Week
|
Month
|
Date |
Description
|
Handouts,
Links
|
1
|
Jan
|
12
|
Introduction
|
|
|
|
14
|
Scientific
method
Objectives
Practice
|
Scientific
method handout KEY
|
|
|
16
|
Critical
Thinking
Objectives
Skills
Practice
|
Individual
HW
#1 given
|
2
|
|
19
|
HOLIDAY
- Martin Luther King Day |
|
|
|
21
|
APPL:
"Mom
Always Liked You Best" |
groups
assigned
|
|
|
23
|
APPL:
"Mom
Always Liked You Best" |
|
3
|
|
26
|
Basic
Chemistry (Ch. 2, p. 21-32) Objectives
Practice |
worksheet #1 DUE |
|
|
28
|
Macromolecules
(Ch. 3, p. 36-51) Objectives
Practice
KEY |
|
|
|
30
|
Cells
(Ch. 4, p. 55-69) Objectives |
group
competition
|
4
|
Feb
|
2
|
Energy
(Ch. 5, p. 73-77) Objectives
Practice |
worksheet
#2 DUE
|
|
|
4
|
Enzymes
& Diffusion (Ch. 5, p. 78-82) Objectives
Practice |
Individual
HW #1 DUE
|
|
|
6
|
Cellular
Respiration (Ch. 6, p. 89-100) Objectives
Practice |
worksheet
#3 DUE
|
5
|
|
9
|
Photosynthesis
(Ch. 7, p. 104-115) Objectives
Practice |
|
|
|
11
|
Cell.
Resp. & Photo. demonstrations |
group
advanced prep needed |
|
|
13
|
EXAM #1
|
Everything
up to Diffusion |
6
|
|
16
|
Mitosis
(Ch. 8, p. 121-129)
Objectives
Practice
|
worksheet #4 DUE
|
|
|
18
|
Meiosis
(Ch. 8, p. 130-140)
Objectives
Practice
|
|
|
|
20
|
APPL:
"Cell Division Theater"
|
|
7
|
|
23
|
APPL:
"Gender
- Genes or Jeans?" Objectives
|
|
|
|
25
|
APPL:
"Gender - Genes or Jeans?" |
|
|
|
27
|
DNA
Replication (Ch. 10, p. 172-177)
Objectives
Practice KEY
|
worksheet #5 DUE
|
8
|
Mar
|
2
|
Transcription
& Translation (Ch. 10, p. 177-187)
Objectives |
|
|
|
4
|
APPL:
"Mutation in a Dividing Cell"
|
|
|
|
6
|
EXAM
#2
study
guide |
Covers
cellular resp. to last APPL
|
9
|
|
9
|
Mendelian
genetics (Ch. 9, p. 144-153) Objectives
Practice |
worksheet #6 DUE
|
|
|
11
|
Mendelian
genetics, cont.
|
Individual HW#2 given
|
|
|
13
|
Non-Mendelian
genetics (Ch. 9, p. 156-158; 164-166)
Objectives
Practice |
worksheet
#7 DUE |
10
|
|
16
|
HOLIDAY
- Spring Break |
|
|
|
18
|
HOLIDAY
- Spring Break |
|
|
|
20
|
HOLIDAY
- Spring Break
|
|
11
|
|
23
|
APPL:
"Disputed Maternity" |
|
|
|
25
|
APPL:
"Disputed Maternity"
|
|
|
|
27
|
Cloning
& Stem Cells (Ch. 11, p. 208-211)
Objectives Debate |
worksheet #8 DUE |
12
|
|
30
|
Evolution
(Ch. 13, p. 244-258)
Objectives
Geologic Time Scale |
worksheet #9 DUE
|
|
Apr
|
1
|
APPL:
"Misconceptions
about Evolution" |
|
|
|
3
|
Speciation
(Ch. 14, p. 270-277) Objectives |
|
13
|
|
6
|
APPL:
"Conversations
with Fireflies" Objectives |
Individual
HW#2 DUE
|
|
|
8
|
APPL:
"Conversations with Fireflies" |
Individual HW #3 given |
|
|
10
|
Microbial
Evolution (Ch. 15, p. 296-309) Objectives |
worksheet #10 DUE
|
14
|
|
13
|
EXAM
#3
study
guide |
covers genetics to fireflies
|
|
|
15
|
Plant
Evolution (Ch. 16, p. 320-334) Objectives |
|
|
|
17
|
Animal
Evolution (Ch. 17, p. 343-365) Objectives |
worksheet #11 DUE
|
15
|
|
20
|
Primate
Evolution (Ch. 17, p. 366-373)
Objectives Group
Pres. |
group competition
|
|
|
22
|
APPL:
"Geologic Time Scale Discussion" Objectives |
time
scales & worksheet DUE
|
|
|
24
|
Population Ecology (Ch. 18, p.
379-402) Objectives
|
worksheet #12 DUE
|
16
|
|
27
|
Community
Ecology (Ch. 19, p. 406-422, 435) Objectives
Coyotes |
Individual
HW #3 DUE
|
|
|
29
|
APPL:
"Too
Many Deer"
|
|
|
May
|
1
|
APPL:
"But It's Just a Bottle of Water"
|
|
| 17 |
|
4
|
Course
evaluations, Question day
|
|
|
|
|
FINAL
EXAM
study
guide |
Comprehensive
|
