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

OBJECTIVE: Students will describe the structure of DNA in order to analyze how it assembles proteins and passes on genetic information.

WARM-UP: Describe how DNA is passed on to "new" cells through mitosis.

VOCABULARY:
1) gene
2) allele
3) segregation
4) gamete
5) probability

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary/ Discussion
2) Review structure of DNA and Replication (use pbs DNA Workshop website to assist and nobelprize.org game)
3) DNA Replication manipulative activity
4) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and take notes on 11-1

HOMEWORK DUE:
10-3 and Review Sheet

ANNOUCEMENTS:
$5.00 LAB FEES ARE WAY PAST DUE!

January 14 (B Day)

HSA Testing.

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

OBJECTIVE: Students will review for the FAST in order to do well on the test.

WARM-UP: None

VOCABULARY: None

CLASSWORK:
1) Watch Horseshoe Crab movie
2) Unit 5 Review Sheet
3) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and take notes on 10-3

HOMEWORK DUE:
Notes on 10-2

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Turn in lab fees ASAP

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

OBJECTIVE: Students will analyze the structure of DNA in order to determine how it affects its function.

VOCABULARY:
1) metaphase
2) anaphase
3) telophase
4) cyclin
5) cancer

WARM-UP:
What are the limits to cell growth?

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Review limits to cell growth
3) Build DNA model
4) Closure

HOMEWORK DUE:
Mitosis booklet

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and take notes on Section 10-2

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Don't forget to pay your lab fees!!!

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

OBJECTIVE: Students will perform a lab in order to analyze the phases of mitosis.



WARM-UP: Why do cells need to divide?



VOCABULARY:

1) cell division

2) mitosis

3) cytokinesis

4) chromatid

5) centromere



CLASSWORK:

1) Warm-Up and vocabulary

2) Review Mitosis

3) Lab

4) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:

Read and take notes on 10-1

HOMEWORK DUE:

Notes on 8-3

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

None

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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