Lesson Plans for 2nd Semester
Honors Biology
2008-9
(These dates are subject to change and updates will be made as soon as possible when needed.)
Day |
Activities |
Homework |
Monday1/5 |
Classroom Behavior
Contract due today Fundamentals of Genetics Notes (I-IIA-G) |
1 Trait Crosses
Worksheet due Tues. 1/6 Ch 9 & 12 Review I Fri. 1/9 |
Tuesday1/6 |
Discuss 1 Trait
Crosses Worksheet (individually) Fundamentals of Genetics Notes (IIH-L) |
2 Trait Crosses Worksheet due Wed. 1/7 |
Wednesday1/7 |
Fundamentals of
Genetics Notes (IIM) Discuss 2 Trait Crosses Worksheet (individually) |
Incomplete Dominance & Codominance Worksheet due Thurs. 1/8 |
Thursday1/8 |
Discuss Incomplete Dominance & Codominance Worksheet | |
Friday1/9 |
Discuss Ch 9 & 12
Review I Human Genetics Lab Activity Inheritance Patterns & Human Genetics Notes (I-III) |
Sex-linked Problems
due Mon. 1/12 Read Ch 12 p. 220-233 |
Monday1/12 |
Discuss Sex-linked
Problems Inheritance Patterns & Human Genetics Notes (IV-V) Pedigree of Sex-linked Trait for Colorblindness |
Pedigree Problems
due Tues. 1/13 Ch 9 & 12 Review II due Wed. 1/14 |
Tuesday1/13 |
Discuss Pedigree
Problems Inheritance Patterns & Human Genetics Notes (VIA-E) |
Blood Type Problems
due Wed. 1/14
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Wednesday1/14 |
Discuss Blood Type
Problems Inheritance Patterns & Human Genetics Notes (VIF-VII) Ch 9 & 12 Review II due today |
Sex-linked Problems
(cont) due on Thurs. 1/15 (extra credit) Study for test on Genetics (Ch 9 & 12 ) |
Thursday1/15 |
"Designer Babies" video | Study for test on Genetics (Ch 9 & 12 ) |
Friday1/16 |
School Improvement Day - No School ! | |
Monday1/19 |
MLK Birthday - No
School !
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Tuesday1/20 |
Discuss Ch 9 & 12
Review I #5-6 & 11-19 Review for test |
Study for test on Genetics (Ch 9 & 12 ) |
Wednesday1/21 |
Fundamentals of Genetics and Inheritance Patterns & Human Genetics (Ch 9 & 12) Test II - Non-scantron | Ch 13 Vocabulary due on Fri. 1/23 |
Thursday1/22 |
Fundamentals of
Genetics and Inheritance Patterns & Human Genetics (Ch 9 & 12) Test I -
Scantron Decisions, Decisions!: A Genetics Role-playing Activity due Mon. 2/16 Explain project, assign groups & topics |
Read Ch 13 p. 238-253 |
Friday1/23 |
Decisions, Decisions!: A Genetics
Role-playing Activity
Research in library |
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Monday1/26 |
Decisions, Decisions!: A Genetics
Role-playing Activity
Research in computer lab |
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Tuesday1/27 |
DNA Technology Notes
(I-IV) Decisions, Decisions!: A Genetics Role-playing Activity Work in groups |
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Wednesday1/28 |
DNA Technology Notes
(V-VIII) Decisions, Decisions!: A Genetics Role-playing Activity Work in groups |
Read "Brave New Babies" & write down 2 ethical ?'s dealing with the article due Thurs. 1/29 |
Thursday1/29 |
DNA Technology Notes
(IX) Discuss "Brave New Babies" & ethical ?'s |
Study for DNA Technology (Ch 13) Test |
Friday1/30 |
Review for DNA Technology (Ch
13) Test Decisions, Decisions!: A Genetics Role-playing Activity Work in groups |
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Monday2/2 |
DNA Technology (Ch
13) Test
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Ch 18 Vocabulary due
on Tues. 2/3 Read Ch 18 p. 336-351 |
Tuesday2/3 |
Classification
Activity Whose Shoe Is It? Decisions, Decisions!: A Genetics Role-playing Activity Work in groups BHS Open House
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Wednesday2/4 |
Classification Notes
(I-III) Classification Worksheet due today |
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Thursday2/5 |
Classification Notes (IV-VII) | |
Friday2/6 |
Classification Lab
due today Review for test |
Study for Classification (Ch 18) Test |
Monday2/9 3rd Quarter Progress Reports
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Classification (Ch 18) Test |
Ch 14 & 15 Vocabulary due
on Tues. 2/10 Read Ch 14 p. 260-273 Read Ch 15 p. 278-293 |
Tuesday2/10 |
"Eyewitness Video: Prehistoric Life" video & worksheet | |
Wednesday2/11 |
Origin of Life and Evolution: Evidence & Theory (Ch 14 & 15) Notes (I-VID) |
Fossil Find Activity
due on Fri. 2/13 Invent a Fish due on Fri. 2/13 |
Thursday2/12 |
Lincoln's
Birthday -
No School !
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Friday2/13 |
Origin of Life and Evolution: Evidence & Theory (Ch 14 & 15) Notes (VIE-IXA) Discuss Invent a Fish Show fish & explain special features |
Ch 14 & 15 Worksheet
#1 due on Wed. 2/18
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Monday2/16 |
Decisions, Decisions!: A Genetics
Role-playing Activity Group Presentations
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Tuesday2/17 |
Decisions, Decisions!: A Genetics
Role-playing Activity Group Presentations |
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Wednesday2/18 |
Origin of Life and Evolution: Evidence
& Theory (Ch 14 & 15) Notes (IXB-XI) Discuss Ch 14 & 15 Worksheet #1 Discuss Fossil Find Activity Review for test |
Study for Origin of Life and Evolution: Evidence & Theory (Ch 14 & 15) Test |
Thursday2/19 |
Origin of Life and Evolution: Evidence & Theory (Ch 14 & 15) Test |
Ch 16 & 17 Vocabulary due
on Mon. 2/23 Read Ch 16 p. 298-313 Read Ch 17 p. 318-331 |
Friday2/20 |
Parent/Teacher
Conferences -
No School !
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Monday2/23 |
Evolution of Population and Speciation & Human Evolution (Ch 16 & 17) Notes (I-IV) |
Bring a protractor &
calculator to class on Wed. 2/25
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Tuesday2/24 |
Evolution of
Population and Speciation & Human Evolution (Ch 16 & 17) Notes (V-IX) Ch 16 Lab #1: Natural Variations due on Wed. 2/25 |
Ch 16 Lab #1: Natural Variations due on Wed. 2/25 |
Wednesday2/25 |
Discuss Ch 16 Lab #
1: Natural Variations Ch 17 Lab: Comparing Primates due today Discuss |
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Thursday2/26 |
Discuss Ch 17 Lab: Comparing
Primates How Easy Is It To Function Without Human Adaptations? Lab Review for test |
Study for Evolution of Population and Speciation & Human Evolution (Ch 16 & 17) Test |
Friday2/27 |
Evolution of
Population and Speciation & Human Evolution (Ch 16 & 17) Test
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Ch 25 Vocabulary due
on Tues. 3/3 Read Ch 25 p.486-501 |
Monday3/2 |
Casimir Pulaski
Day - No School !
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Tuesday3/3 |
"National
Geographic: Bioterror Alert" video & worksheet Disease Project due on Wed. 4/1 Assign disease to study |
Disease Project due on Wed. 4/1 |
Wednesday3/4 |
Disease Project Research in computer lab (Room 43) |
Ch 24 Vocabulary due
Mon. 3/9
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Thursday3/5 |
Disease Project Research in computer lab (Room 43) |
Bring colored
pencils for Fri. 3/6 - Fri. 4/4
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Friday3/6 |
Viruses Notes (I-IV) Bacteria Notes (V-VIIB) |
Viruses & Bacteria
Review due on Thurs. 3/12 Read Ch 24 p. 466-481 |
Monday3/9 |
Bacteria Notes (VIIC-XIV) | |
Tuesday3/10 |
Viruses & Bacteria Lab Worksheet due on Wed. 3/11 | |
Wednesday3/11 |
Discuss Viruses &
Bacteria Review Discuss Viruses & Bacteria Lab Worksheet Review for test |
Study for Viruses & Bacteria (Ch 25 & 24) Test |
Thursday3/12 |
Viruses & Bacteria (Ch 25 & 24) Test |
Ch 28 Vocabulary due
on Fri. 3/13 Read Ch 28 p. 542-553 |
Friday3/13 3rd Quarter Ends |
Fungi Notes (I-IIB) Fungi Reproduction Diagrams
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Ch 28 Review due on Wed. 3/18 |
Monday3/16 |
Fungi Notes (IIC-V) |
Bring colored
pencils for Tues. 3/17
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Tuesday3/17 |
Fungi Lab due today
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Wednesday3/18 |
Discuss Ch 28 Review
& Fungi Lab Review for test |
Study for Fungi Test |
Thursday3/19 |
Fungi (Ch 28) Test
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Ch 26 & 27
Vocabulary due Mon. 3/30 Read Ch 26 p. 506-519 |
Friday3/20 1/2 Day |
"Bill Nye: Germs" video (30 min.) | |
Monday3/23thru Friday 3/27 |
Spring Break - No
School ! Enjoy your vacation!!!
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Monday3/30 |
Disease Project Research in computer lab (Room 43) |
Disease Project due on Wed. 4/1 |
Tuesday3/31 |
"48 Hours: Invisible
Killers" video & worksheet Discuss |
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Wednesday4/1 |
Protozoa & Algae and
Funguslike Protists Notes (I-IIB)
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Protists Review due
on Tues. 4/7 Bring colored pencils for Thurs. 4/2 - Mon. 4/6
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Thursday4/2 |
Protozoa & Algae and
Funguslike Protists Notes (IIC-D) Protists Lab #1 due on Mon. 4/6 Look at preserved slides of Amoeba, Paramecium, Trypanosoma & Plasmodium |
Read Ch 27 p. 524-537 |
Friday4/3 |
Protozoa & Algae and
Funguslike Protists Notes (III-IVE) Protists Lab #1 Look at preserved slides of Spirogyra & Diatoms |
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Monday4/6 |
Protozoa & Algae and
Funguslike Protists Notes (IVF-VI) Protists Lab #1 Look at preserved slides of Volvox & Euglena |
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Tuesday4/7 |
Discuss Protists Review
Review for test (Protist Review Jeopardy) |
Study for Protozoa & Algae and Funguslike Protists (Ch 26 & 27) Test |
Wednesday4/8 |
Protozoa & Algae and Funguslike Protists (Ch 26 & 27) Test | |
Thursday4/9 |
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Friday4/10 |
Good Friday - No School !
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Monday4/13 |
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Tuesday4/14 |
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Wednesday4/15 |
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Thursday4/16 |
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Friday4/174th Quarter Progress Reports |
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Monday4/20 |
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Tuesday4/21 |
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Wednesday4/22Testing |
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Thursday4/23Testing |
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Friday4/24 |
School Improvement Day - No School ! | |
Monday4/27 |
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Tuesday4/28 |
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Wednesday4/29 |
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Thursday4/30 |
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Friday5/1 |
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Monday5/4 |
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Tuesday5/5 |
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Wednesday5/6 |