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September 7-9
Weds: Lab- Temperature vs Fish Respiration - write up due during your lab period
Thurs: Flood Day
Friday: Notes- What is Biology and Methods of Biology
September 12-16
Monday: Quiz- Scientific Method and Lab- Designing your own Experiment
Tuesday- Lab- Radish Seed Germination- collect data all week
Weds- Continue Lab, then Notes and Quiz on Scientific Method
Thursday- Lab: Surface Tension
Friday- Finish Radish Seed Lab.
September 19-23
Monday- Lab: Acids, Bases and pH- Unit One Vocab Due
Tuesday- Test: Science as a Process- Scientific Method- Radish Seed Lab Due
Wednesday- Notes- Chemistry of Life
Thursday- Lab Molecular Model Kits
Friday- Notes- Organic Molecule Groups
September 26-30
Monday- Movie Basic Chemistry for Biology, Notes: Organic Chemistry- Carbs and Fats
Tuesday- Notes (cont) - Organic Chemistry- Proteins and Nucleic acids
Weds- Organic Chemistry review
Thursday- Organic Chemistry Test- Periods 3 and 5/6, Period 1 Review
Friday- Period 1 Organic Chemistry Test; Periods 3 and 5/6- Regents Pre-test
October 3- 7
Monday- Notes: The cell
Tuesday: Period 3 Lab: Plant and Animal Cells/ Class cont. notes and movie
Weds: Periods 1, 3, 5/6: Retest of Biochemistry! B day Lab: Plant and Animal Cells
Thursday: C Day Lab: Plant and Animal Cells/ Class Review of Cells
Friday: The Cell Test: D Day :Lab- Plant and Animal Cell
October 11-14th
Tuesday- Notes on Diffusion and Osmosis, hmwk due Thurs: Crossword Review packet
Period 3- Test on The Cell
Weds- NYS Lab Diffusion Across a Membrane- Part one
Thursday- NYS Diffusion Lab- Part 2
Friday- NYS Diffusion Lab - Part 3
October 17-21st
(C) Monday- Diffusion Review, Lab-Mitosis in Plant Cells
(D) Tuesday- Cell Membrane and Diffusion Test, Lab- Mitosis in Plant Cells
(E) Weds- Notes: Mitosis in Plants and Animals, Lab- Mitosis in Plant Cells
(F) Thursday- Review of Mitosis
(A) Friday- Mitosis Quiz, Lab- Animal Cell Mitosis
IF YOU ARE STILL HAVING DIFFICULTIES WITH LAST WEEK'S TOPIC, DIFFUSION/OSMOSIS, VIST THE LAST LINK ON THE LINKS PAGE FOR HELP!
October 24-29th
Lab this week: Plant Pigments
(B) Mitosis Test
(C) Lab Plant Pigments
(D) Notes- Flow of Energy- Photosyntheis in chloroplasts
(E) Classwork: Why are plants green? Why are some plants not green?
(F) Lab- Plant Game
October 31st - Nov 4
Lab this week: Muscle Fatigue
(A) Lab- finish Plant Game
(B) Notes- Cellular Respiration- Lab: Photosynthesis vs. Respiration
(C) Go over designs for Lab- P vs R
(D) Put lab together and design data table
(E) Collect data- homework finish lab questions for Monday
November 7th - 9th
No lab this week
(F) Review Photosynthesis and respiration
(A) Test: Ch 9 Photosynthesis and Respiration
(B) Global warming movie
November 14th - 18th
Lab this week: Predator Prey Relationships
(C) A History of Carbon- Group work/Discussion on the carbon cycle.
(D) A History of Carbon- Individual Writing Assignment- due Weds.
(E) Changes in the Carbon Cycle/Effects of Changes in the Carbon Cycle- discussion and group work
(F) Quiz on Carbon Cycle- Essay/ Other Nutrient Cycles- Nitrogen. Water, Oxygen
(A) Notes: Food Chains- The flow of energy
November 21st- 22nd
Lab this week for B only
(B) Writing Assignment: Death and the Food Chain- due Tuesday
(C) Movie: An Inconvenient Truth
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
November 28- Dec 2nd
Lab this week: Biome Brochure
Monday (D): Notes- Communities and Biomes, NA Biome Coloring Sheet
Tuesday (E): Discussion: Biomes and Changing Climates- Effects of Global Warming
Weds (F): Ch 5- Notes: Man's Effect on the Environment
Thursday (A): Environmental Issues Project
Friday (B): Project cont.
December 5 - 9th
Lab this Week- Virus Life Cycle- Starting A day
C: Monday- Projects cont.
D: Tuesday- Finish projects/ Period 3 start presentations
E: Weds- Presentations of powerpoint lelssons
F: Thursday- Finish presentations/ Review of Ecology
A: Friday- Review of Ecology
December 12th- 16th
Lab this week: The Protists! Microscope work
B: Monday- Review Ecology
C: Tuesday- Ecology Unit Exam
D: Weds- Notes: Similarities and Differences in Organisms
E: Thursday- The Protists: Amobea, paramecium, Euglena
F: Finish up labs and hand in
December 19nd - 23rd
Labs all week!
A: Lab: Why is a Mushroom Not a Plant?
B: Notes: Plant Structure and Function
C: Lab: Plants: Structure of a Root
D: Lab: Plants: Structure of a Stem
E: Lab: Plants: Structure of a Leaf
Merry Christmas: Christmas Assignment- Bacteria Project
January 3rd-6th
Labs all week again! Actual lab classes will be used to finish lab that you have not finished over the past week. I have given you each a grade sheet so you know what you owe- if you need help- ASK!
Tues (F): Block 1: Review of work so far in Diversity, then continue Plant Labs: Stem; Blocks 3 and 5/6: Review of Diversity so far and Introduction to the Animal Kingdom
Weds (A): Block 1: Finish Stem lab- Homework: Flower Lab; Blocks 3 and 5/6: Animal Kingdom Survey Lab, Block 5/6 Looking at Hydra- Notes
Thurs (B): Block 1: Introduction to Animal Kingdom and Animal Kingdom Survey Lab; Block 3: Looking at Hydra- notes and Lab; Block 5/6 Looking at Earthworm- Notes and Lab
Fri (C): Block 1: Looking at Hydra- Notes and Lab; Block 3- Looking at Hydra Lab, Annelids notes, finish; Block 5/6: Looking at Grasshopper- notes and lab
January 9th - 13th
Mon (D): Block 1: Looking at Earthworms- Notes and lab; Block 3: Looking at Grasshopper Lab; Block 5/6: Chordate notes and Exterior of Pig lab
Tues (E): Block 1: Looking at Grasshoppers- Notes and Lab; Block 3: Looking at Chordates- Notes and Pig Lab; Block 5/6 Pig Lab
Weds (F): Block 1- Chordates- Notes and Lab, Blocks 3 and 5/6: Pig lab
Thurs (A): Blocks 1, 3, 5/6: Looking at Pig Lab
Fri (B): Blocks 1,3,5/6: Looking at Pig Lab
January 17th- 20th
Tues (C): Review Diversity of Organisms
WEds (D): review continued
Thursday (E): Diversity of Organisms Exam
Friday (F): Introduction of Human Physiology Unit- and the Human Body Project
January 23rd - 27th
Lab This Week: Muscle, Bone, and Cartilage- due by Friday 27th
Body system sheet (1)- Skeletal/Muscular system- due by Friday
Monday (A): Discussion of: "Diet Counts: Iron Intake in Teen years affects Brain in Later Life." and introduction to "Human Body Project"
Tuesday (B): Interim Test
Wednesday (C): Notes: Support and Locomotion- Skeletal and Muscular systems, Homework: Vocablary puzzle.
Thursday (D): Review of Ch 34
Friday (E): Quiz- Ch 34
January 30th - February 3rd
Lab this week: The Endocrine System- due Friday for Labs on A and B days, due Monday for C and D lab days
Body System sheets (2)- Digestive System and Endorine System- due by Friday, Feb 3rd
Monday (F): Notes- Digestive System, homework: Ch 35 Vocab Puzzle, due Weds, period 1 due on Thursday
Tuesday (A): Notes/Review digestive enzymes and hydrolysis; homework- Digestion of a Ham Sandwich
Weds (C): Notes: The Endocrine System
Thursday (D): Review Ch 35
Friday (E): Ch 35 Test
February 6th - 10th
Lab this week: Human Relexes and Reaction Time- due by end of class period, or next day if not finished
Body System Sheet: Nervous System NOTE: Next week there are three due so why not get a head start?!
Monday (E): Period One: Digestive and Endocrine system quiz
Periods 3 and 5/6: Notes- Nervous system and Lab above
Tuesday(F): Period One: Notes- Nervous System- Body System sheets
Periods 3 and 5/6- Nerve Action- Na-K Pump- Review Sheet
Weds (A): Period One: Lab - Human Reflexes and REaction Time
Periods 3 and 5/6: Reading: Nerve Research
Thursday (B): All periods: Review
Friday (C): Quiz: Nervous system
February 13th - 17th
Labs this week: Looking at Blood Cells- due in class AND NYS Making Connections Lab- Due Friday the 17th
Body Systems due: Respiratory, Circulatory, and Urinary Systems- all systems are due Friday the 17th!!
Monday (D): Blocks 1 and 3: Notes- Ch 37/ Blocks 5/6: NYS Lab
Tuesday (E): Blocks 1 and 3: Start NYS Lab Blocks 5/6: Finish Lab and Write up
Weds (F): Block 1: Do Classroom Experiment /Blocks 3: Finish NYS lab/ Block 5/6: Notes- Circulatory system and Blood Typing
Thursday(A): Block 1: Finish NYS lab write up/ Block 3 and 5/6- Review Ch 37
Friday (B): Block 1: Review Ch 37 and Quiz/ Blocks 3 and 5/6: Ch 37 quiz