extra Credit; Cell Respiration Lab - Collect Data **HW:** Cell Respiration Assignment

__**Week of November 9, 2015**__ Monday: Go over Quiz & Carbon Cycle WS; Global Warming Project discussion (share or turn in) Tuesday: SAT Practice - global warming; **HW:** Ecology Unit Review Guide Wednesday: HW Check & answer questions; Ecology Unit Review Game **HW:** Study Thursday: Ecology Unit Test; Begin Energy in a Cell Packet Friday: Go over Test; Watch "The Lorax" **HW:** Energy in a Cell Packet __**Week of November 2, 2015**__ Monday: Notes: **HW:** Read pg. 91 - 99 and complete Tuesday: Correct HW; Review Game: Sucession-Biomes-Populations **HW:** Review WS & Study for Quiz Wednesday: HW Check & go over; Quiz: Succession, Biomes, & Populations **HW:** Carbon cycle handout Thursday: Turn in HW; Global Warming Research Mini-Project Introduction Begin Research Friday: Continue Global Warming Research &/or Ecology Unit Review Guide
 * [[file:nhsbiology/Ecology Unit Review Guide.doc|Ecology Unit Review Guide.doc]]**

__**Week of October 26, 2015**__ Monday: Go over Quiz & HW; Notes:, Video & Song; Begin (due Wednesday) Tuesday: Succession Models (small group work) **HW:** Succession Assignment Wednesday: Correct HW; Begin Terrestrial Biomes lesson/assignment Thursday: SAT Practice; Continue Terrestrial Biomes lesson **HW:** Biomes Assignment Friday: HW Check & go over; Finish Biomes lesson/activities; Play "Oh Deer!"; Begin Population Assignment

__**Week of October 19, 2015**__ Monday: Protein & Food Chain Notes/Activity **HW:** Finish Food Web & dress warmly for outdoor lab Tuesday: Collect Food Webs & Scavenger Hunt EC; Chapter 2 Text Review - complete & turn in Wednesday: Energy Transfer Lab (outdoors) **HW:** Graph results & post-lab questions Thursday: Discuss & collect Lab; Review energy & food **HW:** Study for quiz Friday: ; Energy & Food Quiz **HW:** Succession Data Analysis Practice & Read pg. 65 - 69, Problem Solving Lab 3.1 and term comparisons

__** Week of October 12, 2015 **__ Monday: Unit 1 Review Game **HW:** Finish Review Guide & Study Tuesday: Turn in Review Guides; Unit 1 Test Wednesday: Go over Test; Ecology Introduction Notes ; Good Buddy Activity **HW:** Vocabulary WS Thursday: Correct HW; Energy Flow Notes  and begin Food Web drawing (due Tuesday) Friday: SAT practice; Scavenger Hunt; Human Planet DVD segment; continue Food Web drawing

__** Week of October 5, 2015 **__ Monday; HW Check & go over (17.2); Insect ID help **HW:** Chapter 17 Review Tuesday: Correct HW; Insect ID help & begin Unit 1 Review Guide **HW:** Insect Collection Wednesday: Turn in projects; SAT practice; Taxonomy formative assessment **HW:** Insect Project Reflection Thursday: Collect HW; Taxonomy practice (work on areas of misconception); Continue work on Unit 1 Review Guide (due Tuesday before the Test) Friday: Professional Development

__** Week of September 28, 2015 **__ Monday: Turn in extra credit; Data analysis practice; Go over quiz; Classification Introduction with dichotomous keys Tuesday: HW Check & go over; Notes: 17.1 [|Diversity of Life.ppt] (See PowerPoint Live here!); Song
 * HW:** Read pg. 442 - 449 & complete WS

Wednesday: HW Check & go over; Comparing Arthropods Activity [|arthropods.PDF]

Thursday: Notes: [|17.2 6 Kingdoms.ppt] **HW:** [|17.2 biology assignment.doc]

Friday: Finish 17.2 Assignment (due Monday) & begin Unit 1 Review Guide //(6th Hr - assembly)//
 * Insect Collections due Wednesday, October 7th! **

__** \Week of September 21, 2015**__ Monday: Exchange correct HW; Scientific Method Review (small groups); Characteristics of Life Intro activities Tuesday: Are Viruses Alive? Generating an Argument (NGSS/SAT skill) **HW:** Lab Report Wednesday: Turn in lab reports; Characteristics of Living Things activities; Notes: **[|Characteristics of Life.ppt][|Chapter 1 Outline III - char. of life.doc] [|LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION OF LIFE]** Thursday: Go over HW; In-class Chapter 1 Review **[|Chapter 1 Quiz Study Guide.doc]** Friday: Chapter 1 Quiz **HW:** Extra Credit - Chapter 1 Text Review pg. 28 - 29 # 1 - 9, 13, 15 - 22
 * C[|HART.doc]** **HW:** Characteristics of Life Assignment: **[|**charoflifews.doc**]**
 * HW:** Study for Quiz tomorrow

__ **Week of September 14, 2015** __ Monday: Finish Pre-test; Notes: Nature of Biology Science Skill Activities Tuesday: Email Lab (Nature of Science) Wednesday: Designing an Experiment & Writing a Lab Report (Termites project) [|How to Write a Lab Report] [|Lab Report Grading Rubric] Thursday: (sub) Continue Termite project &/or begin Using the Scientific Method WS (due Monday) Friday: Termite Experiment (lab report due: September 23rd) **HW:** Using the Scientific Method WS

__ **Week of September 7, 2015** __ Tuesday: Introductory Activities HW: Lab Safety form due by Friday Wednesday: Essential 8 Activity & Multiple Intelligences Inventory; Life - Insect DVD Thursday: Notes: Methods of Biology ; **HW:** Read pg. 11-18 & complete Scientific Method WS Friday: HW Check & go over; Discuss Insect Collection Guidelines & look at examples; Begin Pre-Test **HW:** Continue collecting insects

__**Week of May 25, 2015**__ Monday: Memorial Day Tuesday: Vertebrate Outline/WS & give points; Label internal fish diagram; Begin Fish Lab Packet & Drawing **HW:** Extra Credit Fish Specimen Wednesday: Fish Dissection **HW:** Finish Fish Packet Thursday: Go over Mollusk & Annelid Quiz; Discuss & collect lab; Exam Review Friday: Animal Unit Review (Practice Test) **HW:** Finish Animal Unit Review & bring gold Phyla Chart Notes to class

__**Week of June 1, 2015**__ Monday: HW Check & go over; Animal Food Fest; Exam Review Tuesday: Exam Review Wednesday: Exam 12:30 pm - Return book to Room 307 Thursday: Exams Friday: Exams

__**Week of May 18, 2015**__ Monday: Mollusk Phyla Chart Notes Label Clam Diagram; Clam Dissection **HW:** Finish Mollusk Lab Packet Tuesday: Discuss & collect lab; Annelids Phyla Chart Notes & lesson **HW:** Annelids WS Wednesday: HW Check & go over; Review Mollusks & Annelids **HW:** Study Thursday: Quiz: Mollusks & Annelids **HW:** Arthropod Outline Friday: HW Check & go over ; Phyla Chart Notes: Arthropods & Echinoderms ; ; Arthropod activities **Reminder:** //**Extra Credit fish for dissection - due May 27th!**//

__**Week of May 11, 2015**__ Monday: Notes: Animal Introduction ; Hand back Plant Quiz & go over; Begin Chapter 25 WS Packet (due Thursday) Tuesday: Invertebrate Identification Lab & Phyla Song Wednesday: Porifera & Cnidaria Notes/Song **HW:** Finish Chapter 25 WS Packet Thursday: (sub) Go over HW; Animal Quiz 1 (open note/book) turn in Friday : Notes Chart (porifiera, cnidarians, platyhelminthes, & nematodes)

Monday: Root Notes ; Root Lab – discuss & collect Tuesday: Stem Study Guide Wednesday: Go over Stems - give points; Capillary Action Lab Thursday: Notes: Water movement in plants with Leaf diagram; Plant Review Game Friday: Plant Quiz Chapter 23 (open - note) **HW:** Finish Plant Quiz
 * __ Week of May 4, 2015 __**

__**Week of April 27, 2015**__ Monday: Review: Slides & Game HW: Review Guide & Study Tuesday: Collect Review Guides;Test: Microbiology Unit **HW:** Bacteria Project Wednesday: Project Presentations **HW:** Project Reflection Thursday: Collect HW; Go over Test; Plant Intro Notes **HW:** Plant Tissue Assignment +bonus sheet Friday: HW Check & go over - turn in bonus; Go over Test & Project - grade check

__**Week of April 20, 2015**__ Monday: **Notes: ** (chapter 39)  **HW:** Begin Chapter 39 Packet (due Thursday) Tuesday: Epidemic Lab; Continue Chapter 39 Packet Wednesday: Project Work Time (finish lab report/work on ad) **HW:** Finish Chapter 39 Packet Thursday: HW Check & Discuss; Open-note Quiz (Chapter 39); Begin Microbiology Unit Review Guide Friday: Go over Chapter 39 Quiz; Continue project work and/or Microbiology Unit Review Guide
 * Test Tuesday, April 28th!**

__**Week of April 13, 2015**__ Monday: Project Work Tuesday: Project Work Wednesday: Go over Bacteria Quiz; Protist Vide/Slide Drawings HW: Finish Protist Packet Thursday: Discuss & collect Protist Packet; Parasite Lab/Lesson **HW:** Finish Parasite Lab Friday: Correct Parasite Lab & collect; Typhoid Mary DVD

__**Week of March 30, 2015**__ Monday: Correct HW; Bacteria Project Introduction with timeline & examples ** ** Tuesday: Review Game; Chapter 18 Text Review **HW:** Finish Proposal & Study Wednesday: Collect project proposals; Bacteria Quiz; Pre-lab videos **HW:** Pre-lab Questions Thursday: Bacteria ID Lab with Gram Stain **HW:** Bring project materials Friday: Begin Spring Break!
 * [[file:nhsbiology/BACTERIA PROJECT GRADE CRITERIA.doc|BACTERIA PROJECT GRADE CRITERIA.doc]] ;** Begin Project Proposals

__**Week of March 30, 2015**__ Monday: Correct HW; Bacteria Project Introduction with timeline & examples ** ** Tuesday: Review Game; Chapter 18 Text Review **HW:** Finish Proposal & Study Wednesday: Collect project proposals; Bacteria Quiz; Pre-lab videos **HW:** Pre-lab Questions Thursday: Bacteria ID Lab with Gram Stain **HW:** Bring project materials Friday: Begin Spring Break!
 * [[file:nhsbiology/BACTERIA PROJECT GRADE CRITERIA.doc|BACTERIA PROJECT GRADE CRITERIA.doc]] ;** Begin Project Proposals

__**Week of March 23, 2015**__ Monday: Evolution Test **HW**: Ebola Assignment Tuesday: Go over Test; Ebola lesson Wednesday**:** Virus Notes & open-note quiz; Finish Ebola lesson; Begin 18.2 Bacteria Assignment Thursday: Eubacteria Notes **HW:** Finish Bacteria Assignment (18.2) Friday: HW Check & go over; Classification of Bacteria Notes ; Biolab 12 with slide drawing **HW:** Enrichment WS

__**Week of March 16, 2015**__ Monday: Complete & turn in Predator Lab Tuesday: Population Genetic Notes **HW:** Population Genetics WS Wednesday: HW Check & go over; Speciation Notes  **HW:** Speciation WS Thursday: Hand back & go over Predator Lab; HW Check & go over; Review Activities **HW:** Review Guide Friday: HW Check & go over; Review Game **HW:** Study for Quest on Monday

__**Week of March 9, 2015**__ Monday: Go over Test; Evolution Unit Introduction **HW:** 15.1 WS Tuesday: (sub) Go over 15.1 WS; Evidence for Evolution Notes **HW:** Evidence for Evolution WS Wednesday: HW Check & go over; History of Evolution Notes; Comparing Theories Activity **HW:** How Organisms Adapt WS Thursday: Correct HW: Adaptation Notes/Slides ; Begin Predator Lab Friday: Professional Development

Monday: Genetic Disorders Tuesday: Blood Type Lab/Lesson **HW:** Blood Typing Questions Wednesday: HW Check & go over; Review Game Part 1; Continue Review Guide Thursday: Go over Genetic Problem Quiz; Review Game Part 2; Review **HW:** Finish Genetic Unit Review Guide & Study for Test Friday: Turn in Review Guide; Test: Genetics Unit
 * __Week of March 2, 2015__**

__**Week of February 23, 2015**__ Monday: Cold Day Tuesday: Go over Genetic Vocabulary Quiz & discuss extra credit opportunity; Complete & turn in Face Lab **HW:** Finish Genetic Problem Packet Wednesday: HW Check & go over; Pedigrees Lesson **HW:** Study for Genetic Problem Quiz Thursday: (sub) Genetic Problem Quiz; Begin Genetic Disease WS Friday: (sub) Finish Genetic Disease WS; Begin Genetic Unit Review Guide **HW:** Extra Credit Genetic Terms

__**Week of February 16, 2015**__ Monday: Break Day! Tuesday: HW Check & go over (Vocab Packet); Personal Traits Lab **HW:** Study for Genetic Terms Quiz Wednesday: Quiz: Genetic Terms; Begin Face Lab and Continue Problem Packet Thursday: Cold Day! Friday: Winter Carnival!

__**Week of February 9, 2015**__ Monday: HW Check & go over; Different Heredity Patterns Lesson **HW:** Genetic Problem Practice Tuesday: HW Check & go over; Vocabulary Strategies **HW:** Genetic Terms Practice Wednesday: (sub) Begin Genetic Problem Packet Thursday: Snow Day! Friday: Professional Development

__**Week of February 3, 2015**__ Monday: Go over Quiz; HW Check - Meiosis Video +term discussion and quiz; Meiosis Notes/Chart Tuesday: Chromosomes & Karyotypes Discussion/Activity **HW:** Meiosis WS Wednesday: Correct HW; Thursday: Turn in HW; Mendel & Solving Genetic Problems lesson **HW:** Monohybrid Cross Practice Friday: HW Check & go over; Dihybrid Crosses Lesson **HW:** Dihybrid Cross Practice

__**Week of January 26, 2015**__ Monday: DNA & Replication Notes **HW:** Read pg. 280 - 287 & 304/complete WS Tuesday: HW Check & go over; Protein Synthesis Notes & Video **HW**: Read pg. 288 - 295/complete WS Wednesday: HW Check & go over; Protein Synthesis Simulation **HW:** Review WS Thursday: Correct HW; Review DNA & Protein Synthesis **HW:** Study Friday: Quiz: DNA & Protein Synthesis **HW:** Genetic Terms WS

Monday: Exams Tuesday: Biology Exam 12:30 pm Wednesday: Exams __Semester 2__ Thursday: Semester 2 Intro; Genetic Fact & Fallacy Survey; Begin DNA model Friday: Pre-test & finish DNA model
 * __Week of January 19, 2015__**

__**Week of January 12, 2015**__ Monday: Quiz: Homeostasis & Cell Transport **HW -** Cell Reproduction Vocabulary Tuesday: HW Check & go over; Mitosis Notes & Song **HW:** Mitosis WS Wednesday: Go over Quiz; Correct HW; Cell Reproduction Review Thursday: Cell Unit Vocabulary Review Friday: Exam Review ***Exam Review Session Room 307 @ 3 pm***

__**Week of January 5, 2015**__ Monday - Wednesday: Cold Days - No School! Thursday: Correct HW; Passive vs. Active Transport Notes **HW** - Passive/Active Transport WS Packet Friday: HW Check & go over (Passive/Active Transport); Review **HW** - Study for Quiz

__**Week of December 22, 2014**__ Monday: HW Check; Osmosis Lesson **HW:** Diffusion & Osmosis WS Tuesday: Marshmallow Challenge [6th hour = assembly]
 * HAVE A SAFE & WONDERFUL HOLIDAY BREAK!**

__**Week of December 15, 2014**__ Monday: HW Check & go over ; Microscope Lesson & begin Techniques Lab **HW:** Microscope Review WS Tuesday: Go over Enzymes & Organic Compounds Quiz; Correct HW; Finish Lab - discuss & give points Wednesday: Cell Part Notes **HW:** Cell Parts WS (both sides) Thursday: Correct HW; Cell Parts Enrichment Activities **HW:** Cell Part "Quiz" WS Friday: Turn in HW; Homeostasis & Diffusion Lesson **HW:** Vocabulary WS

__**Week of December 8, 2014**__ Monday: Enzyme Lab Day 1 **HW:** Read Lab Day 2 Procedures Tuesday: Enzyme Lab Day2 **HW:** Graph Temperature vs. Reaction Rate & Read Lab Day 3 & 4 Procedures Wednesday: Enzyme Lab Days 3 & 4 **HW:** Graph pH vs. Reaction Rate & complete Post-lab Questions Thursday: (sub) Go over post-lab questions; Review Game **HW:** Study for Enzymes & Organic Compounds Quiz & bring completed lab packet Friday: Turn in Enzyme Lab Packet; Quiz: Enzymes & Organic Compounds **HW**: A View of the Cell WS

Monday: Discuss & collect Fermentation Lab; Photosynthesis/Cel Respiration Comparison Activity (Illustration); Begin Energy Unit Review Guide - due Wedesday Tuesday: Complete & turn in Illustrations; Work on Review Guide **HW:** Energy Unit Review Guide Wednesday: HW Check & go over; Energy Unit Review Game **HW:** Study for Test Thursday: Energy Unit Test **HW:** Organic Compounds Handout Friday: Go over Test; HW Check & go over; Enzyme Pre-lab **HW:** Enzyme Pre-lab ?'s
 * __Week of December 1, 2014__**
 * Mrs. Holmgren will now take over her Biology classes from Mr. Faust***

Monday: Check fermentation bottles; Discuss & collect lab; Begin light vs dark reactions WS Tuesday: Go over Review - give points; Photosynthesis song; Photosynthesis Quiz (open-note) **HW:** Extra Credit Chlorophyll WS Wednesday: Hand back Photosynthesis quiz & go over; Fermentation post-lab (clean up, graph results, post- lab ?'s) **HW:** Fermentation Post-lab
 * __Week of November 24, 2014__**
 * HAPPY THANKSGIVING! ENJOY YOUR BREAK : )**

__**Week of November 17, 2014**__ Monday: Cell Respiration Lab - collect data **HW:** Finish Cell Respiration Assignment Tuesday: Check fermentation bottles; HW Check & go over; Cell Respiration Post Lab **HW:** Complete Cell Respiration Graph & Post-lab Questions Wednesday: HW Check & go over; Open-Note Quiz (Fermentation & Cell Respiration) - turn in Cell Respiration Lab Packet Thursday: Photosynthesis Notes & Note Quiz; Photosynthesis Pre-lab work Friday: Photosynthesis Lab

__**Week of November 10, 2014**__ Monday: HW Check (Pre-lab Quiz) & go over; Set up Fermentation Lab Tuesday: Snow Day! Wednesday: Snow Day! Thursday: Check fermentation bottles; Notes: ; Calorie DVD with Quiz - go over **HW:** Cell Respiration Assignment (due Tuesday) Friday: Cell Respiration Pre-lab work & continue Cell Respiration Assignment

__**Week of November 3, 2014**__ Monday: Go over Ecology Test; The //"Lorax";// Begin Energy in a Cell Packet (due Friday) Tuesday: Biology Interim Assessment Prep (tutorial video); continue Energy in a Cell work Wednesday: Biology Interim Assessment Part 1 Thursday: Biology Interim Assessment Part 2 **HW:** Energy in a Cell Packet Friday: HW Check & go over; Notes: **HW:** Read fermentation lab & do pre-lab questions

__**Week of October 27, 2014**__ Monday: Library work time: Global Warming Research &/or Ecology Unit Review Guide Tuesday: Go over Quiz; Global Warming Science Strategy; Review Activity **HW:** Global Warming Research Project (asa.faustsmith@negauneeschools.org) Wednesday: Global Warming Project sharing & discussion with notes - turn in projects **HW:** Ecology Unit Review Guide Thursday: HW Check & go over; Ecology Unit Review Game **HW:** Study for test tomorrow (bring a book) Friday: Ecology Unit Test

__**Week of October 20, 2014**__ Monday: Play //Oh Deer!// (population simulation); Review Succession & Biomes **HW:** Finish Biome brochure Tuesday: Share & collect Biome brochure; Population Notes **HW:** Read Section 4.1 & complete WS Wednesday: Correct HW; Review Game (succession, biomes & populations) **HW:** Review WS & study for quiz Thursday: HW Check & go over; Quiz: Succession, Biomes & Populations **HW:** Carbon Cycle WS Friday: Turn in HW; Global Warming Research &/or Ecology Unit Review Guide

__**Week of October 13, 2014**__ Monday: Review Work; Grade Check/Make-up help; Go over Review **HW:** Study for Quiz tomorrow Tuesday: Quiz: Energy & Food **HW:** Read pg. 65 - 69 & Do questions 3 - 6 pg. 69 Wednesday: Collect HW; ACT Practice; Succession Notes **HW:** Succession Drawing/Collage Assignment (due Friday) Thursday: Terrestrial Biomes lesson - song, video clips, note chart & think about which biome you would most & least want to live in and why **HW:** Succession Drawing/Collage Friday: Turn in Succession HW; Finish Terrestrial Biomes Lesson: Where am I? Activity & Video Clips **HW:** Biome brochure (due Tuesday)

__**Week of October 6, 2014**__ Monday: Energy & Food Notes ; Food Web Class Activity & Drawing Assignment (due Wednesday) **HW:** Finish Chapter 2 Assignment Tuesday: HW Check & go over; Protein & Food Notes ; //Save the Last Word For Me// (Reading Strategy) **HW:** Food Web Drawing & Dress warmly for outdoor lab tomorrow! Wednesday: Turn in Food Web Drawing; Energy Lab: collect data outside; share data on board **HW:** Graph results & post-lab questions Thursday: Discuss & Collect Lab; Bioaccumulation Demo; Article Read & Role Play Activity; Begin Review Assignment Friday: Professional Development - No School!

__**Week of September 29, 2014**__ Monday: Go over Taxonomy Quiz; Help with Insect ID & work on Unit 1 Review Guide **HW**: Insect Collection Tuesday: Turn in Insect Collection; Review Game **HW:** Review Guide & study for Test tomorrow Wednesday: Turn in Review Guide; Test: Unit 1 **HW:** (skip Analysis side - do Reflection only) Thursday: Collect HW; Go over Test; Ecology Notes: ; Begin Chapter 2 Assignment Friday: Human Planet DVD & work on (Due Tuesday)

__**Week of September 22, 2014**__ Monday:

Monday: Characteristics of Living Things activities; Notes: ** [|Characteristics of Life.ppt][|Chapter 1 Outline III - char. of life.doc] [|LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION OF LIFE] ** Tuesday: Go over HW; In-class Chapter 1 Review ** [|Chapter 1 Quiz Study Guide.doc] ** Wednesday: Collect lab reports; Chapter 1 Quiz **HW:** Extra Credit - Chapter 1 Text Review pg. 28 - 29 # 1 - 9, 13, 15 - 22 Thursday: Collect Extra Credit; Data Analysis Practice; Classification Introduction (In-class activities); Begin Fish Identification exercise Friday: Go over Chapter 1 Quiz & hand back Lab Reports; Twig Identification Lab; **HW:** Finish Fish Identification exercise [|Fish ID]
 * __Week of September 15, 2014__**
 * C [|HART.doc] ** **HW:** Characteristics of Life Assignment: ** [|**charoflifews.doc**] **
 * HW:** Lab Report & Study for Quiz tomorrow

__**Week of September 8, 2014**__ Monday: Data Analysis Practice; Finish Pre-test; Life DVD (Insects) Tuesday: Notes: Nature of Biology ; Communication activity; Designing an Experiment & Writing a Lab Report (Whitest Whites project) [|The Whitest Whites] [|How to Write a Lab Report] [|Lab Report Grading Rubric] **HW:** Bring in lab supplies Wednesday: Whitest Whites Project (experiment & lab report); Begin Using the Scientific Method WS Thursday: Whitest Whites Project (experiment & lab report) **HW:** Using the Scientific Method WS Friday: Exchange & correct HW; Small Group Review; Is it Alive? activities


 * Welcome Back!**

__**Week of September 2, 2014**__ Tuesday: Introductory Activities HW: Lab Safety form due by Friday Wednesday: Essential 8 Activity & Multiple Intelligences Inventory Thursday: Intro Activity; Notes: Methods of Biology ; **HW:** Read pg. 11-18 & complete Scientific Method WS Friday: HW Check & go over; Discuss Insect Collection Guidelines & look at examples; Pre-Test **HW:** Continue collecting insects

__**Week of May 26, 2014**__ Monday: Memorial Day Tuesday: Go over Arthropod Outline - give points; Arthropod & Echinoderm Phyla Chart Notes ; - give points; Arthropod & Echinoderm songs & video clips HW: Vertebrate Outline Wednesday: Go over Vertebrate Outline - give points; Begin Fish Lab Packet **HW**: Bonus Fish specimen Thursday: Fish Dissection Lab **HW:** Finish Fish Packet Friday: Discuss & Collect Lab; Animal Practice Test - complete & go over

Monday: Exam Review (Review Session after school Room 307) Tuesday: Exam 12:30 pm Wednesday: Exams Thursday: Exams Friday: Animal Food Fest; Video; Grade Check & Book Return
 * __Week of June 2, 2014__**
 * Have a great Summer!**

Monday: Turn in Plant Unit Review Guides; Video: Invertebrates Overview; Notes: Animal Introduction ** HW:** Chapter 25 WS
 * __Week of May 19, 2014__**

Tuesday: HW Check & go over; Phyla Song & Notes Chart (porifiera, cnidarians, platyhelminthes, & nematodes ; Label Clam Diagram & begin Mollusk Lab Packet Wednesday: Phyla Chart: Mollusks & Annelids ; Clam Dissection Lab **HW:** Finish Mollusk Packet Thursday: Discuss & Collect Lab; Annelids Lesson **HW:** Annelid WS Friday: HW Check & go over; Review Game: Mollusks & Annelids **HW**: Arthropod Outline

Monday: Go over HW (turn in bonus sheet); Root Type Notes; Begin Root Lab Tuesday: Discuss & collect Root Lab; Stem Study Guide **HW:** Finish Stem packet Wednesday: HW Check & go over; Notes: Water Movement in Plants + Leaf Diagram **HW:** Leaf Activity WS Thursday: Go over Leaf activity - give points; Capillary Action Lab; Begin take-home quiz Friday: Plant Unit Review Game **HW:** Plant Unit Take-Home Quiz
 * __Week of May 12, 2014__**

__**Week of May 5, 2014**__ Monday: Microbiology Review Slides & Review Game **HW**: Study & finish Review Guide Tuesday: Turn in Review Guide; Test: Microbiology Unit Wednesday: (SUB) Typhoid Mary DVD &/or Finish Bacteria Project **HW: Bacteria Project!** Thursday: Project Presentations & turn in lab reports **HW:** Project Reflection Friday: Collect reflections; Go over Test; Plant Introduction Notes & Assignment Monday: Discuss & collect Protist Packet; Parasite Lab/Lesson HW: Finish Parasite Packet Tuesday: Correct HW & collect; Wednesday: Epidemic Lab **HW:** Chapter 39 Assignment Thursday: HW Check & discuss; Chapter 39 Quiz (open-note); Begin Microbiology Unit Review Gudie Friday: Go over Chapter 39 Quiz; Project Work & continue with Microbiology Unit Review Guide __**Week of April 21, 2014**__ Monday: Bacteria ID Lab - complete & turn in Tuesday: Sub - "Unwelcome Guest" Activity; Bacteria Review **HW:** Complete Bacteria Review & Study for Quiz tomorrow Wednesday: Turn in Bacteria Review; Bacteria Quiz; Chapter 18 Text Review (extra credit - due tomorrow) **HW: Bring Project materials!** Thursday: Set up Bacteria Project/Lab Report; Begin Protist Packet Friday: Go over Bacteria Quiz; Protist Video & Slide Drawings; Project Work **HW:** Finish Protist Packet
 * __Week of April 28, 2014__**
 * Notes: [[file:nhsbiology/The Immune System Notes.doc|The Immune System Notes.doc]] ** (chapter 39) [[file:Immunity.ppt]] HW - Begin Chapter 39 Packet

Monday: Snow Day! Tuesday: Correct HW; Bacteria Project Introduction with timeline & examples ** ** Wednesday: Complete & turn in project proposals; Pre-lab videos & pre-lab work **HW:** Pre-lab Questions Thursday: Snow Day! Friday: No School!
 * __Week of April 14, 2014__**
 * [[file:nhsbiology/BACTERIA PROJECT GRADE CRITERIA.doc|BACTERIA PROJECT GRADE CRITERIA.doc]] ;** Begin Project Proposals

Monday: Evolution Test & 18.1 WS (Viruses) Tuesday: Go over Evolution Test & 18.1 WS; Virus Notes ; Virus Quiz (open-note) - complete & turn in; Ebola Song & begin TLC "Killer Virus" Wednesday: TLC "Killer Virus" video & Begin Bacteria Assignment (due Friday) Thursday: Eubacteria Notes **HW:** Bacteria WS Friday: HW Check & go over; Classification of Bacteria Notes ; Biolab 12 with slide drawing **HW:** Enrichment WS
 * __Week of April 7, 2014__**

Monday: Notes: & **HW:** Population Genetics & Evolution Reading Assignment/WS Tuesday: Correct HW; Notes: Speciation, Rates, & Patterns of Evolution Wednesday: Correct HW; Hand back graded work; Review Activities **HW** - Evolution Unit Review Guide Thursday: Correct HW; Review Game **HW:** Study Friday: Snow Day!
 * __Week of March 24, 2014__**
 * HW -** Speciation, Rates, & Patterns of Evolution WS
 * Have a great Spring Break!**

__**Week of March 17, 2014**__ Monday: Go over Test; Introduction to Evolution HW: 15.1 WS Tuesday: Go over HW; Notes: ; & Article **HW:** Evidence for Evolution WS Wednesday: HW Check & go over; History of Evolution Notes ; Comparing Theories Activity **HW:** How Organisms Adapt WS Thursday: Correct HW; Adaptation Notes ; Begin Predator Lab Friday: Complete & turn in Predator Lab

__**Week of March 18, 2014**__ Monday: HW Check & go over; Notes: ; & Article **HW:** Evidence for Evolution WS Tuesday: HW Check & go over; History of Evolution Notes ; Comparing Theories Activity **HW:** How Organisms Adapt WS Wednesday: Correct HW; Adaptation Notes ; Begin Predator Lab Thursday: Complete & turn in Predator Lab Friday: Notes: & **HW:** Population Genetics & Evolution Reading Assignment/WS

**__Week of December 9, 2013__** Monday: Lab Day 4 - Parts 7 & 8; **HW:** Post-lab Questions & Organic Compounds Chart/Packet Tuesday: HW Check & Go over: Post-lab Questions & Organic Compounds Chart/Biological Molecules Packet; Review Game **HW:** Study for Enzyme & Organic Compounds Quiz Wednesday: (Sub) Collect Lab Packets & Bonus Review Answers; Quiz: Enzymes & Organic Compounds **HW:** A View of the Cell WS Thursday: HW Check & go over ; Microscope Introduction (Song, Images book, Technique Notes); Begin Microscope Techniqes Lab Friday: (Sub) Complete and turn in Cell Theory Enrichment WS; Work on homework assignment & extra credit – both due Monday **HW:** Microscope Review WS **__Extra Credit Opportunity:__** Chapter 6 Text Review pg. 168 – 169  #2, 4, 7 – 10. 14, 19 – 21, 24 & 25 and define the following terms: carbohydrate, lipid, protein, enzyme, amino acid, nucleic acid, nucleotide, dehydration synthesis and hydrolysis **(worth 15 points)**

**__Week of December 2, 2013__** Monday: Go over Energy Test; HW Check & go over ; Organic Compounds Song; **HW:** Enzyme Pre-Lab Questions <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tuesday: HW Check & Discuss ; Enzyme Lab Day 1 - Parts 1 - 3; **HW:** Re-read Parts 4 & 5 <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Wednesday: Enzyme Lab Day 2 - Parts 4 & 5; Graph Temperature vs. Reaction Rate **HW:** Re-read Parts 5 & 6 <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Thursday: Snow Day! <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Friday: Lab Day 3 - Parts 5 & 6; **HW:** Graph ph vs reaction rate, add 100 degree reaction rate to temperature graph, read parts 7 & 8

<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Monday: Go over Ecology Unit Test; Watch "The Lorax" **HW:** Energy in A Cell Packet <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tuesday: Go over Energy in a Cell Packet ; Notes: **HW:** Read fermentation lab & do pre-lab questions

<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Wednesday: HW Quiz (Pre-lab) & go over pre-lab questions; Set up fermentation lab <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Thursday: Check fermentation bottles; Notes: ; Calorie DVD <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">w/Calorie Quiz <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Friday: Cellular Respiration Pre-lab

__**Week of October 28, 2013**__ Monday: Global Warming Research &/or work on Ecology Unit Review Guide Tuesday: Global Warming Science Strategy Lesson; Global Warming Game; Continue Ecology Unit Review Guide Wednesday: Go over quiz (succession, biomes & populations); Global Warming Project Sharing/Discussion with notes - turn in projects; **HW:** Ecology Unit Review Guide Thursday: HW Check & go over; Ecology Unit Review Game **HW:** Study for test tomorrow Friday: Ecology Unit Test
 * HW**: Global Warming Project

<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Monday: Finish Terrestrial Biomes Lesson & Collect HW; Play Oh Deer! (population simulation) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tuesday: Notes: **HW:** Read pg. 91 - 99 and complete <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Wednesday: Correct HW; Review Game: Sucession-Biomes-Populations **HW:** Review WS & Study for Quiz <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Thursday: HW Check & go over; Quiz: Succession, Biomes, & Populations **HW:** Carbon cycle handout <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Friday: Turn in HW; Global Warming Research Mini-Project (library) &/or Ecology Unit Review Guide
 * __Week of October 21, 2013__**
 * [[file:nhsbiology/Ecology Unit Review Guide.doc|Ecology Unit Review Guide.doc]] **

__**Week of October 14, 2013**__

<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Monday: Review: Energy & Food **HW**: Energy & Good Quiz <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tuesday: Collect Energy & Food Quiz; Notes: & Song **HW**: <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Wednesday: Go over Quiz; Correct HW; Succession Models Group Activity <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Thursday: Terrestrial Biomes lesson **HW:** Begin Terrestrial Biome Assignment <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Friday: ContinueTerrestrial Biomes lesson **HW:** Terrestrial Biome Assignment

<span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**__Week of October 7, 2013__** <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> Monday: Good Buddies Activity; Ecology Notes ** ** **;** **HW:** Chapter 2 Assignment <span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tuesday: HW Check & Go over; Protein & Food Chain Cooperative Activity **HW:** Dress <span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> warmly for outdoor lab <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> Wednesday: Energy Transfer Lab ** ** **; HW**: Graph Results & do  <span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> Post-lab Questions <span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Thursday: Discuss & collect Energy Transfer Lab ; Science Skills lesson (Safety Training Seminar 4th hour) <span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 13pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Friday: No School - Professional Development!

<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Monday: Go over taxonomy Quiz; Work on Insect Identification &/or <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|biology unit 1 review.doc] **HW:** Insect Collection <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tuesday: Turn in insect collections; Unit 1 Review Game **HW:** Finish review guide & Study for Test
 * __Week of September 30, 2013__**

<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Wednesday: Turn in Review Guide; Test: Unit 1 (Chapters 1 & 17) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Thursday: Discuss & collect HW; Go over Test; **HW:** Begin Ecology Chapter 2 Assignment (due Tuesday) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Friday:

Monday: Memorial Day - No School! Tuesday: Fish Dissection Lab HW: Finish Fish Packet Wednesday: Discuss & Collect Lab Packet; Animal Food Festival & Practice Test Thursday: Hand back Fish Lab; Give points on Animal Phyla Chart/Practice Test - go over; Exam Review Friday: **Exam - 12:30 pm**
 * __Week of May 27, 2013__**

Monday: Discuss & Collect Mollusk Packet; Annelids Phyla Chart & Lesson **HW**: Finish Annelids Packet Tuesday: HW Check & go over; Phyla Chart Notes (Arthropods & Echinoderms) ; ;
 * __Week of May 20, 2013__**


 * [[file:nhsbiology/Bacteria Project.doc|Bacteria Project.doc]] **
 * [[file:nhsbiology/BACTERIA PROJECT GRADE CRITERIA.doc|BACTERIA PROJECT GRADE CRITERIA.doc]] **

__HW: **Carbon cycle handout)**__

& Study for Test



__**Week of June 6, 2011**__ Monday: Exam Review Tuesday: Exams - Biology Exam @12:30 Wednesday: Exams Thursday: Exams
 * HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!**

__**Week of May 30, 2011**__ Monday: Memorial Day! Tuesday: HW Check & discuss (crayfish dissection lab); Arthropod Quiz (open-note) **HW -** Vertebrate Outline/WS Wednesday: Go over quizzes; HW Check & go over; Begin Fish Dissection Lab Packet **HW -** Bring in extra credit fish specimen Thursday: Fish Dissection **HW** - Finish Fish Dissection Lab Packet Friday: Discuss & Collect Lab; Animals/Fish Quiz; Animal Food Festival **EXAM REVIEW SESSION AFTER SCHOOL!**

__**Week of May 23, 2011**__ Monday: Phyla Chart Notes: Mollusks & Annelids; Clam Dissection Lab **HW** - Finish Mollusk Packet Tuesday: Discuss & Collect Lab; Annelids lesson **HW -** Annelids WS Wednesday: HW Check & go over; Phyla Chart: Arthropods & Echinoderms; Review Mollusk & Annelids **HW** - Study for Quiz tomorrow! Thursday: Quiz: Mollusks & Annelids **HW** - Arthropod Outline & Crayfish Diagram Friday: HW Check & go over; Crayfish Dissection **HW -** finish Crayfish Lab Packet

__**Week of May 16, 2011**__ Monday: Plant Review Games **HW:** Finish Plant Unit Review Guide

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 * Thursday: (Sub) Cancer assignment - complete & turn in [[file:Biology Lesson Plan.doc]] **
 * Friday: HW Check & go over; Protein Synthesis Simulation; [[file:Protein SynthesisSummary.doc]] HW - Review WS **

Energy Transfer Lab ;

Biomes Video **HW:** Thursday: Collect HW; Biomes lesson (Around the World; Value Lines; Critical Thinking)

W