Monday 11/23/09

1. Discuss Human Genome Project

2. Video -Cracking the Code of Life (NOVA)

3. Pedigree

Tuesday 11/24/09

1. Jeopardy review -- chapter 4 genetics

Wednesday 11/25-Friday 11/27/09

No School. Happy Thanksgiving!

Remember to turn in your Academy of Sciences field trip permission slips and $30 donation by November 20! (Scholarships are available)

Monday 11/16/09

1. Go over Punnett Square lab results, Law of Independent Assortment

2. Review worksheet Ch. 4 lesson 1

Homework: Finish reading p. 172-180 do workbook p. 36-38. DUE: Tuesday 11/17. HW Quiz on Wed. 11/18.

Tuesday 11/17/09

1. Go over Ch. 4-1 HW

2. Lab -- Codominant Traits

Wednesday 11/18/09

1. HW Quiz chapter 4 lesson 1

2. Finish Codominant Traits lab

Thursday 11/19/09

1. Pedigree Activity

Friday 11/20/09 (Field trip permission slips due today!)

1. Alien Blood Type Lab

Monday 11/9/09

Due today: Ch. 3 test corrections, DNA from Peas Lab

1. DNA Structure

2. Lab -- DNA models

Homework:

Read p. 172-180 do workbook p. 36-38. DUE: Next Tuesday 11/17. HW Quiz on Wed. 11/18.

Tuesday 11/10/09

1. Notes -- Genetics

2. Phenotype & Genotype Activity

Wednesday 11/11/09

No School Veteran's Day Holiday

Thursday 11/12/09

1. Alleles Lab I

Friday 11/13/09

1. Alleles Lab II

Monday 11/2/09

1. Cloning article/discussion

2. Finish/review flashcards (Due: Wednesday 11/4)

Homework: Finish from last week --

• Read ch. 3 lessons 3 & 4 (p. 143-157)
• Do workbook sections 3-3 and 3-4 (p. 28-33)
• DUE: Tuesday 11/3. Chapter 3 test will be on Wednesday 11/4.  

Tuesday 11/3/09

1. Review activities Ch. 3

Wednesday 11/4/09 (Minimum Day)

1. Chapter 3 Test

Thursday 11/5/09

1. Overview Chapter 4

2. Recessive & Dominant Traits

Friday 11/6/09

1. Lab -- Extracting DNA from Peas

Monday 10/26/09 (assembly schedule)

1. Overview animal reproduction

2. Begin flashcards for ch. 3 vocabulary

Homework: 

• Read ch. 3 lessons 3 & 4 (p. 143-157)
• Do workbook sections 3-3 and 3-4 (p. 28-33)
• DUE: Next Tuesday 11/3. Chapter 3 test will be on Wednesday 11/4.  

Tuesday 10/27/09

1. Pass back & go over work

2. Articles/discussion -- The duckbilled platypus and other oddities of nature

3. Work on Ch. 3 vocab flashcards

Wednesday 10/28/09

1. Compare and contrast sexual and asexual reproduction

2. Lab -- yeast cell reproduction

Thursday 10/29/09

1. Asexual plant reproduction and cell regeneration

2. Jeopardy review game

Friday 10/30/09

No School for Students -- Teacher Work Day

Monday 10/19/09

1. Read & discuss Meiosis

2. Compare & contrast meiosis and mitosis

Homework:

• Read p. 126-129 & p. 134-142

• Do workbook p. 22-23 & 25-27 (skip p. 24)

DUE: Fri 10/23. Quiz on Friday!



Tuesday 10/20/09
1. Lab -- Characteristics of seedless plants




Wednesday 10/21/09
1. Lab -- Characteristics of flowering plants



Thursday 10/22/09
1. Lab -- Characteristics of gymnosperms, methods of seed transport



Friday 10/23/09
1. Quiz on Ch. 3 lessons 1 & 2 (you may use your lab notebook as a reference during the quiz)
2. Turn in lab notebook to be graded
3. Video Bill Nye -- Plants

Monday 10/12/09

1. Finish Foldable notes, discuss chromosomes

2. Preview Mitosis lab

Homework: Finish Reading chapter 2, do workbook pages 14-19

Due: Thursday 10/15/09. Ch. 2 Quiz on Friday.

Foldable notes due on Friday 10/16. You may use your foldable during the Quiz

Tuesday 10/13/09

1. Lab -- Viewing mitosis in Onion cells

Wednesday 10/14/09

1. Ch. 2 reinforcement worksheet

2. Video 

Thursday 10/15/09

1. Cell Differentiation 

2. Stem cells 

Friday 10/16/09

1. Ch. 2 Quiz

2. Preview ch. 3: compare & contrast Mitosis & Meiosis

Monday 10/5/09

1. Turn in cell poster

2. Respiration & Fermentation

Homework:

• Finish chapter 1 workbook p. 6-11, due tomorrow! 

• Prepare a 3x5 notecard for Ch. 1 Test. Test is Thursday 10/8

Tuesday 10/6/09

1. Photosynthesis & Plant pigments lab

Wednesday 10/7/09

1. Ch. 1 review sheet

2. Review game 

Thursday 10/8/09

1. Test -- Chapter 1

2. Begin foldable for Cell division

Homework: Read chapter 2, do workbook pages 14-19

Due: Thursday 10/15/09

Friday 10/9/09

1. Cell cycle activity & video

Monday 9/28/09

1. Finish chemistry of food lab

2. Overview cell structure, cell membrane

3. Begin cell poster project

Homework:

• Read p. 56-72 in book. Do workbook pages for ch. 1 lessons 2 & 3 (p. 6-11)       Due: NEXT Tuesday 10/6

• visit http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/cell_model.htm and spend 15 minutes on the website. On a sheet of paper, describe five things that you learned while visiting the website. Use complete sentences!
  Due:  Wednesday 9/30
  

Tuesday 9/29/09

1. Osmosis & diffusion models

2. Cell appendages/structure

3. Cell poster project time

Wednesday 9/30/09

1. Nucleic acids and protein synthesis

2. Cell poster project time

Thursday 10/1/09

1. Packaging and transport in the cell

2. Cell poster project time

Friday 10/2/09

1. Wrap up Ch. 1 lesson 2

2. Video

3. Finish & collect cell posters

Homework:

Finish cell poster (if not done in class this week -- Due Monday!)

Work on reading & workbook pages. Due: Tuesday

Monday 9/21/09

1. Pass back work

2. Discussion of viruses

3. Video: The Flu

Homework:

• Read Flu article, answer questions. Due: Tomorrow, Tues. 9/22
• Read ch. 1 lesson 1 p. 48-55 in book, do workbook p. 2-5. Due: Thursday 9/24
  

Tuesday 9/22/09

1. Turn in flu article questions

2. Notes: Characteristics of Living Things

3. Electron microscope images

4. Germs & handwashing actvity

Homework:

• continue to work on Ch. 1 lesson 1 reading & workbook. Due Th 9/24

Wednesday 9/23/09 (Minimum Day)
1. Puzzle warm up, discussion of cells
2. Alive or Not? Mini lab
2. Go over workbook format/HW hints

Homework:

• continue to work on Ch. 1 lesson 1 reading & workbook. Due Th 9/24

Thursday 9/24/09
1. Check and correct Ch. 1-1 workbook pages
2. Notes -- Chemistry of cells: Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins
3. Preview food lab for Friday



Friday 9/25/09
1. Lab: Chemistry of food -- You are what you eat!