December 19 (A Day) and January 5 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will describe the types of diffusion in order to predict which substances will travel across the cell membrane.

VOCABULARY:
1) flagella
2) Golgi apparatus
3) homeostasis
4) hypertonic
5) hypotonic

WARM-UP: What is the difference between diffusion and osmosis?

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/ Vocabulary
2) Discussion of osmosis and diffusion
3) Foldable
4) Video
5) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Go to www.pgcps.org and complete the Winter Break Packet for Biology under the Students tab. You do not need to print it out, just write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

HOMEWORK DUE:
Cell worksheet

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Have a safe and happy holiday!!!

December 17 (A day) and December 18 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will review the parts of the cell in order to describe the structure and function of organelles.

WARM-UP: What organelles are found in plant cells but not animal cells?

VOCABULARY:
1) endoplasmic reticulum
2) equilibrium
3) eukaryote
4) exocytosis
5) facilitated diffusion

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/ Vocabulary
2) Review 7-2 and cell structure
3) Organelle worksheet
4) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
1) Finish worksheet

HOMEWORK DUE:
7-4 outline

ANNOUNEMENTS:
NONE

December 11 (A Day) and December 12 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will review basic cell theory in order to describe how cells are important to living things.

WARM-UP: What is the difference between a prokaryotic and a eukaryotic cell.

VOCABULARY:
1) cilia
2) cytoplasm
3) cytoskeleton
4) diffusion
5) endocytosis

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/ Vocabulary
2) Presentation Pro 7-1
3) Independent cell activity
4) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and outline 7-4

HOMEWORK DUE:
none

December 9 (A Day) and December 10 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will review parts of the cell in order to describe the structure and function of each organelle.

WARM-UP: What is an organelle and how is it similar to an "organ" in a human being?

VOCABULARY:
1) cell wall
2) centriole
3) chloroplast
4) chromatin
5) chromosome

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) BEE Book and Flash card check
3) Cell City activity
4) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Cell organelle worksheet

HOMEWORK DUE:
Cell drawings

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
NONE

December 5 (A Day) and December 8 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will complete parts of the cell worksheet in order to identify parts of the cell.

NOTE: I was out for both of these days and will be checking BEE books and vocabulary when I return.

December 3 (A Day) and December 4 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will perform a lab in order to distinguish between animal and plant cells.

WARM-UP: What are the main differences between animal and plant cells?

VOCABULARY:
1) active transport
2) cell
3) cell membrane
4) cell specialization
5) cell theory

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/ Vocabulary
2) BEE Book discussion
3) Lab
4) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and outline Section 7-2 in textbook

HOMEWORK DUE:
7-1 outline

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None

December 1 (A Day) and December 2 (B Day)

Students will take a test in order to gauge progress toward success on the HSA.

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and outline Section 7-1 in textbook.