Reassessment checklist (pink sheet)
Finished Biome Projects
Biome Project
Biome Project PowerPoint Template ("Save As", and then edit)
Climatogram Directions
Climatogram Excel File
Biome Project
Biome Project PowerPoint Template ("Save As", and then edit)
Climatogram Directions
Climatogram Excel File
Unit 5: Ecology
To Prepare:1. Accomplish the study packet
2. Look over your notes on:
3. Textbook Chapters 43-46
4. Take a look at some other video helps like Bozeman Science videos on:
- Response to External Environments
- Behavior And Natural Selection
- Biotic and Abiotic Factors
- Cooperative Interactions
- Populations
- Population Variation
- Communities
- Ecosystems
- Ecosystem Change
- Biodiversity
- Homeostatic Evolution
- Homeostatic Disruptions
5. HOMEWORK:
- 4/25 Due 4/26:
- Signed Informed Consent Form
- Lab Procedures
- 4/26 Due 4/27:
- Finish CER for animal behavior
- 4/30 Due 5/1
- Finish notes on Animal Behavior
- 5/1 Due 5/2
- Finish your learning stations
- Read your assigned article, creating a sketch summary, and answer the questions on the back
- If you are Person 1, here's your article about farming
- If you are Person 2, here's your article about Aardvarks
- If you are Person 3, here's your article about Penguins
- If you are Person 4, here's your article about Comb Jellies
- 5/2 Due 5/3
- Take notes about Populations
- 5/3 Due 5/4
- Create graphs for lab data, answer analysis questions (not CER)
- 5/4 Due 5/7
- Finish your lab with CER (use the Predator-Prey reading and annotations that you made)
- Finish the text analysis questions from the Predator-Prey reading
- 5/10 Due 2/11
- Study for the Quiz on Animal Behavior and Populations (STUDY GUIDE)
- 5/11: QUIZ on on Animal Behavior and Populations
- 5/14 Due 5/21:
- Biome Project Due (see project documents above)
- 5/22 Due 5/23
- Nitrogen Cycle Game Analysis Questions
- 5/24 Due 5/28
- Take notes over Community Ecology and Ecosystems and Nutrient Cycles
- Start on page 311 of your notebook
- 5/29 Due 5/31: QUIZ ON COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS
- Complete the foldable by using the notes on communities and ecosystems, as well as this study guide
- Use your class' Finished Biome Projects to help find examples for your foldable
- 5/31: QUIZ ON COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS
- Use this study guide to prepare
- 6/1: LAST DAY TO RETAKE THE ENERGY/PHOTOSYNTHESIS/CELLULAR RESPIRATION TEST
- 6/7: Notebooks Due
- 6/8: Pig Dissection: Prepare by watching this VIDEO
- 6/8: LAST DAY TO RETAKE QUIZZES
- 6/11: Final for 1st Period
- 6/13: Final for 3rd Period
Unit 4: Energy, Photosynthesis, and Cellular Respiration Test Friday April 20th
To Prepare:1. Accomplish the study packet
2. Look over your notes on:
3. Take a look at some other video helps like Bozeman Science videos on:
- Gibbs Free Energy
- Life Requires Free Energy
- Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration WITH VIDEO GUIDE
- ATP & Respiration Crash Course Video
4. HOMEWORK:
- 3/2 Due 3/5:
- Thermoregulation CLOSE Reading
- Follow the directions at the top of the reading for how to close read.
- When you have followed the close reading directions, answer the questions at the end.
- 3/2 Due 3/6:
- Ch. 6 Reading
- Study for the Quiz
- 3/5 Due 3/6:
- Review your notes on Metabolism and use the last few slides to create your foldable
- 3/7 Due 3/8:
- Algae Bead Lab Analysis
- 3/12 Due 3/13:
- Team Algae Bead Investigation Analysis
- 3/13 Due 3/14:
- Study to retake Evolution Test
- Last day to retake is Monday 3/19
- Come in During Saturday School (9am-12pm, room 230), Monday before school, Monday advisory, or Monday After School
- 3/21 Due 3/22:
- Finish the Photosynthesis POGIL, and write a one sentence summary per page
- 3/22 Due 3/23:
- 3/23 Due 3/29:
- 3/26 Due 3/27:
- Review your Photosynthesis Notes, answering the summary questions at the end
- 3/28 Due 3/29:
- Study for the photosynthesis quiz
- finish your chapter 7 reading
- Finish your Photosynthesis Foldable by using these Photosynthesis Posters made by classmates
- 3/29: PHOTOSYNTHESIS QUIZ
- 3/29: LAST DAY TO RETAKE ENERGY QUIZ
- 4/10 Due 4/11:
- Finish the Cellular Respiration POGIL, write one summary per model, including the extension
- 4/10 Due 4/20:
- Begin reading for Ch 8, using the reading guide
- 4/11 Due 4/12:
- Review Cellular Respiration
- 4/12 Due 4/13:
- Read and answer questions for the Exercise Pre-Lab
- 4/13 Due 4/20:
- Test Review
- Ch 8, using the reading guide
- Notebook Check
- 4/20: LAST DAY TO RETAKE PHOTOSYNTHESIS QUIZ
- 4/20: UNIT TEST
- Covering:
- ATP
- Photosynthesis
- Cellular Respiration
Unit 3: Evolution
To Prepare:- Accomplish the study packet (Speciation Quiz Study Guide)
- Look over your Evolution Notes PDF
- Study: Read Chapter 15-19 in your text, answering all concept check questions at the end of each section and testing your knowledge sections at the end of each chapter.
- Take a look at some other video helps, like Bozeman Science videos on:
- HOMEWORK:
- 1/23 Due 1/24:
- Review your notes about the Galapagos Islands, and rewatch the video (also check out this video on speciation)
- 1/25 Due 1/29:
- Reading Ch. 15.1-2 and answer the questions on the reading guide
- 1/26 Due 1/29:
- 1/29 Due 2/2:
- Chapter 16 Reading Notes
- Watch the Bozeman video on Natural Selection and answer the video guide questions
- Watch the Bozeman video on Examples of Natural Selection and answer the video guide questions
- 1/29 Due 1/30:
- Selection and Speciation POGIL with Summaries
- 1/30 Due 1/31:
- Bird Beak Post Lab
- Continue reading chapter 16, and watching the Bozeman videos (Natural Selection and Examples)
- 1/31 Due 2/1:
- Continue working on the reading and Bozeman videos (Natural Selection and Examples)
- 2/1 Due 2/2:
- Chapter 16 Reading Notes and Bozeman Video Notes (Natural Selection and Examples)
- Review your class material, including your Evolution Notes Slides 1-18
- 2/2:
- QUIZ on Natural Selection
- 2/2 Due 2/6:
- 2/7 Due 2/8:
- Notes on the Origin of Life at the end of your Evolution Notes
- 2/6 Due 2/9:
- Ch 18 Reading Notes
- 2/2 Due 2/9:
- 2/9 Due 2/12:
- Study for the quiz covering Speciation, Evidence of Evolution, Origin of Life
- Finish Ch 18 and Ch 15.3 Reading Guides
- Use this Study Guide
- 2/12: QUIZ: SPECIATION, EVIDENCE OF EVOLUTION, ORIGIN OF LIFE
- 2/13 Due 2/14:
- Create a rough draft of your team's cladogram
- 2/14 Due 2/15:
- Write a rough draft CER for your cladogram
- 2/16 Due 2/20:
- Team Posters
- 2/20 Due 2/22:
- 2/21 Due 2/22:
- 2/23 TEST: Evolution
- Notebook Check
- Test Review Due
Unit 2: DNA & Genetics
Tasks to Prepare For the Test:
- Finish study guide
- Look over your PowerPoint Notes:
- DNA & RNA
- Protein Synthesis
- Mendelian Genetics
- Genetic Variability (Notes Walkabout)
- Non-Mendelian Genetics
- Take a look at some other video helps, like Bozeman Science videos
- DNA & RNA Take 1
- DNA & RNA Take 2
- Gene Regulation
- Genotypes and Phenotypes
- Genetic Variability
- Mendelian Genetics
- Advanced Genetics
- HOMEWORK (Due at the beginning of class on the due date):
- 11/29 Due 11/30:
- Finish the DNA Replication POGIL and write a summary for each model (1 & 2) about the most important thing you learned from that model.
- Read about DNA, answer questions, and color.
- 11/30 Due 12/1:
- Review your notes for DNA and answer any review questions within your notes.
- 12/1 Due 12/4:
- QUIZ 12/4 covering DNA, RNA, and DNA Replication
- Finish the last page of the DNA coloring
- Finish your lecture questions and review
- Finish the Post Lab
- 12/8 Due 12/10:
- Review the Transcription POGIL and write 3 things you learned from it, 2 things you found interesting, and 1 question that you still have.
- 12/11 Due 12/12:
- On the back of your Translation POGIL, write a final summary of the process of protein synthesis (this is what you saw happen for both the yellow Transcription POGIL and the white Translation POGIL).
- 12/13 Due 12/14:
- Protein Synthesis Coloring
- Study for the quiz (use this study guide!)
- Prepare for the test Retake
- 12/15 Due 12/18:
- Review the Mendelian Genetics Notes
- Complete Part A of the Genetics Worksheet
- 12/18 Due 12/19:
- Review your Monohybrid Notes
- Complete Part B of the Genetics Worksheet
- 12/19 Due 1/5:
- Review your Dihybrid Notes
- Complete the rest of Part B and also part C of the Genetics Worksheet
- 12/19 Due 1/5:
- A rough draft of your Superhero Project, with a majority of weeks 1-4 accomplished (all pieces of this project can be found at the top of this screen!)
- When we get back from break we will discuss Non-Mendelian Genetics such as co-dominance and incomplete dominance (which you will notice as part of your Week 3 assignment).
- 12/19 Due 1/12:
- Final draft of your Superhero Project. This is your final, complete project, that must be typed! You will create a portfolio of all of your weekly pieces, that includes your final project.
- 1/4 Due 1/8:
- 1/9 Due 1/10:
- Study for Genetics Quiz
- Genetics Practice
- Due 1/12
- SUPERHERO PROJECT
- Staple all weekly pages, with rubric, and your final project
- Due at 11:04am NO LATER
- 1/11 Due 1/16
- Study to prepare to Retake
- Quizzes to retake:
- DNA, DNA Replication, RNA
- Protein Synthesis
- Genetics
- Times to Retake
- Friday 1/12 Morning and Bulldog Bonus
- Saturday School 9am to 12pm
- Tuesday 1/16 Morning and
- 1/11 Due 1/17-18
- Study for the final Unit Test
Unit 1: Cells
Tasks to Prepare For the Test:
- Finish study guide
- Look over your PowerPoint Notes:
- The Cell and Organelles with Cornell Notes
- Membrane and Transport with Cornell Notes
- Enzymes with Foldable and Study Guide
- Cell Division with Cornell Notes
- Take a look at some other video helps, like Bozeman Science videos
- HOMEWORK (Due at the beginning of class on the due date):
- 9/7 Due 9/8:
- Create a lab safety poster from the list of 10 rules your team created.
- Microscope Reading and Questions
- If not finished, you can receive half credit until Tuesday 9/12. This must be accomplished prior to using the microscopes on Monday 9/11.
- 9/12 Due 9/13:
- Finish your microscope lab
- 9/13 Due 9/14:
- Record the Characteristics of Living Things Chart Notes (on page 15) (Click link to view picture)
- 9/15 Due 9/18:
- 9/18 Due 9/19:
- Finish the extension questions for the Organelles POGIL
- 9/19 Due 9/21:
- Cell Size data table and post lab questions
- 9/21 Due 9/22:
- Review your notes for The Cell and Organelles
- 9/22 Due 9/25:
- The Cell and Organelles questions, also:
- For the Organelles POGIL, Model 2, identify the organelle missing from each cell and describe what would happen to the cell without that organelle.
- Write a summary about organelles on page 16 of your notebook.
- QUIZ: Cell Size and Organelles
- 9/27 Due 9/28:
- Finish the Membrane POGIL and write a summary about it on the last page
- 9/29 Due 10/2:
- Transport Foldable - Complete the foldable made in class by using your POGIL and transport lecture
- 10/3 Due 10/4:
- 10/4 Due 10/5:
- 10/5 Due 10/6:
- Study for the quiz using this study guide
- Other items to use to study for the quiz include, but are not limited to:
- Membrane Function POGIL
- Membrane Notes
- Transport Foldable
- Osmosis Lab
- Transport Practice(s)
- Cell Transport Practice
- 10/9 Due 10/10:
- 10/20 Due 10/23:
- IN CLASS:
- Watch the Bozeman video on Enzymes and answer the video guide questions, due at the end of class.
- Enzymes Reading and questions (If this is not finished in class, it is due Monday).
- 10/26 Due 10/27:
- Enzymes Quiz Study Guide (answer on page 67 of your notebook)
- 11/8 Due 11/13:
- Review your Cell Cycle Slides with Notes
- Finish your Reassessment checklist (pink sheet) to prepare to retake Enzymes next week.
- 11/13 Due 11/15:
- Take Mitosis Notes to discuss in class on Wednesday
- 11/14 Due 11/15
- 11/15 Due 11/16:
- Finish your Mitosis Lab Questions and Graph
- Complete your Mitosis Book
- 11/16 Due 11/17:
- Review your Cell Division notes and complete any notes and questions, finish the review at the end of the notes
- 11/15 Due 11/20:
- Test Review
- Update your notebook - Notebooks due Monday
- UNIT TEST MONDAY AND TUESDAY