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Lesson Plans for

1st Semester Biology

2011-12

(These dates are subject to change and updates will be made as soon as possible when needed.)

Day	Activities	Homework
Thursday 8/18 1/2 Day Institute	First Day of School ! (1/2 Day for freshmen & new students) Materials Needed for Biology Optical Illusions PowerPoint	Buy: 12 pack of colored pencils, pencil case, 3-ring binder, loose-leaf paper, and pencil/pen - You must have all of these by Thurs. 8/25
Friday 8/19 1^st Full Day of School	Intro to Biology PowerPoint Biology Syllabus Classroom Behavior Contract due today Safety Contract Intro to Biology schedule Hand out Biology books	Signed Safety Contract due on Tues. 8/23 Microscope Vocabulary due Fri. 8/26
Monday 8/22	Hand out Intro to Biology packets Act 1: Simpson's Scientific Method
Tuesday 8/23	Act. 2: Characteristics of Life Act 3: Compound Microscope Notes	Read p. 50-54
Wednesday 8/24	Finish Act. 3: Compound Microscope Notes Act 4: Getting to Know Your Microscope Lab due Thurs. 8/25
Thursday 8/25	Finish Act 4: Getting to Know Your Microscope Lab	Act 5: Microscope Practice due Fri. 8/26
Friday 8/26	Act 6: Compound/Stereoscope Microscope Comparison Notes Act 7: Stereoscope Lab	Act 8: Intro to Biology Review due Tues. 8/30
Monday 8/29	1st Hour: Freshmen Orientation Meeting
Tuesday 8/30	Act 8: Intro to Biology Review Intro to Biology Puzzle due Wed. 8/31	Study for Intro to Biology Test (using all the papers in your packet) Bring your book Wed. 8/31
Wednesday 8/31	Intro to Biology Test	Cell Parts Vocabulary due Wed. 9/7 Extra Credit - Kleenex box - 5pts by Fri. 9/9
Thursday 9/1	Act. 1: Cells and Cell Parts Notes Factory/Cell Analogy Powerpoint	Read p. 55-66
Friday 9/2 shortened classes due to Fall Sports Assembly	Act. 1: Draw a Cell - Animal Cell & Plant Cell	Act. 2: Cells Practice Sheet due Tues. 9/6 Need colored pencils to complete activity
Monday 9/5	Labor Day - No School !
Tuesday 9/6	Discuss Act. 2: Cells Practice Sheet "The Magic of Cells" DVD (20 min.) Cell Organelles (purple sheet) & Can You Identify These Cell Structures (tan sheet) Worksheets due Wed. 9/7	Study for Cell Parts Quiz (over Act. 1-2)
Wednesday 9/7	Review for Cell Parts Quiz Cell Parts Quiz Act. 4: Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic Cells	Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic Sheet Practice Quiz (gray sheet) due Thurs. 9/8
Thursday 9/8	Act. 5: Cells From the 6 Kingdoms Lab due Fri. 9/9	Cells of the 6 Kingdoms Review (blue sheet) due Fri. 9/9 Study for Cells of 6 Kingdoms Quiz (over Act. 4-5) Act. 11: Cell Study Review due Fri. 9/16 Work on what we have covered in class!!! Get ahead !!! Get some studying in!!!
Friday 9/9	Finish Act. 5: Cells From the 6 Kingdoms Lab
Monday 9/12	Review for Cells of 6 Kingdoms Quiz Cells of 6 Kingdoms Quiz Act. 6: The Cell Cycle	Read p. 125-132
Tuesday 9/13	Act. 7: Mitosis Notes "Mitosis & Cytokinesis" video (21 min.)	Act. 8: Mitosis Practice due Wed. 9/14
Wednesday 9/14	Discuss Act. 8: Mitosis Practice Act. 9: Mitosis Lab	Act. 10: Plant & Animal Cell Mitosis due Thurs. 9/16 Study for Mitosis Quiz (over Act. 6-10)
Thursday 9/15	Discuss Act. 10: Plant & Animal Cell Mitosis Review for Mitosis Quiz Mitosis Quiz BHS Open House
Friday 9/16 1st Progress Reports	Discuss Act. 11: Cell Parts Review Review for Cell Test Flyswatter Vocabulary Review	Study for Cell Test STUDY EVERYTHING!!! (Act. 11: Review, 3 quizzes (pink), cell organelles (purple), cell identify (tan), prokaryotic & eukaryotic practice (gray), & 6 kingdoms review (blue) Bring your book Mon. 9/19
Monday 9/19	Cell Test	Cell Parts Crossword due Fri. 9/23 Cell Function - Introduction (book ?'s) due Mon. 9/26 Cell Functions Vocabulary due Mon. 9/26
Tuesday 9/20	Act. 1: Molecular Movement Demonstrations	Read p. 73-77
Wednesday 9/21	Act. 1: Molecular Movement Demonstrations Act. 2: Diffusion Across a Membrane
Thursday 9/22	Act. 2: Diffusion Across a Membrane Act. 3: Diffusion & Osmosis Comparison	Bring your book Fri. 9/23
Friday 9/23 Homecoming Assembly	Cell Function - Introduction (book ?'s) due Mon. 9/26 Cell Functions Vocabulary due Mon. 9/26	Cell Functions Matching Sheet due Fri 9/30
Monday 9/26	Act. 3: Diffusion & Osmosis Comparison	Act. 4: Osmosis due Tues. 9/27 Cell Function - Introduction Part II (book ?'s) due Fri. 9/30
Tuesday 9/27	Discuss Act. 4: Osmosis Act. 5: Osmosis in Living Cells	Study for Quiz (over Act. 1-5) Read p. 78-86
Wednesday 9/28	Review for Cell Transport Quiz Cell Transport Quiz Act. 6: Movement of Materials Through the Cell Membrane	Act. 6A: Practice, Practice & More Practice due Thurs. 9/29
Thursday 9/29	Discuss Act. 6: Movement of Materials Through the Cell Membrane Review Passive & Active Transport and Endocytosis & Exocytosis	Study for Active/Passive Transport Quiz (over Act. 6 & 6A)
Friday 9/30	Review for Active & Passive Transport Quiz Active & Passive Transport Quiz "Photosynthesis Video Quiz" (30 min.) video with questions
Monday 10/3	Act. 7: Photosynthesis	Photosynthesis Take Home Quiz (brown) due on Tues. 10/4 Read p. 93-103 Act. 12: Cell Functions Review due on Wed. 10/12
Tuesday 10/4	Discuss Photosynthesis Take Home Quiz Act. 8: Photosynthesis Group Investigation	Act. 8: Photosynthesis Group Investigation due on Thurs. 10/6 Study for Photosynthesis Quiz (over Act. 7-8) Read p. 104-110
Wednesday 10/5	EXPLORE Test for all freshmen (1st - 4th hours) Remember to bring a #2 pencil & an eraser to your assigned testing location
Thursday 10/6	Review Photosynthesis Quiz Photosynthesis Quiz Act. 9: Respiration
Friday 10/7	Act. 11: Respiration Lab Act. 10: Photosynthesis & Respiration ?'s 1, 3 & 9-12	Types of Respiration Sheet (orange) due on Tues. 10/11 Finish Act. 11 Respiration Lab due Tues. 10/11 Study for Respiration Quiz (over Act. 9-11)
Monday 10/10	Columbus Day - No School !
Tuesday 10/11	Discuss Act. 10: Photosynthesis and Respiration Discuss Types of Respiration Sheet Review for quiz Respiration Quiz
Wednesday 10/12	Discuss Act. 12: Cell Functions Review Review for Cell Functions Test
Thursday 10/13	Review for Cell Functions Test	Study Everything for Cells Functions Test Bring your book Fri. 10/14
Friday 10/14	Cell Functions Test	Cell Functions Crossword due Biochemistry Vocabulary due Thurs. 10/20 Biochemistry Book ?'s due Thurs. 10/20
Monday 10/17	"Osmosis Jones" PG (48 min.)
Tuesday 10/18	"Osmosis Jones" PG (48 min.)
Wednesday 10/19	Act. 2: Organic Compounds Act. 1: Are You What You Eat? Part I & II Prediction Chart
Thursday 10/20	Act. 1: Are You What You Eat? Part II & III Complete and discuss	Act. 3: Organic Molecule Review due Mon. 10/24 Act. 6: Chemical Basis of Life Review due Wed. 10/26
Friday 10/21 2^nd Progress Reports	Teachers' Institute - No School !
Monday 10/24	Discuss Act. 1: Are You What You Eat? Lab Discuss Act. 3: Organic Molecule Review Act. 4: Enzymes Discuss Act. 5: Enzyme Action Lab information & procedures	Read Act. 5: Enzyme Action Lab for Tues. 10/25
Tuesday 10/25	Act. 5: Enzyme Action Lab	Read p. 40-42
Wednesday 10/26	Chemistry of Living Things Crossword due Wed. 10/26 Review for test	Study for Biochemistry Test
Thursday 10/27	Biochemistry Test 4:00-7:00pm Parent/Teacher Conferences	DNA, RNA & Protein Synthesis Vocabulary due Thurs. 11/3 DNA Structure & Replication book ?'s due Thurs. 11/3
Friday 10/28	7:30-11:15am Parent/Teacher Conferences - No School !
Monday 10/31	"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Bloodlines" (43 min.) video	Read p. 226-236
Tuesday 11/1	Act. 1: DNA Structure & Replication p. 1-3	Act. 1: DNA Structure & Replication p. 4 due Wed. 11/2 DNA Structure & Function sheet (blue) due Wed. 11/2
Wednesday 11/2	Discuss Act. 1: DNA Structure & Replication Act. 2: DNA Function Act. 3: RNA Structure & Function	Activity #4: DNA & RNA Review due Thurs. 11/3 Study for DNA & RNA Structure & Function Quiz (over Act. 1-4 & DNA Structure & Function sheet)
Thursday 11/3	Discuss DNA Structure & Function sheet (blue) Discuss Act. 4: DNA & RNA Review DNA & RNA Structure & Function Quiz Act. 5: Protein Synthesis p. 1-3
Friday 11/4	Act. 5: Protein Synthesis p. 4-5 Act. 6: Protein Synthesis Practice	Study for DNA, RNA & Protein Synthesis Quiz (over Act. 5-6) Act. 7: DNA, RNA & Protein Synthesis Review due Mon. 11/7
Monday 11/7	DNA, RNA & Protein Synthesis Quiz Review for test	Study for DNA, RNA & Protein Synthesis Test Bring your book Tues. 11/8
Tuesday 11/8	DNA, RNA, & Protein Synthesis Test	Genetics Vocabulary due Tues. 11/15 Genetics Introduction (book ?'s) due Tues. 11/15
Wednesday 11/9	"National Geographic: Clone" Video (48 min.) & Worksheet	Read p. 158-166
Thursday 11/10	Act. 1: Human Genetic Traits Act. 2 Meiosis
Friday 11/11	Act. 2 Meiosis Act. 3: Meiosis	Read p. 140-152
Monday 11/14	Discuss Act. 3: Meiosis Act. 4: Terms & Single Trait Crosses	Act. 5: Single Trait Crosses due Fri. 11/12 Read p. 167-172 Act. 17: Review p. 1-3 & 8-9 due Fri. 11/18
Tuesday 11/15 3rd Progress Reports	Discuss Act. 5: Single Trait Crosses Act. 6: Applying Laws of Chance to Genetics (Penny Lab)	Study for Genetics Quiz #1 (over Act. 1-6) Read p. 175-176
Wednesday 11/16	Genetics Quiz "Achievements in Biotechnology Part I" video (19:51 min.)
Thursday 11/17	Act. 7: Incomplete Dominance	Act. 8: Incomplete Dominance due Fri. 11/18 Study for Genetics Quiz #2 (over Act. 7 & 8)
Friday 11/18	Discuss Act. 8: Incomplete Dominance Genetics Quiz #2 Review for test	Study for Genetics Test: Part I (over Act. 1-8)
Monday 11/21	Genetics Test: Part I (over Act. 1-8) Act. 9: Face Lab due on Wed. 11/23
Tuesday 11/22	Act. 9: Face Lab due on Wed. 11/23 1st Semester Exam Review 7 Day Countdown for the 1st Semester Biology Exam
Wednesday 11/23	"Most Extreme: Eaters" video (42min.)
Thursday 11/24	Thanksgiving Break - No School !
Friday 11/25	Thanksgiving Break - No School !
Monday 11/28	"Designer Babies" video (50 min.)
Tuesday 11/29	Act. 10: Multiple Alleles Act. 11: ABO Blood Groups	Act. 11: ABO Blood Groups due Wed. 11/30 Read p. 176-177
Wednesday 11/30	Discuss Act. 11: ABO Blood Groups Act. 12: Blood Typing Lab	Study for Genetics Quiz #3 (over Act. 10-12) Complete rest of Act. 17 Review due on Wed. 12/7 (Skip #21-23) - should complete p. 4-5 & 7
Thursday 12/1	Genetics Quiz #3 Begin Act. 13: Sex-linked Traits
Friday 12/2	Complete Act. 13: Sex-linked Traits	Read p. 173-174 Act. 14: Sex-linkage Practice Sheet due Mon. 12/5
Monday 12/5	Discuss Act. 14: Sex-linkage Practice Sheet Act. 15: Pedigrees Act. 16: Mutations	Study for Genetics Quiz #4 (over Act. 13-15)
Tuesday 12/6	Review Act. 14: Sex-linkage Practice Sheet Act. 14: Sex-linkage Practice Sheet Make-up Genetics Quiz #4	Study for Genetics Test Part II (over Act. 9-16) Genetics Crossword due Thurs. 12/8
Wednesday 12/7	Review for Test Genetics Test: Part II (over Act. 9-16)	Classification Vocabulary due Wed. 12/14
Thursday 12/8	"NCIS: SWAK" (43 min.) video
Friday 12/9	Norn Key Act. 1: Weird Animal Key	Act. 2 due Mon. 12/12
Monday 12/12	Discuss: Act. 1: Weird Animal Key & Act. 2 Act. 3: Classification of 6 Kingdoms Act. 4: The Classification System #1-4	Act. 4: The Classification System #5-8 due Wed. 12/14 Act 6: Classification Review due on Wed. 12/14
Tuesday 12/13	Act. 5: Generalized Key to Living Organisms Practice using the key Start lab (work in pairs) due on Wed. 12/14
Wednesday 12/14	Discuss Act. 4: The Classification System #5-8Review for Test	Study for Classification Test
Thursday 12/15	Classification Test	Classification Crossword due on Fri. 12/16 (Extra Credit)
Friday 12/16	"Evolution" PG-13 (41 min.)	Study for semester exams!
Monday 12/19	"Evolution" PG-13 ( 46 min.) Semester Exam for 7th Hour	Study for semester exams!
Tuesday 12/20	Semester Exams for 1st, 3rd & 5th Hours "Evolution" PG-13 (10 min.) 12:40 Dismissal	Study for semester exams!
Wednesday 12/21 End of 1st Semester	Semester Exams for 2nd, 4th & 6th Hours 12:40 Dismissal	Enjoy your vacation!!!
Thursday 12/22 through Wednesday 1/4	Winter Break - No School !
Dates below are for the 2010-11 school year
Tuesday 11/30
Wednesday 12/1
Thursday 12/2
Friday 12/3
Monday 12/6
Tuesday 12/7	Review for Test Genetics Test: Part II (over Act. 9-16)	Classification Vocabulary due Mon. 12/13
Wednesday 12/8	"NCIS: SWAK" (43 min.) video
Thursday 12/9	Norn Key Act. 1: Weird Animal Key	Act. 2 due Mon. 12/13
Friday 12/10	"Bones: The Graft in the Girl" (43 min.) video
Monday 12/13	Discuss: Act. 1: Weird Animal Key & Act. 2 Act. 3: Classification of 6 Kingdoms Act. 4: The Classification System #1-4	Act. 4: The Classification System #5-8 due Tues. 12/14 Act 6: Classification Review due on Wed. 12/15
Tuesday 12/14	Discuss Act. 4: The Classification System #5-8 Act. 5: Generalized Key to Living Organisms Practice using the key Start lab (work in pairs) due on Wed. 12/16
Wednesday 12/15	Complete Act. 5: Generalized Key to Living Organisms Answer Sheet due today (work in pairs) Review for Test	Study for Classification Test
Thursday 12/16	Classification Test Classification Crossword due on Thurs. 12/16 (Extra Credit)
Friday 12/17	"Evolution" PG-13 (44 min.)	Study for semester exams!
Monday 12/20 No 6th Hour	"Evolution" PG-13 (44 min.) Semester Exam for 7th Hour	Study for semester exams!
Tuesday 12/21	Semester Exams for 1st, 3rd & 5th Hours 12:40 Dismissal "Evolution" PG-13 (13 min.)	Study for semester exams!
Wednesday 12/22 End of 1st Semester	Semester Exams for 2nd, 4th & 6th Hours 12:40 Dismissal	Enjoy your vacation!!!
Thursday 12/23 through Wednesday 1/5	Winter Break - No School !

Day

Activities

Homework

Thursday

8/18

1/2 Day Institute

Friday

8/19

Monday

8/22

Tuesday

8/23

Wednesday

8/24

Thursday

8/25

Friday

8/26

Monday

8/29

Tuesday

8/30

Wednesday

8/31

Thursday

9/1

Friday

9/2

Monday

9/5

Tuesday

9/6

Wednesday

9/7

Thursday

9/8

Friday

9/9

Monday

9/12

Tuesday

9/13

Wednesday

9/14

Thursday

9/15

Friday

9/16

Monday

9/19

Tuesday

9/20

Wednesday

9/21

Thursday

9/22

Friday

9/23

Monday

9/26

Tuesday

9/27

Wednesday

9/28

Thursday

9/29

Friday

9/30

Monday

10/3

Tuesday

10/4

Wednesday

10/5

Thursday

10/6

Friday

10/7

Monday

10/10