SCIENCE DAILY ASSIGNMENT LOG
Quarter 2, 2015-16
WEEK 1
NAME: Mrs. Siegfriedt
COURSE: Biology (H)
PERIODS: 1,2,3,4,5,6
Day Date
Assignment - CLASSWORK
Assignment - HOMEWORK
M
11/2/15
BIOCHEMISTY

“Elements of Life” – Coloring
MICROSCOPE

Introduction to Microscope
o
“Microscope Coloring/Labeling/ WS
PLAN AHEAD…Unit Test on…
“THE NATURE OF LIFE”
o
Organization of Life
o
Characteristics of Life
o
Diversity of Life
T
11/3/15
Period 5
only
CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFE

“Is it Alive? Biotic vs. Abiotic” Lab follow-up
o
Biotic vs Abiotic PPT
PLAN AHEAD…Unit Test on…
“THE NATURE OF LIFE”
o
Organization of Life
o
Characteristics of Life
o
Diversity of Life
Period 5
only

Periods
1 and 3
CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFE

Finish notes/discussion
Periods
1 ,3, 5
1, 3, 5
DIVERSITY OF LIFE

“Tree of Life” CLADOGRAM… READ/Interpret

“Tree of Life” Graphic Organizer-Flow Chart
o
Generate a GO (flow chart) using the
information from the cladogram.

DOL PowerPoint Project introduce
o
Distribute/review guidelines
o
Draft groups
o
1 group/kingdom
o
Group time to distribute organisms to
research within each Kingdom
PERIODS 1 and 3
 Diversity of Life PPT PROJECT
o
Research Kingdom group
assigned
o
Begin to assemble
researched information
into a PPT slide per
project guidelines
CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFE

“Is it Alive? Biotic vs. Abiotic” Lab follow-up
o
Biotic vs Abiotic PPT

1 and 3
W
11/4/15

PLANT KINGDOM CLASSIFICATION
o
Kingdom organization
o
Photosynthesis Equation

Reactants, Products
o
Basic structures of a plant/function:

Roots, root hairs, stems,
trunk, leaves, chloroplasts,
stomata, vascular system,
xylem, phloem
o
Gymnosperms: pollen, ovules

Pollination, Fertilization,
Germination
PLANT KINGDOM CLASSIFICATION
o
Kingdom organization
o
Photosynthesis Equation
o
Basic structures of a plant/function:

Roots, root hairs, stems,
trunk, leaves, chloroplasts,
stomata, xylem, phloem
o
Gymnosperms: pollen, ovules

Pollination, Fertilization,
Germination

Haploid, diploid, zygote,
embryo
Date due
1,3,5
Date due
2,4,6
F- 11/20
M- 11/23
ALL PERIODS
 PREPARE FOR TEST
Learn all vocab. associated with the
Organization/Hierarchy of Life
PREPARE FOR TEST
Learn all vocab. associated with the
Organization/Hierarchy of Life
11/20 OR
11/24
R
11/5/15
Periods
1 and 3
Period 5
PLANT KINGDOM - Review
o
See topics from 11/3
DIVERSITY OF LIFE

DOL PowerPoint Project - RESEARCH
o
Individual Research Time-Tablets
o
Group time from team captain to meet
with team
CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFE

FINISH Lab follow-up: “Is it Alive?
o
Biotic vs. Abiotic” PPT

FINISH NOTES on (8) characteristic
DIVERSITY OF LIFE

“Tree of Life” CLADOGRAM… READ/Interpret

“Tree of Life” Graphic Organizer-Flow Chart
o
Generate a GO (flow chart) using the
information from the cladogram.

DOL PowerPoint Project introduce
o
Distribute/review guidelines
o
Draft groups
o
1 group/kingdom
o
Group time to distribute organisms to
research within each Kingdom
F
11/6/15
CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFE

FINISH Lab follow-up: “Is it Alive?
o
Biotic vs. Abiotic” PPT

FINISH NOTES on (8) characteristic
DIVERSITY OF LIFE

“Tree of Life” CLADOGRAM… READ/Interpret

“Tree of Life” Graphic Organizer-Flow Chart
o
Generate a GO (flow chart) using the
information from the cladogram.

DOL PowerPoint Project introduce
o
Distribute/review guidelines
o
Draft groups
o
1 group/kingdom
o
Group time to distribute organisms to
research within each Kingdom
ALL PERIODS
 PREPARE FOR TEST
o
Review Organization of
Life
o
Study/Learn all the
“Characteristics of life
PERIODS 1 and 3
 Diversity of Life PPT PROJECT
o
Complete research
o
Final revisions to PPT
slide
o
Email PPT slide to team
leader
PERIOD 5
 Diversity of Life PPT PROJECT
o
Research Kingdom group
assigned
o
Begin to assemble
researched information
into a PPT slide per
project guidelines

PREPARE FOR TEST
o
Review Organization of
Life
o
Study/Learn all the
“Characteristics of life

Diversity of Life PPT PROJECT
o
Research Kingdom group
assigned
o
Begin to assemble
researched information
into a PPT slide per
project guidelines
o
Email PPT slide to team
leader
o
11/19 OR
11/23
R- 11/12
By 8PM
R- 11/12
By 8PM
11/20 OR
11/24
SCIENCE DAILY ASSIGNMENT LOG
Quarter 2, 2015-16
WEEK 2
NAME: Mrs. Siegfriedt
COURSE: Biology (H)
Day
Date
Assignment - CLASSWORK
M
11/9/15
NATURE OF LIFE – “DIVERSITY OF LIFE”

DOL PowerPoint Project - RESEARCH
o
Individual Research Time-Tablets
o
Group time from team captain to meet
with team
PERIODS: 1,2,3,4,5,6
Assignment - HOMEWORK

Read 3.3 – Energy Flow; Food
Chains, Food Webs, Energy
Pyramids
F – 11/13

DOL ppt slide to team leader
R- 11/12
By 8PM

DOL entire ppt to Siegfriedt from
team leader
Sun - 11/15
By NOON
PLAN AHEAD…Unit Test on…
“THE NATURE OF LIFE”
o
Organization of Life
o
Characteristics of Life
o
Diversity of Life
T
11/10/15
NATURE OF LIFE – “DIVERSITY OF LIFE”

DOL PowerPoint Project - RESEARCH
o
Individual Research Time-Tablets
o
Group time from team captain to meet
with team
NATURE OF LIFE- “CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFE”
o
Finish notes/discussion
Date due
1,3,5
M-11/23

Read 3.3 – Energy Flow; Food
Chains, Food Webs, Energy
Pyramids
F – 11/12

DOL ppt slide to team leader
Sun- 11/15
By noon

DOL entire ppt to Siegfriedt from
team leader
T- 11/17
By 6 PM
PLAN AHEAD…Unit Test on…
“THE NATURE OF LIFE”
o
Organization of Life
o
Characteristics of Life
o
Diversity of Life
W
11/11/15
***NO SCHOOL – HOLIDAY***
R
11/12/15
ECOLOGY – ENERGY FLOW,FOOD CHAINS,
FOOD WEBS,ENERGY PYRAMIDS

Interactive notes
M-11/20
NATURE OF LIFE- UNIT TEST- REVIEW
F
11/13/15
ECOLOGY
Interactive Discussion / Notes

ENERGY FLOW,

FOOD CHAINS

FOOD WEBS

ENERGY PYRAMIDS
FOOD WEB Activity: Given 14 organisms…
o
arrange into a food web with each food
chain correct per feeding guidelines
given
o
Color code each organism based upon
their trophic level within the food web.
o
Evaluate food web Q/A
Date due
2,4,6

Study for Nature of Life Test
M-11/23
SCIENCE DAILY ASSIGNMENT LOG
Quarter 2, 2015-16
WEEK 3
NAME: Mrs. Siegfriedt
COURSE: Biology (H)
PERIODS: 1,2,3,4,5,6
Day Date
Assignment - CLASSWORK
Assignment - HOMEWORK
M
11/16/15
ECOLOGY
Interactive Discussion / Notes

ENERGY FLOW,

FOOD CHAINS

FOOD WEBS

ENERGY PYRAMIDS
FOOD WEB Activity: Given 14 organisms…
o
arrange into a food web with each food
chain correct per feeding guidelines
given
o
Color code each organism based upon
their trophic level within the food web.
o
Evaluate food web Q/A

T
11/17/15
DIVERSTIY OF LIFE

Kingdom Group power point presentations
W
R
11/18/15
11/19/15
DIVERSTIY OF LIFE

Kingdom Group power point presentations
DIVERSTIY OF LIFE

Kingdom Group presentations
NATURE OF LIFE- UNIT TEST- REVIEW
Date due
1 ,3,5
Study for Nature of Life Test
Date due
2,4,6
F – 11/20

Study for Nature of Life Test
M-11/23

Read 3.4 “Cycles of Matter”The WATER CYCLE
o
Write a story…you are a
droplet of water in Miami.
Write a biography of one
day in your life as a water
droplet. Explain your
“travels”.
o
Incorporate all vocab.
associated with the water
cycle.
o
Highlight all vocab. used
R- 11/19

Study for Nature of Life Test
F-11/20

Read 3.4 “Cycles of Matter”The WATER CYCLE
o
Write a story…you are a
droplet of water in Miami.
Write a biography of one
day in your life as a water
droplet. Explain your
“travels”.
o
Incorporate all vocab.
associated with the water
cycle.
o
Highlight all vocab. used
F-11/20

Study for Nature of Life Test
M- 11/23

Read 3.4 “Cycles of Matter”The CARBON CYCLE
o
Take the 4 main
pathways (geological,
biological, chemical,
human) and convert
information from the
diagram into a flow
chart.
M- 11/23
F
11/20/15
DIVERSTIY OF LIFE

Kingdom Group ppt presentations - FINISH
NATURE OF LIFE- UNIT TEST

Read 3.4 “Cycles of Matter”The CARBON CYCLE
o
Take the 4 main
pathways (geological,
biological, chemical,
human) and convert
information from the
diagram into a flow
chart.
T – 11/24
SCIENCE DAILY ASSIGNMENT LOG
Quarter 2, 2015-16
WEEK 4
NAME: Mrs. Siegfriedt
COURSE: Biology (H)
Day
Date
Assignment - CLASSWORK
M
11/23/15
NATURE OF LIFE- UNIT TEST
None 
T
11/24/15
ECOLOGY- Interactions with their environment

LIFE – DVD “Mammals” and their special
adaptations for survival
None 
W
11/25/15
*NO SCHOOL – Teacher Work Day*
R
11/26/15
***NO SCHOOL – HOLIDAY***
F
11/27/15
***NO SCHOOL – HOLIDAY***
PERIODS: 1,2,3,4,5,6
Assignment - HOMEWORK
Date due
1,3,5
Date due
2,4,6
SCIENCE DAILY ASSIGNMENT LOG
Quarter 2, 2015-16
WEEK 5
NAME: Mrs. Siegfriedt
COURSE: Biology (H)
PERIODS: 1,2,3,4,5,6
Day Date
Assignment - CLASSWORK
M
11/30/15
DIVERSTIY OF LIFE

Kingdom Group power point presentations

Read 3.4 “Cycles of Matter”NITROGEN CYCLE &
PHOSPHORUS CYCLE
o
3.4 Assess. Questions
(5) on page 86
T
12/01/15
DIVERSTIY OF LIFE

Kingdom PPT presentations - FINISH
ECOLOGY

ENERGY FLOW

FOOD CHAINS

FOOD WEBS
o
FOOD WEB Activity: FINISH

Read 3.4 “Cycles of Matter”NITROGEN CYCLE &
PHOSPHORUS CYCLE
o
3.4 Assess. Questions
(5) on page 86

Periods
2 and 4
DIVERSTIY OF LIFE

Kingdom PPT presentations –FINISH
MICROSCOPE

Pre-Lab:
Touch/Manipulate/Visualize/Practice using
the names of the parts.
Learn name/function for all parts
of the microscope
12/03/15
PROGRESS REPORTS

Learn name/function for all parts
of the microscope
Periods
1 and 3
W
R
12/02/15
NATURE OF LIFE- Unit Test

Board…summary of ALL sections

Return , discuss/correct errors
o
WRITTEN SECTION only
o
Practice breaking apart test
questions/visuals
F
12/04/15
NATURE OF LIFE- Unit Test

Return , discuss/correct errors
o
WRITTEN SECTION only
o
Practice breaking apart test
questions/visuals
MICROSCOPE

Pre-Lab: QUIZ (names/Function)
Assignment - HOMEWORK
None 
Date due
1 ,3,5
Date due
2,4,6
W – 12/2
R – 12/3
F-12/4
M- 12/7
SCIENCE DAILY ASSIGNMENT LOG
Quarter 2, 2015-16
WEEK 6
NAME: Mrs. Siegfriedt
COURSE: Biology (H)
PERIODS: 1,2,3,4,5,6
Day Date
Assignment - CLASSWORK
Assignment - HOMEWORK
M
MICROSCOPE
Pre-Lab: Touch/Manipulate/Visualize/Practice
using the names of the parts.
Pre-Lab: QUIZ (names/Function)
None 
12/07/15
Date due
1 ,3,5
NATURE OF LIFE- Unit Test

Return , discuss/correct errors
o
MULTIPLE CHOICE SECTION only
o
Practice breaking apart test
questions/visuals
T
12/08/15
MICROSCOPE
Pre-Lab: Touch/Manipulate/Visualize/Practice
using the names of the parts.
Pre-Lab: QUIZ (names/Function)
None 
NATURE OF LIFE- Unit Test

Return , discuss/correct errors
o
MULTIPLE CHOICE SECTION only
o
Practice breaking apart test
questions/visuals
W
R
12/09/15
12/10/15
MICROSCOPE

Pre-Lab: Part 1 and 2 (As a class…)
o
Read, Highlight, Note-taking

LAB: “Viewing a hidden world – Protista Kingdom
o
View Euglena, Paramecia, Amoeba
o
Draw any 2 of the 3
EARLY RELEASE–12:20 Dismissal
None 
None 
MICROSCOPE

F
12/11/15
Pre-Lab: Part 1 and 2 (As a class…)
o Read, Highlight, Note-taking…learn
new “tool” for toolbox
MICROSCOPE

FINISH…LAB: “Viewing a hidden world –
Protista Kingdom”


LAB: Part 3 – Making a wet mount slide (red “e”)
LAB: Part 4 – Microscope Drawings under
different magnifications (red ”e”)
CURRENT EVENT ARTICLE – READING/CER

“SuperBugs”…Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
PERIOD 5 ONLY
 Ecology – Food Web Activity
T - 12/15
Date due
2,4,6
SCIENCE DAILY ASSIGNMENT LOG
Quarter 2, 2015-16
WEEK 7
NAME: Mrs. Siegfriedt
COURSE: Biology (H)
PERIODS: 1,2,3,4,5,6
Day Date
Assignment - CLASSWORK
Assignment - HOMEWORK
M
12/14/15
MICROSCOPE

LAB: Part 3 – Making a wet mount slide (red “e”)

LAB: Part 4 – Microscope Drawings under
different magnifications (red ”e”)
None - ENJOY
T
12/15/15
Period
5 only
Periods
3 and 5
W
None - ENJOY
MICROSCOPE…Finish Lab

LAB: Part 3 – Making a wet mount slide (red “e”)

LAB: Part 4 – Microscope Drawings under
different magnifications (red ”e”)
CURRENT EVENT ARTICLE – READING/CER

“SuperBugs”…Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
Periods
1 and 3
ECOLOGY- Interactions with their environment

LIFE – DVD “Mammals” and their special
adaptations for survival – Video Analysis
Period
1 only

12/16/15
MICROSCOPE

LAB: “Viewing a hidden world –
Protista Kingdom”
LIFE – DVD “Plants” and their special
adaptations for survival – Video Analysis
None - ENJOY
CURRENT EVENT ARTICLE – READING/CER

“SuperBugs”…Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
R
12/17/15
IMMUNE SYSTEM

Movie – “Osmosis Jones”
o
XC: Note all the “pun references”
analogous to the various parts of the
human body. Explain the analogy
F
12/18/15
CURRENT EVENT ARTICLE – READING/CER

FINISH -“SuperBugs”…Antibiotic Resistant
Bacteria
None – ENJOY
Date due
1 ,3,5
Date due
2,4,6
SCIENCE DAILY ASSIGNMENT LOG
Quarter 2, 2015-16
WEEK 8
NAME: Mrs. Siegfriedt
COURSE: Biology (H)
PERIODS: 1,2,3,4,5,6
Day Date
Assignment - CLASSWORK
Assignment - HOMEWORK
M
CHEMISTRY – Interactive Discussions

Atoms p.34
o
VOCAB: Protons, neutrons, electrons,
valence e, Energy levels

Elements/Isotopes p.35
o
VOCAB: atomic #, atomic mass

Bonding p.36-37
o
VOCAB: ions, cation, anion, ionic,
co-valent

Chemistry Worksheet
W- 1/6

PLAN AHEAD… QUIZ
BioGeoChemical Cycles 3.4
F- 1/8

QUIZ: BioGeoChemical Cycles 3.4
R- 1/7

Basic Chemistry Worksheet
R- 1/7
T
W
R
F
1/4/16
1/5/16
1/6/16
1/7/16
1/8/16
BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Review…matter, elements of life C,H,O,N,P

Review…molecules of life: Carbs, Lipids,
Proteins, Nucleic Acids

Review…Nature’s need to keep elements &
molecules of life in balance thru cycling

Cycles: Notes; interpreting cycle
diagrams/illustrations; animations; videos;
current event discussions

Nitrogen Cycle

Carbon Cycle

Phosphorus Cycle

Water Cycle

Human Impact on Cycles – NBC Clip on
“Climate Summit Mtg, 2014” and current
US goals as of 1/2016
CHEMISTRY

Worksheet – Correct #1-45 /feedback

Pop Quiz – Assess/Correct/feedback
BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Review…matter, elements of life C,H,O,N,P

Review…molecules of life: Carbs, Lipids,
Proteins, Nucleic Acids

Review…Nature’s need to keep elements &
molecules of life in balance thru cycling

Cycles: Notes; interpreting cycle
diagrams/illustrations; animations; videos;
current event discussions

Nitrogen Cycle

Carbon Cycle

Phosphorus Cycle

Water Cycle
Human Impact on Cycles – NBC Clip on “Climate
Summit Mtg, 2014” and current US goals as of
1/2016
BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

FINISH – Open Q/A, view summary video
“Matter Cycles”

QUIZ
BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

FINISH – Open Q/A, view summary video
“Matter Cycles”

QUIZ
Date due
1 ,3,5
Date due
2,4,6
F- 1/8

QUIZ: BioGeoChemical Cycles 3.4
None
None
SCIENCE DAILY ASSIGNMENT LOG
Quarter 2, 2015-16
WEEK 9
NAME: Mrs. Siegfriedt
COURSE: Biology (H)
PERIODS: 1,2,3,4,5,6
Day Date
Assignment - CLASSWORK
Assignment - HOMEWORK
M
ECOLOGY – POPULATION ECOLOGY

Read 5.1 – “How Populations Grow”

Define all vocabulary – table format
o
Page #, Vocab. Term, Defn., Picture

Organize information in 5.1
o
Student choice of organizational tool
(Outline, Flow Chart, Main
Idea/Evidence)
 Assessment questions on pg. 135

1/11/16
Biology & Society Article, pg. 136
Date due
1 ,3,5
R – 1/13
ECOLOGY – POPULATION ECOLOGY

Read 5.2 – “Limits to Growth”

Define all vocabulary – table format
o
Page #, Vocab. Term, Defn., Picture

Organize information in 5.2
o
Student choice of organizational tool
(Outline, Flow Chart, Main
Idea/Evidence)
 Assessment questions on pg. 141
T
1/12/16
BIOCHEMISTRY – MACROMOLECULESCarbohydrates

Chemical composition / structure

Function/role in living organisms

Vocab: monomer, polymer,
sugar-simple, starch-complex
mono-, di-,poly- saccharides,
cyclic, branch, straight chain
LAB: build a mono-, di-, polysaccharide
None 
W
1/13/16
CHEMISTRY - Correct Chemistry Worksheet
– Interactive Discussions

Atoms p.34
o
VOCAB: Protons, neutrons, electrons,
valence e, Energy levels

Elements/Isotopes p.35
o
VOCAB: atomic #, atomic mass

Bonding p.36-37
o
VOCAB: ions, cation, anion, ionic,
co-valent

LAB
Pd 3 only
(mono-)
BIOCHEMISTRY – MACROMOLECULESCarbohydrates

Chemical composition / structure

Function/role in living organisms

Vocab: monomer, polymer,
sugar-simple, starch-complex
mono-, di-,poly- saccharides,
cyclic, branch, straight chain
LAB: build a mono-, di-, polysaccharide
Finish 5.1 and 5.2
F- 1/15
Date due
2,4,6
R
1/14/16
BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Human Impact on Cycles – NBC Clip on “Climate
Summit Mtg, 2014” and current US goals as of
1/2016
ECOLOGY – Energy FLow

Closure- Energy Flow, Food Chains, Webs,

Review for Quiz

Study for Quiz on Energy Flow, Food
Chains, Food Webs



Population Ecology
Read 5.1 – “How Populations Grow”
Define all vocabulary – table format
o
Page #, Vocab. Term,
Defn., Picture
Organize information in 5.1
o
Student choice of
organizational tool
(Outline, Flow Chart, Main
Idea/Evidence)

F
1/15/16
READING / SUMMARIZING / OUTLINES

Share outline examples

How to use color coding of text to guide in
writing an outline of a section
BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
 Return Quiz-Make Corrections

BIOCHEMISTRY – MACROMOLECULESCarbohydrates
LAB: build a mono-, di-, polysaccharide
Graphic Organizer 5.1 and 5.2
o
Revise if necessary
W- 1/20
W- 1/20
T- 1/19
T- 1/19
SCIENCE DAILY ASSIGNMENT LOG
Quarter 2, 2015-16
WEEK 10
NAME: Mrs. Siegfriedt
Day Date
M
1/18/16
T
1/19/16
COURSE: Biology (H)
Assignment - CLASSWORK
PERIODS: 1,2,3,4,5,6
Assignment - HOMEWORK
Date due
1 ,3,5
Date due
2,4,6
HOLIDAY
Martin Luther King Day
BIOCHEMISTRY – MACROMOLECULESCarbohydrates

LAB: FINISH build a di-, polysaccharide

QUIZ

Study for Quiz on Energy Flow, Food
Chains, Food Webs
BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
Return Quiz-Make Corrections
R – 1/21
ECOLOGY – Energy FLow

Closure- Energy Flow, Food Chains, Webs,

Video: When they brought the wolves back to
Yellowstone Park

Review for Quiz
W
1/20/16
ECOLOGY – Energy Flow

Video: When they brought the wolves back to
Yellowstone Park

Quiz - Energy Flow, Food Chains, Webs

Correct / Discuss / Feedback on Quiz

R
1/21/16
BIOCHEMISTRY –Carbohydrates

Return Quiz & Discuss/Feedback
None 
ECOLOGY – Energy FLow

Quiz - Energy Flow, Food Chains, Webs

Correct / Discuss quiz
F
1/22/16
2nd Quarter ENDS
ECOLOGY – Symbiotic Relationships

Notes / ppt
None 
F- 1/22