Friday, November 18, 2016

Week of 11/14 - 11/18

Monday
  • Test Review
  • Homework: Study for the Test on chapter 12.
Tuesday
  • Test Chapter 12
  • Homework: Vocabulary and Key Concepts for chapter 11 section 4 only.

Wednesday
  • Magazine Project
  • Homework: Magazine Project
Thursday
  • Magazine Project
  • Homework: Magazine Project
Friday
  • Magazine Project
  • Homework:Magazine Project

Week of 11/7 - 11/11

Monday

Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
  • Protein Synthesis Game.
  • Homework: No Homework.
Friday
  • No School
  • Homework: complete documentary film review 

Week of 10/31 - 11/4

Monday

Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
  • Magazine Project
  • Homework: complete documentary film review 
Friday

Week of 10/24 - 10/28

Monday

Tuesday
  • Mitosis Lab
  • Homework: Lab Questions.   

Wednesday
  • No School - A student Free Day; Teachers Professional Development  
  • Homework: Finish the Reading guide

Thursday
  • Magazine Project
  • Homework: Work on their Project.

Friday
  • Mitosis Test.
  • Homework:  Ch. 12 Vocabulary and Key Concepts.  

Week of 10/17 - 10/21

Monday


Tuesday

Wednesday
  • Perfomance Task and Helthy Kid Survey  
  • Homework: No Homework   
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Thursday
  • Students will work on their magazine.
  • Homework:  Study the stages of mitosis.  
Friday

Week of 10/10 - 10/14

Monday

  • Quiz Ch. 8
  • Homework: Ch. 9 Vocabualry and Key Concepts.   

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday
  • Quiz Ch. 9 
  • Homework:  Ch. 10 Vocabulary and Key Concepts (page 256).  Write in cornell note format.  Do the 10 Key concepts first numbering them 1-10, then do the 15 vocabulary words numbering them 11-25.  

Monday, September 26, 2016

Week of 10/3 - 10/7

Monday

Tuesday
Wednesday
  • Magazine Article - Students will collaborate on the Ch. 8 Article. 
  • Homework:  Study Guide Ch. 8- 3
Thursday
Friday
  • Magazine Project
  • Homework: Work on their project   

Week of 9/26 - 9/30

Monday

Tuesday
  • Vocabulary Review Worksheet. 
  • Homework: Complete the worksheet.   
Wednesday
  • Cell Test Review 
  • Homework: Study for the test  
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Thursday
  • Cell Test     
  • Homework: Do Ch. 8 Vocabulary and Key Concepts page 216.  Do 8 key concepts and 12 vocabulary definitions.  Do in cornell note format and number 1-20. 
Friday

Week of 9/19 - 9/23

Monday

Tuesday
  • Cell Lab.  The students will look at plant cells under the microscope.  They will see cholorplast streaming
  • Homework:  Complete lab questions for todays part of the lab.

Wednesday
  • Cell Lab.  Students will look at animal cells and compare them to plant cells. 
  • Homework:  Complete the lab questions.

Thursday
  • Cell Lab Questions.  The Honors Biology Students will work on the magazine project.  The biology students will complete the Study Guide Ch. 7 

Friday
  • Magazine Project,  Studentss will go to the computer lab to work on their project. 
  • Homework:  Work on their magazine Project. 


Week of 9/12 - 9/16

Monday
  • Quiz Ch. 2.     
  • Homework: Vocabulary and Key Concepts for chapter 7 page 196. Students are to do this assignment in Cornell Note format. They will copy the 14 key concepts on the right side of the page and write a question for each key concept on the left side of the page. They will then define the 37 vocabulary words. They will write the vocabulary word on the left side of the page and the definition on the right side of the page. Students should number the key concepts 1 - 14 and the vocabulary 15 - 51.  

Tuesday

Wednesday
  • Cell Diagram.  Students will label the parts of a cell.  The will create a chart on the back with three columns; Cell structure, Function, Animal/Plant/Both.  The last column they write where they can find the structure. 
  • Homework: Complete the cell diagram and chart.  Complete Study Guide Ch. 7-2 

Thursday
  • Microscope Lab - Students will learn how to use a microscope for future microscope labs.
  • Homework:   Complete the lab questions. 

Friday
  • Microscope Lab - Students will learn how to use a microscope for future microscope labs.
  • Homework:   Complete the lab questions. 

Week of 9/5 - 9/9

Monday
  • No School     
  • Homework: Enjoy your day off  

Tuesday

Wednesday
  • Magazine Project we will go to the computer lab to work on their magazine project. 
  • Homework: Work on their ideas for their project. 

Thursday
  • Students will collaborate together to complete the prompt for chapter 2 and write the magazine article. 
  • Homework:   complete the magazine article for chapter 2.  

Friday
  • pH Lab - Students will test 5 common foods and determine the pH of these foods.
  • Homework:   Complete the Reading Guide Ch 2  

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Week of 8/29 - 9/2

Monday
  • Magazine Project - Students will be introduced to the website that will be used to build the magazine.  They will be given time to collaborate and begin to construct their magazine.  
  • Homework: Study for quiz. 

Tuesday
  • Quiz Chapter 1.
  • Homework: Vocabulary and Key Concepts for chapter 2 page 56.  Students are to do this assignment in Cornell Note format.  They will copy the 14 key concepts on the right side of the page and write a question for each key concept on the left side of the page.  They will then define the 41 vocabulary words.  They will write the vocabulary word on the left side of the page and the definition on the right side of the page.  Students should number the key concepts 1 - 14 and the vocabulary 15 - 55.    

Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

Week of 8/22 - 8/26

Monday
Tuesday
  • Magazine Project.  We will discuss the first article. Students will collaborate on writing the first article.  
  • Homework: Students need yo think about and begin planning their magazine.
Wednesday
  • Magazine Project.  We will discuss the first article. Students will collaborate on writing the first article.  
  • Homework: Students need yo think about and begin planning their magazine.
Thursday
  • Check Lab.  Students will play the role of Forenic Scientist  and learn to form hypothesis. 
  • HomeworkComplete Study Guide Chapter 1-3
Friday
  • Students will continue with the Check Lab and draw their final hypothesis. Students will turn in the Lab at the end of the period.
  • HomeworkComplete Study Guide Chapter 1-4.

Sunday, August 14, 2016

Week of 8/15 - 8/19

Monday
  • Google sign into students accounts.  Demonstrate the use of Google drive and Google Docs.  Students sign into Classroom.   
  • Homework: Students will turn an assignment into classroom.
Tuesday
  • Magazine Project.  We will discuss the project and each students responsibilities. Important dates will be discussed.   Students need to think  and plan their magazine.
  • Homework: Students need yo think about and begin planning their magazine.
Wednesday
  • Lecture Chapter 1-1   (Chapter 1- Section 1)
  • Homework: Vocabulary and Key Concepts for chapter 1 page 30.  Students are to do this assignment in Cornell Note format.  They will copy the 7 key concepts on the right side of the page and write a question for each key concept on the left side of the page.  They will then define the 23 vocabulary words.  They will write the vocabulary word on the left side of the page and the definition on the right side of the page.  Students should number the kep concepts 1 - 7 and the vocabulary 8 - 23.

Thursday
Friday
  • Save Sammy Lab.  
  • Homework: Complete Lab Write up for the lab.   

Saturday, August 6, 2016

Week of 8/8 - 8/12

Monday
  • Welcome to Biology. We will get our biology books today. I will begin discussing the class rules starting with the cell phone policy.
  • Homework: Students and Parents need to sign and return the Cell phone policy.

Tuesday
  • We will continue to discuss class rules, class expectations, grading policy, and how all student should conduct themselves in class. 
  • Homework: Students and Parents need to sign and return the Class Procedure and grading policy.

Wednesday
  • We will discuss how students will be expected to conduct themselves during Labs and Lab safety. Students will read and highlight important Lab safety procedures.
  • Homework: Students and Parents need to sign and return the Lab Safety Contract.

Thursday
  • We will discuss the six steps of the scientific method while discovering how student learn. We will do the Learning Styles Lab. Each student will discover how they learn and what types of assignments they learn best from and what assignments they dislike.
  • Homework: Complete todays portion of the Lab.

Friday
  • We will continue with the Learning Styles Lab. We will collect our data, analyze the data, and draw our conclusions.
  • Homework: Write half page in complete paragraph no less that 3-5 sentences in each paragraph. Student needs to include the name of their learning style and a discription of that learning style. They need to discuss the types of assignments they learn best from and the types of assignments they dislike the most.

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Week of 4/21 - 4/25

This week is Spring Break.

Enjoy your week and do something fun.

Those students who have chosen to do the STEM Expo this is a great time to work on your project. 

This is a great time to do your movie review

This is a great time to work on your Ch. 35 Article on 5 different types of drugs.

Return to school on March 28th.  

Week of 3/14 - 3/17

  • Overview of the Human Body Pg. 892 - 893.  Create a chart with three columns titled System, Structures, and Function.  Numbering each system 1-11.  
  • Homework: Complete the Chart.        
Tuesday 

Wednesday
 Thursday

Friday
  • No School 
  • Homework:    

Friday, February 12, 2016

Week of 3/7 - 3/11

Monday

Tuesday 

Wednesday
  • Magazine / Ecology Review for the Test.     
  • Homework: Work on the Review worksheet.     
 Thursday

Friday
  • Test Ch. 3, 4, 5 & 6   
  • Homework:   No Homework.   

Week of 2/29 - 3/4

Monday

Tuesday 

Wednesday
  • Magazine     
  • Homework: No Homework.     
 Thursday
  • Yeast Lab.   
  • Homework:  Yeast Lab questions.   

Friday
  • Quiz Ch. 5   
  • Homework:   Ch. 6 Vocabulary and Key Concepts.  Watch Lion King Movie. 

Week of 2/22 - 2/26

Monday
Tuesday 

Wednesday
  • Magazine / Crash Course of Community of Ecology students outline the video.     
  • Homework: No Homework.     
 Thursday
  • Quiz Ch. 4.   
  • Homework:  Ch. 5 Vocabualry and Key Concepts.   

Friday

Week of 2/15 - 2/19

Monday
  • No School.  
  • Homework:  Enjoy the day off     
Tuesday 
Wednesday
  • Quiz Ch. 3 
  • Homework:  Ch. 4 Vocabulary and Key Concepts.  
 Thursday

Friday

Week of 2/8 - 2/12

Monday
  • Magazine Project.  We will go the the computer lab to work on the project.  
  • Homework:  Magazine Project.  We will go the the computer lab to work on the project.       
Tuesday 
Wednesday
 Thursday

Friday
  • Magazine Project.  We will go the the computer lab to work on the project.  
  • Homework:  Magazine Project.  We will go the the computer lab to work on the project.