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

Monday

1/5

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

Tuesday

1/6

Discuss 1 Trait Crosses Worksheet (individually)

Fundamentals of Genetics Notes (IIH-L)

2 Trait Crosses Worksheet due Wed. 1/7

Wednesday

1/7

Fundamentals of Genetics Notes (IIM)

Discuss 2 Trait Crosses Worksheet (individually)

Incomplete Dominance & Codominance Worksheet due Thurs. 1/8

Thursday

1/8

Discuss Incomplete Dominance & Codominance Worksheet  

Friday

1/9

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 

Monday

1/12

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

Tuesday

1/13

Discuss Pedigree Problems

Inheritance Patterns & Human Genetics Notes (VIA-E)

Blood Type Problems due Wed. 1/14

 

Wednesday

1/14

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 )

Thursday

1/15

"Designer Babies" video Study for test on Genetics (Ch 9 & 12 )

Friday

1/16

School Improvement Day - No School !  

Monday

1/19

MLK Birthday - No School !

 

Tuesday

1/20

Discuss Ch 9 & 12 Review I #5-6 & 11-19

Review for test

Study for test on Genetics (Ch 9 & 12 )

Wednesday

1/21

Fundamentals of Genetics and Inheritance Patterns & Human Genetics (Ch 9 & 12) Test II - Non-scantron Ch 13 Vocabulary due on Fri. 1/23

Thursday

1/22

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

Friday

1/23

Decisions, Decisions!:  A Genetics Role-playing Activity

   Research in library

 

Monday

1/26

Decisions, Decisions!:  A Genetics Role-playing Activity

   Research in computer lab

 

Tuesday

1/27

DNA Technology Notes (I-IV)

Decisions, Decisions!:  A Genetics Role-playing Activity

   Work in groups

 

Wednesday

1/28

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

Thursday

1/29

DNA Technology Notes (IX)

Discuss "Brave New Babies" & ethical ?'s

Study for DNA Technology (Ch 13) Test 

Friday

1/30

Review for DNA Technology (Ch 13) Test

Decisions, Decisions!:  A Genetics Role-playing Activity

   Work in groups

 

Monday

2/2

DNA Technology (Ch 13) Test 

Ch 18 Vocabulary due on Tues. 2/3

Read Ch 18 p. 336-351

Tuesday

2/3

Classification Activity

    Whose Shoe Is It?

Decisions, Decisions!:  A Genetics Role-playing Activity

   Work in groups

BHS Open House

 

 

Wednesday

2/4

Classification Notes (I-III)

Classification Worksheet due today

 

Thursday

2/5

Classification Notes (IV-VII)  

Friday

2/6

Classification Lab due today

Review for test 

Study for Classification (Ch 18) Test

Monday

2/9

3rd Quarter Progress Reports

 

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

Tuesday

2/10

"Eyewitness Video: Prehistoric Life" video & worksheet  

Wednesday

2/11

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

Thursday

2/12

Lincoln's Birthday - No School !

 

Friday

2/13

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

Monday

2/16

Decisions, Decisions!:  A Genetics Role-playing Activity

   Group Presentations

 

Tuesday

2/17

Decisions, Decisions!:  A Genetics Role-playing Activity

   Group Presentations

 

Wednesday

2/18

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

Thursday

2/19

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

Friday

2/20

Parent/Teacher Conferences -

   No School !

 

Monday

2/23

Evolution of Population and Speciation & Human Evolution (Ch 16 & 17) Notes (I-IV) Bring a protractor & calculator to class on Wed. 2/25

             

Tuesday

2/24

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

Wednesday

2/25

Discuss Ch 16 Lab # 1: Natural Variations

Ch 17 Lab: Comparing Primates due today

     Discuss

 

Thursday

2/26

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

Friday

2/27

Evolution of Population and Speciation & Human Evolution (Ch 16 & 17) Test

 

Ch 25 Vocabulary due on Tues. 3/3

Read Ch 25 p.486-501

Monday

3/2

Casimir Pulaski Day - No School !

 

Tuesday

3/3

"National Geographic: Bioterror Alert" video & worksheet

Disease Project due on Wed. 4/1

     Assign disease to study

Disease Project due on Wed. 4/1

Wednesday

3/4

Disease Project

     Research in computer lab (Room 43)

Ch 24 Vocabulary due Mon. 3/9

 

Thursday

3/5

Disease Project

     Research in computer lab (Room 43)

Bring colored pencils for Fri. 3/6 - Fri. 4/4

Friday

3/6

Viruses Notes (I-IV)

Bacteria Notes (V-VIIB)

Viruses & Bacteria Review due on Thurs. 3/12

Read Ch 24 p. 466-481

Monday

3/9

Bacteria Notes (VIIC-XIV)  

Tuesday

3/10

Viruses & Bacteria Lab Worksheet due on Wed. 3/11  

Wednesday

3/11

Discuss Viruses & Bacteria Review

Discuss Viruses & Bacteria Lab Worksheet

Review for test

Study for Viruses & Bacteria (Ch 25 & 24) Test

Thursday

3/12

Viruses & Bacteria (Ch 25 & 24) Test Ch 28 Vocabulary due on Fri. 3/13

Read Ch 28 p. 542-553

Friday

3/13

3rd Quarter Ends

Fungi Notes (I-IIB)

Fungi Reproduction Diagrams

 

Ch 28 Review due on Wed. 3/18

Monday

3/16

Fungi Notes (IIC-V) Bring colored pencils for Tues. 3/17

Tuesday

3/17

Fungi Lab due today

 

Wednesday

3/18

Discuss Ch 28 Review & Fungi Lab

Review for test

Study for Fungi Test

Thursday

3/19

Fungi (Ch 28) Test

 

Ch 26 & 27 Vocabulary due Mon. 3/30

Read Ch 26 p. 506-519

Friday

3/20

1/2 Day

"Bill Nye: Germs" video (30 min.)  

Monday

3/23

thru

Friday

3/27

Spring Break - No School !

    Enjoy your vacation!!!

 

Monday

3/30

Disease Project

     Research in computer lab (Room 43)

Disease Project due on Wed. 4/1

Tuesday

3/31

"48 Hours: Invisible Killers" video & worksheet

     Discuss

 

Wednesday

4/1

Protozoa & Algae and Funguslike Protists Notes (I-IIB)

Protists Review due on Tues. 4/7

Bring colored pencils for Thurs. 4/2 - Mon. 4/6

Thursday

4/2

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

Friday

4/3

Protozoa & Algae and Funguslike Protists Notes (III-IVE)

Protists Lab #1

     Look at preserved slides of Spirogyra & Diatoms

 

Monday

4/6

Protozoa & Algae and Funguslike Protists Notes (IVF-VI)

Protists Lab #1

     Look at preserved slides of Volvox & Euglena

 

Tuesday

4/7

Discuss Protists Review

Review for test (Protist Review Jeopardy)

Study for Protozoa & Algae and Funguslike Protists (Ch 26 & 27) Test

Wednesday

4/8

Protozoa & Algae and Funguslike Protists (Ch 26 & 27) Test  

Thursday

4/9

   

Friday

4/10

Good Friday - No School !

 

 

Monday

4/13

   

Tuesday

4/14

   

Wednesday

4/15

   

Thursday

4/16

   

Friday

4/17

4th Quarter Progress Reports

   

Monday

4/20

   

Tuesday

4/21

   

Wednesday

4/22

Testing

 

 

Thursday

4/23

Testing

   

Friday

4/24

School Improvement Day - No School !  

Monday

4/27

   

Tuesday

4/28

   

Wednesday

4/29

   

Thursday

4/30

   

Friday

5/1

   

Monday

5/4

   

Tuesday

5/5

 

 

Wednesday

5/6