Tuesday 1/15/13: Discuss second semester
Intro. human genetics
Notes on pedigrees, population sampling & twin studies
Article on twins
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
Thursday 1/17/13: Collect homework
Show extra credit pedigree
Pedigree Quiz
New Seating Chart
Notes on dom/rec human traits
Human Traits Lab
Notes on multiple alleles
HMWK: Blood Typing Punnett Square Wkst.
Tuesday 1/22/13: Collect homework
Overhead Review - Paternity
Notes on polygenic, sex-linked & sex-influenced traits
Sex-linked Punnett Squares
Maury on mutations (hypertrichosis, feel no pain, xeroderma
pigmentosa, Max's story)
HMWK: Pedigree Lab
Thursday 1/24/13: Collect homework
Overhead Review - Sex-linked Pedigree (calico cat)
Notes on nondisjunction & detecting disorders (ultrasound)
Ch. 7 Review Powerpoint
Ch. 7 Test Review Sheet (on-line)
HMWK: Study for test
Monday 1/28/13: LATE START
Collect homework
Ch. 7 Test
HMWK: Define 26 words on pg. 259
Wednesday 1/30/13: Collect homework
Discuss test (powerpoint)
Tests & papers back
Remind of extra credit
Notes on DNA discovery, structure of DNA, and replication
Video: DNA - The Blueprint of Life w/ wkst.
HMWK: Replication Review (w/ ?'s from book)
Friday 2/1/13: Collect homework
Review DNA structure & replication wkst. (20 min.)
Make DNA
HMWK: Finish DNA
Tuesday 2/5/13: Collect DNA
Review DNA structure (overhead review)
Watch DNA structure & replication (Understanding DNA)
Notes on Transcription & Translation (w/ board drawing &
animation powerpoint)
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
Ch. 8 Quiz #1 & 2 - 20 minutes silently
Go over answers
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
Packet O'Fun to review Ch. 8
HMWK: Finish Packet & study for test
Wednesday 2/13/13: Collect Packet
Construction Paper Protein Synthesis Puppet Show
Time to study
Test - DNA
Tuesday 2/19/13: GATTACA Movie w/ questions
HMWK: Finish questions
Thursday 2/21/13: Finish movie (10 minutes)
Collect questions
Tests back & go over
Evolution free-write
Discuss difference between micro and macroevolution
Introduce biogenesis & abiogenesis
Origin of Life Chart
Monday 2/25/13: LATE START
Handback & discuss origins of life chart
Evolution Lab
HMWK: Finish lab
Wednesday 2/27/13: Collect lab
Watch Nova: Origin of Life video w/ 5 questions
Handback & go over lab (as notes) w/ powerpoint
HMWK: 1/2 life dating worksheet
Friday 3/1/13: Collect homework
Quiz on material to this point
Notes(outlined): Theories of Evolution (Darwin & Lamarck)
HMWK: Darwin Review Wkst.
Tuesday 3/5/13: Collect homework
Evolution Overhead Review (on paper)
Go over notes on Darwin
Battle at Kruger clip
Darwin clips & supercow
Notes (natural selection, convergent & divergent evolution)
Microevolution video w/ questions
HMWK: pg. 355-356 #5-17 & #30-35
Thursday 3/6/13: Warm-up
Furless Bunny Lab
HMWK: Microevolution & Theories of Evolution Wkst.
Monday 3/11/13: LATE START
Evolution Test
Wednesday 3/13/13: Discuss test questions
Ecology intro & get Ecology Packet- BRING TO CLASS EVERYDAY
Ch. 13 Notes (up to cycles)
Ecosystem Video (on tv) w/ questions
HMWK: Ch. 13 questions from packet
Friday 3/15/13: Food Web Warm-up
Cycle Jigsaw (Intro - get into expert groups - teach home
groups)
Biogeochemical Cycles Quiz
HMWK: Start working on Ch. 14 questions
Tuesday 3/19/13: Chapter 13 Quiz (for warm-up)
Biogeochemical cycles video
Quiz corrections on Biogeochemical Cycles Quiz (quiet)
Notes to start Ch. 14
HMWK: Should have completed Ch. 13 & Ch. 14 questions
These chapters should also have been read
Thursday 3/21/13: Ecology Warm-up (carrying capacity, limiting factor,
density-dependent ver independent, succession)
Finish notes on Ch. 14
Biome Video - fill in packet (then finish with book)
Handout review sheet & What Biome Am I?
Go over What Biome Am I?
Discuss Extra Credit opportunity (Childrens Book of
Disease or Biome Project)
HMWK: Study for test
SPRING BREAK
Monday 4/8/13: LATE START
Ecology Test
HMWK: Pathogen Introduction
Wednesday 4/10/13: Hot Zone Excerpt
Virus Notes (1/4 of folded paper)
Do bacteria outline from book (18.4 & 18.5) on notes - can
use on quiz next class
HMWK: Finish outline
Friday 4/12/13: Discuss extra credit due date again
Virus overhead review
Bacteria quiz w/ notes
Powerpoint of Bacteria (add to notes)
Bacteria Lab (slides & yogurt)
HMWK: Study & read Ch. 18
Tuesday 4/16/13: Immunity Video (add to notes
Discuss allergy, autoimmune & immunodeficiency
Immunity questions w/ packet - due in class
Bacteria vs. Virus Slideshow (fill in notes)
Study for mini test next class
Thursday 4/18/13: Mini Test on Bacteria/Viruses & Immunity
Intro Human Physiology
Respiratory System Notes
Respiratory System Video (on comp. 23 minutes)
HMWK: Respiratory system wkst.
Monday 4/22/13: LATE START
Respiratory System Review
Circulatory System Notes
Circulatory System Video
Circulatory System Wkst.
HMWK: Finish Wkst. & study for quiz next class
Wednesday 4/24/13: Circulatory System Review Quiz
Nervous & Endocrine System Notes
Neural Connection Video
HMWK: Finish questions & 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 WEDNESDAY 5/8
Wednesday 5/8/13: Human Body Test
"The Coming Plague" Video
Friday 5/10/13: Classification Notes
Kingdom CD project - due next class
Tuesday 5/14/13: Protista
Classification Warm-up (powerpoint)
Collect CD's
Notes to intro. protista
Protista Packet (to work on) - finish for homework
Thursday 5/16/13: Fungi
Protista Warm-up (worksheet)
Notes on Fungus
Helpful/Harmful Fungus
"The Rotten World Around Us" video w/ questions
Monday 5/20/13: LATE START
Plants
Notes on front of plant packet (powerpoint)
Time to work on packet
"Sexual Encounters of a Floral Kind" video w/ questions
