Wednesday, April 27, 2011

April 25-29th

Keep studying biology essays. Test May 9th.

Monday: Finish Biological Advertisements

Tuesday: Explorelearning homeostasis and Hays Wells disease.

Wednesday: Cells in Water, Google form check up, Small pox and innoculation.

Thursday: Frontline Football High video and Questions.

Friday: Homeostasis and heart rate

Monday, April 11, 2011

Week after Spring Break

Monday: Vocabulary: Grafting, Scionwood, Rootstock
Links: grafting youtube videos.

Tuesday: Planting Apple Trees

Wednesday: Writing Thank You's: Ms. Beebe, Ms. Rodak, Mr. Woods
Thank you for _________________ because I learned...
Misconception Questionairre

Thursday: Start Pixton Misconception Comic

Friday: Finish and Publish Misconception Comic

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Week Before Spring Break

Monday: DNA Extraction using blender, soap, and meat tenderizer.

Tuesday: Go over study guide, Test Review, pH Demonstration with different liquids and cabbage juice indicator.

Wednesday: Test and Well water data entry on wiki, discussion of what to do with this information.

Thursday: APE Genius NOVA video with questions.

Friday: Go over Wednesday's test, APE Genius Finish.

Friday, February 25, 2011

Tuesday 2/22 to Tuesday 3/1

Tuesday 2/22
-Utah Genetics Crossing the Divide.
-Testing Reaction Time
-Telephone Game

Wednesday 2/23
khanacademy.org
Watch the two videos under biology: Variation in a species, and Parts of a cell.

Thursday 2/24
-Finish reaction time testing and discussing how it relates to natural selection.

Friday 2/25
Look up Kingdoms of Monera, Protista, Animalia, Fungi, and Plantae.
Classify organisms into the kingdoms.

Monday 2/28
Bacteria adaptations go fish game.

Tuesday 3/1
Making a 5 paragraph essay about macromolecules.

Monday, February 21, 2011

Week of 2/21-2/25

Friday:
Finish Observing Zebra Fish development.

Monday:
Calculate Mortality. Answer questions in booklet. Connect symbiosis to Daytona 500.

Tuesday:
Reaction time testing.

Wednesday:
Sub-Watch two videos.

Thursday:
Organizing shoes, then organizing life.

Friday: Notes. On Classification.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

2/16

Wednesday:
Mitosis and Stem Cell Review
Students observe embryos in development

Thursday:
Potato Experiment Start
Embryo Counting of Albinos and Compilation

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

2/14 and 2/15

Monday:
Students select two fish to be parents (Striped or Albino)
Students observe the behaviors of the two parents.
Students make questions and predictions for what they will see the rest of the week.

Tuesday:
Students determine the embryo production of the two parents.
Student draw what they see and record the # of embryos and unfertilized eggs.

Monday, January 31, 2011

1/31

Monday 1/31:
Students recall the process of stem cells becoming different types of cells.
Stem Cells Wait.
Signal Received.
Mitosis.
Genes Activate.
Proteins are made.

Google Search: Go Go Stem Cells.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

1/24-1/26

1/24: Students complete Cystic Fibrosis Scenario.

1/25: Test

1/26: Stem Cell Notes

Thursday, January 20, 2011

1/20 and 1/21

Thursday
Pedigree Investigator
Dihybrid cross practice FfEE x ffee

Friday
Genetics Test
-Stem Cell Preview

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

1/18 and 1/19

Tuesday:
Dihybrid Cross TtPp X ttPp
Meiosis Review

Wednesday:
Exploration of the next generation using simple traits.

Friday, January 14, 2011

Thursday and Friday

Thursday: Egg Donation debate
1.) Article reading on egg donation.
2.) Egg donation scenario
3.) Egg donation video playlist
4.) Egg donation discussion
5.) Egg donation position summary.

Friday:
1.) Practice Punnett Square
2.) Quiz
3.) Completing genes on chromosomes
4.) Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic Review

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Monday and Tuesday

Monday:
Mitosis vs. Meiosis
Chicken Genetics Gizmo (Red crossed with white makes red white)
Egg Donation Discussion

Tuesday:
Mendel: Law of Segregation and Independent Assortment
Mitosis vs. Meiosis Video. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/baby/divi_flash.html
Mitosis vs. Meiosis classification of statements.
Egg Donation Video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CSjeCbtD_A

Friday, January 7, 2011

Friday

1.) Practice Punnett Square Problem
2.) Vocab: Meiosis, diploid, haploid
3.) Acting out Meiosis with paper models.
4.) Meiosis vs. Mitosis Chart

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Practicing Punnett Squares

Students practice two punnett square problems. They then complete a spongebob genetics practice sheet.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Genetics Vocabulary

http://www.sonic.net/~nbs/projects/bio115l/form.html

Vocabulary Words: Genotype, Phenotype, Dominant, Recessive, Allele, Gene Activation, Gene Suppression, Homozygous, Heterozygous, Carrier, Purebreed.

NOVA Picky Eater Video

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Monday and Tuesday.

Monday:
Reviewed final exam

Tuesday:
Mouse experiment gizmo exploring the inheritance patterns with one trait.