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4 Class Rules etc. Student Introductions |
5 Student Handbook Quiz |
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8 Living or Nonliving Part I Activity |
9 Miniponds Lab Setup What is Life? pgs. 16-23 |
10 Is Anything Alive in There? Lab What is Life? pgs. 16-23 |
11 What is Life? Worksheet Is Anything Alive in There? Lab Life on Earth reading and questions Homework: W.S. 1-1 What is Life?
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12 Review Homework: W.S. 1-1 What is Life? finish What is Life? pgs. 16-23 Life on Earth pgs 21-23 Review and work make up day
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15 Finish "Is Anything Alive in There?" Lab - Life In Different Environments The Origin of Life pgs 25-27 GLE 1.1.6 |
16 Begin Classifying Organisms pgs 28-37
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17 Finish Classifying Organisms pgs 28-37 W.S.1-3 Classifying Organisms The Six Kingdoms 40-42 Taxonomy Shark Activity Homework: Taxonomy Shark Activity |
18 Review Homework: Taxonomy Shark Activity Introduce Practice Test for Friday Homework: W.S.1-3 Classifying Organisms |
19 Review Homework: W.S.1-3 Classifying Organisms
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22 Review Tests Video: Life
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23 Microscope Care and Use Microscope Images |
24 Microscope Field of Views and Magnification
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25 Microscope Focal Plane |
26 Brine Shrimp Observation
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29 Protists pgs. 80-89 Introduce Outlines Introduce Foss Online Interactive Homework: W.S.3-1 |
30 Review Homework: W.S.3-1 Finish Protists Reading Assignment W.S.3-2 |
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1 Microscope examination of various Slides
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2 Algal Blooms pgs. 90-92 Homework: W.S.3-2
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3 Review Homework: W.S.3-2 Elodea Lab
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6 Paramecium Lab
Fungi pgs.95-104 |
7 Paramecium Feeding Reading Assignment Pgs 24-26 "The Lowly Paramecium" Questions 1-4 Fungi pgs.95-104 |
8 Review Paramecium Questions Amoeba Lab Fungi pgs.95-104 |
9 Conferences |
10 Conferences |
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14 Euglena Lab Flagellate Lab Homework: Fungi Worksheet 3-3 |
15 Minipond Safari Review Homework: Fungi Worksheet 3-3
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17 Review Tests Cell Video |
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20 WASL wrting practice "Microscopic Life" |
21 Cell Structure Advanced Class:
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22 Pgs 10-22 Homework: |
23 Review Homework: Cell Background and Crossword Packet |
24 Cheek Cell Lab Begin pages. 16 -31
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27 Onion Cell Lab Work on Cell packet handouts.
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28 Looking Inside Cells pgs. 23-31 |
29 Ribbon of Life Homework: |
30 Review Homework: Pgs. 33-37 Chemical Compounds in Cells Pgs. 40-44 The Cell in Its Environment Homework: |
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Lab: Microscope Views of Roots & Cell Mitosis
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Photosynthesis Video - Quiz
W.S. 2-1
Pgs. 55-59 Respiration
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Mitosis Video - Quiz
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pgs 55-59 Respiration
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Cell Division - Cancer pgs. 61-73
W.S. 2-3 Cell Division
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Cell Process Quiz
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Begin Paper Pet Project (Heredity)
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1 The DNA Revolution |
2 Pgs. 80- 85 Mendel's Work |
3 Skills Lab: Take a Class Survey W.S. 3-1 Mendel's Work |
4 Review Mendel's Work "Chromosomes and Genes" |
5 Probability and Genetics pgs. 88-93 Punnett Squares Homework: W.S. 3-2 |
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8 Lab: Make the Right Call Pgs. 96-100 The Cell and Inheritance
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9 Meiosis
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10 W.S. 3-3 The Cell and Inheritance Pgs. 101-106 The DNA Connection |
11 Paper Pet Offspring Project Homework: W.S. 3-4 |
12 Genes and People: The Blue People of Kentucky
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15 Review Homework: W.S. 3-4 Chapter 3 Quiz |
16 Review Quiz Modern Genetics Pgs 112-123 |
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6 Invertebrates |
7 Voyage to the Galapagos Part II |
8 Review Voyage to the Galapagos |
9 Changes Over Time W.S. 5-1 |
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13 Symmetry
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14 Sponges and Cnidarians
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15 Worms
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16 Chapter 1 Quiz |
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20 Octopus Video |
21 Flowers -Angiosperms |
22 Flower Dissection Lab |
23 Classifying Shells Activity
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26 Cephalopods
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27 Mollusks: Pages 48-52 |
28 Snail Lab |
29 Arthropods: Pages 54-61
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30 Video "Insects" |
February 2009
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2 Frog Wordfind |
3 Insects: Pages 62-67 w.s. 2-3, |
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5 Sounds of Insects 70-72 Echinoderms 73-76 |
6 Mollusks, Arthropods, and Echinoderms Quiz |
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9 A Rocky Problem Lab |
10 Insects, The Little Things That Run The World |
11 What is a Vertebrate? Pgs. 82-86 W.S. 3-1 |
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Reptiles: pgs. 101-110 |
18 Vertebrate History in Rocks 111-116 |
19 Chapter 3 Quiz - Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles |
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23 Birds |
24 Birds Physics of Flight pgs. 120-132 w.s 4-1 |
25 Feather Lab |
26 Mammals (Snow Day) |
27 What is a Mammal Diversity of Mammals pgs. 133-147 |
March 2009
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Discover Activity "How Much Rain" Graphing |
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2 Birds and Mammals Quiz |
3 Review Quiz Ecosystem Card - Sort |
4 Jane Goodall |
5 Jane Goodall |
6 Energy Flow in Ecosystems Pgs. 44-50 W.S. 2-1 |
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9 Mono Lake Ecosystem
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10 Measuring Food Energy Lab |
11 Mirror Writing |
12 Memory Tests |
13 Chimpanzee Intelligence |
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Helen Keller "Miracle Worker" |
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Review Helen Keller "Miracle Worker" pgs. 25-28 Blind Experience |
19 Blind Writing Prompt |
20 Blind Writing Prompt |
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23 Making a Simple Lens (Lab) |
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6 Organ Organization Activity Reading pgs. 16-21 |
7 Heart Structure and Function Lecture
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8 Lab: The Pumping Heart
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9 Review Pumping Heart Model Video : Blood and Circulation Finish pages 16-21 and 100-106 |
10 Reading Pgs. 107-111 Blood Vessels Homework W.S. 4-2 |
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13 Review Homework W.S. 4-2 Reading Pgs. 113-118 Blood x-word Blood |
14 WASL TESTING
Factors affecting heart rate activity |
15 WASL TESTING
Blood Pressure Lab pgs. 120-124 |
16 WASL TESTING
Assessing Breathing Models pgs 76-78 Pages 130-138 The Respiratory System |
17 (Make up work day) |
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20 Video: "Circulatory and Respiratory Systems"
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21 WASL TESTING
Factors affecting heart rate activity |
22 WASL TESTING
Blood Pressure Lab |
23 WASL TESTING
Assessing Breathing Models pgs 76-78 Pages 130-138 The Respiratory System |
24 Video: The Incredible Human Machine |
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27 Lab: How Much Air Can You Exhale? |
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29 Pages 140-150, Smoking and Your Health/The Excretory System Review for Test |
30 Circulatory and Respiratory Test |
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May 2009
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1 Review Test Quiz on Labs |
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4 Moving Through the Digestive Tract
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5 Pgs. 68-75 Food and Energy W.S. as Homework Video: Digestion |
6 Lab: Exploring Carbohydrates (2nd-6th periods) |
7 Lab: Exploring Carbohydrates (3rd-7th periods) |
8 pgs. 77-81 Healthy Eating, pgs. 82-87 The Digestive Process Begins Video: Digestive System |
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11 Lab: Digestion in the Mouth (Amylase) |
12 Pgs 82-87 The Digestive Process Begins Heart Rate Recovery |
13 Lab: Digestion in the Stomach (Pepsin + HCl) |
14 Lab: Diffusion and Active Transport (Sugar vs. Starch) |
15 Lab: Surface Area and Absorption |
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18 Final Digestion and Absorbtion pgs. 90-93 Digestive System Study Guide
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19 STC Test: Digestive System |
20 PH Test: Food and Digestion |
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27 KNOW: HIV/STD |
28 KNOW: HIV/STD |
29 KNOW: HIV/STD |
June 2009
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1 Pgs 56-62 The Skin W.S. 2-3 |
2 Review 2-3 Chapter 2 Test |
3 Skeletal Construction Project |
4 Skeletal Construction Project |
5 Chicken Wing Lab |
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8 Joints and Movement (Construct arm and spinal column models) |
9 Muscle Size and Strength Lab |
10 Exploring Muscle Fatigue Lab |
11 The Body in Balance |
12 Final Assessment - Human Body Systems |
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15 Review Tests Physics Preview |
16 Physics Preview |
17 Find Spock Activity |
18 Last Day of School |
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