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Biology
August 2013 Calendar
Monday
5
12
warm up: Identifying
experimental components,
go over homework
Pulse rate lab
Homework: Study for
Quiz!!
Tuesday
6
13
Warm up:
scientific method
review
Quiz: Scientific
method
- Notes: What is
Life?
Lab: What is Living?
-homework:
Characteristics of
Life w.s.
Wednesday
Thursday
7
8
First Day of School
Warm up: student
info sheet/Peer
interviews
-Intro to class
presentation
-Pre-assesssment
activity
-homework: get
materials for class and
get syllabus signed
-warm up: Prefix/suffix
w.s.
-- go over syllabus
-Notes: Scientific
Method
--Learning styles
inventory
Homework: I.V./D.V.
practice w.s. 1-6
14
15
Warm up: scientific
method review
Biology Pretest
Scientific method
assignment
Homework:
STUDY!!
16
warm up: Microscope
questions I.V. vs. D.V
practice
Notes: Microscope
Lab: compound
microscope
9 week pretest
23
Warm up: cell transport
review
-Notes Activity: Cell
Organelles
19
20
21
22
Warm up: Where do living
things come from? w.s.
Review Graphing
warm up: Why do
cells have shapes?
warm up: Cell
Structure questions
warm up: Cell Transport
w.s.
Lab: Cell Structure
vs. Function
Cells Computer
Project
Notes: Cell Membrane
and Transport
Quiz: Cell Membrane
Structure
-hmwk: finish cells
project
Cell Membrane and
transport Activity
Hmwk: Cell Transport
Across a Cell
Membrane w.s.
Study for Quiz!!.
Finish Cell Membrane
Transport Activity
Review Solutions
Homeostasis and the
Plasma Membrane
Practice
-homework: finish
homeostasis and the
plasma membrane
26
27
28
29
warm up: Who Am I? w.s.
warm up: Plant and
Animal Cells
Cell Organelles Quiz
Notes: Prokaryotes vs.
Eukaryotes
Compare/Contrast Pro.
vs. Euk.
Review for Unit 2 Test!
Homework: Study for
test!
warm up: Pro. Vs. Eu
checklist/study for
your test
Unit 2: CELLS
TEST!
warm up: set up egg
demo
-remediation
-Water video
-Notes: Water
Water: A Sticky
Molecule
Homework: Diffusion
and Osmosis w.s.
Notes: Cell Theory
Cell Theory Scientists
Activity
Homework: Textbook
Section Assessment.
Lab: Animal vs. Plant
Inside a Cell video
Review Animal vs. Plant
Homework: Plant vs.
Animal w.s.
Friday
9
Warm up: I.V./D.V.
Scenarios
-distribute activity logs and
books
Scientific Method Group
project
Worm observation lab
Homework: Scientific
Method Assignment
warm up: Study for Test!
Test: Unit 1
Graphing practice
Begin “Tour of the Cell”
packet
Homework: Finish “Tour of
the Cell” packet
Cell Analogy Project
Homework: complete
cell transport
crossword puzzle
How the Cell Operates
Activity
Homework: finish how the
cell operates
30
warm up: egg demo
-Notes: continue water notes
Surface Tension Lab
Homework: complete
diffusion/osmosis worksheet