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My email: [email protected]                       Syllabus 2020-2021

Unit 1 Biochemistry of Life              (Guided Notes)

DATE

8_15 (T)
​8_17 (R)
8_21 (M)
8_23 (W)
8_25 (F)
8_29 (T)
8_31(R)
9_5 (T)
​9_7 (R)

9_11 (M)
​
9_13 (W)
9_15 (F)
​9_19 (T)


TOPIC

Intro /Characteristics of Living Things
Nature of Science

Scientific Method (see above)

Properties of Water 
​Introduction to Macromolecules 
Carbohydrates vs. Lipids 
Proteins
Absent - Closed Reading Packet 
Absent - Unit Study Guide 

Proteins: ​Enzymes
Nucleic Acids 

​DNA lab and study guide
Unit 1 Test 

CLASSWORK

The Halloween Decorations are...Alive?!
Start Something Fishy Lab
Something's Fishy - Scientific Design Lab
Properties of Water Lab
Last Meal Macromolecule Lab
Carbs vs. Lipids Comic
Start Jell-O Lab
Finish Jell-O Lab + Closed Reading Packet
Closed Reading Packet and Unit Study Guide
Toothpickase Lab
Video
​Nucleic Acid Station Lab & study
Unit 1 Test 

Unit 2: Cells                    (Guided Notes)

​9_21 (R)
​9_25 (M)
9_27 (W)*
9_29 (F)

10_3 (T)
​10_5 (R)
​
10_9 M
10_11 W
10_13 F

​10_17 T
​
Cell Theory 
Prokaryotes vs. Eukaryotes
​Animal Cells 
​Plant Cells (see above PPT)
Cell Membrane & Cell Transport 

Osmosis
Unit Wrap-up
PMA 1
​Unit 3 Test

 Cell Size Lab
Introduction to Microscopes and Cells Lab
Boombox City
Plant vs. Animal Cells Worksheet
Insane in the Membrane Game
Start Gummy Bear Lab + Study Guide  
Concept Map DB + Finish Gummy Bear Lab + study guide
​Osmosis Quiz + PMA 1 + study guide

​Unit Test ​

Unit 3: Metabolism          (Guided Notes)

10_19 R
​10_23 M

10_25 W*
​10_30 M

11/1 W
11/3 F
11/7 T



​​
Intro to Metabolism 
Photosynthesis 
Plant Structure 

Plant Reproduction 
​Cell Respiration 
Unit 3 Study 
Unit Test 
Simple Story video, Wheel
Photosynthesis in an Hour Lab
The Giving Tree 
PPT, Flower Foldable 

Exercise Lab
Unit Test 

Unit 4 Life of a Cell           Guided Notes            

11/9 R
11/14 T
11/16 R

​​11_20​ M
​THANKS
​11_27 M
​11_29 W*
12_4 M
12_6 W
12_8 F
12_13 T
12_14 R
12_18 M
12_20 W
Cell Cycle - S Phase
Cell Cycle - M Phase

Cell Cycle and Cancer
Reproductive Anatomy
Meiosis

THANKSGIVING
Fertilization & Development

3 Trimester of Pregnancy
Life's Greatest Miracle 
Unit Study Guide 
​Unit 4 Exam
Semester Review
PMA 2
​Movie Day

Video, PPT, worksheet ​
Cell Cycle WS, video
THANKSGIVING YAY!
Wheel (digital make-up)
Mitosis/Meiosis Escape Room (found on TEAMS)
Reproductive Anatomy worksheet (digital make-up)
​(video) Fertilization & Development Booklet (digital make-up)
Nova Life's Greatest Miracle Video (Worksheet)
PPT Guided Notes, Escape Room Part 1 (found in TEAMS)
Semester 1 Escape Room Part 2 (found in TEAMS)
PMA 2 
Test

Christmas Break

Unit 5 Heredity

​​1_9 T
1_11 R
​1_16 T
1_18 R

1_22 M
1_24 W
​1_26 F
1_30 T

Intro to Heredity
​Dominant/Recessive Crosses
Dihybrid Crosses
​
Sex-Linked Traits
Pedigrees 
​Exceptions to the Rule 
​Capstone Assignment 
 Unit Test
Dragon Genetics 
Practice, online partner quiz
​Practice, online partner quiz
Practice, online partner quiz
Practice, online partner quiz
Practice, online partner quiz

Unit Test 

Unit 6 Protein Synthesis     UNIT  PPT (6)

2_1 R
2_5 M

2_7 W
2_9 F
2_13 T
2_15 R
2_20 T
​​

​DNA vs. RNA PPT
​Protein Synthesis 
Mutations

Biotechnology PPT/Netflix Explained 
Biotechnology DNA Fingerprinting
​Unit Study Guide
​​Unit Test

​PPT & The DNA Double Helix WS 
​Protein Synthesis WS 
Mutations WS

Netflix: Explained: Designer DNA , PPT
Dinochicken video/Who ate the queen's cheese?​
Unit Test - Evolution video 

Unit 7 Evolution                 UNIT  PPT

​2_22 R
2_26 M
2_28 W*

3_1 F
3_5 T
3_7 R
3_11 M
3_13 W*
​SB
3_25 M
3_27 W
4_1 M
4_3 W​

Origin of Life 
Introduction to Evolution
Evidence for Evolution
​Natural Selection 
Mechanisms of Evolution
​Speciation (SHORTEN!) - Capstone Evolution Lab
PMA 3
What Darwin Never Knew 
​SPRING BREAK
​
​Hominid Evolution/the Brain
Classification / 6 Kingdoms
Unit Study Guide 
​Evolution Test
Origin of Life Comic 
​
​Making of a Theory 
Evidence for Evolution Packet 
Darwin Finch Video, PPT, Finch Beak Lab
PMA 3

PPT, Bear Island OR Fruitloop lab
Drawing creature activity 

SPRING BREAK
​Capstone Evolution Lab

PPT,  Hominid WS
Pokémon Classification WS\6 Kingdom Lab/Wheel 
​Evolution Test 

Unit 8: Ecology           UNIT SG       UNIT PPT (6)

4_5 F
4_9 T
4_11 R
4_15 M
4_17 W
4_19 F
4_23 T
​4_25 R
4_29 M
5_1 W
​Introduction to Evolution
Population Ecology PPT     
Community Ecology 
Ecosystem Ecology PPT
​Human Impact on Biodiversity

Human Impact on Aquatic Systems 
​The Carbon Cycle 

Fossil Fuels & Climate Change 
Brighter Futures! 

Open Note Ecology Test

End of Year 

Unit PPT

5_3 F
5_7 T
5_9 R
5_13 M


​


Online Immune Quiz 
Online Cardiovascular Quiz
​

End of year

5/17
5/19
5/23
5/25
​
​




Body System Project
Body System Project
Body System Project
Virtual Frog Dissection 

Review for Final Exam 


​5_7
5_8
5_11
5_12
5_13
5_14
5_15
5_18
5_19
5_20
5_21
5_22

5_25
5_26
5_27
5_28
5_29
​




Review PPT - Biochem quiz
Review PPT - Cells Quiz
Review PPT - Metabolism Quiz
Review PPT - Life of a Cell Quiz
Review PPT - Heredity Quiz
Review PPT - Protein Synthesis Quiz

Review PPT - Evolution Quiz 
Quiz 1
Quiz 1 answers / Quiz 2
Quiz 2 answers / Quiz 3
quiz 3 answers / Quiz 4
Quiz 4 answers / Quiz 5
Quiz 5 answers / Quiz 6
Quiz 6 answers / Quiz 7
Quiz 7 answers / Quiz 8
Study for final
Final
​Make-ups 
Make-ups 
EOC quiz + Biochem practice questions
EOC quiz + Metabolism questions
EOC quiz + Cell Questions
EOC quiz + Cell Questions
EOC quiz + Mitosis/meiosis Questions
EOC quiz + Heredity Questions
EOC quiz + DNA Questions


Rest of Year

Body Systems
Body Systems
Frog Dissection  
Beach Ecosystem
​Most Intelligent Mammal
Pond Ecosystem
Intro to Zoology - Invertebrates
Intro to Zoology - Vertebrates

Polygenetic Trait Lab ​
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