Biology_Wischmeyer+Fall+2013


 * Biology text online: [|Biology Text]**
 * user name: jwischmeyer**
 * password: v6b7b**

__**5/23/14**__ Final: Tue: 5/27
 * S****emester Review**

__**5/22/14**__ __**5/19/14**__ __**5/15/14**__
 * Rat dissection**
 * Video: Human Development, Systems of the Human Body.**
 * HW: Memorize the bones of the skeleton from the packet;** **Complete semester Review packet.**
 * Digestive system**
 * Semester Review**

__**5/14/14**__
 * Video: Human development**
 * HW: Memorize the bones of the skeleton from the packet**

__**5/12/14**__
 * GMO Paper due today.**
 * Anatomy packet: complete by Wed. 5/14**

__**5/8/14**__ __**5/7/14**__ __**4/28/14**__ __**4/24/14**__ __**4/23/14**__ __**4/21/14**__ __**4/10/14**__ __**4/9/14**__ __**4/7/14**__ __**4/3/14**__ __**4/2/14**__
 * Computer Lab: GMO paper; due Mon. 5/12**
 * Finish gene activity (family traits)**
 * Video: GMO**
 * HW: GMO project due Mon. 5/12[[file:5_7_14 GMO Research Paper Outline.docx]]**
 * Notes: Cell (see 4/24)**
 * Microscope Lab: Identify stages of Mitosis in onion cells.**
 * Lab: Microscope - plant/animal cells; cheek cells.**
 * Finish coloring Cell Reproduction packet.**
 * Notes: Cell [[file:4_24_14 Cell.doc]]**
 * No Class; Job shadow day.**
 * Introduction to Microscopes packet.**
 * Lab: Microscope usage.**
 * Notes: Cell Reproduction (see 4/7 notes)**
 * Karyotype Activity: Computer Lab**
 * Fight Club conclusion due**
 * Video: Becoming Human.**
 * Notes: Chromosomes.[[file:4_7_14 Chromosomes.doc]]**
 * Cell Reproduction packet**
 * Video: Becoming Human.**
 * Notes: Human Evolution [[file:3_31_14 Human Evolution.doc]]**
 * Video clips: Primates**

__**3/31/14**__
 * Fight Club lab: due Mon 4/7**
 * 1. computer table of data.**
 * 2. computer graph of data.**
 * 3. Conclusion: strengths, limitations, improvements for dice model.**
 * Evolution Fight Club (fight day)**

__**3/27/14**__ __**3/24/14**__ __**3/20/14**__ __**3/17/14**__ __**3/13/14**__ __**3/12/14**__
 * Work day: Build evolution creature**
 * Computer Lab: Continue working on evolution project.**
 * Computer Lab: Continue working on evolution project.**
 * Assessment: Evolution Fight Club - project**
 * Notes: Earth's History [[file:3_13_14 Earth's History.doc]]**
 * Video: What Darwin Didn't Know**
 * Activity: Picture sequence - illustration of how scientists put the story of evolution together (body of evidence with gaps)**

__**3/10/14**__
 * Notes: Evolution [[file:3_3_14 Evolution.doc]]**
 * Video**

__**3/5/14**__ __**3/3/14**__ TEST THUR. 2/20 . __**2/17/14**__ Model Quiz Mon. 2/17 TEST THUR. 2/20 __**2/13/14**__ Model Quiz Mon. 2/17 TEST THUR. 2/20 __**2/12/14**__ __**2/10/14**__ __**2/6/14**__ __**2/5/14**__ __**.**__ __**2/3/14**__ __**1/29/14**__ __**1/27/14**__ __**1/23/14**__ . __**1/21/14**__ __**1/16/14**__
 * Activity: Mapping Darwins voyage.**
 * Video: Darwin**
 * Notes: Evolution**
 * Video: Darwin**
 * __2/18/14__**
 * Notes: Gene Mutations**
 * CW: Objectives for test.**
 * Activity: Protein Synthesis pkt.**
 * Finish model**
 * Practice describing transcription/translation**
 * Notes: RNA continued (see 2/10/14 notes attachment)**
 * Activity: Transcription/translation model.**
 * Notes: RNA[[file:2_10_14 RNA.doc]]**
 * DNA extraction lab**
 * HW: finish questions.**
 * Finish building DNA model.**
 * DNA extraction.**
 * Finish GATACA**
 * Text:**
 * Video: GATACA**
 * Finish DNA Activity**
 * Notes: DNA con't [[file:1_27_14 DNA con't.doc]]**
 * Activity: DNA Nucleotides for Investigation, DNA, RNA.**
 * Turn in lab write-up.**
 * Notes: DNA [[file:1_23_14 DNA Structure and Function.doc]]**
 * Finish lab**
 * Finish lab write up.**
 * Completed lab due today.**
 * Set up experiment.**
 * Begin formal lab write up.**

__**1/15/13**__ __**1/13/14**__
 * Calculate solutions: hypertonic, hypotonic, isotonic.**
 * Complete procedure write-up**
 * Measure water, egg. Set up egg in vinegar to remove egg shell.**
 * Write Procedure for egg lab**.

HW: MUST HAVE 3 EGGS AND VINEGAR FOR LAB ON MON. 1/13/14. WRITE PROCEDURE FOR LAB.
 * __1/9/14__**
 * Worksheet: Cells and Their Environment**

__**1/8/14**__
 * Notes: Cell Membrane con't [[file:1_8_14 Cell Membrane con't.doc]]**

__**1/6/14**__
 * Pre-Test**
 * Notes: Cell Membrane [[file:1_6_14Cell Membrane.doc]]**

SEMESTER II __**12/16/13**__ __**12/12/13**__ __**12/11/13**__ __**12/9/13**__ __**12/4/13**__ __**12/2/13**__ __**11/25/13**__ Project: Nutrition Research paper. (due week after Thanksgiving break/will have some time to work on it in class)
 * Review questions**
 * Video: Super Size Me.**
 * Semester Review**
 * Video: Super Size Me.**
 * Turn in Nutrition Project**
 * Computers: Nutrition Project (due at the beginning of class on Wed. 12/11)**
 * Final Review Packet**
 * Computer Lab: Nutrition Project (due Dec. 11)**
 * Computer Lab: Nutrition Project (due Dec. 11)**
 * Notes: Proteins**
 * Finish models (3).**
 * Proteins worksheet.**

__**11/21/13**__ __**11/20/13**__ __**11/18/13**__ __**11/14/13**__ __**11/13/13**__ *Quiz Thur. 11/14 Water. . __**11/11/13**__ *Quiz Thur. 11/14 Water.
 * Finish Carbohydrate models.**
 * Notes: Fats**
 * Fats Worksheet**
 * Review Macromolecules**
 * Carbohydrate worksheet.**
 * Activity: Cut and paste Carbohydrates. (Mono, Di and Polysaccharides)**
 * Unit: 4 Macromolecules of Life - Notes**
 * Activity: Carbohydrate chemistry**
 * Quiz: Water/Photosynthesis/Cellular Respiration**
 * Mini lab: How many drops of NaCl or H2O will a penny hold.**
 * Notes: Photosynthesis**
 * Lab write-up due.**
 * Notes: Water[[file:11_11_13Waterc.doc]]**

__**11/7/13**__
 * Computer Lab: finish lab write-up.**

__**11/6/13**__ Due Thur. 11/7/13
 * States of Matter notes [[file:Notes- States of Matter 11-6.doc]]**
 * Finish lab.**

__**11/4/13**__
 * Lab: The Great Ice Melt. Run lab/collect data.**
 * Begin lab write up. Use suggestions from Substance Y lab and example write-up.** Due Thur. 11/7/13

__**10/31/13**__ __**10/30/13**__ __**10/28/13**__ TEST WED 10/30 (Objectives)
 * Notes: States of Matter[[file:10_31_13States of Matterc.doc]]**
 * TEST**
 * Worksheet: Ionic/Covalent bonds.**

__**10/24/13**__ TEST WED 10/30 (Objectives)
 * Notes: Atomic Particles con't**

__**10/23/13**__ TEST WED 10/30 (Objectives)
 * Ecology and Atoms Review sheet**
 * Periodic table activity**

__**10/21/13**__
 * Notes: Atomic Particles [[file:10_21_13Atomic Particlesc.doc]]**

__**10/16/13**__
 * Article: Where Atoms Come From**
 * Notes: Element Formation [[file:10_16_13Element Formationc.doc]]**

__**10/14/13**__
 * Article: How the Universe Was Made.**
 * Video: Atoms**
 * Notes: How the Universe Was Formed [[file:10_14_13Universec.doc]]**

__**10/10/13**__
 * Computer Lab: Finish Fire Assessment write up.**

__**10/9/13**__
 * Computer Lab: Fire Assessment write up. Due Th. 10/11**

__**10/7/13**__
 * Video: Fire Wars con't**
 * Notes: Populations [[file:10_7_13Populationsc.doc]]**

__**10/3/13**__
 * Project: "Is Your Community Fire Wise?" Evaluate your house, neighborhood, town. Be ready to write report at next class (Mon. 10/7/13)**
 * Video: Fire Wars con't.**
 * Book: "Big Burn" recommended reading.**

__**10/2/13**__
 * Video: Fire Wars [[file:10_2_13Fire Warsc.doc]]**

__**9/30/13**__
 * Notes: The Nutrient Cycle[[file:Nutrient Cyclingc9_30_13.doc]]**
 * Packet: Nutrient Cycling**

__**9/26/13**__
 * Notes: Flow of Energy[[file:Flow of Energyc9_27_13.doc]]**
 * Video: Predation**

__**9/25/13**__ __**9/23/13**__ __**.**__ __**9/18/13**__ __**9/16/13**__ __**9/12/13**__ __**9/11/13**__ __**9/9/13**__ __**9/5/13**__
 * Wildfire Ecology: guest speaker: Brett Crary from US Forest Service**
 * Notes: Fire Ecology [[file:Fire Ecology9_25_13.doc]]**
 * Wildfires: guest speaker: Steven Lipsher from Lake Dillon Fire Rescue.**
 * Notes: Wildfires**
 * Finish testing soil.**
 * Complete Forest Health packet.**
 * Notes: Food Web[[file:Food Webs9_19_13.doc]]**
 * Field trip: forest behind school. Soil sampling - composition, pH.**
 * Field trip: forest behind school. Tree size, health, layer diversity.**
 * Field trip: forest behind school. Tree count, ID, diameter.**
 * Notes: Ecology[[file:9_5_13Ecologyc.doc]]**

__**8/29/12**__
 * Computer Lab**: Finish lab write-up

__**8/28/13**__
 * Lab: Run planning Lab (substance Y)**

__**8/26/13**__ __**8/19/13**__ __**8/20/13**__ __**8/21/13**__
 * Computer Lab: I-IV of Scientific Investigation.**
 * HW: Write procedure for lab; be ready to run your experiment on Wed. 8/28/13.**
 * Introductions**
 * Syllabus**
 * Need a composition notebook by next class.**
 * Video: Nature/ 3 questions.**
 * Notes: Scientific Investigation[[file:Scientific Investigation8_20_13.doc]]**
 * Monty Python video clip**
 * Warm-up: Video clip used to practice determining question, background info, hypothesis.**
 * Planning Lab: Day 1**
 * Scientific Investigation Instructions.**
 * Notes: 7 Characteristics of Living Organisms[[file:Characteristics of Living Organisms 8_22.doc]]**
 * Monday: Student will be doing #I - IV of Scientific Investigation Instructions.**
 * HW: Be thinking about how to design an experiment to prove that a substance is living.**