Our weekly lecture schedule appears here. Clicking on the lecture will take you to the lecture notes page. 

Quarter 2

Week 3: 10/26/26 - 10/30/26

Monday, 10/26: Moss Observation Lab

Tuesday, 10/27: Life Cycle of Bryophytes

Wednesday, 10/28: Biome Project Work Day

Thursday, 10/29: Plant Phyla: Characteristics of Pteridophytes

Friday, 10/30: Life Cycle of Pteritophytes

Week 2: 10/1 9- 10/23

Monday, 10/19: Introduction to Kingdom Plantae, Part II 

• Students were given review questions to help them study. They will be given the last 10 minutes of class to try and answer these questions on their own. I will tell them which questions that day I want them to answer.

• Click here to print the review questions, if you need it. 

Tuesday, 10/20: Plant Phyla continued 

Wednesday, 10/21: Biome Project Workday 

Thursday, 10/22: Characteristics of Bryophytes 

Friday, 10/23: Parts of a Moss Plant

Week 1: 10/12 - 10/16

Monday, 10/12: Introduce Biome Project

Tuesday, 10/13: Biome Project Work Day

Wednesday, 10/14: NO SCHOOL – PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES

Thursday, 10/15: NO SCHOOL – PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES

Friday, 10/16: NO SCHOOL – PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES

Quarter 1:

Week 8: Sept 28 - Oct 2

Monday, 9/28: Introduction to Kingdom Plantae - Start of Unit 3

Tuesday, 9/29: Review for Unit 2 Part 2 

Wednesday, 9/30: Introduction to Kingdom Plantae continued 

Thursday, 10/1: Photosynthesis

Friday, 10/2: Unit 2 Part 2 Test

Week 7: Sept 21 - 25

Monday, 9/21: Mushroom Presentation Workday

• Students will be given a printed handout with information on a specific fungus. They will read the information and prioritize what information is most important to present to the class in 2 days. 

• Click here for  the printed handout. Students know which fungus they are presenting on. These were randomly assigned. 

Tuesday, 9/22: Steps of the Scientific Method 

Wednesday, 9/23: Practicing the Scientific Method

Thursday, 9/24: Mushroom Presentations Day 1

Friday, 9/25: Mushroom Presentations Day 2

Week 6: Sept 14 - Sept 18

Monday, 9/14: Finish Introduction to Kingdom Fungi 

Tuesday, 9/15: Classification of Fungi

Wednesday, 9/16: Unit 2 Part 1 Exam

Thursday, 9/17: Mushroom Dissection Lab

Friday, 9/18: Important value of Fungi

Week 5: Sept 8 - Sept 11

Monday, 9/7: Labor Day, No school

Tuesday, 9/8: Review for Unit 2 Part 1 Test

Wednesday, 9/9: Start Kingdom Fungi

Thursday, 9/10: Continue Intro to Kingdom Fungi

Friday, 9/11: Cell Analogy Project due today!

Week 4: August 31 - Sept 4

Monday, 8/31: Fungus - like Protist

Tuesday, 9/1: Eutrophication & Red Tide

Wednesday, 9/2: Microscope Use and Lab Safety

Thursday, 9/3: Symbiosis

Friday, 9/4: Protists Lab

Week 3: August 24 - 28

Monday, 8/24: Unit 1 Exam / Finish Parts of a Cell lecture from Week 2

Tuesday, 8/25: Introduce the Cell Project

Wednesday, 8/26: Introduction to Kingdom Protista

Thursday, 8/27: Characteristics of Protozoans. Homework: Read article on malaria and answer question on it.

Friday, 8/28: Characteristics of Algae

Week 2: August 17 - 21

Monday, Aug 17: Continue Classification of Life Lecture from Week 1 

Tuesday, Aug 18: Taxonomy Vocabulary

Wednesday,  Aug 19: Characteristics of the 6 Kingdoms of Life 

Thursday, Aug 20: Review for Unit 1 Exam. See study guide here.

Friday: Aug 21: Start Unit 2, Lesson 1: Parts of a Cell 

Week 1: August 7 - 14

Friday, August 7: First Day of School! Class procedures and expectations. Discuss Syllabus

Monday, August 10:  What is Life Science

Tuesday, August 11: Characteristics of Life

Wednesday, August 12:  How to think and journal like a Naturalist 

Thursday, August 13:  Introduction to Classification of Life

Friday, August 14:  Quiz #1 / Lab #1: First Lab Observation