Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Rotation 9 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To watch an episode of Life

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What phylum includes sea stars?
- Life

Monday, June 3, 2019

Rotation 9 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To observe a living organism

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What phylum contains earthworms?
- Living Observation

Friday, May 31, 2019

Rotation 9 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To learn more about the kingdom animalia.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What type of body symmetry has mirrored right and left sides?
- Notes - Animal groups

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Rotation 8 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To learn about the diversity of animals.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What are some characteristics of Kingdom Animalia?
- Grades
- Notes

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Rotation 8 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To work with dichotomous keys.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What characteristic do all members of Domain Eukarya share?
- Worksheet -  Dichotomous keys
- Notes

Friday, May 24, 2019

Rotation 8 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To look at how we group organisms.

Agenda:
- What kind of organisms are humans? (multiple answers)
- Classification of things
- Notes: classification
- Vocab

Monday, May 20, 2019

Rotation 7 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To look at an overview of plant information.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the female part of the flower?
- Plant Packet
- Old work

Thursday, May 16, 2019

Rotation 6 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To view the diversity of plants on Earth.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the type of plant that lives through many years?
- Life Episode: Plants with questions

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Rotation 6 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To look at parts of a plant.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the scientific term for a seed plant that has cones?
- Notes: Plant structure

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Rotation 6 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To look into how plants fit in the ecosystem.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What do plants need to grow?
- Notes
- Gizmo: Growing plants

Friday, May 10, 2019

Rotation 5 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To wrap up ecology section.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is a step in a food chain or food web called?
- Finish Activist Flyer
- Finish any vocab or other assignments
- Continue Our Planet

Thursday, May 9, 2019

Rotation 5 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To look at some issues in the world.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What do we call an organism that eats dead remains such as an earthworm?
- Google Classroom: Activist flyer

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Rotation 5 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To be bears.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the term for breaking chemical bonds to produce carbohydrates?
- Bears in the Forest
- Life

Monday, May 6, 2019

Rotation 4 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To look at food webs.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the term for an organism that eats plants?
- LinkIt for those absent
- finish Food Chain and Food Webs lab
- Vocab
- Our Planet if time

Friday, May 3, 2019

Rotation 4 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To assess general biology knowledge and look at food chains.

Agenda: 
- Daily Journal: What is the term for the maximum amount of organisms an environment can support?
- LinkIt
- Food webs and chains

Thursday, May 2, 2019

Rotation 4 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To look at a human impact upon the environment.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is one density-dependent limiting factor?
- Go Fish
- Vocab - if not done

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Rotation 3 - Day 3

Today's Goal: Talk about humans in the environment.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What are two ways that humans negatively impact the environment?
- SGO Review
- Notes: Humans 
- Vocab

Monday, April 29, 2019

Rotation 3 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To start looking at ecology.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is a term for an organism that makes its own food? (there are multiple answers)
- 4th marking period grades
- SGO Review
- Notes: Energy flow and food webs

Thursday, April 18, 2019

Rotation 3 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To finish discussing earthquakes.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What part of the brain works with balance?
- Brain Dominance lab
- Optical Illusions

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Rotation 2 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To continue looking at the nervous system.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What are the four types of tissue in the human body?
- Continue Notes - Nervous system
- Google Classroom - Wanted Poster

Monday, April 15, 2019

Rotation 2 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To look at how the 

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the name of the group of human-like primates?
- Finish opposable thumb lab
- Notes: Nervous system
- Wanted Poster

Friday, April 12, 2019

Rotation 2 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To look at human evolution.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the term for the ability to merge visual information from two eyes?
- Finish notes - human evolution
- Opposable Thumb lab

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Rotation 1 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To discuss evidence for evolution.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the ability of an individual to survive and reproduce in its environment?
- Finish Rock Pocket Mouse - graph and questions
- Notes: evidence of evolution

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Rotation 1 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To analyze an example of natural selection.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What are the two main sources of genetic variation?
- Natural Selection by environment

Monday, April 8, 2019

Rotation 1 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To look at fossils.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is an inherited characteristic that increases an organism’s chance of survival?
- Playlist: Fossils
- How Fossils Show Change
- Unit 7 Vocab

Thursday, April 4, 2019

Rotation 12 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To discuss evolution.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What does evolution mean?
- Notes: Evolution
- Vocab: Evolution

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Rotation 12 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To assess knowledge of DNA and immune system.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What type of immune cell fights against abnormal cells?
- Assessment
- Continue Dogs Decoded 

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Rotation 12 - Day 1

Today's goal: To review DNA and immune system.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the term for a member of a population of genetically identical cells?
- 3 days left of marking period
- Finish review sheet
- Assessment is tomorrow
- Video

Friday, March 29, 2019

Rotation 11 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To look into genetic engineering and ethics.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What type of immune cells protect the body's fluids? (type of lymphocytes)
- Genetics discussion
- Review

Thursday, March 28, 2019

Rotation 11 - Day 2

Today's Goal: Finish Genetic Engineering.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the crossing of dissimilar organisms?
- Finish questions for DNA fingerprinting activity
- Finish notes of genetic engineering
- Ethics discussion WS

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Rotation 11 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To start looking at Genetic Engineering.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What do your notes say is the most common overreaction of the immune system?
- Discuss Vaccine Articles
- Notes: Genetic Engineering
- DNA fingerprinting activity

Monday, March 25, 2019

Rotation 10 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To look into the immune system.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What are the two types of viral infection?
- Notes: Immune System
- Vaccines

Friday, March 22, 2019

Rotation 10 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To continue looking at resistant bacteria

Agenda: 
- Daily Journal: What are two ways that we kill bacteria?
- Finish Video

Thursday, March 21, 2019

Rotation 10 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To see how bacteria can be stopped by antibiotics.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the name for any disease-causing agent ?
- "What Kills Germs?"

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Rotation 9 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To look into information of viruses and bacteria.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: Amino acids are put together to make chains called _____________.
- Notes: Viruses and Bacteria

Monday, March 18, 2019

Rotation 9 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To look at mistakes in DNA.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the process that makes RNA?
- Notes: mutations
- Mutation Activity

Friday, March 15, 2019

Rotation 9 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To practice transcribing and translating.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What amino acid results from the RNA: GAC?
- Last day of DNA --> RNA --> Protien - CHNOPS

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Rotation 8 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To practice transcribing and translating DNA.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: Where in the cells do proteins get made?
- Genetic Code Worksheet - You must complete three sentences

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Rotation 8 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To practice decoding DNA.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is one difference between DNA and RNA?
- Finish Transcription/translation worksheet
- Codon Bingo

Monday, March 11, 2019

Rotation 8 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To look at DNA and how it forms protein.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the name for a three letter sequence in DNA?
- Quick notes: Genetic code
- Berry Full of DNA
- Transcription/Translation worksheet

Thursday, March 7, 2019

Rotation 7 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To continue looking at DNA.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What DNA base pairs with cytosine?
- DNA in beads
- Notes: RNA 

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Rotation 7 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To start discussing DNA structure.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What does DNA stand for? (look at your lab)
- Notes - DNA, chromosomes, replication
- Finish DNA lab

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Rotation 7 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To look at the structure of DNA.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: How many chromosomes does a human have?
- DNA structure lab

Friday, March 1, 2019

Rotation 6 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To look at the structure of DNA.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: Where is DNA kept in the cell?
- Overview of DNA
- DNA Model

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Rotation 6 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To assess genetics.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What disorder has uncontrollable movements?
- Assessment
- Finish Vocab

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Rotation 6 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To finish and review Genetics.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the term for the failure of chromosomes to separate during meiosis?
- Finish Science of the Sexes
- Kahoot Review - Assessment is tomorrow
- DNA Vocab

Monday, February 25, 2019

Rotation 5 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To continue watching a film that looks at the genetic differences between males and females.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What hormone makes male babies more fragile?
- Continue watching Science of the Sexes

Friday, February 22, 2019

Rotation 5 - Day 2

Today's goal: To look at reviewing human genetics.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: Which parent passes on sex-linked traits to a son on the X chromosome?
- Review sheet
- Overview of topics
- Start video

Thursday, February 21, 2019

Rotation 5 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To look at differences between the sexes.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What causes Down Syndrome?
- Finish Sex-linked lab
- Start video with handout

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Rotation 4 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To look at how traits are inherited.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What trait involves the clotting of blood?
- Sex-linked Inheritance

Friday, February 15, 2019

Rotation 4 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To discuss sex-linked traits.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: Which sex chromosome carries more traits?
- finish notes

Thursday, February 14, 2019

Rotation 4 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To share disorder information

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the term for having two different alleles for a trait?
- Easy Bib
- Start Sharing presentations
- Notes

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Rotation 3 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To share disorder information.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What elective do you want to take?

SNOW DAY!

- Scheduling - open Genesis
- Easy Bib
- Start Sharing presentations

Monday, February 11, 2019

Rotation 3 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To look at boys versus girls in families.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: Which parent determines the sex of a child?
- Quick Activity: 50:50 Chances
- Open up Disease Project - Easy Bib as a class

Friday, February 8, 2019

Rotation 3 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To look into genetic disorders.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is one recessive disorder discussed in your notes?
- Google Classroom - Genetic Disease Research

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Rotation 2 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To look into how genetic disorders are inherited?

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: Name up to three genetic disorders.
- Notes - blood typing and genetic disorders

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Rotation 2 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To finish karyotyping and start pedigrees.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the term for having three copies of a chromosome?
- Finish Cow Karyotype lab - 10 min
- What did we learn?
- Pedigree Notes
- Pedigree analysis worksheet

Monday, February 4, 2019

Rotation 2 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To look at karyotyping.

Agenda:
Daily Journal: What are the sex chromosomes of a human male?
- WS Karyotype
- Cow Karyotypes

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Rotation 1 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To continue working on genetics.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the structure formed during meiosis in which homologous chromosomes pair up?
- Finish and hand in Lab
- Work on Beyond Mendel Packet

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Rotation 1 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To continue looking at how traits are inherited.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: How many chromosomes do humans have?
- Continue Pipe Cleaner Baby lab

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Rotation 1 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To provide examples of traits in humans.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What type of inheritance deals with many forms of a gene in a population?
- Pipe Cleaner Babies

Friday, January 25, 2019

Rotation 11 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To continue seeing how some genes are inherited?

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What type of inheritance involves both alleles contributing to the heterozygote phenotype?
- Continue Notes
- Beyond Mendel Packet

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Rotation 11 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To look beyond Mendel.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the process that reduces chromosome number into sex cells?
- Notes: Incomplete Dominance
- WS Incomplete Dom
- Notes: Co-dominance

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Rotation 11 - Day 1

Today's Goal: Marking Period Assessment Time

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the term for the physical description of a trait?
- Google Classroom - Marking Period Assessment - this should be completed today.
- Marking Period Ends on Friday - get late work in
- Notes if time - incomplete dominance

Friday, January 18, 2019

Rotation 10 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To see how genetics becomes complicated.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the term for the separation of alleles during meiosis?
- Finish punnett square packet
- Notes
- WS Incomplete dominance

Thursday, January 17, 2019

Rotation 10 - Day 2

Today's Goal: Continue to practice Punnett Squares.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What are the letters for a homozygous recessive individual? (Use the letter A)
- Punnett Square Packet - Finish
- Notes: beyond Mendel

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Rotation 10 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To play with probability and genetics.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the term for a cell with both sets of homologous chromosomes?
- Monohybrid Coin Toss
- If extra time, continue Punnett Square Packet

Monday, January 14, 2019

Rotation 9 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To work on Punnett Squares.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the term for having two parents with different alleles of a trait?
- Finish notes for punnett squares
- WS Guidelines for punnett squares

Friday, January 11, 2019

Rotation 9 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To begin discussing genetics.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What organic molecule stores and transmits genetic information? (from chemistry unit 2)
- Notes: Genetics
- Guidelines for punnett squares

Thursday, January 10, 2019

Rotation 9 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To begin genetics unit.

Agenda: 
- Daily Journal: What traits do you share with your family?
- Google Classroom - Genetics Literacy Assignment/Newslea article set
- Finish Genetics Vocabulary
- Notes: Genetics

Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Rotation 8 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To assess cell energy.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the space inside of a chloroplast called?
- Unit Assessment
- Vocab Genetics

Monday, January 7, 2019

Rotation 8 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To review the unit on energy.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What are the two types of fermentation?
- Review Activity
- Quiz is tomorrow

Friday, January 4, 2019

Rotation 8 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To do a review activity of the energy cycle.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What two organelles are involved the energy cycle?
- Foldable
- Any late work?
- Review sheet and study
- Assessment will be on Wednesday

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Rotation 7 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To review our last unit.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the name of the the yellow colored fluid that is in blood?
- How are you?
- Review Sheet
- What do you owe?