1st Trimester Assignments

Week 1
Day 1 Create a vocab flip book for section 1 and 2 vocab words on page 3 of the text book.
Day 2 Complete Chapter 1 section 2 of the Notetaking Guide.
Day 3 Fill in the Scientific Process cartoon with info from the text.
Day 4 Experimental Design of Magazine Ad.

Week 2
Day 1 Chapter 1 Section 4 of Notetaking Guide.
Day 2 Chapter 1 Review Text book p.29-30
Day 3 Chapter 1 Review
Day 4 Chapter 1 Test
Day 5 Planet Earth "Pole to Pole".

Week 3
Day 1 Finish "Pole to Pole"
Day 2 Chapter 2 Intro with video question.
Day 3 Chapter 2 Section 1 Notetaking Guide
Day 4 Vocabulary Flip Chart for Chapter 2 Sections 2 and 3. 
Day 5 Chapter 2 Section 2 Notetaking Guide

Week 4
Day 1 Chapter 2 Section 2 Notetaking Guide p.39-409/27
Day 2 Chapter 2 Section 3 Notetaking Guide p.42-459/28
Day 3 Chapter 2 Section 2 Notetaking Guide p.35-37
Day 4 Microscope Lab Safety Handout
Day 5 Microscope Lab Safety Handout

Week 5
Days 1-4 Optic Tools Lab
Day 5 Complete Lab Report for Optic Tools Lab

Week 6
Day 1 Chapter 2 Review
Day 2 Chapter 2 Test
Day 3 Intro to Chapter 3. Begin "Eggsperiment".
Day 4  Notetaking Guide pp.53-56.
Suggested Resources!
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/interact/vemwindow.html
http://nobelprize.org/educational/physics/microscopes/1.html
Day 5 Watch video to introduce Chapter 3, fill in handout.

Week 7
Day 1 Begin Cell Structure Match Books.
Oct 21th Watch "Planet Earth - Mountains"  and complete questions.

Week 8
Day 1 Notetaking Guide pp. 57-60.
Day 2 Lipid, Starch, Water lab
Day 3 Lab Report for Lipid, Starch, Water
Day 4 Notetaking Guide pp. 61-64
Day 5 Analyze and chart data from Eggsperment

Week 9
Day 1 Notetaking Guide pp.65-67
Day 2 Cell Diagram Drawings - Student will draw the parts of a plant and animal cell and label them. Click here to download.
Day 3 Chapter 3 Review
Day 4 Chapter 3 Test
Day 5 Answer questions from Chapter 4 Intro video
 Cell P & E Questions blank.pdf

Week 10
Day 1 Note Taking Guide Chapter 4 section 1
Day 2 Complete Chapter 4 section 1 Notes
Complete autotroph vs. heterotroph chart
 Autotroph vs Heterotrophs.pdf
Interactive site about photosynthesis
http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/biocoach/photosynth/intro.html
http://www.wiley.com/legacy/college/boyer/0470003790/animations/photosynthesis/photosynthesis.htm
http://lifesciences.envmed.rochester.edu/movies/photosynthesis.swf
Day 3Chapter 4 vocabulary
Photosynthesis worksheets
 Photosynthesis Worksheet.pdf
 Photosynthesis WS2p1.pdf
 Photosynthesis WS2p2.pdf
 Photosynthesis WS2p3.pdf
Day 4 Vocabulary Flip book Section 2 Vocab
Day 5 Nov 14th Chapter 4 Section 2 Note Taking Guide pp.72-75 Chapter 4 Section 2 Respiration.pdf
http://www.jdenuno.com/APBiology/CellRespiration.htm
Respiration Simulation http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/biolink/j_explorations/ch08expl.htm

Week 11
Day 1 Paramecium Lab
Day 2 Note Taking Guide Chapter 4 Section 3 Cell Division pp.76-79
Day 3 Cell Cycle Mini book. Click here to download the parts of the cell cycle.  Cut out the parts,color and label them, and glue them into a mini-book in order.
Day 4 Chapter 4 Section 4 of the Note Taking Guide, pp. 82-84. 
Differenciation worksheet.pdf
Day 5

Nov 

2nd Trimester Assignments

Week 1
Day 1
Cell Division Worksheet
 Cell Division Worksheet.pdf

Day 2
DNA Puzzle
What Does a DNA molecule look like

Day 3
Circle Map on Photosynthesis
 
Day 4
Bubble Map on Respiration.

Day 5
Compare and contrast an animal cell and a plant cell using a double bubble map.  Then write at least two paragraphs on the similarities and differences.

Week 2
Day 1
Cell Differentiation Notes - pp. 138 - 141 in new text book
 Cell Differentiation Notes.pdfDec 10th
Planet Earth - Mountains
Period 3 and ELD Handout
 Planet_Earth_-_mountains-easy.pdf
Period 4 and 5 Handout
 Planet_Earth-mountains.pdf

Day 2
Complete Chapter 4 Review handouts

Day 3
Correct handouts
Day 4
Chapter 4 Jeopardy Game

Day 5
Chapter 4 Test


Week 3
Day 1
Chapter 5 vocabulary flip book.
 Chapter 5 Section 1 Vocabulary.pdf

Day 2
Chapter 5 Section 1 Notes
 Mendel’s Work.pdf

Day 3
Go over notes from Jan 4th. View short video. Create genetic charts.

Day 4
Requirements for Chapter 4 in notebook
 Chapter 4 Notebook Requirements.pdf
Day 5
 Ch5 Section 2.pdf


Week 4
Day 1
Flower Dissection
 flower dissection lab.pdf


Day 2
Flower Dissection


Day 3
Planet Earth - Deep Ocean
 Planet_Earth_-_oceandeep.pdf
 Planet_Earth_-_oceandeep.pdf

Day 4
Flower drawing in notebook with labels in color.
 flower dissection lab.pdf
Complete flower dissection observation paper.

Day 5
Chapter 5 section 3 notes
Watch this video
http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=206282


Week 5
Day 1
Marbles in the Bag Heredity Lab
Day 2
Marbles in the Bag Heredity Lab
Day 3
Chapter 5 Section 3 notes and pipe cleaner Meiosis
Day 4
Copy Drawing of Meiosis from textbook into lab notebook
Day 5
Copy DNA drawing into lab notebook

Week 6
Day 1
Vocabulary flip book. Include word, definition, and color drawing.
probability, punnet square, phenotype, genotype, homozygous, heterozygous, co-dominance, diploid, meiosis.
Day 2
Planet Earth - Desserts
 Deserts.pdf
Day 3


March 8th
Go over test

March 7th
Chapter 6 Test

March 4th
Test review questions, old text book p. 127

March 3rd
Test review questions, old text book p. 126


March 2nd
DNA Fingerprint Lab
CSI Trailer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f51TjOT7qTs
Creating DNA fingerprints in the lab.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZbAcnRCvGs
 Guilty or Innocent Suspects.pdf
 Guilty or Innocent Samples.pdf


March1st
Section 3 Worksheet
 Ch6Section3.pdf


Feb 28th
Section 2 Notes
 Chapter 6 Notes.pdf

Feb25th
Planet Earth - Ice Worlds handout
 Ice_Worlds.pdf

Feb 24th
Review handout. Start chapter notes.
 Chapter 6 Notes.pdf

Feb 23th
Chapter 6 Section 2 handout
 Ch6Section2.pdf
 Ch6Section1Review.pdf

Feb 22nd
Family Puzzle Lab
p. 114-115 old textbook, p. 204 new text book

Feb 18th
Planet Earth Ice Worlds
 Ice_Worlds.pdf

Feb 17th
Finish notes on chapter 6 section 1
 Chap6Section1.pdf

Feb 16th
Notes on Chapter 6 section 1
 Chap6Section1.pdf

Feb 15th
Review Chapter 5 test
Chapter 5 notebook due Friday Feb 18th
 Chapter 5 Notebook Requirements.pdf

Feb 4th
Planet Earth

Feb 3
Copy study guide

Feb 2nd
Chap 5 Sec 4 worksheet
 Ch5 Sec4.pdf

Feb 1st
Continue Chapter 5 Section 4 notes

Jan 31st
Chapter 5 Section 4 notes
 GeneticsScienceofHered.pdf
Watch this video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEUvRrhmcxM







Dec 17th
Second half of notes on Mountains video
 Planet_Earth-mountains.pdf
 Planet_Earth_-_mountains-easy.pdf

3rd Trimester Assignments

Assignments to Follow.