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

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