Lesson Plans for

2nd 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 12/22 through Wednesday 1/4	Winter Break - No School !
Thursday 1/5	Materials Needed for Biology (for new students) Biology Syllabus (for new students) Classroom Behavior Contract due today (for new students) "Eyewitness Video: Dinosaur" video (28 min.) & worksheet	History of Life on Earth (book ?'s) due Thurs. 1/12 Change Through Time Vocabulary due Thurs. 1/12 Read p. 251-255 & 283-285
Friday 1/6	Act. 1: Geological Time Scale     Do & Discuss
Monday 1/9	Geological Calendar PowerPoint	Act. 3: Fossil Reconstruction due Wed. 1/11 (*Extra Credit*)
Tuesday 1/10	Act. 2: Fossils & Dating Methods
Wednesday 1/11	Act. 2A: Radiometric Dating Activity due today Act. 2B: Carbon Dating Worksheet due today	Study for Quiz #1 (over Act. 1-2B)
Thursday 1/12	Quiz #1: Fossil Quiz "Eyewitness Video: Prehistoric Life" video (28 min.) & worksheet
Friday 1/13	Act. 4: Evidence of Change Through Time	Study for Quiz #2 (over Act. 4) Read p. 276-282 & 287-289
Monday 1/16	MLK Birthday - No School !
Tuesday 1/17	School Improvement Day - No School !
Wednesday 1/18	Act. 5: Natural Variations due today Act. 6: Competition - Stoopers & Squatters	Study for Quiz #2 (over Act. 4)
Thursday 1/19	Quiz #2: Other Evidence Quiz Act. 7: Competition Scenarios	Act. 9: Adaptations - Invent a Fish due Wed. 1/23
Friday 1/20	Act. 8: Adaptations using PowerPoint	Act. 14: Review due Thurs. 1/26
Monday 1/23	Act. 10: Speciation Act. 11: Speciation - The Utopian Islands	Study for Quiz #3  (over Act. 5-11)
Tuesday 1/24	Quiz #3: Mechanisms for Change Act. 12: "Theories"	Read p. 290-294
Wednesday 1/25	Act. 12: "Theories" Act. 13: Primates	Read p. 302-312
Thursday 1/26	Primates Lab Review for test	Change Through Time Crossword due Mon. 1/31  (*Extra Credit*) Study for Change Through Time Test
Friday 1/27	Change Through Time Test	Act. 1: Bacteria Book ?'s due Fri. 2/6 Bacteria Vocabulary due Thurs. 2/2
Monday 1/30	“Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” video (42 min.)
Tuesday 1/31	“Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” video (44 min.)
Wednesday 2/1	Act. 2:  Bacteria Notes
Thursday 2/2	Act. 3:  Bacteria Observation Sheet     Set up plates Act. 4:  Bacteria Key	Act. 6:  Bacteria Review due Tues. 2/7
Friday 2/3	Act. 3:  Bacteria Observation Sheet     Observe results     due today Act. 5A:  “Exploring Further:  The Gram Reaction” Reading Assignment Act. 5B:  Staining & Identifying Bacteria – Pre-Lab
Monday 2/6	Act. 5B:  Staining & Identifying Bacteria – Lab     due today	Study for Bacteria Test
Tuesday 2/7	Bacteria Test	Bacteria Crossword due Wed. 2/8 (*Extra Credit*) Virus Vocabulary due Thurs. 2/9 Act. 1: Virus Book Questions due Mon. 2/13
Wednesday 2/8	“National Geographic:  Bioterror Alert” Video & Worksheet (44 min.)
Thursday 2/9	Act. 2: Germ Quiz Act. 3: Viruses Notes	Read  p. 450-459
Friday 2/10 3rd Quarter Progress Reports	7:30am-11:15pm Parent/Teacher Conferences - No School !
Monday 2/13	Act. 3: Viruses Notes "Jimmy Neutron - Journey to the Center of Carl" Video (11 min.)	Act. 7: Virus Review due Wed. 2/15
Tuesday 2/14	Act. 5: Interpreting a Diagram Act. 6: Staying Healthy	Study for Virus Test
Wednesday 2/15	Virus Test	Virus Crossword due Thurs. 2/16  (*Extra Credit*) Protist Vocabulary due Act. 1: Protist Book Questions due
Thursday 2/16	“National Geographic: Race Against the Killer Flu” video (45 min.) & Worksheet
Friday 2/17	Act. 2:  Protist Notes Act. 3:  Groups in Protista
Monday 2/20	President's Day - No School !
Tuesday 2/21
Wednesday 2/22
Thursday 2/23
Friday 2/24
Monday 2/27
Tuesday 2/28
Wednesday 2/29
Thursday 3/1
Friday 3/2
Monday 3/5
Tuesday 3/6
Wednesday 3/7
Thursday 3/8
Friday 3/9
Monday 3/12
Tuesday 3/13
Wednesday 3/14
Thursday 3/15
Friday 3/16 3rd Quarter Ends
Monday 3/19
Tuesday 3/20
Wednesday 3/21
Thursday 3/22
Friday 3/23 1/2 Day
Monday 3/26 thru Friday 3/30	Spring Break - No School !     Enjoy your vacation!!!
Monday 4/2
Tuesday 4/3
Wednesday 4/4
Thursday 4/5
Friday 4/6	No School !
Monday 4/9
Tuesday 4/10
Wednesday 4/11
Thursday 4/12
Friday 4/13
Monday 4/16
Tuesday 4/17 4th Quarter Progress Reports
Wednesday 4/18
Thursday 4/19
Friday 4/20
Monday 4/23
Tuesday 4/24
Wednesday 4/25
Thursday 4/26
Friday 4/27
Monday 4/30	School Improvement Day - No School !
Tuesday 5/1
Wednesday 5/2
Thursday 5/3
Friday 5/4
Monday 5/7
Tuesday 5/8
Wednesday 5/9
Thursday 5/10
Friday 5/11
Monday 5/14
Tuesday 5/15
Wednesday 5/16
Thursday 5/17
Friday 5/18 No 6th Hour   (w/ no snow days)	Work on Semester Exam Study Guide      (This is not for a grade) 7th Hour Semester Exam	Study for semester exams!
Monday 5/21   (w/ no snow days)	Semester Exams for 1st, 3rd & 5th Hours     12:40 Dismissal	Study for semester exams!
Tuesday 5/22   (w/ no snow days)	Semester Exams for 2nd, 4th & 6th Hours   12:40 Dismissal	Enjoy your summer break!!!
Wednesday 5/23   (w/ no snow days)	15 minute school day for students	Enjoy your summer break!!!
Thursday 5/24
Friday 5/25
Dates below are for the 2010-11 school year
Friday 1/28 shortened classes due to Winter Sports Assembly	Change Through Time Test	Act. 1: Virus Book ?'s due Tues. 2/8 Virus Vocabulary due Wed. 2/9
Monday 1/31	“Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” video (43 min.)
Tuesday 2/1	SNOW Day - No School !
Wednesday 2/2	SNOW Day - No School !
Thursday 2/3	SNOW Day - No School !
Friday 2/4	“Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” video (44 min.)
Monday 2/7	Act. 2: Germ Quiz Act. 3: Viruses Notes
Tuesday 2/8	Act. 3: Viruses Notes "Jimmy Neutron - Journey to the Center of Carl" Video (11 min.)	Act. 7: Virus Review due Wed. 2/9
Wednesday 2/9 3rd Quarter Progress Reports	Act. 5: Interpreting a Diagram Act. 6: Staying Healthy	Study for Virus Test
Thursday 2/10	Virus Test	Virus Crossword due Fri. 2/11  (*Extra Credit*) Bacteria Vocabulary due Tues. 2/15 Act. 1: Bacteria Book Questions due Thurs. 2/17
Friday 2/11	“National Geographic: Race Against the Killer Flu” video (45 min.) & Worksheet
Monday 2/14	Act. 2:  Bacteria Notes
Tuesday 2/15	Act. 3:  Bacteria Observation Sheet     Set up plates Act. 5A:  “Exploring Further:  The Gram Reaction” Reading Assignment Act. 5B:  Staining & Identifying Bacteria – Pre-Lab	Act. 4:  Bacteria Key due Wed. 2/16 Act. 6:  Bacteria Review due Thurs. 2/17
Wednesday 2/16	Act. 5B:  Staining & Identifying Bacteria – Lab     due today Act. 3:  Bacteria Observation Sheet     Observe results     due today
Thursday 2/17	Bacteria Test 4:00-7:00pm Parent/Teacher Conferences	Bacteria Crossword due Tues. 2/22  (*Extra Credit*) Protist Vocabulary due Wed. 2/23 Act. 1: Protist Book Questions due Thurs. 2/24
Friday 2/18	7:30am-11:15pm Parent/Teacher Conferences - No School !
Monday 2/21	President's Birthday - No School !
Tuesday 2/22	“National Geographic:  Bioterror Alert” Video & Worksheet (44 min.)
Wednesday 2/23	Act. 2:  Protist Notes Act. 3:  Groups in Protista
Thursday 2/24	Act. 3:  Groups in Protista Act. 4:  Protist Classification Lab due Mon. 2/28     Start lab:  p. 2 & 3
Friday 2/25	Act. 5:  Algae Notes   Act. 6:  Algae Lab	Act. 7:  Review due Tues. 3/1
Monday 2/28	Freshmen Meeting with Jostens during 1st hour 2nd hour:  Video
Tuesday 3/1	Act. 4:  Protist Classification Lab     Complete lab p. 1 (Live specimens)     Discuss Review for test	Study for Protist Test
Wednesday 3/2	Protist Unit Test	Protist Crossword due Thurs. 3/3 (*Extra Credit*) Fungus Vocabulary due Fri. 3/4 Act. 1:  Fungus Book Questions due Mon. 3/7
Thursday 3/3	"The World of Fungi" video (14:29 min.) & worksheet Act. 2: Fungi
Friday 3/4	Act. 4: Black Bread Mold Life History Act. 5: Fungi Groups
Monday 3/7	Act. 6: Fungus Reproduction Act. 7: Review	Fungi Check It Out! due Tues. 3/8 Act. 7: Fungi Review due Tues. 3/8 Study for Fungi Test
Tuesday 3/8	Discuss Fungi Check It Out! Fungi Test	Fungi Crossword due Wed. 3/9 (*Extra Credit*) Plant Kingdom Vocabulary due Mon. 3/11
Wednesday 3/9	Act. 1: Plant Kingdom Classification	Read p. 526-527
Thursday 3/10	Finish Act. 1: Plant Kingdom Classification Act. 2: Bryophytes Do last page of Act. 3: Lab Exercise - Bryophytes	Plant Survey Take Home Quiz #1 due on Fri. 3/11
Friday 3/11	Discuss Plant Survey Take Home Quiz #1 Act. 3: Lab Exercise - Bryophytes due today	Read p. 528-529
Monday 3/14	Act. 4: Vascular Plants - The Ferns Do last page of Act. 5: Fern Mini Lab	Bryophytes & Ferns Take Home Quiz #2 due Tues. 3/15 Read p. 530-540
Tuesday 3/15	Discuss Bryophytes & Ferns Take Home Quiz #2 Act. 5: Fern Mini Lab due today Act. 6: Seed Plant Notes	Act. 8: Plant Kingdom Review due Wed. 3/16
Wednesday 3/16	Act. 7: Examining Pine Cones Lab Act. 8: Plant Kingdom Review	Study for Plant Kingdom Test
Thursday 3/17	Plant Kingdom Review Powerpoint Plant Kingdom Test	Plant Kingdom Crossword due Fri. 3/18 (*Extra Credit*) Plant Parts Vocabulary due Fri. 4/1
Friday 3/18 1/2 Day 3rd Quarter Ends	"Bill Nye: Plants Are Food" video (30 min.)
Monday 3/21 thru Friday 3/25	Spring Break - No School !     Enjoy your vacation!!!
Monday 3/28	Act. 1: Angiosperm Plant Parts	Read p. 570-571 and p. 559-562
Tuesday 3/29	Act. 2: Adaptations Lab	Study for Quiz #1: Plant Part & Adaptations (over Act. 1-2)
Wednesday 3/30	Discuss Act. 2: Adaptations Lab Quiz #1: Plant Part & Adaptations Act. 3: How Do Plants Function? p. 1	Read p. 572-577 Planet Nuliphe due Thurs. 3/31 (*Extra Credit*)
Thursday 3/31	Act. 3: How Do Plants Function? p. 2 & 3 Act. 4: Adaptations in Internal Leaf Structure Act. 4A: Leaf Structure - Double Check	Finish Act. 4: Adaptations in Internal Leaf Structure due Fri. 4/1 Finish Act. 4A: Leaf Structure - Double Check page 1 due Fri. 4/1
Friday 4/1	"National Geographic: Rainforest" video
Monday 4/4	Discuss Act. 4: Adaptations in Internal Leaf Structure & Act. 4A: Leaf Structure - Double Check Begin Act. 5: Structures of Stems      Celery demo - Day 1      Carnation demo - Day 1      Maple Tree Stem Act. 6: Why Did The Tree Die?  due Tues. 4/5	Act. 6: Why Did The Tree Die?  due Tues. 4/5
Tuesday 4/5	Complete Act. 5: Structures of Stems      Celery demo - Day 2      Carnation demo - Day 2 Act. 5A: Leaves & Transport Tissues due Wed. 4/6	Act. 5A: Leaves & Transport Tissues due Wed. 4/6 This is Your Life in Tree Rings due on Wed. 4/6 Read p. 588-593 Study for Quiz #2: Leaves & Fluid Transport (over Act. 3-5)
Wednesday 4/6	Discuss Act. 5A: Leaves & Transport Tissues Quiz #2: Leaves & Fluid Transport Act. 7: How Do Plants Function? due Thurs. 4/7	Act. 7: How Do Plants Function? due Thurs. 4/7 Read p. 594-596 Act. 12: Plant Parts Review due Wed. 4/13
Thursday 4/7	Act. 9: Flower Parts Act. 9A: Monocots & Dicots Info Sheet Act. 10: Pollinators due Fri. 4/8	Act. 10: Pollinators due Fri. 4/8 Read p. 552-558
Friday 4/8	Act. 8: Tropisms	Act. 10A: Plant Growth, Responses & Reproduction Practice Quiz due Mon. 4/11 Study for Quiz #2: Leaves & Fluid Transport Retake
Monday 4/11	Discuss Act. 10A: Plant Growth, Responses & Reproduction Practice Quiz Discuss Act. 7: How Do Plants Function? p. 3-5	Plant Parts Crossword due Tues. 4/12 (*Extra Credit*)
Tuesday 4/12	Act. 11: Reproductive Structures in Plants	Act. 11: Reproductive Structures in Plants due Wed. 4/13 Read p. 597-602
Wednesday 4/13	Discuss Act. 12: Plant Parts Review Review for test	Study for Plant Parts Test
Thursday 4/14	Plant Parts Test	Animal Kingdom Vocabulary due Fri. 4/22
Friday 4/15	Act. 1: Animals Notesheet Act. 2: Lower Invertebrates Notes	Reading Act. 2A, 2B & 2C due Mon. 4/18 Read p. 610 - 621 & p. 635 - 652
Monday 4/18	Act. 2: Lower Invertebrates Notes Act. 3: Lower Invertebrates	Study for Lower Invertebrates Quiz (over Act. 1-3) Read p. 622 – 629 & p. 635 - 652
Tuesday 4/19	Quiz #1: Lower Invertebrates  Act. 5: Higher Invertebrates Notes	Reading Act. 5A, 5B, & 5C due Wed. 4/20 Read p. 659 –679 * Extra Credit: Bring in 5 earthworms by            Mon. 4/25  = 5 pts *
Wednesday 4/20	Act. 5: Higher Invertebrates Notes Act. 6: Higher Invertebrates	Reading Act.5D, 5E, & 5F due Thurs. 4/21
Thursday 4/21	Act. 6: Higher Invertebrates	Arthropod & Echinoderms Review due on Fri. 4/22 Study for Higher Invertebrates Quiz (over Act. 5-6) Read p. 681-700 & p. 709-717
Friday 4/22 4th Quarter Progress Reports	Quiz #2 – Higher Invertebrates Act. 4: Planarian Lab
Monday 4/25	"Eaten Alive" Video
Tuesday 4/26	Act. 7: Earthworm Lab Act. 8: Vertebrates Notes	Reading Act. 8A & 9A due Fri. 4/29 Read p. 718 -721
Wednesday 4/27 Testing only 3rd & 4th hours meet	No Biology class today for 1st & 2nd hours
Thursday 4/28 Testing only 5th-7th hours meet	No Biology class today for 1st & 2nd hours
Friday 4/29	Act. 9B: Lower Vertebrate Act. 9C: Lower Vertebrates  Act 10: Fish Comparison Lab      Watch "Fish - Conquest of Water (11 min.) 2nd Semester Exam Study Guide will be handed out      (This is not for a grade)	Read p. 754 – 767 Study for Lower Vertebrates Quiz (over Act. 8-10) Animal Review I due Mon. 5/9
Monday 5/2	School Improvement Day - No School !
Tuesday 5/3	Act. 10: Fish Comparison Lab      Complete activity using preserved specimens Quiz #3: Lower Vertebrates	Reading Act. 11B due Wed. 5/4 Read pages 768 – 775
Wednesday 5/4	Act. 11A:  Amphibian & Reptile Notes Act. 11C:  Higher Vertebrate (Amphibian & Reptiles)
Thursday 5/5	Act. 12: "Amphibians - Invasion of Land" (20 min) & "Reptiles - Victors of Dry Land" (23 min) Videos & Worksheets	Reading Act. 13A due Fri. 5/6
Friday 5/6	Act. 11A: Birds & Mammals Notes Act. 11C: Higher Vertebrate (Birds and Mammals) Act. 13: "Birds - Lords of the Air" (14 min.) Video & Worksheet	Reading Act. 13B due Mon. 5/9 Study for Higher Vertebrates. Quiz (over Act. 11-13)
Monday 5/9	"Mammals - Rise of Mammals" (12 min.) Video & Worksheet Quiz #4: Higher Vertebrates Do Animal Review III - Finding the Oddball as a class Begin Animal Review II - Animal Groups as a class
Tuesday 5/10	Finish Animal Review II - Animal Groups as a class Act. 14 Lab: Most Intelligent Mammal due Wed. 5/11	Study for Animal Unit Test
Wednesday 5/11	Animal Unit Test	Ecology Vocabulary due Wed. 5/18
Thursday 5/12	"The Day After Tomorrow" PG-13 video (44 min.)
Friday 5/13	"The Day After Tomorrow" PG-13 video (41 min.)
Monday 5/16	"The Day After Tomorrow" PG-13 video (31 min.)	Bring your book by Tues. 5/24
Tuesday 5/17	Act. 1 - Ecology Notes	Read Pages 338-345 Read pages 380-390 Read pages 365-369
Wednesday 5/18	Act. 2 - Design a Food Web Activity
Thursday 5/19	Act. 3 - "Planet Earth:  Pole to Pole" Video (43 min.) & Worksheet
Friday 5/20	Act. 4 - "Planet Earth:  Caves" Video (43 min.) & Worksheet	Study for semester exams!
Monday 5/23	Activity #5 - Biome Notes "Finding Nemo" (19 min.) video	Study for semester exams!
Tuesday 5/24 (w/ 3 snow days) No 6th Hour	"Finding Nemo" (44 min.) video  Work on Semester Exam Study Guide      (This is not for a grade) 7th Hour Semester Exam	Study for semester exams!
Wednesday 5/25 (w/ 3 snow days)	"Finding Nemo" (30 min.) video Semester Exams for 1st, 3rd & 5th Hours     12:40 Dismissal	Study for semester exams!
Thursday 5/26 (w/ 3 snow days)	"Finding Nemo" (7 min.) video Semester Exams for 2nd, 4th & 6th Hours   12:40 Dismissal	Enjoy your summer break!!!
Friday 5/27 (w/ 3 snow days)	15 minute school day for students	Enjoy your summer break!!!