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Students are expected to review material daily, even when homework is not assigend.

 

August 2008
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11WELOCOME BACK!
-PBS Lessons
-Parent Letter
-Classroom Policies
-Classroom Procedures
-Content Scope & Sequence
-Student Info Sheet

HW- Get Classroom policies Signed
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-Review PBS Lesson
-Top 10 Tips
-Pass Out Lab Manual 
-Organize Notebook
-Relate Composting to Biodiversity
-Create an Environment to Sustain Life
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-Finish Compost Columns & Journal Entry
-Assign Bio Poem
-Introduce Dichotomy
-Classify Living Things
-Leaf Key
-Shark Assessment (3rd Block)

HW-Bio Poem Due Fri. 15th
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-Review
-Go Over Shark Key Assessment
-Assign Insect Collection Project (Due:9/5/08)
-Need for Organization
-Classification/ Taxonomy Notes
-Human Taxonomy
-Venn Diagrams

HW-Complete Venn Diagrams and Bio Poem
15
-Collect Bio Poems
-Review: Classifying 4 Organisms & Check Venn Diagrams
-Venn Diagram Quiz
-Dichotomous Key Lab Terms
-6 Kingdom Spreadsheet
-6 Kingdom PowerPoint

HW-Define Dichotomous Key Lab Terms
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-Review 
-Complete 6 kingdom PowerPoint
-Check Dichotomous Key Terms
-Dichotomous Key Lab 
-6 kingdom Poster

HW-Study 6 Kingdom Spreadsheet for Tomorrow's Quiz
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-Finish 6 kingdom Poster
-Review
-6 Kingdom Quiz
-Debrief Dichotomous Key Lab
-Begin species Scape

HW- Complete individual drawings for your groups species scape
20
-Introduce Components of an Experiment
-EDD example
- Scenario 1
-Design Detectives #1
-Work on Species Scape

HW- Study for EDD quiz and complete individual drawings for your groups species scape
21
-Review Design Detective #2
-EDD QUIZ
-Finish Species Scape


HW- Read LM 20 and complete questions 1-15 on LM 21 and 23
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LAPTOP ROLL OUT
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-Review Graphing Questions 1-15
-How to Make a Graph
-Practice Graphs & Questions 16-21
-Review for Graphing quiz

Helpful website- Graphing with Excel

 

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-Review Graphs and Ques. 16-21 
-Graphing Quiz
-Constructing Data Tables
-Toilet Paper Lab and Report

HW-Complete Toilet Paper Lab Report. (Use the following data to complete your lab if your group did not get finished collecting data today.
Toilet Paper Lab Data)
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-Bacteria Notes
-Intro to Bacteria Experiment 
-Complete EDD for Teacher Approval
-Demonstrate Swabbing Technique
-Compost Practice Swab
-Microscope Worksheet

HW- Complete Toilet Paper Lab and Microscope Worksheet
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-Turn in Toilet Paper Lab
-View Compost Plates and Record Observations 
-Perform bacteria Lab Procedures
-Go Over Microscope WS
-Into to Microscopes

Helpful Websites- Microscope Care and Handling  and Compound Microscopes
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-Review Parts of a Microscope
-Protist Notes
-View Bacteria Plates
-Record, Analyze Data, and Answer Conclusion Questions for the Bacteria Lab

 

September 2008
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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-Review
-Protist Observation Lab
-Fungi Notes

HW- Complete Protist Observation Lab Question 
Helpful Website: Protists 
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-Review 
-Go Over Protist Observation Lab
-4 Major Plant Groups
-Plant Bag Activity 
-Plant PowerPoint Part 1
-Draw and Label Parts of a Flower
-Plant PowerPoint Part 2

HW- Label Parts of a Flower
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-Review Plants
-Plant Identification Lab
-Create a Flower Lab


HW- Complete Create a Flower Lab Questions
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-Take up Flower Lab Questions
-Turn in Insect Project 

-Kingdom Animalia Spreadsheet
-Kingdom Animalia PowerPoint

HW- Complete Study Guide Questions LM 42-45

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Unit 1 Test: 
 Biodiversity

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*Dates are subject to change

   

 

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