Tuesday, December 15, 2009
December 16 (B Day) and December 17 (A Day)
WARM-UP: What is energy? Where do we get it from, why do we need it?
VOCABULARY:
1) autotroph
2) heterotroph
3) ATP
4) photosynthesis
5) pigment
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Video
3) Foldable
4) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Take notes on Section 8-2
HOMEWORK DUE:
Notes on Section 8-1
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
NONE
December 14 (B Day) and December 15 (A Day)
Thursday, December 10, 2009
December 10 (B Day) and December 11 (A Day)
WARM-UP: Describe 3 differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
VOCABULARY:
1) cell membrane
2) cell wall
3) lipid bilayer
4) concentration
5) diffusion
CLASSWORK:
1) Vocabulary and Warm-Up
2) Review
3) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Study for test
HOMEWORK DUE:
NONE, study for test
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
For 5 extra credit points, have your parent/guardian email me. Make sure they include your name and period number.
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
December 8 (B Day) and December 9 (A Day)
WARM-UP: Explain in your own words why the gummy bears got bigger in water?
VOCABULARY:
1) Golgi apparatus
2) lysosome
3) vacuole
4) cytoskeleton
5) centriole
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and vocabulary
2) Finish foldable
3) Manipulatives
4) Review Lab
5) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Begin to study for test
HOMEWORK DUE:
7-4 notes
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None
Friday, December 04, 2009
December 4th (B-Day) December 7th (A-Day)
Students will perform a lab in order to predict how materials pass through a membrane.
Warm-up:
What is the diffrence between osmosis and diffision?
Vocabulary:
1)Organelle
2)Nucleur envelope
3)Chromatin
4)Chromosomes
5)Nucleolus
Classwork:
1)warm-up/vocab
2)Lab
3)Closure
Homework due:
1)7-3 notes
Tonight's Homework:
1)7-4 notes
NO ANNOUNCEMENTS
December 2nd (B-day) December 3rd (A-day)
Students will perform an activity in order to describe the structure and function of organelles.
Warm-up:
What is cell theory?
Vocabulary:
1)Cell
2)Cell Theory
3)Nucleus
4)Eukaryote
5)Prokaryote
Classwork:
1)Warm-up/vocab
2)Activity
3)Review
4)Closure
Homework Due:
1)Notes 7:2
2)Lab
Tonight's Homework:
1)7-3 notes
2) foldable
Sunday, November 29, 2009
November 29 (B day) and November 30 (A day)
Students will perform a lab in order to differentiate between plant and animal cells.
WARM-UP: What organelles are found only in plant cells?
VOCABULARY:
1) ATP
2) biochemical process
3) chemosynthesis
4) chloroplasts
5) glucose
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/ Vocabulary
2) Lab
3) Closure
HOMEWORK DUE:
Cell Trading Cards
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Finish lab and Read and take notes on Section 7-2
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Email me at margaret.lynch@pgcps.org with the answer to the warm-up and receive 5 extra credit points towards your test grades. This offer expires December 5, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
November 17 (B Day) and November 18 (A Day)
WARM-UP: Why is water referred to as the universal solvent? What other solvents can you think of?
VOCABULARY:
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Review concepts for test, including enzymes
3) Hershey's kiss lab
4) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Test on Thursday for B Day students and Friday for A Day students, STUDY!!!
HOMEWORK DUE:
none
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
none
November 16 (A Day)
WARM-UP: In your own words, describe what a cell is.
VOCABULARY:
1) chloroplast
2) cytoplasm
3) endoplasmic reticulum
4) Golgi apparatus
5) mitochondria
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Pre-Lab Discussion
3) Lab
4) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Study for test on Friday (for A Day students, test will be on Thursday for B Day students)
HOMEWORK DUE:
Unit 3 Review Sheets
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Need $5.00 Lab Fees
November 11-13
On November 12, I was out due to a workshop.
On November 13, I was out due to illness.
We will get all caught up next week!!!
Monday, November 09, 2009
November 9 (A Day)
November 10 (B Day)
WARM-UP: List all the phrases that you know that include the word "acid".
VOCABULARY:
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Review new concepts
3) pH Lab
4) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Begin reviewing for Unit 3 Test next week. Do Section 2-3 Section Assessment in textbook.
HOMEWORK DUE: Macromolecule Booklet
ANNOUNCEMENTS: none
Thursday, November 05, 2009
November 6 (B Day)
OBJECTIVE: Students will learn how to describe macromolecules in order to analyze their roles in living systems.
WARM-UP: Why does eating turkey make you tired?
VOCABULARY:
Monosaccharide
Polysaccharide
DNA
RNA
Enzyme
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-up and vocabulary
2) review macromolecules
3) foldable
4) analyzing data
HOMEWORK DUE: You are what you eat lab
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Finish Foldable
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009
November 4 (B Day) and November 5 (A Day)
WARM-UP: Why did Rocky drink raw eggs?
VOCABULARY:
1) carbohydrate
2) lipid
3) protein
4) nucleic acid
5) monomer
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-up and vocabulary
2) review macromolecules
3) You are what you eat activity
4) Closure
HOMEWORK DUE: Section 2-4 notes
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK: finish McDonald's Lab
ANNOUNCEMENTS: none
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November 2 (B Day) and November 3 (A Day)
water in order to analyze its properties.
WARM-UP: Tell mE everything you know about water.
VOCABULARY:
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-up and vocabulary
2) review water properties
3) Penny for your drops activity
4) Closure
HOMEWORK DUE: Section 2-3 notes
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK: Section 2-4 notes
ANNOUNCEMENTS: none
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
October 28 (B Day) and October 29 (A Day)
WARM-UP: Tell me everything you know about the following equation:
6CO2 + 6H2O --> C6H12O6 + 6O2
VOCABULARY:
1) atom
2) nucleus
3) electron
4) element
5) isotope
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Think and Share- students will take turns putting up answers to the Warm-Up on the document camera
3) Presentation Pro Section 2-1
4) Demonstration
5) Model Activity
6) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and take notes on Section 2-3
LAB FEES!!!
HOMEWORK DUE:
Notes on Section 2-2
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None
October 26 (B Day) and October 27 (A Day)
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK: Read and take notes on Section 2-2 in your textbook.
HOMEWORK DUE: Section 2-1 notes.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
October 21, 2009 (A Day) and October 22 (B Day)
WARM-UP: N/A
VOCABULARY: N/A
CLASSWORK:
N/A
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
LAB FEES AND READ SECTION 2-1 AND TAKE NOTES (MINIMUM 1/2 PAGE OF NOTES)
HOMEWORK DUE:
NONE
October 20, 2009
Test next class.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
October 15 (B Day) and October 19 (A Day)
WARM-UP: Describe 2 types of relationships organisms can have with each other.
VOCABULARY:
1) protein
2) RNA
3) solute
4) solvent
5) vitamin
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Review Sheet
3) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Study for test next week
HOMEWORK DUE:
None
October 14 (A Day)
Monday, October 12, 2009
October 12 (A Day) and OctoBer 13 (B Day)
WARM-UP: Why does your body need energy? What happens to the energy that it doesn't use up?
VOCABULARY:
1) monosaccharides
2) nucleic acids
3) nucleotide
4) organic
5) polarity
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-up and Vocabulary
2) Think, Pair, Share
3) Presentation Pro
4) Foldable
5) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
LAB FEES!!! Finish foldable
HOMEWORK DUE:
LAB FEE
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
NONE
Thursday, October 08, 2009
October 7 (B Day)
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
October 5 (B Day) and October 6 (A Day)
WARM-UP: Describe 2 structures in any animals and the function of that structure.
VOCABULARY: none
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and discussion
2) Continuation of forest ecosystem lab
3) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Finish drawing and be ready to present next class.
Bring lab fee $5.00
HOMEWORK DUE:
none
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
none
Thursday, October 01, 2009
October 1 (B Day) and October 2 (A Day)
WARM-UP: What would happen in a marine ecosystem if the top predator goes extinct?
VOCABULARY:
1) ionic bonding
2) ions
3) lipid
4) minerals
5) molecule
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-up and vocabulary
2) Pre-lab discussion
3) Presentations
4) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK
none
HOMEWORK DUE:
none
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Students received grade printouts today.
September 24 (A Day), September 29 (B Day) and September 30 (A Day)
9/29/09 and 9/30/09 Students took the Unit 1 test.
Monday, September 21, 2009
September 22 (A Day) and September 23 (B Day)
WARM-UP: What abiotic and biotic factors affect a clown fish in the ocean?
VOCABULARY:
density
dietary fiber
digestion
DNA
inorganic
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Activity
3) Think, Pair and Share
4) Manipulatives
5) Presentation Pro
6) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Write a paragraph describing how changes in abiotic factors can affect biotic factors. Prepare BEE Book for check next class (A Day students).
HOMEWORK DUE:
BEE Book (B Day students), none for A Day students.
September 18 (A Day) and September 21 (B Day)
OBJECTIVE: Students will complete an activity in order to identify trends in graphs and analyze them.
"Using Graphing Skills" Activity
HOMEWORK DUE: Beginning of Food Web
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK: I will be checking BEE Books this week, make sure they are in order.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
September 16 (A Day) and September 17 (B Day)
WARM-UP: How would you describe yourself in terms of your family, school and community?
VOCABULARY:
1) atoms
2) carbohydrates
3) cellullose
4) compounds
5) covalent bonding
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/Vocabulary
2) Activity
3) Think, Pair, Share
4) Presentation Pro
5) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
finish drawing or getting pictures of 5 organisms for the food web that you started in class.
HOMEWORK DUE:
Honors only- Simpsons worksheet, Unit 1 Review for all classes.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
September 14 (A day) and September 15 (B day)
WARM-UP: Convert the number 3,578,000 using scientific notation.
VOCABULARY:
1) reproduction
2) synthesis
3) taxonomy
4) tissue
5) amino acids
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-up and vocabulary
2) Review homework
3) Unit 1 Review activities
4) Closure
Tonight's Homework:
Study for test, do Unit 1 review
Homework due: none
Thursday, September 10, 2009
September 10 (A day) and September 11 (B Day)
WARM-UP: Why is it important for all scientists to use the metric system?
VOCABULARY:
1) metabolism
2) organ
3) organelle
4) organ system
5) prokaryotes
CLASSWORK:
1) Review Sponge Bob
2) Activity (Note, period 2B and 3B already did Activity, they will review it and work on the Unit 1 Review today)
3) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Finish Activity
HOMEWORK DUE:
Sponge Bob 2 Worksheet
Monday, September 07, 2009
September 8 (A Day) and September 9 (B Day)
WARM-UP: Write instructions for tying your shoe then give them to a partner to see if they can follow them.
VOCABULARY:
1) classification
2) eukaryotes
3) growth
4) homeostasis
5) kingdom
CLASSWORK:
1) Review Sponge Bob
2) Review scientific notation and models
3) Method Madness (Student Resource Book)
HOMEWORK DUE:
Sponge Bob Worksheet
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Sponge Bob part 2
September 3 (A Day) and September 4 (B Day)
WARM-UP: Develop a hypothesis to explain why Michael Jordan is a good basketball player.
VOCABULARY:
1) model
2) peer review
3) theory
4) cell
5) cell respiration
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/Vocab
2) Review last Sponge Bob lab
3) Activity- p. 32 in lab manual- Comparin Forearm and Foot Length
4) Closure
HOMEWORK DUE:
Bee Book and folders
Graphs for sponge animal lab
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Sponge Bob Lab
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Extra credit
tell me your favorite hobby. Be sure to include your name and period.
This offer expires on 9/10/09.
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Saturday, August 22, 2009
September 1 (A Day) and September 2 (B Day)
Warm-Up: Describe 3 unsafe lab procedures.
Vocabulary:
observation
opinion
research plan
conclusion
data
Classwork:
1) Discussion of scientific method
2) "Sponge Animal" lab
3) Review lab
Closure:
Identify characteristics of animals that help them to escape predators.
Tonight's Homework:
Think of a dilemma you’ve recently encountered and develop a solution based on the steps of the scientific method.
Homework due:
Rafael (Lab Safety) BCR for Honor's class
Safety Contract signed
Handouts:
None
Announcements:
None
August 28 (A Day) and August 31 (B Day)
WARM-UP: Why is it important for the human body to regulate the level of blood glucose? What is this process called?
VOCABULARY:
evidence
experiment
hypothesis
independent variable
inference
CLASSWORK:
1. Hand out and do overview of Biology HSA Lab book
2. Review Safety Contract on p. 7
3. Discussion of Lab Safety
4. Point out safety equipment in laboratory p.10 (HSA Lab Manual)
Complete Pre-Lab Discussion as a group then work with a partner to complete the lab Recognizing Laboratory Safety (Biology HSA Lab Manual)
5. Complete lab on page 16 "Identifying Lab Equipment"
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Students must get safety contract signed , Honor's classes completing Rafael (Lab Safety) BCR
HOMEWORK DUE:
Student Information, BEE Book
HANDOUTS:
Lab Contract
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
NONE
August 26 (A Day) and August 27 (B Day)
WARM-UP: What is science? What is biology?
VOCABULARY:
assumption
bias
control group
controlled experiment
dependent variable
CLASSWORK:
1. Think, Pair, and Share: What characteristics do all living things share?
2. Classroom discussion about warm-up
3. Presentation Pro Chapter 1A – “It’s Alive” (2 minutes)
4. Students are to complete “To Live or Not To Live” (Student Resource Book)
5. Review “To Live or Not To Live” (Student Resource Book)
CLOSURE
Review Activity
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK
Get school supplies
HOMEWORK DUE
None
HANDOUTS
Student Information, BEE Book, To Live or Not to Live
ANNOUNCEMENTS
NONE
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
May 12 (A Day) and May 13 (B Day)
WARM-UP: List at least 3 differences between organisms that help them to survive in different habitats, be specific.
VOCABULARY:
1) pollution
2) population
3) predation
4) producer
5) resource
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabular
2) Review variation and adaptations
3) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and outline 15-1 and 15-3, BEE Books and Flashcards due next class
HOMEWORK DUE:
Lab and 18-3
Friday, May 08, 2009
May 8 (A Day) and May 11 (B Day)
WARM-UP: What is the scientific name for human beings? Why do we need to give organisms different names?
VOCABULARY:
1) niche
2) nitrogen fixation
3) nutrient
4) omnivore
5) parasitism
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-up and vocabulary
2) Movie
3) Lab
4) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and outline 18-3
HOMEWORK DUE:
18-2 Outline
ANNOUCEMENTS:
Flashcard and BEE Book check next week
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
May 6 (A Day) and May 7 (B Day)
WARM-UP: What is a mutation and how do you get one?
VOCABULARY:
1) genetic diversity
2) greenhouse effect
3) habitat
4) herbivore
5) heterotroph
6) mutualism
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Review mutations
3) Activity
4) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and outline 18-2 in your textbook
HOMEWORK DUE:
Drawing of protein synthesis
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
HSA on May 18
Monday, May 04, 2009
May 5 (B Day)
OBJECTIVE: Students will describe the 3 types of RNA in order to analyze how proteins are made.
VOCABULARY:
1) ecology
2) ecosystem
3) evaporation
4) food chain
5) food web
WARM-UP:Describe the steps of protein synthesis in your own words.
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-up and Vocabulary
2) Video
3) Foldable
4) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:Draw out the process of protein synthesis.
HOMEWORK DUE:Lab
ANNOUNCEMENTS:NONE
May 1 (B Day) and May 4 (A Day)
Thursday, April 30, 2009
April 30 (A Day)
VOCABULARY:
1) ecology
2) ecosystem
3) evaporation
4) food chain
5) food web
WARM-UP:
Describe the steps of protein synthesis in your own words.
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-up and Vocabulary
2) Video
3) Foldable
4) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Draw out the process of protein synthesis.
HOMEWORK DUE:
Lab
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
NONE
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
April 28 (A Day) and April 29 (B Day)
VOCABULARY:
1) consumer
2) decomposer
3) denitrification
4) detritivore
5) ecological pyramid
WARM-UP:
What are the building blocks of proteins? What are the building blocks of DNA?
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Review protein synthesis
3) Movie
4) Lab Activity
5) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Finish lab activity
HOMEWORK DUE:
14-3 outline
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
none
April 24 (A Day) and April 27 (B Day)
Homework due: 14-1 and 14-2 outline and Unit 8 Review Sheet.
Tonight's Homework:
14-3 Outline
Monday, April 20, 2009
April 20 (A Day) and April 23 (B Day)
WARM-UP: Describe why recessive sex-linked genes are more common in males- use a Punnett Square to support.
VOCABULARY:
1) biosphere
2) biotic factor
3) chemosynthesis
4) climate
5) community
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Lab p. 102
3) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and outline Section 14-1 and 14-2 in textbook.
HOMEWORK DUE:
worksheets
ANNOUNCEMENTS: NONE
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
April 15 (A Day) and April 16 (B Day)
WARM-UP: What are the genotypic and phenotypic ratios for a cross between two individuals who are heterozygous for brown eyes? Bb x Bb where B=Brown and b=blue.
VOCABULARY:
1) abiotic factor
2) autotroph
3) biodiversity
4) biomass
5) biome
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Review types of Punnett Squares, including sex-linked, incomplete and blood typing
3) Worksheet
4) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Section 14-2 Section Assessment on page 353.
HOMEWORK DUE:
none
ANNOUNCEMENTS: none
April 14, 2009 (B Day)
WARM-UP: How is ebola zaire different than a virus like AIDS?
VOCABULARY:
1) filovirus
2) host
3) hot agent
4) replication
5) virus
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-up and vocabulary
2) Hot Zone questions
3) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
none
HOMEWORK DUE: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
none
Monday, March 23, 2009
March 30 (A Day) and March 31 (B Day)
WARM-UP: How are viruses spread? What can you do to prevent yourself from catching a virus?
VOCABULARY:
1) homeostasis
2) immune system
3) muscular system
4) nervous system
5) reproductive system
CLASSWORK:
1)Students will share knowledge about viruses and how they are spread. Class will discuss prior knowledge.
2) Class will discuss how to develop an experiment to simulate the rates of virus infection using supplies that teacher has.
3) Students will perform experiment.
4) Students will analyze their data and draw conclusions.
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and outline Section 12-5 in textbook
HOMEWORK DUE:
Unit 7 Review sheet (B Day students)
CLOSURE: Discussion of lab.
March 27 (B Day)
WARM-UP: What is a karyotype and what does it tell you
VOCABULARY:
1) circulatory system
2) digestive system
3) endocrine system
4) equilibrium
5) excretory system
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Test
3) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and outline Section 12-5 in book.
HOMEWORK DUE:
Review Sheet
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
NONE
March 26 (A Day)
HOMEWORK DUE: none
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK: Read and outline Section 12-5
March 25 (B Day)
WARM-UP: List three traits that you have and identify which parent or family member you inherited them from. Do your siblings have them, too? Are they different?
VOCABULARY:
1) homologous structure
2) isolation
3) natural selection
4) survival of the fittest
5) theory
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Discussion of 11-4 assessment
3) Hot Zone lab and discussion
4) Review Punnett Squares
5) Sponge Bob activity (for homework)
6) Review Sheet
7) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Sponge Bob activity (due Monday) and Review Sheet
HOMEWORK DUE:
12-4 outline
March 24 (A Day)
WARM-UP: What is a karyotype and what does it tell you
VOCABULARY:
1) circulatory system
2) digestive system
3) endocrine system
4) equilibrium
5) excretory system
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Review
3) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Study for test next class
HOMEWORK DUE:
Sponge Bob Activity
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
NONE
March 23 (B Day)
Friday, March 20, 2009
March 20 (A Day)
WARM-UP: List three traits that you have and identify which parent or family member you inherited them from. Do your siblings have them, too? Are they different?
VOCABULARY:
1)homologous structure
2) isolation
3) natural selection
4) survival of the fittest
5) theory
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Discussion of 11-4 assessment
3) Review Punnett Squares
4) Sponge Bob activity
5) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Sponge Bob activity
HOMEWORK DUE:
12-4 outline
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
March 18 (A Day) and March 19 (B Day)
WARM-UP: How many chromosomes are present in each human cell at the following stages concerning human life: sex cell, zygote, adult
VOCABULARY:
1) adaptation
2) classification
3) evolution
4) fitness
5) fossil
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Review Chapter 11
3) Group Activity
4) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Do Section 11-4 Assessment on page 278.
HOMEWORK DUE:
Section 12-3 Outline
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Make sure your parents pick up their passcodes to access your grades and attendance online. They can come right to school for the information.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
March 16 (A Day) and March 17 (B Day)
WARM-UP: What is a mutation and how can they be inherited?
VOCABULARY:
1) recessive
2) sex chromosome
3) sex-linked gene
4) sexual reproduction
5) trait
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/Vocabulary
2) Review Chapter 11
3) Lab activity: Investigating inherited traits
4) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and outline Section 12-3 in textbook
HOMEWORK DUE:
12-1 and 12-2
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
none
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
March 11 (B Day) and March 12 (A Day)
WARM-UP: none
VOCABULARY: none
CLASSWORK:
Test today
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and outline 12-3
HOMEWORK DUE:
12-2 Outline
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
none
March 9 (B day) and March 10 (A day)
WARM-UP: Why does DNA replicate itself?
VOCABULARY:
1) nondisjunction
2) pedigree
3) phenotype
4) probability
5) Punnett Square
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Classwork
3) Drawing/Foldable
4) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
BEE Book and flashcards due next class. Test next class
HOMEWORK DUE:
Section 12-2 Outline
Monday, March 09, 2009
Vocabulary words 85-159
1) cell wall
2) centriole
3) chloroplast
4) chromatin
5) chromosome
2)
1) cilia
2) cytoplasm
3) cytoskeleton
4) diffusion
5) endocytosis
3)
1) endoplasmic reticulum
2) equilibrium
3) eukaryote
4) exocytosis
5) facilitated diffusion
4)
1) flagella
2) Golgi apparatus
3) homeostasis
4) hypertonic
5) hypotonic
5)
1) isotonic
2) lipid bilayer
3) lysosome
4) mitochondria
5) nucleolus
6)
1) nucleus
2) organ
3) organ system
4) organelle
5) osmosis
7)
1) aerobic
2) anaerobic
3) ATP
4) autotroph
5) calorie
8)
1) fermentation
2) pigment
3) chlorophyll
4) anaphase
5) cancer
9)
1) cell cycle
2) cell division
3) centriole
4) centromere
5) chromatid
10)
1) chromosome
2) crossing-over
3) cyclin
4) cytokinesis
5) diploid
11)
1) homologous
2) haploid
3) interphase
4) meiosis
5) metaphase
12)
1) mitosis
2) prophase
3) spindle
4) telophase
5) tetrad
13)
1) allele
2) asexual reproduction
3) autosome
4) dominant
5) fertilization
14)
1) gametes
2) gel electrophoresis
3) genetics
4) genotype
5) heterozygous
15)
1) homozygous
2) hybrid
3) karyotype
4) monohybrid cross
5) mutation
Friday, March 06, 2009
March 6 (A Day) and March 7 (B Day)
WARM-UP: How does DNA copy itself? (Replication)
VOCABULARY:
1) homozygous
2) hybrid
3) karyotype
4) monohybrid cross
5) mutation
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Classwork/ Reveiw DNA Structure
3) Drawing
4) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and outline 12-2
HOMEWORK DUE:
12-1 outline
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Test on Wednesday and Thursday of next week. I will also be checking BEE Books and Vocabulary.
Thursday, March 05, 2009
February 26 - March 5
Review Sheet
Section 11-3 Outline
Section 11-5 Outline
Homework due on March 6 and March 9 is Section 12-1 Outline. You will have a test on Wednesday (B Day) and Thursday (A Day) and BEE Books and Flashcards will all be due on the same day.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
February 24 (A Day) and February 25 (B Day)
WARM-UP: What is the difference between asexual and sexual reproduction?
VOCABULARY:
1) gametes
2) gel electrophoresis
3) genetics
4) genotype
50 heterozygous
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Classwork
3) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK: Finish Review Sheet
HOMEWORK DUE: Section 11-2 Outline
ANNOUNCEMENTS: NONE
February 20 (A Day) and February 23 (B Day)
WARM-UP: List three differences between mitosis and meiosis.
VOCABULARY:
1) allele
2) asexual reproduction
3) autosome
4) dominant
5) fertilization
CLASSWORK:
1) Vocabulary and Warm-Up
2) Classwork and Movie
3) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Section 11-2 Outline
HOMEWORK DUE:
Section 11-1 Outline
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
All honor's students must get copy of "The Hot Zone" by next week.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
February 18 (A Day) and February 19 (B Day)
WARM-UP: Why do cells undergo mitosis? Why do cells undergo meiosis?
VOCABULARY:
1) mitosis
2) prophase
3) spindle
4) telophase
5) tetrad
CLASSWORK:
1) Vocabulary and Warm-up
2) Classwork/ Movie
3) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK: Read and outline Section 11-1 in textbook.
HOMEWORK DUE: NONE
ANNOUCEMENTS: BRING TEXTBOOKS TO CLASS EVERYDAY!!!
February 13 (A Day) and February 17 (B Day)
WARM-UP: What is the difference between cancer cells and normal cells?
VOCABULARY:
1) homologous
2) haploid
3) interphase
4) meiosis
5) metaphase
CLASSWORK:
1) Vocabulary/ Warm-Up
2) Classwork
3) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
NONE. Bring textbooks to class every day!!!
HOMEWORK DUE: worksheets
ANNOUNCEMENTS: NONE
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
February 11 (A Day) and February 12 (B Day)
Students will develop a cell cycle booklet in order to analyze and describe the phases of the cell cycle.
VOCABULARY:
1) chromosome
2) crossing-over
3) cyclin
4) cytokinesis
5) diploid
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Review Lab
3) Booklet
4) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and outline Section 11-4 in textbook. If you would like to move ahead, you can also outline Sections 11-1, 11-2 and 11-3.
HOMEWORK DUE:
lab
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
none
February 9 (A Day) and February 10 (B Day)
WARM-UP: Why do cells divide instead of growing indefinitely?
VOCABULARY:
1) cell cycle
2) cell division
3) centriole
4) centromere
5) chromatid
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/ Vocabulary
2) LAB
3) Closure
HOMEWORK DUE:
Setion 10-3 Outline
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
FINISH LAB
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
NONE
Thursday, February 05, 2009
February 5 (A Day) and February 6 (B Day)
WARM-UP: How does a person start from a tiny sperm and egg cell and become a 7 pound baby, then adult?
VOCABULARY:
1) fermentation
2) pigment
3) chlorophyll
4) anaphase
5) cancer
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/ Vocabulary
2) Quiz on photosynthesis/cell respiration (or foldable for period 5A)
3) Lab
4) Closure/Review
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK: Read and outline Section 10-3 in textbook
HOMEWORK DUE: Section 10-1 and 10-2 outlines
ANNOUNCEMENTS: none
Monday, February 02, 2009
February 2 (B Day) and February 3 (A Day)
WARM-UP: What is required for a plant to grow?
VOCABULARY:
1) aerobic
2) anaerobic
3) ATP
4) autotroph
5) calorie
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Review photosynthesis and cellular respiration
3) Foldable
4) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and outline 9-1 and 9-2
HOMEWORK DUE:
9-1 and 9-2 outlines
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
NONE
Monday, January 26, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
January 21 (A Day) and January 22 (B Day)
OBJECTIVE: Students will review Unit 4 in order to prepare for the test next class.
WARM-UP: If a cell with 8% salt was placed in a solution with 20% salt, what would happen to the cell and why?
VOCABULARY:
1) nucleus
2) organ
3) organ system
4) organelle
5) osmosis
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Review Sheet
3) Teacher Demonstration
4) Questions about test? Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
STUDY ALL OF CHAPTER 7 TO PREPARE FOR TEST
HOMEWORK DUE:
Seciton 8-3 outline if you haven't turned it in yet.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Email me at margaret.lynch@pgcps.org for 5 extra credit points. Expires on Monday, 1/26/09
Thursday, January 08, 2009
January 8 (A Day) and January 9 (B Day)
WARM-UP: What is a selectively permeable membrance?
VOCABULARY:
1) isotonic
2) lipid bilayer
3) lysosome
4) mitochondria
5) nucleolus
CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/Vocabulary
2) Review osmosis/ discussion
3) Activity
4) Closure
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and outline 8-2
HOMEWORK DUE:
Section 8-1 outline
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
January 6 (A Day) and January 7 (B Day)
WARM-UP: N/A
VOCABULARY: None today
CLASSWORK:
1) Read the following pages in your green HSA books and complete the Reviews at the end of each unit:
-Page 2-1 through Page 2-3, complete 2.1 Review
-Page 2-8 through Page 2-9, complete 2.3 Review
-Page 2-10 through Page 2-12, complete 2.4 Review
TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
1) Study all of Chapter 7 in preparation for the test next week.
2) Read and outline Section 8-1
HOMEWORK DUE:
1) Winter Break Packet (A Day) and cell worksheet.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
NONE