Monday 1/14/13: Discuss second semester
Intro. human genetics
Notes on pedigrees, population sampling & twin studies
Article on twins
Tuesday 1/15/13: Video on twins & parasitic twins
Extra Credit pedigree - I'm My Own Grandpa
Discuss Extra credit possibility (genetic extra credit -
due Feb. 6)
HMWK: Pedigree Wkst.
Pedigree Quiz next class
Wednesday 1/16/13: Collect homework
Pedigree Quiz
Notes on dom/rec human traits
Human Traits Lab
Thursday 1/17/13: Notes on multiple alleles
HMWK: Blood Typing Punnett Square Wkst.
Friday 1/18/13: Collect homework
Overhead Review - Paternity
New Seating Chart
Notes on polygenic, sex-linked & sex-influenced traits
Sex-linked Punnett Squares
Tuesday 1/22/13: Maury on mutations (hypertrichosis, feel no pain, xeroderma
pigmentosa, Max's story)
HMWK: Pedigree Lab
Wednesday 1/23/13: Collect homework
Overhead Review - Sex-linked Pedigree (calico cat)
Notes on nondisjunction & detecting disorders (ultrasound)
Thursday 1/24/13: Ch. 7 Review Powerpoint
Ch. 7 Test Review Sheet (on-line)
Friday 1/25/13: pg. 221-222 #1-13, #19-22 & #25-27
Monday 1/28/13: LATE START
Collect homework
Ch. 7 Test
Tuesday 1/29/13: Define 26 words on pg. 259
Video: DNA: The Blueprint of Life w/questions
Wednesday 1/30/13: Tests & papers back
Remind of extra credit
Notes on DNA discovery, structure of DNA, and replication
HMWK: Replication Review (w/ ?'s from book)
Thursday 1/31/13: Collect homework
Review DNA structure & replication wkst. (20 min.)
Friday 2/1/13: Make DNA
HMWK: Finish DNA
Monday 2/4/13: LATE START
Collect DNA
Review DNA structure (overhead review)
Watch DNA structure & replication (Understanding DNA)
Tuesday 2/5/13: Notes on Transcription & Translation (w/ board drawing &
animation powerpoint)
Wednesday 2/6/13: Video: Understanding DNA on Protein Synthesis
HMWK: pg. 242 #1-5 & pg. 247 #1-4
Go to website & watch protein synthesis animation
(can you label the following: DNA, nucleus,
nucleotide, mRNA, transcription, codon, tRNA,
anti-codon, amino acid, start codon, protein,
peptide bond, translation, stop codon)
Thursday 2/7/13: Collect homework
Show animation
Ch. 8 Quiz #1 & 2 - 20 minutes silently
Go over answers
Friday 2/8/13: Transcribe & translate your own DNA
HMWK: Finish protein synthesis with DNA if not completed
in class
Monday 2/11/13: Collect homework
Protein Video
Notes on Mutagens
Discuss mutagens
Tuesday 2/12/13: Packet O'Fun to review Ch. 8
Construction Paper Protein Synthesis Puppet Show
HMWK: Finish Packet & study for test
Wednesday 2/13/13: Test - DNA
Thursday 2/14/13: Clone Movie w/ questions
Tuesday 2/19/13: Finish Clone Movie
pg. 363 #1-5
Wednesday 2/20/13: Collect homework
Evolution free-write
Discuss difference between micro and macroevolution
Introduce biogenesis & abiogenesis
Origin of Life Chart
Thursday 2/21/13: Tests back & go over
10 min. to finish chart
Handback & discuss origin of life chart
Friday 2/22/13: Evolution Lab
Monday 2/25/13: LATE START
Finish lab
Tuesday 2/26/13: Collect lab
Watch Nova: Origin of Life video w/ 5 questions
Handback & go over lab (as notes) w/ powerpoint
Wednesday 2/27/13: Finish going over lab (notes)
HMWK: 1/2 life dating worksheet
Thursday 2/28/13: Collect homework
1/2 life dating review (overhead)
Common Evolution Misconceptions Powerpoint
Notes: Theories of Evolution (Darwin & Lamarck)
Friday 3/1/13: Battle at Kruger Video
Darwin Awards
HMWK: Darwin Review Wkst.
Monday 3/4/13: LATE START
Collect homework
Evolution Overhead Review (on paper)
Tuesday 3/5/13: Darwin clips & supercow
Notes (natural selection, convergent & divergent evolution)
Microevolution video w/ questions
HMWK: pg. 355-356 #5-17 & #30-35
Wednesday 3/6/13: Warm-up
Furless Bunny Lab
Thursday 3/7/13: Microevolution & Theories of Evolution Wkst.
Friday 3/8/13: Review Game
Monday 3/11/13: Evolution Test
Tuesday 3/12/13: Discuss test questions
Ecology intro & get Ecology Packet - BRING TO CLASS EVERYDAY
Ch. 13 Notes (up to cycles)
Wednesday 3/13/13: Ecosystem Video (on tv) w/ questions
HMWK: Ch. 13 questions from packet
Thursday 3/14/13: Food Web Warm-up
Cycle Jigsaw (Intro - get into expert groups - teach home
groups)
Friday 3/15/13: Finish home groups
Biogeochemical Cycles Quiz
HMWK: Start working on Ch. 14 questions
Monday 3/18/13: LATE START
Chapter 13 Quiz (for warm-up)
Biogeochemical cycles video
Quiz corrections on Biogeochemical Cycles Quiz (quiet)
Tuesday 3/19/13: Notes to start Ch. 14
HMWK: Should have completed Ch. 13 & Ch. 14 questions
These chapters should also have been read
Wednesday 3/20/13: Finish notes on Ch. 14
Biome Video - fill in packet (then finish with book)
Thursday 3/21/13: Discuss Extra credit
Ecology Warm-up (carrying capacity, limiting factor,
density-dependent ver independent, succession)
Handout review sheet & What Biome Am I?
Go over What Biome Am I?
HMWK: Study for test
Friday 3/22/13: Ecology Test
Turn in Ecology Packet
SPRING BREAK
Monday 4/8/13: Hot Zone Excerpt
Virus Notes (1/4 of folded paper)
Tuesday 4/9/13: Do bacteria outline from book (18.4 & 18.5) on notes - can
use on quiz next class
HMWK: Finish outline
Wednesday 4/10/13: Discuss extra credit due date again
Virus overhead review
Bacteria quiz w/notes
Thursday 4/11/13: Powerpoint of Bacteria (add to notes)
Friday 4/12:/13: Bacteria Lab (slides & yogurt)
HMWK: Study & read Ch. 18
Monday 4/15/13: LATE START
Immunity Video (add to notes)
Discuss allergy, autoimmune & immunodeficiency
Tuesday 4/16/13: Immunity questions w/ packet - due in class
Bacteria vs. Virus Slideshow (fill in notes)
Study for mini test next class
Wednesday 4/17/13: Mini Test on Bacteria/Viruses & Immunity
Intro Human Physiology
Thursday 4/18/13: Respiratory System Notes
Respiratory System Video (on comp. 23 minutes)
HMWK: Respiratory system wkst.
Friday 4/19/13: Respiratory System Review
Circulatory System Notes
Monday 4/22/13: LATE START
Circulatory System Video
Circulatory System Wkst.
HMWK: Finish Wkst. & study for quiz next class
Tuesday 4/23/13: Circulatory System Review Quiz
Wednesday 4/24/13: Nervous System Notes
HMWK: Finish questions
Thursday 4/25/13: Endocrine Notes & label picture
Finish hormone chart
Friday 4/26/13: Turn in nervous/endocrine packet
CST Review
CST TESTING - DIFFERENT SCHEDULE
HANDBACK ALL PAPERS NEEDED TO STUDY FOR HUMAN BODY TEST ON TUESDAY 5/7
Monday 5/6/13: LATE START
"The Coming Plague" Video
Tuesday 5/7/13: Human Body Test
Wednesday 5/8/13: Go over test
Start Classification Notes
Thursday 5/9/13: Finish Classification Notes
Video about classification
Friday 5/10/13: Kingdom CD project
Monday 5/13/13: LATE START
Finish Kingdom CD project
Tuesday 5/14/13: Protista
Classification Warm-up (powerpoint)
Collect CD's
Notes to intro. protista
Wednesday 5/15/13: Protista Packet (to work on) - finish for homework
Thursday 5/16/13: Fungi
Protista Warm-up (worksheet)
Notes on Fungus
Helpful/Harmful Fungus
Friday 5/17/13: Finish Helpful/Harmful Fungus notes
"The Rotten World Around Us" video w/ questions
Monday 5/20/13: Plants
Notes on front of plant packet (powerpoint)
Time to work on packet
Tuesday 5/21/13: "Sexual Encounters of a Floral Kind" video w/ questions
Wednesday 5/22/13: Classification, Protista, Fungi & Plant Test
