Science
Block 1 Chemistry: (8:00 am MTuThF, 9:00 am W)
Google Class Code: ffm5o4f
Block 3 Chemistry (11:08 am MTuThF, 11:40 am W)
Google Class Code: jz4ljbt
Block 4 Chemistry (1:07 pm MTuThF, 1:24 pm W)
Google Class Code: vmypamw
Google Meet Link: https://meet.google.com/lookup/d4a7va76rd
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)
Google Class Code:
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)
Prep
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
Google Class Code:wtxvzsq
Block 3 starting T2
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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
Mrs. Cain
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
Assignments are available on Google Classroom.
Mrs. Cain
Assignments are available on Google Classroom.
Block 3 (11:08-12:16,12:39-1:03) MTuThF,
11:40-12:29,12:57-1:20 W)
Google Class Code: igey7ms
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