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TERM 4
June 2015
Week 3 (last week before finals!!)
Mon 6/15
HW: Finish Monday's open responses
Finish multiple choice questions
*
C block
Open Response Links:
#76
Digestive System
Digestive System Model
#77
Evolution of Birds from Reptiles
#78
Communication and Homeostasis
#79
Are viruses alive?
Are viruses alive? Video
#80
Photosynthesis vs. Cellular Respiration

Tues 6/16
HW: Finish Tuesday's open responses
#81
Evolution and Natural Selection overview
Evolution & vocab (see sidebar for more options)
#82
Important info: 
- Bromothymol Blue changes from blue to yellow in the presence of carbon dioxide. 
- Think: When is carbon dioxide given off? (Photosyn or cell resp?) 
- When is it used to produce oxygen?
#83
Important info: 
- DNA --> mRNA --> tRNA --> Protein (amino acids)
- In DNA... A - T and C - G
- In RNA...  A - U and C - G
- Remember "Wobble"!! (What does it mean again?)
Mutations ppt
#84
Eggsperiment Lab Day ppt
Eggsperiment Video (hypertonic vs hypotonic)

Wed 6/17
HW: Finish Wednesday's questions
#85 pg. 238-241
#86 pg. 370-371

Thurs 6/18
HW: Finish Thursday's questions

Fri 6/19
HW: STUDY FOR FINAL!!!!!!!
#93
Plant vs. Animal Cell venn diagram
Plant vs. Animal Cells
#94
Prokaryote vs. Eukaryote venn diagram
Prokaryote vs. Eukaryote
#95
Cells ALIVE organelle practice interaction
Inside a Cell interactive
Cell Organelle practice quiz
#96
Genotype vs. Phenotype
#97
Punnet Square review

MORE RESOURCES TO REVIEW FOR FINAL:
- Overview of pH (acids/bases)
- Evolution vocab (homologous structures & convergent evolution)
- Nutrient Cycles (click on picture to see bigger version)
    Water
    Carbon
    Nitrogen
- Viruses
- Endo vs. Exothermic
- Six Kingdoms

Week 2
Mon 6/8
HW: Website!!!!
Biology Quick Review Study Guide

Tues 6/9 - Thurs 6/11
Work on weebly review website
Build-a-Website Instructions

Fri 6/12
Presentations

Week 1
Mon 6/1
HW: Work on your RAFT Product
Work on RAFT packet and product

Tues 6/2
HW: Finish "Nutrient Cycle Study Guide"; Finish RAFT Product
Nutrient Cycling

Wed 6/3
HW: Finish ecological footprint assignment
Goals:
1. Submit all assignments that are due today! (either email them to bcgately@gmail.com or put them on Ms. Gately's desk)
-RAFT Product
-Nutrient Cycle study guide
-Food Web activity (from before)
-Symbiotic Relationships activity (from before)

2. Calculate your ecological footprint
Try this website first: Footprint Calculator 1
- Answer the "detailed" version of the questions
If that one doesn't work, use this one: Footprint Calculator 2

3. Answer these questions in your journal:
1. What was your ecological footprint? How many worlds would it take to sustain your lifestyle?
2. Why do you think that is? Were you surprised?
3. What is one change you can make TODAY that will help reduce your footprint?
4. What are three long-term lifestyle changes you can make to reduce your footprint?

Thurs 6/4
HW: Finish ecological levels poster
Individual --> Biome ppt

Friday 6/5
HW: STUDY!! and finish classwork (Deer vs. Wolf Graphing)
Population Growth

May 2015
Week 4
Mon 5/25
NO SCHOOL- Memorial Day

Tues 5/26
HW: Draw an image of a symbiotic relationship and write a paragraph explaining it
CritterCam worksheet
Good Buddies packet
Symbiotic Relationships ppt

Wed 5/27
HW: Create a symbiotic relationship skit
Finish Good Buddies packet
Good Buddies Answer Key

Thurs 5/28
HW: Finish Food Web from "Tangled Web" Activity
"Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave" Lab Packet
Note: The lab packet link does not contain the animal pictures. 
Download the animal pictures here: Food Web Pictures

Fri 5/29
HW: TBD
Answer Analysis Questions from lab packet

Week 3
Mon 5/18
HW: None (MCAS)
Presentations!
Genetic Engineering Video
Mutations Video

Tues & Wed 5/19-20
NO CLASS- Math MCAS

Thurs 5/21
HW: Study for Friday's test!
Central Dogma Review

Fri 5/22
DNA Test

Week 2
Mon 5/11
HW: Re-write admit slip: "Why is DNA considered the 'code of life'?"
        Finish transcription/translation worksheet
        Finish Genetic Mutation worksheet
DNA Transcription & Translation ppt (slides 22-34)
*
C block
Mutations ppt

Tues 5/12
HW: Finish your "paper powerpoint"
Group 1 Reading
Group 2 Reading
Group 3 Reading
(Take notes & make the notes presentable)

Wed 5/13
HW: Finish classwork if needed
Present on readings

Thurs 5/14 - Fri 5/15
HW: Work on Genetic Disorder Assignment (due/present on Mon 5/18)
Genetic Disorders Rubric
Genetic Disorders Link 1
Genetic Disorders Link 2

Week 1
Mon 5/4
HW: DNA Modeling Lab Analysis Questions
DNA Modeling Lab packet
DNA Modeling ppt
*
C Block
DNA Replication Webquest

Tues 5/5
HW: DNA Replication Concept Map
DNA Enzyme Quizlet (enzyme flashcards)
DNA Enzymes (extensive descriptions)
DNA Replication Quiz (save score)
 
Wed 5/6
HW: Summary of the "players" in the Race for the Double Helix
History of DNA Video (we watched from 2:55-22:38)

Thurs 5/7
HW: Flashcards for each of the enzymes involved in DNA replication
DNA Replication Review (slides 7-23)

Fri 5/8
HW: Transcription and Translation practice & Codon Chart
DNA Replication Recall
DNA Rep enzyme quiz
DNA Transcription/Translation ppt

April 2015
Week 4
Mon 4/27
HW: Mitosis vs. Meiosis Venn Diagram
Meiosis Information Sheet
Meiosis ppt

Tues 4/28
HW: Write a full journal page comparing and contrasting meiosis and mitosis
Meiosis Drawing

Wed 4/29
HW: Meiosis Packet
Finish Meiosis Drawings
Meiosis Cheat Sheet

Thurs 4/30
HW: Meiosis Practice
Meiosis Practice Game
Meiosis Practice Quiz


Fri 5/1
Meiosis Quiz!!

TERM 3
April 2015
Week 3
Mon 4/13
HW: Mitosis practice (will not be collected)
Mitosis ppt

Tues 4/14
HW: Work on project
Mitosis Animation
Mitosis Stages Descriptions (ignore colors of chromosomes)

Wed 4/15
NO CLASS- Mathapalooza

Thurs 4/16
Mitosis Quiz
Finish Posters

Fri 4/17
TBD

Week 2
Mon 4/6
HW: Dihybrid Practice Worksheet (due Tues)
Dihybrid Crosses ppt
*
C Block
HW: Genetics Practice Problems: Pedigree Tables (Due Thurs)
Pedigrees ppt

Tues 4/7
HW: See above
Mendelian Genetics Test Prep
Questions by Concept


Wed 4/8
NO CLASS- Math MCAS Practice Day

Thurs 4/9
Mendelian Genetics Test

Fri 4/10

Week 1
Mon 3/31
HW: Sleep well and COME ON TIME THIS WEEK!!
Sex-linked Punnet Square worksheet
Genetics Practice Day ppt
Punnet Square Games 

Tues 4/1-Thurs 4/3
NO CLASS- MCAS

Fri 4/4
NO SCHOOL- Good Friday
March 2015
Week 4
Mon 3/23
HW: SpongeBob Genetics Incomplete Dominance
Punnet Square Practice 1 ppt
*
C Block:
--Bunny Babies
--Breeding Border Collies (Start w/ Level 1 and complete through Level 5)
Punnet Square Games 

Tues 3/24
HW: Genetics Crossword
Disease Punnet Squares 
--Punnet Square Practice 2 ppt

Wed 3/25
Review classwork

Thurs 3/26
HW: Blood Type Worksheet
Know Your Blood Type info sheet

Fri 3/27
HW: Incomplete dominance/Codominance practice problems
Blood Type Punnet Square Practice
Punnet Square Games
Blood Types 2 ppt (slides 12-17)

Week 3
Mon 3/16
HW:History of DNA Scientist Presentation

Tues 3/17
HW:

Wed 3/18
HW:

Thurs 3/19
HW:

Fri 3/20
HW:

Week 2
HOMEROOM LINK: https://www.bostonyouthfund.org/registrationform.asp

Mon 3/9
HW: Make 15 flashcards (pp. 536-538, 544-545)
Reproduction 2 ppt
Reproduction Practice Quiz
*
C Block
Reproductive Strategies
Critter Part 3

Tues 3/10
HW: Have 3 paragraphs completed
Critter Writing

Wed 3/11
HW: Study for test and work on Critter pt. 3 (due Mon)
Repro Quiz & Answers
Reproductive System Labeling & Definitions
Blank Repro Diagram 

Thurs 3/12
HW: STUDY!!
Repro Practice Test 2
Repro Review

Fri 3/13
Reproduction Quiz

WEEK 1
Mon 3/2
HW: Read and take notes (define the bolded words) pp. 536-538
Sexual vs. Asexual Reproduction guided notes
Reproductive Anatomy labeling
Reproduction ppt (slides 1-10)
*
C block
The Story of Menstruation (Disney video guided notes)

Reproduction ppt (slides 15-22) --> see above file

Tues 3/3
HW: Read and take notes (define the bolded words) pp. 544-545
Concept Map of Ovulation
Reproduction ppt (slides 26-31)

Wed 3/4
Watch & Discuss "Life's Greatest Miracle" NOVA Video

Thurs 3/5
HW: Work on STD Presentation
STD Project

Fri 3/6
STP Presentations
February 2015
WEEK 4
Fri 2/27
Ch. 8 Test

Thurs 2/26
HW: STUDY!!
Socrative review (Student Login --> ROOM: room315)
Cell Resp & Photosyn Review ppt (starts on slide 9)

Wed 2/25
HW: Complete gizmo packet
Photosynthesis Gizmo

Tues 2/24
HW: Study cell resp & photosyn notes
Photosynthesis ppt (slide 6-20)

Mon 2/23
HW: Study cell resp & photosyn notes
Video 1
Video 2
Cell Resp Webquest

WEEK 3 = vacation
WEEK 2
Mon 2/9
NO SCHOOL- Snow Day

Tues 2/10
NO SCHOOL- Snow Day

Wed 2/11
HW: Fully written out analysis questions due tomorrow (attach separate paper)
Calorimetry Case Studies

Thurs 2/12
NO CLASS- MCAS Practice Test

Fri 2/13
HW: No homework- vacation week!
Cellular Respiration ppt (review all concepts)

WEEK 1
Mon 2/2
NO SCHOOL- Snow Day

Tues 2/3
NO SCHOOL- Snow Day

Wed 2/4
HW: BTB Lab Analysis Questions
BTB Lab Packet
BTB Lab ppt
Note: BTB Lab and Cellular Respiration Lab are the same lab 

Thurs 2/5
HW: Calorimetry Lab Analysis Questions
Calorimetry Lab Packet
Calorimetry ppt (ends on slide 11)

Fri 2/6
HW: Glycolysis Review HW & Finish Calorimetry Lab Packet (both due 2/9)
BTB Check-in Worksheet
Calorimetry Review ppt (starts on slide 12)
Cellular Respiration ppt (slide 3-12)

January 2015
WEEK 4
Mon 1/26
A block
HW: Atoms and Elements packet (due 1/29)
Understanding Dust Explosions
Biochemistry ppt
*
C block
Endo/Exothermic lab

Tues 1/27
NO SCHOOL- Snow Day

Wed 1/28
NO SCHOOL- Snow Day

Thurs 1/29
NO SCHOOL- Snow Day

Fri 1/30
HW: Write discussion on last page of lab packet (see above)
Endo Exo Practice Worksheet
Endo Exo Lab Table
Endo/Exo ppt (starts on Slide 11)

WEEK 3
Mon 1/19
NO SCHOOL- MLK

Tues 1/20
HW: Anorexia Nervosa: Dying to be Thin (due 1/22)
What Happens to the Food You Eat? Guided Notes (due 1/22)
Proteins and Muscles Videos:
Video 1 (Watch until 1:00; Note there is a transcript at the bottom)
Video 2
Video 3
Digestion & Biosynthesis ppt

Wed 1/21
NO CLASS- Math MCAS Day

Thurs 1/22
HW: FINISH Marathon packet AND essay (typed & printed!) (due 1/23)
Complete study guide for Chapter 7 test (due 1/23)
STUDY for Chapter 7 Test tomorrow!!!
Ch. 7 Study Guide
Ch. 7 Review Day ppt

Fri 1/23
Marathon Assignment Due
Chapter 7 Test

WEEK 2
Mon 1/12
HW: Finish all boxes in packet for your assigned runner (due 1/13)
Marathon Assignment packet (packet & essay due 1/23)
Marathon ppt

Tues 1/13
HW: Write AT LEAST one paragraph for the Marathon essay (due 1/14)
(& finish any packet components if not yet finished)
Marathon 2 ppt
A BLOCK ANSWERS- Marathon packet
Marathon Chart KEY

Wed 1/14
HW: Write another paragraph for the Marathon essay (due 1/15)
Process of Digestion Video Notes
Process of Digestion Video Notes KEY
Process of Digestion ppt

Thurs 1/15
HW: Write the Abstract found on the back of the lab packet (due 1/16)
Enzyme Lab packet
Enzyme Lab ppt

Fri 1/16
HW: Have 4 paragraphs for Marathon assignment completed (due 1/20)
Enzyme Lab Chart Admit Slip
Enzyme Exit Slip
Enzymes Continued ppt

WEEK 1
Mon 1/5
A Block:
HW: Bring in a piece of food to test for tomorrow!
Fitness Exit Slip
"Fitness" ppt
*
C block:
HW: Bring in a piece of food to test for tomorrow!
Shuhkov Admit Slip
"Structural Materials in Food" ppt

Tues 1/6
HW: "What's in the Food You Eat?" Lab packet (due Fri 1/9)
"What's in the Food You Eat?" ppt

Wed 1/7
HW: Lab packet (due Fri 1/9)- see link above
Food Lab Review ppt

Thurs 1/8
NO SCHOOL- lab packet due date has been moved to Fri 1/9

Fri 1/9
DUE: "What's in the Food You Eat" Lab packet
HW: Study guided notes for Monday's quiz
VIDEO LINK: Biological Molecules Crash Course Website
Biological Molecules Guided Notes
ANSWER KEY: Biological Molecules Guided Notes
Nutrition Unpacked ppt






ARCHIVES (Files from 2014):
Homework Sheets
HW assigned 9/12/14: The Chimp Scientist (due 9/15/14)
HW assigned 9/15/14: Brains and More Brains (due 9/16/14)
HW assigned 9/22/14: Digging Up the Past (due 9/23/14)
HW assigned 9/23/14: Bird Beak Adaptation Lab (due 9/25/14)
HW assigned 9/25/14: Bunny Graphing [see page 3 of document!] (due 9/26/14) 
HW assigned 9/26/14: Darwin Project: Exploring Evolution (due 10/3/14)
HW assigned 10/2/14: 3-5 pg. paper on the Theory of Evolution (due 10/8/14)
                            ^See the bottom of "Biology Specialist Overview" for directions.
HW assigned 10/3/14: Finish "Finch Extinction" worksheet and write a paragraph                                        using CERR template as a guide (due 10/6/14)
HW assigned 10/8/14: MC "Quiz" Evolution Review (due 10/9/14)
HW assigned 10/16/14: Organism Classification Assignment (due 10/17/14)
                                 ^ Example: Prior student's work
HW assigned 10/20/14: Critter Project (due 10/28/14)
HW assigned 10/21/14: Kingdoms practice (due 10/22/14)
HW assigned 10/22/14: 70 ?s Review Packet: Evolution Unit (due 10/23/14)             HW assigned 10/30/14: Analysis Question #1 - Egg Packet (due 10/31/14)
HW assigned 10/31/14: Analysis Questions #2-5 (due 11/3/14)
HW assigned 11/3/14: Onion Lab Analysis ?s - Onion Lab (Part D) (due 11/5/14)
HW assigned 11/7/14: Research 3 cell organelles of your choosing- in your journal, draw them and write their function (due 11/10/14)
HW assigned 11/7/14: Cell organelle crossword puzzle (due 11/10/14)
HW assigned 11/12/14: Plant vs. Animal Cell Venn Diagram (due 11/13/14)
HW assigned 11/13/14: Circulatory System Word Search (due 11/14/14)
HW assigned 11/14/14: Socrative packet (due 11/17/14)
HW assigned 11/18/14: Blood Disorder Presentation (due 11/21/14)
HW assigned 11/20/14: Finish Temperature Lab sheet- Analysis ?s (due 11/21/14)
HW assigned 12/8/14: Homeostasis in the Critter (due 12/16)
                       
Handouts
Class Handout (CH) given 9/15/14: Portraying Humankind Presentation Rubric
CH given 9/16/14: Chapter I Quiz Study Guide
CH given 9/22/14: Lucy Video Guided Notes (see video link on Videos page)
                           Lucy Exit Slip
CH given 9/25/14: Natural Selection at Play (see interactive below)
CH given 9/29/14:Biology Specialist Activity (see teacher for associated packets)
CH given 10/2/14: Biology Specialist Overview
CH given 10/20/14: Critter Habitat - Tropical Rain Forest
CH given 10/20/14: Critter Habitat - Desert
CH given 10/20/14: Critter Habitat - Swamp
CH given 10/20/14: Critter Habitat - Coral Reef
CH given 10/20/14: Critter Habitat - Tundra
CH given 10/20/14: Critter Habitat - Cities
CH given 10/21/14: Cladogram Practice (AS) & Kingdoms chart & Classification chart
CH given 10/22/14: What Is it? (AS) & Is it Alive? (AS)
CH given 10/30/14: Eggsperiment Lab Packet
CH given 11/3/14: Onion Lab Packet

Websites/Interactives
Extend your Learning (EYL) 9/21/14 Virtual Timeline
Classwork (CW) 9/25/14 Natural Selection Interactive (click "Run Now!")
CW/EYL 10/6/14 Human Evolution Evidence
EYL 10/8/14 Evolution Review Video
HW Help 10/16/14 Classifying Organisms Online Catalogue
HW Help 10/27/14: Critter Project create-a-critter
CW 11/3/14 Osmosis & Diffusion Web Quest
CW 11/10/14 Inside a Cell
CW 11/13/14 Circulation Station
CW extra credit 11/13/14 Blood Travel Pathway
CW 11/26/14 Realistic Smoking Ads
CW 12/4/14 Ch. 5 Jeopardy
CW 12/18/14: Unit Test Jeopardy
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