26-Aug 27-Aug 28-Aug 29-Aug

Intro to Syllabus Teachers Domain Clip: Lab: Animal Behavior Lab: Animal Behavior
Intro to Wiki Is It Alive? Day 1 Day 2
Intro to Lab Report Rubric PowerPoint Notes: Lab Report Due 9/2
Student Info Cards Introduction to Biology
Week's Reading: Ch. 1 Quiz - Ch. 1

1-Sep 2-Sep 3-Sep 4-Sep 5-Sep

Lab Reports Due Teachers Domain Clip: Lab: Modelling Bonds Quiz - Ch. 2-3
NO SCHOOL: Review Ch. 1 Quiz Ingredients for Life: Water Activity
Labor Day Holiday PowerPoint Notes: PowerPoint Notes: Go over graded lab reports
Part 1: Chemistry of Life Part 2:Properties of Water Discuss areas and ways of
Week's Reading: Ch. 2-3 improvement

8-Sep 9-Sep 10-Sep 11-Sep 12-Sep

Review Ch. 2-3 Quiz
Teachers Domain Clip:
Ingredients for Life: Carbon
PowerPoint Notes:
Part 1: Carbon
PowerPoint Notes: PowerPoint Notes: Lab: Modelling Quiz - Ch. 4-5
Part 1: Continued Part 2: Macromolecules Macromolecules
Activity
Early Out Day Prelab: Enzyme Catalysis

15-Sep 16-Sep 17-Sep 18-Sep 19-Sep

Review Ch. 4-5 Quiz Lab: Enzyme Catalysis Go over Review Questions Test: Unit 1 Go over Test in class
Lab: Enzyme Catalysis Day 2 in class Ch. 1-5 Address additional
Day 1 questions on material
Lab Report Due 9/22 Review for Unit Test
HW- Review Questions: Week's Reading: Ch. 6-7

22-Sep 23-Sep 24-Sep 25-Sep 26-Sep

Lab Reports Due Today
Teachers Domain Clip:
Organelles in the Cytoplasm
PowerPoint Notes:
Part 1: A Tour of the Cell
Teachers Domain Clip: Lab: Diffusion & Osmosis Lab: Diffusion & Osmosis Lab: Diffusion & Osmosis
Nucleus, Cytoplasm, Day 1 Day 2 Day 3
Membrane Lab Report Due: 9/29
PowerPoint Notes:
Part 1: Cell Membranes Quiz - Ch. 6-7
 29-Sep 30-Sep 1-Oct 2-Oct 3-Oct
Review Ch. 6-7 Quiz PowerPoint Notes: Lab: Cell Respiration Lab: Cell Respiration Quiz - Ch. 9
Teachers Domain Clip: Complete from Prev. Day Day 1 Day 2
The Powerhouse of the Cell
PowerPoint Notes: Prelab: Cell Respiration Lab Reports Due: 10/6
Cellular Respiration
Week's Reading: Ch.9
6-Oct 7-Oct 8-Oct 9-Oct 10-Oct
Review Ch. 9 Quiz PowerPoint Notes: Lab: Plant Pigments & Lab: Plant Pigments & Quiz - Ch. 10
Teachers Domain Clips: Complete from Prev. Day Photosynthesis Photosynthesis
Life Before O/Photosynthesis Day 1 Day 2
PowerPoint Notes: Prelab: Plant Pigments &
Photosynthesis Photosynthesis Lab Reports Due: 10/14
Week's Reading: Ch. 10
13-Oct 14-Oct 15-Oct 16-Oct 17-Oct
Review Ch. 10 Quiz Concept Mapping: Concept Mapping: Quiz - Ch. 9 vs Ch. 10
NO SCHOOL: Article to Critique: Cell Respiration Photosynthesis
Faculty Senate Blue Green Acres Round Robin Review Round Robin Review Discuss Article and turn
SciAm, 9/05 in critiques
Due 10/17

20-Oct 21-Oct 22-Oct 23-Oct 24-Oct

Review Ch. 9 vs 10 Quiz PowerPoint Notes: Lab: Mitosis and Meiosis Lab: Mitosis and Meiosis Lab: Mitosis and Meiosis
Teachers Domain Clips: Part 2: Meiosis Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 (time as needed)
Mitosis
PowerPoint Notes: Prelab: Mitosis & Meiosis Early Out Day Lab Report Due: 10/27 Quiz - Ch. 12-13
Part 1: Mitosis
Week's Reading: Ch. 12-13
27-Oct 28-Oct 29-Oct 30-Oct 31-Oct
Review Ch. 12-13 Quiz Go over Review Questions Test: Unit 2 Go over test in class Lab: NOVA Activity
Group: Comparison/Contrast Ch. 6-7, 9-10, 12-13 See Your DNA
Mitosis vs Meiosis Review for Unit Test Address additional Discussion: Ethical Issues
Review Questions: questions on material How do you govern DNA
information?
 3-Nov 4-Nov 5-Nov 6-Nov 7-Nov
Lab: Genetics of Lab: Genetics of Teachers Domain Clip: Genetic Cross Practice
Organisms NO SCHOOL: Organisms Human Genome Project Problems
Week 1, Day 1 Election Day Week 1, Day 2 PowerPoint Notes:
Part 1: Mendelian Genetics
Week's Reading: Ch. 14-15

10-Nov 11-Nov 12-Nov 13-Nov 14-Nov

PowerPoint Notes:
Part 2: Chromosomal
Inheritence
Research Assignment: Lab: Genetics of Quiz - Ch. 14-15
NO SCHOOL: Human Genetic Disorders Organisms
Veterans Day Allow time in Comp. Lab Week 2, Day 1
(only class time provided)
Final Project Due: 11/25 Week's Reading: Ch. 16-17

17-Nov 18-Nov 19-Nov 20-Nov 21-Nov

Review Ch. 14-15 Quiz Teachers Domain Clip: PowerPoint Notes: Quiz- Ch. 16-17 Lab: Genetics of
Teachers Domain Clip: One Wrong Letter complete as needed Organisms
Finding Disease Genes PowerPoint Notes: Concept Mapping: Activity: Transcription & Week 3, Day 1
PowerPoint Notes: From DNA to Protein Protein Synthesis Translation
DNA Replication Round Robin Review (complete as HW if need) Week's Reading: Ch. 19,21

24-Nov 25-Nov 26-Nov 27-Nov 28-Nov

Review Ch. 16-17 Quiz PowerPoint Notes: PowerPoint Notes:
Teachers Domain Clip: Development Regulation complete as needed NO SCHOOL: NO SCHOOL:
A Mutation Story Thanksgiving Break Thanksgiving Break
PowerPoint Notes: HW- Review Questions: Early Out Day
Gene Organization/Evolution

1-Dec 2-Dec 3-Dec 4-Dec 5-Dec

Lab: Genetics of Lab: Genetics of Human Genetic Disorders Go over Review Questions Test: Unit 3
Organisms Organisms Project Due Today Ch. 14-17, 19, 21
Week 4, Day 1 Week 4, Day 2 Review for test
Analysis of Data Present brief synopsis to
Lab Report Due: 12/8 class.
ing: Ch. 16-17

ing: Ch. 19,21

 1-Dec 2-Dec 3-Dec 4-Dec 5-Dec
Lab: Genetics of Lab: Genetics of Human Genetic Disorders Go over Review Questions Test: Unit 3
Organisms Organisms Project Due Today Ch. 14-17, 19, 21
Week 4, Day 1 Week 4, Day 2 Review for test
Analysis of Data Present brief synopsis to
HW- Review Questions: Lab Report Due: 12/8 class.

8-Dec 9-Dec 10-Dec 11-Dec 12-Dec

Go over test in class
Address additional
questions on material
Week's Reading: Ch. 22-23
Lab: Bird Beak Teachers Domain Clip: Teachers Domain Clip: Lab: Evidences of
Adaptations Evolving Ideas: Who Was Evolving Ideas: How Does Evolution
Complete in class Charles Darwin? Evolution Really Work? Complete in class
PowerPoint Notes: PowerPoint Notes:
Mechanisms of Evolution Evolution of Populations

15-Dec 16-Dec 17-Dec 18-Dec 19-Dec

Lab: Population Genetics Lab: Population Genetics Teachers Domain Clip: Quiz - Ch. 22-23 Review Ch. 22-23 Quiz
and Evolution and Evolution Teaching Evolution Case
Day 1 Day 2 Studies: Marylin Havlik Article Critique:
Lab Report Due: 12/22 Hardy-Weinburg Practice TBA
or earlier Due: 1/05

22-Dec 23-Dec 24-Dec 25-Dec 26-Dec

NO SCHOOL: NO SCHOOL: NO SCHOOL: NO SCHOOL:

Early Out Day Faculty Senate Christmas Break Christmas Break Christmas Break

29-Dec 30-Dec 31-Dec 1-Jan 2-Jan

NO SCHOOL: NO SCHOOL: NO SCHOOL: NO SCHOOL: NO SCHOOL:

Christmas Break Christmas Break Christmas Break New Year's Day Holiday Parent Conference Day
 1-Jan 2-Jan

NO SCHOOL: NO SCHOOL:
New Year's Day Holiday Parent Conference Day

5-Jan 6-Jan 7-Jan 8-Jan 9-Jan

Article Critique Due Today Groups: First Semester Notebook Check: Practice/Review Game First Semester Finals
Sections Concept Map First Semester for First Semester Finals Periods:
Groups: First Semester Round Robin Review
Sections Concept Map Review for Finals
Creation Periods:

12-Jan 13-Jan 14-Jan 15-Jan 16-Jan

First Semester Finals First Semester Finals First Semester Finals First Semester Finals
Periods: Periods: Periods: Make up Day
NO SCHOOL:
Review for Finals Review for Finals Review for Finals Staff Development Day
Periods: Periods: Periods:

19-Jan 20-Jan 21-Jan 22-Jan 23-Jan

Article Critique Due Today Activity: Canidae Family PowerPoint Notes: Lab: Canary Islands
Teachers Domain Clip: Complete in class or Phylogeny/Cladistics Investigation
NO SCHOOL: Hummingbirds/Tranisitional as homework if needed Day 1
Martin Luther King Day PowerPoint Notes:
The Origin of Species
Week's Read: Ch. 24-25
26-Jan 27-Jan 28-Jan 29-Jan 30-Jan
Lab: Canary Islands Quiz - Ch. 24-25 Review Ch. 24-25 Quiz Concept Mapping: Test: Unit 4
Investigation Go over Review Questions Evolution Ch. 22-25
Day 2 Review for test Round Robin Review
Work on Review Questions Early Out Day
Review Questions: if needed
 2-Feb
Go over test in class
Address additional
questions on material
Week's Reading: Ch. 26-27
3-Feb 4-Feb 5-Feb 6-Feb
Teachers Domain Clip: LabA: Bacterial Growth PowerPoint Notes: Lab: Review of the
Single-Celled Organisms and Gram-staining Prokaryotes Microscope & Comparison
PowerPoint Notes: Day 1 - Collection/Prep Wiki Assignment: of Microorganisms
History of Life til Now Prokaryote Profile
due 2/12 No Lab Report

9-Feb 10-Feb 11-Feb 12-Feb 13-Feb

LabB: Molecular Biology LabB: Molecular Biology LabA: Bacterial Growth Quiz - Ch. 26-27 Review Ch. 22-23 Quiz
Day 1 Day 2 and Gram-staining Article Critique:
Day 2 - Staining TBA
Due: 2/20
Lab Report Due: 2/17 Week's Reading: Ch. 28,31 Early Out Day

16-Feb 17-Feb 18-Feb 19-Feb 20-Feb

Teachers Domain Clip: Lab: Pond Scum PowerPoint Notes: Lab: Fungi Dissection
Ancient Farmers of Amazon Treasure Hunt Fungi
NO SCHOOL: PowerPoint Notes: Wiki Assignment:
Faculty Senate Protists Protist/Fungi Profile
due 2/27

23-Feb 24-Feb 25-Feb 26-Feb 27-Feb

Quiz - Ch. 28,31
Review Questions:
Review Ch. 28,31 Quiz Concept Mapping: Go over Review Questions Test: Unit 5
Prokaryotes vs Ch. 26-28,31
Time allowed for Wiki Protists vs Review for Unit Test
Fungi
Round Robin Review Week's Reading: Ch. 29-30

2-Mar 3-Mar 4-Mar 5-Mar 6-Mar

Go over test in class Teachers Domain Clip: Lab: Transpiration Lab: Transpiration Lab: Transpiration
Address additional Carnivorous Plants Day 1 Day 2 Complete as needed
questions on material PowerPoint Notes: PowerPoint Notes:
Seedless Plants Early Out Day Seed Plants
 2-Mar 3-Mar 4-Mar 5-Mar 6-Mar
Go over test in class Teachers Domain Clip: Lab: Seedless PowerPoint Notes: Lab: Gymnosperm
Address additional Carnivorous Plants Identification Seed Plants - Identification
questions on material PowerPoint Notes: Gymnosperms
Wiki Assignment: Seedless Plants Early Out Day
Seedless Profile
due 3/06
9-Mar 10-Mar 11-Mar 12-Mar 13-Mar
PowerPoint Notes: Lab: Angiosperm Concept Mapping: Quiz - Ch. 29-30 Review Ch. 29-30 Quiz
Seed Plants - Identification Seedless vs
Angiosperms Gymnosperms vs Wiki Assignment: Time allowed for Wiki
Angiosperms Seed Profile
Round Robin Review due 3/24

16-Mar 17-Mar 18-Mar 19-Mar 20-Mar

NO SCHOOL: NO SCHOOL: NO SCHOOL: NO SCHOOL: NO SCHOOL:

Spring Break Spring Break Spring Break Spring Break Spring Break

23-Mar 24-Mar 25-Mar 26-Mar 27-Mar

Computer Lab: Computer Lab: Presentations: Presentations: Presentations:
Invertebrate Research Invertebrate Research Porifera, Mollusca, & Platyhelminthes, Arthropod Annelida, Nematoda, &
by groups by groups Cnidaria Echinodermata Nematomorpha
Wiki Assignment: Venn Diagram Summary Venn Diagram Summary Venn Diagram Summary
Weeks Read: Ch. 33 Invertebrate Profile
due 4/3
30-Mar 31-Mar 1-Apr 2-Apr 3-Apr
Lab: Invertebrate Lab: Invertebrate PowerPoint Notes: Quiz - Ch. 33 Review Ch. 33 Quiz
Identification Identification Invertebrates
Day 1 Day 2 Summary Time allowed for Wiki
Early Out Day
 1-Apr 2-Apr 3-Apr
PowerPoint Notes: Quiz - Ch. 33 Review Ch. 33 Quiz
Invertebrates
Summary Time allowed for Wiki
Early Out Day Review Questions:
Week's Read: Ch. 34

6-Apr 7-Apr 8-Apr 9-Apr 10-Apr

Computer Lab:
Vertebrate Research
Wiki Assignment:
Vertebrate Profile
due 4/14
PowerPoint Notes: Go over Review Questions Test: Unit 6
Vertebrates Ch. 29-30, 33-34
Summary Review for Unit Test NO SCHOOL:
OSE Day
Week's Read: Ch. 35-36

13-Apr 14-Apr 15-Apr 16-Apr 17-Apr

Go over test in class
Address additional
NO SCHOOL: questions on material
Faculty Senate
Computer Lab: Lab: Transpiration Lab: Transpiration
Guided Notes: Plant Day 1 Day 2
Structure and Transport
McGraw-Hill, Online Lab Lab Report Due: 4/20
Manual, Plant Anatomy

20-Apr 21-Apr 22-Apr 23-Apr 24-Apr

Quiz - Ch. 35-36
Week's Read: Ch. 38-39
Review Ch. 33 Quiz PowerPoint Notes: PowerPoint Notes: Lab: Effect of Population
Lab: Plant Growth and Plant Growth & Responses Plant Growth & Responses Density on Plant Growth
Hormones
Day 1
Lab Report Due: 4/27

27-Apr 28-Apr 29-Apr 30-Apr 1-May

Lab: Plant Growth and Quiz - Ch. 38-39 Concept Mapping: Go over Review Questions Test: Unit 7
Hormones Plant Structure Ch. 35-36, 38-39
Day 1 Transport Review for Unit Test
Review Questions: Growth
Round Robin Review Week's Read: Ch. 40-42
 4-May
Go over test in class
Address additional
questions on material
Week's Read: Ch. 40-42
5-May 6-May 7-May 8-May
PowerPoint Notes: PowerPoint Notes: Lab: Physiology of Lab: Physiology of
Animal Form:Basic Animal Form: Circulatory & the Circulatory System the Circulatory System
Requirements Respiratory Systems Day 1 Day 2
Early Out Day
Lab Report Due: 5/11

11-May 12-May 13-May 14-May 15-May

Quiz - Ch. 40-42
Review Quiz
Week's Read: Ch. 46-49
PowerPoint Notes: PowerPoint Notes: PowerPoint Notes: Quiz - Ch. 40-49
Animal Form: Reproduction Animal Form: Growth Animal Form: Systems
Review Questions:

18-May 19-May 20-May 21-May 22-May

Concept Mapping: Go over Review Questions Test: Unit 7 Go over test in class
Animal Needs Ch. 40-42, 46-49 Address additional
Growth/Reproduction Review for Unit Test questions on material NO SCHOOL:
Systems OSE Day
Round Robin Review

25-May 26-May 27-May 28-May 29-May

Groups: First Semester Groups: First Semester Second Semester Finals Second Semester Finals
Sections Concept Map Sections Concept Map Periods: Periods:
NO SCHOOL: Creation Round Robin Review
Memorial Day Review for Finals Review for Finals
Periods: Periods:
Notebook Check Notebook Check
1-Jun 2-Jun 3-Jun 4-Jun 5-Jun
Second Semester Finals Second Semester Finals Second Semester Finals NO SCHOOL: NO SCHOOL:
Periods: Periods: Make up Day OSE Day OSE Day

Review for Finals Review for Finals 8-Jun 9-Jun

Periods: Periods: Early Out Day NO SCHOOL: NO SCHOOL:
Notebook Check Notebook Check Faculty Senate Closing School
 29-Sep 30-Sep 1-Oct 2-Oct 3-Oct

6-Oct 7-Oct 8-Oct 9-Oct 10-Oct

13-Oct 14-Oct 15-Oct 16-Oct 17-Oct

NO SCHOOL:
Faculty Senate

20-Oct 21-Oct 22-Oct 23-Oct 24-Oct

27-Oct 28-Oct 29-Oct 30-Oct 31-Oct