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9/3&4 - Syllabus/Safety/Etc; Observations and Inferences
HW: Bring forms, bring supplies
9/5&6 - Safety Video and Quiz; Intro to Bio notes
9/9 - Characteristics of Life Lab; Life Notes
9/10&11 - Finish Life Lab; Pre-Test; Intro to Bio practice
HW: Finish Practice
9/12&13 - Levels of Organization; Go over hw; Dimensional Analysis
HW: Dimensional Analysis HW; Quiz Tues/Wed
9/16 - Go over hw; Dimensional Analysis Practice
HW: Quiz Tues/Wed!
9/17&18 - Quiz!; Measurement Activity
9/19&20 - Finish Activity; Scientific Method & Experimental Design
HW: Finish questions 2 & 3 in notes; Test Thurs/Fri!
9/23 - Experimental Design practice
HW:
9/24&25 - Graphing; Test Review
HW: Do Test Review; Test Thurs/Fri!
9/26&27 - TEST!!!
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**CHEMISTRY & ORGANIC CHEMISTRY UNIT**
9/30 - Gum Lab
10/1&2 - Finish gum lab; PBR; Chemistry Intro
10/3&4 - Water notes; Water Lab
HW: Water Chemistry hw
10/7 - Go over hw; pH; Understanding pH
HW: Chem Concept Map & pH problems; Quiz Thurs/Fri
10/8&9 - Go over hw; pH Lab
HW: Quiz Thurs/Fri; Chemistry Review HW
10/10&11 - Go over hw; Quiz!; What is Org Chem?
10/14 - OFF
10/15&16 - 6 & 7: Biological Molecules; Intro to Org Chem, Carbs, Lipids
HW: Carbohydrates & Lipids
10/17&18 - 2: Biological Molecules; Intro to Org Chem, Carbs, Lipids (hw: Carbs & Lipids)
6: Go over hw; Bio Mol; Package Analysis Activity
7: Go over hw; Bio Mol; Nucleic Acids & Proteins (hw: Nucl Acid & Prot)
10/21 - 2: Go over hw; Nucleic Acids & Proteins (hw: Nucl Acids & Prot; Quiz Wed!)
6: Nucleic Acids & Proteins (hw: Nucl Acids & Prot; Quiz Wed!)
7: Go over hw; Package Analysis Activity (hw: Char. of Org Compounds; Quiz Tues!)
10/22&23 - Go over hw; Quiz!; Organic Compounds Lab
HW: Test Tues/Wed
10/24&25 - Finish Lab; Enzyme notes; Enzyme activity
HW: Enzyme Review; Test Tues/Wed
10/28 - Test Review
HW: Test!
10/29&30 - Chem & Org Chem Test!!
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**CELL UNIT**
10/31&11/1 - Cell Theory; Microscopes & Microscope Activity
HW: Notebook Check on Monday (12 items)
11/4 - Finish Microscope Activity; Notebook Check
HW: Microscope Review
11/5 - Students off!
11/6&7 - Go over hw; Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes; Cell projects
HW: Quiz Tues/Wed; work on project
11/8 - 2&6: Comparing cells and cell coloring
HW: Quiz Tues/Wed; work on project
11/11 - 2&6: Work on projects; 7: Comparing cells and cell coloring
HW: Quiz Tues/Wed; work on project
11/12&13 - Quiz!; Cells Lab
HW: Work on project (due Tues/Wed); Test Tues/Wed
11/14&15 - Cells Lab; Cell Membrane notes; work on project
HW: Project due Tues/Wed; Test Tues/Wed
11/18 - Test Review; work on projects
HW: Test Tues/Wed AND projects due!
11/19&20 - Projects due; Cells Test!
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**TRANSPORT & ENERGY UNIT**
11/21&22 - Diffusion & Osmosis Notes; Potato Activity
11/25&26 - Finish Potato/Elodea Activity; Graphing Osmosis; Osmosis Practice
11/27-29 - OFF! Happy Thanksgiving!
12/2 - PBR; Facilitated Diffusion & Active Transport notes
HW: Benchmark Tues/Wed; Transport Quiz Thurs/Fri
12/3&4 - Benchmark; Transport Practice
HW: Quiz Thurs/Fri
12/5&6 - Transport Quiz; Energy & Photosynthesis; Start Gizmo
12/9 - Parts of Leaf; Photosynthesis Gizmo
12/10&11 - Finish Gizmo; Respiration; Photosynthesis vs. Respiration
HW: Energy in the Cell; Quiz Thurs/Fri; Test Tues/Wed
12/12&13 - Go over hw; Quiz; return Transport Quiz
HW: Test Tues/Wed
12/16 - Test Review
12/17&18 - Transport & Energy Test!
12/19&20 - Osmosis Jones
12/21-1/5 - Have a great break!!!
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**CELL GROWTH & DIVISION (MITOSIS) UNIT**
1/6 - Growth and Division intro
1/7&8 - Mitosis; Vocabulary practice
HW: Mitosis Match
1/9&10 - Go over hw; Cell Cycle Practice; Mitosis Activity
HW: Plant Mitosis; Quiz Monday!
1/13 - Go over hw; Quiz!
HW: Exam Review
1/14&15 - Cell Growth & Division Lab
HW: Exam Review
1/16&17 - Uncontrolled Cell Growth notes; practice; exam review
HW: Study for exam; exam review; notebook check
EXAMS CANCELLED!!
1/28 - Turn in EC, Notebook Check, Test Review
HW: Test Thurs/Fri!!
1/29 - SNOW
1/31 - Cell Growth & Division Test!!
2/3 - 2nd: 1/2 of test!!
6th: Nucleic Acids notes
7th: Test!!
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**NUCLEIC ACIDS, PROTEIN SYNTHESIS, DNA TECHNOLOGY UNIT**
2/4&5 - Nucleic Acid notes; DNA Extraction Lab
HW: DNA & RNA
2/6&7 - Go over hw; Replication notes; Replication drawing; Genetic code notes and practice
HW: Quiz Monday! (DNA/RNA - Replication)
2/10 - Quiz!
2/11&12 - Protein Synthesis notes; Practice; Activity!
HW: Transcription & Translation puzzle
2/13&14 - SNOW
2/17 - Go over hw; Protein Synthesis Activity
2/18&19 - DNA Technology notes; Ethical Issues in Genetic Engineering
2/20&21 - Gel Electrophoresis Simulation; DNA Technology practice
HW: Quiz Monday Protein Synthesis & DNA Technology; Test Thurs/Fri
2/24 - Quiz!
2/25&26 - Go over quiz; DNA Profile Investigation; Test Review
HW: Test Thurs/Fri!
2/27&28 - Test!!
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**MEIOSIS, MUTATIONS, & PEDIGREE NOTES**
3/3&4 - SNOW
3/5 - PBR; Meiosis Inquiry
3/6&7 - PBR (7th); Meiosis Notes & Drawing; Haploid/Diploid practice
HW: Finish Haploid vs. Diploid Practice
3/10 - Go over hw; Yarn Meiosis
Quiz Thurs/Fri
3/11&12 - Finish activity; Review Mitosis vs Meiosis; Gene mutations; practice
HW: Meiosis & Gene Mutation Review; Quiz Thursday/ Friday
3/13&14 - Go over hw; Quiz!; Chromosome mutations; practice
HW: Karyotype Analysis Practice; Test next Thurs/Fri!
3/17 - SNOW!
3/18&19 - Go over hw; Chrom. Mutation review; Pedigree notes; Pedigree practice
HW: Test Review; Test Thurs/Fri!
3/20&21 - Go over test review; TEST!
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**GENETICS UNIT**
3/24 - Genetics Intro
HW: Genotypes & Phenotypes; Notebook Check Tues/Wed
3/25&26 - Monohybrid Punnett squares; Practice Problems
HW: Mendelian Computer Problems
3/27&28 - Go over hw; Dihybrid crosses; practice problems
HW: Finish practice problems
3/31 - Go over hw; review dihybrids; punnett practice
HW: Finish practice; Quiz Tues/Wed!
4/1&2 - Go over hw; Quiz!; Non-Mendelian genetics
HW: Non-Mendelian Practice problems; Test Tues/Wed
4/3&4 - Go over hw; Blood Typing Activity
HW: NonMendelian problems; Practice quiz Mon; Test Tues/Wed
4/7 - Go over hw; Practice quiz; Test Review
HW: Test Review; Test Tues/Wed!
4/8&9 - Genetics Test!!
4/10&11 - "Gattaca"
4/14-18 - Spring Break!
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**EVOLUTION UNIT**
4/21 - Early Earth and First Cells notes; Earth's atmosphere
4/22&23 - Theory of Evolution notes; Peppered Moth activity
HW: Darwin & Evolution
4/24&25 - Go over hw; Evidence for Evolution notes; Fossil Record
HW: Evolution review; Quiz Monday!
4/28 - Evolution Quiz
HW: Start SOL packet; pg 1-3 due Thurs/Fri
4/29&30 - Patterns of Evolution; Coevolution Lab
HW: SOL packet; Test Tues/Wed
5/1&2 - SOL pg 1-3; Evolution & Genetics notes; practice
HW: SOL pg 4-6 due Mon; Practice Quiz Mon; Test Tues/Wed
5/5 - SOL pg 4-6; Practice Quiz; Review
HW: TEST Tues/Wed!; SOL 7-9 due Thurs/Fri
5/6&7 - Evolution Test!
SOL 7-9 due Thurs/Fri
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5/8&9 - SOL pg 7-9; Taxonomy
HW: SOL pg 10-12 due Monday
7th SOL: Fri. 5/16 2nd SOL: Mon. 5/19 6th SOL: Tues. 5/20
5/12 - SOL 10-12 due; Dichotomous Keys
HW: SOL pg 13-15 due Wed
5/13 - 7th: SOL Simulation
5/14 - SOL 13-15 due; Tests back; J-lab questions
5/15 - 7th: DOE questions
2nd: SOL Simulation
5/16 - 7th: SOL!!!!!
2nd: DOE questions
6th: SOL Simulation
5/19 - 2nd: SOL!!!!!
6th: DOE questions
5/20 - 6th: SOL!!!!!
5/23 - PBR; Notebook Checks!
5/26 - OFF!!
5/27-30 - Taxonomy Project (in class)
6/2 - Finish Taxonomy Project; Post-lab intro
6/3&4 - Post-lab
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