August 27 (A Day) and August 28 (B Day)- Unit 1, Lesson 1 (continued)

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

WARM-UP: Describe 5 characteristics to determine if something is living or non-living.

VOCABULARY:
1) analysis
2) centi-
3) conclustion
4) control
5) data

SAT WORD OF THE DAY:
Wednesday, August 27 – ENIGMA (n.) – mystery
Hal is an enigma; he never studies for any tests but always gets good grades.

Thursday, August 28 – INEVITABLE (adj.) – unavoidable; bound to happen
It was inevitable that Brittany would fail geometry; she never did any homework and didn’t understand any of the class work.

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary. Get Textbooks. Discuss lab fee and grading policy.
2) Explanation of monarch project. Begin data collection
3) Closure- what things did you learn about your caterpillar that surprised you? Name one piece of quantitative and qualitative data that you learned.

HANDOUTS:
1) Data Collection Sheet
2) Monarch stages
3) Lab Fee letter
4) Grading policy

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Get BEE Books organized. Read and outline (or take notes) pages 8, 9, 10 and 14 in your books.

HOMEWORK DUE:
Parent Contact Sheet

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
WELCOME BACK!!!

August 25 (A Day) and August 26 (B Day)- Unit 1, Lesson 1

OBJECTIVE: The student will review classroom rules, policies and procedures in order to have a safe and successful school year!!!

WARM-UP: What is Biology?

VOCABULARY: Review of vocabulary procedures and expectations.

SAT WORD OF THE DAY:
ABSTRACT (adj.) – lacking substance (the opposite of concrete); theoretical
Pablo Picasso was an abstract painter and many painters followed his technique but didn’t gain the same recognition.

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary discussion.
2) Discussion of classroom rules, policies and procedures.
3) Explanation of monarch project.

HANDOUTS:
1) BEE Book
2) Student Information Sheet
3) Parent Contact Sheet

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Get BEE Books organized. Have parents fill out parent contact information sheet.

HOMEWORK DUE:
N/A

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
WELCOME BACK!!!

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

OBJECTIVE: Students will review Ecology Unit in order to prepare for their final exam.

WARM-UP: How are individuals, populations and communities related to one another?

VOCABULARY: Spend about 10 minutes getting your flashcards organized.

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Review data table from lab
3) Ecology Review
4) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Study for final exam. Bring textbook on Monday and Tuesday. Also, bring shoes you can get dirty next class.

HOMEWORK DUE:
Ecology Review Sheet

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Extra Credit opportunities- earn up to 25 extra credit points for brining in the following items- HAND SANITIZER, HAND SOAP (BOTTLE), PACK OF MARKERS OR COLORED PENCILS, PACK OF GLUE STICKS. Also, I need old magazines- 1 point/magazine that you bring in.

May 23 (A Day) and May 26 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will perform a lab in order to investigate food webs.

WARM-UP: Name 3 symbiotic relationships that organisms can have.

VOCABULARY:
1) population density
2) immigration
3) emigration
4) demography

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Lab
3) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Finish Review Sheet

HOMEWORK DUE:
None

HSA Week: May 19-May 21

May 19-May 21 is HSA Week. Happy Studying!!!

May 14 (B Day) and May 15 (A Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will review 3rd quarter material in order to prepare for the HSA.

WARM-UP: Identify the differences between DNA and RNA.

VOCABULARY:
1) resource
2) predation
3) symbiosis
4) mutualism
5) commensalism
6) parasitism

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/Vocabulary
2) Review
3) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and outline 2-4 to 2-6 and do 2.2 Review in green book.

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

OBJECTIVE: Students will review 2nd quarter in order to prepare for the HSA.

WARM-UP: Name the 4 groups of macromolecules, their building blocks and function.

VOCABULARY:
1) denitrification
2) nitrogen fixation
3) biotic factor
4) abiotic factor
5) habitat
6) niche

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/Vocabulary
2) Review 2nd quarter material
3) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read 2-1 to 2-3 in green HSA book, do 2.1 Review

HOMEWORK DUE:
Read 1-1 to 1-6 in green book. Do Section 1.1 Review

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
HSA next week.

May 9 (A Day)

Ms. Lynch out today, work on green books.

May 7 (A Day) and May 8 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE:
Students will review material from 1st quarter in order to prepare for the HSA.

WARM-UP:
Name the types of matter that cycle through the biosphere.

VOCABULARY:
1) food web
2) trophic level
3) ecological pyramid
4) biomass
5) evaporation
6) transpiration

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read 1-1 through 1-6 in green HSA book. Do 1.1 Review at the end of the section- ALL QUESTIONS.

HOMEWORK DUE:
none

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
HSA in two weeks, ARE YOU READY?

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

OBJECTIVE:
Students will complete HSA Review booklet in order to prepare for the HSA.

WARM-UP:
NONE

VOCABULARY:
NONE

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
STUDY FOR HSA

HOMEWORK DUE:
INSECT FIELD GUIDE

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
NONE

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

OBJECTIVE: Students will complete a laboratory investigation in order to explain the interdependence of organisms in an ecosystem.

WARM-UP: What types of interactions occur within a community?

VOCABULARY: (Same as last class for those that did not finish)
1) herbivore
2) carnivore
3) omnivore
4) detritivore
5) decomposer
6) food chain

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/Vocab
2) Discussion of Lab
3) Develop Field Guide
4) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and outline 4-1

HOMEWORK DUE:
3-3 Outline

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None

April 29 (A Day) and April 30 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: students will complete a laboratory investigation in order to explain the interdependence of organisms in an ecosystem.

WARM-UP: List three examples of abiotic factors and three examples of biotic
factors in an environment.

VOCABULARY:
1) herbivore
2) carnivore
3) omnivore
4) detritivore
5) decomposer
6) food chain

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/Vocab
2) Discussion of Lab
3) Outside!!!
4) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and outline 3-3

HOMEWORK DUE:
3-2 Outline

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None

April 25 (A Day) and April 28 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will complete a lab in order to investigate the dynamics of populations and population growth.

WARM-UP: What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?

VOCABULARY:
1) autotroph
2) producer
3) photosynthesis
4) chemosynthesis
5) heterotroph
6) consumer

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/Vocabulary
2) Yeast Lab
3) Worksheets Section 3-1, 3-2 and 3-3 from workbook
4) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and outline 3-2 in textbook

HOMEWORK DUE:
3-1 Outline

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None

April 23 (A Day) and April 24 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will take a test in order to assess their knowledge of evolution.

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and outline 3-1

HOMEWORK DUE:
None

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Field trip on 4/28- wear your uniform and bring bagged lunch or lunch money

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

OBJECTIVE: Students will discuss food chains and trophic levels in order to explain the flow of energy in an ecosystem.

WARM-UP: Inquiry Activity p. 62

VOCABULARY:
1) ecology
2) biosphere
3) species
4) population
5) community
6) ecosystem
7) biome

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/Vocabulary/Warm-Up Review
2) Flashcards check 222+
3) Presentation Pro 3-1 and 3-2
4) Compare/contrast chemosynthesis & photosynthesis on a Venn Diagram
5) Use diagram on p. 71 Choose at least 4 organisms from the diagram
a. Create visual describing the feeding patterns of your four organisms
b. Use arrows and label your diagram
6) BCR #34
7) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Test next class

HOMEWORK DUE:
Flashcards 222 and up

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
TEST NEXT CLASS

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

OBJECTIVE: Students will diagram a concept map in order to recall evidence for evolution.

WARM-UP:
List the types of evidence known today to support the theory of evolution.

VOCABULARY:
1) speciation
2) reproductive isolation
3) behavioral isolation
4) geographic isolation
5) temporal isolation

CLASSWORK:
1. Warm-Up/Vocabulary
2. Discuss/Notes
a. Evidence for the relatedness of species on Earth (fossil record, geographic distribution of living species, homologous structures, anatomical similarities, and biochemistry similarities of DNA base sequences and/or amino acid
sequences)
b. All species on Earth today are related by a common ancestor
c. DNA code is virtually the same for all life forms
3) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Finish Review Sheet. Read 16-3 and study for test. Have Flashcards 222 and up ready to be graded for next class.

HOMEWORK DUE:
BCR from review sheet

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Test moved to Wednesday and Thursday

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

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

WARM-UP: In what ways can organisms of the same species vary? (Think about the lima bean lab)

VOCABULARY:
1) directional selection
2) stabilizing selection
3) disruptive selection
4) genetic drift
5) founder effect
6) Hardy-Weinberg principle
7) genetic equilibrium

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/Vocabulary
2) Review lima bean lab, bird and natural selection labs
3) Review 16-1 and 16-2

4) Discuss/Notes on natural selection as a mechanism for change
a. evolution occurs at population level
b. finite supply of resources required for life
c. genetic variation (mutations and recombination of genes)
d. selection of favored variations by environmental pressures
e. resulting offspring are more likely to survive and reproduce

a. Factors that influence natural selection (diet, climate,
weather, predators, and environment)
b. Natural selection leads to the development of a new species
c. Use of technology (gel electrophoresis) to determine
evolutionary relationships among species

5) Amino Acid lab or test review
6) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
BCR from Test Review Sheet

HOMEWORK DUE:
16-1 Outline

April 11 (A Day) and April 14 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will complete a lab in order to simulate natural selection.

WARM-UP: Give 3 examples of adaptations that organisms have.

VOCABULARY:
1) gene pool
2) relative frequency
3) single-gene trait
4) polygenic trait

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/Vocabulary
2) Discussion of bell curve from previous lab and how populations can change.
3) Natural Selection Lab p.82 of lab book.
4) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK
Read and outline 16-1

HOMEWORK DUE:
15-3 outline

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None

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

OBJECTIVE: Students will identify the factors involved in the development of a new species in order to its’ effect on evolution

WARM-UP: Study figure 16-13 on p.406. Formulate a hypothesis that suggests how one of these beaks could have resulted from natural selection.

VOCABULARY:
1) survival of the fittest
2) natural selection
3) descent with modification
4) common descent
5) homologous structures
6) vestigial organ

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/Vocabulary
2) Complete “Comparing Adaptations of Birds” Lab p.131-136
3) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and outline 15-3

HOMEWORK DUE:
Outline 15-2

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None

April 7 (A day) and April 8 (B Day)

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

WARM-UP: What is natural selection?

VOCABULARY:
1) evolution
2) theory
3) fossil
4) artificial selection
5) struggle for existence
6) fitness
7) adaptation

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/Vocabulary
2) Review 15-1 and 15-2
3) Activity p. 368- Do Lima Beans Show Variation?
4) Review pictures/slides of organisms found on the Galápagos with class discussion of organisms and their adaptations. Students to share ideas in pairs.
5) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and outline Section 15-2

HOMEWORK DUE:
15-1 outline

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None