August | September | October

August 25 - 28, 2009
Objective:

• SWBA to explain what biology is and how safety and lab procedures affect scientific method.

Warm Up:

• Have not started. Need to buy spiral. Start Wednesday, September 9th, 2009.

Announcement:

• Welcome to Class
• Course Information
• Safety Rules
• Safety Foldabl
• “Gracie” and Rule
• Safety Quiz on Friday, Aug. 28th

August 31 - September 4, 2009
Objective:

• SWBA to explain what biology is and how safety and lab procedures affect scientific method.

Warm Up:

• Have not started. Need to buy spiral. Start Wednesday, September 9th, 2009.

Announcement:

• Lab equipment review
• Characteristic of Living thing: Notes and handout
• Turn in Safety Contracts
• Voc quiz for pre –ap
• Bring supplies needed for class
• Milk Lab – graphs and charts discuss

September 7, 2009

• Labor Day / Student and Professional Holiday

September 8, 2009
Objective:

• Lab equipment review Characteristic of Living thing: Notes and handout Turn in Safety Contracts Voc quiz for pre –ap Bring supplies needed for class Milk Lab – graphs and charts discuss

Warm Up:

• Have not started. Need to buy spiral. Start Wednesday, September 9th, 2009.

Announcement:

• Warm up start tomorrow. Supplies needed
• Safety contracts turn in ASAP
• Ecology notes
• Turn any assignments in that is needed

September 9, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• What is the independent variable?
• What are the characteristics of life?

Announcement:

• N/A

September 10, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• What is a control group?
• What is a dependent variable?

Announcement:

• N/A

September 11, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• What are graphs used for?
• What is the difference between line, bar and pie graphs?

Announcement:

• N/A

September 14, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• What is food chain?
• What is a producer?

Announcement:

• N/A

September 15, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• What is the difference between herbivores and carnivores?
• What is a tertiary consumer?

Announcement:

• N/A

September 16, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• What is a primary consumer?
• What is a food chain?

Announcement:

• N/A

September 17, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• How does adding a species change a food web?
• What is a prey?

Announcement:

• N/A

September 18, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• What is a scavenger?
• What is a decomposer?

Announcement:

• N/A

September 21, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• What is biomass?
• What is the difference between abiotic and biotic factors?

Announcement:

• N/A

September 22, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• What is primary succession?
• What is secondary succession?

Announcement:

• N/A

September 23, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• What is limiting factors?
• What is the predator/prey cycle?

Announcement:

• N/A

September 24, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• Meet in Library – no warm ups today

Announcement:

• N/A

September 25, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• In the rabbit/fox lab, how does the population affect the food chain?
• In the rabbit/fox lab what animal is the predator and what animal is the prey?

Announcement:

• N/A

September 28, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• What do the arrows mean in a food chain?
• How do you play a role in the food chain?

Announcement:

• N/A

September 29, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• N/A

Announcement:

• N/A

September 30, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• N/A

Announcement:

• N/A

• N/A

Warm Up:

• What is the function of lipids?
• How do carbohydrates play in your body?

Announcement:

• N/A

October 2, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• What are the two nucleic acids?
• What is an example of protein?

Announcement:

• N/A

October 5, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• What is the function of a nucleus?
• Explain the function of a cell wall?

Announcement:

• N/A

October 6, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• What is the function of cytoskeleton?
• How do vacuoles help cells?

Announcement:

• N/A

October 7, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• What is the function of the ER within the cell?
• What makes ribosome?

Announcement:

• N/A

October 8, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• None – review for test

Announcement:

• N/A

October 9, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• Explain how chloroplast helps plant cells?
• What do the mitochondria do in the cell?

Announcement:

• N/A

October 12, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• How does the vacuole help the cell?
• What is the function of the DNA in a nucleus?

Announcement:

• N/A

October 13, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• None – Food Lab

Announcement:

• N/A

October 14, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• What are the two things in plants cells that are not in animal cells?
• What is in an animal cell that is not in a plant cell?

Announcement:

• N/A

October 15, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• None - Late Arrival

Announcement:

• N/A

October 16, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• What is the cell theory?
• What is the difference between multi and unicellular organisms?

Announcement:

• N/A

October 19, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• None – Warm Up Quiz and lab

Announcement:

• N/A

October 20, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• None – Study for nine weeks test

Announcement:

• N/A

October 21, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• None – Nine weeks test

Announcement:

• N/A

October 22, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• Given the information on cancer so far this week, how would you feel if you had cancer?
• Do you know anyone who has cancer?

Announcement:

• N/A

October 23, 2009
Objective:

• N/A

Warm Up:

• Given the information on cancer so far this week, how would you feel if you had cancer?
• Do you know anyone who has cancer?

Announcement:

• N/A