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BIOLOGY LESSON PLANS
Week 1 (8/26-9/1)
Monday
Go over syllabus and grading policy
Handout books
Discuss major units being studied throughout the year
Assignments: none
Tuesday
Discuss the use of the light microscope, different magnifications, and parts
Discuss what cells are and what cell theory say about cells
Discuss why cells are limited to such small sizes
Assignments: will be given depending upon class progress
Wednesday
Microscope quiz
Discuss difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
Describe major functions of the cell’s organelles.
Assignments: will be given depending upon class progress
Thursday and Friday
Microscope lab
Week 2
Monday
Review organelles covered on Wednesday.
Discuss the remaining organelles
Assignments: will be given depending upon class progress
Tuesday
Discuss the different organelles plants have that animal cells don’t
Review for test
Assignments: will be given depending upon class progress
Wednesday
Test over chapter 3
Thursday
Go over test
Discuss diffusion include concentration gradient, equilibrium, and motion of molecules in
fluids
Do diffusion demonstration to show process
Assignments: will be given depending upon class progress
Friday
Discuss the structure of the cell membrane
Assignments: will be given depending upon class progress
Week 3
Monday
Review concepts of diffusion and the structure of the cell membrane.
Discuss what osmosis is and how it occurs.
Identify other molecules which can pass across the cell membrane by simple diffusion.
Tuesday
Discuss the terms hypertonic, hypotonic and isotonic and how they are related to
osmosis.
Give examples of cytolysis and plasmolysis
Wednesday
Review Tuesday’s lesson and start egg lab
Thursday
Finish egg lab
Friday
Discuss other types of passive transport: facilitated diffusion
Identify molecules which pass through the cell membrane by this process
Describe its similarity to diffusion and its differences
Week 4
Monday
Dialysis bag lab
Tuesday
Discuss active transport
Describe the sodium potassium pump and how it functions.
Wednesday
Discuss endocytosis and exocytosis
Review for test
Thursday
Test over cell membrane
Friday
Go over test
Introduce students to photosynthesis and respiration
Discuss how energy moves through an ecosystem
Week 5
Monday
Discuss the process of photosynthesis: light reaction
Tuesday
Review the light reaction and discuss the dark reaction
Identify factors affecting the rate of photosynthesis
Wednesday
Quiz over photosynthesis
Discuss what results from respiration and how ATP functions.
Thursday
Discuss glycolysis and how its oxygen independent
Describe the rest of the steps in aerobic respiration.
Identify what is produced from aerobic respiration.
Friday
Discuss anaerobic respiration include when it happens and what is produced.
Differentiate between lactic acid fermentation and alcoholic fermentation.
Week 6
Monday
Review for test
Tuesday
Test over photosynthesis and respiration
Wednesday
Go over test
Discuss the structure of DNA.
Thursday
Discuss chromosomes and how they form.
Describe how they are passed from parent to offspring include haploid, diploid, zygote
and homologous chromosomes.
Friday
Discuss what occurs in interphase and mitosis
Week 7
Monday
Discuss what occurs in each step of mitosis.
Identify difference between plant and animal cells
Tuesday and Wednesday
Mitosis lab with onion slides and fish blastula slides
Thursday
Quiz over mitosis
Identify the only time when mitosis is not used to produce new cells.
Discuss why meiosis is needed.
Friday
Discuss the steps of meiosis.
Look at meiotic division on slide.
Discuss the difference in males and females
Week 8
Monday
Review for test
Tuesday
Test over mitosis and meiosis
Wednesday
Go over test
Discuss what gregor Mendel observed and proposed.
Thursday
Review diploid concept and apply to genetics.
Discuss the terms dominant and recessive alleles, homozygous, heterozygous, genotype
and phenotype
Friday
Quiz over genetics terminology
Discuss mendel’s three laws
Week 9
Monday- Friday
Work different genetic punnett square problems
Include monohybrid crosses, dihybrid crosses, codominant and incomplete dominant and
sex linked.
Week 10
Monday and Tuesday
Drop your genes and mate lab
Wednesday
Review for test
Thursday
Test over genetics
Friday
Go over test
Discuss the structure of DNA. Make note of Watson and crick.
Assign DNA project.
Week 11
Monday
Quiz over DNA structure
Discuss the process of replication
Tuesday
Discuss the process of transcription stressing differences in RNA and DNA.
Wednesday
Discuss the process of translation
Thursday and Friday
Translation lab: Making of agnes and hermen
Week 12
Monday
Review for test
Tuesday
Test over replication, transcription, and translation.
Wednesday
Go over test
Discuss Darwin’s voyage on the beagle and what he observed.
Thursday
Identify and describe the principles involved in natural selection.
Friday
Review natural selection
Discuss how it changes gene frequencies and resulting in direction, stabilizing or
disruptive selection of phenotypes
Week 13
Monday
Discuss factors which contribute to speciation and discuss examples.
Tuesday
Discuss punctuated equilibrium and gradualism as methods of evolution.
Identify microevolution and discuss several examples.
Wednesday
Discuss physical evidence that evolution has occurred.
Thursday
Review for test
Friday
Test over evolution
Week 14
Monday
Go over test
Discuss the binomial nomenclature system of classification
Tuesday
Review classification system
Discuss how dichotomous keys are used to help classify organisms.
Give an example using geometric shapes
Wednesday
Dichotomous key lab
Thursday
Discuss biological concept of species.
Cite reasons why common names are not acceptable in scientific use
Give examples of interspecies mating and why they are still considered different
species(ligers and mules)
Friday
Look at phylogenic trees and cladograms and discuss what each indicates regarding
classification and evolutionary relationships.
Week 16
Monday and Tuesday
Name and discuss the characteristics of the six kingdoms
Wednesday
Review for test
Thursday
Test over classification system
Friday
Go over test
Discuss ecology and the abiotic and biotic factors which affect ecology
Week 17
Monday
Discuss what an ecosystem is and how it is composed of different communities and
habitat.
Tuesday
Discuss how succession forms ecosystems and why different areas will have different
climax communities.
Wednesday and thursday
Discuss how matter and energy flow through a food chain or food web.
Identify the types of organisms at each trophic level
Identify which are recycled and which are not. Also, identify the amount that passes from
one level to the next.
Friday
Food wed lab
Week 18
Monday
Discuss the different nutrient cycles emphasizing the nitrogen cycle
Tuesday and Wednesday
Discuss the different types of symbiotic relationships which can exist in a community and
give several examples of each
Thursday
Define niches and relate them to the principle of competitive exclusion.
Friday
Test over ecology
Week 19
Review for semester exams and take semester exams
Week 20
Monday
Discribe the structure of a typical virus
List the reasons why a virus is not considered living.
Tuesday
Discuss the lytic cycle of a virus and give some examples of viruses in the lytic stage.
Wednesday
Discuss the lysogenic cycle of the virus and how viruses can move between cycles.
Thursday
Discuss how new viruses form and why many of these come from Asia and Africa.
Friday
Discuss the AIDS virus and how it functions.
Discuss how it can be transmitted.
Week 21
monday
Discuss prion and viroids
Discuss mad cow disease, where it has occurred, how it is passed and chances of getting
it.
Tuesday
Quiz over viruses
Wednesday
Discuss the structure of bacterial cells
Take bacterial samples
Thursday
Lab bacterial shapes
Friday
Select bacterial colonies to run antibiotic test on
Discuss bacterial reproduction and conjugation
Discuss reasons why bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics.
Week 22
Monday
Review bacterial reproduction and antibiotic resistance
Discuss the formation of endospores and bacteria which form them tetanus, anthrax, and
blackleg
Spread bacteria on Petri dishes and apply antibiotics
Tuesday
Analyze antibiotic plates
Discuss gram positive and gram negative bacteria.
Wednesday
Discuss how bacteria causes diseases
Identify exotoxins and endotoxins
Discuss the benefits of having bacteria
Thursday
Review for test
Friday
Test over bacteria
Week 24
Monday
Go over test
Discuss characteristics of kingdom protista
Differentiate between algae and protozoa
Tuesday and wednesday
Describe how algae are classified
Discuss importance of algae both ecologically and commercially
Discuss some special groups of algae: dinoflagellates, diatoms, red algae etc.
Thursday and Friday
Algae slide lab
Week 25
Monday-Wednesday
Discuss how protozoa are classified.
Describe characteristics of each phylum of protozoa
Thursday and Friday
Pond water lab
Week 26
Monday
Review for test
Tuesday
Test over protist
Wednesday
Go over test
Discuss basic characteristics of fungi
Thursday
Discuss how fungi reproduce.
Look at some examples of different types of fungi
Friday
Discuss some of the positive and negative results of having fungi
Describe some fungal diseases and how they are treated.
Week 27
Monday
Review for test
Tuesday
Test over fungi
Wednesday
Go over test
Describe general characteristics of phylum porifera
Thursday
Discuss the function of the specialized cells within the sponge
Look at some examples of different types of sponges
Friday
Quiz over sponges
Give examples of phylum cnidaria and describe their general characteristics
Week 28
Monday
Discuss jellyfish
Look at some representatives of this class of cnidaria
Tuesday
Discuss sea anemones and their relationship with clown fish
Wednesday
Discuss coral reefs include ecological importance, growth rate, sensitivity
Discuss where coral grows and why can’t grow in dark water.
Thursday
Review sponges and cnidarians
Friday
Test over sponges and cnidarians
Read the sand box killer
Week 29
Monday
Go over test
Discuss phylum plathelmynthes include organ structure, reproduction, methods of
infection
Discuss some of the unique traits of the planarian
Tuesday
Discuss some of the members of phylum nematode and how they differ from the
flatworm.
Talk about some diseases caused by roundworm parasites and how they can be detected
and treated
Wednesday
Discuss the characteristics of phylum annelida and how they have evolved more complex
body systems than other types of worms.
Thursday
Describe the functions of different organs in the segmented worms
Discuss leeches and how they were used in the past in medicine and how they are being
used now
Friday
Earthworm dissection
Week 30
Monday
Finish earthworm dissection
Tuesday
Review for test over worms
Wednesday
Test over worms with lab practical
Thursday
Go over test
Discuss organism which belong to phylum arthropoda and identify general
characteristics of this phylum
Friday
Discuss function of exoskeleton and compound eyes
Describe respiratory and circulatory systems of arthropods
Week 31
Monday and Tuesday
Crayfish dissection
Wednesday
Dissection quiz
discuss differences between centipedes and millipedes
Thursday
Discuss complete and incomplete metamorphosis
Look at some insects in various stages of metamorphosis
Friday
Describe various methods of insect communication: pheromones, dances, sound, light
Week 32
Monday
Review for test on arthropods
Tuesday
Test over arthropods
Wednesday