BIOLOGY HONORS LESSON PLANS ~ McCLURE ~ SPRING 2013
WEEK ONE
Date
Thurs 1/24
(Reduced by
5 min)
Fri 1/25
(Reduced to
45 minutes
due to ER)
Plans
Discuss Class Packet
Students work together as tables to develop list of “characteristics of living
things” – students convert list into mind map (at least 5 characteristics w/ at
least 3 extension terms) – need markers, paper, rulers, etc.
HW: Sign form (due Mon)
Collect forms
Finish Mind Maps (15 min) - issue books; students can start on Ch 1.1 WS
as they finish (explain stim/resp table and concept map)
Start Discussion of Mind Maps– each team will explain one characteristic
Ch 1.1 WS – due Tues
Goal & LT
ES Overview: I can
explain what
characteristics all living
things share.
ES Overview: I can
explain what
characteristics all living
things share.
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BIOLOGY HONORS LESSON PLANS ~ McCLURE ~ SPRING 2013
WEEK TWO
Date
Mon 1/28
(Reduced to
35 minutes
due to delay)
Tues 1/29
Wed 1/30
Thurs 1/31
NO PILL
BUGS 
Fri 2/1
Plans
Collect forms
Finish Discussing Mind Maps– each team will explain one characteristic
(hang in hallway)
Start Ch 1.1 PP
HW: Ch 1.1 WS (explain stim/resp table and concept map) – will still be
due tomorrow; read Ch 1.1 in textbook to work ahead
Collect forms
Finish Ch 1.1 PP
Ch 1.1 I Have/Who Has Review Act
Ck & coll Ch 1.1 WS
Start Lab Safety Discussion
Collect late forms
Finish Lab Safety Discussion w/ Safety Rap Video Clip
Ch 1.2 PP with Scientific Method handout – late to class problem, CO2
exp’t (Assign different tables to determine problem in the form of a
question, hypothesis as an if/then statement, independent and dependent
variable, control group and experimental group, constants, how to ensure
the validity of the data)
Design & execute Alka Seltzer vs. Temp Lab (finish for HW if necessary)
HW: Ch 1.2 WS
Discuss Alka Seltzer vs. Temp Lab (keep)
Ck Ch 1.2 WS & coll
Return papers
Disc Test Prep Suggestions
Review Game for Ch. 1 (Brain Savvy with workbook questions)
Ch 1 TEST
Work on Ch 2.1 WS after test (due Tues) and preview Ecotourism Project
guidelines (sign up sheet on bulletin board)
Disc Ecotourism Project – due Mon 2/25
Start Ch 2.1 PP
Goal & LT
Bio Overview: I can
explain what
characteristics all living
things share.
Bio Overview: I can
explain what
characteristics all living
things share.
Bio Overview: I can
design and execute a
controlled experiment to
answer a biological
question.
Bio Overview: I can
design and execute a
controlled experiment to
answer a biological
question.
Bio Overview: All of
the above
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BIOLOGY HONORS LESSON PLANS ~ McCLURE ~ SPRING 2013
WEEK THREE
Date
Mon 2/4
Plans
Return tests
Continue Ch 2.1 PP - pred/prey graph (complete as group & disc as class)
Start “Living Together” video w/ chart (keep)
Tues 2/5
Ck & coll 2.1 WS
Ch 2.2 PP
Food Web WS Act (work as table; ck in class)
Ecopyramid WS Act (work as table; ck in class; coll)
Ch 2.2 WS (due Fri)
Review Energy Flow using Food Web Notebook Act and ecosystem pic need distilled water and models of H2O/CO2/glucose
Carbon Cycle Cut Out Act – have students start on Carbon Cycle WS as they
finish
Disc Carbon Cycle Cut Out Act (keep)
Carbon Cycle WS (finish both sides for HW)
Ck Carbon Cycle WS & show Keeping Up with Carbon Video Clip
Nitrogen Cycle WS Smartboard Handout – use prior knowledge, book, and
Nitrogen Cycle WS to draw arrows and show connections
Ck Nitrogen Cycle WS & show Nitrogen Cycle Video Clip (coll)
Finish “Living Together” video w/ chart (coll)
Review w/ “What Relationship?” and “Ecology Review” Activities if time
Finish Ch 2.2 WS (due Fri)
Ck & coll 2.2 WS
Start “Life by Design” Project
Wed 2/6
Thurs 2/7
Fri 2/8
Laptops
Goal & LT
2.1.3: I can explain
various ways organisms
interact with each other
and their environments.
2.1.1: I can analyze the
flow of energy and
cycling of matter through
ecosystems.
2.1.1: I can analyze the
flow of energy and
cycling of matter through
ecosystems.
2.1.1: I can analyze the
flow of energy and
cycling of matter through
ecosystems.
2.1.2: I can create a
poster describing how
two organisms, native to
a particular biome,
accomplish life functions
through adaptations.
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BIOLOGY HONORS LESSON PLANS ~ McCLURE ~ SPRING 2013
WEEK FOUR
Date
Mon 2/11
Laptops
Plans
Finish “Life by Design” Project - students who finish project early may start
on Ch 3.2 WS (due Tues)
Tues 2/12
“Life by Design” presentations with video clips
Complete Performance Task Assessments
PREPARE PROGRESS REPORTS
Wed 2/13
Hang “Life by Design” Presentations
Collect Performance Task Assessments
Review Plant and Animal Overview slides – seed dissection; need moss, fern,
pine, flower, apple, heart, diaphragm model
Return papers
Review Game for Ch 2 & 3 Test (show Study Island)
PROGRESS REPORTS GO HOME
COLLECT PROGRESS REPORTS
Ck & coll Ch 3.2 WS
Ch 2 & 3 Test
Work on Ch 4.1 WS until everyone is done (due Mon)
Start Ch 4.1 PP if time
Thurs 2/14
Fri 2/15
COLLECT PROGRESS REPORTS
Ch 4.1 “How does competition affect populations?” Lab (due Mon)
Ch 4.1 PP
Finish Ch 4.1 WS for HW
Goal & LT
2.1.2: I can create a
poster describing how
two organisms, native to
a particular biome,
accomplish life
functions through
adaptations.
2.1.2: I can create a
poster describing how
two organisms, native to
a particular biome,
accomplish life
functions through
adaptations.
2.1.2: I can create a
poster describing how
two organisms, native to
a particular biome,
accomplish life
functions through
adaptations.
2.1.4: I can generalize
that although some
populations can
experience exponential
growth, limited
resources create specific
carrying capacities.
2.1.4: I can generalize
that although some
populations can
experience exponential
growth, limited
resources create specific
carrying capacities.
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BIOLOGY HONORS LESSON PLANS ~ McCLURE ~ SPRING 2013
WEEK FIVE
Date
Plans
Mon 2/18
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Tues 2/19
Return tests
Coll & disc Population Biology Lab
Ck & coll 4.1 WS
Start Ch 4.2 PP
Ch 4.2 WS (due Thurs)
Wed 2/20
Finish Ch 4.2 PP
Start Environmental Hot Topics Project – paper, markers, yardsticks
Laptops
HW: Finish Ch 4.2 WS and bring in any additional research needed to
finalize project before school tomorrow
Thurs 2/21
Ck & coll 4.2 WS
Ch 5.1 PP through Habitat Degradation
Laptops
Continue Environmental Hot Topics Project – paper, markers, yardsticks
ECOTOURISM PROJECT DUE MONDAY!
Fri 2/22
NO CLASS DUE TO WEATHER DELAY
Goal & LTs
2.1.4: I can interpret
human population
growth graphs in terms
of historical and
potential changes.
2.2.1: I can infer how
human activities may
impact the environment.
2.2.2: I can explain how
the use, protection, and
conservation of natural
resources by humans
impact the environment
from one generation to
the next.
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BIOLOGY HONORS LESSON PLANS ~ McCLURE ~ SPRING 2013
WEEK SIX
Date
Mon 2/25
Tues 2/26
Wed 2/27
Thurs 2/28
Fri 3/1
Plans
ECOTOURISM PROJECT DUE!
Finish Environmental Hot Topics Project – paper, markers, yardsticks
Work on Ch 5.1 WS until everyone is done
Start Presentations of Environmental Hot Topics
Finish Ch 5.1 WS for HW
Ch 5.2 PP
Finish presentations of Environmental Hot Topics
Review of Environmental Issues Act
Show “Finite Oceans” clips on bird deformities due to DDT & PCBs
Ck & coll 5.1 WS
Return papers
Ch 4 & 5 Review Game
Ch 4 & 5 TEST
Work on Ch 6.1 Chem Review WS until everyone is done (due Fri)
Start Ch 6.3 PP
*Need potatoes in oven, incubator, & fridge!
Return tests
Collect Ch 6.1 Chem Review WS – remind students that Ch 6 PP is online if
further review is needed
Continue Ch 6.3 PP thru Proteins – need carbon molecules, glucose, Pop-It
beads
Enzyme Cut-Out Activity – need scissors
Enzyme Lab – need potatoes, peroxide, pipettes, paper plates, goggles (due
Mon)
Ch 6.3 WS (due Wed)
*Need chips, ham, bread, cheese, mayo, apple, lettuce, cookie!
Goal & LT
2.2.1: I can infer how
human activities may
impact the
environment.
2.2.1: I can infer how
human activities may
impact the
environment.
2.2.1: I can infer how
human activities may
impact the
environment.
All of the above
4.1.3: I can develop a
cause and effect model
for the specificity of
enzymes.
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BIOLOGY HONORS LESSON PLANS ~ McCLURE ~ SPRING 2013
WEEK SEVEN
Date
Mon 3/4
Tues 3/5
EXTENDED
FIRST
PERIOD:
NO
SECOND
PERIOD
Wed 3/6
Thurs 3/7
Fri 3/8
Plans
Ck & coll Enzyme Lab
Ch 6. 3 PP on Carbs and Lipids – glucose, Pop-it beads
“You Are What You Eat” Lab – test foods for proteins (Biuret’s Solution),
starch (iodine), glucose (Benedict’s Solution), and fats (paper bag test) then
share data
Finish Lab & Ch 6.3 WS for HW (due Wed)
Present Ecotour Projects
Vanishing of the Bees
Study Island Review Game
Goal & LT
4.1.1: I can compare
the structure and
function of organic
molecules.
Coll & Disc “You Are What You Eat” Lab
Complete Ch 6. 3 PP on Nucleic Acids
Ck & coll 6.3 WS
16-square “Shift and Shuffle” Review Act
Sing Organic Chem Song
Review Game
Biomolecule Sorting SmartBoard Act
Ch 6 Test
Work on 7.1/7.3 WS until everyone is done (due Fri)
Start Ch 7 PP on History of Cells
Ch 7 Cells WS “Spec Cells” (complete & check)
Ch 7 Cells WS “Pro & Eu Cells” (complete & check)
“Cells” Video w/ questions (keep sheet)
Prokaryote vs. Eukaryote SmartBoard Sorting Act
Start Cell Organelle Group Act
4.1.1: I can compare
the structure and
function of organic
molecules.
All of the above
1.1.2: I can compare
the structure of
prokaryotic and
eukaryotic cells.
All of the above
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BIOLOGY HONORS LESSON PLANS ~ McCLURE ~ SPRING 2013
WEEK EIGHT
Date
Mon 3/11
Plans
Return tests
Finish & Present Cell Organelle Group Act - complete chart on Cell
Activities sheet while groups present
Tues 3/12
Finish last of the Cell Organelle Groups & disc origin of chloroplasts and
mitochondria using PP slide and animation (hang in hallway)
Coll Ch 7 Cells Activities WS
Ck & coll 7.1/7.3 WS
Ch 7.1 PP on Microscopes - disc microscope use while practicing w/ “e”
NEED ONION FOR MONDAY!
Wed 3/13
Prep onion cell slides
Extra credit: Aquatic plant due by Fri
“Cell Clump and Dump” Act
Sing “Cell Theory Rap”
Ch 7 Cell Microscope Lab (coll)
Start on 7.2/8.1 WS (due Thurs)
PASS OUT PROGRESS REPORTS
Set up diffusion lab and beakers w/ food coloring & dialysis bag of
colored water
Collect Progress Reports
Review P & A Cells/Microscope Calcs using Onion and Cheek Cells PP
slide
Microscope Vortex Review Act
Start Ch 7.2 PP on Plasma Membrane – need bubble wrap
Set up Diffusion Lab
Ch 8.1 PP through Hypertonic – beakers w/ food coloring & dialysis bag of
colored water
View lab results, complete and finish for HW (due Wed)
Ch 7.2/8.1WS (due Thurs)
Prep potatoes in saltwater and freshwater
Extra credit: Aquatic plant due by Fri
Collect Progress Reports
Ck & coll Diffusion Labs
Warm-up with potatoes in salt and fresh water
Review with beaker/test tube image from PP – relate to lab
Finish Ch 8.1 PP on Types of Transport – need trash bag
Return papers
Ch 7 & 8.1 Review Game
Finish Ch 7.2/8.1 WS for HW
Extra credit: Aquatic plant due by Fri
Thurs 3/14
Fri 3/15
Goal & LT
1.1.1: I can summarize
the structure and
function of organelles in
eukaryotic cells,
including their
interactions with each
other to perform the cell
function.
1.1.2: I can proficiently
use proper microscope
techniques to determine
total power
magnification and the
differences between
prokaryotic/eukaryotic
cells and animal/plant
cells.
1.1.2: I can proficiently
use proper microscope
techniques to determine
total power
magnification and the
differences between
prokaryotic/eukaryotic
cells and animal/plant
cells.
1.2.1: I can explain how
the structure of the
plasma membrane helps
cells maintain
homeostasis when they
are placed in solutions of
differing concentrations.
1.2.1: I can compare the
mechanisms of active
and passive transport.
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BIOLOGY HONORS LESSON PLANS ~ McCLURE ~ SPRING 2013
WEEK NINE
Date
Mon 3/18
Tues 3/19
Plans
Ck & coll Ch 7.2/8.1 WS
Ch 7 & 8.1 TEST
Work on Ch 9.1 WS until everyone is done (due Fri)
Start Ch 9.1 PP on ATP if time – need ATP beads and glucose model
Extra credit: Aquatic plant due by Fri
Return tests
Ch 9.1 PP on ATP – need ATP beads and glucose model
Ck & coll Ch 9.1 WS
Set up Part I: PS Lab – jars, BMB solution, aged water, grad cylinders,
aquatic plants, alum foil, markers, tape, plastic trays (complete Part I: PreAnalysis Questions)
Wed 3/20
Ch 9.2 PP on Photosynthesis – arrange equation using cards and tape
Ck lab, analyze results, set up for Part II: Resp (answer Part I: Analysis
Questions and Part II: Pre-Analysis Questions)
Ch 9.2 WS for HW
Thurs 3/21
Ch 9.2 Photosynthesis Puzzle OR Ch 9.1 & 9.2 “I Have/Who Has” Act
Ck & coll Ch 9.2 WS
Ch 9.3 PP on Aerobic Respiration – have student reshuffle the equation
Ck lab, answer questions, clean-up & finish for HW
Ch 9.3 WS for HW
Fri 3/22
Collect PS & CR Lab
Make Your Own PS & CR Cycle Act – scissors, gluesticks, paper
Review PS and CR w/ Venn Diagram, Vortices Act AND/OR Balloon Pop
Ck & coll Ch 9.3 WS
Goal & LT
All of the above
4.2.2: I can discuss
how energy
production is
necessary for life
(maintaining
homeostasis, moving
to avoid danger/find
resources, building
needed molecules).
4.2.1: I can analyze
the photosynthesis
reaction and predict
how factors such as
amount of reactants,
temp, pH, light, etc.
will affect its rate.
4.2.1: I can analyze
the cellular respiration
reaction and predict
how factors such as
amount of reactants,
temp, pH, light, etc.
will affect its rate.
4.2.1: I can compare
photosynthesis and
cellular respiration
with regard to
efficiency of ATP
formation, types of
organisms that do
these processes, and
the organelles
involved.
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BIOLOGY HONORS LESSON PLANS ~ McCLURE ~ SPRING 2013
WEEK NINE
Date
Mon 3/18
Plans
Ch 9.3 PP on Fermentation
Ch 9.3 Fermentation Lab – warm water bath, test tubes, racks, pipettes, nuts,
yeast in apple juice, yeast in distilled water – collect
Study Island Review Game
Tues 3/19
Review Aerobic & Anaerobic Resp w/ Vortices Act
Ch 8.2 PP – need centimeter blocks, balloons, yarn, scissors
Ch 8.2 Mitosis WS (due Fri)
Ch 8.2 WS for HW (due Mon)
Wed 3/20
*HAVE iBOOKS RUNNING BEFORE CLASS!
Disc Mitosis WS (keep)
Mitosis Shift & Shuffle
Cell Cycle Phases Review Game
Ch 8 Laptop Lab on Cell Replication (coll)
Ch 8.2 WS for HW
Thurs 3/21
Ck & coll Ch 8.2 WS
Ch 8.3 PP on Cancer
Return Papers
Review for Benchmark #1
Fri 3/22
BIOLOGY BENCHMARK #1 (NOTE: To save time, BM #1 will take the
place of the Ch 9 Test)
As students finish, they should work on coloring, cutting out & assembling
nucleotides as a table. Once tables solve puzzle, have them place nucleotides
into numbered envelopes to collect, then work on Ch 11.1 WS (due Thurs)
Goal & LT
4.2.1: I can compare
photosynthesis and
cellular respiration
with regard to
efficiency of ATP
formation, types of
organisms that do
these processes, and
the organelles
involved.
1.2.2: I can explain
how and why cells
must divide (cell
efficiency, asexual
reproduction, etc.)
1.2.2: I can outline
the cell cycle,
sequence the order of
mitotic phases, and
describe what is
occurring in each
phase.
3.1.1: I can infer the
advantages (injury
repair) and
disadvantages
(cancer) of the
overproduction,
underproduction, or
production of cell
cycle proteins at the
incorrect time.
All of the above
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BIOLOGY HONORS LESSON PLANS ~ McCLURE ~ SPRING 2013
WEEK TEN
Date
Mon 3/25
WAS
REDUCED
TO 1 HR
DUE TO
ER
Tues 3/26
Wed 3/27
Thurs 3/28
END OF
GP
Fri 3/29Fri 4/5
Plans
Ch 8.2/8.3 “I Have/Who Has” Game
Return nucleotides to each table and have them reassemble DNA
Ch 11.1 PP on DNA structure
Give each table additional pack of DNA nucleotides and ask them to replicate
the DNA strand they first created; most tables will create an entirely new strand;
discuss effectiveness of their ways of replication then have them simulate the
semi-conservative method
Ch 11.1 PP on Replication
Genetic Code WS - Line 1 (check as class & keep)
Finish Ch 11.1 WS for HW
Ck & collect 11.1 WS – show replication video clip again
Ch 11.2 PP on RNA – need beads
Genetic Code WS - Line 2 (check as class & keep)
Replication vs Transcription Sorting Act
Ch 11.2 PP on RNA Types & Genetic Code – need beads
Genetic Code WS - Line 3 (keep)
Sing “DNA Ditty”
Start Ch 11.2 WS for HW (due Tues)
Ch 11.2 PP on Notes on Translation
Transcription vs Translation Sorting Act
“DNA to Proteins” SmartBoard Act to review
“DNA: Secret of Life” DVD
Finish Ch 11.2 WS for HW
Ck & coll Ch 11.2 WS – show Transcription and Translation video clips
Ch 11.3 PP thru Point vs. Frameshift Mutations
Ch 11.3 SCA Worksheet (check and keep)
Ch 11.3 WS for HW (due Wed)
SPRING BREAK
Goal & LT
3.1.1: I can explain
the double-stranded,
complementary
natures of DNA as
related to its
function in the cell.
3.1.2: I can explain
how DNA and RNA
code for proteins
and determine traits.
3.1.2: I can explain
how DNA and RNA
code for proteins
and determine traits.
3.1.3: I can explain
the causes, types,
and effects of
mutations.
N/A
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BIOLOGY HONORS LESSON PLANS ~ McCLURE ~ SPRING 2013
WEEK ELEVEN
Date
Mon 4/8
Tues 4/9
Wed 4/10
Thurs 4/11
Fri 4/12
LAPTOPS
Plans
Complete Ch 11.3 PP on chr mutations – need chromosome beads
Remind students to finish Ch 11.3 WS for HW
Ch 11 Review with Study Island
Ch 10.2 PP thru Diploid Zygote slide (NEXT YEAR SAVE UNTIL
AFTER TEST)
ABCs of DNA Review (complete for HW)
Review ABCs of DNA (keep)
Ck & coll Ch 11.3 WS
DNA Puzzle
Ch 8 & 11 TEST
Start on Phases of Meiosis Sheet (due Mon and Ch 10.2 WS (due Tues)
Return tests
Review “Haploid and Diploid” using Ch 10.2 PP
Homologous Chromosome Activity – need scissors & gluesticks – have
students work in pairs – turn in act & work on Meiosis Act (due Mon) and
Ch 10.2 WS (due Tues)
Goal & LT
3.1.3: I can explain the
causes, types, and
effects of mutations.
Disc Karyotypes thru Meiosis w/ Ch 10.2 PP & Meiosis WS (keep)
Meiosis Phases Sequence & ID Act
Ch 10.2 PP on Genetic Recombination & Chromosome Problems
Complete Ch 10.2 WS for HW
Ck & coll 10.2 WS
Return Benchmarks (disc #’s and go over most missed questions)
Assign laptops to do specific Study Island questions related to at-risk goals
3.2.1: I can explain the
role of meiosis in
sexual reproduction and
genetic variation.
All of the above
All of the above
3.2.1: I can explain the
role of meiosis in
sexual reproduction and
genetic variation.
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BIOLOGY HONORS LESSON PLANS ~ McCLURE ~ SPRING 2013
WEEK TWELVE
Date
Plans
Mon 4/15
Mitosis vs. Meiosis Vortex and Sorting Review
Ch 10.1 Fill-in Notes (with attached Lab and Monohybrid Cross Problems)
Ch 10 Probability & Genetics Lab – need pennies
Complete Ch 10 Prob Lab and Monohybrid Cross Questions for HW
Tues 4/16
Check and coll Monohybrid Cross Questions/Lab
Martian Monohybrid Crosses for Review – have each student construct a
monohybrid genetics problem with solution on back – have students exchange
and solve – choose best question to share with class – need index cards
Ch 10.1 PP on Dihybrid Crosses
Ch 10.1 WS for HW
Wed 4/17
Ck & collect Ch 10.1 WS
(WILL BE Ch 12.1 PP on Pedigrees
Disc Ch 12 Pedigree Activity (due Mon)
EARLY
RELEASE Continue Ch 12.1 PP through SCA
Ch 12.3 SCA Inheritance WS (work on as a table; finish for HW if necessary)
DAY)
Thurs 4/18
Fri 4/19
Check Ch 12.3 SCA Inheritance WS (keep)
Use SCA to discuss Gen Disorder Project – due by Mon 12/10
Continue Ch 12.2/12.3 PP through sex-linked traits
Ch 12.2/12.3 WS (due Tues)
Reminder: Pedigree due Mon
Disc & collect pedigree (choose one dom trait from student then show Becky’s
pedigree as example of rec trait)
Finish Ch 12.2/12.3 PP on Environmental Influences
Review for Ch 10 & 12 Test
Start Genetics of Parenthood Lab – flip pennies for traits (collect)
Finish Ch 12.2/12.3 WS for HW
Prepare Progress Reports
Goal & LT
3.2.2: I can interpret
Punnett squares to
determine genotypic
and phenotypic
ratios.
3.2.2: I can interpret
Punnett squares to
determine genotypic
and phenotypic
ratios.
3.2.2: I can interpret
phenotype pedigrees
to identify the
genotypes of
individuals and the
type of inheritance.
3.2.2: I can predict
offspring ratios
based on a variety of
inheritance patterns.
3.2.2: I can predict
offspring ratios
based on a variety of
inheritance patterns.
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BIOLOGY HONORS LESSON PLANS ~ McCLURE ~ SPRING 2013
14
WEEK THIRTEEN
Date
Mon 4/22
Tues 4/23
Wed 4/24
THESE
WERE SUB
PLANS
Thurs 4/25
Fri 4/26
Plans
Ch & coll Ch 12.2/12.3 WS
Ch 10 & 12 Test
Work on Ch 13.1 WS until everyone is finished (due Wed)
Pass out Progress Reports
Pass out Progress Reports
Return tests (use Ch 10 & 12 test analysis notebook file to speed coverage)
Ch 13.1 PP on Applied Genetics
Ch 13.1 WS for HW (due Wed)
“The Clone Age” with video questions (coll)
Finish Baby Lab – discuss facial proportions
Collect Progress Reports
Ck & coll Ch 13.1 WS
Ch 13.2 PP on Genetic Engineering
Restriction Enzyme Act – need markers & scissors
Ch 13.2 WS for HW
HAVE iBOOKS UP & RUNNING
Engineering a Crop Act – need ten iBOOKS & a few spare (coll)
Ck & collect Ch 13.2 WS
Pros and Cons of Transgenics - distribute one argument to each table table,
have students read and discuss argument and try to come to a conclusion, have
one student highlight issue and conclusions
Ch 13.3 PP on Human Genome Project through Uses for DNA Fingerprinting
Ch 13.3 WS (due Mon)
Discuss EOC Review Study Island Weekly Assignments – First Round (2
a-e) due Fri 12/7
Goal & LT
All of the above
3.2.2: I can predict
offspring ratios based
on a variety of
inheritance patterns.
3.2.2: I can predict
offspring ratios based
on a variety of
inheritance patterns.
3.3.2: I can
summarize how
transgenic organisms
are engineered to
benefit society.
3.3.1 & 3.3.3: I can
identify reasons for
establishing the
human genome
project, evaluate the
science of gene
therapy, and interpret
how DNA is used for
comparison and
identification of
organisms.
BIOLOGY HONORS LESSON PLANS ~ McCLURE ~ SPRING 2013
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WEEK FOURTEEN
Date
Mon 4/29
LAPTOPS
Plans
Ch 13.3 PP on Science of DNA Fingerprinting, Cell Differentiation, Cloning
Ch 13 Stem Cell WebQuest (finish for HW)
Finish Ch 13.3 WS (due Mon)
Tues 4/30
IS IT
MAILED
YET?
Coll Ch 13 Stem Cell Webquest
Ck & collect Ch 13.3 WS
Finish Ch 13.3 PP on Stem Cells
Start Ethics Case Studies – assign one case study per table, have students read
and discuss scenario and questions, have one person from each table highlight
the case and explain the conclusions drawn from the table discussions
Finish Ethics Case Studies
Return papers
Review Game
Start Ch 14.1 PP – need box of fossils
Wed 5/1
Thurs 5/2
Fri 5/3
Continue Ch 14 PP through C-14 Dating
Ch 13 TEST
Work on Ch 14 C-14 Dating Act (due Thurs) and Ch 14 WS (Due Fri) until
everyone is done
Ck Ch 14 C-14 Dating Act (keep)
Finish Ch 14.1 PP on History of Earth & Ch 14.2 PP (w/ “Evolution Sorting
Act”)
Ch 14 I Have-Who Has Review Act
Finish Ch 14 WS & EOC Review Study Island Weekly Assignments for HW
Discuss EOC Review Study Island Weekly Assignments – Second Round
(3 a-e) due Fri 12/14
At 3:30 pm, Print EOC Review Study Island Weekly Assignments – First
Round (2 a-e)
GENETIC DISORDER PROJECT DUE MONDAY
Goal & LT
1.1.3 & 3.3.3: I can
explain how
instructions in DNA
lead to cell
differentiation and
result in cells
specialized to perform
specific functions in
multicellular
organisms, and
evaluate some of the
ethical issues
surrounding the use of
DNA technology.
3.3.3: I can evaluate
some of the ethical
issues surrounding the
use of DNA
technology.
3.4.1: I can
summarize how fossil
evidence informs our
understanding of
evolution of species
and what can be
inferred from this
evidence.
All of the above.
3.4.1: I can
summarize the
hypothesized early
atmosphere and
experiments that
suggest how the first
“cell” may have
evolved and how early
conditions affected the
type of organism that
developed.
BIOLOGY HONORS LESSON PLANS ~ McCLURE ~ SPRING 2013
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WEEK FIFTEEN
Date
Mon 5/6
Plans
Collect GENETIC DISORDER PROJECTS
Ck & coll Ch 14 WS
Ch 15 PP on Darwin
“Voyage to Galapagos” with ques (coll)
Goal & LT
3.4.2: I can develop a
cause and effect model
for the process of
natural selection.
Tues 5/7
Return tests
Ch 15 PP on Speciation and Structural/Behavioral Adaptations
Start Ch 15.1 WS (due Fri)
Review Natural Selection with Peppered Moth Internet Simulation – have two
volunteers be predatory birds; work on questions as a table then check & keep
Ch 39 PP Immune System
Bacterial Diagnosis Act
3.4.2: I can illustrate
the role of geographic
isolation in speciation.
3.4.3: I can develop a
cause and effect model
for the role of disease
agents in natural
selection including
evolutionary selection
of resistance to
antibiotics and
pesticides,
passive/active
immunity, antivirals,
and vaccines.
3.4.3: I can develop a
cause and effect model
for the role of disease
agents in natural
selection including
evolutionary selection
of resistance to
antibiotics and
pesticides,
passive/active
immunity, antivirals,
and vaccines.
3.4.1: I can generalize
what fossil evidence,
biochemical
similarities, and
shared anatomical
structures tell us about
evolution.
Wed 5/8
Thurs 5/9
Finish Ch 39 PP and Ch 15 PP on Immune System and Other Physiological
Adaptations as Evidence for Evolution
“Inside Look at the Flu” w/ questions (coll)
Return papers
Start Benchmark #2 Review Game
Fri 5/10
Give each table one piece of evidence of evolution to analyze then have table
rep discuss evidence during PP
Ch 15 PP on Other Evidences for Evolution
Finish Benchmark #2 Review Game
Prepare Progress Reports
Discuss EOC Review Study Island Weekly Assignments – Third Round
(4 a-d) due Thurs 12/20
At 3:30 pm, Print EOC Review Study Island Weekly Assignments – Second
Round (3 a-e)
BIOLOGY HONORS LESSON PLANS ~ McCLURE ~ SPRING 2013
WEEK SIXTEEN
Date
Mon 5/13
Tues 5/14
Plans
Ck & coll Ch 15.1 WS – show Igneumen wasp clip
Benchmark #2
Work on Ch 33 WS until everyone is done (due Wed)
Hand Out Progress Reports
STUDENTS ABSENT ON FRIDAY NEED TO TAKE BENCHMARK
Collect Progress Reports
Ch 33 PP Intro on Innate Behavior
Ch 33 Behavior Bonanza (complete and start presentations – students will
copy Ch 33 notes after each presentation)
Wed 5/15
Collect Progress Reports
Ch 33 Behavior Bonanza (finish presentations & notes)
Innate Behavior Picture Match
Ch 33 PP on Learned Behavior
Finish Ch 33 WS for HW
Thurs 5/16
Collect Progress Reports
Ck & coll Ch 33 WS
Start Ch 17 PP through Binomial Nomenclature - work as a table to group
animals in picture, discussing pros and cons of each – show lancelet
Ch 17 PP through Binomial Nomenclature
Snowman Dichotomous Key – have students work on it as a table to
understand pattern (check & keep)
Start Ch 17 WS (due Thurs 1/3)
Fri 5/17
LAPTOPS
(N/A)
Disc Exam Schedule
Return Benchmarks
Use Study Island to review at-risk goals if laptops are available OR
complete and check Study Island paper assignment made from most missed
class goal
Discuss EOC Review Study Island Weekly Assignments – Fourth
Round (4 e-f, 5 a-b) due Fri 1/4
At 3:30 pm, Print EOC Review Study Island Weekly Assignments – Third
Round (4 a-d)
Goal & LT
All of the above.
1.2.3 & 2.1.2: I can
summarize adaptive
behaviors and analyze
behavioral adaptations
that help accomplish
basic life functions.
2.1.2 & 2.1.3: I can
analyze behavioral
adaptations that help
accomplish basic life
functions and exemplify
various forms of
communication and
territorial defense.
3.5.1 & 3.5.2: I can
generalize the changing
nature of classification
based on new knowledge
generated by research on
evolutionary relationships
and the history of
classification systems,
and I can classify
organisms using a
dichotomous key.
All of the above
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BIOLOGY HONORS LESSON PLANS ~ McCLURE ~ SPRING 2013
WEEK SEVENTEEN
Date
Mon 5/20
Plans
Salamander Dichot Key Act – need rulers (ck & keep)
Ch 17 PP on Phylogeny & Six Kingdoms
Start “Characteristics of Six Kingdoms” Table (work on as a table; disc;
keep)
Finish Ch 17 WS for HW
Prepare for Seed Dissection
Tues 5/21
Leaf Key ID Act
Disc “Characteristics of Six Kingdoms” Table (keep)
Seed dissection
Wed 5/22
Bowling Quiz One (check and collect)
Check Ch 17 WS on effort (collect)
Bowling Quiz Two (check and collect)
Return papers
Review Game
At 3:30 pm, Print EOC Review Study Island Weekly Assignments – Fourth
Round (4 e-f, 5 a-b)
Bowling Quiz Three (check and collect)
Bowling Quiz Four (check and collect)
Ch 17 & 33 TEST
Goal One and Goal Two Crossword CW Puzzle Reviews (due Wed – date
changed to Thurs and link to Essential Standards was provided)
Bowling Quiz Five (check and collect)
Return tests
Review EOC Basics (75 MC questions; 150 minutes to take test, more time
if needed; turn in textbooks and notebooks on Wed 1/16; highlight EOC
questions in text & websites on Honors Biology page)
SMART RESPONSE Goal 5 Sample Questions
Thurs 5/23
Fri 5/24
Goal & LT
3.5.2: I can classify
organisms using a
dichotomous key and
compare organisms on a
phylogenetic tree in terms
of relatedness and time of
appearance in geologic
history.
1.1.2 & 2.1.2: I can
compare the structure of
prokaryotic and
eukaryotic organisms and
analyze how they
accomplish life functions
through adaptations.
1.1.2 & 2.1.2: I can
compare the structure of
prokaryotic and
eukaryotic organisms and
analyze how they
accomplish life functions
through adaptations.
All of the above
All of the above
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BIOLOGY HONORS LESSON PLANS ~ McCLURE ~ SPRING 2013
WEEK EIGHTTEEN
Date
Mon 5/27
Tues 5/28
Wed 5/29
Thurs 5/30
Fri 5/31
Plans
HOLIDAY
Bowling Quiz Six (check and collect)
Bowling Quiz Seven (check and collect)
SMART RESPONSE Goal 2 Sample Questions
Collect Standards One & Two CW Puzzles
Bowling Quiz Eight (check and collect)
SMART RESPONSE Goal 3 Sample Questions
Goal Three Crossword CW Puzzle Review
Collect Standard Three CW Puzzle
Bowling Quiz Nine (check and collect)
SMART RESPONSE Goal 4 Sample Questions
Goal Four Crossword CW Puzzle Review
Collect Standard Four CW Puzzle
Bowling Quiz Ten (check and collect)
Gallery Walk of the Biology Essential Standards
SMART RESPONSE NC Test of Biology Released EOC (will probably need
to analyze data from SMART RESPONSE TEACHER TOOLS)
Goal & LT
N/A
All of the above
All of the above
All of the above
All of the above
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BIOLOGY HONORS LESSON PLANS ~ McCLURE ~ SPRING 2013
WEEK NINETEEN
Date
Mon 6/3
Tues 6/4
Wed 6/5
Plans
Return all work
Award Bowling Quiz Prizes
Review NC Test of Biology Released EOC
Study Island Review Game
Collect Textbooks
2nd PERIOD REVIEW SESSION
Rap It or Draw It – Tables 1,3,5,7
1st Period EOC
will create and perform a rap for each
of the four standards; Tables 2,4,6,8
will draw a poster to present each of
the four standards
Collect Textbooks
2nd Period EOC
Goal & LT
All of the above
All of the above
All of the above
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