Biology
Daily Agendas
Fall 2011
Biology: Tuesday 11/1/11
Warm Up
1. What is the purpose of a flower’s nectar?
2. How does a seed know to put its roots down and its shoots up?
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Tropism notes
iRespond review quiz
Jeopardy, if time allows
Answers to review sheet (38 Q’s) on blog
PLANT TEST TOMORROW
Journal Check tomorrow
Packet due tomorrow:
1. “Test Your Knowledge” notes
2. CORRECTED Photosynthesis quiz
3. Kingdom Plantae concept web
4. Angiosperms
Biology: Monday 10/31
Warm Up
1. What type of plant is a pumpkin?
Seedless nonvascular, seedless vascular, gymnosperm or angiosperm?
• Turn in plants webquest
• Complete lab check-off
• Plants review sheet
– Use text + notes to answer Q’s
– DON’T COPY! (You won’t be able to do this on test)
Plants Test Wednesday
• Packet due Wednesday
– Flower coloring
– Plants notes
Biology: Friday! 10/28
1. Get Flower Structure and Reproduction sheet
2. Color and LABEL flower according to
description
3. Show me completed sheet to get lab sheet
4. Complete lab
5. Come to me when you are ready to be
quizzed
Biology: Wednesday, 10/26
Word Part: phyte
Warm Up
1. Compare and contrast angiosperms and
gymnosperms
Plants notes
Biology: Monday, 10/24
Warm-up
1. What questions do you have on photosynthesis?
2. Why do leaves change color in the fall?
• Review photosynthesis activity
• Photosynthesis quiz
• Complete plant vocab
• Plant kingdom notes from book
Biology: Thursday, 10/20
• Complete protist lab
• Complete vocab rounds
• Complete photosynthesis notes
• Start photosynthesis activity
HW: review photosynthesis notes and vocab
Biology: Wednesday, 10/19
• Plants vocabulary stations
• Protist lab stations
• Photosynthesis and organelles quiz moved to
Monday
Biology: Tuesday, 10/18
Word parts: chlor
Warm up
1. In what organelle does photosynthesis take place?
2. What is the name of the pigment that captures light
energy for photosynthesis?
• Review organelles
• Photosynthesis notes
• Organelles and photosynthesis quiz Friday
Biology: Thursday, 10/13
Warm up
1. Compare and contrast plants and fungi
2. What is the suffix of all the fungus phyla? (p. 585)
3. How do fungi reproduce sexually?
Packet due tomorrow:
1. Notes on Fungi
2. Protist VENN diagrams
3. What is a Protist?
Test tomorrow
Biology: Tuesday, 10/11
Warm up
1. How do fungi get their nutrients?
• Stamp Fungus Notes sheet
• Fungus lab
Biology: Monday, 10/10
Warm up
1. List the characteristics that all fungi share. (You
already know this)
• Protist quiz returns
• Fungus notes
Friday: Protist and Fungus test
Biology: Friday, 10/7
• Turn in protist cards
• Quick review
• Protist quiz
• Return and review bacteria/virus/classification
test
• Next week:
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Biology: Thursday, 10/6
• Turn in protist note cards
• Protist VENN review sheets
• Protist Quest Friday
Biology: Wednesday, 10/5
Warm up
1. By what characteristics are algae classified?
2. By what characteristics are protozoa classified?
CW/HW: Make protist cards – due tomorrow
Note: plasmodium: draw life cycle
trypanosoma: no drawing required
Protist Quest Friday
Biology: Tuesday, 10/4
Warm up
1. List & sketch 3 methods of movement in
protists
Complete protist notes
Start protist cards – due Friday
Biology: Monday, 10/3
• New unit: protists and fungi
• Word Parts:
1. Pseudo
2. Pod/ped
3. Macro
4. Micro
5. Endo
6. Exo
7. cyto
• Protist QUEST Friday
Biology: Friday, 9/30
Turn in Mini-Classification Project
Turn in Packet
Bacteria and Viruses Packet TOC
1. Comparing Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes
2. Review sheets (2 double-sided)
3. Bacteria are Prokaryotes
4. Virus video notes
5. Study guide
• Test
• Journal Check
Biology: Thursday, 9/29
Warm Up
1. What are the two cycles of viruses?
2. In which cycle do viruses reproduce instantly?
3. In which cycle do viruses lie dormant?
4. Which is easier to vaccinate: an RNA or DNA virus?
Explain.
5. Compare and contrast vaccine and antibiotic
Virus attack video clip
• http://www.4shared.com/video/yTEPwIVJ/Flu_Attack_How
_A_Virus_Invades.htm
HW
• Bacteria classification mini-project due tomorrow (.com’s
allowed)
• Packet due tomorrow (TOC next slide)
• Test tomorrow
• Journal check tomorrow
9/29
Bacteria and Viruses Packet TOC
1. Comparing Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes
2. Review sheets (2 double-sided)
3. Bacteria are Prokaryotes
4. Virus video notes
5. Study guide
Biology: Tuesday, 9/27
• Turn in Bacteria Lab
• No Warm-up
• Virus video & notes
Friday:
• Ch 17 & 18 test (classification & bacteria and viruses)
• Journal check
• Packet due
• Bacteria classification mini-project due
Biology: Monday, 9/26
• Stamp bacteria ws
• Check bacteria samples. Complete lab & turn in.
Warm Up
1. Why are viruses not classified?
Bacteria and viruses test Friday
Bacteria classification mini-project due Friday
Biology: Friday, 9/23
Warm Up
1. How many lenses do you look through in a
compound microscope?
2. How do you calculate the magnification?
3. Which focus knob do you use first?
4. Which knob should you NEVER use on higher
magnification?
Bacteria microscope lab
Complete Bacteria are Prokaryotes ws.
Biology: Thursday, 9/22
Warm up
1. What are the three shapes of bacteria?
(common and scientific word for each)
2. What are ideal growing conditions for
bacteria?
Sampling Lab
BRING BOOK TOMORROW
1st per sampling
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Buttons on vending machine
BR Sink knob
Café number pad
Handrail on skylight
Concession counter near gym
Skylight lockers
cafe garbage can handle
Girls’ BR flush handle
6th per bacteria sampling
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Locker handle in skylight
Sci bldg 1st floor Girls RR toilet
Behind vending machine
Locker room locker handle
Water fountain handle
Vending machine buttons by café
Skylight hall floor
Boys RR in math hall stall #3
7th period bacteria sampling
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Band bldg water fountain
Gym floor
Outside ground
Café Vending machine
Flagpole
Math hall RR stall
Math hall water fountain
Gym bleachers
Biology: Wednesday, 9/21
Warm up
1. Draw and label the bacterium shown in the
book, fig. 18.3
Bacteria notes organizer - start
Bacteria video
Biology: Tuesday, 9/20
• Stamp study guide
Warm Up
1. Compare and contrast sexual and asexual
reproduction
2. How do bacteria reproduce asexually?
3. How do bacteria reproduce sexually?
Binary Fission activity
Biology: Monday, 9/19
• Get out classification lab sheet
Warm up
1. Copy table. Complete it with what you know.
good
Bacteria
virus
bad
neutral
Want to know
Biology: Friday, 9/16
• TURN IN CLASSIFICATION MINI-PROJECT
TURN IN PACKET
1. Ch 17 Study Guide
2. Making a Cladogram
3. Classification Vocabulary
4. Classification - Ch 17.1 Notes
5. Dichotomous Key
• Classification quiz
• Classification lab
Biology: Thursday, 9/15
Warm up
1. Compare and contrast cladistics and phylogeny (use
your vocab)
2. What are the two types of “characters” used to
establish phylogenic relationships among
organisms? (use your text book)
Science career day
CW/HW:
• Complete Ch. 17 study guide and cladogram ws
• Mini project due tomorrow
• Packet due tomorrow (TOC on next slide)
• Classification Quiz tomorrow
Mini classification unit packet T.O.C.
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Ch 17 Study Guide
Making a Cladogram
Classification Vocabulary
Classification - Ch 17.1 Notes
Dichotomous Key
Biology: Wednesday, 9/14
• Stamp vocab
Warm up
1. What characteristics might biologists use to
classify organisms beyond their kingdoms?
Quiz Friday Ch 17
Mini project due Friday
Biology: Tuesday, 9/13
Warm up
1. What are the levels of taxonomy?
2. What is a sentence to remember them?
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Turn in Oh Deer!
Review kingdom chart
Intro taxonomy
Intro mini classification project
Biology: Monday, 9/12
• Test returns
• Graph Oh Deer! And turn in
• New Mini Unit: classification & evolution
• Kingdoms organizer & vocab (from ch 17)
CW/HW: complete organizer & vocab.
Quiz Friday
Biology: Friday, 9/9
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Turn in packet
Return & review sci. method quiz
Ecology Test
Journal Check
Biology: Thursday, 9/8
• Review ws from ch 3 study guide
• Oh Deer!
• Packet Due Tomorrow
1. Principles of Ecosystems video notes (1/2 sheet)
2. Ch 4.1 notes
3. Ch 3 study guide
4. Biomes organizer
5. Matter Cycles
6. Ch 3.1 vocab
7. Ch 2.1 vocab
8. Food Chains and Food Webs
9. Interactions ws (with circles)
ECOLOGY TEST FRIDAY (ch 2, 3 & 4.1)
Biology: Wednesday, 9/7
Warm-up
1. Define fluctuations
2. Limiting factors
3. tolerance
• Stamp and review Ch 3 study guide
• Ch 4.1: Population dynamics
• ECOLOGY TEST FRIDAY (ch 2, 3 & 4.1)
Biology: Tuesday, 9/6
Warm-up
1. What biome do we live in?
2. What are adaptations?
• Stamp biomes organizer
• Biome video
CW/HW: Ch 3 “Study Guide”
Bring Book Tomorrow
ECOLOGY TEST FRIDAY (ch 2, 3 & 4.1)
Biology: Friday, 9/2
Word parts
– Photos(see p. 80)
– phyto
Warm-up
1. What factors determine a biome?
2. Answer p. 66, figure 3.6
Biomes organizer: complete for homework,
using Ch 3.2 & 3.3
Biology: Thursday, 9/1
Warm up
1. Compare (how same?) and contrast (how
different?) primary and secondary succession.
2. What events lead to primary succession?
3. What events lead to secondary succession?
• Quiz returns and review
• Succession video clips
• Start biomes
ECOLOGY TEST NEXT FRIDAY (Ch 2-4)
Biology: Wed., 8/31
• Stamp and review Cycles HW
Warm-up
1. What questions do you still have for quiz?
• Ch 2 quiz
• Define vocab in Ch 3.1
• READ ch 3.1
Biology: Tuesday, 8/30
Warm-up
1. What are the 3 main steps of the water cycle?
2. What is detritus?
3. What is a detrivore?
4. What are fossil fuels? List 4 examples of fossil fuels.
Ch 2 QUIZ TOMORROW
study vocab
study warm-ups and notes
review chapter
complete cycles HW
Biology: Monday, 8/29
• Stamp and review Food Web ws
Warm Up
1. What is matter?
2. How much new matter do we get on the
earth each day?
3. Does energy cycle?
Cycles of matter note-taking
Ch 2 quiz Wednesday
Biology: Friday, 8/26
Warm-up
Word parts in back of journal: sym-/syn-, -vore,
herb-, carn-, omni1. Define biomass (p.44)
2. What do the arrows represent in a food chain and
food web?
3. What is YOUR niche?
4. How much energy is lost with each trophic level of the
energy pyramid?
HW: complete interactions ws & food web/pyramid ws
• Ch 2 Quiz Wednesday
• Text book
– Go to www.glencoe.com/ose (this
stands for Online Student Edition)
– For the student access code, type in
A025076D40
Biology: Thurs., 8/25
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Turn in lab safety sheet
Stamp vocab
New Unit, new routine
Get a small (70 sht) spiral notebook to be used
exclusively for biology notes and warm-ups
Date each page as you go
Write down every warm-up question
Answer each question when you enter
Correct any wrong answers when we go over
them
Ecology Unit Standards
SB4 Students will assess the dependence of all organisms on one
another and the flow of energy and matter within their ecosystems.
a. Investigate the relationships among organisms, populations,
communities, ecosystems, and biomes.
b. Explain the flow of matter and energy through ecosystems by
Arranging components of a food chain according to energy flow.
Comparing the quantity of energy in the steps of an energy pyramid
Explaining the need for cycling of major nutrients (C, O, H, N, P).
c. Relate environmental conditions to successional changes in
ecosystems.
d. Assess and explain human activities that influence and modify the
environment such as global warming, population growth, pesticide
use, and water and power consumption.
Biology: Thurs., 8/25
• WARM-UP
1. Organize (list vertically) in order from
simplest to most complex: ecosystem,
community, organism, population,
biosphere, biome
2. Between each term, write in what is added
to make the next thing
3. Think of a biome (see bulletin board) and
write an example for each level.
Biology: Wed, 8/24
• Stamp & review graph sheet and x-word (both
sides must be done)
• Staple together packet and turn in:
1. X-word
2. Graph sheet
3. Char of life vocab
QUIZ
CW/HW: Ecology Unit: Define terms from Ch 2.1,
using chapter, not glossary
Biology: Tues, 8/23
• Review characteristics/sci method ws
• Graphing & variables review
• Sci method x-word & Bikini Bottom ws
QUIZ tomorrow: sci. method, safety,
characteristics of living things
HW: get safety contract signed
Biology: Mon, 8/22
• Turn in Characteristics of Living Things foldable
(not 6th)
• Characteristics of living things vocab
• Sci. method vocab
• Quiz moved to Wednesday
Biology: Fri, 8/19
• Complete lab write-up (5 minutes)
• Review lab write-up and turn in
• Characteristics of living things (p. 7)
Quiz Tuesday: Scientific Method, Lab Safety,
Characteristics of living things
HW: Characteristics analogies foldable due
Monday.
Characteristics
• Made of cells
• Displays organization
– Cells, tissues, organs, systems, organisms
• Grows and develops
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Reproduces
Responds to stimulus
Requires/uses energy
Maintains homeostasis
Adaptations evolve over time
Biology: Thurs, 8/18
• Turn in reflection from 2 days ago
• Paper Towel lab – remember safety!
• Get text books
– 1st per 8:50
– 6th per 1:40
– 7th per 2:45
Paper towel lab
group names
per
title
• Problem/Purpose
• Hypothesis (If then statement, testable)
• Procedure (step-by-step, very clear)
• Identify independent variable
• Data (in table form)
• Conclusion (must answer problem statement)
• Analysis (surprises, experimental error, how to
improve experiment, new questions)
Biology: Wed, 8/17
• Turn in syllabus - signature page only
• Intro scientific method (notes)
• Paper towel lab (design)
HW:
Bring in 5 sheets of paper towel, with brand
name
Biology: Tuesday, 8/16
• Turn in syllabus - signature page only
• Listening activity
• Nature of Science Activity
• Intro Paper towel lab
HW:
• find out your home’s paper towel brand
• Get syllabus signed (if not done)
• Get parents to email me (if not done)
Biology: Monday, 8/15
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What is this course?
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