Biology 1-2
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8/14
Tuesday
“Integrity has no need of rules.”
• Essential Question: How do we be safe in lab?
• Finish setting up Science Notebook
• Lab equipment demonstration
• Biology Pre-test tomorrow!! – Bring a #2 pencil
Biology 1-2
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8/15 Wednesday
“One can only face in others what one can face in oneself.”
• Pre-test
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8/16 Thursday
“The best vision is insight.”
• Hand out Plan for Success
• Essential Question: What is Energy?
• Notes: Energy Storage Modes
•HW:
• Get Plan for Success signed
Biology 1-2
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8/17 Friday
“When we are confident all we need is a little support.”
• Essential Question: What are some of the ways energy can be moved?
• Lab: Energy Storage and Transfer
Biology 1 - 2
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8/20 Monday
“A person can’t ride your back unless it’s bent.”
• Lab Safety
• Continue lab and discussion: Energy Storage and Transfer
•Quiz Wednesday
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8/21 Tuesday
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
• Essential Question: What makes something alive?
• Lab: What is Life?
•HW:
• Review for Quiz tomorrow
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8/22 Wednesday
“Don’t bunt, aim out of the ball park.”
• Quiz
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8/23 Thursday
“The most important things in life aren’t things.”
• Continue discussion: What is life?
• Vocabulary: Homeostasis
• Tiger activity
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8/24 Friday
“If you want to change the world, change it yourself.”
• Essential Question: What affects plant growth?
• Finish discussion on the characteristics of life
• Begin designing plant growth experiment
Biology 1 - 2
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8/27 Monday
“To know what is right and not do it is cowardice.”
• Check on germinating seeds
• Continue designing experiment
• Notebook check
Biology 1 - 2
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8/28 Tuesday
“Conscience is God’s presence in man.”
• Essential Question: What is the proper way to conduct a scientific
experiment?
• Vocabulary: independent variable, dependent variable, control
• Finish designing plant experiment
Biology 1 - 2
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8/29 Wednesday
“The more a person knows, the more he forgives.”
• Plant seeds
• Continue refining experiment design
Biology 1 - 2
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8/30 Thursday
“The wise person questions himself, the fool, others.”
• Check on plants
• Essential question: Will reducing available energy impact a living
system?
• Hawk, rabbit, grass activity
• Vocabulary: population, community, sustainable, autotroph,
heterotroph, producer, consumer
Biology 1 - 2
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8/31 Friday
“The mask, given time, comes to be the face of itself.”
• Video: Planet Earth – Saving Species
• Have a Nice Holiday Weekend!!!
Biology 1 - 2
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9/4 Tuesday
“If you carry your childhood with you, you will never grow
older.”
• Continue plant experiment
• Finish hawk, rabbit, grass activity – graphing data
• HW: Review science notebook – Quiz tomorrow?
Biology 1 - 2
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9/5 Wednesday
“A young person is a theory, an old man a fact.”
• Continue plant experiment
• Continue hawk, rabbit, grass discussion – graph and conclusion
• Quiz – Independent and dependent variables
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9/6 Thursday
“The trick is growing up without getting older”
• Continue plant experiment – Should we plant outside?
• Finish hawk, rabbit, grass discussion – graph and conclusion
• Daily Log check
Biology 1 - 2
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9/7 Friday
“You never know when you are making a memory. ”
• Complete Hawk, rabbit, grass rubric
• Instructor survey
• Finish Planet Earth video (if time)
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9/10 Monday
“Remembering is a dream that comes in waves. ”
• Continue data collection on plant experiment
• Notes: Ecology – A closer look
• Activity – River pathways
• Vocabulary – autotrophs, heterotrophs, riparian
Biology 1 - 2
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9/11 Tuesday
“The past should be a springboard, not a hammock. ”
• Continue plant experiment
• Ecology Activity: River Pathways
• Video and activity: Eternal Enemies
Biology 1 - 2
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9/12 Wednesday
“Freedom is the oxygen of the soul. ”
• Continue collecting plant data
• Continue Ecology Activity: River Pathways
• Video and activity: Eternal Enemies
Biology 1 - 2
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9/13 Thursday
“America is a tune. It must be sung. ”
• Continue Eternal Enemies video
• Continue River Pathways activity
• Finish collecting plant data (presentations begin Monday)
Biology 1 - 2
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9/14 Friday
“A dog wags his tail with his heart. ”
• Finish Eternal Enemies video
• Work on plant experiment, River Pathways food web and Eternal
Enemies food web
• Website: mrhester.wikispaces.com for assignments, Daily Logs, etc.
•HW: Finish all projects for Monday
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9/17 Monday
“Friends are relatives you make for yourself. ”
• River Pathways food web presentations
• plant experiment presentations
• mrhester.wikispaces.com – Daily Logs, Table of Contents, video links
Biology 1 - 2
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9/18 Tuesday
“A true friend is one who looks past your failures & tolerates
your successes. ”
• Plant experiment presentations
• Notes on seed germination
• Textbook reading Section 3.1
Biology 1 - 2
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9/19 Wednesday
“Friendship x joy and / grief = life. ”
• Notes on seed germination
• Vocabulary: germination, radicle, cotyledon, monocot, dicot
• Textbook reading Section 3.1
Biology 1 - 2
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9/20 Thursday
“A friend is a lot of things, but, a critic he isn’t. ”
• Textbook reading and notes Chapter 3.1
• Notebook check
Biology 1 - 2
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9/21 Friday
“The best mirror is a friend’s eye.”
• Notes on seed germination
• Finish reading and questions in text Section 3.1
• Complete “Levels of Organization” handout
•HW: Complete science notebook (plant experiment, assignments, etc.) for
a check next week
Biology 1 - 2
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9/24 Monday
“Extending your hand is extending yourself. ”
• Complete Section 3.2 Study Guide using the text
• Finish all assignments in your science notebook
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9/25 Tuesday
“Don’t blow it – good planets are hard to find. ”
• Complete worksheets and place in your science notebook in the proper
place:
• Energy Flow in Food Chains (p.44)
• Trophic Levels (p.45)
• Energy Pyramids (p.46)
Biology 1 - 2
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9/26 Wednesday
“The only things we ever keep are what we give away. ”
• Biology: The Dynamics of Life Crossword (p.47 & 48)
• Notebook check
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9/27
Thursday
“Only love can be divided endlessly and still not diminish. ”
• Field Trip – Metro Tech Pond
• Construct a food web and write a reflection on what you
observed (p. 49)
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9/28
Friday
“Familiarity, truly cultivated, can breed love. ”
• Thinking map and notes: Symbiosis
• Vocabulary: Mutualism, parasitism, commensalism,
amensalism
• Canopy in the clouds activity
10/1 Monday
Biology 1 - 2
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“Indecisiveness assures dependency. ”
• Canopy in the Clouds activity
• Symbiosis videos
• Midterm Wednesday!!!!
10/2 Tuesday
Biology 1 - 2
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“To love & be loved is to feel the sun from both sides. ”
• Symbiosis videos
• Symbiotic relationships worksheet (p. 53)
•H.W.
• Complete science notebook and study for test
• NOTE: Midterm Exam Thursday!!!
10/3 Wednesday
Biology 1 - 2
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“Heredity is what sets the parents of a teenager wondering about
each other. ”
• Skull video
• Finish up assignments and study for test
STUDY FOR TEST TOMORROW!!!
10/4 Thursday
Biology 1 - 2
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“Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river. ”
• Midterm Exam
10/5 Friday
Biology 1 - 2
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“To err is human, to refrain from laughing, humane. ”
• Midterm post-mortem
• What’s upcoming in 2nd quarter
•HW:
• Enjoy your fall break!!!!
10/15 Monday
Biology 1 - 2
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“Character is what you know you are, not what others think you
are.”
• Review midterm
• Continue discussion of biomes (Section 4.3 in text)
10/16 Tuesday
Biology 1 - 2
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“To have lost your reputation is to be dead among the living. ”
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Read Sections 4.2 and 4.3 in the text
Complete Habitats worksheet (p.54)
Complete Ecosystem worksheet (p.55)
Daily Log check
Biology 1 - 2
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10/17 Wednesday
“An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving
Day.”
• Reflection (p.56)
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10/5 WEDNESDAY
NORMAL SCHEDULE
“Memory is the treasure & guardian of things. ”
• COMPLETE VIDEO: UNDERSTANDING THE CELL MEMBRANE (complete video
guide WS)
• START CHAPTER 5 NOTES (Homeostasis & Cell Transport)
•HW:
• NONE BOOO WHOOOO !!!!
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10/6 THURSDAY
AC LAB SCHEDULE
“The time is always right to do the right thing. ”
• VIDEO QUIZ ON THE CELL MEMBRANE (YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
• START CHAPTER 5 NOTES (Homeostasis & Cell Transport)
•HW:
• Begin reading Chapter 5 in the text
•Extra Credit Home Lab Experiment
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10/7 FRIDAY
NORMAL SCHEDULE
“No virtue can be great if it is not constant. ”
•CLOSE OUT FIRST QUARTER GRADES
•LAB: PLASMOLYSIS
•HW: EXTRA CREDIT: (+5 PTS) Take a picture of you with your biology book in a
unique location and bring the picture in Monday when we get back.
• Begin reading Chapter 5 in the text
•Extra Credit Home Lab Experiment
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10/17 MONDAY
NORMAL SCHEDULE
“What you dislike for yourself do not like for me. ”
• HAND-IN YOUR EXTRA CREDIT PICTURE (please print your name & period #
on the back)
• REVIEW LAB: NORMAL AND PLASMOLYZED CELLS
• START CHAPTER 5 NOTES: HOMEOSTASIS & CELL TRANSPORT
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10/18 TUESDAY
AC LAB SCHEDULE
“Are you an original or a copy. ”
• REVIEW NORMAL AND PLASMOLYZED CELLS WORKSHEET
• REVIEW PLASMOLYSIS: CELERY & CARROT STICKS
• CONTINUE CHAPTER 5 NOTES (Homeostasis & Cell Membrane)
• TEXT SECTION REVIEW 5-1 WORKSHEET
Biology 1 - 2
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10/19
WEDNESDAY
EARLY-OUT SCHEDULE
“Don’t expect anything original from an echo. ”
• REVIEW & GRADE HOMEWORK: WS-TEXT SECTION REVIEW 5-1
• CONTINUE CHAPTER 5 NOTES: HOMEOSTASIS & CELL TRANSPORT
• HOMEWORK: TEXT SECTION REVIEW 5 – 2 WORKSHEET
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10/20
THURSDAY
AC LAB SCHEDULE
“The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems
afterward. ”
• CONTINUE CHAPTER 5 NOTES: HOMEOSTASIS & CELL TRANSPORT
• In-class Assignment: Homeostasis And The Plasma Membrane
• HOMEWORK: COMPLETE TEXT SECTION REVIEW 5 – 2 WORKSHEET
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10/21
FRIDAY
NORMAL SCHEDULE
“To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot
do is genius.”
• FINISH CHAPTER 5 NOTES: HOMEOSTASIS & CELL TRANSPORT
• In-class Assignment: Homeostasis: Passive and Active Transport
• HOMEWORK: COMPLETE ASSIGNMENTS:
•Section 5-2 Review: Active Transport
•HOMEOSTASIS AND THE PLASMA MEMBRANE
•HOMEOSTASIS: PASSIVE AND ACTIVE TRANSPORT
CHAPTER 5 TEST ON TUESDAY!!!!!!!
Biology 1 - 2
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10/24
MONDAY
NORMAL SCHEDULE
“The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.”
• LAB: SIMULATED CELL (lab set-up for simulated cell)
• REVIEW HW WORKSHEET PACKET (Need help??? Ask a question about what
you do not understand)
• HOMEWORK: START STUDYING FOR TEST!!!!
CHAPTER 5 TEST ON THURSDAY!!!!!!!
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10/25
TUESDAY
NORMAL SCHEDULE
“He that can have patience can have what he will.”
• LAB: SIMULATED CELL: LAB TESTING (check for results)
• NEED HELP FOR THE TEST COMING UP??? COME IN BEFORE OR AFTER
SCHOOL AND WE CAN REVIEW
• HOMEWORK: START STUDYING FOR TEST!!!!
CHAPTER 5 TEST ON THURSDAY!!!!!!!
Biology 1 - 2
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10/26
WEDNESDAY
NORMAL SCHEDULE
“Patience! The windmill never strays in search of wind.”
• REVIEW FOR THE CHAPTER 5 TEST TOMORROW!
• JEOPARDY
• HOMEWORK: STUDY FOR TEST!!!!
CHAPTER 5 TEST ON THURSDAY!!!!!!!
Biology 1 - 2
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10/27
THURSDAY
NORMAL SCHEDULE
“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.”
• TEST: CHAPTER 5 (Homeostasis and the Cell Membrane)
• HOMEWORK: HOW ABOUT DOING AN EXTRA CREDIT PAPER ??????
Biology 1 - 2
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10/28
Friday
NORMAL SCHEDULE
“Beware the fury of a patient man.”
• Go over Chapter 5 Test
• Hand-In your Lab: Osmosis & Diffusion
• Video: Mammals (10 Unique Characteristics of Mammals)
• HOMEWORK: Begin reading Chapter 9
Biology 1 - 2
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10/31
MONDAY
NORMAL SCHEDULE
“ There’s a fine line between fishing & standing on
shore like an idiot. ”
• Start Chapter 8 (Cell Division & Mitosis)
• Video: The Cellular Divisional Cycle (complete worksheet)
• Computer lab: Mitosis Review (ID of cells and different stages of the
Cell Cycle)
• HOMEWORK: Begin reading Chapter 8
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11/1
TUESDAY
AC LAB SCHEDULE
“ Man without patience is a lamp without oil. ”
• Start Chapter 8 Notes (Cell Division & Mitosis)
• HOMEWORK: Text Section Review 8-1 (Use your textbook to assist you
in determining each answer. You notes would be helpful
also.)
Biology 1 - 2
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11/2
WEDNESDAY
NORMAL SCHEDULE
“Patience often gets the credit that belongs to fatigue. ”
• Continue Chapter 8 Notes (Cell Division & Mitosis)
• Review the Cell Cycle
• What happens when ‘cells go crazy?”
• HOMEWORK: Continue Chapter 8 Text Section Review 8-1
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11/3
THURSDAY
AC LAB SCHEDULE
“ Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage. ”
• Complete Chapter 8 (Cell Division & Mitosis) Lecture Notes
• HOMEWORK: Worksheet: Chap8 Note Review Worksheet
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11/4
FRIDAY
NORMAL SCHEDULE
“ A life without love is a life NOT lived. ”
• HAND-IN TEXT SECTION REVIEW 8-1 (Chromosomes)
• GRADE CHAP 8 NOTE REVIEW WORKSHEET
• LAB: THE CELL DIVISIONAL CYCLE (Mitosis)
• HOMEWORK:
• CHAPTER 8 STUDY PACKET
• TEST CHAPTER 8 ON TUESDAY
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11/7
MONDAY
NORMAL SCHEDULE
“ The heart is the toughest part of the body.
Tenderness is in the hands. ”
• COMPLETE LAB: THE CELL DIVISIONAL CYCLE (Mitosis)
• WORK ON CHAPTER 8 STUDY GUIDE PACKET
• HOMEWORK:
• CHAPTER 8 STUDY PACKET
• TEST CHAPTER 8 ON WEDNESDAY
Biology 1 - 2
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11/8
TUESDAY
AC LAB SCHEDULE
“ There is nothing stronger in the world
than gentleness. ”
• MAKE SURE MITOSIS LAB IS HANDED IN
• REVIEW CHAPTER 8 STUDY PACKET
• REVIEW FOR CHAPTER 8 TEST (JEOPARDY)
• HOMEWORK:
• STUDY FOR CHAPTER 8
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11/9
WEDNESDAY
EARLY OUT SCHEDULE
“ Write injuries in sand, kindnesses in marble. ”
• MITOSIS LAB DUE BY THURSDAY
• HAND-IN CHAPTER 8 STUDY PACKET
• CHAPTER 8 TEST
• HOMEWORK:
• NONE 
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11/10
THURSDAY
AC LAB SCHEDULE
“ He best can pity who has felt the woe. ”
• TURN IN LAB ON MITOSIS (due today!!!!)
• CHECK GRADES AND ADJUST YOUR POINT SHEET
• VIDEO: GATTACA (work on video guide questions)
• HOMEWORK:
• NONE 
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11/14
MONDAY
NORMAL SCHEDULE
“ Feelings are everywhere – be gentle. ”
• VIDEO: GATTACA (work on video guide questions)
• HOMEWORK:
• NONE 
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11/15
TUESDAY
AC LAB SCHEDULE
“ Forgiveness is a gift of high value.
Yet its cost is nothing.”
• VIDEO: GATTACA (work on video guide questions)
• START CHAPTER 10 NOTES:
• The History of DNA
• The Structure of DNA
• HOMEWORK:
• START READING CHAPTER 10
Biology 1 - 2
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11/16
WEDNESDAY
NORMAL SCHEDULE
“ Goodness is the only investment that never fails.”
• START CHAPTER 10 NOTES:
• The History of DNA
• Griffith’s Experiment
• Hershey-Chase Experiment
• Origami DNA Model
• HOMEWORK:
• Chapter 10 Section Review 10-1
(The History of DNA)
Biology 1 - 2
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11/17
THURSDAY
AC LAB SCHEDULE
“ Gratitude is the memory of the heart.”
• THE STRUCTURE OF A DNA MOLECULE
• WORKSHEET: DNA & RNA
• HOMEWORK:
• WS: TEXT SECTION REVIEW 10-1
• WS: DNA & RNA (due Monday)
Biology 1 - 2
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11/18
FRIDAY
NORMAL SCHEDULE
“ One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.”
• Hand-In Chapter 10 Section Review 10-1
• LAB: DNA EXTRACTION
• HOMEWORK:
• WS: DNA & RNA
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11/21
MONDAY
NORMAL SCHEDULE
“ Fall seven times, stand up eight.”
• REVIEW DNA & RNA WS (collect today)
• CONTINUE NOTES CHAPTER 10
• RNA
• DNA Replication
• HOMEWORK:
• WS: CHAP10 SECTION REVIEW; 10-2
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11/22
TUESDAY
AC LAB SCHEDULE
“Great works are performed, not by strength,
but by perserverence.”
• NOTES: WHAT IS DNA REPLICATION?
• HOMEWORK:
• Chap 10 Section Reviews 10-2; 10-3
• Complete WS: Transcription &
Translation
Biology 1 - 2
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11/23
WEDNESDAY
NORMAL SCHEDULE
“By perseverance the snail reached the ark.”
• VIDEO: The Geometry of Life
• HOMEWORK:
• Xtra Credit: Do the Section Reviews in
the textbook; 10-1; 10-2; and or 10-3
Biology 1 - 2
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11/28
MONDAY
NORMAL SCHEDULE
“ Go the extra mile. It’s never crowded.”
• VIDEO: THE GEOMETRY OF LIFE (Complete Video Guide)
• HOMEWORK:
• WS: CHAP10 SECTION REVIEW; 10-2 &
10-3.
Biology 1 - 2
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11/29
TUESDAY
AC LAB SCHEDULE
“Please give me the determination & tenacity
of a weed.”
• REVIEW: 1) TRANSCRIPTION and 2) TRANSLATION
• HOMEWORK:
• NONE (if class work is completed!!)
Biology 1 - 2
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11/30
WEDNESDAY
NORMAL SCHEDULE
“Anyone can make a mistake. A fool insists on
repeating it.”
• Continue Notes: Transcription & Translation
• HOMEWORK:
• WS: Protein Synthesis
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12/1 THURSDAY
AC LAB SCHEDULE
“A fool judges people by the presents they give him. ”
• REVIEW HOMEWORK
• NOTES ON PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
•HW:
• WS: TEXT SECTION REVIEW 10-4 (both sides; due Monday)
Biology 1 - 2
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12/2
FRIDAY
NORMAL SCHEDULE
“ Any fool can criticize, condemn, & complain –
and most do. ”
• Video: Creatures of the Deep (20 facts)
• HOMEWORK:
• CHAP10 Section Review; 10-4
Biology 1 - 2
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12/5
MONDAY
NORMAL SCHEDULE
“ Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”
• Review Section Review 10-4
• Work on Chapter 10 Test Review Packet
• HOMEWORK:
• WS: CHAP10 Test Review Packet
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12/6
TUESDAY
AC LAB SCHEDULE
“Luck is hard work meeting opportunity.”
• REVIEW FOR CHAPTER 10 TEST
• REVIEW CHAPTER 10 REVIEW QUESTIONS & JEOPARDY
• HOMEWORK:
• Study for Chapter 10 Test
Biology 1 - 2
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12/7
WEDNESDAY
EARLY-OUT SCHEDULE
“Grow angry slowly – there’s plenty of time.”
• Hand-In: 1) Chap10 Test Review WS & 2) Chap10
Text Section Review 10-4
• Test: CHAPTER 10 (DNA to RNA to PROTEINS)
• HOMEWORK:
• NONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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12/8
THURSDAY
AC LAB SCHEDULE
“My life is in the hands of any fool who makes
me lose my temper.”
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Hand back Chapter 10 Test (DNA, to RNA, to Proteins)
How is your 1st Semester Grade Calculated?
How is my Notebook organized for the Notebook check?
Work on 1st Semester Final Exam Study Packet
• HOMEWORK:
• Work on 1st Semester Exam Packet
Biology 1 - 2
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12/2
FRIDAY
NORMAL SCHEDULE
“Temper, if ungoverned, governs the person. ”
• WORK ON 1ST SEMESTER FINAL EXAM STUDY PACKET
• GRADE 1ST SEMESTER NOTEBOOK (100 PTS)
• HOMEWORK:
• WORK ON FINAL EXAM STUDY PACKET