Life Science
Mr. Summers
January 19, 2016
Have Out:
Pencil
Our Genes, Our Selves (OGOS) text
Homework:
● Thursday - Activity 54 Bar
Graph
Classwork:
Lab 54
Bell Ringer:
● Find your regular table
group
● Pick-up “Baby Mice” activity
● Pick-up purple Lab packet
Pun - Q: Did you hear about the
guy whose whole left side was cut
off?
A: He’s all right
now!
Tasks:
● Do “Baby Mice” pre-assessment - turn it into
Mr. Summers
● Read pages D-4 to D-8 in Our Genes, Our
Selves (OGOS) text
● Do Activity 54. Record results on purple lab
packet
Closing Tasks:
● Have you turned-in your “Baby Mice”
pre-assessment?
● Purple lab packet put away carefully?
● Start collecting data (10 people)
● Back in 2306 tomorrow
January 20, 2016
Have Out:
Pencil
Our Genes, Our Selves (OGOS) text
Homework:
● Thursday - Activity 54 and Bar
Graph
Classwork:
Learning Check & Activity 54
Bell Ringer:
● Pick-up your Science
Notebook
● Label page 44 in your
notebook “Learning Check
#5
Pun - I tried to catch some fog.
I mist!
Tasks:
● Learning Check #5 (page 44 in NB)
● Work on Activity 54 on the purple lab packet.
○ Add the Learning Target to the first page
○ Complete the “Class Data”
Closing Tasks:
● Return lab notebooks to class bin
● Textbook into 3-ring binder
● Homework due tomorrow: Purple
Activity 54
January 21, 2016
Have Out:
Pencil
Our Genes, Our Selves (OGOS) text
Homework:
● Due today - Activity 54 and Bar
Graph
Classwork:
Discuss Activity 54
Bell Ringer:
● Pick-up your Science
Notebook
● Double-check Activity 54
answers (Are they
complete?)
Pun - Would a cardboard belt be a
waist of paper?
Tasks:
● Activity 54 (purple lab) - Quality Check
○ Have all the questions been answered?
○ Did you add the Learning Target to the
first page?
○ Did you complete your bar graph, to
include labels and data neatly plotted?
● Discuss and Correct the whole class
Closing Tasks:
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Trim and tape Lab 54 into NB pg 45
Return lab notebooks to class bins
Textbook into 3-ring binder
No Homework due tomorrow
January 22, 2016
Have Out:
Pencil
Our Genes, Our Selves (OGOS) text
Homework:
● Due today - none
Classwork:
Activity 55 & 62
Bell Ringer:
● Pick-up your Science
Notebook
● Hearts - Get yellow Activity
55 & 62 from front
Today’s Pun - Never give
your uncle an anteater.
Tasks:
● Activity 55 (yellow lab)
○ Trim and tape “Analysis” to NB page 46
○ Trim and tape “Activity 55 and 62” to NB
page 47
● Read pages D-9 to D-11 in OGOS text
Tasks:
● Complete first page of Activity 55 (yellow
lab) together
○ Write the Learning Target
○ Think about the Phenotype Prediction
○ Color in the Grandparents, Parents and
predict the color of the offspring
○ Explain your prediction
Tasks:
● Set-up the lab
○ Label the bottom of the petri dish - Period
and Group #
○ Put filter paper in place; wet it
○ Clubs: put 10 Nicotiania seed on the wet
paper
○ Place dish on the back window sill
Tasks:
● Prep the lab for the next class
○ Put a fresh petri dish in each lab tray
○ Put a fresh filter paper in each tray
○ Make sure the dropper and masking tape
are in the tray
○ Put the tray back by the lab stations
Tasks:
● Trim and tape Activity 54 (purple lab) to NB
page 45
● Turn to page 195 in notebook - label it as
“Glossary”
Glossary
• Characteristic – an identifying feature of a
person or thing (eye color)
• Trait – description of a specific appearance
(version) of a characteristic (blue eyes)
• Inherit – to pass traits from parent to
offspring (noun is heredity)
• Genetics – study of inherited traits
Predictions
• Activity 55 Handout – “C” come and get the
handout for your table
• Procedure on page D 10 – look at the pictures
and then make predictions