Daily Lessons

3/16/20 - 3/27/20: Assignments are posted on Google Classroom. Click on classwork then Online Learning Assignments (topic).

3/13/20: Unit 3 District Assessment; continued work on Unit 3 Final Models

3/11/20: finished Cancer Gene Lab; checked Unit 3 Vocab Review key; Started Unit 3 Final Models HW: prepare for Unit 3 District Assessment (on Friday, 3/13/20)

3/10/20: Cancer Gene Lab HW: Radiation/Chemo Webquest (due 3/17/20)

3/9/20: write Cancer Lab CER; Unit 3 Vocab Review

3/5/20: Cancer Lab Parts 1 & 2 HW: finish parts 1 and 2 if necessary; normal amino acid sequences are posted on GCR

3/3/20: collected Cancer: Cells Out of Control HW; Development of Cancer Activity Parts 1 & 3 HW: finish activity if necessary

3/2/20: collected Protein Folding & Disease HW; Not An Old Person's Disease case study on Actively Learn HW: Cancer: Cells Out of Control worksheet

2/28/20: collected Gene Mutation Lab; returned/reviewed Proteins Exit Slip; Protein Folding: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly on Actively Learn HW: Protein Folding and Disease Check Up

2/26/20: Collected Proteins Exit Slip; Gene Mutations Lab with notes on p. 3.15 HW: finish lab

2/24/20: Protein Structure and Function Lesson HW: Proteins Exit Slip

2/21/20: Unit 3 Quiz 2; continued/finished Part V of Modeling Protein Synthesis Assessment HW: finished assessment due by start of class Monday

2/20/20: Checked/reviewed Protein Synthesis Practice worksheet; worked on Part V of Modeling Protein Synthesis Assessment HW: Protein Synthesis study guide to prepare for quiz on 2/21/20

2/18/20: Modeling Protein Synthesis Assessment Parts I-IV. HW: Protein Synthesis Practice worksheet due 2/20/20

2/12/20: Reading the mRNA Codon Table worksheet; Modeling Translation lesson HW: Protein Synthesis Practice worksheet

2/11/20: collected Structure of RNA POGIL; Intro to protein synthesis check up; Modeling Transription Using K'nex

2/10/20: Intro to Protein Synthesis reading; Structure of RNA POGIL HW: finish classwork

2/6/20: Normal vs Cancer Cell Cycle Virtual Lab

2/4/20: finished Intro to Electrophoresis; Who Murdered Rockina? HW: CER due before midnight tonight

2/3/20: Cell Cycle Labeling Group Quiz; Intro to DNA Electrophoresis (with notesheet)

1/31/20: reviewed DNA Structure and Replication; glued notes into notebook; Control of the Cell Cycle Game with notes; 3rd marking period goal setting

1/29/20: Structure of DNA POGIL and Modeling; DNA Replication Modeling

1/27/20: Healthy vs. Cancer Cells warm up; Ameoeb Sister Mitosis video; Mitosis Matching notes

1/24/20: Faces of Cancer Check Up; Cell Cycle Overview worksheet; Why Do Cells Need to Divide? notes

1/23/20: Global Warming Check Up; Faces of Cancer Activity; ANNOUNCEMENT: all revisions to Algae and Energy Argument must be submitted on Google Classroom no later than 11:59 PM 1/24/20; Students make come during office hours no later than Monday, 1/27/20 to take an individual, open-notebook reassessment for the General Sherman final model.

1/21/20: Carbon Capture Design Challenge (no make up necessary for absent students)

1/16/20: Collected Carbon Cycle Check Up; watched Amoeba Sisters carbon cycle video (link posted); #1-7 on Global Warming assignmnet; worked in groups to research answers to questions related to an assigned effect of global warming; started preparing poster

1/15/20: Carbon Cycle lesson HW: finish Carbon Cycle Check Up if necessary

1/14/20: recorded Algae bead lab results; completed analysis and prewriting; wrote argument on GCR; used remaining time to finish General Sherman final models (due no later than 2:30 on Thursday, 1/16/20)

1/10/20: Set up Algae Bead Lab; continued General Sherman final model

1/8/20: checked answers for Photosynthesis and Respiration POGIL; District Assessment

1/7/20: reviewed then took Unit 2 Quiz 2; continued working on General Sherman final models HW: study science ideas on p. 2.17 and complete the Photosynthesis and Respiration POGIL to prepare for the District Assessment (on 1/8/20)

1/6/20: finished Biosynthesis lesson; worked on General Sherman final models HW: study for Unit 2 Quiz 2 (p. 2.9 - 2.16)

1/2/20: Reviewed Details of ACR (p. 2.14); Anaerobic Cellular Respiration Lesson; ACR vs. AnaCR check up: started Biosynthesis Lesson

12/19/19: finished Modeling Conservation of Mass & Energy during Aerobic Cellular Respiration; Are Mass and Energy Conserved During ACR? check up; ATP Lesson with ACR fill-in notesheet; Details of ACR figure analysis

12/18/19: reviewed #2-6 then finished the summary of What process provides the energy muscles use during exercise? activity; started Modeling Conservation of Mass & Energy during Aerobic Cellular Respiration (part 1 data posted on GCR) HW: finish as much of Modeling Mass & Energy during Aerobic Cellular Respiration as possible

12/17/19: What process provides the energy muscles use during exercise? activity HW: finish #2-6

12/16/19: return/reviewed Enzymes work; additional enzyme notes on p. 2.9; Conservation of Energy during photosynthesis demo model; General Sherman concensus model so far; How do we know when energy changes occur?: Hindenberg vs. Burning a Candle.

12/11/19: collected Enzyme Homework 1; finished Enzyme POGIL; finish enzyme check up and enzyme concept map; Enzyme Toothpick mini-lab HW: finish toothpick mini-lab

12/10/19: started Enzyme POGIL; Enzyme Check Up #1 HW: Enzyme Homework 1

12/9/19: collected Turkey & Tryptophan; Photosynthesis and Carb Quiz; update notebook table of contents; notebook quiz; revised General Sherman models

12/5/19: glued in info on p. 2.5 & 2.6; Carbohydrate Digestions Lab; HW: STUDY FOR QUIZ ON PHOTOSYNTHESIS & CARBOHYDRATES (p. 2.1- 2.7) on Monday, 12/9/19; Monday is the last day to turn in Turkey and Tryptophan

12/3/19: Finished Carbohydrate POGIL; carbohydrate structure//reactions concept check; Where Did the Glucose Go? REMINDER: Turkey and Tryptophan due 12/9/19; Quiz on Photosynthesis and Carbohydrates on 12/9/19

12/2/19: Introduction of the Zen Zone; Started Carbohydrates POGIL; reminder: Turkey and Tryptophan is due no later than 12/9/19

11/27/19: Turkey and Tryptophan assignment (due 12/9/19)

11/25/19: Banana Tasting Lab with model; TV411 Carbohydrates Activity 2 with worksheet

11/21/19: Finished Is Mass Conserved During Photosynthesis? lab HW: Cons of Mass During PS Check Up

11/20/19: collected Rate of Photosynthesis graph (HW); reviewed Details of Photosynthesis figure analysis; Started Is Mass Conserved During Photosynthesis? Lab

11/19/19: worked on Rate of Photosynthesis lab graph; What's in a Leaf POGIL; Details of Photosynthesis Figure Analysis HW: finish rate of photosynthesis graph and Details of photosynthesis figure analysis (if necessary)

11/15/19: turned in Where Does Photosynthesis Occur?Lab; Where Does PS Occur check up; data collection for rate of photosynthesis lab

11/13/19: collected ID Variables Review (HW); Where Does Photosynthesis Occur? Lab HW: finish lab using posted information

11/12/19: TV411 Photosynthesis Check Up; Experimental Variables POGIL; watched Rate of Photosynthesis video; started designing the experiment and filling in the graphic organizer HW: Identifying Variables Review

11/11/19: General Sherman Article/questions; Is Human Photosynthesis Possible? on Actively Learn; TV411 - Photosynthesis Part 1

11/5/19: collected lynx/hare graphs; Where did the mass of the General Sherman come from? video followed by Initial models

11/1/19: Graphing Lynx Hare Data; Circle with Ms. Arnao HW: finish graph

10/31/19: Symbiosis Check Up; glued "Variables, Data tables, and Graphs" on p. E (back of notebook) then reviewed and applied to the Lynx/Hare lab procedure; started data collection

10/30/19: Symbiosis lesson

10/28/19: reviewed p. 1.15; Unit 1 District Assessment; updated notebook table of contents (posted on GCR, copied onto p. 1 in notebook); MP1 Notebook Quiz

10/24/19: Unit 1 Quiz 2; Unit 1 Final Models; Yellowstone Population Data worksheet on p. 1.15 HW: finish worksheet and review Unit 1 for District Assessment on Monday, 10/28/19

10/23/19: collected Erosion webquest; Life Cycle of a River Check Up; How Wolves Change Rivers video; updated Activity Summary Board HW: study p. 1.9 - 1.16 for Quiz

10/22/19: return/reviewed Exploring Trophic Cascades Click & Learn; Yellowstone Trophic Cascade sequencing with notes; Erosion Webquest (resources posted on GCR under "How can human activity affect the life cycle of a river?" ANNOUCEMENT: UNIT 1 QUIZ 2 ON 10/24/19; UNIT 1 DISTRICT ASSESSMENT ON 10/28/19 HW: check answers for p. 1.9, 1.11, & 1.12 against key posted on GCR; finish Erosion webquest if necessary

10/18/19: returned/filed Unit 1 Quiz 1; Population Growth Model warm up; checked Population Growth graphic organizers (HW) then glued in notebook; Watched "Some Animals are More Equal Than Others" video; Trophic Cascades vocab worksheet; Exploring Trophic Cascades Click & Learn. (all links and papers related to Trophic Cascades is posted on Google Classroom under the material titled "Trophic Cascades" HW: finish classwork if necessary; Population Growth Check Up

10/15/19: Unit 1 Quiz 1; Population Growth Patterns on Actively Learn with notesheets; Limiting Factors to Population Growth on Actively Learn with notesheet HW: finish classwork

10/14/19: finished Ecological Pyramids lesson; Ecological Pyramids Check Up

10/11/19: collected crossword puzzle; Energy Transfer Check up; Started Ecological Pyrmaids Lesson.

10/8/19: revisited Food chains and food webs; revised and resubmitted the exit slip; Energy Transfer POGIL HW: finish POGIL HW: start studying p. 1.3 - 1.8 for quiz on 10/15/19

10/4/19: Unit 0 Vocab Quiz; collected Food Chain and Food Webs Exit Slip (HW); Phet Energy Forms and Changes activity (collected); Glued in notes on Energy Transfer; Energy Forms and Changes Check Up; Built Rube Goldberg Machine HW: Energy Flow Through Ecosystems crossword puzzle

10/3/19: Designing Food Chains and Food Webs activity with exit slip HW: finish exit slip (using the picture of your food web) and study for Unit 0 Vocab Quiz (pushed back from today to tomorrow)

10/2/19: Yellowstone Model gallery walk; Actively Learn: 1995 Reintroduction of Wolves in Yellowstone; Read Designing Food Chains and Foodwebs and highlighted vocabulary.

9/26/19: collected Levels of Org. crossword; returned/reviewed Yellow Man check up; cut/glued Models 1 & 2 from Feedback Mechanisms on p. 14; watched Yellowstone video then wrote questions for How do wolves change rivers?; worked on initial models in groups; gallery walk with worksheet. HW: study for Unit 0 Vocab quiz (p. 7-14); list of terms posted on Google Classroom

9/24/19: Ecosystem Concept Map/Vocab; Feedback Mechanisms POGIL HW: Levels of Organization crossword puzzle

9/23/19: Yellow Man (homeostasis modeling - no make up; Biozone Homeostasis worksheet; Homeostasis and the Yellow Man Check Up REMINDER: DEADLINE TO SUBMIT/REVISE VIRUSES CER AND COMMUNITIES LAB ARE FAST APPROACHING; CHECK GENESIS FOR DETAILS

9/20/19: completed true/false on Microscope Lab and turned in; glued CER Rubric on p. C (in back of notebook); reviewed Building Up and Breaking Down worksheet; glued prokaryotic and eukaryotic reading (received last class) on p. 9; checked & review Prokaryotic vs Eukaryotc chart then glued on p. 10.

9/18/19: Microscope Lab HW: Prokaryotic vs Eukaryotic Cells reading and chart

9/16/19: Fossil Find Follow-Up; collected Communities lab; glued CER Checklist on p. B; Are Viruses Alive? CER on GCR; Stacking Cups warm-up for Levels of Organization; Glued Levels of Organization graphic on p. 5.

9/13/19: Set- up Table of Contents in notebook; clarified major (quizzes, labs, etc) vs. minor (classwork, homework, activities) in Genesis. Major assignments are accepted late with penalty (check comments in Genesis) while minor assignments will not be accepted late (unless specified in an IEP or 504 plan); Viruses video; Circle: How do you feel when group members are off-task and why?; group analysis of data; complete graphic organizer.

9/12/19: Characteristics of Life discussion; Viruses reading with graphic organizer (evidence only)

9/10/19: Read Steps to Success Poster; Communities Lab HW: finish lab analysis questions (due 9/16/19)

9/6/19: Used Great Fossil Find experience and reflection questions to work as a class to develop discussion norms.

9/5/19: Great Fossil Find HW: complete reflection questions then complete the assignment on GCR

9/4/19: Collected Completed Lab Safety Contracts and Important Info sheet; Tech Scavenger Hunt; Lab Safety Scavenger Hunt; Amoeba Sisters General Lab Safety video

9/3/19: First Day Stations Activity HW: review expectations and safety contract with parent/guardian and complete signature pages (due next class period)