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 Prep Test for DNA and Protein Synthesis

TAYLOR linked DNA Replication & Protein Synthesis Prep Test

 

Online Biology BookHow to use your Biology Textbook

Username:  bdolca05  Password:  th3cr8Ye

Useful Stuff in the Online Textbook!

1. Scroll down to "Internet Link"

2. Click on "Student Center"

       a. Weblinks (animations etc.)

       b. Self Check Quizzes

       c. Standardized Test Practice

       d. Chapter Tests... and more...

 

Resources

*     Life Sciences State Standards Grades Nine Through Twelve

*     Lab Write Up Format and Grading Checklist

*     Biology in the News Online Resources

*     Science in the News  Report Format

 

Stanford Research Link - High Wire

 

 

Biology Calendar

Credit Recovery Letter

     
     
Date

 

Class Activities Homework

Monday

6/7

Review - Evolution HW:   Study for Final and Study Guide
Tuesday

6/8

Review - White Boards (Protein Synthesis and Biotech) HW:    Study for Final and Study Guide
Wednesday

6/9

Review Study Guide (Anatomy and Physiology HW:   Study for Final and Study Guide

 

Thursday

6/10

Finals - Period 1, 2, 3

Modified Day

HW:  Study for Final and Study Guide

Friday

6/11

Finals - Period 4, 5, 6

Modified Day

 

Have  w wonderful Summer!

 

 

     
Date

 

Class Activities Homework

Monday

5/31

No School - Memorial Day HW:   Study Guide
BW: 
Tuesday

6/1

Excretory and Endocrine Systems Worksheet HW:   Study Guide

BW:  

Wednesday

6/2

  HW:  Study Guide

BW: 

Thursday

6/3

  HW:  Study Guide

BW: 

Friday

6/4

  Study and organize for Finals

 

 

     
Date

 

Class Activities Homework

Monday

5/24

Begin Respiration and Circulatory Systems

PPT.

Late Start

HW:   Page 984 Q.  1-5  Answer in complete sentences.  Write out questions.
BW:  What are the parts of the circulatory system?
Tuesday

5/25

Pictures (Page 972,  Page 982) HW:    Page 984 Q.  1-5  Answer in complete sentences.  Write out questions.

BW:   What are the parts of the respiratory system?

Wednesday

5/26

Respiration Mini Lab Lab  37.1  Page 981 HW:   Page 984 Q.  1-5  Answer in complete sentences.  Write out questions.

Study for Quiz

BW:  How does the respiratory and the circulatory systems work together in the human body?

Thursday

5/27

Quiz:  Circulatory and Respiration

HW Due

BW:  Cellular respiration vs. External respiration

Have a great 4-day Weekend!

Friday

5/28

No School - Furlough Day

 

 

 

 

     
Date

 

Class Activities Homework

Monday

5/17

Finish Bloomin' Body Ball Presentations

PPT - Digestion

Late Start

HW:   Page 923 Q. 1-5  Write out questions.  Answer in complete sentences.
BW:  What are the parts of the digestive system?
Tuesday

5/18

Digestion Animation:

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072495855/student_view0/chapter26/animation__organs_of_digestion.html

Digestion Game   http://ontario.teachnutrition.org/Files/Images/Flash/digest_quest.swf

Foldable - Digestive System   Page 917

 

HW:   Page 923 Q. 1-5  Write out questions.  Answer in complete sentences.

BW:  What is peristalsis?

Wednesday

5/19

Finish PPt. HW:   Page 923 Q. 1-5  Write out questions.  Answer in complete sentences.

BW:  Draw and explain

a.  pharynx

b.  trachea

c.  esophagus

Thursday

5/20

Digestion Activity

Assembly Schedule - Every 15 Minutes

 
HW:  Page 923 Q. 1-5  Write out questions.  Answer in complete sentences.

Study for Quiz

BW:   Label the three parts of the

a.  small intestines

b.  large intestines

Friday

5/21

Bellwork #8 Due

Homework Due

Quiz:  Digestion

Assembly Schedule - Every 15 Minutes

Have a great weekend!

BW:  Mechanical vs. Chemical Digestion

 

     
Date

 

Class Activities Homework

Monday

5/10

Explain Body Systems 12-sided Bloom Ball

Select Groups;  Each individual responsible for 3 sides.

Late Start

HW:   None for this week due to testing.
BW:  What is the purpose of the digestive system?
Tuesday

5/11

Work Day for Bloom Ball

Block Schedule - CST Testing (Per. 1,2,3,4)

HW:   None for this week due to testing.

BW:  .  What is the purpose of the endocrine system?

Wednesday

5/12

Work Day for Bloom Ball

Block Schedule - CST Testing (Per. 1,2,5,6)

HW:   None for this week due to testing.

BW:   What is the purpose of the circulatory system?

Thursday

5/13

Work Day for Bloom Ball  (same as Wednesday)

Block Schedule - CST Testing (Per. 3,4,5,6)

 

HW:   None for this week due to testing.

BW:   Same as Wednesday

Friday

5/14

Bloom Balls Due

Movie Time - Congratulations!

Have a great weekend!

BW:  What is the purpose of the respiratory system?

 

     
Date

 

Class Activities Homework

Monday

5/3

CST Review - Review Practice Test

Late Start

HW:   None for next 3 weeks due to testing.
BW:  Respiration vs. Photosynthesis
Tuesday

5/4

CST / STAR  - Science

Block Schedule - CST Testing (Per. 1,2,3,4)

HW:   None for next 3 weeks due to testing.

 

Wednesday

5/5

NCLB - Biology

Block Schedule - CST Testing (Per. 1,2,5,6)

HW:   None for next 3 weeks due to testing.

 

Thursday

5/6

Day is same as Tuesday / Wednesday

Block Schedule - CST Testing (Per. 3,4,5,6)

 

HW:   None for next 3 weeks due to testing.

 

Friday

5/7

Computer Lab Day - Virtual Frog Dissection

Welcome to a Virtual Frog Dissection!

  1. Type in the following url.

  1. http://www.froguts.com/flash_content/index.html

  1. Click on the “demo” button.

  1. Follow the prompts on the dissection.  Note:  if you need to remove the sound, the words are still visible directly underneath the frog.

 

BW #7 Due

Have a great weekend!

BW:  List (at least) 10 systems of the human body.

 

     
Date

 

Class Activities Homework

Monday

4/26

CST Review - Gene Walk Around

Grade Review for Progress Report

Late Start

HW:   None for next 3 weeks due to testing.
BW:  Describe a Punnett Square.
Tuesday

4/27

Immune System Quiz

CST Review - Science Bingo Evolution and Ecology Standards

Block Schedule - CST Testing (Per. 1,2,3,4)

HW:   None for next 3 weeks due to testing.

BW:  A bacteriophage is ...

Wednesday

4/28

CST Review - Science Bingo Cell Biology and Genetics Standards

Block Schedule - CST Testing (Per. 1,2,5,6)

HW:   None for next 3 weeks due to testing.

BW:  same as Tuesday's

Thursday

4/29

Day is same as Tuesday / Wednesday

Block Schedule - CST Testing (Per. 3,4,5,6)

 

HW:   None for next 3 weeks due to testing.

BW:  Name 3 differences in a plant and animal cell.

Friday

4/30

CST Review - Practice Test

Have a great weekend!

BW:  Describe protein synthesis (transcription and translation.)

 

     
Date

 

Class Activities Homework

Monday

4/19

Immune System PPT.

Late Start

HW:   Page 1041 Q. 1-5

Chapter 18 - Bacteria and Viruses

Chapter 39 - Immune System

Cool Sounds website!   http://listverse.com/2008/02/29/top-10-incredible-sound-illusions/

Cool Optical Illusions website!  http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/index.htm

Immune System -

http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/media/molecular_mech-lg.mov

BW:  What is the function of the immune system?

Tuesday

4/20

Bacteria vs. Virus Venn Diagram

Immune System Vocabulary

Immune System Vocabulary

CST Review

Block Schedule - CST Testing (Per. 1,2,3,4)

Biology Intervention 2:45 - 4:00  Room 508

HW:   Page 1041 Q. 1-5

BW:  What is a pathogen?  Give an example.

Wednesday

4/21

Concept Map - Immune System

Transmission of a Pathogen Lab

CST Review

Block Schedule - CST Testing (Per. 1,2,5,6)

Biology Intervention 2:45 - 4:00  Room 508

HW:   Page 1041 Q. 1-5

BW:  same as Tuesday's

Thursday

4/22

Day is same as Tuesday / Wednesday

Block Schedule - CST Testing (Per. 3,4,5,6)

Biology Intervention 2:45 - 4:00  Room 508

 

HW:   Page 1041 Q. 1-5

BW:  Innate Immunity vs.  Acquired Immunity

Friday

4/23

HW Due

BW Due

Computer Day - Virtual Physiology Lab

CST Review

Assesmbly Schedule

Have a great weekend!

Immune System Quiz next Tuesday!

BW:  Bacteria vs. Virus

 

     
Date

 

Class Activities Homework

Monday

4/12

Nervous System Powerpoint

Late Start

HW:   Page 950 Q. 1-5
Tuesday

4/13

Nervous System Handout

New Seats

New Bellwork #6

CST Review PPT

HW:   Page 950 Q. 1-5

Label a diagram of the parts of a neuron.

Wednesday

4/14

MiniLab 36.1;  Page 948

CST Review PPT

 

HW:   Page 950 Q. 1-5

What is a synapse?  What is a neurotransmitter?

Thursday

4/15

Lab Write Up Due

Drawing the Reflex Arc

CST Review PPT

 

 

HW:   Page 950 Q. 1-5;  Study for Quiz

What is a reflex arc?  Name 3 types of neurons involved.

Friday

4/16

Quiz:  Nervous System

CST Review PPT

HW Due

Have a great weekend!
     
Date

 

Class Activities Homework

Monday

3/22

Protein Synthesis Dry Lab

Late Start

HW:    Study Guide

Test Prep

Tuesday

3/23

Review Biotechnology and Protein Synthesis HW:  Study Guide:
 Sample tests graded online.  (I don't see the score!  Smile.)
 
 
 
 
Wednesday

3/24

Review for Test -Study Guide Due

Thursday

3/25

BENCHMARK!!!

Biotech and Protein Synthesis

(Chapter 11, 13)

Friday

3/26

Possible Web Quest - Biotechnology Have a great Spring Break!

 

Web pages/Immune System Good.htm

Travel Brochure of Body

 Movie Poster

MiniBook

Quest Immune

 

     
Date

 

Class Activities Homework

Monday

3/15

Protein Synthesis PPT

Late Start

HW:   Page 353 Q. 1-5

BW:  codon vs. anticodon

Tuesday

3/16

Creating a Biotech Company

CA High School Exit Exam

HW:   Page 353 Q. 1-5

BW:  transcription vs. translation

Wednesday

3/17

Human Genome Project

CA High School Exit Exam

HW:   Page 353 Q. 1-5

BW:  tRNA vs. mRNA

Thursday

3/18

Plasmid Activity - Textbook  Page 354-355 HW:   Page 353 Q. 1-5

BW:  What is the importance of the Human Genome Project

Friday

3/19

Quiz:  Transcription and Translation

HW Due

Possible Biotech PPT

BW:  Name the following bonds:

a.  base to base

b.  amino acid to amino acid

Have a great weekend!

     
Date

 

Class Activities Homework

Monday

3/8

DNA/PS Comic Strip 

Late Start

HW:   Page 348 Q. 1-5

BW:  Define:

a.  DNA replication

b.  Transcription

c.  Translation

Tuesday

3/9

Ppt - Transcription and Translation HW:  Page 348 Q. 1-5

BW:  RNA polymerase vs. DNA polymerase

Wednesday

3/10

Mini-Lab 13.1  Page 343 HW:  Page 348 Q. 1-5

BW:  codon vs. anti-codon

Thursday

3/11

Quiz - Transcription and Translation

BW #4 Due

Homework Due

Modified Day -
Spring Showcase!

 

BW:  Make a T-chart and compare transcription to translation.

Friday

3/12

No School - Furlough Day Have a great 3-day weekend!
     
Date

 

Class Activities Homework

Monday

3/1

Finish Manipulative Bag of DNA

Late Start

HW:   Read Section 11.1   Write out review questions on Page 287 Q. 1-5 and answer questions in complete sentences.

BW:  Explain complimentary base pairs.  Give examples.

 

Tuesday

3/2

DNA Replication PPT.

DNA Biotech ppt.

HW:  Read Section 11.1   Write out review questions on Page 287 Q. 1-5 and answer questions in complete sentences.

BW:  Complete the following complimentary DNA strand:  CATATGGC

Wednesday

3/3

Manipulating DNA and Show-n-Tell

(White Boards, Bag, Animations)

HW:   Read Section 11.1   Write out review questions on Page 287 Q. 1-5 and answer questions in complete sentences.

BW:  What is the purpose of the enzyme(s) nvolved in DNa replication?

Thursday

3/4

DNA Isolation Lab HW:  Read Section 11.1   Write out review questions on Page 287 Q. 1-5 and answer questions in complete sentences.

BW:  What is the purpose of the enzyme used in DNA replication.

Friday

3/5

Quiz:  DNA Quiz

HW Due

Lab Write Up Due

Genetic Tech Review

Create a Biotech Company

DNA/PS Comic Strip

DNA to RNA to Protein

PS Poster  1

PS Poster 2

PS Poster Questions

DNA In My Food

Protein Synthesis Prep Test

BW;  Compare DNA to RNA.

Have a great weekend!

     
Date

 

Class Activities Homework

Monday

2/22

No School HW:   Study Guide - finish

 

Tuesday

2/23

Review for Benchmark HW:  Study Guide - finish
Wednesday

2/24

Benchmark - Evolution

Study Guide Due

HW:   Study Guide - finish

 

Thursday

2/25

DNA Structure - ppt. HW:  Study Guide - finish

Friday

2/26

Building DNA Kits Have a great weekend!
     
Date

 

Class Activities Homework

Monday

2/15

No School HW:   Study Guide due Wed.,  2/24

BW:   

Tuesday

2/16

Mechanisms of  Evolution ppt. HW: Study Guide due Wed.,  2/24

BW:  What is a gene pool?

Wednesday

2/17

Computer Lab Day - Darwin Diary HW:   Study Guide due Wed.,  2/24

BW:  Describe gene flow.  Give example.

Thursday

2/18

T-Chart - Reproductive Isolation vs. Geographic Isolation

Evolution Study Guide

HW:   Study Guide due Wed.,  2/24

BW:  Describe genetic drift.  Give example.

Friday

2/19

Quiz:  Mechanisms of Evolution BW: 

Have a great 3-day weekend!

     
Date

 

Class Activities Homework

Monday

2/8

Bebblewark World Ppt.

Late Start

HW:   Page 413 Q. 1-5

BW:    What is a cladogram?

Tuesday

2/9

Bebblewark World Lab - Collection of Data

 

HW:   Page 413 Q. 1-5

BW:   Explain the characteristics of Bebblewark World

Wednesday

2/10

Amino Acid Sequencing Activity HW:   Page 413 Q. 1-5

BW:   Explain a behavioral adaptation.  Give example.

Thursday

2/11

Lab Write Up Day HW:   Page 413 Q. 1-5

Study for Quiz

BW:  What type of biochemical evidence is used to support evolution?

Friday

2/12

Quiz:  Evidence of Evolution

BW #2 Due

Homework Due

BW:  How does a population evolve according to natural selection?
Standard(s):  Students know variation within a species increases the likelihood that at least some members of a species will survive under changed environmental conditions .    

Monday

2/1

Ppt. - Evidence of Evolution

Web Powerpoints/Ch 15 Natural Selection and Evolution Evidence.htm

Late Start

HW:   Section 14.1 Page  379 Q. 1-5

BW:   What evidence of evolutions do scientists use to explain the concept?

Tuesday

2/2

Lab:    Natural Selection Feeding Adaptations

 

HW:   Section 14.1 Page  379 Q. 1-5

BW:   Homologous vs. Analogous Structures.  Define.  Give example of each.

Wednesday

2/3

Fossil Dig

Fossil Dig Questions

HW:   Section 14.1 Page  379 Q. 1-5

BW:   Mimicry vs. Camouflage.  Define.  Give examples of each.

Thursday

2/4

"Great Transformations" Video HW:   Section 14.1 Page  379 Q. 1-5

BW:  Explain the Law of Superposition.

Friday

2/5

Lab Write-Up Due

Fossil Dig Questions Due

Lecture Notes Due

Homework Due

BW:  What is the significance of the Burgess Shale?
Standard(s):  Students know variation within a species increases the likelihood that at least some members of a species will survive under changed environmental conditions . Standard(s):  Students know new mutations are constantly being generated in a gene pool.  

Monday

1/25

Introduction to Evolution - Cornell Notes / PPt.

Late Start

HW:   Section 15. 1  Pages 392-397 until "Adaptations:  Evidence for Evolution."  Do the green Reading Check on Page 397.

BW:   What is  natural selection?

Tuesday

1/26

Evolution Vocabulary HW:  Section 15. 1  Pages 392-397 until "Adaptations:  Evidence for Evolution."  Do the green Reading Check on Page 397.

BW:   What was Darwin's contribution to the idea of natural selection?

Wednesday

1/27

Natural Selection Concept Map

Peppered Moth Study Game:

http://www.techapps.net/interactives/pepperMoths.swf

Survivor Game

http://science.discovery.com/interactives/literacy/darwin/darwin.html

 

HW:   Section 15. 1  Pages 392-397 until "Adaptations:  Evidence for Evolution."  Do the green Reading Check on Page 397.

BW:   What are the three types of natural selection?  Give an example of each.

Thursday

1/28

Lab:    Natural Selection Feeding Adaptations

Natural Selection Concept Lab

HW:   Section 15. 1  Pages 392-397 until "Adaptations:  Evidence for Evolution."  Do the green Reading Check on Page 397;    Study for Quiz

BW:  What is an adaptation?  Give an example.

Friday

1/29

Natural Selection Quiz

Bellwork #1 Due

Lab Write-Up Due

Lecture Notes Due

BW: Compare artificial selection vs. natural selection.  Give an example of each.
Standard(s):  Students know why natural selection acts on the phenotype rather that the genotype of an organism.    

Monday

1/18

No School  
Tuesday

1/19

No School
Wednesday

1/20

Welcome to 2nd Semester Biology B!

Introduction to Genetic Disease Pamphlets

HW:   Read Pages 328-329;  Browse through "Changes in Chromosome Numbers"

BW:   Name 3 different genetic disorders and what chromosome they occur.

Thursday

1/21

Genetic Disease Pamphlet Workday

Assembly Schedule

HW:   Read Pages 328-329;  Browse through "Changes in Chromosome Numbers"

BW: Name 3 other different genetic disorders and what chromosome they occur.

Friday

1/22

Present Genetic Diseases  

BW:  Name 3 other different genetic disorders and what chromosome they occur.  (Total of 9 for the week.)

Standard(s):  Students know mutations and sexual reproduction lead to genetic variation in a population.    

Monday

1/11

Pedigrees - Notes

Guided and Individual Practice

Late Start

HW:   Study for Finals;  all Study Guide

BW:   None

Tuesday

1/12

Possible - Making The Face Lab

Questions for Making the Fact Lab

HW:  Study for Finals;  all Study Guide

BW:   None

Wednesday

1/13

Study Guide Due

Genes Walk Around

Review Study Guide;  Review for Finals

HW: Study for Finals;  all Study Guide

BW:   None

Thursday

1/14

Finals - Modified Schedule (Periods 1, 2, 3)

Bellwork #8 Due

HW:   Study for Finals

Friday

1/15

Finals - Modified Schedule (Periods 4, 5, 6)

Bellwork #8 Due

 

Evolution Items

Fossil Activity Questions

Fossil Internet Activiy

Great Transformation Questions

Natural Selection Concept Map

Natural Selection Feeding Adaptations

Sickle Cell Anemia Student Packet

Relax!  You deserve.
Standard(s):  Students know how to predit probably outcomes from modes of inheritance (Autosomal or X-linked, co-dominance and incomplete dominance, poly and multiple-allele genetics)    

Monday

1/4

Practicing Genetic Problems - Dihybrid Crosses
The Significance of 9:3:3:1 ratio

Finish Dihybrid Corn Lab

Late Start

HW:   Study Guide - Genetics section

BW:   What is the significance to the 9:3:3:1 phenotypic ratio that Mendel found?

Tuesday

1/5

ABO Blood Types

Incomplete and Co-Dominance

If time - Hospital Who Done It and Genetic Practice Problems

a.  Incomplete and Co- Dominance Practice

b.  Sex-Linked Practice

HW: Study Guide - Genetics section

BW:   What are three examples of inheritance that does not seem to follow Mendel's patterns or laws?

Wednesday

1/6

Notes:  Sex-linked Notes and Karyotyping

Multiple Alleles and Polygenic Alleles Genetics

Quick Genetics Quiz:  Dihybrids, Incomplete Dominance, Co-Dominance, etc.

HW:  Study Guide - Genetics section

BW:   What is co-dominance?  Give an example.

Thursday

1/7

Review for Genetics Benchmark

Genetics Test Prep

HW:   Study Guide - Genetics Section

BW:  What is incomplete dominance?  Give an example.

Friday

1/8

Genetics Benchmark!!!! .Have a great weekend!  Organize and study for Finals!!!
Standard's):  Students know how to predict the probable outcome of phenotypes in a genetic cross from the genotypes of the parents.    

Monday

12/14

Probability Activity / Lab

Late Start

HW:   None

BW:   None

Tuesday

12/15

Genetics Punnet Square Practice

Bikini Bottom Genetics

HW:  None

BW:   None

Wednesday

12/16

Dihybrid Crosses

Dihybrid Corn Lab

HW:  None

BW:   None

Thursday

12/17

Class Traits and Making a Baby HW:   None

BW:  None

Friday

12/18

No School .Have a wonderful winter break!
Standard(s):  Students know the genetic basis for Mendel's laws of segregation and independent assortment.    

Monday

12/7

Meiosis Claymation

Late Start

HW:   Page 262 Q. 1-5

BW:   Describe a gamete.

Tuesday

12/8

Meiosis Ppt. cont.

Biology Credit Recovery 2:45-4:00

HW: Page 262 Q. 1-5

BW:   Name 3 differences between mitosis and meiosis.

Wednesday

12/9

Meiosis Flip Book

Meiosis Pin Wheel

Biology Credit Recovery 2:45-4:00

HW:Page 262 Q. 1-5

BW: Define the following:  homologous chromosomes,  crossing over

Thursday

12/10

Mendel's  Day

Mendel's Laws

Begin Punnett Squares

Biology Credit Recovery 2:45-4:00

HW:   Page 262 Q. 1-5

Study for Quiz

BW:  What is a tetrad?

Friday

12/11

Quiz:  Meiosis

HW Due

Bellwork #7 Due

Bikini Bottom Genetics

Winter Wishes Assembly Schedule

BW:  Describe the differences between Meiosis 1 and Meiosis 2.

 

.Have a wonderful weekend!

Standard(s):  Students know meiosis is an early step in sexual reproduction in which the pairs of chromosomes separate and segregate randomly during cell division to produce gametes containing one chromosome of each type. Standards:  Students know only certain cells in a multicellular organism undergo meiosis.  

Monday

11/30

Review Benchmark

Begin Genetics -
Mitosis and Meiosis Ppt.

Late Start

HW:   Page 273 Q. 1-6

BW:   None

Tuesday

12/1

Worksheets and Pinwheel HW: Page 273 Q. 1-6

BW:   Name two differences between mitosis and meiosis.

Wednesday

12/2

Meiosis Flip Book HW:Page 273 Q. 1-6

BW: What are the four steps (phases) of mitosis?

Thursday

12/3

T-Chart:  Meiosis vs. Mitosis

(Sexual vs. Asexual)

Sequencing Mitosis and Meiosis

Toothpick Mitosis

HW:   Page 273 Q. 1-6

Study for Quiz

BW:  .Compare haploid and diploid.

Friday

12/4

Quiz:  Mitosis

Pinwheel Due

HW Due C

lay-mation

BW:  What is the function of the centrioles during mitosis?  the spindle fibers?

 

.Have a wonderful weekend!

Standard(s):  Students know the role of mitochondria in making stored chemical-bond energy available to cells by completing the breakdown of glucose to carbon dioxide. Standard(s):  Students know usable energy is captured from sunlight by chloroplasts and is stored through the synthesis of sugar and carbon dioxide.  

Monday

11/16

Activity:  Exercise and Cellular Respiration

Late Start

HW: Study Guide

BW:   What are the products of anaerobic respiration?

Tuesday

11/17

Cellular Respiration Graphic Organizer (Matrix)

Respiration Flow Chart

HW:  Study Guide

BW:   Compare aerobic respiration to anaerobic respiration

Wednesday

11/18

Photosynthesis and Respiration Comparisons

Review for Benchmark (Games, Study Guide, etc.)

HW:Study Guide

BW:  Name and explain the function of two hydrogen carriers.

Thursday

11/19

BENCHMARK - Cell and Cell Processes Unit

Study Guide Due

Bellwork #6 Due

Respiration Worksheets Due

HW:   Study Guide

BW:  .  What organelle does respiration take place in?  What organelle does photosynthesis take place in?

Friday

11/20

Special Surprise Movie

 

.Have a wonderful break!

Standard(s):  Students know the role of mitochondria in making stored chemical-bond energy available to cells by completing the breakdown of glucose to carbon dioxide.    

Monday

11/9

Respiration Ppt.

Work on Comparison Poster

Late Start

HW:  Page 237 Q. 1-7

BW:   List the products and reactants of Photosynthesis.

Tuesday

11/10

Cell City Due

Quiz:  Photosynthesis

HW:  Page 237 Q. 1-7

BW:  Compare the thylakoid and stroma of a chloroplast.

Wednesday

11/11

No School - Veteran's Day HW:  Page 237 Q. 1-7

BW:  No School

Thursday

11/12

Finish Respiration PPt.;

T-Chart Ps. vs. Resp.

HW:   Page 237 Q. 1-7

BW:  .What are the products and reactants of photosynthesis?

Friday

11/13

HW Due

Respiration / Photosynthesis Comparison Poster Due

BW: 

Study Guide Given out

.Have a wonderful weekend!

Standard(s):  Students know usable energy is captured from sunlight by chloroplasts and is stored through the synthesis of sugar and carbon dioxide.    

Monday

11/2

Cell City

Finish Egg Lab

Late Start

HW:  Page 230 Q. 1-5

BW:  What caused the egg to shrink in the lab?

Tuesday

11/3

Quiz:  Cell Transport / Turn in Lecture Notes

Being Photosynthesis and Respiration

HW: Page 230 Q. 1-5

What caused the egg to expand in the lab?

Wednesday

11/4

Finish Ppt.

Begin Comparison Poster

Photosynthesis Ppt.

HW:  Page 230 Q. 1-5

BW:  Explain the general formula of photosynthesis.

Thursday

11/5

Measurement of Photosynthesis Lab HW:   Page 230 Q. 1-5

BW:  .Draw and label the parts of a chloroplast.

Friday

11/6

HW Due

Bellwork Due

Ps Lab Due

Cell City Due

Cell City Presentations

BW:  Compare light-dependent to light-independent reactions.

.Have a wonderful weekend!

Standard(s):  Students know the role of the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus in the secretion of proteins. Standard(s):  Students know cells are enclosed within a semipermeable membrane that regulates their interaction with their surrounding.  

Monday

10/26

Introduction of Cell Transport

Powerpoint - The Cell Membrane

Late Start

HW:  Page 178 Q. 1-5

BW:  What is a cell membrane made of?

Tuesday

10/27

Cell Membrane Lab HW:  Page 178 Q. 1-5

BW:  Define and give an example of -

a.  hydrophobic

b.  hydrophilic

Wednesday

10/28

Cell City HW:  Page 178 Q. 1-5

BW:  What is a Fluid Mosaic Model?

Thursday

10/29

Cell Membrane Picture

Membrane Questions

HW:  Page 178 Q. 1-5;  Study for Quiz

BW:  What are the 3 conditions of osmosis?

Friday

10/30

Quiz:  Cell Membrane

HW Due

Lab(s) Due

Healthy Kids Survey - 9th, 11th grade

Assembly Bell Schedule

BW:  Draw and explain

a.  hypertonic

b.  hypotonic

.Have a wonderful weekend!

Standard(s):  Students know prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells differ in complexity and general structure.    

Monday

10/19

Introduction of Cell Biology

Eukaryotic vs. Prokaryotic

Late Start

HW:  Page 187 Q. 1-6

BW: 

Tuesday

10/20

Learning About Your Microscope Day

Microscopes

HW:  Page 187 Q. 1-6

BW: 

Wednesday

10/21

Cell Worksheets HW:  Page 187 Q. 1-6

BW: 

Thursday

10/22

Lab:  Microscopic Examination

(E slide, cheek cell and Elodea leaf)

HW:  Page 187 Q. 1-6;  Study for Quiz

BW:  .

Friday

10/23

Quiz:  Eukaryotic Cells

HW Due

Bellwork Due

Microscope Lab Due

BW: 

.Have a wonderful weekend!

Standard(s):  Students know macromolecules in cells are synthesized from hydrogen, carbon, oxygen and nitrogen.    

Monday

10/12

Macromolecules Ppt. Cont.

Late Start

HW:  Page 163 Q. 1-5

BW:  What is an enzyme?

Tuesday

10/13

Enzyme Animation (cartoon) HW:  Page 163 Q. 1-5

BW:  What  is a catalyst?

Wednesday

10/14

Lab:  Macromolecule Identification HW:  Page 163 Q. 1-5

BW:  Draw and label the structure of a protein.

Thursday

10/15

Enzyme Demonstration (Hot Liver)

Saturation of Oil Activity

HW:  Page 163 Q. 1-5

BW:  Name 3 indicators and what they indicate.

Friday

10/16

Quiz:  Enzyme Quiz

Turn in Lab

HW Due

BW:  Draw a picture of a substrate, product and an enzyme-substrate complex..

Have a wonderful weekend!

Standard(s):  Students know macromolecules in cells are synthesized from hydrogen, carbon, oxygen and nitrogen.    

Monday

10/5

Preview of HONC Lab

Late Start

HW:  None due to short week.

No Bellwork

Tuesday

10/6

HONC Lab HW:  None

BW:  How many electrons are in the outer electron shell of hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and carbon?

Wednesday

10/7

Macromolecules Ppt.

Biomolecules Matrix

HW:  None

BW:  Give an example of a protein, carbohydrate and a lipid.

Thursday

10/8

Quiz - Biochemistry

Turn in Bellwork

Modified Day - Back to School Night

HW:  None

BW:  Compare a saturated fat to an unsaturated fat.

Friday

10/9

No School Have a wonderful weekend!
Standard(s):  Students know how to analyze changes in an ecosystem resulting from changes in climate, human activity, introduction of nonnative species, or changes in population size.    

Monday

9/28

Finish Stamp Presentations

Late Start

HW:  Page 151, Q. 1-5

BW:  Explain the parts of an atom.

Tuesday

9/29

Finish Stamp Presentations HW:  Page 151, Q. 1-5

BW:  What 4 elements make up all macromolecules?

Wednesday

9/30

Basic Chemistry Review HW:  Page 151, Q. 1-5

BW:  List the 4 macromolecules.

Thursday

10/1

Coloring the Periodic Table HW:  Page 151, Q. 1-5

BW:  Draw and label an atom of hydrogen.

Friday

10/2

 

Making a Macromolecule Poster

(sub)

Have a wonderful weekend!
Standard(s):  Students know how to analyze changes in an ecosystem resulting from changes in climate, human activity, introduction of nonnative species, or changes in population size. Standard(s):  Students know biodiversity is the sum total of different kinds of organisms and is affected by alterations of habitats.  

Monday

9/21

A Yeast Population Study

or Bean Population Study

Late Start

HW:  Ecology Study Guide; 

Review Chapter 5

Tuesday

9/22

PPT - Biodiversity and Conservation

PPt. Ecology Conservation

Problem Solving 5.1  Page 115

HW:  Ecology Study Guide

Review Chapter 5

Wednesday

9/23

Review for Test - Games HW:  Ecology Study Guide

Review Chapter 5

Thursday

9/24

Stamp Project Due

Review for Test - Study Guide

HW:  Ecology Study Guide

Review Chapter 5

Friday

9/25

Bellwork Due

Homework Due

ECOLOGY BENCHMARK _ Chapter 2-5

Have a wonderful weekend!
Standard(s):  Students know how fluctuations in population size in an ecosystem are determined by the relative rates of birth, immigration, emigration, and death.    

Monday

9/14

Introduce Stamp Project
Ecology RAFTS

Late Start

HW:  Read Chapter 4

Page 99 Q. 1-5

Write out questions. Answer in complete sentences.

Tuesday

9/15

Computer Research Day HW:  Read Chapter 4

Page 99 Q. 1-5

Write out questions. Answer in complete sentences.

Wednesday

9/16

Oh Deer Activity  (Carrying Capacity) HW:  Read Chapter 4

Page 99 Q. 1-5

Write out questions. Answer in complete sentences.

Thursday

9/17

Deer Predation Graph HW:  Read Chapter 4

Page 99 Q. 1-5

Write out questions. Answer in complete sentences.

Friday

9/18


Homework Due

Problem Solving 4.1  (Pg. 95)

Problem Solving 4.2  (Pg. 101)

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Standard(s):  Students know at each linke in a food web some energy is stored in newly made structures but much energy is dissipated into the environment as heat. Standard(s):  Students know this dissipation may be represented in an energy pyramid.  

Monday

9/7

No School  
Tuesday

9/8

Energy in the Food Web - White Board Activity Compare and give an example of

a.  autotroph vs. heterotroph

b.  herbivore vs. omnivore

HW:  Read Chapter 3;  Page. 69 Q. 1-6

Write out questions.  Answer in complete sentences.

Wednesday

9/9

Quiz - Chapter 2

Chapter 3 Information - ppt.

Draw a food chain and label the following:

autotroph, carnivore, primary consumer, second-level heterotroph

HW:   Read Chapter 3;  Page. 69 Q. 1-6

Write out questions.  Answer in complete sentences.

Thursday

9/10

Limiting Factors  and

Carrying Capacity Activity

What type of factors affect a population?

HW:   Read Chapter 3;  Page. 69 Q. 1-6

Write out questions.  Answer in complete sentences.

 

Friday

9/11

Homework Due

Bellwork Due

Biomes Chart

Explain the difference between primary and secondary succession.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Standard(s):  Students know how water, carbon and nitrogen cycles between abiotic and biotic parts of an ecosystem;  the ecosystem is stable due to its producers and decomposers. Standard(s):  Students know that the ecosystem is stable due to its producers and decomposers.  

Monday

8/31

Begin ECOLOGY Unit

Preview of Ecology

Late Start

HW:  Read Chapter 2;  Page. 57 Q. 1-5

Write out questions.  Answer in complete sentences.

Tuesday

9/1

Present Murals

Chapter 2 Ppt.

Compare and given an example of a consumer and a producer.

HW:  Read Chapter 2;  Page. 57 Q. 1-5

Write out questions.  Answer in complete sentences.

Wednesday

9/2

Cycles:  Foldables 2.2  Page 46

(Nitrogen, Water, Carbon/Oxygen),.

Explain and give an example of the 3 types of symbiosis. ( mutualism, commensalism, parasitism)

HW:  Read Chapter 2;  Page. 57 Q. 1-5

Write out questions.  Answer in complete sentences.

Thursday

9/3

White Board Activity - identifying the parts of a food web,  food chain and energy pyramids Define and give example of the following parts of the water cycle-

a.  evaporation

b.  condensation

c.  precipitation

HW:  Read Chapter 2;  Page. 57 Q. 1-5

Write out questions.  Answer in complete sentences.

Study for Quiz

Friday

9/4

 Quiz - Chpater 2

Homework Due

List two abiotic and two biotic parts of the nitrogen cycle.  How do they work together? (Be sure to include transpiration.)

Have a great 3-day weekend!

Standard(s):  Students know the fundamental life processes of plants and animals (and other organisms) occur in a living cell.    

Monday

8/24

GOHS Lab Donation Letter

 

Notes:  Characteristics of Life

Late Start

HW:  Read Chapter 1;  Write out Q. 1-6 on Page 18 and answer in complete sentences.
Tuesday

8/25

Tools of the Trade

Simpson's Scientific Method Activity   Du-oh!

HW:  Read Chapter 1;  Write out Q. 1-6 on Page 18 and answer in complete sentences.
Wednesday

8/26

UV Beads Lab Write Up Due!

Activity:  What is Living?

What's the Problem?

HW:  Read Chapter 1;  Write out Q. 1-6 on Page 18 and answer in complete sentences.
Thursday

8/27

Graphing Activity (Exxon Data) HW:  Read Chapter 1;  Write out Q. 1-6 on Page 18 and answer in complete sentences.

Study for Quiz

Friday

8/28

Sci Method & Characteristics of Life Quiz

Homework Due

(If time, Mini-Lab 1.3

Have a great weekend!
Standard(s):  Students know that science progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conclude with careful investigation.  

Monday

8/17

Welcome to Great Oak High School!

First Day Activities

 
Tuesday

8/18

Welcome to Biology

Course Syllabus

Personal Info Sheet

Get Syllabus and Safety Contract Signed;  Mandatory Safety Quiz on Friday
Wednesday

8/19

Safety Contract

Safety Day

Get Syllabus and Safety Contract Signed;  Mandatory Safety Quiz on Friday
Thursday

8/20

Visiting a Lab

Using UV Beads for Scientific Methodology

Tools of the Trade

Get Syllabus and Safety Contract Signed;  Mandatory Safety Quiz on Friday

Friday

8/21

Safety Quiz

Signatures Due

Powerpoint:  Scientific Method

Student Study Strategies

SSR & Cornell Notes

Get Syllabus and Safety Contract Signed;  Mandatory Safety Quiz on Friday