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Thursday, August 29th
Stations: Bingo - Get to know the classroom
Student Info Sheet/Interest Survey
Observe objects from your teacher and infer what you think they are telling you about her.
HOMEWORK: Get safety contract signed and have a parent email me at solsen@stamfordct.gov 3 things about you that pertain to school and 3 things that are unrelated to school
Friday, August 30th
Go over the Bingo game
Hand in student surveys/info sheets, safety contracts
Go over what the objects mean about Mrs. Olsen
Notes: Observation - FACTS based on your 5 senses.
Inference - Using prior knowledge and observations to "read between the lines"
Two types of Observations - Qualitative (quality) - descriptions
Quantitative (quantity) - numbers/measuerments
HOMEWORK: Get safety contract signed and have a parent email me at solsen@stamfordct.gov 3 things about you that pertain to school and 3 things that are unrelated to school
Tuesday, September 3rd
Warm-Up: Observation vs. Inference (Footprint pic)
The Nature of Science puzzle activity
The Nature of Science video
HOMEWORK: Get safety contract signed and have a parent email me at solsen@stamfordct.gov 3 things about you that pertain to school and 3 things that are unrelated to school
Wednesday, September 4th
Warm-Up:What factors affect the taste of pizza?
Pre-Test online
Thursday, September 5th
Warm-Up: What are the three types of variables?
Bubble-ology - make five bubbles with each brand of soap, measure, record and calculate the average
Friday, September 6th
Warm-Up: Identify the independent and dependent variables:
Will drinking milk strengthen your bones?
Complete Bubble-ology data and averages, begin questions on packet
HOMEWORK: Bubble-ology packet due Tuesday
Monday, September 9th
Warm-Up: Trevor wanted to find out what fertilizer worked best for growing marigolds. He put Miracle Grow on one, Scots on one, and no fertilizer on another. Identify the IV and DV.
Complete 3 simple tasks with a sling on your dominant arm: tie a shoe, button a shirt, cut a square out of paper.
What strategies did you use to help you?
What did find most challenging?
HOMEWORK: Complete the Bubble-ology packet for a grade tomorrow.
Tuesday, September 10th
Warm-Up: What were some factors (errors) that may have influenced
your results of Bubble-ology?
Bionic Bodies Case Studies, discuss criteria and constraints
Ted Talk on prosthetics, take notes on 10 facts
Take a look at this video (we did not watch)
HOMEWORK: NONE
Wednesday, September 11th
Warm-Up: What does a biomedical engineer do?
Practice Identifying Variables
HOMEWORK: NONE
Thursday, September 12th
Warm-Up: What are some causes of disease(s)?
Pellegra video and worksheet
HOMEWORK: Quiz on Tuesday, September 17th (observation/inference, qualitative/quantitative, identifying variables)
Friday, September 13th
Warm-Up: Identify the variables in Dr. Goldberger 's Pellegra experiment:
Independent -
Dependent -
3 Constant(s) -
Notes on Parts of a Well-Designed Experiment:
Control group (used for comparison)
BOTH qualitative and quantitative data
Multiple trials
Large Sample Size
Testable Hypothesis
Reproducible Procedure
What is an Organ? Make a list of 20 organs....
HOMEWORK: QUIZ Tuesday
Monday, September 16th
Warm-Up: Make a list of the 12 Human Body Systems.
Create a list of 20 organs with your partner. Get it approved by Mrs. Olsen
Then choose 5 organs EACH to draw into your body poster. Label and explain the function of each of the organs you drew. Come up with one question on the poster about the human body.
HOMEWORK: Science Quiz tomorrow.
Tuesday, September 17th
No Warm-Up
Complete Variables QUIZ
Continue working on Human Body Poster:
EACH person draws 5 organs to the correct size, shape and location they believe. Label the organ and explain what you think that organ does for the body. Then write one question you have about the human body.
HOMEWORK: Body Poster due Thursday
Wednesday, September 18th
Warm-Up: How are organs different from systems of the human body?
Phenomena - How did Mick Fanning's body coordinate and interact to return to homeostasis after the shark attack?
watch the video here
Interview with Mick here
Glossary: homeostasis - the ability for the body to maintain a stable internal environment no matter the external circumstance.
Begin the drawing/captions for BEFORE, DURING and AFTER Mick's shark attack worksheet.
HOMEWORK: Body posters due tomorrow
Thursday, September 19th
Warm-Up: Give an example of homeostasis in your body.
Complete Human Body Phenomena worksheet in groups
HOMEWORK: Levels of Organization Reading and analysis
Phenomena Worksheet due tomorrow
Monday, September 23rd
No Warm-Up
Continue card matching for body systems/organs
Go over worksheet
HOMEWORK: NONE
Tuesday, September 24th
Warm-Up: Does everyone have the same reaction to stimuli (such as seeing, hearing, feeling, etc)? Why or why not? (TURN IN)
Begin data collection for Reaction Time Lab
HOMEWORK: Study for QUIZ next Thursday (organs/functions, organs/systems)
Wednesday, September 25th
Warm-Up: Identify the independent and dependent variables for the reaction time lab.
Complete data collection for reaction time lab
Read pages 35-40, Finding the Nerve
HOMEWORK: Reaction time lab due tomorrow with analysis answered
Study for Quiz next week.
Thursday, September 26th
Warm-Up: What is the difference between a reflex and a reaction?
Blackworm Experiment - Question: Do blackworms have a nervous system?
Make observations and inferences while investigating blackworms.
HOMEWORK: STUDY for QUIZ Thursday
Friday, September 27th
Warm-Up: List the three neurons in the order in which they would react to something.
Video - D4K Nervous System
Write 10 facts, 2 questions from the video in your lab notebook
HOMEWORK: STUDY for QUIZ Thursday (Organ and function and what system it belongs to)
Wednesday, October 2nd
Warm-Up: How does the structure of an organ relate to its function? Give an example.
Review for tomorrow's quiz
Go over the pathway of nerves during a reaction to a stimuli.
HOMEWORK: STUDY for your organ quiz tomorrow.
Thursday, October 3rd
No Warm-Up
Organ/Function and system quiz
Friday, October 4th
Warm-Up: How are the alveoli and the capillaries similar (think structure and function)? Turn in
Introduce parts of a CER
Question: Is my father a space alien?
complete evidence (bullet points), claim (1 sentence), reasoning (with evidence to prove claim)
Monday, October 7th
Warm-Up: List factors that could change your heart rate?
Predict resting heart rate and target heart rate for cardiovascular exercise.
Calculate resting heart rate (3 times) and average
HOMEWORK: NONE
Tuesday, October 8th
Warm-Up: What are the main parts of the circulatory system?
Graph the Silver Team Data for Resting Heart Rate:
BPM <50 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-90 91-100 >100
# of students 15 20 18 19 6 5 1
Complete the following questions:
1) Compare your RHR prediction to your actual RHR.
2) How did your actual RHR compare to the rest of the team?
3) Explain why you think you got the RHR that you did.
Thursday, October 10th
No Warm-Up
Exercise - Stairs (3 trials)Active heart rate
Create a bag to indicate the levels of CO2 in your exhaled breath for after trial 1 of stair running.
NO HOMEWORK
Friday, October 11th
Warm-Up: Explain the equation:
C6H12O6 + 6O2 --> 6CO2 + 6H2O + ATP
Complete trials for stairs and calculate the average active heart rate
Begin Analysis 1-4 in complete sentences:
1.Identify the independent and dependent variable.
2. Explain what happened to your heart rate during exercise. After exercise.
3. Explain what happened to your breathing rate during exercise. After exercise.
4. If you improved your level of fitness:
a. would you predict your RHR to increase or decrease? Explain.
b. would you predict your respiratory rate to increase or decrease? Explain.
HOMEWORK: Complete analysis 1-4 above
Tuesday, October 15th
Warm-Up: What materials does the blood transport?
Bloodmobile Song
Copy Silver team data for Active Heart Rate:
Active Heart Rate 81-90 91-100 101-125 126-150 >150
# of students 6 8 14 25 44
Go over instructions for FEEL THE BEAT PROJECT
Go over RUBRIC
HOMEWORK: Write your one sentence claim for your project.
Wednesday, October 16th
Warm-Up: Is there red and blue blood in our bodies? Explain. (turn in)
Read Interacting Systems, pages 53-59
Answer analysis 1a) Color each side of your heart diagram. Red to represent the side with high levels of oxygen in the blood and blue to represent the side with low levels of oxygen in the blood.
1b) Explain why the pulmonary arteries are blue while every other artery is red (HINT: think about the type of blood it is carrying).
1c) Explain why the pulmonary veins are red while every other vein is blue (HINT: think about the type of blood it is carrying).
HOMEWORK: Have your claim written for tomorrow.
Thursday, October 17th
NO Warm-Up
Work on the reasoning paragraph for your project
Graph Silver Team Active Heart Rate
HOMEWORK: Have a completed rough draft for your project by Monday, October 21st (we will type on chromebooks on Wednesday)
Friday, October 18th
No Warm-Up
Town Meeting with Ms. Gardner
Fieldtrip to BETA Rock Climbing
Cross the River Activity
Save Fred Activity
Watch Apollo 13
Monday, October 21st
Warm-Up: List the organs of the respiratory system.
Tape in diagram of Respiratory System and label organs
Learn Respiratory System Song
Watch short video on Gas Exchange
Work on Analysis paragraph for project
HOMEWORK: Complete a rough draft of the analysis paragraph for Wednesday.
Tuesday, October 22nd
Warm-Up: List the organs of the digestive system.
Read Digestion, An Absorbing Tale, pages 15-20
Learn Digestive System Song
HOMEWORK: Complete analysis paragraph for typing project tomorrow.
Wednesday, October 23rd
No Warm-Up
Work on project, type on chromebooks
HOMEWORK: Feel the Beat Project due Monday, October 28th
Thursday, October 24th
Warm-Up: Which of the following sticks have the greatest surface area (A or B)?
Look at the length of the Digestive system and discuss the difference between small and large intestine and the amazing liver
Sing Digestive System Song
Set up Breakdown Lab
HOMEWORK: Continue working on Feel the Beat project, due Monday
Friday, October 25th
Warm-Up: In what organ(s) does mechanical breakdown occur in? Chemical?
Complete Breakdown Lab
HOMEWORK: Feel the Beat project due Monday
Monday, October 28th
Warm-Up: List the main functions of the Skeletal System.
Answer the BEFORE column of the anticipation guide.
Read pages B-31 - B-37
NO HOMEWORK
Tuesday, October 29th
No Warm-Up
Create model of working arm
Wednesday, October 30th
No Warm-Up
Color coordinate the chicken wing with the human arm.
Write two similarities and two differences.
Watch the Chicken Wing Dissection video and discuss the procedure
NO Homework
Thursday, October 31st
No Warm-Up
Chicken Wing Dissection
If you were not here for this please watch the following Chicken Wing Dissection in depth video.
NO Homework
Friday, November 1st
No Warm-Up
Discuss Project Rubrics/grades
Chicken Wing Lab Worksheet
HOMEWORK: Complete worksheet for Monday
Monday, November 4th
No Warm-Up
Complete and go over Chicken Wing Lab Worksheet (turn in)
Complete arm model
Brainstorm phenomena for Wednesdays storyline drawing
HOMEWORK: Organize notebook for Thursday's notebook check.
No School Tuesday - Election Day
Wednesday, November 6th
No Warm-Up
Complete/Revise Phenomena with liquid chalk markers on lab stations/windows.
HOMEWORK: Organize lab notebook for notebook check tomorrow. Click here to see the checklist.
Thursday, November 7th
No Warm-Up
Notebook Check
NO HOMEWORK
Friday, November 8th
No Warm-Up
Begin Study Guide for Human Body Test
All School Veterans Day Assembly
HOMEWORK: Human Body Test Tuesday, November 19th
Tuesday, November 12th
No Warm-Up
Test load for the humerus of a chicken wing
Sketch splint and determine what materials are needed to help the fractured bone hold a load.
HOMEWORK: Complete the study guide for Thursday.
Wednesday, November 13th
No Warm-Up
Collect test materials
Create splint and test each group
HOMEWORK: Complete study guide
Thursday, November 14th
No Warm-Up
Go over study guide
HOMEWORK: Study for your Test on Tuesday
Friday, November 15th
No Warm-Up
STEM Career Day - No Classes
HOMEWORK: Study for your test Tuesday
Monday, November 18th
No Warm-Up
Play Gimkit to review for test in class
Kahoot click to play
HOMEWORK: Study for test tomorrow
Tuesday, November 19th
Human Body Test
No Homework
Wednesday, November 20th
Warm-Up: How can you tell if something is alive or not?
15 minutes to complete test
Begin cell unit by determining characteristics of life - Rotate to different lab stations observing: 1) battery 2) rock 3) leaf 4) egg sacks 5) flame 6) shell of horseshoe crab
HOMEWORK: Is Sammy Alive! Worksheet
Thursday, November 21st
Warm-Up: Come up with your own definition of life (living thing).
Complete lab stations to categorize the above 6 objects as living or non-living.
Go over Is Sammy Alive?
HOMEWORK: NONE
Friday, November 22nd
Warm-Up: What do you know about cells?
Complete discussion about Is Sammy Alive? (Turn in)
Characteristics of Life video and take notes on the video in your lab notebook.
Complete a CER for the object based on the characteristics of life. (***If you did not complete, you will have a few minutes on Monday before it is collected.)
HOMEWORK: NONE
Monday, November 25th
Warm-Up: What does magnification mean?
Label the parts of the microscope into your lab notebook as well as fill in the blanks of the Rules for Handling the Microscope.
Notes on calculating magnification: To calculate the TOTAL power of magnification, multiply the power of the objective lens by the power of the ocular lens (eyepiece)
HOMEWORK: NONE
Tuesday, November 26th
Warm-Up: What happens to an image when you increase the power of magnification?
Letter "e" Packet
HOMEWORK: NONE
Wednesday, November 27th
No Warm-Up
Complete Letter "e" Packet
Homework: NONE
HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
Monday, December 2nd
Warm-Up: What is the total magnification if the eyepiece magnifies 5x and the objective magnifies 5x?
Read pages 15-22 of the History of the Cell Theory
In your lab notebook, titled Cell Theory, write the scientists name followed by a one sentence contribution that person had to developing the cell theory.
Watch the Cell Theory Video and write down the three parts of the Cell Theory!
HOMEWORK: Complete scientist notes if need be.
Tuesday, December 3rd
Warm-Up: How would the following look if viewed under the microscope?
a. h b. 2 c. B
Go over Scientists contributions to the cell theory:
Robert Hooke, Leeuwenhoek, Schlieden, Schwann, Siebold and Virchow
Create a Venn diagram to compare/contrast unicellular and multicellular organisms.
HOMEWORK: NONE
Wednesday, December 4th
Warm-Up: Do ALL cells have the same organelles (tiny "organs" inside them)? Explain.
Complete enrichment microscope activity by Friday if you so choose.
Cellular organelles - label plant and animal cells
Begin color coding the organelles
HOMEWORK: Begin studying for quiz Monday 12/9 over the characteristics of life, microscope parts/rules, the cell theory and uni vs. multicellular organisms
Thursday, December 5th
Warm-Up: Which of the following are made of cell(s)?
microbe, magnolie tree, water, rose
Read pages 31-37
Complete the Organelle Function Worksheet
HOMEWORK: Study for quiz Monday
Friday, December 6th
Warm-Up: Which two organelles do ALL cells have?
View The Secret Life of 118 Greenstreet and write down 10 facts in your lab notebook.
HOMEWORK: Student for quiz Monday: characteristics of life, the cell theory, Microscope parts/functions, and uni vs multi cellular organisms.
Monday, December 9th
Warm-Up: What is yeast?
Complete Cell Theory Quiz
Set Up Cellular Respiration in Yeast Activity, draw before picture and label
draw after picture and bullet point observations
HOMEWORK: NONE
Tuesday, December 10th
Warm-Up: What is the difference between a Prokaryote and a Eukaryote?
Create a Venn Diagram in your lab notebook to compare/contrast, photosynthesis with cellular respiration.
Use the following information to determine where it goes in the diagram.
Complete an Is yeast Living CER in your lab notebook.
HOMEWORK: NONE
Wednesday, December 11th (Delayed Opening)
No Warm-Up
Go over Cell Analogy project and begin
HOMEWORK: Continue working on cell analogy project, due Wednesday
Cellular organelle/function QUIZ, Tuesday, December 17th
Thursday, December 12th
No Warm-Up
Review organelles
Complete Cell Analogy Project Planning Worksheet
HOMEWORK: Study for QUIZ
Friday, December 13th
No Warm-Up
Review organelles
Begin the illustration of the cell analogy project
HOMEWORK: Study for QUIZ
Monday, December 16th
No Warm-Up
Continue working on Cell Analogy Project
HOMEWORK: Study for quiz tomorrow
Tuesday, December 17th
Snow/Ice Day
Wednesday, December 18th
No Warm-Up
Cellular Organelle Quiz
Continue to work on Cell Analogy Project due tomorrow at the end of the day
HOMEWORK: Continue to work on project
Thursday, December 19th
Short classes due to Winter Concert
Complete project and turn in
HOMEWORK: NONE
Friday, December 20th
Present Projects to the class.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
Welcome Back!
Thursday, January 2nd
No Warm-Up
Complete microscope drawing for 6 different cells: elodea, monocot root, bacillus, coccus, cheek and blood cells (label organelles, and tell whether plant, animal or bacteria cell)
NO HOMEWORK
Friday, January 3rd
No Warm-Up
Read Cells, Tissues and Organs pages 57-63 and complete analysis #1,2 and 5 on the back of your microscope worksheet.
HOMEWORK: Bacteria worksheet
Monday, January 6th
Warm-Up: Bacteria are prokaryotes, meaning they do not have a nucleus. Does this also mean that they do not contain DNA? Explain.
Discuss and collect homework
Online cell simulation: google: 8 sepup cell simulation
Complete a Venn Diagram in your lab notebook comparing and contrasting plant, animal and bacteria cells.
NO HOMEWORK
Tuesday, January 7th
Warm-Up: Why is the cell membrane in every cell so important?
Create a cell model based on Investigating the Cell Membrane, page 41.
NO HOMEWORK
Wednesday, January 8th
Warm-Up:
Complete data table for A Cell Model. Complete analysis questions #1,3 and 5 on page 44.
HOMEWORK:
Thursday, January 9th
Warm-Up: Why is having a control group in an experiment important?
Complete the data table for the Cell Membrane Lab
Complete analysis 1d, 3a,b and 5 on page 44.
1d. Draw an after picture of the experiment and draw an arrow showing the movement of molecules into or out of the solution.
3a. Which particles - starch or Lugol's - were able to cross the cell membrane? Explain with evidence.
3b. Which particles - starch or Lugol's - were unable to cross the cell membrane? Explain with evidence.
5. Why is it important for particles to be able to pass through the cell membrane?
HOMEWORK: NONE
Thursday, January 10th
Warm-Up: Watch the 2min video introduction to diseases and write three facts on your answer side.
Complete the Organelle Riddles Worksheet
Begin Study Guide for Midterm
HOMEWORK: Work on study guide for Midterm.
Friday, January 11th
Warm-Up: The following cells are being magnified at 500x. Tell whether they are plant, animal or bacterial cells and give two reasons why.
turn in
Work on Study Guide
HOMEWORK: Complete study guide for Midterm
Monday, January 13th
No Warm-Up
Go over study guide for midterm
HOMEWORK: Study for midterm, Tuesday, January 21st
Tuesday, January 14th
No Warm-Up
Complete going over study guide for midterm
HOMEWORK: Study for midterm, Tuesday, January 21st
Wednesday, January 15th
No Warm-Up
Review Games - Memory, clothespins on the pie piece and online cell games
plant vs. animal games, human body games
HOMEWORK: STUDY for your midterm
Thursday, January 16th
No Warm-Up
Review Games-Memory, clothespins on the pie piece and online cell games
HOMEWORK: STUDY
Friday, January 17th
No Warm-Up
Gymkit and Kahoot Review Games
HOMEWORK: STUDY for Midterm, Tuesday
Tuesday, January 21st
Science Midterm
No HOMEWORK
Wednesday, January 22nd
No Warm-Up
Watch an Overview of Genetics, Bill Nye Discovery Ed
HOMEWORK: Organize and complete Cell Unit in science notebook, Open notebook quiz, Tuesday, 1/28
Thursday, January 23rd
No Warm-Up
Complete Bill Nye, Discovery Ed Video
Collect data on eye color, PTC tasting, finger crossing and tongue curling
HOMEWORK: Organize notebook for Quiz on Tuesday
Friday, January 24th
Warm-Up: What causes family members to look alike?
Complete data table and GRAPH the eye color as well as one other trait.
You will create a bar graph of eye color and one other characteristic.
Graph title
Axis titles
Numbers/characteristics
Plot data (using a ruler/colored pencils)
Complete analysis:
1. Characteristics Traits
2. Do you believe these characteristics are mostly inherited? Why or why not.
Monday, January 27th
Warm-Up: Where are genes located?
Challenge: How are simple inherited traits passed from parent to offspring?
Read pages 7-11, after each generation, write a hypothesis as to what the critters tails will look like after the second generation and the third generation.
How did the orange tail color come back? Explain.
Glossary: Heredity - the study of traits being passed down from one generation to another.
Characteristics - a category of variation among people
Trait - a version of a characteristic
Genes - a "code" or "recipe" found on DNA, that determines the traits
Dominant - takes over or overwhelms another trait (does NOT mean more common)
Recessive - a trait that is masked or remains hidden in the presence of a dominant trait.
HOMEWORK: Open Notebook QUIZ tomorrow
Tuesday, January 28th
Warm-Up: How many genes do you have for each trait? Explain.
Complete Cell Unit Notebook Quiz
Read, Reproduction, pages 13-20 and complete analysis #1a-f
HOMEWORK: Complete the Reproduction reading and analysis #1a-f (online it is pages 24-31)
Wednesday, January 29th
Warm-Up: What are the advantages to studying heredity in plants and single-celled organisms as opposed to multi-celled organisms?
Complete asexual vs. sexual reproduction Venn Diagram in your lab notebook.
Set up Gene Combo
Challenge: How can tossing coins help you understand how organisms inherit genes from their parents?
Glossary: probability - the likelihood of a trait occuring (expressed as a fraction, ratio or percent)
allele - a version of a gene (dominant/recessive)
homozygous - two of the same alleles
heterozygous - two different alleles
HOMEWORK: NONE
Thursday, January 30th
Warm-Up: How can tossing a coin model the inheritance of traits?
Collect data for Gene Combo
Homework: Analysis 1-3 page 24
Friday, January 31st
Warm-Up: Are dominant traits always more common than recessive traits? Explain.
Gene Squares
Practice with Punnett Squares
Glossary: punnett squares - a diagram used to predict the likelihood of a trait being inherited.
genotype - the allele combination (TT, Tt, tT, tt)
phenotype - the physical appearance (blue, orange)
HOMEWORK: Study your vocabulary for a quiz next week.
Monday, February 3rd
Warm-Up: Why is it impossible for an offspring to show the recessive trait if one parent is homozygous dominant for that trait? Explain.
Go over analysis #1-3 Gene Combo
Practice Punnett squares - Harry Potter Worksheet, Part 1
HOMEWORK: Complete Harry Potter worksheet to go over in class tomorrow
STUDY vocabulary for QUIZ on Wednesday, 2/5
Tuesday, February 4th
NO Warm-Up - Review vocabulary
Go over Harry potter, Part 1
Begin Harry Potter, Part 2 (for a grade)
HOMEWORK: Study vocabulary and asexual/sexual reproduction for quiz tomorrow.
Wednesday, February 5th
NO Warm-Up
Vocabulary QUIZ
Read Mendel pages 31-35, begin analysis #1-3 in your lab notebook
HOMEWORK: Complete analysis #1-3, Mendel
Thursday, February 6th
Warm-Up: Explain the phrase, "Dividing is multiplying".
Go over Mendel, analysis #1-3
Cart Sort
Read, Show me the Genes, pages 41-47
HOMEWORK: NONE
Friday, February 7th
Warm-Up: How many chromosomes are in an egg cell? Sperm cell? Skin cell? Explain.
Glossary: chromosomes - rod shaped structures made of nucleic acids and proteins that occur in pairs. (Humans have 46 or 23 pairs)
mutation - a change in the DNA when it is being copied (could be helpful, harmful or have no effect)
cell division - mitosis - creates body cells
meiosis - creates sex cells (egg/sperm)
T-chart on Mitosis and Meiosis
Discussion about twins
HOMEWORK: NONE
Monday, Febraury 10th
Warm-Up: Which of the following are contagious versus environmental, lifestyle or genetic? strep throat, HIV/AIDS, influenza, asthma, pneumonia, cancer, diabetes, heart disease
Fraternal twins - biracial twins
Go over Research Project - pick topic
HOMEWORK: NONE
Tuesday, February 11th
No Warm-Up
Begin Research for Genetic Disease Project
HOMEWORK: Continue research for project
Wednesday, February 12th
No Warm-Up
Continue genetics research
HOMEWORK: Continue working on project
Thursday, February 13th
No Warm-Up
Complete Genetics Research and begin Slideshow Presentation
HOMEWORK: Continue working on slideshow and notecards for presentation 2/26
HAVE A WONDERFUL WINTER BREAK!!!
Wednesday, February 19th
Warm-Up: Put the following in order from (inner to outer/what makes up what)?
cell, gene, chromosome, nucleus, DNA
Breeding Critters, Challenge Question - What are some patterns of inheritance other than the one discovered by Mendel (simple dominant vs recessive)
Glossary: Simple dominant vs. recessive pattern of inheritance - begin with two purebred (homozygous) organisms, all 100% of the second generation shows the dominant trait and then the recessive trait comes back in a 1:3 ratio.
Complete data table (by flipping a coin)
HOMEWORK: Continue working on genetics research project
Thursday, February 20th
Warm-Up: How does a mutation change an organism? When do these changes occur?
Begin Analysis questions #2-6, pages 53 and 54 in your lab notebook.
HOMEWORK: Breeding Critters Analysis Questions due Friday at the end of class. Continue working on Research Project
Friday, February 21st
Warm-Up:
Complete Slideshow presentation for Research project, begin creating notecards.
HOMEWORK: Practice presentation for Genetic Research project
Monday, February 24th
Warm-Up: What factors can determine a trait?
Glossary- Nature: genes and hereditary factors that make us who we are
Nurture: environmental variables that impact who we are
Nature vs. Nurture Spectrum Analysis Discussion on traits
HOMEWORK: Complete Genetic Research Project (submit slideshow to google classroom by Wednesday 2/26.
Tuesday, Febraury 25th
Warm-Up: Watch the attached video. What are the flamingos doing? Why?
Read pages 55-60 on Animal Behavior. In your notebook:
1) Summarize each of the 4 investigations
2) Tell what trait is supposed to increase the organisms reproductive success (for each investigation).
3) Whether the trait is mostly affected by genetics, environment or BOTH and why (for each investigation)?
4) Whether there are any patterns in the data and what that tells you (for each investigation).
HOMEWORK: Submit your slideshow to google classroom
Wednesday, February 26th
No Warm-Up
Begin Genetic Disorder Presentations
Thursday, February 27th
No Warm-Up
Continue Genetic Disorder Presentations
Friday, February 28th
No Warm-Up
Complete Genetic Disorder Presentations (turn in Listening Sheet)
HOMEWORK: Complete 3 of the 4 investigations to turn in Tuesday 3/3:
Read pages 55-60 on Animal Behavior. In your notebook:
1) Summarize each of the 4 investigations
2) Tell what trait is supposed to increase the organisms reproductive success (for each investigation).
3) Whether the trait is mostly affected by genetics, environment or BOTH and why (for each investigation)?
4) Whether there are any patterns in the data and what that tells you (for each investigation).
Monday, March 3rd
Warm-Up:
Username: your student ID number
Password: sepup (followed by your) student ID number (no spaces)
WELCOME BACK!!!
Thursday, August 29th
Stations: Bingo - Get to know the classroom
Student Info Sheet/Interest Survey
Observe objects from your teacher and infer what you think they are telling you about her.
HOMEWORK: Get safety contract signed and have a parent email me at solsen@stamfordct.gov 3 things about you that pertain to school and 3 things that are unrelated to school
Friday, August 30th
Go over the Bingo game
Hand in student surveys/info sheets, safety contracts
Go over what the objects mean about Mrs. Olsen
Notes: Observation - FACTS based on your 5 senses.
Inference - Using prior knowledge and observations to "read between the lines"
Two types of Observations - Qualitative (quality) - descriptions
Quantitative (quantity) - numbers/measuerments
HOMEWORK: Get safety contract signed and have a parent email me at solsen@stamfordct.gov 3 things about you that pertain to school and 3 things that are unrelated to school
Tuesday, September 3rd
Warm-Up: Observation vs. Inference (Footprint pic)
The Nature of Science puzzle activity
The Nature of Science video
HOMEWORK: Get safety contract signed and have a parent email me at solsen@stamfordct.gov 3 things about you that pertain to school and 3 things that are unrelated to school
Wednesday, September 4th
Warm-Up:What factors affect the taste of pizza?
Pre-Test online
Thursday, September 5th
Warm-Up: What are the three types of variables?
Bubble-ology - make five bubbles with each brand of soap, measure, record and calculate the average
Friday, September 6th
Warm-Up: Identify the independent and dependent variables:
Will drinking milk strengthen your bones?
Complete Bubble-ology data and averages, begin questions on packet
HOMEWORK: Bubble-ology packet due Tuesday
Monday, September 9th
Warm-Up: Trevor wanted to find out what fertilizer worked best for growing marigolds. He put Miracle Grow on one, Scots on one, and no fertilizer on another. Identify the IV and DV.
Complete 3 simple tasks with a sling on your dominant arm: tie a shoe, button a shirt, cut a square out of paper.
What strategies did you use to help you?
What did find most challenging?
HOMEWORK: Complete the Bubble-ology packet for a grade tomorrow.
Tuesday, September 10th
Warm-Up: What were some factors (errors) that may have influenced
your results of Bubble-ology?
Bionic Bodies Case Studies, discuss criteria and constraints
Ted Talk on prosthetics, take notes on 10 facts
Take a look at this video (we did not watch)
HOMEWORK: NONE
Wednesday, September 11th
Warm-Up: What does a biomedical engineer do?
Practice Identifying Variables
HOMEWORK: NONE
Thursday, September 12th
Warm-Up: What are some causes of disease(s)?
Pellegra video and worksheet
HOMEWORK: Quiz on Tuesday, September 17th (observation/inference, qualitative/quantitative, identifying variables)
Friday, September 13th
Warm-Up: Identify the variables in Dr. Goldberger 's Pellegra experiment:
Independent -
Dependent -
3 Constant(s) -
Notes on Parts of a Well-Designed Experiment:
Control group (used for comparison)
BOTH qualitative and quantitative data
Multiple trials
Large Sample Size
Testable Hypothesis
Reproducible Procedure
What is an Organ? Make a list of 20 organs....
HOMEWORK: QUIZ Tuesday
Monday, September 16th
Warm-Up: Make a list of the 12 Human Body Systems.
Create a list of 20 organs with your partner. Get it approved by Mrs. Olsen
Then choose 5 organs EACH to draw into your body poster. Label and explain the function of each of the organs you drew. Come up with one question on the poster about the human body.
HOMEWORK: Science Quiz tomorrow.
Tuesday, September 17th
No Warm-Up
Complete Variables QUIZ
Continue working on Human Body Poster:
EACH person draws 5 organs to the correct size, shape and location they believe. Label the organ and explain what you think that organ does for the body. Then write one question you have about the human body.
HOMEWORK: Body Poster due Thursday
Wednesday, September 18th
Warm-Up: How are organs different from systems of the human body?
Phenomena - How did Mick Fanning's body coordinate and interact to return to homeostasis after the shark attack?
watch the video here
Interview with Mick here
Glossary: homeostasis - the ability for the body to maintain a stable internal environment no matter the external circumstance.
Begin the drawing/captions for BEFORE, DURING and AFTER Mick's shark attack worksheet.
HOMEWORK: Body posters due tomorrow
Thursday, September 19th
Warm-Up: Give an example of homeostasis in your body.
Complete Human Body Phenomena worksheet in groups
HOMEWORK: Levels of Organization Reading and analysis
Phenomena Worksheet due tomorrow
Monday, September 23rd
No Warm-Up
Continue card matching for body systems/organs
Go over worksheet
HOMEWORK: NONE
Tuesday, September 24th
Warm-Up: Does everyone have the same reaction to stimuli (such as seeing, hearing, feeling, etc)? Why or why not? (TURN IN)
Begin data collection for Reaction Time Lab
HOMEWORK: Study for QUIZ next Thursday (organs/functions, organs/systems)
Wednesday, September 25th
Warm-Up: Identify the independent and dependent variables for the reaction time lab.
Complete data collection for reaction time lab
Read pages 35-40, Finding the Nerve
HOMEWORK: Reaction time lab due tomorrow with analysis answered
Study for Quiz next week.
Thursday, September 26th
Warm-Up: What is the difference between a reflex and a reaction?
Blackworm Experiment - Question: Do blackworms have a nervous system?
Make observations and inferences while investigating blackworms.
HOMEWORK: STUDY for QUIZ Thursday
Friday, September 27th
Warm-Up: List the three neurons in the order in which they would react to something.
Video - D4K Nervous System
Write 10 facts, 2 questions from the video in your lab notebook
HOMEWORK: STUDY for QUIZ Thursday (Organ and function and what system it belongs to)
Wednesday, October 2nd
Warm-Up: How does the structure of an organ relate to its function? Give an example.
Review for tomorrow's quiz
Go over the pathway of nerves during a reaction to a stimuli.
HOMEWORK: STUDY for your organ quiz tomorrow.
Thursday, October 3rd
No Warm-Up
Organ/Function and system quiz
Friday, October 4th
Warm-Up: How are the alveoli and the capillaries similar (think structure and function)? Turn in
Introduce parts of a CER
Question: Is my father a space alien?
complete evidence (bullet points), claim (1 sentence), reasoning (with evidence to prove claim)
Monday, October 7th
Warm-Up: List factors that could change your heart rate?
Predict resting heart rate and target heart rate for cardiovascular exercise.
Calculate resting heart rate (3 times) and average
HOMEWORK: NONE
Tuesday, October 8th
Warm-Up: What are the main parts of the circulatory system?
Graph the Silver Team Data for Resting Heart Rate:
BPM <50 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-90 91-100 >100
# of students 15 20 18 19 6 5 1
Complete the following questions:
1) Compare your RHR prediction to your actual RHR.
2) How did your actual RHR compare to the rest of the team?
3) Explain why you think you got the RHR that you did.
Thursday, October 10th
No Warm-Up
Exercise - Stairs (3 trials)Active heart rate
Create a bag to indicate the levels of CO2 in your exhaled breath for after trial 1 of stair running.
NO HOMEWORK
Friday, October 11th
Warm-Up: Explain the equation:
C6H12O6 + 6O2 --> 6CO2 + 6H2O + ATP
Complete trials for stairs and calculate the average active heart rate
Begin Analysis 1-4 in complete sentences:
1.Identify the independent and dependent variable.
2. Explain what happened to your heart rate during exercise. After exercise.
3. Explain what happened to your breathing rate during exercise. After exercise.
4. If you improved your level of fitness:
a. would you predict your RHR to increase or decrease? Explain.
b. would you predict your respiratory rate to increase or decrease? Explain.
HOMEWORK: Complete analysis 1-4 above
Tuesday, October 15th
Warm-Up: What materials does the blood transport?
Bloodmobile Song
Copy Silver team data for Active Heart Rate:
Active Heart Rate 81-90 91-100 101-125 126-150 >150
# of students 6 8 14 25 44
Go over instructions for FEEL THE BEAT PROJECT
Go over RUBRIC
HOMEWORK: Write your one sentence claim for your project.
Wednesday, October 16th
Warm-Up: Is there red and blue blood in our bodies? Explain. (turn in)
Read Interacting Systems, pages 53-59
Answer analysis 1a) Color each side of your heart diagram. Red to represent the side with high levels of oxygen in the blood and blue to represent the side with low levels of oxygen in the blood.
1b) Explain why the pulmonary arteries are blue while every other artery is red (HINT: think about the type of blood it is carrying).
1c) Explain why the pulmonary veins are red while every other vein is blue (HINT: think about the type of blood it is carrying).
HOMEWORK: Have your claim written for tomorrow.
Thursday, October 17th
NO Warm-Up
Work on the reasoning paragraph for your project
Graph Silver Team Active Heart Rate
HOMEWORK: Have a completed rough draft for your project by Monday, October 21st (we will type on chromebooks on Wednesday)
Friday, October 18th
No Warm-Up
Town Meeting with Ms. Gardner
Fieldtrip to BETA Rock Climbing
Cross the River Activity
Save Fred Activity
Watch Apollo 13
Monday, October 21st
Warm-Up: List the organs of the respiratory system.
Tape in diagram of Respiratory System and label organs
Learn Respiratory System Song
Watch short video on Gas Exchange
Work on Analysis paragraph for project
HOMEWORK: Complete a rough draft of the analysis paragraph for Wednesday.
Tuesday, October 22nd
Warm-Up: List the organs of the digestive system.
Read Digestion, An Absorbing Tale, pages 15-20
Learn Digestive System Song
HOMEWORK: Complete analysis paragraph for typing project tomorrow.
Wednesday, October 23rd
No Warm-Up
Work on project, type on chromebooks
HOMEWORK: Feel the Beat Project due Monday, October 28th
Thursday, October 24th
Warm-Up: Which of the following sticks have the greatest surface area (A or B)?
Look at the length of the Digestive system and discuss the difference between small and large intestine and the amazing liver
Sing Digestive System Song
Set up Breakdown Lab
HOMEWORK: Continue working on Feel the Beat project, due Monday
Friday, October 25th
Warm-Up: In what organ(s) does mechanical breakdown occur in? Chemical?
Complete Breakdown Lab
HOMEWORK: Feel the Beat project due Monday
Monday, October 28th
Warm-Up: List the main functions of the Skeletal System.
Answer the BEFORE column of the anticipation guide.
Read pages B-31 - B-37
NO HOMEWORK
Tuesday, October 29th
No Warm-Up
Create model of working arm
Wednesday, October 30th
No Warm-Up
Color coordinate the chicken wing with the human arm.
Write two similarities and two differences.
Watch the Chicken Wing Dissection video and discuss the procedure
NO Homework
Thursday, October 31st
No Warm-Up
Chicken Wing Dissection
If you were not here for this please watch the following Chicken Wing Dissection in depth video.
NO Homework
Friday, November 1st
No Warm-Up
Discuss Project Rubrics/grades
Chicken Wing Lab Worksheet
HOMEWORK: Complete worksheet for Monday
Monday, November 4th
No Warm-Up
Complete and go over Chicken Wing Lab Worksheet (turn in)
Complete arm model
Brainstorm phenomena for Wednesdays storyline drawing
HOMEWORK: Organize notebook for Thursday's notebook check.
No School Tuesday - Election Day
Wednesday, November 6th
No Warm-Up
Complete/Revise Phenomena with liquid chalk markers on lab stations/windows.
HOMEWORK: Organize lab notebook for notebook check tomorrow. Click here to see the checklist.
Thursday, November 7th
No Warm-Up
Notebook Check
NO HOMEWORK
Friday, November 8th
No Warm-Up
Begin Study Guide for Human Body Test
All School Veterans Day Assembly
HOMEWORK: Human Body Test Tuesday, November 19th
Tuesday, November 12th
No Warm-Up
Test load for the humerus of a chicken wing
Sketch splint and determine what materials are needed to help the fractured bone hold a load.
HOMEWORK: Complete the study guide for Thursday.
Wednesday, November 13th
No Warm-Up
Collect test materials
Create splint and test each group
HOMEWORK: Complete study guide
Thursday, November 14th
No Warm-Up
Go over study guide
HOMEWORK: Study for your Test on Tuesday
Friday, November 15th
No Warm-Up
STEM Career Day - No Classes
HOMEWORK: Study for your test Tuesday
Monday, November 18th
No Warm-Up
Play Gimkit to review for test in class
Kahoot click to play
HOMEWORK: Study for test tomorrow
Tuesday, November 19th
Human Body Test
No Homework
Wednesday, November 20th
Warm-Up: How can you tell if something is alive or not?
15 minutes to complete test
Begin cell unit by determining characteristics of life - Rotate to different lab stations observing: 1) battery 2) rock 3) leaf 4) egg sacks 5) flame 6) shell of horseshoe crab
HOMEWORK: Is Sammy Alive! Worksheet
Thursday, November 21st
Warm-Up: Come up with your own definition of life (living thing).
Complete lab stations to categorize the above 6 objects as living or non-living.
Go over Is Sammy Alive?
HOMEWORK: NONE
Friday, November 22nd
Warm-Up: What do you know about cells?
Complete discussion about Is Sammy Alive? (Turn in)
Characteristics of Life video and take notes on the video in your lab notebook.
Complete a CER for the object based on the characteristics of life. (***If you did not complete, you will have a few minutes on Monday before it is collected.)
HOMEWORK: NONE
Monday, November 25th
Warm-Up: What does magnification mean?
Label the parts of the microscope into your lab notebook as well as fill in the blanks of the Rules for Handling the Microscope.
Notes on calculating magnification: To calculate the TOTAL power of magnification, multiply the power of the objective lens by the power of the ocular lens (eyepiece)
HOMEWORK: NONE
Tuesday, November 26th
Warm-Up: What happens to an image when you increase the power of magnification?
Letter "e" Packet
HOMEWORK: NONE
Wednesday, November 27th
No Warm-Up
Complete Letter "e" Packet
Homework: NONE
HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
Monday, December 2nd
Warm-Up: What is the total magnification if the eyepiece magnifies 5x and the objective magnifies 5x?
Read pages 15-22 of the History of the Cell Theory
In your lab notebook, titled Cell Theory, write the scientists name followed by a one sentence contribution that person had to developing the cell theory.
Watch the Cell Theory Video and write down the three parts of the Cell Theory!
HOMEWORK: Complete scientist notes if need be.
Tuesday, December 3rd
Warm-Up: How would the following look if viewed under the microscope?
a. h b. 2 c. B
Go over Scientists contributions to the cell theory:
Robert Hooke, Leeuwenhoek, Schlieden, Schwann, Siebold and Virchow
Create a Venn diagram to compare/contrast unicellular and multicellular organisms.
HOMEWORK: NONE
Wednesday, December 4th
Warm-Up: Do ALL cells have the same organelles (tiny "organs" inside them)? Explain.
Complete enrichment microscope activity by Friday if you so choose.
Cellular organelles - label plant and animal cells
Begin color coding the organelles
HOMEWORK: Begin studying for quiz Monday 12/9 over the characteristics of life, microscope parts/rules, the cell theory and uni vs. multicellular organisms
Thursday, December 5th
Warm-Up: Which of the following are made of cell(s)?
microbe, magnolie tree, water, rose
Read pages 31-37
Complete the Organelle Function Worksheet
HOMEWORK: Study for quiz Monday
Friday, December 6th
Warm-Up: Which two organelles do ALL cells have?
View The Secret Life of 118 Greenstreet and write down 10 facts in your lab notebook.
HOMEWORK: Student for quiz Monday: characteristics of life, the cell theory, Microscope parts/functions, and uni vs multi cellular organisms.
Monday, December 9th
Warm-Up: What is yeast?
Complete Cell Theory Quiz
Set Up Cellular Respiration in Yeast Activity, draw before picture and label
draw after picture and bullet point observations
HOMEWORK: NONE
Tuesday, December 10th
Warm-Up: What is the difference between a Prokaryote and a Eukaryote?
Create a Venn Diagram in your lab notebook to compare/contrast, photosynthesis with cellular respiration.
Use the following information to determine where it goes in the diagram.
Complete an Is yeast Living CER in your lab notebook.
HOMEWORK: NONE
Wednesday, December 11th (Delayed Opening)
No Warm-Up
Go over Cell Analogy project and begin
HOMEWORK: Continue working on cell analogy project, due Wednesday
Cellular organelle/function QUIZ, Tuesday, December 17th
Thursday, December 12th
No Warm-Up
Review organelles
Complete Cell Analogy Project Planning Worksheet
HOMEWORK: Study for QUIZ
Friday, December 13th
No Warm-Up
Review organelles
Begin the illustration of the cell analogy project
HOMEWORK: Study for QUIZ
Monday, December 16th
No Warm-Up
Continue working on Cell Analogy Project
HOMEWORK: Study for quiz tomorrow
Tuesday, December 17th
Snow/Ice Day
Wednesday, December 18th
No Warm-Up
Cellular Organelle Quiz
Continue to work on Cell Analogy Project due tomorrow at the end of the day
HOMEWORK: Continue to work on project
Thursday, December 19th
Short classes due to Winter Concert
Complete project and turn in
HOMEWORK: NONE
Friday, December 20th
Present Projects to the class.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
Welcome Back!
Thursday, January 2nd
No Warm-Up
Complete microscope drawing for 6 different cells: elodea, monocot root, bacillus, coccus, cheek and blood cells (label organelles, and tell whether plant, animal or bacteria cell)
NO HOMEWORK
Friday, January 3rd
No Warm-Up
Read Cells, Tissues and Organs pages 57-63 and complete analysis #1,2 and 5 on the back of your microscope worksheet.
HOMEWORK: Bacteria worksheet
Monday, January 6th
Warm-Up: Bacteria are prokaryotes, meaning they do not have a nucleus. Does this also mean that they do not contain DNA? Explain.
Discuss and collect homework
Online cell simulation: google: 8 sepup cell simulation
Complete a Venn Diagram in your lab notebook comparing and contrasting plant, animal and bacteria cells.
NO HOMEWORK
Tuesday, January 7th
Warm-Up: Why is the cell membrane in every cell so important?
Create a cell model based on Investigating the Cell Membrane, page 41.
NO HOMEWORK
Wednesday, January 8th
Warm-Up:
Complete data table for A Cell Model. Complete analysis questions #1,3 and 5 on page 44.
HOMEWORK:
Thursday, January 9th
Warm-Up: Why is having a control group in an experiment important?
Complete the data table for the Cell Membrane Lab
Complete analysis 1d, 3a,b and 5 on page 44.
1d. Draw an after picture of the experiment and draw an arrow showing the movement of molecules into or out of the solution.
3a. Which particles - starch or Lugol's - were able to cross the cell membrane? Explain with evidence.
3b. Which particles - starch or Lugol's - were unable to cross the cell membrane? Explain with evidence.
5. Why is it important for particles to be able to pass through the cell membrane?
HOMEWORK: NONE
Thursday, January 10th
Warm-Up: Watch the 2min video introduction to diseases and write three facts on your answer side.
Complete the Organelle Riddles Worksheet
Begin Study Guide for Midterm
HOMEWORK: Work on study guide for Midterm.
Friday, January 11th
Warm-Up: The following cells are being magnified at 500x. Tell whether they are plant, animal or bacterial cells and give two reasons why.
turn in
Work on Study Guide
HOMEWORK: Complete study guide for Midterm
Monday, January 13th
No Warm-Up
Go over study guide for midterm
HOMEWORK: Study for midterm, Tuesday, January 21st
Tuesday, January 14th
No Warm-Up
Complete going over study guide for midterm
HOMEWORK: Study for midterm, Tuesday, January 21st
Wednesday, January 15th
No Warm-Up
Review Games - Memory, clothespins on the pie piece and online cell games
plant vs. animal games, human body games
HOMEWORK: STUDY for your midterm
Thursday, January 16th
No Warm-Up
Review Games-Memory, clothespins on the pie piece and online cell games
HOMEWORK: STUDY
Friday, January 17th
No Warm-Up
Gymkit and Kahoot Review Games
HOMEWORK: STUDY for Midterm, Tuesday
Tuesday, January 21st
Science Midterm
No HOMEWORK
Wednesday, January 22nd
No Warm-Up
Watch an Overview of Genetics, Bill Nye Discovery Ed
HOMEWORK: Organize and complete Cell Unit in science notebook, Open notebook quiz, Tuesday, 1/28
Thursday, January 23rd
No Warm-Up
Complete Bill Nye, Discovery Ed Video
Collect data on eye color, PTC tasting, finger crossing and tongue curling
HOMEWORK: Organize notebook for Quiz on Tuesday
Friday, January 24th
Warm-Up: What causes family members to look alike?
Complete data table and GRAPH the eye color as well as one other trait.
You will create a bar graph of eye color and one other characteristic.
Graph title
Axis titles
Numbers/characteristics
Plot data (using a ruler/colored pencils)
Complete analysis:
1. Characteristics Traits
2. Do you believe these characteristics are mostly inherited? Why or why not.
Monday, January 27th
Warm-Up: Where are genes located?
Challenge: How are simple inherited traits passed from parent to offspring?
Read pages 7-11, after each generation, write a hypothesis as to what the critters tails will look like after the second generation and the third generation.
How did the orange tail color come back? Explain.
Glossary: Heredity - the study of traits being passed down from one generation to another.
Characteristics - a category of variation among people
Trait - a version of a characteristic
Genes - a "code" or "recipe" found on DNA, that determines the traits
Dominant - takes over or overwhelms another trait (does NOT mean more common)
Recessive - a trait that is masked or remains hidden in the presence of a dominant trait.
HOMEWORK: Open Notebook QUIZ tomorrow
Tuesday, January 28th
Warm-Up: How many genes do you have for each trait? Explain.
Complete Cell Unit Notebook Quiz
Read, Reproduction, pages 13-20 and complete analysis #1a-f
HOMEWORK: Complete the Reproduction reading and analysis #1a-f (online it is pages 24-31)
Wednesday, January 29th
Warm-Up: What are the advantages to studying heredity in plants and single-celled organisms as opposed to multi-celled organisms?
Complete asexual vs. sexual reproduction Venn Diagram in your lab notebook.
Set up Gene Combo
Challenge: How can tossing coins help you understand how organisms inherit genes from their parents?
Glossary: probability - the likelihood of a trait occuring (expressed as a fraction, ratio or percent)
allele - a version of a gene (dominant/recessive)
homozygous - two of the same alleles
heterozygous - two different alleles
HOMEWORK: NONE
Thursday, January 30th
Warm-Up: How can tossing a coin model the inheritance of traits?
Collect data for Gene Combo
Homework: Analysis 1-3 page 24
Friday, January 31st
Warm-Up: Are dominant traits always more common than recessive traits? Explain.
Gene Squares
Practice with Punnett Squares
Glossary: punnett squares - a diagram used to predict the likelihood of a trait being inherited.
genotype - the allele combination (TT, Tt, tT, tt)
phenotype - the physical appearance (blue, orange)
HOMEWORK: Study your vocabulary for a quiz next week.
Monday, February 3rd
Warm-Up: Why is it impossible for an offspring to show the recessive trait if one parent is homozygous dominant for that trait? Explain.
Go over analysis #1-3 Gene Combo
Practice Punnett squares - Harry Potter Worksheet, Part 1
HOMEWORK: Complete Harry Potter worksheet to go over in class tomorrow
STUDY vocabulary for QUIZ on Wednesday, 2/5
Tuesday, February 4th
NO Warm-Up - Review vocabulary
Go over Harry potter, Part 1
Begin Harry Potter, Part 2 (for a grade)
HOMEWORK: Study vocabulary and asexual/sexual reproduction for quiz tomorrow.
Wednesday, February 5th
NO Warm-Up
Vocabulary QUIZ
Read Mendel pages 31-35, begin analysis #1-3 in your lab notebook
HOMEWORK: Complete analysis #1-3, Mendel
Thursday, February 6th
Warm-Up: Explain the phrase, "Dividing is multiplying".
Go over Mendel, analysis #1-3
Cart Sort
Read, Show me the Genes, pages 41-47
HOMEWORK: NONE
Friday, February 7th
Warm-Up: How many chromosomes are in an egg cell? Sperm cell? Skin cell? Explain.
Glossary: chromosomes - rod shaped structures made of nucleic acids and proteins that occur in pairs. (Humans have 46 or 23 pairs)
mutation - a change in the DNA when it is being copied (could be helpful, harmful or have no effect)
cell division - mitosis - creates body cells
meiosis - creates sex cells (egg/sperm)
T-chart on Mitosis and Meiosis
Discussion about twins
HOMEWORK: NONE
Monday, Febraury 10th
Warm-Up: Which of the following are contagious versus environmental, lifestyle or genetic? strep throat, HIV/AIDS, influenza, asthma, pneumonia, cancer, diabetes, heart disease
Fraternal twins - biracial twins
Go over Research Project - pick topic
HOMEWORK: NONE
Tuesday, February 11th
No Warm-Up
Begin Research for Genetic Disease Project
HOMEWORK: Continue research for project
Wednesday, February 12th
No Warm-Up
Continue genetics research
HOMEWORK: Continue working on project
Thursday, February 13th
No Warm-Up
Complete Genetics Research and begin Slideshow Presentation
HOMEWORK: Continue working on slideshow and notecards for presentation 2/26
HAVE A WONDERFUL WINTER BREAK!!!
Wednesday, February 19th
Warm-Up: Put the following in order from (inner to outer/what makes up what)?
cell, gene, chromosome, nucleus, DNA
Breeding Critters, Challenge Question - What are some patterns of inheritance other than the one discovered by Mendel (simple dominant vs recessive)
Glossary: Simple dominant vs. recessive pattern of inheritance - begin with two purebred (homozygous) organisms, all 100% of the second generation shows the dominant trait and then the recessive trait comes back in a 1:3 ratio.
Complete data table (by flipping a coin)
HOMEWORK: Continue working on genetics research project
Thursday, February 20th
Warm-Up: How does a mutation change an organism? When do these changes occur?
Begin Analysis questions #2-6, pages 53 and 54 in your lab notebook.
HOMEWORK: Breeding Critters Analysis Questions due Friday at the end of class. Continue working on Research Project
Friday, February 21st
Warm-Up:
Complete Slideshow presentation for Research project, begin creating notecards.
HOMEWORK: Practice presentation for Genetic Research project
Monday, February 24th
Warm-Up: What factors can determine a trait?
Glossary- Nature: genes and hereditary factors that make us who we are
Nurture: environmental variables that impact who we are
Nature vs. Nurture Spectrum Analysis Discussion on traits
HOMEWORK: Complete Genetic Research Project (submit slideshow to google classroom by Wednesday 2/26.
Tuesday, Febraury 25th
Warm-Up: Watch the attached video. What are the flamingos doing? Why?
Read pages 55-60 on Animal Behavior. In your notebook:
1) Summarize each of the 4 investigations
2) Tell what trait is supposed to increase the organisms reproductive success (for each investigation).
3) Whether the trait is mostly affected by genetics, environment or BOTH and why (for each investigation)?
4) Whether there are any patterns in the data and what that tells you (for each investigation).
HOMEWORK: Submit your slideshow to google classroom
Wednesday, February 26th
No Warm-Up
Begin Genetic Disorder Presentations
Thursday, February 27th
No Warm-Up
Continue Genetic Disorder Presentations
Friday, February 28th
No Warm-Up
Complete Genetic Disorder Presentations (turn in Listening Sheet)
HOMEWORK: Complete 3 of the 4 investigations to turn in Tuesday 3/3:
Read pages 55-60 on Animal Behavior. In your notebook:
1) Summarize each of the 4 investigations
2) Tell what trait is supposed to increase the organisms reproductive success (for each investigation).
3) Whether the trait is mostly affected by genetics, environment or BOTH and why (for each investigation)?
4) Whether there are any patterns in the data and what that tells you (for each investigation).
Monday, March 3rd
Warm-Up:
