Weekly Agenda Sem 2
Forensic Science
Forensic Science
Jan 10 Teacher Professional Development Day (No students at school)
Jan 11 Teacher Professional development day
Jan 12 The Case of the Vanishing Bees
Jan 13 Ecology Slides and Graphic Organizer
Jan 14 The Antarctic and Sustainable Fishing - Ross Sea
Jan 17 Public Holiday
Jan 18 Tragedy of the commons Activity /Deforestation Wksht/ Orangutans
Jan 19 Invasive versus endangered species - Card Sort Game
Jan 21 Invasive vs Endangered species - google classroom report
Jan 24 Lichen Count
Jan 25 The Plastics Problem
Jan 26 Great elephant census - Counting populations
Jan 28 CSI Elephant Poaching
Jan 31 Climate change - What is it?
Feb 1 Greenhouse and Albedo Effect / Carbon Cycle
Feb 2 Frontline Interactive Climate change (UCSD) / Reading articles + Climate change clips
Feb 4 Counting Populations - carrying capacity of the planet.
Feb 7 Australia- The Canary in the coal Mine?
Feb 8 What is a fiber? Fiber Analysis Lab : Natural vs. Synthetic / Weave Lab/ spider silk video
Feb 9 Cornell Notes Chp 4 Study of Textiles / Williams Case Trace Evidence - P78 Test
Feb 11 Fiber Analysis : Pillow case Mystery
Feb 14 Forensic Careers in Textiles -Irene Good / Finish Cornell notes Chp 4/Quiz review
Feb 15 Fiber Analysis Burn Lab / History of Rayon (UCSD)
Feb 16 Quiz on Fiber Analysis / Forensic Files Video on Fiber analysis
Feb 18 School Holiday
Feb 21 School Holiday
Feb 22 GATTACA Movie
Feb 23 Finish GATTACA Meiosis Video and WorksheetGregor Mendel (Father of Genetics) / Begin Punnet Squares
Feb 25 Gregor Mendel (Father of Genetics) Mendelian Punnett Squares
Feb 28 Physical Characteristics
Mar 1 Fingerprint Lab / Fingerprint analysis
Mar 2 Review classic mendelian genetics
Mar 4 Finish Incomplete dominance / Codominance . Begin blood groups
Mar 7 Blood Group Inheritance - Multiple alleles
Mar 8 Blood groups lab - Who dunnit?
Mar 9 Sex-linked problems Pedigrees + Practice Punnet Squares . PIP's day
Mar 11 Pedigrees / HHMI Genetics of skin color. (UCSD)
Mar 14 Genetic Review for Test White board slides
Mar 15 GENETIC TEST / PBS Video Charles Darwin : A dangerous Idea ( NOVA)
Mar 16 Finish Charles Darwin Video /Evidence Paragraph/ Evidence of Evolution Worksheet
Mar 18 Introduction to Darwin PPT/ Darwin's Journey
Mar 21 Natural Selection Activity - Lizard Olympics Video Clip - Gene pool Giraffe necks
Mar 22 Bird Beak Evolution Activity : Adaptations / Looking at Bird Adaptations Begin.
Mar 23 Quiz on Darwin : Looking at Bird Adaptations STEAM activity/Annotated reading
Mar 25 Opposable Thumb Activity
April 4 Natural Selection
April 5 Raccoon Lab / Survival of the fittest / Natural Selection
April 6 Micro Evolution
April 8 Kings of Camouflage - Adaptations
Apr 11 Fossil History
Apr 12 History of Life Timeline Poster . (Block Schedule)
Apr 13 2/ 4 /6 Block Day Schedule/Patterns of Evolution :
Peppered Moth Activity and Microevolution Mass Extinction Events
Apr 15 1/ 3 /5 Block Day Schedule (Same as Thursday Apr 9)
Apr 18 Why did Cave Fish lose their eyes? Annotated Reading
Apr 19 Whale Evolution / Bird Evolution
April 16th College Readiness
Apr 20 Patterns of Evolution Of Mammoths and Men: A case study :
Claim /Evidence/Reasoning
April 22
Apr 25 Review for Major test
Apr 26 Major Evolution Test . Differences between great apes and humans skulls
Apr 27 Differences between Great Apes and Humans
Apr 29 Gallery Walk of Hominids
May 2 Human Skeleton and skull
May 3 Bits and Pieces Lab / Begin Smithsonian Webcomic Website - The Secret in the Cellar
May 4 Romanov Webquest . P470 / Finish webcomic from google classroom
May 6 Pop Quiz on Mr Bones Worksheet today. (Know your bones)
May 9 Was the Body Moved? A Case Study Quick Write Activity
May 10 Case of the Deadly Golf Lesson/ Cold Case Reading.
May 11 Parts of a plant including the flower.
May 13 The Case of the Bad Seed
May 16 Forensic Files - Flower Power/ Case Study : Falling from Heights Reading
May 17 Seed Walking Investigation by the duck pond.
May 18 Seed Investigation using the microscope/Crime Scene Botanicals Reading
May 20 Genetic Engineering of Plants-GMO's
May 23 Finish Banana Video clip / Baby Jane Doe and Pollen
May 24 Poisonous vs Medicinal plants Research/ Gallery walk
May 25 Forensic Toxicology Cornell notes
May 27 Chapter review Toxicology
May 30 Holiday
May 31` Drugs and the Teenage brain Webquest
June 1 DUI Activity Kahoot Review day
June 3 Block Day 5/3/1 White powder lab/ Exam Review Packet ( Extra Credit)
June 6 Final Exam Period 1 & 2
June 7 Final Exam Period 3 & 4
June 8 Final Exam Period 5 & 6 . Graduation Ceremony in the Stadium. 5 pm