Tuesday, December 15, 2009

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.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

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.

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

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

Friday, December 04, 2009

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