Biology 1-2 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 8/15 Wednesday “One can only face in others what one can face in oneself.” • Pre-test Biology 1-2 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 8/21 Tuesday “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” • Essential Question: What makes something alive? • Lab: What is Life? •HW: • Review for Quiz tomorrow Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 8/22 Wednesday “Don’t bunt, aim out of the ball park.” • Quiz Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 8/23 Thursday “The most important things in life aren’t things.” • Continue discussion: What is life? • Vocabulary: Homeostasis • Tiger activity Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 8/29 Wednesday “The more a person knows, the more he forgives.” • Plant seeds • Continue refining experiment design Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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) Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 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) Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs “Indecisiveness assures dependency. ” • Canopy in the Clouds activity • Symbiosis videos • Midterm Wednesday!!!! 10/2 Tuesday Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs “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 Daily Logs “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 Daily Logs “Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river. ” • Midterm Exam 10/5 Friday Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs “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 Daily Logs “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 Daily Logs “To have lost your reputation is to be dead among the living. ” • • • • 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 Daily Logs 10/17 Wednesday “An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.” • Reflection (p.56) Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 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 !!!! Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 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 Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 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 Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 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 Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 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 Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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!!!!!!! Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 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 Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 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 Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 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 Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 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 Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 11/14 MONDAY NORMAL SCHEDULE “ Feelings are everywhere – be gentle. ” • VIDEO: GATTACA (work on video guide questions) • HOMEWORK: • NONE Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 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 Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 11/30 WEDNESDAY NORMAL SCHEDULE “Anyone can make a mistake. A fool insists on repeating it.” • Continue Notes: Transcription & Translation • HOMEWORK: • WS: Protein Synthesis Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 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 Daily Logs 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 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Biology 1 - 2 Daily Logs 12/8 THURSDAY AC LAB SCHEDULE “My life is in the hands of any fool who makes me lose my temper.” • • • • 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 Daily Logs 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