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Homework and Reading Assignments

Week of May 26-30
Classwork
Homework
Reminders
Monday May 26

Holiday

 

 

Tuesday May 27 Review for Exam

Work on Note Cards for Exam

Period 3 Exam is Wednesday June 4 at 8:45 AM

Wednesday May 28

Review for Exam

Work on Note Cards for Exam

Bring a calculator, pencils, and something to read or study if you finish early.
Thursday May 29 Review for Exam Work on Note Cards for Exam Study Questions Link
Friday May 30

Reading Day

 

 

 

Week of May 19
Classwork
Homework
Reminders
Monday May 19

No Class

Work on any final touches for Wildflower Project

Wildflower Project Due Wed. May 21!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday May 20 Modeling A Gene Pool Lab

Work on any final touches for Wildflower Project

 

Wednesday May 21

Wildflower Project Due!

Molecular Connection Activity

Work on Final Exam Note Cards

 
Thursday May 22 Hardy-Weinberg Analysis Work on Final Exam Note Cards  
Friday May 23

No Class

 

 

 

Week of May 12
Classwork
Homework
Reminders
Monday May 12

HHMI Lecture Darwin

Read 15-3

Don't forget to keep working on your Wildflower Project!

Tuesday May 13 Pollenpeepers Activity

 

 

Wednesday May 14 Gene Pools & Variation

Read 16-1 + Notes

DNA Fingerprinting Lab Due!
Thursday May 15 Evidence for Evolution Read 16-2 + Questions page 402  
Friday May 16

Fossils

 

 

 

Week of May 5
Classwork
Homework
Reminders
Monday May 5

Theory & Hypothesis

Great Transformations

Define: evolution, species, ntural selectin and variation

 

Tuesday May 6

Part 2 of Video

Review Natural Selection

Read 15-1 and 15-2

 

Wednesday May 7 Data Analysis DNA Fingerprinting

 

 
Thursday May 8 No Class    
Friday May 29

Teach 4th Grade Wilflower Lesson!

 

 

 

Week of April 28
Classwork
Homework
Reminders
Monday April 28

No School

Complete review sheet, and prepare cut-out activity for Tuesday.

 

Tuesday April 29 Hands-on Protein Synthesis

Study for test. Come with questions for review.

 

Wednesday April 30 DNA mutations. Review for test.

Study for test.

 
Thursday May 1

DNA test

Wild Flower Project.  
Friday May 2

Evolution/DNA fingerprinting.

 
TBD

**Wild Flower Check-in (20+) flowers due today.

 

 

Week of April 21
Classwork
Homework
Reminders
Monday April 21

No Class

Read 12-2, Scholars Choice-choose one (outline, define bold words, main concepts, OR concept map)

 

Tuesday April 22 DNA building & Film

Finish color diagram and create a S-P backbone with 20 nitrogenous bases

 

Wednesday April 23 DNA Replication

Read section 12-3, define vocabulary, and state 3 differences between DNA and RNA.

 
Thursday April 24

Protein Synthesis

Complete review sheet, and prepare cut-out activity for Tuesday.  
Friday April 25

No Class

 
 

 

 

 

Week of April 14
Classwork
Homework
Reminders
Monday April 15

Genetic Presentations

Earth Stewardship Day projects.

Bring in ALL Earth Stewardship Day materials tomorrow!

Tuesday April 16 Genetic Presentations

Earth Stewardship Day projects.

 

Wednesday April 17 Genetic Presentations

Earth Stewardship Day projects.

 
Thursday April 18

Earth Stewardship Day Presentations

Read 12-1, answer 12-1 Section Assessment questions on pg 294  
Friday April 19

Intro to DNA

 
Read 12-2, Scholars Choicechoose one (outline, define bold words, main concepts, OR concept map)

 

 

 

Week of April 7
Classwork
Homework
Reminders
Monday April 7

No Class

Genetic Presentation

 

Tuesday April 8 Inheritance Lab

Genetic Presentation

 

Wednesday April 9 Sex-linked disorders

Earth Stewardship Day Lesson Plan - Due Friday.

 
Thursday April 10

Ethical question

Earth Stewardship Day Lesson Plan  
Friday April 11

No School

 
Genetic Presentation

Earth Stewardship Day Lesson Plan due today! All materials in on Monday.

 

Week of March 31
Classwork
Homework
Reminders
Monday March 31

Dihybrid Crosses

Read section 11-5. Define vocabulary words.

 

Tuesday April 1

Karyotyping

Read section 14-1.

 

Wednesday April 2 Multiple Alleles & Polygenic Inheritance

Read section 14-2.

Work on your wild flower project!
Thursday April 3

Project Day

Begin working on Inheritance Presentation.  
Friday April 4

No School

 
 

Keep working on wildflower project & Inheritance Presentation.

 

 

Week of March 10
Classwork
Homework
Reminders
Monday March 10

No Class

Study for test.

 

Link to Study Guide
Tuesday March 11

Sesame Street Genetics & Review

Study for test.

 

Wednesday March 12 No class.

Study for test.

 
Thursday March 13

Meiosis/Introduction to Genetics Test.

   
Friday March 14

 

No Class

 

 

Enjoy Intersession & Spring Break!

 

 

Week of March 3
Classwork
Homework
Reminders
Monday March 3

Quiz retake/Review sheet, Mendel Film

Read 11-2 & 11-3. Vocabulary Squares (haploid, diploid, gene, trait, allele)

 

 

Tuesday March 4

Finish Mendel Film

Vocabulary Squares (phenotype, genotype, dominant, recessive, hybrid)

 

Wednesday March 5 Mendel & Monohybrid Crosses

Monohybrid Genetic Problems

 
Thursday March 6

Dihybrid crosses & dominance variations

Genetic Problems.  
Friday March 7

 

Fruit Flies

 

UPDATE: Genetic problems & vocabulary flash cards.

Mendel/Meiosis test on 3/13.

 

 

Week of February 25
Classwork
Homework
Reminders
Monday Feb 25

No class.

Cellular Respiration quiz corrections if applicable, study for mitosis quiz.

*Study guide for the quiz.

Bring in quiz corrections on Tues, 2/26.

Tuesday Feb 26

Review for mitosis quiz. Probability Lab.

Study for mitosis quiz

 

Wednesday Feb 27 Mitosis quiz. Mendel Genetics.

Finish Probability Lab (Due 2/28).

 
Thursday Feb 28

Genetic Problems.

Read 11-2 & 11-3. Genetic problems.  
Friday Feb 29

 

No class

 

 

 

 

Week of February 18
Classwork
Homework
Reminders
Monday Feb 18

Holiday

No School

 

 

Tuesday Feb 19

Staff Development

No School

 

Link to Lab Template

Wednesday Feb 20

Intro. to Meiosis

Finish Onion Lab (use template & rubric)

 
Thursday Feb 21

Meiosis-Mitosis comparison

Finish Onion Lab (use template & rubric)  
Friday Feb 22

Mendel's Genetics

 

 

Read 11-1 & 11-4. Describe 3 similarities and 3 differences between mitosis & meiosis.

 

 

Week of February 11
Classwork
Homework
Reminders
Monday Feb 11

no class

 

 

Tuesday Feb 12

Onion Lab & stages of mitosis

Write onion lab report using computer Lab Template. Due Feb. 20.

Link to Lab Template

Wednesday Feb 13

Cell size

Read 10-1 & 10-2, answer the 5 questions on pg 243.

 
Thursday Feb 14

UPDATE: Hands on mitosis.

UPDATE: Make a cell cycle booklet. Include drawings and page titles for interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, & telophase. Stop by the classroom to setup Fruit Fly cultures during academic help...if you want!
Friday Feb 15

no class

 

Finish onion lab report.

 

 

Week of February 4
Classwork
Homework
Reminders
Monday Feb 4

Bread Tasting, Fermentation, Overview of Kreb's Cycle

Work on Bread Lab Report*

*Write on computer!, Use Lab Report Guidelines (on web), Due Feb.11

Tuesday Feb 5

Krebs Cycle & Electron Transport Chain

"Foldable"

Read 9-2. Complete foldable.  
Wednesday Feb 6

Review and BTB Experiments*

Write a 1-2 paragraph conclusion for your BTB Experiment.

* Wear your sneakers!
Thursday Feb 7

Update: Review for Cellular Respiration and Fermentation quiz.

Study for Quiz What to study for tomorrow's quiz!
Friday Feb 8

Quiz on Cellular Respiration and Fermentation

Mitosis

Complete Bread Lab Report

 

 

Week of January 28
Classwork
Homework
Reminders
Monday Jan 28

No School

 

 

Tuesday Jan 27

No School

   
Wednesday Jan 29

No Class

 

 
Thursday Jan 30

Glycolysis & Acetyl CoA Formation

Read p.220-225 (9-1) Scholar's choice-choose one (outline, define bold words, main concepts, OR concept map) Bread baking this weekend!
Friday Feb 1

Krebs Cycle & Electron Transport Chain

Bread baking lab

 

 

Week of January 14
Classwork
Homework
Reminders
Monday Jan 14

Photosynthesis Diagram

Priestly Experiments

Note cards

Keep working on note cards.

 

Tuesday Jan 15

Complete Internet Lab

Keep working on note cards.  
Wednesday Jan 16

Review for Exam

Keep working on note cards.

 
Thursday Jan 17

Review for Exam

Keep working on note cards.  
Friday Jan 18

Reading Day

 

 

 

Week of January 7
Classwork
Homework
Reminders
Monday Jan 7

No Class

No Official Homework, but you could always work on a few study cards for your exam!!!

Midterm Exam is Friday, Jan 5 at 8:45 AM

Tuesday Jan 8

Intro to Photosynthesis

Plant Pigments Lab

Work on 4 Study Note Cards for the Exam  
Wednesday Jan 9

Note Card Check!

Classic Experiments Photosynthesis

Work on 4 Study Note Cards for the Exam

 
Thursday Jan 10

Note Card Check!

Computer Photosythesis Lab

Work on 4 Study Note Cards for the Exam  
Friday Jan 11

No Class

You could always work on a few more study cards!!!