DO NOW:
Sit in assigned seat
Topics and Chapters:
Classroom Procedures
Today’s Objective:
• Learn the ropes of
Mrs. Mattheus’ classroom.
• Know what is expected of me in
Biology/IntSci.
Topics of Biology or
Integrated Science

DO NOW:
August 18, 2015
Topics and Chapters:
How many standards does this class cover?
• Compound light microscope
Today’s Objective:
Compare and contrast structure and function of various types of microscopes.
• Electron Microscope
• Chapter 7

DO NOW:
August 19, 2015
Topics and Chapters:
What is the main purpose of the arm of a microscope?
Compound Light
Microscope
Today’s Objective:
Be able to focus and use a Compound Light
Microscope.
Be able to calculate total magnification.

August 21, 2015
DO NOW:
1 Open to your Outdoor
Microscope Investigation.
2 Explain what was the coolest thing you looked at under the microscope?
Topics and Chapters:
Microscope Quiz
Today’s Objective:
Describe how scientific inferences are drawn from scientific observation.

August 24, 2015
DO NOW:
1. Open to your Outdoor
Microscope Investigation. 2.
Explain what was the coolest thing you looked at under the microscope.
Topics and Chapters:
Theories vs. Laws
Today’s Objective:
Chapter 1.2 of Zebra
Biology
Describe how scientific
inferences are drawn from scientific observation and provide examples from the content being studies.

DO NOW:
August 25, 2015
Topics and Chapters:
What is peer review?
Nature of Science
Chapter 1.2-1.3
Today’s Objective:
Recognize that theories do not become laws, nor do laws become theories.

DO NOW:
August 26, 2015
Topics and Chapters:
What is a theory? Why is it not a law?
Class Dojo
Grades go back
Today’s Objective:
Identify which questions can be answered through science and which questions are outside the boundaries of scientific investigation.
Finish Ch 1
(Nature of Science)

DO NOW:
August 27, 2015
Topics and Chapters:
Class Dojo
Grades go back
Today’s Objective:
Identify which questions can be answered through science and which questions are outside the boundaries of scientific investigation.
Finish Ch 1
(Nature of Science)

DO NOW:
August 28, 2015
Topics and Chapters:
Class Dojo
Grades go back
Today’s Objective:
Identify which questions can be answered through science and which questions are outside the boundaries of scientific investigation.
Finish Ch 1
(Nature of Science)

DO NOW:
August 31, 2015
Topics and Chapters:
Describe why an experiment needs a control group.
Chapter 6
Today’s Objective:
Explore The Atomic
Theory by describing the structure of atoms.
(protons, neutrons, electrons)
Atomic Theory and
Cell Theory

DO NOW:
September 1, 2015
Topics and Chapters:
Chapter 6
Describe the atomic theory as you understand it thus far.
Atomic Theory
Additional Objective:
Today’s Objective:
Explore The Atomic
Theory by describing the structure of atoms.
(protons, neutrons, electrons)
Connect the concepts of radiation and the electromagnetic spectrum to the use of historical and newlydeveloped observational tools.

DO NOW:
September 2, 2015
Topics and Chapters:
What are the 4 types of
Nuclear Radiation.
Give a brief description of each.
Chapter 6
Atomic Theory
Today’s Objective:
Explore the scientific theory of atoms (also known as atomic theory) by describing the structure of atoms in terms of protons, neutrons and electrons, and differentiate among these particles in terms of their mass, electrical charges and locations within the atom.
Additional Objective:
Relate properties of atoms and their position in the periodic table to the arrangement of their electrons.

DO NOW:
September 8, 2015
Topics and Chapters:
What was the best part of your 3 day weekend?
Chapter 6
Atomic Theory
Cell Theory
Today’s Objective:
Explore the role of enzymes as catalysts that lower the activation energy of biochemical reactions.
Identify factors , such as pH, temperature, and their effect on enzyme activity.

DO NOW:
September 9, 2015
Topics and Chapters:
What is 1 thing a
Catalyst does?
Chapter 6.-6.3
Balancing Equations
What are 2 things a
Catalyst does NOT do?
Catalysts/Enzymes
H
2
O Properties
Today’s Objective:
Explain the role of enzymes as catalysts that lower the activation energy of biochemical reactions. Identify factors such as pH, temp., and their effect on enzyme activity.

September 15, 2015
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
Describe why water is a universal solvent.
Chapter 6.4
Macromolecules
Today’s Objective:
Describe the basic molecular structures and primary functions of the four major categories of biological macromolecules.

September 16, 2015
DO NOW:
Draw a water molecule and indicate where the partial charges are located.
Topics and Chapters:
Chapter 6
Today’s Objective:
Review the parts of the microscope and practice reading graphs.

September 26, 2015
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
What is the equation for work?
Chapter 4 section 2
Work and Energy
Today’s Objective:
Compare and contrast work and power.

September 25, 2015
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
Write the equation for mechanical efficiency.
Chapter 4 section 2
Work and Energy
Today’s Objective:
Compare and contrast work and power qualitatively and quantitatively.

September 28, 2015
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
Write the equation for work.
Chapter 4 section 3
Conservation of Energy
Today’s Objective:
Explore the Law of Conservation of Energy by differentiating among open, closed, and isolated systems and explain the total energy in an isolated system is a conserved quantity.

September 29, 2015
DO NOW:
Take out a sheet of paper and write these questions down.
Topics and Chapters:
What’s on Mars?!!
NASA Video
(Hand in your answered questions for a grade.)
Today’s Objective:
What key compound have scientists discovered on Mars?
What do some scientists plan to do with the new information?
What problems do you think will exist in further investigating this discovery?
What new science/technology/events do you think will be discovered/created/experienced because of this discovery on
Mars?

September 30, 2015
DO NOW:
Describe how the power of two systems can be different from one another.
Topics and Chapters:
Power and Energy
Study Guide
Today’s Objective:
Complete study guide for a grade.
Quiz tomorrow!!
Review Power and Energy

October 1, 2015
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
Hand in Study Guide.
Motion and Forces with Bill Nye
Clear Desk for Quiz.
Today’s Objective:

October 8, 2015
DO NOW:
WE ARE NOT WORKING
ON CARS TODAY!
What was the most difficult part of building a car?
Topics and Chapters:
Properties of Waves
Today’s Objective:
Explore the theory of electormanetism by comparing and contrasting the different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum in terms of wavelength, frequency, and energy, and relate them to phenomena and application.

October 9, 2015
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
Draw and label a transverse wave.
Properties of Waves
Today’s Objective:
Be able to identify parts of a wave.

October 14, 2015
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
Properties of Waves
Finish up worksheets.
Today’s Objective:
Understand the behaviors of waves.

October 15, 2015
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
Properties of Waves
Clear Desk.
Today’s Objective:
Demonstrate understanding of Waves.

October 15, 2015
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
Bill Nye
Have out your syllabus.
Today’s Objective:
To be quiet.

October 21, 2015
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
What kind of waves are sound waves?
The Nature of Sound
Today’s Objective:
Understand how sound travels.

October 22, 2015
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
Why do sound waves travel faster in solids than in liquids?
The Nature of Sound
Today’s Objective:
Understand how sound travels.

October 26, 2015
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
Describe the content of the cochlea.
The Nature of Sound
Today’s Objective:
Understand how sound travels.

October 27, 2015
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
Define music.
The Nature of Sound
Today’s Objective:
Understand how sound travels.

DO NOW:
October 28, 2015
Topics and Chapters:
Define:
1 Pitch
Music
2 Loudness
3 Intensity
Today’s Objective:
Qualitatively describe the shift in frequency in sound or electromagnetic waves due to the relative motion of a source or a receiver.

October 29, 2015
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
Define: acoustics echolocation
Music
CH 10
Today’s Objective:
Qualitatively describe the shift in frequency in sound or electromagnetic waves due to the relative motion of a source or a receiver.

October 30, 2015
DO NOW:
Gather your worksheets from Ch 10 and staple them together.
Topics and Chapters:
Music
CH 10
Today’s Objective:
Qualitatively describe the shift in frequency in sound or electromagnetic waves due to the relative motion of a source or a receiver.

November 2, 2015
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
Get out your worksheets from Ch
10. Get ready for a test.
Music
CH 10
Today’s Objective:
Demonstrate understanding of sound and waves.

November 4, 2015
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
Define:
Electromagnetic waves
Ch 11
Electromagnetic Waves
Today’s Objective:
Recognize that nothing travels faster than the speed of light in vacuum which is the same for all observers no matter how they or the light source are moving.

November 5, 2015
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
Define: photon
Ch 11
Electromagnetic Waves
Today’s Objective:
Explore the theory of electromagnetism by comparing and contrasting the different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum in terms of wavelength, frequency, and energy, and relate them to phenomena and applications.

November 6, 2015
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
Pick up a worksheet from the desk.
Video Day!!
Bill Nye the Science
Guy
Electromagnetic waves
Today’s Objective:
Movie Day!

November 9, 2015
DO NOW:
What is the range of electromagnetic waves that can be detected as visible light?
Topics and Chapters:
Ch 11
Electromagnetic waves
Today’s Objective:
Explore the theory of electromagnetism by comparing and contrasting the different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum in terms of wavelength, frequency, and energy, and relate them to phenomena and applications

November 10, 2015
DO NOW:
How many satellites are used in the GPS?
Who owns the GPS?
How many signals are needed to determine a location?
Topics and Chapters:
Ch 11
Electromagnetic waves
Today’s Objective:
Explore the theory of electromagnetism by comparing and contrasting the different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum in terms of wavelength, frequency, and energy, and relate them to phenomena and applications

November 12, 2015
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
Pick up a worksheet.
Gather all Ch 11
Worksheets and staple them.
Ch 11
Electromagnetic waves
Today’s Objective:
Study for test that is tomorrow.
Ask questions!!

November 16, 2015
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
In your own words describe plate tectonics.
Plate Tectonics
Today’s Objective:
Analyze the scientific theory of plate tectonic and identify related major processes and features as a result of moving plates.

November 19, 2015
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
Diagram the layers of the earth and the atmosphere.
Plate Tectonics
Today’s Objective:
Analyze the scientific theory of plate tectonic and identify related major processes and features as a result of moving plates.

December 7, 2015
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
Get out Study Guide.
Be ready to Review.
Review Plate Tectonics
Today’s Objective:
Demonstrate understanding of Plate Tectonics.

DO NOW:
December 8, 2015
Topics and Chapters:
Pick up a scantron.
Fill it out.
Test
Subject is: IS Plate
Tectonics Test
Today’s Objective:
Demonstrate understanding of Plate Tectonics.

December 9, 2015
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
What was the easiest question on the test?
What was the answer?
Characteristics of Life
Today’s Objective:
Discuss distinguishing characteristics of the domains and kingdoms of living organisms.

December 10, 2015
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
List the 8 characteristics shared by all life.
Characteristics of Life
Today’s Objective:
Discuss distinguishing characteristics of the domains and kingdoms of living organisms.

December 11, 2015
DO NOW:
• What are the 3 components of the cell theory?
• What phrase is Robert
Hooke famous for?
Topics and Chapters:
Plant and Animal Cells
Today’s Objective:
Distinguishing differences and similarities between plant and animal cells.

December 14, 2015
DO NOW:
• Look at the cell on the board.
• What organelles are indicated?
Topics and Chapters:
Plant and Animal Cells
Today’s Objective:
Distinguishing differences and similarities between plant and animal cells.

December 15, 2015
DO NOW:
• What is different about the Elodea cells and the Onion cells?
Topics and Chapters:
Plant and Animal Cells
Today’s Objective:
Distinguishing differences and similarities between plant and animal cells.

January 6, 2016
DO NOW:
• What is the basic unit of structure of all matter?
Topics and Chapters:
Parts of an atom review
Today’s Objective:
Explore the scientific theory of atoms by describing the structure of atoms in terms of protons, neutrons and electrons, and differentiate among these particles in terms of their mass, electrical charges and locations within the atom.

• Fold 2 sheets of copier paper into a flip chart.
• Label the tabs as follow:
• 1 st : Atoms Chapter 6.1
• 2 nd : Nucleus, Proton, Neutron, Electron
• 3 rd : Element, Isotope
• 4 th : Compound, Ion, Cation, Anion
• You will get all your information from Blue Bio
Book Chapter 6 section 1

• On the 1 st page:
– draw and color an atom
– Write your first and last name
– Write the due date. 1/7/16
– Write the period #.
• On the 2 nd page:
– Define the terms
– Include their electrical charges
– Draw an atom and label all of these parts.
• On the 3 rd page:
– Define the terms
– Pick an element from the periodic table and draw an atom diagram for it.
– Draw C-12, C-13, and C-14 isotopes. (be sure to have the correct number of protons, neutrons, and electrons)
• On the 4 th page:
– Define the terms
• Cation – positively charged Ion
• Anion – negatively charged Ion
– Describe how atoms obtain a charge other than neutral.(Describe how atoms become
Ions)

January 7, 2016
DO NOW:
• Where are protons located?
• Where are electrons located?
Topics and Chapters:
Parts of an atom review
Today’s Objective:
(same as yesterday)
Explore the scientific theory of atoms by describing the structure of atoms in terms of protons, neutrons and electrons, and differentiate among these particles in terms of their mass, electrical charges and locations within the atom.

January 8, 2016
DO NOW:
• What is your favorite thing about water?
Topics and Chapters:
Properties of water
Today’s Objective:
Discuss the special properties of water that contribute to Earth’s suitability as an environment for life: cohesive behavior, ability to moderate temperature, expansion upon freezing, and versatility as a solvent.

• Fold a sheet of paper in half longways.
• Fold the paper in half.
• Fold it in half again.
• Unfold it.
• Cut along the creases on the left half of the page.
• You will get all your information from Blue Bio
Book page 162.

• On the 1 st flap write:
– Polarity/Universal Solvent
• On the 2 nd flap write:
– Water in 3 states and its change in density
• On the 3 rd flap write:
– Water Adhesion
• On the 4 th flap write:
– Water Cohesion

• On the back write:
– First and last name
– Due date 1/8/16
– Period
• On the inside of each flap write:
1. Explain what the front of the flap is.
2. Illustrate with colored pencils.
All information can be found on page 162.

January 11, 2016
DO NOW:
• In what state is water the most dense?
Topics and Chapters:
Properties of water
Today’s Objective:
(same as Friday)
Discuss the special properties of water that contribute to Earth’s suitability as an environment for life: cohesive behavior, ability to moderate temperature, expansion upon freezing, and versatility as a solvent.

January 12, 2016
DO NOW:
• How is adhesion different from cohesion?
Topics and Chapters:
Cells and organelles
Today’s Objective:
Name and describe the parts of a cell.

• We will read and answer the first section together.
• Write your name on your paper
• Highlight all the bolded words and their definitions.
• Answer the questions after reading each section.

January 13, 2016
DO NOW:
• What is inside of the nucleus?
Topics and Chapters:
Cells and organelles
Today’s Objective:
(same as yesterday)
Name and describe the parts of a cell.

January 14, 2016
DO NOW:
• What do plant cells have that animal cells do not?
Topics and Chapters:
Cells and organelles
Today’s Objective:
(same as yesterday)
Name and describe the parts of a cell.

January 15, 2016
DO NOW:
• What does the nucleolus do?
• Where is it located?
Topics and Chapters:
Cells and organelles
Today’s Objective:
(same as yesterday)
Name and describe the parts of a cell.

January 20, 2016
DO NOW:
• What is the basic unit of structure of all living things?
Topics and Chapters:
Cells and organelles
Today’s Objective:
Distinguish between prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells.

January 21, 2016
DO NOW:
• What kind of cell only exists as single celled organisms?
Topics and Chapters:
Cells and organelles
Today’s Objective:
Distinguish between prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells.

January 22, 2016
DO NOW:
• Do you think my baby is going to be a girl or a boy?
• Get out all papers to be used on the test.
Topics and Chapters:
Cells and organelles
Today’s Objective:
TEST

DO NOW:
January 25, 2016
Topics and Chapters:
What features did you inherit from your mother?
Genetics
What features did you inherit from your father?
Today’s Objective:
Use Mendel’s laws of segregation and independent assortment to analyze patterns of inheritance.

January 27, 2016
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
Make a Punnett square for 2 parents, Hh and hh.
Genetics
Today’s Objective:
Use Mendel’s laws of segregation and independent assortment to analyze patterns of inheritance.

January 28, 2016
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
Make a Punnett square for 2 parents, HhRR and hhRr.
Genetics
Today’s Objective:
Use pedigrees to infer genotypes and predict phenotypes.

January 29, 2016
DO NOW:
Make a Pedigree with 3 generations. This can be your family or a made up family.
(We will add traits together.)
Topics and Chapters:
Genetics
Today’s Objective:
Use pedigrees to infer genotypes and predict phenotypes.

February 1, 2016
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
How many chromosomes do we inherited from each of our parents?
Genetics
Today’s Objective:
Use pedigrees to infer genotypes and predict phenotypes.

February 4, 2016
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
What is a carrier?
How are they denoted on a pedigree?
Genetics
Today’s Objective:
Use pedigrees to infer genotypes and predict phenotypes.

February 8, 2016
DO NOW:
Draw a pedigree with 1 mated pair and 3 offspring. The offspring are all male and express a trait.
Topics and Chapters:
Genetics
Today’s Objective:
Use pedigrees to infer genotypes and predict phenotypes.

February 10, 2016
DO NOW:
Study for Test.
Topics and Chapters:
Fill out scantron with
Name
Period
Subject: IS Genetics Test
Today’s Objective:
Genetics
Demonstrate understanding of topics in
Genetics.

February 11, 2016
DO NOW:
Is Evolution a theory or a law?
What is the difference between a theory and a law?
Topics and Chapters:
Evolution
Today’s Objective:
Understand the Theory of Evolution and
Supporting Evidence.

February 12, 2016
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
What is the theory of evolution?
Evolution
Today’s Objective:
Understand the Theory of Evolution and
Supporting Evidence.

February 15, 2016
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
Who was the naturalist on the HMS Beagle in
1831?
Evolution
Today’s Objective:
Understand the Theory of Evolution and
Supporting Evidence.

February 17, 2016
DO NOW:
In order for natural selection to take place, must individuals be all identical or show variations from one another?
Topics and Chapters:
Evolution
Today’s Objective:
Understand the Theory of Evolution and
Supporting Evidence.

February 18, 2016
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
What is a vestigial trait?
What is an ancestral trait?
Evolution
Today’s Objective:
Describe supporting evidence for Evolution.

February 19, 2016
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
How do you think the
Killer Whale evolved its adaptation of speed?
Evolution
Today’s Objective:
Describe supporting evidence for Evolution.

February 22, 2016
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
Did humans evolve from Monkeys?
Evolution
Today’s Objective:
Describe supporting evidence for Evolution.

February 25, 2016
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
Black History Month
Assembly Day
Evolution
Today’s Objective:
Describe supporting evidence for Evolution.

February 26, 2016
DO NOW:
Did humans evolve from flowers?
Are humans and flowers genetically related?
Topics and Chapters:
Evolution
Today’s Objective:
Describe supporting evidence for Evolution.

February 29, 2016
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
What are some categories of evidence for evolution?
Evolution
Today’s Objective:
Describe supporting evidence for Evolution.

March 3, 2016
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
Describe the difference between molds and casts.
Evolution
Today’s Objective:
Describe supporting evidence for Evolution.

March 4, 2016
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
Approximately how many years ago did planet Earth start forming?
Evolution
Today’s Objective:
Describe supporting evidence for Evolution.

March 9, 2016
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
Finish your study guide.
Evolution
Today’s Objective:
Demonstrate understanding of Evolution.

March 10, 2016
DO NOW: Topics and Chapters:
.
BBC Video
Today’s Objective:
.