Biology
Biology “B” Lesson Plans
Skyline High School
February 27 – March 3
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
- Teacher Workday – No School
- (PP)New Beginnings
Review Class Syllabus
- Check out textbooks
Reading Assignment – Chapter 11
- Explanation of Genetic Terminology (Using PP)
- Monohybrid Crosses (1) and (2)
Blue People Lab
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March 6 - 10
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
- Heredity Computer Lab
- Dihybrid Cross Explanation
Vocab Puzzle
(PP)Review – Gregor Mendel
DVD - Biology Segments – Independent Assortment, Law of Segregation, Genes
- vt – Garden of Inheritance
- Lab – Genotypes and Phenotypes
- Human Genetics Lab
DVD – Bill Nye Genetics
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March 13 - 17
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
- Lab – Pedigree Charts
- Computer Lab - Genetics
Chapter Review Sheet
- TEST – Chapter 11
Chapter 12 Reading Assignment
- (PP)Notes – DNA, Use of Models, Overhead, etc.
DNA Model Special Project – Due: March 23
- DVD – Cracking the Code of Life
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March 20 - 24
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
- (PP)Quiz over Notes
DNA Color Book
- Computer Lab – DNA CD
- vt – DNA (16 min)
WordSearch Vocab Puzzle
Thursday
Friday
Cut out models for DNA lab
- DNA Models Due
DNA/RNA Lab #10
- Filmstrip/Video – DNA/RNA
Word Scramble Vocab Puzzle
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March 27 - 31
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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Spring
Spring
Spring
Spring
Spring
Break
Break
Break
Break
Break
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April 3 - 7
Monday
Tuesday
- DNA Internet Lab
- (PP)Mutations
vt – Science Stalks the Criminal (25 min)
DNA – (Biology)
Wednesday - vt – Excerpts from Protein Synthesis
Worksheet – Steps in Protein Synthesis
vt – Excerpt from ‘Understanding DNA’ Thursday
- Lab – tRNA and Protein Synthesis
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Friday
- TEST – Chapter 12 (DNA and Protein Synthesis)
vt – Genetic Engineering (15 min)
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April 10 - 14
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
- vt – Secret of Photo 51
- FarSide (Intro to Genetic Engineering)
Reading Chapter 13 (Genetic Engineering
- vt – Test Tube Zoo
- vt – Cloning: How and Why
WordFind Vocab Puzzle
- Computer Lab – Genetic Engineering
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April 17 - 21
Monday
Tuesday
- vt – DNA Revolution (50 min)
- FarSide on Evolution
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Reading Assignment – Chapter 15 (Evolution)
-(PP)Notes/Discussion on Evolution
- Continue (PP) Notes and Discussion
Crossword Puzzle
- Computer Lab – Fossil Horse
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April 24 – 28
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
- No School (P/T Conf & Dept Meetings)
- vt – Charles Darwin
Color Book – Darwin’s Finches
- (PP) Quiz – Open Notes
DVD – Galapagos
- vt – Dinosaur
15-Vocab Puzzle
- DVD – Dogs and More Dogs
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May 1 - 5
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
- 15 – Section Review
Review Sheet for Test
- DVD – Evolution
- Lab – Biochemical Evidence for Evolution
- TEST – Evolution
Chapter 17 Reading Assignment
Q 1-3, p.422
Q 1-4, p.434 + Creative Writing
Q 1-5, p 428
Q 1-4, p.440 + Making a Table
- Computer Lab – Skull Anatomical Investigation Lab
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May 8 - 12
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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Lab – History of the Earth – Time Line (2-day project)
Lab – Cont.
Chapter 18 Reading – Classification
Computer Lab – Classification CD
(PP) Notes
Vocab Puzzle
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May 15 - 19
Monday
- (PP)Six Kingdoms
(PP)Human Classification
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
vt – Classification
- Classification Lab
- Introduction to Dichotemous Keys
1. Monster Key and 2. Shark Key
- Dichotemous Key for Class
- Read Germ Theory of Disease (Section 40-1), p.1028-1043
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May 22 - 26
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
- Plague Packet (article, graph)
- Vocab Puzzle
DVD - Bacteria
- Lab – Malarial Eradification
DVD - Virus
ECA Review
- ECA
- Teacher Work Day
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Extra Lesson Plans
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May 29 – June 2
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday -
- Teacher Workday
- (PP)Bacteria, Virus, and Archae
- vt – Bacteria (25 min)
TEST – Chapter 19
- FarSide
Chapter 24 Reading Assignment