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Biology: The Living Earth is a college preparatory, lab science class aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards. In this class, students deepen their understanding of biological core ideas, building off of their experiences and prior knowledge.
NGSS Performance Expectations are used to blend Core Ideas with Scientific and Engineering Practices and Cross-Cutting Concepts, which are usable knowledge that can be applied across the science disciplines. Inquiry-driven laboratory exercises are an integral part of the curriculum.
Objectives & Agendas
Objectives & Agendas
Extension Task Calendar (ETC)
Extension Task Calendar (ETC)
Course Outline & Interactive NoteBook (INB)
Course Outline & Interactive NoteBook (INB)
Science & Safety
Science & Safety
Assignment Checklists
Assignment Checklists
Ecosystem Interactions & Energy:
Instructional Segment One (1); Topic One (1) Assignment Checklist: Population Growth
Instructional Segment One (1); Topic Two (2) Assignment Checklist: Carrying Capacity
Instructional Segment One (1); Topic Three (3) Assignment Checklist: Energy Flow
Instructional Segment One (1); Topic Four (4) Assignment Checklist: Nitrogen Cycle
Instructional Segment One (1); Topic Five (5) Assignment Checklist: Effects on Biodiversity
History of Earth's Atmosphere:
Instructional Segment Two (2): Topic One (1) Assignment Checklist: History of Earth's Systems
Instructional Segment Two (2): Topic Three (3) Assignment Checklist: Photosynthesis
Instructional Segment Two (2): Topic Four (4) Assignment Checklist: Respiration
Instructional Segment Two (2): Topic Five (5) Assignment Checklist: Macromolecules
Evidence of Evolution:
Instructional Segment Three (3): Topic Two (2) Assignment Checklist: The Changing Earth Surface
Instructional Segment Three (3): Topic Four (4) Assignment Checklist: Natural Selection
Instructional Segment Three (3): Topic Five (5) Assignment Checklist: Speciation & Extinction
Inheritance of Traits:
Instructional Segment Four (4): Topic One (1) Assignment Checklist: DNA Structure
Instructional Segment Four (4): Topic Two (2) Assignment Checklist: Meiosis & Genetic Variation
Instructional Segment Four (4): Topic Three (3) Assignment Checklist: Inheritance & Mendel
Instructional Segment Four (4): Topic Four (4) Assignment Checklist: Population Genetics
Structure, Function, & Growth:
Instructional Segment Five (5): Topic One (1) Assignment Checklist: Cell Cycle & Mitosis
Instructional Segment Five (5): Topic Two (2) Assignment Checklist: Protein Synthesis
Instructional Segment Five (5): Topic One (1) Assignment Checklist: Differentiation & Levels of Organization
Instructional Segment Five (5): Topic One (1) Assignment Checklist: Homeostasis & Feedback Loops
Ecosystem Stability & Climate Change:
Instructional Segment Six (6): Topic One (1) Assignment Checklist: Marine Mammal Evolution
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Distance Learning Protocols (DLP's)
Distance Learning Protocols (DLP's)
Distance Learning Class Schedule Message!
Distance Learning Class Schedule Message!
Hello!,
Please check out the attached message for clarifications regarding our Distance Learning Class times! Thanks...
Distance Learning Class Schedule
Distance Learning Class Schedule Meeting
Cheers,
Koegle
Distance Learning Protocol (DLP) One (1): 16-20 March 2020
Distance Learning Protocol (DLP) One (1): 16-20 March 2020
Hello Crew!,
Please make sure that you check both our Google Classroom (GC) Classwork Stream as well as our Extension Task Calendar (ETC) for assignment expectations and due dates, thanks!
By Monday the 23rd (M/W; 1st/2nd) and Tuesday the 24th (T/Th; 1st/2nd):
1. Please submit your Understanding Natural Selection Student Handout to the Classroom under IS3.T4 Natural Selection (The Beak of the Finch). You may complete this task digitally or submit a .pdf of your analogue work. (CamScanner is an awesome app for this.)
2. Please ensure that your IS3.T4 Language of the Discipline (LOTD) terms are completed by the 23rd or 24th, depending on which day you have class.
3. Please make sure that you complete the requirements of IS3.T4: Beak of the Finch Digital Gallery Walk. After Commenting on at least two (2) other groups' submissions, please COPY and PASTE both of your Comments into our next NGSS CSCS Column.
4. You will want to familiarize yourself with the POGIL: Selection & Speciation. This will not be submitted to the GC, however, you will be accountable for the information within.
I hope that you have made time this week to focus on your own physical and mental well-being. Stay positive, productive, and focused! I miss you all and cannot wait for our first Google Meet during next week's DLP Two (2)!
Cheers,
Koegle
Distance Learning Protocol (DLP) Two (2): 23-26 March 2020
Distance Learning Protocol (DLP) Two (2): 23-26 March 2020
Hello Crew & Good Morning!,
Monday/Wednesday (M/W) First (1st) Zoom Class: 23 March 2020 @ 8:00 a.m. https://us04web.zoom.us/j/5146893229
Monday/Wednesday (M/W) Second (2nd) Zoom Class: 23 March 2020 @ 9:30 a.m. https://us04web.zoom.us/j/5146893229
Tuesday/Thursday (T/Th) First (1st) Zoom Class: 24 March 2020 @ 8:00 a.m. https://us04web.zoom.us/j/5146893229
Tuesday/Thursday (T/Th) Second (2nd) Zoom Class: 24 March 2020 @ 9:30 a.m. https://us04web.zoom.us/j/5146893229
By Monday the 30th (M/W; 1st/2nd) and Tuesday the 31th (T/Th; 1st/2nd):
1. Peer Evaluation of IS3.T4 Language of the Discipline (LOTD): [TODAY]
Please make sure to leave Specific & Sincere feedback for your partner should you need to take off corrective points. REMEMBER: you only need to reference your images, not definitions! I hope that some of you have been playing around with a Table of Contents for your epic LOTD slideshows!
2. IS3.T4 Formative Assessment:
THIS IS FOR STUDYING PURPOSES ONLY! You will want to practice bringing your knowledge of natural selection events and your ability to measure selection events (stabilizing, directional, disruptive) together in this PRACTICE assessment. You will not need to submit this to the Google Classroom, rather you will need if for your following activity!
3. IS3.T4 Evaluate (E5): Natural Selection C-E-R
This is going to be fun! In Shakespeare's Hamlet, an ironically longwinded character named Polonius remarks "brevity is the soul of wit," and I couldn't agree more!
- Part One (1), which is the C-E-R, should be written in five (5) blocks consisting of NO MORE than 2-3 sentences each.
Block One (1): Claim (Remember to directly answer the prompt/question) "How does Natural Selection influence biodiversity?"
Block Two-Four (2-4): Evidence (You will need to provide a visual support/image for only TWO of the THREE evidences.
Block Five (5): Reasoning (It is important that you tie your Evidence back to your Claim through the lens of our Scientific Priniciple!)
- Part Two (2), please use your Google Sheets skills (Data Mining & Storytelling) to create three (3) original tables AND graphs!
I kindly ask that you write the title IS3.T4 Evaluate (E5): Natural Selection C-E-R in your next CSCS Column and link it to your work!
4. You may begin IS3.T5 Speciation & Extinction Language of the Discipline (x6)
Please make sure that you check our Google Classroom (GC) Classwork Stream, our Edulution class site, as well as our Extension Task Calendar (ETC) for assignment expectations and due dates, thanks!
Be well, stay positive, productive, and focused! Until our next Zoom meeting, I wish you all sustained well-being!
Cheers,
Koegle
Distance Learning Protocol (DLP) Three (3): 30-2 March/April 2020
Distance Learning Protocol (DLP) Three (3): 30-2 March/April 2020
Hello and welcome to our third (3rd) week of Distance Learning!,
It is difficult to describe how much I miss greeting each of you every morning, I truly hope that you are all well! So, what do we have in store this week?...IS3.T5: Speciation & Extinction!
1. Engage (E1): Smithsonian Video:
Please watch "The Small Killer Threatening the Future of Yellowstone" from the Smithsonian. Ask yourself, what is the /actual/ culprit in this situation? You may take some notes in your INB if you'd like. It is short and very informative! (If you do write in your INB, make sure to update your TOC!)
2. Explore (E2): The Making of Mass Extinctions (HHMI):
Launch the Interactive component of this HHMI website and have FUN! It is truly fascinating! Again, you may want to take some notes in your updated INB's for reference on the Formative Assessment. Also, I have attached a link to a digital poster on Mass Extinctions. I recommend that you print this out, in color, and place it somewhere that you look often. It is chock-a-block full of awesome information and phenomenal trends!
3. Explain (E3): The POGIL Marathon:
I kindly ask that you complete these three (3), brief POGIL tasks. You WILL NOT be attaching or uploading these to the Classroom, however, you will be accountable for the information on your IS3.T5 Formative Assessment (FA), as well as for our IS3 Summative Assessment which will occur after Spring Break!
- POGIL Mass Extinctions Part One (1): (4. IS3T5Explain1 POGIL Mass Extinction Model Student Handout)
- POGIL Mass Extinctions Part Two (2): (6. IS3T5Explain2a POGIL Mass Extinction Model 2 Student Handout)
- POGIL Selection & Speciation: (8. IS3T5Explain2 POGIL Selection & Speciation Model 2 Student Handout)
4. Elaborate (E4): Language of the Discipline: [DUE: Wednesday/Thursday, 1/2 April 2020]
I would like to offer a correction to last week's DLP. There are only FOUR (4) terms for IS3.T5. It is my intention that these will be completed AND Peer Evaluated (scores input into the LOTD Matrix) by the end of class this week on Wednesday/Thursday, thanks!
5. Evaluate (E5): Formative Assessment: [DUE: Friday, 3 April 2020]
Please complete the Formative Assessment (FA) for IS3.T5 Speciation & Extinction. This will be THE ONLY ASSIGNMENT THAT YOU UPLOAD/ATTACH TO THE GOOGLE CLASSROOM THIS WEEK! Please follow directions and attach your FA directly to this Assignment [Distance Learning Protocol (DLP) Three (3): 30-2 March/April 2020].
Zoom Meeting Schedule:
Monday/Wednesday (M/W) First (1st) Zoom Class: 30 March 2020 @ 8:00 a.m. https://us04web.zoom.us/j/5146893229
Monday/Wednesday (M/W) Second (2nd) Zoom Class: 30 March 2020 @ 9:30 a.m. https://us04web.zoom.us/j/5146893229
Tuesday/Thursday (T/Th) First (1st) Zoom Class: 31 March 2020 @ 8:00 a.m. https://us04web.zoom.us/j/5146893229
Tuesday/Thursday (T/Th) Second (2nd) Zoom Class: 31 March 2020 @ 9:30 a.m. https://us04web.zoom.us/j/5146893229
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE get all of this accomplished by Friday, 3 April 2020. I truly want you to have some semblance of a Spring Break next week! Be well. Stay focused. Remain positive. Keep hope.
Cheers,
Koegle
IS3.T1-5 Evaluate (E5): Summative Performance-based Assessment (IS3 PbA)
IS3.T1-5 Evaluate (E5): Summative Performance-based Assessment (IS3 PbA)
Please follow the carefully articulated directions given to "build" your Summative Assessment for Instructional Segment Three, Topics One-Five (1-5): Evidence of Evolution. Your website creation (Creativity [C4]) will be structured around the frame of a Claim, Evidence, Reasoning (C-E-R). Your objectives are to:
1. Create/Build/Publish a unique Google Site that fulfills the requirements of a C-E-R according to the District-approved rubric.
2. Peer Evaluate (P/E) your assigned partners' (x2) Performance-based Assessment (PbA) using the provided rubric.
3. Meaningfully reflect on your experience as well as the experience of Peer-Reviewing others' work...on a SpreadSheet, no less!
Given the amount of time, resources, and past experience that have been provided, this product should serve as your culminating task for Biology: The Living Earth. From henceforth, all assigned tasks will be in conjunction with your Honors English course through the collaborative content of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks!
Work hard, make me proud, and above all, HAVE FUN with this final project!
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