First Quarter - September
2- October 30
Second Quarter - November
3 - January 22
Third Quarter - January
26 - March 26
Fourth Quarter - March
29 - June 4
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Biology Lesson Plans
First Quarter
August 31 - September 4
Monday
- Teacher Workshop
Tuesday
- Classroom policies, grading system...
Check out books
Read Chapter 28 - The Arthropods
Wednesday - Describe
insect collection - (worth 100 pts)
Today's Topic - Arthropods
Thursday
- Today's Topic - Insect Characteristics
* Journal activity
Friday
- Insect Quiz #1
Today's Topic - Insect internal & external anatomy
September 7 - 11
Monday
- No School - Labor Day
Tuesday
- Insect Quiz #2
Video - "Insect Body Structure & Function"
Today's Topic - Insects - Internal Anatomy & Physiology
Wednesday -
Insect Quiz #3
Today's Topic - Insect Development & Defense
* Section Reviews Chp 28 - p. 616, 620, 621,627,631
Thursday
- Insect Quiz #4
Video - "Insect Cycles of Life"
Today's Topic - Insect Behaviors & Communication
Friday
- Insect Quiz #5
Video - "Insect Defense Against Enemies"
Insect mounting demonstration
Section Reviews due
September 14 - 18
Monday
- Video Disc "Insects Are High Society"
Mounting, Labeling & Identifying Insects
Tuesday
- Mounting, Labeling & Identifying Insects
* Chp 28 Voc Wks
Wednesday -
Mounting, Labeling & Identifying Insects
Review for Insect Test
Thursday
- Test - Insects
Insect Collections Due
* Read Chapter 1 - The Nature of Science
Friday
- Today's Topic - "What is Science?"
*Journal Writing #2 - Reverie
Discuss Student Lab Safety contract
Demo - Making and Using Observations
September 21-25
Monday
- Today's Topic - The Scientific Method
Video Disc - "Scientific Method"
* Section Review p. 6,13 Skill Activity
Wks
Tuesday
- Safety Test
Today's Topic - SI System, Facts & Truths
*Skill Activity Wks - measurements
Wednesday -
Lab: Interpreting a Controlled Experiment
Coop. Learning - "Spaceship Earth"
*SR p. 18, 19, 21
Thursday
- Lab: Recognizing Lab Safety & Identifying Lab Equipment
*Incredible Measures Wks
Friday
- Check Results of Wednesday's Lab
Lab: Using a Light Microscope
*Vocabulary Wks Chp 1
September 28 - October 2
Monday
- Review Chapter 1
Go over assignments
*Chapter Review p. 23-25 - MC, TF, WR, CM
Tuesday
- Test Chapter 1
*Read Chapter 2
*Key Terms Chapter 2
Wednesday -
Today's Topic - Characteristics of Living Things
Video Disc - "Just What is Life Anyway"
*Wks 2-1
Thursday
- Lab: "Life in a Drop Of Water"
*SR p 31
Friday
- Today's Topic - Biology - the study of
life
*Wks 2-2
October 5 - 9
Monday
- Review Chapter 2
* Chp 2 Voc. Wks
* SA Wks
Tuesday
- Test Chapter 2
* Read Chapter 5
* Key Terms Chapter 5 (p. 109)
Wednesday -
Today's Topic - Cell Theory
*Wks 5-1
Thursday
- Today's Topic - Cell Structure
* Wks 5-2
Friday
- Today's Topic - Cytoplasmic (cell) organelles
Video Disc - "A Tour of the Animal Cell"
*Wks 5-3, SA Wks
October 12 - 16
Monday
- Lab: Comparing Plant & Animal Cells
Tuesday
- Today's Topic - Movement through membranes
*SR p. 88, 93, 99, 104
Wednesday -
Lab: Osmosis
*Describe Cell Model project - (worth 100 pts)
Thursday
- No School - MEA
Friday
- No School - MEA
October 19 - 23
Monday
- Today's Topic - Specialization & Levels
of Organization
* Wks 5-5
Tuesday
- Review Chapter 5
*Chapter 5 Review p. 110-111
Wednesday -
Test Chapter 5
*Read Chapter 6
*Key Terms Chapter 6 p. 133
Thursday
- Cell Models Due
Today's Topic - Chemical Energy (ATP)
* Wks 6-1
Friday
- Today's Topic - Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis Coloring Activity
*Wks 6-2
October 26 - 30
Monday
- Today's Topic - Respiration
Respiration Coloring Activity
*Wks 6-3
Tuesday
- Photosynthesis Review Sheets
Chapter Review Sheet
Wednesday -
Test Chapter 6
*Read Chapter 7
*Key Terms Chapter 7 p. 155
Thursday
- Today's Topic - DNA & Replication
vd - "DNA Replication"
Friday
- Today's Topic - RNA & Transcription
Video Disc - "DNA Transcription"
* Wks 7-1, 7-2
**End of 1st Quarter**
Second Quarter
November 2 - 6
Monday
- No School - Teacher in-service
Tuesday
- Today's Topic - Protein Synthesis
*Wks 7-3, Voc Wks
Wednesday -
Review Chapter 7
*Chapter 7 Review (p. 156-157)
Lab: Constructing a Model of DNA Replication
Thursday
- Test Chapter 7
Video - "Geometry of Life"
*Read Chapter 8
*Key Terms Chapter 8 - 9 p. 173, 201
Parent
- Teacher conferences 4-10
Friday
- No School
November 9 - 13
Monday
- Today's Topic - Chromosomes, Mitosis, Meiosis
* Section Reviews - Chapter 8 p. 164, 171
Tuesday
- Today's Topic - Genetics - Mendel
Video Disc "Genetics at Cold Spring Harbor Labs"
* Wks 9-1
Wednesday -
Today's Topic - Mendel's Principles
*Wks SA 9-2
Thursday
- Today's Topic - Genetic Crosses (Punnett Squares)
Friday
- Today's Topic - Genetic Crosses (Punnett Squares)
*Wks - Predicting Outcomes, Analyzing Genetic Data 9-3
November 16 - 20
Monday
- Review Chapter 8-9
*Chapter Review p. 202-203
Tuesday
- Test Chapter 8-9
Wednesday -
Introduction to Biology Graduation Standards
Explanation of first project
Thursday
- Work on Performance Package Task 2 -
"Genetics with a Decision Case"
Friday
- Work on Performance Package Task 2
November 23 - 27
Monday
- Work on Performance Package Task 2
Tuesday
- Work on Performance Package Task 2
Wednesday -
Presentation of Projects
Thursday
- No School - Thanksgiving Vacation
Friday
- No School - Thanksgiving Vacation
November 30 - December 4
Monday
- Presentation of Projects
Introduction to Performance Package Task 3 - Genetics with a
Decision Case
Tuesday
- Work on Performance Package Task 3
Wednesday -
Work on Performance Package Task 3
Thursday
- Work on Performance Package Task 3
Friday
- Work on Performance Package Task 3
*Read Chapter 13
*Key Terms Chapter 13 p. 287
December 7 - 11
Monday
- Video Disc - "Do Modern Dinosaurs Fly?"
Today's Topic - Evolution & Life's Diversity
Tuesday
- Today's Topic - Age of the Earth
Calendar Exercise
Wednesday -
Radioactive Dating Excursuses & Questions
*Wks 13-1, Geologic Time Scale
Thursday
- Today's Topic - Fossil Record
Lab: Interpreting Events from Fossil Evidence
*Wks 13-3
Friday
- Today's Topic - Evidence from Living Organisms
Video Disc "Whale Evolution"
December 14 - 18
Monday
- Review Chapter 13
Chapter 13 Review p. 288 - 289
Tuesday
- Test Chapter 13
*Read Chapter 14
*Key Terms Chapter 14 p. 315
Wednesday -
Today's Topic - Theory of Evolution
*Wks 14-1
Thursday
- Today's Topic - Natural Selection
*Wks 14-2
Friday
- Today's Topic - Genetics & Evolution
Modern Synthesis Handout
*Wks 14-2, 14-3
December 21 - 25
Monday
- Today's Topic - Development of New Species,
Gradualism & Punctuated Equilibrium
Video Disc "Genetic diversity & Endangered Species"
*Chapter 14 Review p. 316-317
Tuesday
- Test Chapter 14
Wednesday -
Christmas Vacation (12/23 - 1/3)
Thursday
- Christmas Vacation
Friday
- Christmas Vacation
January 4 - 8
Monday
- Today's Topic - Classification
Fun with Fictitious Animals
*Wks 15-2
Tuesday
- Lab: Classifying Organisms
*Analyzing Relationships
Wednesday -
Today's Topic - Taxonomy
*SR p. 320, 323, 325
Thursday
- Today's Topic - The Six Kingdom System
*Vocabulary Wks
Friday
- Lab: Constructing Classification Systems
Video "How Animals Are Classified"
January 11 - 12
Monday
- Review Chapter 15
*Chapter 15 Review p. 332-333
Tuesday
- Test Chapter 15
*Read Chapter 17
*Key Terms p. 377
Wednesday -
Video "Secret Life of 118 Green Street"
Thursday
- Today's Topic - Viruses
Video Disc "The Life Cycle of a Virus"
*Wks 17-1
Friday
- Lab: Part 1 - Culturing Bacteria
January 18 - 22
Monday
- Today's Topic - Identifying Bacteria
*Identifying Unknown Bacteria
*Wks 17-2
Tuesday
- Today's Topic - Virus & Moneran Diseases
Video Disc " Drug Resistant Tuberculosis"
*Vocabulary Review Wks
Wednesday -
Lab: Part 2 - Identifying Bacteria
Thursday
- Finish Bacteria Lab
Video "Jack in the Box Bacteria Outbreak"
Friday
- Video Disc "Antibiotic Resistance"
*Chapter 17 Review (p. 378-379)
**End of Second Quarter**
Third Quarter
January 25 - 29
Monday
- No School - Teacher In-Service
Tuesday
- Review Chapter 17
*Vocabulary Review Wks
Wednesday -
Test Chapter 17
*Read Chapter 18
*Key Terms p. 425
Thursday
- Today's Topic - Kingdom Protista, Animal-like
Protists
*Wks 18-2 "Plasmodium"
Friday
- Today's Topic - Plantlike Protists
Look at fixed slides
Video Disc "Life in a Drop of Water"
February 1 - 5
Monday
- Today's Topic - Kingdom Fungi
*Wks 19-1, 19-2
Tuesday
- Video Disc "Fungi"
Lab - Comparing Mold & Mushrooms
Wednesday -
Lab: Protists
Thursday
- Review Chapter 18 & 19
Chapter Reviews p. 404-405, 426-427
Friday
- Test Chapter 18 & 19
*Read Chapter 26
*Key Terms p. 581
February 8 - 12
Monday -
Video "Classification of Invertebrate Animals"
Today's Topic - Sponges
*Wks 26-2
Tuesday
- Today's Topic - Cnidarians
Lab: Sponges & Hydras
*Wks 26-3
Wednesday -
Today's Topic - Unsegmented Worms
Lab: Flatworms & Roundworms
*Wks 26-4
Thursday
- Review Chapter 26
*Chapter 26 Review (p. 582-583)
*Vocabulary Review Wks
Friday
- Test Chapter 26
*Read Chapter 27
*Key Terms p. 603
February 15 - 19
Monday
- No School - Presidents Day
Tuesday
- Today's Topic - Mollusks
Moving at a Snail's Pace
*Wks 27-1
Wednesday -
Today's Topic - Annelids
Lab: The Earthworm
*Wks 27-2
Thursday
- Review Chapter 27
*Chapter 27 Review (p. 604-605)
*Vocabulary Review Wks
Friday
- Test Chapter 27
*Read Chapter 31-1
*Key Terms p. 703
February 22 - 26
Monday
- Video "Classification of Vertebrates"
Today's Topic - Classification of Vertebrates & Fish
*Wks 31-1
Tuesday
- Today's Topic - Anatomy & Morphology of
Bony Fish
Wednesday -
Video "Anatomy of the Perch"
Lab: Perch Dissection
Thursday
- Review Fish
Video "Shark"
Friday
- Test Fish
*Read Chapter 31-2
March 1 - 5
Monday
- No School - Teacher In-Service
Tuesday
- Today's Topic - Classification & Characteristics
of Amphibians
*Wks 31-2
Wednesday -
Today's Topic - Anatomy & Morphology of the Frog
Video "Amphibian"
Thursday
- Video "Anatomy of a Frog"
Lab: Frog Dissection
Review Amphibians
Friday
- Test Amphibians
*Read Chapter 32-1
March 8 - 12
Monday
- Video "Reptiles"
Today's Topic - Evolution of Reptiles - 7 Adaptations
Tuesday -
Today's Topic - Modern Reptiles & Snakes
*Wks 32-1
Evolution of Snake Handout
Wednesday -
Lab: "Snake Dissection"
Thursday
- Review Reptiles
Chapter 32 Review (p. 734-735)
SR p. 719
Friday
- Test Reptiles
*Read 32-3
March 15 - 19
Monday
- Video "Birds"
Today's Topic - Evolution & Characteristics of Birds
Tuesday
- Today's Topic - Morphology of Birds
*Wks 32-3
Wednesday -
Lab: Bird Dissection
Thursday
- Review Birds
*Chapter Review (p. 734-735)
Friday
- Test Birds
*Read Chapter 33
*Key Terms p. 753
March 22 - 26
Monday
- Today's Topic - Characteristics &
Evolution of Mammals
Video Disc "Mammalian Characteristics"
*Wks 33-1
Tuesday
- Today's Topic - Mammalian Orders
Video Disc "Order Cetacea"
Video "Anatomy of the Fetal Pig"
*Wks 33-2
Wednesday -
Fetal Pig Dissection
Thursday
- Review Chapter 33
*Chapter 33 Review (p. 754-755)
*Vocabulary Review Wks
Friday
- Test Chapter 33
**End of Third Quarter**
Fourth Quarter
March 29 - April 2
Monday
- Introduce Performance Package Task 1 - Biology With
a Past
Tuesday
- Work on Performance Package Task 1
Wednesday - Work
on Performance Package Task 1
Thursday
- Work on Performance Package Task 1
Friday
- No School - Easter Vacation
April 5 - 9
Monday
- Video " The First Forests"
Today's Topic - Multicellular Algae
*SR p. 435, 439, 441, 443
Tuesday
- Today's Topic - Bryophytes
Video Disc "Plant Diversity: Evolving for Survival"
Coloring Activity - Bryophyte Life Cycles
*SR p. 451, 454
Wednesday -
Today's Topic - Seedless Vascular Plants (ferns)
Coloring Activity - Ferns
SR p. 459, 461
Thursday
- Review Chapters 19 & 20
Chapter Reviews (p. 446-447) (464-465)
Friday
- Test Chapter 19 & 20
*Read Chapter 22
*Key Terms p. 483
April 12 - 16
Monday
- Today's Topic - Seed Plants, Gymnosperms
*Wks 22-1
Tuesday
- Today's Topic - Angiosperms
Video Disc " Pollination and Coevolution"
*Wks 22-2
Wednesday -
Lab: Comparing Monocots & Dicots
Thursday
- Review Chapter 22
*Chapter 22 Review (p. 484-485)
Friday
- Test Chapter 22
*Read Chapter 23
*Key Terms p. 513
April 19 - 23
Monday
- Today's Topic - Soil, Specialized Tissues
*SR p. 489, 493
Tuesday
- Today's Topic - Roots
Video "Roots"
*Wks 23-3
Wednesday -
Today's Topic - Stems
Video "Stems"
*Wks 23-4
Thursday
- Today's Topic - Leaves
Video "Leaves"
*Wks 23-5
Friday
- Lab: Identifying Leave Structures
April 26 - 30
Monday
- Lab: Transpiration in Plants
*SR p. 508, 511
Tuesday
- Review Chapter 23
Chapter Review (p. 514-515)
Wednesday -
Test Chapter 23
*Read Chapter 24
*Key Terms p. 529
Thursday
- Today's Topic - Plant Growth - Patterns &
Control
*Wks 24-1, 24-2
Friday
- Lab: Understanding Plant Tropisms
*Read Chapter 25
May 3 - 7
Monday
- Today's Topic - Cones & Flowers
Coloring Activity - Flower Structures
*Wks 25-1
Tuesday
- Today's Topic - Vegetative Reproduction
Lab: Plant Propagation
Wednesday -
Lab: Plant Propagation
Thursday
- Review Chapters 24 & 25
*Chapter Review (p. 530-531) (p. 548-549)
Friday
- Test Chapters 24 & 25
May 10 - 14
Monday
- Introduce Performance Package Turning
a Biology Text into an Experiment
Tuesday
- Work on Performance Package Task 1
Wednesday -
Work on Performance Package Task 1
Thursday
- Work on Performance Package Task 1
Friday
- Work on Performance Package Task 1
May 17 - 21
Monday
- Work on Performance Package Task 1
Tuesday
- Work on Performance Package Task 1
Wednesday -
Work on Performance Package Task 1
Thursday
- Work on Performance Package Task 1
Friday
- Work on Performance Package Task 1
May 24 - 28
Monday
- Introduce Performance Package Turning a Biology
Text into an Experiment
Tuesday
- Work on Performance Package Task 2
Wednesday -
Work on Performance Package Task 2
Thursday
- Work on Performance Package Task 2
Friday
- Work on Performance Package Task 2
May 31 - June 4
Monday
- Work on Performance Package Task 2
Tuesday
- Work on Performance Package Task 2
Wednesday -
Work on Performance Package Task 2
Thursday
- Work on Performance Package Task 2
Review for Final
Friday
- Biology Final
Turn in text books
Have a great summer!
**End of Fourth Quarter
