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Table Of Contents
Cell Unit: Page Title
Page #
•The Scientific Method
5L & R
•Cat’s Meow Lab
6L & R
•Is It Living?
7L & R
•Cell Observations
8L & R
•Different Types Of Cells
9L & R
•Animal Cell
10L & R
•Plant Cell
11L & R
•Cellular Respiration VS
Photosynthesis
12-13
14 L & R
•Cell Cycle Notes
2L
2
R
The Scientific Method 8/27/14
Catalyst: Create a bubble map for the
word scientist. Fill in the outer bubbles
with adjectives that describe a scientist.
Each bubble should contain one word.
Ask a Question
----------------------------------Make a Prediction
----------------------------------Form a Hypothesis
-----------------------------------
Reflection:
Why might the scientific method be
standard practice when performing an
experiment?
5L
Test
----------------------------------Analyze Results
----------------------------------Communicate Results
5R
Catalyst:
How do you write a hypothesis? (use
your notes to help you).
Cat’s Meow Lab
8/28/14
Question: What happens when
soap is placed in the milk?
Prediction:
Hypothesis: (If question, Then
prediction Because explanation)
Test: Draw a picture
Communicate Results:
What happened after the soap was
added?
Was your hypothesis correct or
incorrect?
Why do you think the soap had this
affect?
6L
Before
After
Analyze results: None needed
6R
Catalyst:
9/2/14
What does it mean to be Living?
Is It Living?
9/2/14
Station 1:
Station 2:
Station 3:
Station 4:
Reflection:
1.What characteristics do the living
organisms have in common?
2.What characteristics do the non
living organisms have in common?
7L
Living
Non Living
7R
Catalyst:
9/3/14
If you were observing an object
from an alien planet, what
characteristics would you look for
to know if it is living or non living?
Cell observations
9/3/14
Onion Cell
Detailed description
Cheek Cell
Detailed description
Reflection:
8L
8R
Catalyst: Does every living thing
fit under the category of being
either an animal or a plant? If not,
what are they made of?
Different types of cells
Question
s
9/5/14
Prokaryote Notes
Reflection:
How are prokaryotes both beneficial
and harmful?
Summary
9L
9R
Catalyst:
Animal Cell
9/8/14
What special functions do you
believe an animal cell will have
that a plant cell might not?
Reflection:
Create your own analogy
between a cell and the human
body (use our comparison of
the cell and the city to guide
you).
Vacuole
Golgi Body
10 L
10 R
Catalyst:
Plant Cell
9/7/14
What special functions do you
believe a plant cell will have
that an animal cell might not?
Amyloplast
Reflection:
Cell Wall
How are certain organelles
specialized for plants?
chloroplast
11 L
11 R
Cellular Respiration Lab
Catalyst:
How will you see that cellular
respiration has occurred given
these lab materials?
9/22/14
Question: How does glucose
affect cellular respiration and C02
production?
Prediction:
Hypothesis: (If question, Then
prediction Because explanation)
Test:
Communicate Results:
What happened to the
circumference of the balloon as
the glucose increased?
What gas was created?
How do people use the
respiratory powers of yeast?
12L
glucose
circumference
none
1 tblsp
2 tblsp
12R
13L
What it needs to
start
What it makes
Why is it important?
Drawing of process
What it makes
Why is it important?
Drawing of process
Explain the laboratory experiment
knowing what you now know of
photosynthesis
What it needs to
start
Explain the laboratory experiment
knowing what you now know of
cellular respiration
Where it happens
Reflection:
Where it happens
How was the color change evidence
energy being created?
Cellular
Respiration
How was the inflation of the
balloon evidence of energy being
created?
Photosynthesis
Catalyst:
9/24/14
Cellular respiration V.S Photosynthesis
13R
Cell Cycle Notes
9/29/14
Catalyst:
Describe what happened after
the last time you scraped or cut
yourself?
How did your wound heal
itself?
Reflection:
How do cells make more
cells? Explain the process in
your own words.
14L
14R
DNA Extraction
10/15/14
Catalyst:
List 3 reasons why DNA is
important.
Where in the cell is DNA
located in eukaryotes?
Prokaryotes?
Question: Can we extract DNA
out of the cells of living things?
Prediction:
Hypothesis:
IF…..THEN….BECAUSE
Reflection:
Explain how this
experiment proves that
strawberries are living.
What other things could
you test using this
method?
15 L
Test: (draw the finished product)
15 R
Discovering DNA
10/17/14
Catalyst:
How are we able to fit your entire
genetic make-up into one tiny cell?
Reflection:
What is the coding system we
use for DNA?
How can 4 bases code for all of
the trillions of traits that we
have?
16L
16R
DNA Notes
10/21/14
Catalyst:
Are there identical numbers of A
and G or C and T in a DNA strand?
Why or why not?
Reflection:
Summarize the main ideas of
DNA (think structure and
function) in 3 or more bullet
points.
17L
17R
Catalyst: Look closely at the
picture, list the characteristics
you observe about Louis, Crista
and Cynthia.
Trait Inventory
10/22/14
Class Traits
Tongue
Reflection: Does the trait from a
dominant gene occur more
frequently than the trait from
the recessive gene? Explain.
18L
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18R
Catalyst:
Baby Face Lab
10/23/12
Have you seen someone who looks
a lot like one parent but not the
other? Or an aunt or uncle but
not their parents? Why do you
think this is?
Reflection:
Did the baby look like its monster
parents (who had only dominant
phenotypes)? Why /why not?
19L
19R
Punnett Square Lab
Catalyst:
If both of your parents have the
same recessive trait, what are the
chances of you inheriting it?
Reflection:
Explain with a diagram what a
Punnett Square is AND how to use
it.
20L
10/28/14
1. Possible Child’s Alleles: ____
_____
_____ _____ ______ ______
______
_____ _____ ______
Possible genotypes: ___ ___ ___
___
Probability of each genotype: _____
______ _____ _____
Do the same for
questions 2-4
20R
Opening Statement Rough Draft
REMEMBER:
1. Use standard English
2. Know your audience
3. Clear points
4. Acknowledge the other side
5. Be persuasive
Debate Planning
10/28/14
Fill in with details about your character
/ experiences that have influenced
your character to be either pro genetic
modification or against.
Your
Character
22L
22R