Biology Calendar

Schedule

January

2nd Snow Day
3rd Welcome back! It's a new semester and a fresh start. The first three days of class are dedicated to reviewing my procedures and rules for the class.
4th Procedures cont'd and review. Begin material from Ch. 1
7th Ch. 1, B.R. How does science help us to solve everyday problems? How do we solve a problem when we only have a little information about the issue?, Issue textbooks, multiple activities
8th Ch. 1, B.R. Create a scenario in which there is a problem that you must come up with a hypothesis to solve that problem. You must also set up an experiment to test your hypothesis and be able to identify the independant and dependant variables as well as the control group.
9th Ch. 1, B.R. Identify the properties that an individual must exhibit in order to be considered alive. List and describe the seven themes of biology.
10th Ch. 1, B.R. What was so controversial about Darwin's claims of evolution? Why? What is cancer and why is it so dangerous?
11th Ch. 1, No B.R. for today. You will begin working on your study guide and view a video about the scientific method and how forensic scientists use it.
14th Ch. 1 Biology and You. B.R. How do you interact and affect the world you live in? How can a mother transfer HIV to her unborn child? What disease will kill more Americans this year than HIV/AIDS?
15th Ch. 1 Microscope lab B.R. How can we cure cancer? How can we stop global warming? If you have a cure for cancer and know an individual that will die without it; should you give them the cure if they cannot afford to pay for it?
16th Ch. 1 Scientific Method Lab (GAK) B.R. How can you use the scientific method to make a new product? What did you learn from this chapter?
17th Snow Day
18th Unit 1 Exam/Review exam *No B.R.
21st MLK Day
22nd Snow Day
23rd Global Warming Video B.R. What changes will we have to make in the future if things continue on their current course.
24th Chapter 15 Classification B.R. What is a biological species? (give an example) How do we classify things? Who created the binomial nomenclature system?
25th Chapter 15 Classification B. R. What is convergent evolution? How many kingdoms are there in the classification system? How many approximate known species are there?
28th Library to work on global warming paper. Due Feb. 18th
29th Dichotomous key B.R. How do scientists construct the phylogeny for a particular species? How can physical features tell us how certain species may be related?
30th Dichotomous key & Quiz B.R. What is convergent evolution? Why do scientists use charecteristics to classify things? What is the scientific name composed of?
31st Exam

February

1st "Blue Planet" DVD No B.R.

4th Chapter 2. B.R. List and describe the three properties of water. How are electrons arranged around the nucleus of an atom? What two particles are found in the nucleus of an atom?

5th B.R. Water, small but mighty hand-out

6th Computer lab to finish global warming portfolio piece

7th B.R. Draw and describe: lipid, carbohydrate, nucleic acids, & protein. What is a hydrocarbon?

8th no B.R. substitute and Planet Earth Video

11th no B.R. Video - The Day After Tomorrow for global warming portfolio piece.
12th No School
13th No School
14th Biochemistry - B.R. What are the building blocks of: sugars, proteins, DNA & RNA, and fats? What is an enzyme? What can/does it do?
15th Biochem - B.R. What do enzymes do to a substrate? What is energy stored as in the body? What is activation energy?
18th No School. Presidents day.
19th Biochem. B.R. How can an enzyme affect the rate of a reaction? Give an example of an enzyme reaction (check your text if you don't remember) and explain what happened.
20th Biochemistry B.R. What are the building blocks of: proteins, carbohydrates, fats, nucleic acids?
21st No B.R. Scheduled exam. Sent home early.
22nd No B.R. Finish Exam
25th Cells and Cell Processes B.R. What is a cell? What are cells made of? What is the cell membrane made of?
26th B.R. Fill in chart on different types of microscopes including technology behind the microscope, capabilities, function.
27th No School (Snow Day)
28th Cells and Cell Processes B.R. What are the three parts of the cell theory and who said what? Complete a Vin Diagram to compare and contrast prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
29th B.R. Define the following: cell membrane, nucleus, golgi apparatus, smooth endoplasmic reticulum, rough endoplasmic reticulum, lysosome, ribosome, and mitochondria.

March

3rd B.R. What is diffusion? What is the difference between passive and active transport?
4th B.R. Explain the production of proteins step-by-step. What organelle would help to replace a damaged section of the lipid bilayer?
5th B.R. Explain the difference between active and passive transport.
6th B.R.
7th No B.R. Ch. 4 Quiz
10th No B.R. Ch.3 & Ch. 4 worksheets
11th ACT No B.R. no new assignment
12th B.R. Compare and contrast active and passive transport. What does a mitochondria do? What does a cell membrane do? Ch. 3 & Ch. 4 Review
13th B.R. Describe, in detail, a typical cycle for the sodium-potassium pump. Pre-test for Ch. 5 & Key terms for Ch. 5
14th B.R. Energy in cells. Ch. 5
17th NO B.R.
18th NO B.R.
19th B.R. What is the difference between a gene and a chromosome? How are the reproduction cycles of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells different?
20th B.R. Identify the individual parts, with definition, of a chromosome. Differentiate between autosomes and sex chromosomes. What occurs if an individual has three chromosomes instead of two in the 21st pair?
21st No B.R. Mitosis flipbook assigned and due on Monday.
24th B.R. What type of cell goes through mitosis? What is the longest section of the cell cycle? What type of cell goes through meiosis? Define: autosome and sex chromosome. We will look at Meiosis today and homework will be Ch. 7 Sec. 1 review.
25th B.R. Define meiosis and compare it to mitosis.
26th B.R. Compare and contrast photosynthesis and cellular respiration. What types of cells carry out each of these processes?
27th No B.R. Unit Exam
28th No B.R.
31st SPRING BREAK

April

1st SPRING BREAK
2nd SPRING BREAK
3rd SPRING BREAK
4th SPRING BREAK
7th NO B.R. Video
8th NO B.R. Anphibian/reptile presentation
9th B.R. Who is Gregor Mendel? What did he contribute to science? How can we use Mendel's research to prevent/cure genetic disorders and diseases? Chapter 8 Definitions. Video introduction to genetics.
10th NO B.R. Genetic disorder research in the Library.
11th NO B.R. Genetic disorder research in the Library. Don't forget that your project is due on Monday, April 14.
14th Project Presentations No B.R.
15th Project Presentations No B.R.
16th B.R. What is a hybrid? What is a monohybrid cross? Who was Gregor Mendel?
17th B.R. What is a pedigree? What does a pedigree tell us? What does a punnett square tell us?
18th B.R. What is a dihybrid cross? What can a dihybrid cross tell us? What is meant by incomplete dominance? What is codominance?
21st B.R. Distinguish between complete and incomplete dominance? Define what is meant by multiple alleles (give an example). How do you determine the recombinants for a dihybrid cross?
22nd NO B.R. CATS Testing
23rd NO B.R. CATS Testing
24th B.R. How is that a parent with blood type A can produce a child with blood type O when the other parent was blood type B? What is meant by mulitple alleles? How do you explain a blending of traits?

May

1st No B.R.
2nd No B.R.
5th B.R. What are the four nucleotides found in DNA? How do the nucleotides pair? Who discovered DNA? Who created the first model of DNA?
6th B.R. Compare and contrast RNA and DNA. If a heterozygous male with brown hair is crossed with a homozygous female with blonde hair; can they have children with blonde hair? Show your work.
7th NO B.R.
8th Cross and analyze the following: IAIA X iOiO, RR-red X Rr-pink where rr-white, Aa X Aa, AaBb X AABB
9th NO B.R.
12th B.R. Explain each variable in the population growth model. What species is currently invading the Ohio Valley?