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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 5 Exam is Thursday June 5 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 No Class Work on Note Cards for Exam Study Questions Link
Friday May 30

Reading Day

 

 

 

Week of May 19
Classwork
Homework
Reminders
Monday May 19

Molecular Connection Activity

Work on any final touches for Wildflower Project

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

Tuesday May 20 Taxonomy

Work on any final touches for Wildflower Project

 

Wednesday May 21

Wildflower Project Due!

Modeling A Gene Pool Lab

Work on Final Exam Note Cards

 
Thursday May 22 No Class    
Friday May 23

Hardy-Weinberg Analysis

Work on Final Exam Note Cards

 

 

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 No Class    
Friday May 16

Lab: Modeling a Gene Pool

Read 16-2 + Questions page 402

 

 

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.

 

Tuesday April 29 DNA Mutations

Study for test. Come to class with specific questions.

 

Wednesday April 30 Test Review

Work on Wild Flower Project.

 
Thursday May 1 No Class Study for test.  
Friday May 2

DNA test & Fingerprinting Lab

TBD

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

 

 

Week of April 21
Classwork
Homework
Reminders
Monday April 21

Griffith, Avery, & Hershey-Chase Experiments

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

 

Tuesday April 22 DNA Replication

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

 

Wednesday April 23 Protein Synthesis

Write the steps of transcription and translation, and prepare cut-out activity for Friday.

 
Thursday April 24 No Class Finish Wednesday's homework.  
Friday April 25

Hands-on Protein Synthesis

Complete review sheet.

 

 

 

Week of April 14
Classwork
Homework
Reminders
Monday April 14

No Class

Genetic Presentation

Bring in ALL Earth Stewardship Day materials tomorrow!

Tuesday April 15 Genetic Presentations

Genetic Presentation

 

Wednesday April 16 Genetic Presentations

Earth Stewardship Day lesson plan - due Friday

 
Thursday April 17 Earth Stewardship Day Presentations. Read 12-1, answer 12-1 Section Assessment questions on pg 294  
Friday April 18

 

Building 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

Finish Inheritance Lab

Genetic Presentation

 

Tuesday April 8 Multiple alleles

Genetic Presentation

 

Wednesday April 9 Inheritance Lab

Earth Stewardship Day lesson plan - due Friday

 
Thursday April 10 No class Earth Stewardship Day lesson plan - due Friday  
Friday April 11

Ethical question

 
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 Inheritance Lab

Read section 14-2.

Work on your wild flower project!
Thursday April 3

No Class

   
Friday April 4

No School

 
 

 

 

 

Week of March 10
Classwork
Homework
Reminders
Monday March 10

Genetic problems.

Genetic Problems.

 

Link to Study Guide
Tuesday March 11

Sesame St. genetics.

Study for test.

 

Wednesday March 12 Review for test.

Study for test.

 
Thursday March 13

No class.

   
Friday March 14 Meiosis/Introduction to Genetics Test  

Enjoy Intersession and 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

No Class

   
Friday March 7

 

Fruit Flies and dominance variations

 

UPDATE: Genetic problems & vocabulary flash cards.

Mendel/Meiosis test on 3/14.

 

 

Week of February 25
Classwork
Homework
Reminders
Monday Feb 25

Review mitosis

Cellular Respiration quiz corrections, study for mitosis quiz.

*Study guide for the quiz.

Bring in quiz corrections on Tues 2/26.

Tuesday Feb 26

Mitosis/meiosis comparison

Study for mitosis quiz

 

Wednesday Feb 27 Mitosis quiz. Probability Lab

Finish Probability Lab worksheet (Due 2/29).

 
Thursday Feb 28

No class.

Read 11-1 & 11-4. Describe 3 similarities and 3 differences between mitosis & meiosis.  
Friday Feb 29

 

Mendel Genetics

 

Read 11-2 & 11-3. Genetic problems.

 

 

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

no class

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

Probability Lab

 

 

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

 

 

Week of February 11
Classwork
Homework
Reminders
Monday Feb 11

Quiz and cell size

Read section 10-1, answer the 5 questions on pg 243

 

Tuesday Feb 12

 

Complete cell size and begin stages of mitosis.

Read section 10-2 & * word assignment.

*On a small piece of paper, put your name, your assigned word, definition of word, & a sentence in which the word was used in the book.
Wednesday Feb 13

UPDATE: Stages of mitosis.

UPDATE: Read onion lab on pg. 254. Make a cell cycle booklet. Include drawings and page titles for interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, & telophase.

 
Thursday Feb 14

no class

  Stop by the classroom to setup Fruit Fly cultures during academic help...if you want!
Friday Feb 15

 

UPDATE: Onion /Phases of Cell Cycle Lab.

UPDATE:Write onion lab report using computer Lab Template. Due Feb. 22.

Link to Lab Template

 

 

Week of February 4
Classwork
Homework
Reminders
Monday Feb 4

Bread Tasting, Fermentation

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

 

Read pgs 224-225, 230-233.  
Wednesday Feb 6

UPDATE: Finish Electron Transport Chain and "Foldable"

Finish foldable and comparison sheet.

 
Thursday Feb 7

no class

Finish foldable and comparison sheet. Perform BTB experiment during academic help on Thurs or Friday. Write 1 paragraph summary
Friday Feb 8

UPDATE: Review for quiz on Cellular Respiration and Fermentation

Mitosis Lab

Complete Bread Lab Report and study for quiz.

Cellular Respiration and Fermentation quiz on Monday. What to study for Monday's quiz!

 

Week of January 28
Classwork
Homework
Reminders
Monday Jan 28

 

No School

 

 

Tuesday Jan 29

No School

   
Wednesday Jan 30

Glycolysis & Acetyl CoA Formation

Read pages 222-223, 226-229. Scholar's choice-choose one (outline, define bold words, main concepts, OR concept map)

Bread baking this weekend!
Thursday Jan 31

No class

   
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

Review for Exam

Keep working on note cards.  
Wednesday Jan 16

Review for Exam

Keep working on note cards.

 
Thursday Jan 17

No Class

Keep working on note cards.  
Friday Jan 18

Reading Day

 

 

 

Week of January 7
Classwork
Homework
Reminders
Monday Jan 7

Intro to Photosynthesis

Work on 4 Study Note Cards for the Exam

Midterm Exam is Tuesday, Jan 22 at 8:45 AM

Tuesday Jan 8

Note Card Check!

Plant Pigments

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

No Class

  You could always work on a few more study cards!!!
Friday Jan 11

Note Card Check!

Computer Lab: Photosynthesis

Work on 4 Study Note Cards for the Exam