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Monday
8/13
NO SCHOOL
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Monday
8/20
Nature of Science:
What does a Scientist
Look Like? And data and
graphing
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Monday
8/27
Nature of Science:
Polar Bear Dice
Problem Solving Game
Monday
9/3
NO SCHOOL
LABOR DAY
Monday
9/10
Nature of Science:
BIOLOGY CALENDAR 2012-2013
1st Semester
1st Quarter
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
8/14
8/15
8/16
Freshmen
Went over handed out
Learning Styles Inventory
Only
Syllabus and Binders,
And Information Cards
Nametags
Pair Share
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
8/21
8/22
8/23
Nature of Science:
Nature of Science:
Nature of Science:
Diverse Scientist
Nature of Science Notes
Is it real, pseudo-, or
Activities
and Powerpoint
junk-? Videos (liquid
mountaineering, man vs.
bear, psychic cold call,
magic gopher, man
catches cheetah)
Tuesday
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Thursday
8/28
8/29
8/30
Nature of Science:
Nature of Science:
Nature of Science:
Black Box Obscertainer
Go over obscertainers
OHPET Scientific Method
Critical Thinking Activity
Observation vs.
Notes and powerpoint
Inference Notes and PPT
Do PBJ Demonstration
Write out step by step
PBJ instructions
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Thursday
9/4
9/5
9/6
Nature of Science:
Nature of Science:
Nature of Science:
Evolution and Natural
Evolution and Natural
Nature of Science Unit
Selection Notes and
Selection Questions
Review Sheet and
Powerpoint
Powerpoint
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Thursday
9/11
9/12
9/13
Chemistry of Life:
Chemistry of Life:
Chemistry of Life:
Friday
8/17
OGT Words to Know
Practice Test
Friday
8/24
Nature of Science:
Quiz 1
And
Trade and Grade
Friday
8/31
Nature of Science:
Start Water Loss Lab
with Grapes, Carrots,
and Spinach
Friday
9/7
Nature of Science:
Nature of Science Unit
TEST
Friday
9/13
Chemistry of Life:
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Graded Nature of
Science Tests Together,
Organized Unit in Binder
Monday
9/17
Chemistry of Life:
Element Bonding Notes
and Powerpoint (C-19)
Monday
9/24
Chemistry of Life:
Organize Chemistry Unit
in Binder / Started Bill
Nye on CELLS
Periodic Table Notes and
Powerpoint (C-18)
Name and describe the
Element Practice
Tuesday
9/18
Chemistry of Life:
Element Bonding
Practice 1/Balancing
Tuesday
9/25
CELLS:
Read information on
prokaryotes and
eukaryotes, place notes
in table and Venn
diagram/
compare and contrast
Wednesday
9/19
Chemistry of Life:
Showin’ What You’re
Knowin’ Practice/Review
Wednesday
9/26
CELLS:
Notes and Powerpoint
on Cell Organelles and
their respective
functions. Make factory
analogies
Monday
10/1
CELLS:
Groups finish Cell City
Posters. Take Cells Quiz
1 and peer grade quizzes
Tuesday
10/2
CELLS:
Students independently
label parts of the
microscope and
differentiate between
the functions of the
microscope
Wednesday
10/3
CELLS:
Start Microscope Lab:
students look at, focus,
draw, and describe
letters, yarn, paper,
colored strings, bacteria,
algaes, and protists
under microscopes.
Identify, Name, and
Draw Bohr Model
Practice
Thursday
9/20
Chemistry of Life:
Chemistry of Life
REVIEW (C-19)
Thursday
9/27
CELLS:
Students placed into
groups. Students create
“cell city” posters,
comparing organelles
and their functions in cell
to departments/parts of
a city
Thursday
10/4
CELLS:
Finish Microscope lab
Element Info Practice
Friday
9/21
Chemistry of Life:
Chemistry of Life
TEST (C-19)
Friday
9/28
CELLS:
Continue working on Cell
City Group Posters
Friday
10/5
CELLS:
Viewscope Lab:
Students work in groups
to look at viewscope
slides. First set students
look at organelles,
identify, draw, and
describe their functions.
Second and third set,
students look at and
describe plant and
animal cell divisions.
Start Osmosis/Diffusion
Lab: place eggs into
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Monday
10/8
CELLS:
Diffusion vs. Osmosis
Notes and Powerpoint
Monday
10/15
CELLS:
Students draw and label
picture of the Cell Cycle
Diagram. Students draw
and explain each step of
the Mitosis (IPMATC)
Monday
10/22
PHOTOSYNTHESIS/
CELLULAR RESPIRATION:
Students will take notes
on photosynthesis and
cellular respiration from
powerpoint on board.
Monday
10/29
PHOTOSYNTHESIS/
CELLULAR RESPIRATION:
Organize Photosynthesis
Tuesday
10/9
CELLS:
Osmosis/Diffusion Lab:
students take eggs out of
vinegar, place half of
eggs in water, other half
in corn syrup. Practice
questions differentiating
between and explaining
function of organelles.
Tuesday
10/16
CELLS:
Students independently
read article on cancer:
what it is, how it works,
and treatment options.
Answer cancer questions
go over as a class.
Tuesday
10/23
PHOTOSYNTHESIS/
CELLULAR RESPIRATION:
Students will complete
comprehension
questions created by
teacher.
Tuesday
10/30
GENETICS:
Students will work with
partners to determine
Wednesday
10/10
CELLS:
Cell Specialization Notes
and Powerpoint
Thursday
10/11
CELLS:
Mitosis Notes and
powerpoint. Students
draw basic pictures of
mitosis and place
characteristics of each
step into graphic
organizer
Wednesday
10/17
CELLS:
Students complete cells
unit review sheet
independently. Go over
answers as a class with
powerpoint on board.
Thursday
10/18
CELLS:
CELLS UNIT
COMMON ASSESSMENT
Wednesday
10/24
PHOTOSYNTHESIS/
CELLULAR RESPIRATION:
Students will complete
vocabulary assignment
on photosynthesis and
cellular respiration.
Wednesday
10/31
GENETICS:
Students will complete
notes on Mendelian
Thursday
10/25
PHOTOSYNTHESIS/
CELLULAR RESPIRATION:
Student will complete
variety questions created
from textbook on
photosynthesis.
Thursday
11/1
GENETICS:
Students will practice
completing Punnett
vinegar
Friday
10/12
CELLS:
Meiosis Notes and
powerpoint. Students
draw basic pictures of
meiosis and place
characteristics of each
step into graphic
organizer. Compare
Meiosis to Mitosis.
Friday
10/19
CELLS:
GRADE
CELLS UNIT
COMMON ASSESSMENT
AS A CLASS
Friday
10/26
PHOTOSYNTHESIS/
CELLULAR RESPIRATION:
Students will review as a
class then take a
common assessment
quiz on photosynthesis.
Friday
11/2
GENETICS:
Students will set up,
complete, and analyze
Unit in Binder / Started
Bill Nye on Genetics
which dominant and
recessive traits they
have.
Tuesday
11/6
GENETICS:
Students will work in
partners to flip coins to
compare and contrast
probability of Punnett
Squares vs. actual
outcomes.
Tuesday
11/13
GENETICS:
Students will take the
November Benchmark
(practice OGT) Test.
Genetics and how to
complete Punnett
Squares.
Wednesday
11/7
GENETICS:
Students will take notes
on how to create and
read the two types of
pedigree charts.
Students will practice
reading pedigree charts.
Wednesday
11/14
GENETICS:
Students will finish the
November Benchmark
(practice OGT) Test.
Punnett Square Practice
problems 2 to identify
and predict probabilities.
Friday
11/9
GENETICS:
Students will review as a
class, then take, trade,
and peer grade genetics
quiz 1.
Wednesday
Squares when provided
background genetic
information.
Thursday
11/8
GENETICS:
Students will read and
complete old OGT
questions on Pedigree
charts and Punnett
Squares (Sickle Cell
Anemia Questions).
Thursday
11/15
GENETICS:
Students will read about
a recessive disease (blue
skin) and create an
entire family pedigree
chart for a described
family.
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11/5
GENETICS:
Students will complete a
lab with a partner using
buttons to identify and
predict probabilities.
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11/12
GENETICS:
Students will practice
completing Punnett
Squares using
background genetic
information from Harry
Potter.
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11/16
GENETICS:
Students will review as a
class, then take, trade,
and peer grade genetics
quiz 2.
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