Welcome to B I O L O G Y !!!
Key Information can be found at:
GOOGLE CLASSROOM - Code = zwcvlgx
PEARSON's ONLINE TEXTBOOK: Go to: PearsonRealize.com to Log In
When the dragonfly appears - go to the box, but do not log in yet, click the Box in the bottom
PEARSON EASY BRIDGE PLUS
The next page the school is: Mitchell School District 17 - 2 - INT
The next page is where you log in. User Name = 5 digit Lunch Card Number
Password = First Name (Ex. Carol ) First letter capitalized
You use the Yellow Book with a Bee on the front.
BROWN - Click on that to get to assignments.
Video Clips average about 3 minutes each.
Interactivities take 5 to 15 minutes and end with SUBMIT. If it does not offer the
submit button, then you missed something, an answer, clicking on an explanation or something. Go back and find what you missed. When you successfully hit submit, then it gives you a score and the activity disappears from your assignments list.
QUIA - Quia Review Games for each unit will be found at www.quia.com/pages/biologyaslesen.html
KHAN ACADEMY -
REMIND.com --text @dfec69 to the number 81010
August 20 & 21
- Welcome
- PB means PEARSON BOOK ONLINE
Book Checkout, Rules, SAFETY, Fire & Disaster Drills, Student Profiles
Current Issues-Definition of Life
Text distribution & online password
Activity - Following Directions
Activity - Room Familiarity
PEARSONREALIZE.com = online textbook
SCAVENGER HUNT ACTIVITY
www.quia.com/pages/biologyaslesen.html = online games and reviews for review of content
I have made a Power Point Review for each Chapter. They are available for you on your T:Drive. The T:Drive is not available at home, so you will need to copy and paste it on your desktop while you are at school.
ASSIGNMENTS - Read pages A2 & A3 in the Appendix about Safety.
- Watch Interactive Video Characteristics of Life in Section 1.3
- Do the 10/10/10?10 lists. List 10 things that are not living; 10 things that are living; 10 things that used to be alive; 10 CHARACTERISTICS of LIVING THINGS.
- Video: Pearson online Book - UNIT 1 Heading - Water, Water Everywhere
- Begin Reading Chapter 1;
- Bring liquids to test the pH of (Lab on 26th/27th)
Bring Sunscreens and Sunglasses to test UV effectiveness next time. Not doing until much later!
AUGUST 22 / 23
Check Assignments (10/10/10)
PRE-TEST - not for credit/grade
Black Boxes (2 rectangular & 2 round) - if time permits
Video- Characteristics of Life - Pearson Online Book Section 1.3
Populations; Food Chains; Food Webs; Energy Flow through an ecosystem
Safety Quiz - - - - - -
LAB - Testing UV effectiveness of sunglasses and sunscreens moved to later
Activity - Critical Thinking
Current Issues: Global Warming (TECH http://www.everybodysweather.com/Static_Media/Polar_Ice_Cap_Melter/index.htm
optional - TECH: Sunny Meadows-Food Chain Simulation http://puzzling.caret.cam.ac.uk/pregame.php?game=6&
Black Boxes / Scientific Method
Seating Charts if not already established
ASSIGNMENTS: Finish reading Chapter 1; Page 37, do questions 1,2,4,5,6,10,11,13,17,20,33-35,38
- Pearson Book (PB)- Interactivity: Scientific Methodology
- Pearson Book (PB)- Interactivity: Studying Life
- Pearson Book (PB) - Quiz: Patterns of Life Copy 1
- POPULATIONS HANDOUT
- Bring at least 2 liquids for the pH Lab next time. Extra liquids = Extra Credit
AUGUST 26 / 27
Activity - pH Lab (Lab reports include: 1.) Materials 2.) Procedures 3.) Observations and 4.) Conclusions
- This lab's observations include a graph from 0 t0 14 of all of the materials the class tested.
TECH Activity - Testing pH of common substances (Ex. liquid food products, shampoo, conditioners, lotions, etc.)
Discuss Power Point
Check Sci. Method Wkst. - -
Careers list brainstorm (30 minimum)
CNN Video Clip - Frog Pollution
Extra - TECH: World's Total Population Estimate - http://census.gov/ipc/www/popclockworld.html
Extra - TECH: Global Trends Questionaire - Teachers Domain
Extra - TECH: Population Pyramids Worldwide-www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbpyr.html
ASSIGNMENTS:
- PB Quiz: Scientific Method
- PB Quiz: Science in Contest
- PB Unit 1 Test Preparation
- PB Benchmark Test for Unit 1 - Optional, but helpful
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August 28 / 29
Activity - Classification of Vehicles
She's a Witch video clip (You Tube - from Monty Python)
Sharks Activity
SWIVL - Recorded Lecture/Notes = https://cloud.swivl.com/v/3ea5c46a7ddbcecabac9dbce7606d0eb
FROG POLLUTION VIDEO
Activity - Classification of Sharks (vocab) if time permits - otherwise next time
Levels of Classification Notes (King Philip Came Over For Great Spaghetti)
Current Issue (Bio. Weapons)
ASSIGNMENTS: Bring Dirt & Container for Lab on the 7th; Read Chapter 17
- PB - Unit 1 Test Preparation
- PB - Problem Launch: Solving Local and Global Water Scarcity
- PB - Video: Bugs in the Home
- PB - Video: Exploring Extremes
August 30 / September 3
UVA & UVB - testing of tanning lotions & sunglasses - postponed till Plants Unit
Dicotomous Keys (Sharks) - correct
SWIVL NOTES = https://cloud.swivl.com/v/84cdbe8233951ce8d3da92dbb46990db
Video - Ch 1 "How Things are Classified" - 20 min
Finish notes
SD Fishes Identification Activity
Extra - TECH - Dicholomous Key Game http://webworld.freac.fsu.edu/cameras/keys/sa/tree.html
Extra - TECH - Classification Game - www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/class.html
Announce SCIENCE FAIR competition / Semester Test Exemption
ASSIGNMENTS: Bring Dirt and a Container for next time
- PB Weight and Capacity - Metric Units
- PB Convert Metric Units
- SD Fish Identification Activity
SEPTEMBER 4 / 5
TECH - Test Over Unit 1
Assignments: - Do the GREEN SHEET about graphing DECOMPOSITION OF LEAVES and a separate graph of PLANT NICHES
Assignments: - Bring about 2-4 cups of dirt in a container.
RETAKE TESTS are available during the first SRB after your test has been returned. The RETAKE TEST is the exact same test as the original. If you choose to take the RETAKE TEST you may raise your grade on the test to a B-. (SEPT 11th in SRB)
Plant Corn & Bean Seeds next time
SEPTEMBER 6 / 9
Return Tests -
Plant Corn & Beans
Demo Pressing Plants & assign 10
TECH - Research a plant online, what is it used for,where does it come from
and why its important, include common name, scientific name. (Medical use?).
Celery Demo
Intro Microviewers-Sets 59,77,78,79,83
Assignments:
- Organize Information pg 753
- Questions on pg. 756 (3,4,8,14,15,19-21,25,37-39)
Notes
RETAKE TEST will be offered on Wednesday the 11th in SRB
SEPTEMBER 10 / 11
OB Plants, ID Plants
Notes over: Alternation of Generations
Finish Ch. 21 & 22 notes
TECH - Botany: Flower Parts
http://www.quia.com/jg/896530.html
Monocots VS Dicots, Sapwood, Heartwood, Root anatomy
Assign 22 Vocab
Assignment: Questions on page 794 (1,2,4,6,8,11,16,21,36,37)
OB Seeds Activity & TECH-website on plant growth
www.cambridgestudents.org.uk/subjectpages/
biology/igcsebiology/igcsebiologysimulations
Video Death Trap - 50 min. - may be postponed until next time
OB Bean Plants
RETAKE TESTS offered in SRB on Wednesday the 11th
SEPTEMBER 12 / 13
OB Plants
Video Death Trap - 50 minutes
Notes: Vascular/Non-Vascular; Angiosperms & Gymnosperms,
Seed Dissection
SWIVL NOTES online: https://cloud.swivl.com/v/152a820fbdd0e0ba3d8c5a12de4a66f3
Microviewer Quiz Preparation
NOTES - Gymnosperms, Angiosperms, possibly Photosynthesis Equation
SEPTEMBER 16 / 17
OB Plants in first 5 minutes
SEED OBSERVATION ACTIVITY
NOTES: FLowering Parts
Current Issue & Correct Tree Ring Activities
Flower parts
SWIVL Notes Online - https://cloud.swivl.com/v/d7e0ffb8960209b89a4605dbadf4edd2
Tree Rings
QUIZ - Microviewers - on the 24th with quiz on Common Plants of SD
Study Common SD Plants: (T:Drive for some; specimans for others)
Notes: Auxin, Tropisms, Adhesion/Cohesion, Dormant/Germinate, etc.
Assignment: Questions Page 304 (1,3,4,8,21,22,35-37) & 5 pros and 5 cons of Fertilizers & Pesticides
SEPTEMBER 18 / 19
OB Plants
NOTES
Common Plants of South Dakota - Study Time
Ch. 1 Plants Video Clip
Assignments: Graphs (Decomposition of Leaves / Niches)
Review: QUIA, Microviewers, Vocab Sheet; Study Guides
SEPTEMBER 20 / 23
Notes
Go over Microviewer Quizzes
40 Common SD Plants QUIZ
Study for Plant ID Quiz
5 Quia Review Games Available & Questions at the end of Chapters 21, 22, 23
CNN Video Clips
SEPTEMBER 24 / 25
Student Questions prior to the start of the test.
PLANTS UNIT TEST
Observe Bean and Corn Plant growth - Lab Report Due Next Class
ReTake Tests on October 3rd in SRB
Assignment: Counting Atoms Worksheet (front & back)
Chapter Six - Read Section 1 and Define all Bold Print words except for VanDerWaals Theory
or Read Section 1 & answer Questions 1-10 & 12 on page 175.
September 26 / September 27
Turn in Plant Growth Lab - 50 points
Review Test results
Periodic Chart - 40 common Elements, Symbols & Uses
Intro Chapter 6 - Basic Chemistry (atoms, nucleus, protons, neutrons, electrons, valence electrons, atomic number, atomic mass)
(Plants UNIT Test RETAKES in SRB October 6th only)
Chemistry Vocabulary Sheet & Study Guide
September 30 / OCTOBER 1
Chapter 6 Sections 2 & 3
Current Issue?
Show PBS's HUNTING THE ELEMENTS
SWIVL ONLINE RECORDING - https://cloud.swivl.com/v/71c98736c84335d1279ac00b65749d0d
Continue Notes on Basic Chemistry
(atoms, nucleus, protons, neutrons, electrons, valence electrons, atomic number, atomic mass)
(Plants Unit Retake Tests in SRB October 7th)
Assign Questions on Page 175 (1-10, 12, 14-32, 38-40, 43)
OCTOBER 2 / 3
ELEMENTS QUIZ
Chapter 6 - Section 2
Notes (Adhesion, cohesion, carbohydrates, protein, lipids, ATP, ADP)
Chemical Formulas & Balancing equations
Metric Conversions
Metric Olympics
Assignment: Study Guide with sample problems
OCTOBER 4/ 7
Temperature Conversions
REVIEW Chapter 6 / Basic Chemistry Concepts
TEST over Chapter 6 (Basic Chemistry, element uses, Metric Conversions & Temp. Conversions) next time
Chapter 6 Section 3
Review Metrics & Temperature Conversions
OCTOBER 8 / 9
TEST - Basic Chemistry, Metrics & Temperature Conversions
Begin Drugs Unit - Rat Lab - Graph all 4 rats, use a different color for each. 2 lines for each; a solid line for stimulus/drugs and a dashed line for food. Assignment: Rats testing Drug Effects (make graph with 4 colors & answer 6 questions)
Read section 33.4
Do Questions on page 986 (28-31, 33, 34)
OCTOBER 10 /11
DRUGS UNIT
Return Test from Chapter 6 & Introduce Drugs Units (Power Point) Generics, Drug Schedules, Who Makes them; Who sells them; Begin Categories like Anti-Arrythmia, Cardiovascular, Diuretics, Vitamins & Anisthetics +?
Overview Drugs - Generics, Top Selling Prescription Drugs, Laws, Patents, Schedules, etc.
Truth About Drugs - Intro (Chapter 1) - 8 minutes
Drug Testing Handout / Study Guide
OCTOBER 14 / 15
Drug Categories (NOTES via Power Point - Pain Meds, Anti-Rheumatics, Sedatives, Anti-Depressants, Anti-Epileptics)
Video: HOOKED topic Marijuana 45 min. and notes over Marijuana
The Truth About Drugs - ADS - Drugfree World.org
Study Guide Assigned - Long Term Effects of Drugs
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OCTOBER 16 / 17
Go Over Study Guide on Drug Testing (HAIR)
Go Over Study Guide on Long Term Effects of Drugs
Video: HOOKED topics (Amphetamines, Opium, Morphine Heroin) 45 min. - Optional - Probably not shown in class but may be done for extra credit.
Notes: Cardiovascular, Diuretics, Vitamins & Anisthetics, Pain Killers +?
NIH STUDY GUIDE (The Brain - Study of Addiction Due next class)
OCTOBER 18 / 21
Notes (Sedatives, Anti-Rheumatics, Anti-Epileptics, Anti-Depressants, Hormones, Steroids, Creatine, Performance Enhancers, Antibiotics, Anti-Histamines, Decongestants, Cough, Anti-Cancer)
Mollies Handout - Read and be ready to discuss by next class
Video: History Channel's Hooked (LSD, Ecstasy, Club/Date-Rape Drugs) - 45 Minutes
(Timothy Leary, Richard Nixon, War on Drugs, Haight/Ashbury)
Bio Ethics Study Guide Due Next Time
OCTOBER 28 / 29
Due: Chapter 8 pg. 276 #2, 10, 13, 21, 22, 23, 26, 48 and Webquest
Ye Olde Wine Vat Lab
Notes - Cell Structure and Cell Membrane
Osmosis Wkst
Homework: Interactivity Osmosis
October 30/31
DUE: Osmosis Interactivity
Microscope QUIZ
STEM Data Analysis
Photosynthesis vs. Cell Respiration Notes
QUIZ
Microscopes
Cell Lab Reports - DUE Tuesday (Black) Wednesday (Gold)
November 1 / 4
Finish Fermentation Lab - Due Next Class
Notes:Cell Reproduction and Division (Mitosis)
Microscopes
Homework: Mitosis Book
November 5/ 6
Due: Fermentation Lab, Cells Lab, and Mitosis Book
Notes: Birth Defects
Homework: Pg. 332 (1-3, 5-8,16-18, 33, 34, 39, 40) and Regulating Cell Growth (Online textbook)
November 7 / 8
Notes: Cancer
Cell Reproduction Virtual Lab
Homework: pg. 368 (1-4, 6-8, 12, 15, 16, 34-39)
November 11th - No School
November 12 / 13
Notes: Finish up Cancer Notes
Review for Test:
- Hyper, Hypo and Isotonic
- Critical Thinking
- Microscopes
- Microviewers
- Cell Organelles, ID and functions
- Birth Defects, ID and descriptions
- Cancer
- Labs
- 6 Quia Review Games
November 14 / 15
TEST
Genetics - Blue Spongebob
Chapter Questions: pg. 406 (1-2,5-6,9-10,15-16,19,26)
November 18 / 19
Notes - Intro to Genetics and Meiosis
Punnet Square Activity
Build - A - Baby Activity
Homework: Guinea Pig Genetics - Online Book
NOVEMBER 20 / 21
Notes: Other Inheritance
Pedigrees Activity
Blood Lab
Homework: Purple Pedigree packet, Gold Sex-Linked traits packet
NO SCHOOL - NOVEMBER 22ND
NOVEMBER 25 / 26
Due: Purple and Gold Packets
Notes - DNA
DNA Replication Activity
Homework: Yellow Blood Lab packet and #22 pg.407 due next class
November 27th and December 2nd
Due: Yellow Blood Packet
Notes - DNA, RNA, AND Protein Synthesis Continued
Video
Proteins activity
Homework: Decoding Proteins and Pink Sheet *Quiz next class
NO SCHOOL - NOVEMBER 28TH AND 29TH
December 3rd and 4th
Quiz
Notes: Genetic Mutations and Disorders
Mutations Activity
Karyotype Activity
December 5th and 6th
Notes: Genetic Engineering, Selective Breeding and Biotechnology
Genetically Engineering an Athlete
December 9th and 10th
Notes: Stem Cells
Stem Cells Activity
Review
December 11th and 12th
TEST
Video
December 13th and 16th
Video
Review Semester Test
December 18th - 20th
Semester Testing
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SECOND SEMESTER
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January 6 / 7
ECOLOGY UNIT (Chapters 3-7)
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Assignments:
Read Chapters 3 and 4 for next time
Do Questions on:
Page 108 (1-5, 9-18, 20, 22-25, 29, 34,36, 38, 40, 42)
Page 138 (1,3,4,7-10,13,14,17,20,22,26,27,30,34,36)
Loop Lake Activity
OLT = Online TEXT - 3 Activities & 4 Video Clips
Activities = Global Systems, Factors Affecting Growth and Earth's Greenhouse Effect and Solar Energy
Video Clips = Invasive Toads; Counting Wild Animals; Ever Changing Lake & El Nino.
Bears in the Woods Activity if time permits
NOTES - If the World was 100 People
- Ecology Overview
SWIVL Notes: https://cloud.swivl.com/
Power Points available for review T:Drive TECH
NOTES
January 8 / 9
Assign: Ques. page 168 (1-4,7,9,13-15,17,18,21-24,32,37-39)
Page 196 (5,7,14,15,21,25)
Read Chapters 5 and 6
OLT = 5 Activities and 2 Video Clips
5 Activities = Producers & Consumers; Describing Populations; Comparing Types of Succession;
Identifying Impact of Climate Change;
The Great Acceleration
2 Videos = Alpine Tundra; Water, Water Everywhere
NOTES
SD Rainfall Activity
Correct Questions from time before if time permits
TECH: Power Points on T:Drive
Review Photos & Graphs
Correct Assigned Questions
January 10 / 13
Succession Activity
Random Sampling Activity
OLT - 4 Activities & 2 Videos
Videos = Pacific Garbace Patch; Weeds of Mass Destruction
Activities = Human Population Growth; Population Changes of Giant Pandas; Optimizing Algal Growth; Sustainable Development.
Notes
SWIVL NOTES - https://cloud.swivl.com/v/
Assignments:
Questions on Pg 232 (1-3, 5,7-20, 23,37,38,40-43)
January 14 / 15
REVIEW and FINISH NOTES
All OLT (Online Text Assignments are DUE ! ! !)
Biomes
Winter Ecology
January 16 & 17
ECOLOGY TEST
Begin Evolution Unit
- Timeline of Life
JANUARY 21 & 22
EVOLUTION UNIT (Chapters 17-20)
Assign
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- pg 411 (1-8 & 10) - Due on the 9th/10th
Questions: 1.) What is Evolution? 2.) Do you believe in Evolution? Why or Why not? 3.) Which kind of Dinosaurs probably killed the most people? 4.) What caused the extinction of Dinosaurs?
Footprints Puzzle - 5.) How many animals made the tracks? 6.) What kinds were they? 7.) What happened?
Fossils Video Clip - Concepts in Motion - Page 393 (9 minutes) follow up with the online Interactive Table
JANUARY 16 / 17
Timeline of life Assignment Due
Chapter 14 Notes
SWIVL Notes = https://cloud.swivl.com/
or
SWIVL Alt. = https://cloud.swivl.
T Rex - What did he taste like?
TECH: What Did T.Rex Taste Like? Assign for next time http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/Trex/
Correct Half Lives Wkst.
Continental Drift Notes
Virtual Lab (pg 437)-allele variation
Assign pg 444 (1-4, 7,10-14, 16-19)
Page 420 - Data Lab & Page 441 Animation
Read/Review Chapter 15
JANUARY 21 / 22
Notes: Lamarck, Wallace, Darwin, Natural Selection & Continental Drift
SWIVL NOTES = https://cloud.swivl.com/
Concepts in Motion pg 409 - Miller/Uhrey Theory on Life's Origin
Correct T.Rex Taste
Chapter 15 Notes
Peppered Moth pg 434 and Study Guide
Peas Lab
JANUARY 23 / 24
Evidence of Evolution Video (25 Minutes)
Read Chapter 16
Assign: pg 477 (1-6, 13)
BioEthics Discussions - Baby's Sex, Pets, Cloning (time permitting)
Dots on Table Activity
Hominid Fossil Data Worksheet
Notes: Comparative Anatomy, Artificial Selection, Populations, Community, Ecosystems, Adaptations, Paleontologists, Archeologists, Vestigial Structures
JANUARY 27 / 28
1st half of Jurassic Park
End Skulls Comparison Lab
SWIVL NOTES = https://cloud.swivl.com
Lab - Opposable Thumbs Lab
Skulls Comparison Lab assigned
Notes: Comparative BioChemistry & Comparative Embryology, DNA,
Pg 471 Interactive Activity
Hemoglobin & Cytochome Comparisons
JANUARY 29 / 30
2nd half of Jurassic Park
Opposable Thumbs & Finish Skulls Comparison Labs
Lab - Skull Comparisons - Finish
Discuss Cloning; Should they make a Jurassic Park if they could?
Review for the test (Quia, Study Guides, Labs, Ch 14 - 16)
TECH - unit review - http://www.quia.com/jg/896602.html
TECH - comparative skulls at http://www.neatorama.com/2005/12/06/weird-animal-skulls/
EVOLUTION - 2 labs due
REVIEW
Opposable Thumbs Lab
Bio Ethics Discussions- Human Genome, Mad Cow, Paternity Options, Human Records-like Olympics, etc.
QUIA REVIEW - 2 games - best one has ***
TECH: Evolution Sites, T-Drive Review (Power Points)
February 4/5
TEST - Evolution Unit
Hand in Opposable Thumbs Lab
Intro Animals Unit - Chapters 24 +
Read Chapter 24 (attention to the pictures and captions)
pg 834 (1-3,7,9,13,15,22,24,25,29,35,37)
SWIVL Notes: https://cloud.swivl.com/
Note - 2 Characteristics of each major group & 2 examples
Read The EARTHWORM DISSECTION LAB
T:Drive has many Power Points full of pictures of Invertebrates & Vertebrates
Handouts - Invertebrate Vocabulary and Identification of Organisms
TECH - Invertebrates Gallery - http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/PhotoGallery/Invertebrates/default.cfm
FEBRUARY 6/7
"Stand By Me" video clip - Parasites
Registration Discussion
Notes on Inverts. Porifera, Cnidarians, & worms
SWIVL Notes: https://cloud.swivl.com/
"Eaten Alive" video about Parasites - 45 min.
Read Earthworms Dissection
Study INVERTEBRATE IDENTIFICATION
FEBRUARY 10/11
Video Clip - You Tube - "Bring out your dead!"
ANIMALS OF THE WORLD - Complete the book in pairs.
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FEBRUARY 12 / 13
Finish Invertebrate Notes (Mollusks, Arthropods, Echinoderms)
Dissect Earthworms
"Amphibians"
Post Earthworm Dissection
Study T:Drive Power Points (5) Some have photos and ID, others are just images of the Invertebrates. The quiz will be about 10 ID of the Earthworm and the rest of the Identification (40) will come from one of the Power Points.
Study Guide over entire book
T: Drive - World's 25 weirdest Animals - Read and choose your 5 favorites and say why for each.
Complete the Study Guide that covers the entire book "Animals Of The World"
READ FROG DISSECTION
FEBRUARY 18 / 19
Quiz - Invert. ID and Worm Anatomy
Vertebrate Notes
Dissect Frogs
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FEBRUARY 20 / 21
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/PhotoGallery/Invertebrates/default.cfm
Frog Dissections Handouts Due
Notes - Vertebrates
SWIVL NOTES - https://cloud.swivl.com/
Fish Video
Study T:Drive Power Points (7) Some have photos and ID, others are just images of the Vertebrates. The quiz will be about 10 ID of the Frog and the rest of the Identification (40) will come from one of the Power Points.
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FEBRUARY 24 / 25
TECH - Invert. Diversity
QUIZ - Vertebrate Identification and Frog Anatomy or finish notes and do the quiz next time.
Reptiles Video ?
Birds Video ?
Finish Vetebrates Notes
Unit Review
Alternate Assignment
Choose Report Topic for VERTEBRATE REPORT (Poster/Picture, Characteristics, Habitat, Where Found, Gestation Period, Food, Enemies, Facts of Interest - Minimum of 1 minute & Maximum of 3 minutes)? -
TECH - Vertebrate Diversity - includes galleries & info - http://nationalzoo.si.edu/default.cfm
TECH - Vertebrate Diversity - http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html
FEBRUARY 26 / 27
ANIMALS UNIT TEST (Invertebrates & Vertebrates)
VERTEBRATE DIVERSITY and Characteristics
Dams. Good or not? List pros and cons of Dams
Read Chapter 25.1 after the test
Health Lifestyle Inventory – Due Next Time
Body Measurements Lab - Begin in class - Due next time.
Intro HUMAN UNIT - Chapter 25 starts this.
FEBRUARY 28 / March 2
Body Measurements Lab – Start in class; Due next time
VIDEO - SKELETONS - EYE WITNESS
Notes over the Skeletal System - major bones
SWIVL - https://cloud.swivl.com/
Begin Microviewers - Set #57
Questions on page 955 (1-9, 12, 13, 15, 17-19, 27-30, 32, 33) – Due 9th/12th
MARCH 3 / 4
Owl Pellets Lab – Writeup due next time
Video – Skeletons
Read 32.2
Notes over ways to tell skeletons apart for gender, height, ethnic group, etc.
Notes over major muscle groups
SWIVL - https://cloud.swivl.com/
Begin Microviewers - Set #57
MARCH 5 / 6
Forensics Lab – Determine Gender, Height and Ethnic Group of 4 skeletons – Due March 13th/14th
Crime Scene – Determine Gender, Age, Ethnic Group & cause of death
Read 32.3
Notes - Joints, Skin
Muscle Fatigue Lab - Vernier for part of it
MARCH 9 / 10
Finish Notes over t
he Support System
Chicken Wings and Legs dissection
Knee Ligaments
SWIVL - https://cloud.swivl.com/v/
Due = Ques. Page 955
MARCH 11 / 12
Review Questions
Hand in missing assignments / labs
Muscle Fatigue Lab
Finish The Skeletal Forensics Lab
Study for Test
MARCH 13 / 16
Students are to log in to Google Classroom GOOGLE CLASSROOM - Code = dypxdmn
On Friday the Black Classes watched a Knee Surgery and finished the Power Point called Support System. Gold classes should finish the Power Point on Monday and prepare for the Test which will be the first Gold Day after we return to school. I will post an assignment for everyone for Tuesday and Wednesday.
- Notes - Skin (Integumentary System)
- SWIVL Notes- https://cloud.swivl.
- Finish the labs (Forensics & Muscle Fatigue)
- Assign Coroner's Report Worksheet
- Review - Vocabulary; Labs; ID of Bones, Muscles, Skin;
Knee Anatomy; Microviewers; QUIA Games
MARCH 17 / 18
Unit Test over the Support System
(Postponed till the first two days of our return to classes)
March 17th & 18th - Work on the MICROBIOLOGY UNIT
aka Bacteria and Viruses
USE GOOGLE CLASSROOM - Updated Assignments and Information
GOOGLE CLASSROOM - Code = dypxdmn
Watch DISCOVERY CHANNEL's "Understanding Viruses"
and complete the study guide
Watch this 50+ minute Video. You can watch it on DISCOVERY, or You Tube and a few other sites.
One address that works is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXbTxj_mD_M
Answer the Questions on the Study Guide labeled: UNDERSTANDING VIRUSES (Mark DONE after you have complete it.)
- I'd SAVE it or Print it so that you have it to study from again prior to the test.
A few questions are not on the video and will require research. Ex. Covid19
OLT - PEARSON - Do the following 3 in the Folder called BACTERIA -
1.) Design a Flu Vaccine
2.) Flu Vaccines
3.) Viruses
DUE - March 20th
Optional: Quizlet - Great Review, Flash Cards & Games - https://quizlet.com/79502297/understanding-viruses-flash-cards/
SPRING BREAK March 19 – 23
March 24/25
GOOGLE CLASSROOM - Code = dypxdmn
Watch DISCOVERY CHANNEL's "Understanding Bacteria"
and complete the study guide
OPTIONAL - EXTRA CREDIT
WATCH the movie OUTBREAK on Netflix
a study guide will be posted.
The focus is on Bacteria.
Watch the video "Understanding Bacteria" which is just over 50 minutes long. The Discovery Channel made it and it is available to watch on their website and many other websites too such as:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCvMsOUgfpI
It has tons of great information on it. I have made a Study Guide that is also on our Google Classroom for you to fill out, as these are the things that will eventually be on the test.
The Study Guide should be completed no later than March 26th.
Optional Quizlet for fun and review = https://quizlet.com/37538659/video-notes-understanding-bacteria-flash-cards/
OLTs - Complete the 5 remaining OLTs on your PEARSON website. They are due March 27th.
SUPPORT SYSTEM TEST - - - - - If school resumes on the 24th.
(Includes Skeleton, Joints, Muscles, Skin, Knee, Microviewers)
BEGIN DIGESTIONS & NUTRITION / EXCRETION
DIGESTION KNOWLEDGE WORKSHEET - HANDOUT DUE AT END OF UNIT
March 26 / 27
- GOOGLE CLASSROOM - Online Education
Read the document posted called Vaccinations - The Truth
Watch the 2 minute PBS Video that is listed at the bottom of the document.
Do the QUIA REVIEW GAME - Quia will verify that the time you log in and the duration as well as your results.
- *Fighting sickness, disease, and germs like these...
http://www.quia.com/rr/166774.html
The next class will have a QUIZ to check for understanding.
Be reviewing the Power Point for the Unit. It is found on Google Classroom
Due March 27th
Notes (Digestion, Nutrition, Food Labels)
- Urine Lab
- ACIDS & BASES - YOU Tube
- Correct Page 1041
- Assignment - Finish Ch. 35 Study Guide
- Web Quest on BMI, Exercise and its effects on the body, Nutrition, etc. Due March 30th
MARCH 30 / 31
Guest Speaker
Health Careers
Avera - Scott Ault
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- Notes (Digestion, Nutrition, Food Labels)
SWIVL - https://cloud.swivl.com/
- Urine Lab
- Correct Page 1041
- Assignment - Finish Ch. 35 Study Guide
- Web Quest on BMI, Exercise and its effects on the body, Nutrition, etc. Due March 30th
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April 1 / 2
- Notes over Digestion
- SWIVL - https://cloud.swivl.com/
- Collect Urine Lab
- Excretion
- Do Fecal Analysis Lab
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April 3rd & 6th
- Notes conclude over Digestion and continue on Excretion
- Study Guide
- Swivl - https://cloud.swivl.com/
- Finish Web Quest
- REVIEW for TEST which is next time.
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APRIL 7 / 8
TEST - Digestion & Excretion
Assignment = The RIVER of LIFE study guide about blood.
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__________NO SCHOOL APRIL 10 - 13TH _____
APRIL 9 / 14
River of Life is DUE
Notes over the Circulatory System & Heart structures and functions
For the test: 25 point essay possible - Follow the pathway of blood through the body.
EACH LAB IN THIS UNIT WILL BE DUE 2 CLASSES LATER !
HEART RATE RECOVERY LAB
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April 15 / 16
Notes - Arteries vs Veins; Size relative to Heart Rate; Coronary Arteries;
Arteriosclerosis; Bypasses and stents; Pacemakers; Stethoscopes;
Sphygomomanometers
SWIVL - https://cloud.swivl.com/
Page 1013 (1-13, 16-18, 20-23, 26-36, 40-42)
LABS - Blood Pressure Lab & EKG's
April 17 / 20
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Respiratory System
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- Lung Capacity Lab
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- Heart Rate Recovery Lab Due
- SWIVL - https://cloud.swivl.com
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April 21/ 22
Endocrine System Notes
A Day at the Circus Handout (Due next time)
- EKG & Blood Pressure Lab Due
- Page 1013 DUE
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April 23 / 24
Due - A day at the Circus and Lung Capacity Lab
Review & SWIVL https://cloud
TEST over Circulation and Respiration & Hormones
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HUMAN REPRODUCTION UNIT
APRIL 27 / 28
Return/Review Cirulatory & Respiratory & Endocrine System Tests
Announce RETAKE date - March 26th in SRB
Watch Eyewitness video on Skeletons
Knee DVD? - L. Neug.'s surgery
Intro Human Reproductive Anatomy if time allows
Assign: page 1069 (1,4-10)
Hand out Male & Female Reproductive Anatomy Study Guides
APRIL 29 / 30
Go over Male & Female Reproductive Anatomy Study Guides
Myth or Fact Study Guide
NOTES - Power Point
Infant to Girl Morph - You Tube Video Clip
Child Development (Include use of the models)
How to say NO!
Assign Vocabulary Challenge Study Guide & Page 1069 (14,15,18-21)
May 1 / 4
Video - LIFE's GREATEST MIRACLE (55 min.)
Stages of Pregnancy
Notes
Assign: Reproduction & Development Vocabulary Study Guide
C-Section Video Clip - 1st 3 minutes only - maybe on 1st/2nd
Menstrual Cycle
Assign Questions pg 1069 (28-30, 32, 32, 36, 39, 40)
MAY 5 / 6
Baby Ultra Sound - Dr. Krause
Premature termination of pregnancies
Most common types of abortion
Introduce Birth Control Methods
Notes - Birth Control PPT
Samples shown only - not distributed
YouTube - TED Talks - Conception to Birth Visualized - optional if time permits
Critical Thinking Study Guide
C-Section Video Clip
Sex Education Quiz
Assign: Reproduction & Development Critical Thinking / Work Alikes / Cause & Effect/ Trade Offs
MAY 7 / 8
Finish Birth Control
Begin Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI, STD, VD)
STD Rates Worksheet
Notes - STD PPT
Correct 1 or more Study Guides
MAY 11 / 12
Finish STD's
STD Prevention - CDC Website
QUIA Review Game
Review for Unit Test
MAY 13 / 14
UNIT TEST - Reproduction / Birth Control / STD's
FETAL PIG
MAY 15 / 16
Nervous SYSTEM
MAY 17 / 18
OSMOSIS JONES
G4 Test Review
MAY 18 / 19
SEMESTER TEST REVIEW
GOLD 4 TESTS on the 19th?
MAY 20 / 21
SEMESTER TESTS