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Homework
Labs
Activities
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Quiz
Tests
Fall Semester 2012-2013
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Monday
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2
27 1st Day of School
Intro, Parent letter, classroom
rules, & procedures.
Warm up- What do you think
you will be learning in Biology?
What type of activities will you
be doing?
Intro to class- Tell them what
supplies you will need, what they
will be learning (syllabus)
GIVE VOCAB- ALL UNIT 1
PART A WORDS DUE NEXT
TUESDAY (tell them how you
want them to set it up.. all
sections labeled and all words
either highlighted or in a
different color than def)
SEPT 3
Labor Day –
No School!
22
23
Teacher In-service Days
Tuesday
Wed/Thurs
24
25
Friday
28
Set up Table of Content –
1st 3 pages (# I, II, III)
Pg. 1- Warm up- What is a
safety rule we should have
in the lab?
Out- Draw a safety rule
Pg. 2- Safety worksheet
(make it flip)
29/30
Safety Quiz- I keep b/c of contract
Pg. 3- Warm up- What 8 things do all
living things have to have to be
considered alive?
Is it alive lab
Out- 8 Char of life wheel (leave space
to glue in wheel after it has been
graded)
Pg. 4- 8 Characteristics of Life Notes
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Quiz over char. Of life & Hierarchy
Pg. 5- Warm up- What are the 8
char of life? What is the
Hierarchy of life?
Out: assign an element involved
with biology & have them draw
the element & say where it is
found Glue quiz once I am done
grading it
Pg. 6- Chem Of Life atom &
bonding notes
Sept 1
4 Stamp Vocab
Pg. 7- Warm up-What
atoms make up water? Draw
it
Out:Have them glue in
water color worksheet after
I grade it
Pg. 8- Water notes
5/6 Notebook Quiz
Pg. 9- Warm up- What is the
difference between cohesion and
adhesion & give an example of each.
What does it mean that water is a polar
molecule?
Out: Review for test
Pg. 10- Water Lab
Bonding activity (have students wear
cards with H, O, Na, Cl, e-, p+ & N and
have them show covalent bonds & ionic
bonds
7
Test over Unit 1A
8
Unit 1 Part B Vocab Due on
Monday
9
10 Stamp Vocab
Check grades on spread sheets
& Go over tests
Pg. 11- Warm up-What is a
carbohydrate, protein, lipid, and
nucleic acid
Out: Macromolecule color
worksheet (glue in after I
grade)
Pg. 12- Biomolecule POGO
16
17 Stamp Vocab
Pg. 17- Warm up- What are
the two types of cells? Give an
example of each.
Out- Write the 3 part of the
cell theory. Microscope
worksheet for homework
Pg. 18-Cell Scientists timeline
11
Pg. 13 Warm up-What are
the 2 types of bonds? How
are they different? What
type are found in the 4
biomolecules?
Out- What elements are
found in each biomolecule?
Pg. 14- Biomolecule notes
12/13 Notebook check or Quiz
Pg. 15- Warm up-Write down what
you ate for Breakfast, Lunch, snacks,
and dinner from the day before and
classify as Carb, Lipid, Protein and/or
Nucleic Acid.
Draw an example of all the Biomolecules
Out- Review for Test
Pg. 16- Biomolecule Lab
Teach Experimental Design with this
lab: DRY MIX
14
Test over Unit 1B Biomolecules
Unit 2 Vocab Due Monday
15
18 Stamp microscope
worksheet
Pg. 19- Warm up- Copy
the pictures on the board
and write the name of the
scientists they represent
Out- Glue microscope
worksheet, so it flips
Go over microscope
worksheet
Pg. 20- Draw a Venn
Diagram of Pro v.s
Eukaryotic cells
19/20
Pg. 21- warm up- If you were looking
at a slide in the microscope and you
noticed the cell does have a nucleus,
how would you classify this cell? Would
you be looking at it in High or Low
power? What is holding the slide on the
microscope? Which scientist discovered
the nucleus? Which scientist is
credited to creating the 1st
microscope?
Quiz over microscope, scientists Pro v.s
Eu
Out- glue quiz once I grade it
Pg. 22- Glue Microscope Lab once I am
done grading it
21
Pg. 23- warm up- Write down as
many cell organelles & their
functions (at least 4).
Out- Do cell label worksheet Due
Tuesday
Pg. 24- Cell organelle notes
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Pg. 25- warm up- Identify
the cell organelle that
corresponds with the following
function: a. packages and
transports materials out of the
cell? b. makes lipids,
detoxifies, breaks down
glycogen & stores calcium? c.
produces of proteins?
Out- Glue cell organelle
worksheet once I am done
grading it
Pg. 26- Finish cell organelle
notes
Finish cell organelle color &
label worksheet
30
Oct 1
Notebook check or quiz
Pg. 33- Warm up- What is the
outside of a virus made up of?
What cell organelle makes that?
Name the 3 parts to the cell
theory.
Out- Test Review
Pg. 34- Viral Cycle Drawings
If time viral paper doll activity
25 stamp cell label
worksheet
Quiz over cell organelles
Pg. 27 warm up- Identify
the cell organelle that
corresponds with the
following function: a. breaks
26/27
Pg. 29- warm up- Cell city analogy
Out: Draw color & label the three
types of viruses. What are the two
main parts of a virus?
Pg. 30- Cell lab
down and recycles used cell
components? b. gets energy
from the sun and produces
glucose? c. uses glucose to
make ATP
Out- glue quiz once I am
done grading it.
Pg. 28- Build a cell activity.
Give each table a baggie full
“stuff” with a chart of
functions. Students have to
identify the organelle that
performs the function and
state what object from
their baggie represents
that organelle.
2
Test over Unit 2- The Cell
& Virus
Vocab for Unit 3- Cell
Boundaries and Transport
28
Pg. 31- warm up- what is the
difference between a virus and a
bacteria?
OutPg.32- Venn Diagram virus v.s.
bacteria
29
If time… Start on pg. 34- Virus
Cycles
3/4
Set up EGG Lab put info in OUT
Pg. 35- Warm up- what surrounds the
cell and regulates what can come in and
out of the cell? What does selectively
permeable mean?
Out:
Pg. 36- Cell membrane & Trans port
Station Lab as engagement activity
5
Pg. 37- Warm up- 1. Identify
all the parts of the cell
membrane.
Out: Draw Color & Label the cell
membrane
Pg. 38- Cell membrane notes
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Student Holiday
15 Stamp Vocab
Pg. 43- Warm up- What is an
enzyme & what does it do?
Out: Draw a diagram of an
enzyme lock and key & label it.
Draw a diagram of the ATP
molecule
Pg. 44- Enzyme notes, Cell
Energy, ATP notes
Do $1 demo
22
Pg. 51- Warm up- What does
your body do when it runs out
of O2?
Out: Compare & Contrast
Fermentation & Cellular
Respiration
Pg. 52- Fermentation notes
9 Check The cell membrane
drawing
Pg. 39- Warm up- What is
the difference between
diffusion & facilitated
diffusion? Give an example
of a type of Active
transport.
Out:
Pg. 40- Cell transport
notes
Before the end of class turn
to pg. 42 and set up the
gummy bear lab
16 check the enzyme
drawing
Pg. 45- Warm up- What is
the main energy source in
the body? What Cell
organelle produces this
energy? (look @ pg. 24)
Out: Write the equation for
Cellular Respiration
Pg. 46- Cellular Respiration
Notes
23
Pg. 53- Warm Up- How
many ATP’s are produced
during Fermentation, Why?
Out: If a muscle cell uses
10 g of glucose & O2 is
present how many ATP’s are
produced?
Pg. 54- Fell the Burn Lab
Proposed State testing 
10/11
Quiz over notebook or notebook check
Pg. 41 warm up- draw a picture of
endocytosis & exocytosis
Out – Study for test
Pg. 42- Gummy Bear Lab
12
Test Unit 3- Cell Boundaries
and Transport
Vocab for Unit 4- Cell energy
13
17/18
Quiz over enzymes, ATP & Cell
Respiration
Pg. 47- Warm up- Define what an
enzyme is & what it does. What is the
main energy unit in the cell & what/how
is it made?
Out: Glue in Quiz once I’m done grading
it
Pg. 48- Chicken liver Enzyme lab
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Pg. 49- Warm up- What are the
3 steps to cellular respiration,
where do they occur & how many
ATP’s are produced in each?
Out:
Pg. 50- Cellular Respiration
manipulative activity (make it flip)
20
24/25 Quiz over Cell Resp & Ferm
Pg. 55- Warm up- What are the 3
parts of Cellular Respiration, where do
they occur & how much ATP is
produced? What are the 2 parts of
Fermentation, where do they occur &
how many ATP’s are produced?
Out: Glue quiz once I’m done grading
Pg. 56- Yeast/Fermentation Lab
26
Pg. 57- Warm up- What is the
equation for Photosynthesis?
Out: Compare & Contrast
Photosynthesis & Cellular
Respiration
Pg. 58- Photosynthesis notes
27
Review for test!!!
**Need to look one up***
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Pg. 59- Warm up-Do plants go
through both photosynthesis &
Cell Resp or just Photo?
Out:
Pg. 60- Compare & Contrast
Cellular Respiration &
Photosynthesis
30
Pg. 61- Warm up- Where
do plants store the glucose
made during
photosynthesis?
Out: Write your conclusions
from your lab
Pg. 62- Energy Stored in
Food lab
31/Nov 1
Notebook check (switch & grade using
a rubric)
Pg. 63-Warm up- Where in the plant
does photosynthesis take place?
Out: Test Review
Pg. 64-Rate of Photosynthesis lab
Paper Chromatography of Leaf Pigments
Lab
2
Unit 4- Cell Energy Test
5 Stamp vocab or Vocab quiz
Pg. 65- Warm up- DNA Puzzle
Out- Write a mnemonic to help
you remember which scientists
did what.
Once done with puzzle, have
students read about the
scientists & tell me about it.
Pg. 66- Start DNA Scientists
chart notes
DNA Origami for extra credit!
6 finish scientists notes
from pg. 66
Pg. 67- Warm up- What is
the shape of DNA? What
are the parts of DNA?
Out- Draw a diagram of a
DNA molecule replicating.
Pg. 68- DNA Structure &
replication notes
DNA Origami for extra
credit!
7/8
Quiz over DNA scientists, structure &
Replication
Pg. 69- Warm up- Which scientist
discovered transformation? Which
scientists discovered that genetic
material is DNA, not protein that?
Out-describe what your DNA looks like.
Glue your quiz in once I grade it.
Pg. 70- DNA Spit lab
DNA replication with twizzlers and
marshmallows or different DNA
replication activity
Make booklet for cell cycle
DNA Origami for extra credit!
14/15 Quiz over notebook
Mitosis onion root tip lab
9
Pg. 72- warm up-What is
mitosis? Why is it important?
Out- what are the steps to
interphase? What are the steps
to mitosis?
Pg. 73- Make a pocket to put the
cell cycle booklet
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Cell cycle booklet
13 DNA Origami for extra
credit! DUE!!!
Cell Cycle booklet
3
Vocab for Unit 5- DNA & Cell
Cycle
10
Start Cell Cycle booklet
DNA Origami for extra credit!
16 Test Unit 5 DNA & Cell cycle
Unit 6 Protein Synthesis Vocab
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24
Test review
Proposed State testing
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19
20
21/22
Thanks Giving Break
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26
Pg. 74-Warm up: What is the
purpose of protein Synthesis?
Why do we need the product
made?
Out- What are the steps &
what is made during each step?
Pg. 75- Transcription notes
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Pg. 76- Warm up- Draw
the steps of Transcription.
Out-Draw the steps of
Translation
Pg. 77-Translation notes
2
3
Pg. 82- Warm up- Draw the
steps of Protein Synthesis
OutPg. 83-Finish mutation notes
4
28/29
Transcription & Translation Quiz
Pg. 78- Warm up- Where does
transcription take place in the cell?
What is made? Where does translation
take place? What is made?
Out- Glue quiz once I grade it
Pg. 79- Protein Synthesis candy bar
lab (need to look this up on district
folder)
Protein Synthesis Worksheet Due
5/6
Protein Synthesis & mutation bead lab
30
Pg. 80- Warm up- What is it
called when something goes
wrong?
Out- Compare & contrast the
different types of mutations
Pg. 81-Mutation notes
Dec 1
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Winter
Break /
Christma
Holidays
Proposed State testing
9
10 Notebook Quiz
11
Test over Unit 6 Protein
Synthesis & Mutation
Unit 7 Genetics & Meiosis
Vocab
12/13
16
17
Review For Finals
18
Review for Finals
19/20
Proposed State testing
Final Exams