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

OBJECTIVE: Students will compare mitosis and meiosis in order to describe how gametes are formed.

WARM-UP: How many chromosomes will be in a gamete of an organism that has 53 chromosomes in its skin cell?

VOCABULARY:
1) nondisjunction
2) recombination
3) independent assortment
4) genotype
5) phenotype

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

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
none

HOMEWORK DUE:
Section Assessment

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
none

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

OBJECTIVE: Students will analyze a case study in order to determine how meiosis forms gametes.

WARM-UP: How is gender determined in humans?

VOCABULARY:
1) karyotype
2) genetics
3) fertilization
4) true-breeding
5) trait

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

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
A DAY: SECTION ASSESSMENT PAGE 278
B DAY: READ AND TAKE NOTES ON 11-2

HOMEWORK DUE:
A DAY: READ AND TAKE NOTES 11-1
B DAY: SECTION ASSESSMENT PAGE 278

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

OBJECTIVE: Students will compare meiosis and mitosis in order to describe how traits are passed on from one generation to the next.

WARM-UP: If an adult has 46 chromosomes per cell, how many does a baby have?

VOCABULARY:
1) homologous
2) diploid
3) haploid
4) meiosis
5) tetrad
6) crossing-over

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Lesson on Meiosis
3) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Do the 11-4 Section Assessment on page 278 of your books (B Day Students, A Day students were to complete 11-4 notes)

HOMEWORK DUE:
11-4 Notes

February 17, 2010 (B Day)

TEST Today

February 5, 2010

TODAY IS AN EARLY DISMISSAL. WE ONLY HAVE PERIODS 1B AND 2B. WE WATCHED A MOVIE ABOUT "HOT SPOTS" THAT DESCRIBED AREAS AROUND THE WORLD WHERE SPECIES AND HABITATS ARE ENDANGERED.

January 27-February 5

UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO FAST TESTING, SNOW DAYS, AND OTHER INTERRUPTIONS IN OUR NORMAL LEARNING DAY, MY BLOG HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED!!! HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK WE WILL BE BACK ON A NORMAL SCHEDULE AND I WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE REGULARLY. A DAY STUDENTS ARE CAUGHT UP WITH THEIR TESTS, B DAY STUDENTS WILL TAKE THE TEST WHEN WE RETURN TO SCHOOL. PLEASE EMAIL ME AT MARGARET.LYNCH@PGCPS.ORG WITH ANY QUESTIONS.

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

WARM-UP: N/A

VOCABULARY: N/A

CLASSWORK: N/A

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK: N/A

HOMEWORK DUE: N/A

ANNOUCEMENTS: N/A

January 25 (B Day) and January 26 (A Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will perform an activity in order to describe how cancer is a disruption of the normal cell cycle.

WARM-UP: What are some things that can cause cancer?

VOCABULARY:
1) gene
2) allele
3) segregation
4) gamete
5) probability
6) Punnett Square
7) homozygous
8) heterozygous

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up
2) Discussion
3) Activity
4) Presentation
5) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Study for test monday and tuesday

HOMEWORK DUE:
none

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None

January 17-January 25- TESTING

Lessons for each class will vary depending on time available after testing.

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