Science

Block 1 Chemistry: (8:00 am MTuThF,  9:00 am W)


Block 3 Chemistry (11:08 am MTuThF, 11:40 am W)

Block 4 Chemistry (1:07 pm MTuThF,  1:24 pm W)

Chemistry

Mr. McCutchan

Textbook and assignments are available on Google Classroom.  

Week 11:  Ionic and Covalent Bonding

Block 3 Physics (8:05 am MTuThF, 9:05 am W) 

Physics

Mr. McCutchan

Textbook and assignments are available on Google Classroom.

All classes will be recorded and posted on Google Classroom.

No Physics this Semester

Block 1:  (8:00- 9:30)

Block 2:  (9:34-11:04)

Block 3: (11:08-1:03)

Block 4: (1:07-2:37)


Physical/Earth Science

Assignments are available on Google Classroom. 


Term 3

Week 1

1/16 - Syllabus, classroom expectations, mystery tube experiment

1/17 - [Begin Unit 1: The Nature of Science] What is science?, Scientific method notes, Mythbusters video

1/18 - Variables practice, Penny Cleaning Lab

1/19 - SNOW DAY

1/20 - Penny cleaning lab, variables practice, Variables CFU


Week 2

1/23 - Variables Practice, Measurements in science (notes and lab)

1/24 - Measurements in science (note and lab) cont., Variables Test

1/25 - Measurements in science (note and lab) cont.

1/26 - Scientific writing (CER)  

1/27 - Scientific writing (CER) cont. 


Week 3

1/30 - 

1/31 - 

2/1 - [End of Unit 1], Unit 1 Test Review

2/2 - Unit 1 Test

2/3 - science & technology, STEM careers activity


Week 4

2/6 - [Begin Unit 2: Motion & Forces], describing motion notes

2/7 - velocity lab

2/8 - graphing basics notes

2/9 - motion graphing lab

2/10 - finish motion graphing lab, moving-man pHet activity, position-time graph notes


Week 5

2/13 - no school

2/14 - position-time graphs

2/15 - Newton's 1st law, balanced/unbalanced forces

2/16 - no school

2/17 - acceleration videos and notes


Week 6

2/20 - acceleration cont., Newton's 2nd law

2/21 - Newton's 2nd law cont., weight vs. mass lab

2/22 - Newton's 3rd law

2/23 - Momentum 

2/24 - Momentum lab


Term 4


Week 10

3/27 - [Begin Unit 4: Matter], Matter and Phase Changes

3/28 - Matter and Phase Changes

3/29 - Classifying Matter

3/30 - Classifying Matter

3/31 - Sign lab safety forms, Lab: separating mixtures


Week 11

4/3 - Separating mixtures activity

4/4 - physical chemical properties and changes

4/5 - [Finish Unit 4: Matter], review day

4/6 - review day cont.

4/7 - [TEST Unit 4: Matter]


HAPPY EASTER!! 🐰


Week 12

4/10 - NO SCHOOL

4/11 - [Begin Unit 5: The Periodic Table], atomic models

4/12 - atomic models cont.

4/13 - finish atomic models, atomic structure notes

4/14 - Build an Atom pHet Lab, atomic structure notes cont.


Week 13

4/17 - Bohr Models

4/18 - Counting subatomic particles

4/19 - Metals, nonmetals, metalloids Lab

4/20 - Metals, nonmetals, metalloids cont.

4/21 - Counting subatomic particles practice, Unit 5 vocabulary


Week 14

4/24 - Valence Electrons & Chemical Bonding, start U5 projects (families of the periodic table)

4/25 - U5 final projects continued (families of the periodic table)

4/26 - U5 final projects continued (families of the periodic table)

4/27 - present U5 projects - families of the periodic table

4/28 - [Finish Unit 5: The Periodic Table], finish project presentations, essential vocabulary definitions and review activities 


Week 15

5/1 - [Begin Unit 6: Earth], A sudden crack in Ethiopia

5/2 - Africa Data Sets Investigation 

5/3 - waves through solids, liquids, and gases

5/4 - Seismology Data Investigation

5/5 - Kola Superdeep Borehole, Earthquakes


Week 16

5/8 - Finish Seismology Data Investigation, IRIS model of the Earth's interior

5/9 - Matter in the mantle

5/10 - Density and convection 

5/11 - Convection in the mantle

5/12 - [Finish Unit 6: Earth]


Week 17

5/15 - [Begin Unit 7: Space]


Week 18






Block 1 8:00-9:29 am MTuThF, 

9:00-10:16am W





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College Introduction to Biology and Genetics

Mrs. Cain

8/23: Introductions, class expectations, LabBook set-up, end of semester project, TED Talk, Google classroom, safety, Microscope Lab, Microbiology Notes

8/24: Reflect TED Talk, Study Ideas video, Start Madison County Project (Jared McDonald) Social Contract

8/25: DMACC Biotechnology Department Head visit/Labs

8/26: Annex Visit

8/29 Microscope Lab: Start Microbiology notes

8/30 Study idea reflection: Case Study start:Microscope Lab: Microbiology notes

8/31 Microscope Lab: Microbiology notes

9/1Microscope Lab: Microbiology notes: Work on Madison County Project

9/2Microscope Lab: Microbiology notes: Work on Madison County Project

9/6 Microscope Lab: Microbiology notes: Work on Madison County Project:Case Study

9/7 Speaker : Trevor Jones

9/8 Microscope Lab: Microbiology notes: Work on Madison County Project:Case Study

9/9Microscope Lab: Microbiology notes: Work on Madison County Project:Case Study

9/12Environmental sample Lab, Madison County Project

9/13 Bacteria Test

9/14 Environmental sample Lab, Madison County Project

9/15 Madison County Project Presentations

9/16 Environmental sample Lab,

9/19 Gram Staining, cell notes

9/20 Gram Staining, cell notes

9/21 Bacteria experiment/ cell notes

9/22Bacteria experiment/ cell notes

9/23 Bacteria experiment/ cell notes

9/26Bacteria experiment/ cell notes/case study

9/27Bacteria experiment/ cell notes/case study

9/28 Case study rewrite due

9/29 Case Study rewrite presentations to experts

9/30Case Study rewrite presentations to experts

10/3-10/7 Start Personal Bacteria Experiment and Cell Notes

10/10 Cell Test

10/11 Grandview Field Trip

10/12 Lysosome Project/ Fertilization Packet/Bacteria Project

10/13 U of I Methodist Hosp Field Trip

10/14 Lysosome Project/ Fertilization Packet/Bacteria Project

10/17 Bacteria Project/Review

10/18Bacteria Project/Review

10/19Bacteria Project/Review

10/20Final

10/25 DNA Extraction DNA notes

10/26 DNA notes/Bacteria paper

10/27DNA notes/Bacteria paper

10/28 Bacteria paper Due/ DNA notes

10/31 Gene address Quiz

11/1 DNA notes

11/2 DNA notes

11/3 DNA notes

11/4 Bacteria paper due

11/7 Central dogma packets/walk through and models

11/8 Genetics Test 1

11/9 Research Class

11/10 Genetics Research

11/11Protein Notes

11/14 Protein Notes

11/15 Protein Notes

11/16 Protein Notes

11/17 Protein Notes

11/18 Protein Notes

11/28 ProteinTest

11/29-12/3 Mitosis Notes/CancerProject

12/5 Mitosis Notes

12/6Mitosis Notes

12/7 pGlo Lab

12/8 pGlo Lab

12/9 Mitosis Test/Cancer Poster Due

12/12 Cancer Poster

12/13 DNA fingerprint notes

12/14 DNA fingerprint notes

12/15 ISU Micro lab

12/16 Present Cancer Projects

12/19 Work on Cases/PCR notes

12/20Work on Cases/PCR notes

12/21 Present Cases

12/22 Present cases/Notes
















College Anatomy and Physiology

Mrs. Cain

10/25 Introduction/Study Skills/TEDTalk/Anatomy A-Z

10/26 Introduction to Bonobos research

10/27 Heart Walk thru/Circulatory System notes

10/28 Heart Notes

10/31 Heart Notes

11/1 Blood Flow Quiz

11/2 Heart Notes

11/3 Heart Notes

11/4 Heart Notes

11/7 Heart notes

11/8 Heart notes

11/9 Research class

11/10 Unity Point Field Trip

11/11 Heart Test

11/14Heart Function Notes/Artificial Heart construction

11/15 Heart Function Notes/Artificial Heart construction

11/16 Bonobo Field Trip

11/17 Heart Function Notes/Artificial Heart construction

11/18 Heart Function Notes/Artificial Heart construction

12/5 ECG with Dr. Clayton

12/6 Anatomical locations Quiz/Respiratory System Notes/Heart Dissection

12/7 Bonobos

12/8 Respiratory System Notes/Heart Dissection

12/9 Respiratory System Notes/Heart Dissection

12/12 Respiratory System Notes/Heart Dissection

12/13 Respiratory System Notes/Heart Dissection

12/14 bonobo visit

12/15Cardiac Case studies

12/16Respiratory System Notes/Heart Dissection

12/19Respiratory System Notes/Heart Dissection

12/20Respiratory System Notes/Heart Dissection

12/21Dr.Spocter

12/22Heart Dissection






Block 4. 1:07-2:37  M,Tu,Th,F

                    1:24-2:40 W

Google Classroom code: wyb5oum

High School Biology

8/23:Expectation Sheet, Introductions, Quiz, Textbook Introduction, Food Web Notes, Bring clear 2 liter Bottle (must have by Friday 8/25)

8/24: Creature of the Mangrove, Design a World Ecosystem sketch, Types of Ecosystems

8/25: Field Trip - prairie (WEAR or BRING CLOSED TOED SHOES) Students may leave a pair of closed toed shoes in the room for the weekly field trips

8/26: Build Design a World Ecosystem

8/29Design World / Creature of Mangrove Video and notes

8/30Creature of Mangrove Video and notes/ food web

8/31Build Bottle world /Review for food web Quiz

9/1Criss Cove Field Trip(WEAR or BRING CLOSED TOED SHOES)

9/2Check on Bottle World/Food Web Quiz

9/6: Scientific Method cases and Quiz World Observations

9/7 Creatures of the Mangrove Video World Observations

9/8Farm and butterflies Field Trip(WEAR or BRING CLOSED TOED SHOES)

9/9 Take apart World and measure

9/12 Symbiosis

9/13 Cell organelles

9/14 Cell metaphors

9/15 Field Trip Water Quality - Wear closed toed Shoes

9/16 Cell Metaphor posters

9/19 Cell metaphor poster information - Organelle quiz

9/20 Cell metaphor poster information

9/21 Make the cell metaphor poster

9/22 Field Trip(WEAR or BRING CLOSED TOED SHOES)

9/23 Eggs and osmosis

9/26 finish cell metaphor poster/osmosis

9/27 Field Trip(WEAR or BRING CLOSED TOED SHOES)

9/28 osmosis lab

9/29 Field Trip(WEAR or BRING CLOSED TOED SHOES)

9/30 osmosis poster chemistry

10/3 Chemistry

10/4Chemistry

10/5 Chemistry

10/6 Seed balls

10/7Chemistry

10/10 Seed Ball Field Trip/Element Proj Intro

10/11Element Project

10/12 Element Project

10/13 Madison County Conservation Field Trip

10/14 Present Element Projects

10/17Review for Final

10/18Carbohydrate Lab

10/19Review for Final

10/21 Final

10/25 DNA Extraction/Single Gene Notes

10/26 Making Babies/Zoo pedigree

10/27 OSmithsteinski

10/28 single gene trait

10/31 Genetics Quiz

11/1 Zoo pedigree

11/2 OSmithsteinski pedigree

11/3 Queen Victoria pedigree sex-linked traits

11/4 Punnett square

11/7 DNA model notes

11/8 DNA model making

11/9 DNA/RNA

11/10 Protein synthesis (ghost in the gene)

11/11 Protein Synthesis 

11/14 DNA Quiz

11/15 Transcription Quiz

11/16 Lorenzo's oil

11/17 Mitosis

11/18 Mitosis

11/28Mitosis Quiz/CancerProject

12/5Bacteria

12/6Virus

12/7 Work on Disease Poster

12/8 Diseases

12/9Diseases

12/12 Evolution

12/13 Adaptations

12/14 adaptation project

12/15 adaptation project

12/16 adaptation project 

12/19 adaptation project

12/20adaptation project

12/21Dr.Spocter

12/22adaptation project






Offered 2nd Semester

High School Anatomy and Physiology

Mrs. Cain


Mrs. Cain


Block 3 (11:08-12:16,12:39-1:03)  MTuThF,  

11:40-12:29,12:57-1:20  W)






Crime Scene Investigation

Mrs. Cain

Assignments are available on Google Classroom.

8/23: Introductions, class expectations, LabBook set-up, TED Talk, Google classroom, Crime scene A-Z, Observation sheets

8/24: Safety, reflect TED talk, Metric Lab

8/25: Fingerprint notes, fingerprinting techniques

8/26: Speaker:Greg Gourd Retired Senior CSI Des Moines Police Department.

8/29 Crime Scene groups: Fingerprint Quiz: Vitruvian Man

8/30 Crime Scene

8/31Fingerprint evidence: Microscope Lab

9/1Microscope Lab

9/2Motives for crime

9/6 Microscope Lab/online case

9/7 MicroscopeLab - Fingerprint Article

9/8 New Evidence - Hair

9/9 Hair - Fingerprint Article

9/12 Blood typing analysis

9/13 Hand writing analysis

9/14 Soil analysis

9/15 powder analysis

9/16 powder analysis - light colored bedsheet due

9/19 Wildlife Crime Scene

9/20Wildlife Crime Scene

9/21 Wildlife speaker

9/22 Create Wildlife Crime Scene

9/23 Create Wildlife Crime Scene (due 9/26)

9/26 Wildlife Crime scene due

9/27 Wildlife crime scene  presentations

9/28 Work on classroom case/online case

9/29Work on classroom case/online case

9/30 National Guard criminal specialist 

10/3 online case study due

10/4 Classroom Crime presentation

10/5 creation of Crime Scene

10/6 creation of Crime Scene

10/7 creation of Crime Scene

10/10creation of Crime Scene

10/11creation of Crime Scene

10/12 Presentation of Crime Scenes

10/13creation of Crime Scene

10/14 Presentation of Crime Scene

10/17Presentation of Crime Scene

10/18Presentation of Crime Scene

10/19Presentation of Crime Scene

10/21 Final






Block 1  8:00-9:29     Mo,Tu,Th,Fr. 

                   9:00-10:14.   We

Google Classroom code: talbm4jl

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Block 3 11:07-1:03  M, Tu,Th, F

                    11:36-1:19.   We

Google Classroom code: 5xuk6cj

Biology

Assignments are available on google classroom 

Monday- Dihybrid punnet square quiz, Pedigree charts

Tuesday - Video, Genetic disorder presentation

Wednesday-Pedigree chart quiz,  Ghost in our genes video

Thursday- Presentations, 

Friday - Blood typing video, lab

Block 4. 1:07-2:36   Mo,Tu,Th,Fr

                    1:23-2:36   We

Google Classroom code: g5p5e3d




Ecology

Assignments are available on google classroom

Monday:  Alternative energy article, video

Tuesday- Video Alternative energy presentations

Wednesday-  Wks., Work on presentations

Thursday- Work on presentations

Friday-  Presentations