Announcements
week of 4/15 - 4/18
We are starting our FINAL UNIT OF THE YEAR!!!! This unit is one of my favorites to teach, Astronomy! It is awe-inspiring to learn just how much "stuff" is out there in the universe. We will be covering the Big Bang Theory, chemistry, stars life cycle, and habitability. *In this unit, I will teach about the Big Bang. In no way am I trying to change anyone's personal beliefs while teaching the topic.* Our plan (approx): Monday 15th: Universe pre-test; video "Beginning of Everything" Tuesday 16th: BBT article with questions; highlight evidences for Big Bang Wednesday 17th: Timeline of events during Big Bang Thursday 18th: Universe 101 NASA online activity |
week of 4/8 - 4/12
This week we will finish up our cancer section with a small quiz and begin learning about stem cells and cloning. Our plan (approx): Monday 8th: Cancer review Tuesday 9th: Cancer baby quiz; stem cell intro Wednesday 10th: Stem cell notes Thursday 11th: GoGo Stem Cell Activity Friday 12th: Stem cell bioethics discussion |
week of 4/1 - 4/5
We expand our unit on cell division and look into cancer. Our plan (approx): Monday 1st: Cancer notes Tuesday 2nd: NO SCHOOL; ACT TESTING Wednesday 3rd: Cancer timeline; Cancer handout Thursday 4th: Cancer Research (second box) Friday 5th: Cancer treatment Research (third box) |
week of 3/25 - 3/29
We continue our adventure into mitosis with a few modeling activities and microscope work. We will end our week with a MITOSIS QUIZ ON FRIDAY, MARCH 29TH. Our plan (approx.) Monday 25th: Oreo Mitosis lab Tuesday 26th: Plant/Animal mitosis microscope lab Wednesday 27th: Create a Mitosis game Thursday 28th: Play game in class / review for quiz Friday 29th: Mitosis Quiz |
week of 3/18 - 3/22
This week we start our next unit of cell division (mitosis). We will be getting into cancer and stem cells as well. We will start the week with our Team Styx challenge filling out the bracket from March Mammal Madness. It's pretty exciting! Punnett Square quiz retakes are only available this week. They need to complete the All Punnett Square problem worksheet before they schedule a retake with me. Our plan (approx): Monday 18th: March Mammal Madness Tuesday 19th: Why are cells small; surface area discussion Wednesday 20th: Block schedule: 1, 3, 5, 7; Surface area burn paper lab; mitosis intro Thursday 21st: Block schedule: 2, 4, 5, 6; Surface area burn paper lab; mitosis intro Friday 22nd: Mitosis story line (book or comic) |
week of 3/4 - 3/8
We will wrap up our genetics unit with a Punnett square quiz on Wednesday and our 3rd quarter CSA on Friday. *There won't be retake allowed with district (CSA) tests* Our plan (approx): Monday 4th: Ugly baby lab Tuesday 5th: finish ugly baby lab; review for Punnett square quiz Wednesday 6th: Punnett square quiz; hand out CSA review Thursday 7th: CSA review and REVIEW KEY Friday 8th: CSA #3 |
week of 2/26 - 3/1
We continue our Punnett square practice throughout the week. Our plan (approx): Tuesday 26th: Punnett square review; Honors - dihybrid; General - all punnett square practice Wednesday 27th: Multiple alleles, sex-linked, blood typing intro Thursday 28th: Multiple alleles/sex-linked/blood typing practice Friday 1st: All Punnett square practice (box #8) this is your review for your quiz |
week of 2/19 - 2/22
Last week was a mess for me being gone so much and I apologize. This week will be better, I promise. We will wrap up meiosis with an open note quiz on Tuesday. Then we will get right into our genetics unit. We will have lots of practice with the different genetics problems. Parent/Teacher Conferences are on Thursday from 4:30 t0 8:30 pm. Our plan (approx): Tuesday 19th: Meiosis quiz; Chromosome disorders and karyotype notes Wednesday 20th: Introduction to Punnett Squares Thursday 21st: Complete dominance problems practice Friday 22nd: Incomplete/ codominance problems practice |
week of 2/11 - 2/15
This week we begin our genetics unit starting off going over meiosis. Our week (approx): Monday 11th: GMO research Tuesday 12th: Present research; Meiosis basics Wednesday 13th: iPad Snurffle meiosis Thursday 14th: Pigeonectics Friday 15th: Chromosomal disorders |
week of 2/4 - 2/8
We will continue learning about the masters of mutations, bacteria and viruses, this week. We will then move on to some interesting topics like CRISPR and genetic engineering. We will get to know the basics of them, what do they do and some possible issues that might arise from the use of them. Our plan (approx.): Monday 4th: Pre-quiz review; look into vaccines Tuesday 5th: Protein synthesis quiz; research antibiotics/vaccines Wednesday 6th: Create an infographic over antibiotics/vaccines Thursday 7th: CRISPR information, discussion and creation of business using CRISPR Friday 8th: Genetic engineering basics |
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