December 16 (B Day) and December 17 (A Day)

OBJECTIVE: The students will explain where plants get their energy in order to describe the role of light and chlorophyll in photosynthesis.

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)

OBJECTIVE: Students will take a test in order to gauge progress towards success on the HSA.

December 10 (B Day) and December 11 (A Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will complete an activity in order to prepare for the Unit 4 test.

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.

December 8 (B Day) and December 9 (A Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will complete an activity in order to predict which way materials will move across a membrane.

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

December 4th (B-Day) December 7th (A-Day)

Objective:
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)

Objective:
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

November 29 (B day) and November 30 (A day)

OBJECTIVE:
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

November 17 (B Day) and November 18 (A Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will perform an activity in order to distinguish between a solvent, solute and suspension.

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)

OBJECTIVE: Students will develop a cell in order to access and determine prior knowledge.

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 11, we did not have school.

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!!!

November 9 (A Day)

I was absent today. Students were to start the Macromolecule Foldable in class and finish for homework.

November 10 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will learn to determine pH of common substances in order to identify solutions as acidic or basic.

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

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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November 4 (B Day) and November 5 (A Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will learn how to analyze food nutritional content in order to describe the role macromolecules play in living systems.

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)

OBJECTIVE: Students will learn how soap affects the stickiness of
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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October 28 (B Day) and October 29 (A Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will learn to describe the structure of an atom in order to know how atoms bond to one another.

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)

OBJECTIVE: Students will take the practice Biology HSA in order to gauge progress towards success on the Biology HSA in May.

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK: Read and take notes on Section 2-2 in your textbook.

HOMEWORK DUE: Section 2-1 notes.

October 21, 2009 (A Day) and October 22 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will take a test in order to measure progress towards success on the HSA.

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

I was out this day and students were given an assignment on succession and symbiotic relationships to complete in class.

Test next class.

October 15 (B Day) and October 19 (A Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will learn to review Unit 2 in order to prepare for their test next week.

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)

I was out this day and students were to complete Section 7 in their green HSA Books. This will count as an assessment grade.

October 12 (A Day) and OctoBer 13 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will learn to analyze ecological pyramids in order to determine how energy flows in an ecosystem.

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

October 8 (A Day) and October 9 (B Day)

Part 3 of forest ecology lab- presentations.

October 7 (B Day)

I was out on this day and students completed Section 7 in the HSA Green book. This counted as a quiz grade.

October 5 (B Day) and October 6 (A Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will learn to observe various structures of organisms in order to determine the organism's position in a forest ecosystem.

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

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

OBJECTIVE: Students will learn to observe various structures of organisms in order to determine the organism's position in a forest ecosystem.

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)

9/24/09 I was out of the building this day attending a workshop. Students completed the Ecology I and II worksheets and it counted as a quiz grade.

9/29/09 and 9/30/09 Students took the Unit 1 test.

September 22 (A Day) and September 23 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will analyze the interrelationships and interdependencies among organisms in order to determine how they contribute to the stability of an ecosystem.

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)

September 18th A Day had a substitute.

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.

September 16 (A Day) and September 17 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will analyze the relationships between biotic diversity and abiotic factors in environments and the resulting influence on ecosystems.

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.

September 14 (A day) and September 15 (B day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will review for the Unit 1 test in order to identify areas to focus on.

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

September 10 (A day) and September 11 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will complete exercises on scientific notation in order to practice and properly use scientific notation.

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

September 8 (A Day) and September 9 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will complete exercises on scientific notation in order to practice and properly use scientific notation.

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)

OBJECTIVE: Students will pose scientific questions and suggest investigative approaches in order to solve problems in a scientific manner.

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

Extra credit

For 5 extra credit points, email me at Margaret.lynch@Pgcps.org and
tell me your favorite hobby. Be sure to include your name and period.
This offer expires on 9/10/09.

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

Objective: Students will use the scientific method in order to make predictions and analyze data from an experiment.

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)

OBJECTIVE: Students will discuss effective lab practices in order to perform labs safely.

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)

OBJECTIVE: Students will describe the characteristics of life in order to classify an unknown item as living or nonliving.

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

May 12 (A Day) and May 13 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will examine variation among organisms in order to recognize its importance in evolution.

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

May 8 (A Day) and May 11 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will perform a lab in order to describe how organisms are classified.

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

May 6 (A Day) and May 7 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will complete an activity in order to analyze how mutations affect protein synthesis.

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

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)

Ms. Lynch was out for both of these days. Students should have completed Chapter 18 worksheets in their blue workbooks.

April 30 (A 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

April 28 (A Day) and April 29 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will describe the 3 types of RNA in order to analyze how proteins are synthesized.

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)

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

Homework due: 14-1 and 14-2 outline and Unit 8 Review Sheet.

Tonight's Homework:
14-3 Outline

April 20 (A Day) and April 23 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will solve a family pedigree problem in order to analyze how traits are passed from one generation to another.

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

April 15 (A Day) and April 16 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will practice Punnett Squares in order to describe how traits are inherited.

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)

OBJECTIVE: Students will discuss the Hot Zone in order to analyze how viruses spread.

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

March 30 (A Day) and March 31 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will simulate the spread of a disease that requires the exchange of bodily fluids in order to understand the outbreak of disease described in the book Hot Zone.

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)

OBJECTIVE: Students will take a test in order to gauge progress towards success on the HSA.

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)

OBJECTIVE: Students will take a test in order to gauge progress towards success on the HSA.

HOMEWORK DUE: none

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK: Read and outline Section 12-5

March 25 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will practice Punnett Squares in order to determine how alleles are inherited.

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)

OBJECTIVE: Students will review Unit 7 in order to prepare for the test.

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)

I was out sick today and students completed the Chapter 13 Worksheets in their workbooks. I will collect everything when I return tomorrow.

March 20 (A Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will practice Punnett Squares in order to determine how alleles are inherited.

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

March 18 (A Day) and March 19 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will investigate organisms that reproduce sexually in order to explain how traits are passed on.

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.

March 16 (A Day) and March 17 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will complete a lab in order to determine how alleles are inherited.

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

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

OBJECTIVE: Students will take a test in order to gauge progress towards success on the HSA.

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)

OBJECTIVE: Students will analyze the structure of DNA in order to understand the function of it.

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

Vocabulary words 85-159

1)
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

March 6 (A Day) and March 7 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will analyze the structure of DNA in order to understand the function.

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.

February 26 - March 5

HSA Testing has been going on for the last week. During this time, you should have completed the following assignments:

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.

February 24 (A Day) and February 25 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will review Unit 6 in order to prepare for the test.

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)

OBJECTIVE: Students will review Unit 6 in order to prepare for the test.

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.

February 18 (A Day) and February 19 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will compare mitosis and meiosis in order to analyze how chromosomes separate during these processes.

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)

OBJECTIVE: Students will compare mitosis and meiosis in order to analyze how chromosomes separate during these processes.

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

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

OBJECTIVE:
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)

OBJECTIVE: Students will complete a lab in order to analyze the phases of mitosis in eukaryotic cells.

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

February 5 (A Day) and February 6 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will complete a lab activity on mitosis in order to analyze the phases of mitosis in eukaryotic cells.

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

February 2 (B Day) and February 3 (A Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will compare the equations for photosynthesis and cellular respiration in order to determine how they are interconnected.

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

January 23 and January 26

Test on Chapter 7. Review sheet and Section 8-3 outline due.

January 23 and January 26

Test on Chapter 7. Review sheet and Section 8-3 outline due.

January 21 (A Day) and January 22 (B Day)

NOTE: HSA testing occurred last week so the daily schedule was changed dramatically.

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

January 8 (A Day) and January 9 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will review osmosis and diffusion in order to predict which way water will move.

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

January 6 (A Day) and January 7 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will review Cell structure and function in order to prepare for the Ch. 7 test.

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