Biology I Syllabus Fall 2012

First Nine Weeks

Week
1st week Intro/Course overview/Rules/Online demo for eText access (hand out Pearson SuccessNet sheet)/Root Word handout/Science survey /Review web site & blog (doughewins.edublogs.org) Inquiry Activity pg. 2 (150 Lego blocks)/Lab write-up procedures/Review page 1 root words/Text book survey Notes Section 1-1 (FC1 -21 all) / StrangeDays on Planet Earth 2 video (20 min. of Dangerous Catch section) Notes 1.2 (1 - 18)/Discuss variables ("dry mix")/StrangeDays on Planet Earth 2 video (to min. :30 (1st)0:27 (2nd)/Review page 1 root words/Study for page 1 root word quiz Root Word Quiz pg. 1/Notes Section 1-2 (FC18 32 + review)/Check Lab

August 20 October 22
Benchmarks Homework
August 20 - 24 Sign in to class online/Read pp. 3 7/1-1 Section Assessment #1 6/Why is Science Important video on blog (extra credit for comments) Make up flash cards for pg. 1 root words/study/Inquiry Activity (pg. 2) lab write-up GRSW 1-1

Daily Work

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Study for page 1 root word quiz GRSW 1.2 /Check Lab write-up August 27 - 31

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School closed for Tropical Storm Isaac Discuss "Check Lab"/Notes Section 1-3 (1 15)/StrangeDays on Planet Earth 2 video (0:26 0:40) Lab safety discussion (Appendix B: pp. 1066 1068)/Lab Skill 5 Using a Compound Light Microscope (Parts A - C, analysis & conclusions) /Page 2 root word review Complete Lab Skill 5 (Parts A - C and Analysis & Conclusions/Going Further)/ Notes 1-3 (PP26 - end + quiz)/Page 2 root word review Root Word Quiz pg. 2/ExploreLearning: Effect of Environment on New Life Form

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None (check supplies for pg. 19 Quick Lab)

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Study page 2 root words/Work on parts A - C, analysis and conclusion for Lab Skill 5

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GRSW 1-3

Finish Explore Learning September 03 - 07

No school Labor Day Notes Section 1.4 (PP all)/Ch. 1 Vocab Review & Graphic Organizer/Study for Ch. 1 test Chapter 1 Test/Read Ch. 2 pp. 34 39/Free reading/ ExpLrn: Pattern Finder (assessment questions only extra credit)

Study for Ch. 1 test/Vocab. Review & Graphic Organizer LA. 910.2.2.3 ExpLrn: Pattern Finder (assessment questions only extra credit)

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Review Ch. 1 Test/Assess Prior Knowledge (TE pg. 34)/Notes Section 2-1 (FC1 25)/Grade Review/Review question from Biology EOC SC912N.1.1 Video short: Brainpop: Atomic Model w/ quiz /Notes Section 2-1 (26 - 51)/SPONCH (TW)/ExploreLearning: Ionic Bonds Watch Brainpop: Carbon Dating and Isotopes (quiz on one)/Notes section 2-1 (FC 51 - 60)/Review first page 3 root words/Strange Days on Planet Earth 2: Dirty Secrets (17 min.) Review second page 3 root words/Review covalent bonding (use FC 52/53)/Notes 2-2 (FC1 18)/Lab Skills 8 Using Graphing Skills / Root word quiz pg. 3/ Brainpop: Water w/ quiz/Simply Science video: Waters Structure/Notes 2-2 (19 29) Brainpop: Compounds & Mixtures (w/ quiz)/Finish notes 2-2 (30 end + quiz/Strange Days on Planet Earth: Dirty Secrets (0:00 0:17) Brainpop: pH Scale/ExploreLearning: pH analysis (w/worksheet)/Review pg. 4 root words 1st half /Strange Days on Planet Earth: Dirty Secrets (0:17 0:29)

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ExpLrn: Ionic Bonds assessment September 10 - 14

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Start studying pg. 3 root words

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Lab Skills 8 write-up /Study pg. 3 root words

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GRSW 2-2 (cont.)

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Section 2-3 concept map/Study pg. 4 root words September 17 - 21

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Notes Section 2-3 (PP1 21)/Review pg. 4 root words 2nd half/Free reading/Strange SC.912.L.18.1 Days on Planet Earth: Dirty Secrets (0:29 0:46) Root word quiz pg. 4/ExploreLearning: Identifying Nutrients/Lecture notes 2-3 (21 end + quiz)/GRSW 2-3 Notes section 2-4(1 19)/BrainPop: DNA /Preview Enzyme lab and start write-up (procedure) Enzyme Lab SC.912.L.18.11 Notes Section 2-4 (20 28 + quiz) /GRSW 24 incl. Concept Map (LV Ch. 2 Graphic SC.912.L.18.11 Organizer)

Study pg. 4 root words

Finish ExpLrn: Identifying Nutrients/

GRSW 2-3/(Get potatoes & H2O2) Enzyme lab write-up GRSW 2-4 /Ch. 2 Graphic Organizer/Study for Ch. 2 test

Ch. 2 Test/Planet Earth: Saving Species (3rd min. 0:28;4th min 0:15) Review Ch. 2 test/Notes Section 3-2 (PP1 12) /Page 5 1st root word review//Planet Earth: Saving Species (cont.)

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Start studying for page 5 root page 5quiz word quiz Start studying for word root Study for root word quiz (pg. 5)/Work on Saving Species essay

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Notes 3-2 (12 27)/Finish Planet Earth: Saving Species/2nd half root words pg. 5/Work on essay/Free reading Root Word Quiz pg. 5/BrainPop: Food Chains (as review w/ quiz)/Notes Section 3-2 SC.912.L.17.9 (FC28 end + quiz)/ExploreLearning: Food Chain Root Word Quiz pg. 6/Notes Section 3-3 (1 20)(through carbon cycle)/GRSW 32/Focus testing for Biology I

Saving Species essay due tomorrow

Study for root word pg. 6

Finish GRSW 3-2/Study for root word test September 24 - 28

Notes section 3-3 (1-20, through carbon cycle)/ExploreLearning Water Cycle /Time to study for root-word test Notes Section 3-3 Modified (from carbon cycle)/Review for chapter 3 test/Grade review Ch. 3 Test/Six Degrees Could Change the World (to min. 0:27 (3rd); 0:20 (4th)) Root Word Test/Review Ch. 3 test/Brainpop: Ecosystems/Notes 4.1 (FC132)/ Review Ch. 3 test /Notes 4.1 (FC1 - 32)/ "Six Degrees Could Change the World" (to min 0:40 (3rd); 0:32 (4th)) Notes 4.1 (FC 33 end w/ embedded climate video)/ExploreLearning: Greenhouse Effect/ /GRSW 4-1 Notes 4.2 (1 16) including BrainPop: Ecosystems)/ "Six Degrees Could Change the World video (to min. 0:?)/ Read pp. 90 91; write one paragraph about differences between habitat and niche Notes 4.2 (17 41 including BrainPop: Symbiosis)/Six Degrees Could Change the World video (finish) Notes 4-2 (FC 42 76 w/ embedded Ecological Succession video)/Notes 4-4 1 40)/Work on GRSW 4-4/Grade review Notes 4-4 (41 end + quiz)/Review for Ch. 4 test/Grade review/Vocab Review & Graphic Organizer Ch. 4 Test/The Cove (start to 0:14) Review Ch. 4 test/Notes 5-1 (1 37 FC) (Grade review)/Ch. 5 Inquiry Activity (p.118)/THIEVES of section 5-1 (using class THIEVES flipchart & hand-outs)/ /The Cove (0: 14 to 0:33_) ExploreLearning: Rabbit Population By Season )/The Cove (0:33 to 1:06)

ExploreLearning Water Cycle (finish worksheet & do assessment)/Study for root-word test Ch. 3 Cycle Diagram + Vocabulary Review/Study for Ch. 3 test Study for root-word test Finish classwork assignments

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GRSW 4-2 GRSW-A 4-4 (due Monday), get The Cove permission slip signed Finish GRSW 4-4/Vocab Review & Graphic Organizer October 08 - 12 Read Ch. 5 section 1; do Thinking Visually on page 123

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Complete THIEVES worksheet of section 5.1

Web Savvy: Populations (up to 28 points extra credit)

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Notes 5-1 (FC37 end + quiz)/The Cove (1:06 - end & discuss) /work on GRSW 5-1 Estimating lab/Notes 5-2 (1 - 25)

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GRSW 5-1 Finish Estimating Lab write-up October 15 - 19

Notes 5-1 (24 end + quiz)/US Preserving the Legacy: Delicate Balance video w/ worksheet/ work on GRSW 5-1 Notes 5-2/Powers of Ten video (10 T min.)/GRSW 5-2 Notes on 5-3 (all + quiz)/How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth (parts 1 & 2 (You W Tube BBC video)/GRSW 5-3 Ch. 5 Test/THIEVES 7.1/Cell Theory Web Savvy (extra credit)/Read section 7-1 (pp. 168 T 173)/Thinking Visually p. 173 Review Ch. 5 Test/Grade Review/Notes 7-1 F (1 18) 10th week M M T W T F End of 1st Quarter

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GRSW 5-1 GRSW 5-2

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GRSW 5-3/Study for Ch. 5 test Thinking Visually p. 173 (required)/THIEVES 7.1 (extra credit)/ Web Savvy Cell Theory (extra credit)/Do Ch. 6 Preparing for the FCAT on page 165 (all) October 22 - 26

Professional Day no school

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