Biology 9/5/12 - Scio School District Page

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Biology 11/15

• Warm up: • Why is it important to complete more than one trial during an experiment?

Classroom activities:

Warm up Science Inquiry experiment

-groups choose variables -groups brainstorm procedures to measure and control variables.

-groups design procedures -groups set up experiment station -groups make observations If you are done observing and other groups are still working….work on your reading work sample.

Review of concepts for Science OAKS -practice Q’s -discussion / short notes

Sunflower seeds Millet Wheat grass seed Milo

Biology 11/13

• Warm up: • What is the most difficult part to complete when writing a research paper?

Classroom activities: Warm up Reflection of research topic -reflection due today Introduction to Science Inquiry experiment -groups choose variables -groups brainstorm procedures to measure and control variables.

Work time: any additional time will be used to work on reading work samples

Biology 11/13

• Research topic reflection: • Using what you have learned from your research paper, explain how salting roads affects the local environment. • Based on the information that you have gathered , explain which method our local officials should use to clear icy or snowy roads. • Explain why the “best” method is better than other methods. (use scientific/ logical reasoning)

Biology 10/26/12

• Warm up: • No warm up today Today’s activities: Warm up -Video/Quiz: Citing sources Research work time

10/26 –11/7

• Warm up: • No warm up today Classroom activities: Writing research paper (due 11/7/12)

Biology 10/25/12

• Warm up: • What are the characteristics of a successful topic sentence?

Today’s activities: Review topic sentences/ thesis statements.

Video/Quiz: How to organize an essay -Make blank “skeleton” map/outline that can be filled in later.

Using source materials: videos/quizzes -Research time for sources

Finding Reliable Sources

• Write the following information in the “notes” section of your writing journal: • Choose a textbook to use as a non-electronic source. Make a citation for the textbook • Find at least 4 reliable online sources – Write the complete APA citation – Write a short summary or list of useful facts that can be found at that source.

Biology 10/24/12

• Warm up: Today’s activities: • List 5 skills that are Begin writing work sample instruction -Requirements important for obtaining and keeping a desirable -Video/Quiz: Topic sentence/ Thesis statement job.

-Write sample topic sentence (make your best guess..there is no answer in your textbook) Video/Quiz: How to organize an essay -Make blank “skeleton” map/outline that can be filled in later.

Using source materials: videos/quizzes Tuesday : Using source materials: videos/quizzes Research time for sources

Workplace Skills

Employers who participated in The Conference Board's

Turning Skills into Profit

study of 25 workplace education programs across the United States identified the following as key

Workplace Basic Skills

:

Literacy Skills

•improved understanding and ability to use ‘documents’ such as safety instructions, assembly directions or map •improved understanding and ability to use ‘numbers’ by themselves or in charts and tables •improved understanding and ability to use ‘prose writing’ such as reports, letters and manuals

Other Basic Skills

•improved ability to listen to understand, learn and apply information and analysis •better ability to communicate by using English in the workplace •improved capacity to think critically and act logically to evaluate situations, solve problems, and make decisions •improved ability to use computers and other technology, instruments, tools and information systems effectively

New Attitudes

•greater willingness and ability to learn for life •more positive attitude toward change

Working with Others

•better ability to build and work in teams •improved understanding and willingness to work within the culture of the group For more information on

Workplace Basic Skills

identified in The Conference Board's report, see

Turning Skills into Profit

(PDF, 79.57 KB)

Biology 10/23/12

• Warm up: Which Today’s activities: cell part was the Warm up most difficult to

QUIZ TODAY

understand?

Introduction to writing work sample project

• Which cell part was the easiest to understand?

Biology 10/22/12

• Warm up: Today’s activities: Condensed Warm up Chromatin is called Review games.

____________.

Reading Pg. 176 Nucleus, 244 chromosomes.

Biology 10/19/12

• Warm up: What Today’s activities: does the golgi Warm up apparatus do?

Notes: nucleus, gene expression

Writing assignment: Make a flowchart to explain the major processes that take place for the cell to make proteins from the code found in DNA. Illustrate each step. Due Monday

Reading Pg. 176 Nucleus, 244 chromosomes.

Biology 10/18/12

• Warm up:Where are Today’s activities: lipids for cell Warm up membranes assembled?

Ribosome, Endoplasmic Reticulum and Golgi Apparatuses.

Reading Pg. 176 Nucleus, 244 chromosomes.

Biology 10/17/12

• Warm up: Where Today’s activities: are lipids for the Warm up cell membrane assembled?

Ribosome, Endoplasmic Reticulum and Golgi Apparatuses.

Reading Pg. 176 Nucleus, 244 chromosomes.

Describe the structure and function of the mitochondria and chloroplast and describe how the function and structure relate to one another.

Biology 10/16/12

• Warm up: What is Today’s activities: the primary function Warm up of mitochondria and New warm-up quiz on the reading chloroplasts? Chloroplast notes, Reading: 177-178 Ribosomes, Endoplasmic Reticulum and Golgi Apparatus

Biology Per.7 10/15/12

• Warm up: What is Today’s activities: the primary function Warm up of mitochondria and Review of Cell membrane and quiz chloroplasts? Reading 179,180 Mitochondria and chloroplast 222 overview of cellular respiration 228,229 electron transport New warm-up quiz on the reading

Biology 10/15/12

• Warm up: What Today’s activities: makes up the Lipid Warm up Bi-layer? Review of Cell membrane and quiz Reading 179,180 Mitochondria and chloroplast 222 overview of cellular respiration 228,229 electron transport New warm-up quiz on the reading

Biology 10/11/12

• Warm up: Today’s activities: Phosphate in the Warm up cell membrane Review of Cell membrane and Mitochondria/Chloroplast hydrophobic or hydrophilic? Reading 179,180 Mitochondria and chloroplast 222 overview of cellular respiration 228,229 electron transport New warm-up quiz on the reading

• • • •

Membrane Vocabulary

Hydrophilic…will bond with water Hydrophobic..

will not bond with water Phospholipid…

molecule make of a phosphate and a lipid…they make up the membrane. •

Phosphate…

molecule made of phosphorus and hydrogen • Lipid bilayer

Lipid chains

….hydrophobic chains of carbon and hydrogen found inside the membrane.

Biology 10/10/12

• Warm up: Today’s activities: • Describe 2 Warm up functions of membrane proteins. Mitochondria and chloroplasts discussion and notes.

Biology 10/8/12

• Warm up: Today’s activities: • How does osmosis Warm up and diffusion relate to cellular structure? Beginning of new unit: Cell parts Unit intro and cell types notes Cell types worksheets. Due 10-9 Reading: page 182-189

Biology 10/5/12

• Warm up: Today’s activities: Define these terms: If a cell with 65% water concentration were placed in a fluid with 75% salt concentration, what would happen to the shape of the cell? Explain where the water would travel during this process. Warm up Beginning of new unit: Cell parts Read Pg.169-173 questions 1,2,4,5 pg 173 Data Collection Pre-test: You get

full credit

on this 15 point quiz simply by completing every question and taking your time…use at least 30 minutes to take the test. Note: The more questions that are answered correctly = less need for direct instruction in that area= more lab/ activity time to explore the concepts.

Biology 10/4/12

• Warm up: Today’s activities: Define these terms: -Active Transport Warm up Revisit biological molecules quiz Explanation of diffusion, osmosis, active transport, facilitated diffusion.

Reminder of Assignment: Read pages 184-189 -Define all bold vocabulary terms. Due Thurs.

Complete together: (+5pts if over half is attempted) Osmosis practice problems due Thurs

.

-Facilitated Diffusion Osmosis Demos Friday: Begin unit about Cell Organelles : PRE-TEST

Biology 10/3/12

• Warm up: Today’s activities: Define these terms: -Diffusion -Osmosis Warm up Explanation of diffusion, osmosis, active transport, facilitated diffusion.

Assignment:

Read pages 184-189 -Define all bold vocabulary terms. Due Thurs.

-Osmosis practice problems due Thurs.

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upcoming events: Thursday: Revisit biological molecules quiz Friday: Begin unit about Cell Organelles

Biology 10/2/12

• Warm up: Today’s activities: • Define the Warm up

QUIZ: Biological Molecules

following terms: • Monomer • Polymer

p.188 #1-3 “Analyzing Data”

Due Wed

p.189 # 2,3, and 6

Due Wed

Biology 10/1/12

• Warm up: Today’s activities: • What biological Warm up molecule is shown below? How do Review Discussion: Biological molecules: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids. (Study sheet) you know ?

Review activity QUIZ TUESDAY: Biological Molecules

Biology 9/28/12

• Warm up: Today’s activities: • Each amino acid has Warm up

Revisit Metric System Quiz (7 th period only)

a unique side chain Notes: Nucleic Acids called an Models:Nucleotides, Base pairing, ______________. mutations. (see page 48..first sentence)

Biology 9/27/12

• Warm up: Today’s activities: • Proteins are Warm up polymers of Reminder of past activity: Carbohydrate and Lipid models. (drawing molecules Monday’s assign) molecules called Revisit Metric System Quiz ______________. (p.47) Notes: Protein structure Models: Amino acids, Polypeptide chains

Biology 9/26/12

• Warm up: Today’s activities: • Describe the general Warm up shape of a lipid Reminder of Assignment:Draw and describe the general structure of a carbohydrate, a lipid, and an amino acid. Due Today. molecule. (p.46) Discussion/Notes: Lipids Models Work time:

Biology 9/25/12

• Warm up: Today’s activities: • What is a Warm up Discuss p.48 #1-5 carbohydrate? Notes/ Discussion ..carbohydrates

(p.45) Use the Carbohydrate models (p.45) scientific definition.

Assignment:Draw and describe the general structure of a carbohydrate, a lipid, and an amino acid. Due Wed.

Work time: Illustrations or Metric System quiz

Biology 9/24/12

• Warm up: • Write the metric Today’s activities: Warm up prefixes from “kilo-” to “milli-” -Metric Review activity -QUIZ from largest to smallest. If time allows: p.48 #1-5 Upcoming events: Biological Chemicals

Biology 9/21/12

• Warm up: Today’s activities: Joey runs around a 400 meter track Metric Olympics five and a half Metric study sheet times.

Group story problem solving How many kilometers has he traveled?

Upcoming events:

Thursday/Friday Metric Olympics Monday: Review metric system + QUIZ

Biology 9/20/12

• Warm up: • What is the name Today’s activities:

QUIZ: DNA replication

for the shape of the

Metric system worksheets

DNA molecule?

Metric Olympics

• How is this shape helpful?

Upcoming events:

Thursday/Friday Metric Olympics Monday: Review metric system + QUIZ

Biology 9/19/12

• Warm up: Today’s activities: 1 3 Warm up Pass back papers/ Grade print outs Revisit of old test 2 Review DNA replication Which bases bond together in DNA?

QUIZ: DNA replication

Guanine Adenine Thymine Cytosine

Upcoming events:

Thursday/Friday Metric Olympics Monday: Review metric system + QUIZ

• Warm up: 1

Biology 9/18/12

2 3 Today’s activities: Warm up Pass back papers/ Grade print outs Review of old test Work time on Project (due Today) If you get done early…there is an EC assignment due Friday and/or you can work on the next regular assignment due Thursday.

Upcoming events: Quiz WED

Biology 9/17/12

• Warm up: Which kind of mutation can have a greater affect on the shape of the protein? (point or frame shift) Explain why.

Today’s activities: Warm up Introduction to project / Computer rules Work time on Project (due Tuesday) If you get done early…there is an EC assignment due Friday and/or you can work on the next regular assignment due Thursday.

Upcoming events: Quiz Tuesday if you are ready (individual) Quiz WED for all who have not taken quiz

Biology 9/14/12

• Warm up: Describe how a DNA or RNA strand may get a “frame shift mutation”. How does it affect the replication process?

Today’s activities: Warm up Discussion :DNA replication 3D modeling /Mutations 3D modeling Review of DNA replication process….quick models Upcoming topics: DNA, replication Quiz Tuesday Metric system review Video: DNA mutations Mutations/ Weird mutations Cool down

Biology 9/13/12

• Warm up: What is a mutation? Today’s activities: Warm up DNA replication 3D modeling Mutations 3D modeling Video: DNA mutations Weird mutations Poster work time Cool down Upcoming topics: DNA, replication Protein synthesis Genetic change in populations Quiz Friday

9/13/12

• Describe one type of mutation and explain how it may affect an entire organism.

• Please write one complete paragraph using your best writing.

Biology 9/12/12

• Warm up: What does

helicase

do during the DNA replication process?

Today’s activities: Warm up Poster work time (7 min) Poster and verbal explanation : DNA replication, mutations Video: DNA mutation Cool down Assignment: Mutation illustration Upcoming topics: DNA, replication Protein synthesis Genetic change in populations Quiz Friday

9/12/12 Cool down

• Describe two kinds of mutations and explain how it may affect the DNA replication process.

Biology 9/11/12

• Warm up: In DNA, base pairs bond together inside the double helix frame. Which base pairs bond with each other?

Today’s activities: Warm up Notes/Discussion DNA Group assignment: DNA / DNA replication Poster and verbal explanation : DNA replication, mutations Upcoming topics: DNA, replication Protein synthesis Video: DNA replication Genetic change in populations Cool down Quiz Friday

Biology 9/10/12

• Warm up: Characteristic: “All living cells contain DNA”. Explain how DNA is useful for the living organism. Exactly what does it do for the organism?

Today’s activities: Warm up Notes/Discussion DNA [Quiz make up in library] Group assignment: DNA / Protein synthesis overview paragraph and verbal explanation Video: DNA replication and Protein synthesis overview Cool down Upcoming events: Characteristics of living things continued/ Experimental design.

Groups textbook research: “How do cells use the information in DNA to create proteins?” (describe at least 5 steps) Group writes down their best answer and verbally shares it with the class.

Biology 9/10/12

• Warm up: Characteristic: “All living cells contain DNA”. Explain how DNA is useful for the living organism. Exactly what does it do for the organism?

Today’s activities: Warm up Notes/Discussion DNA [Quiz make up in library] Group assignment: DNA / Protein synthesis overview paragraph and verbal explanation Video: DNA replication and Protein synthesis overview Cool down Upcoming events: Characteristics of living things continued/ Experimental design.

Biology 9/10/12

• Cool down: draw a DNA strand.

-show at least six sets of nucleotides -show which nucleotides bond together (A=T) (C=G)

Biology 9/7/12

• Warm up: Describe the things that would be found at the ecosystem level of organization. Today’s activities: Warm up Discuss the cool down activity from 9/6 (levels of organization) Review Quiz Emergency procedures (if time permits) Cool down Upcoming events: Friday: (today) -Syllabus due Cool down question from 9/6 due Quiz: Characteristics of life, procedures Monday: Characteristics of living things continued/ Experimental design.

Biology 9/7/12

• Cool down: • Write your best paragraph about at least three concepts/facts that you learned or were reminded of during this week in this class. Use complete sentences. • .

Biology 9/6/12

• Warm up: Describe something besides temperature that the human body must keep in balance. Today’s activities: Warm up Discuss the cool down activity from 9/5 (viruses) Group activity: Poster: characteristics of living things/ share examples Group activity: Checkpoint question Emergency procedures (if time permits) Upcoming events: Friday: -Syllabus due Cool down question from 9/6 due Quiz: Characteristics of life, procedures Cool down questions due at the beginning of the period Friday

Biology 9/6/12

• Checkpoint: List 5 things that the human body must keep in balance to maintain homeostasis. For each thing that is listed, describe how the body reacts when that thing is out of balance. • Cool down: Biology studies many different levels of life. List the level of life in order from smallest (cell) to largest (biosphere). For each level use an example that is different from example given in the textbook.

Biology 9/5/12

• Warm up: What makes something a living organism?

Today’s activities: Review of procedures/ book checkout Group activity:characteristics of living things Group activity: Checkpoint question Group assignment: Characteristics of Life Poster due Thursday Cool down questions due at the beginning of the period Thurs.

Upcoming events: Thursday: -Group poster due -Cool down questions due Friday: -Syllabus due Emergency procedures (if time permits)

Biology 9/5/12

• Checkpoint: Describe how a fish demonstrates each characteristic of life.

• Cool down: Viruses do not have cells and do not perform homeostasis. Do you think they should be considered living organisms? (explain why/why not and discuss the characteristics that viruses do have)

Biology 9/5/12

• Warm up / attendance (5 min) • Group activity: (think/write/share) (20 min) • Describe / Define the characteristic of life that your group was assigned.

• Explain how various organisms complete this function/ characteristic • Explain why this characteristic is vital to life.

Checkpoint question: Characteristics of Life (example: fish)(5 min) Video: Viruses and Bacteria…10 minutes -discuss differences between viruses and bacteria

Cool down question : (5 min) Viruses / Work on assignment (7 min)

-students write answer…due by end of the period Assignment: Describe at least five things that needs to remained balanced in the human body to maintain homeostasis. Also explain how the human body maintains the balance. For example…body heat….sweating when hot, shiver when cold. Due at the next class meeting.