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Week of October 30th
9th grade biology;
Monday
Station lab on patterns of Natural Selection
Tuesday
Finish stations – Review for exam
Wednesday
Go over review for Evolution
Thursday
Exam on Evolution
Friday
CER evolution
AP Biology
Monday
ppt on Cells types, size, nucleus,
Worksheet – online size and organelles
Tuesday
Cell Races size
Wednesday
Cell races/ organelle sheet
Thursday
ppt organelles
Friday
Review for ch. 3 exam
Week of October 23rd
Biology 9th grade
Monday
Simulation on Genetic Drift
Works sheet the uses a double bubble to compare bottleneck effect and founders effect
Tuesday – Wednesday
Evolution Webquest and vocabulary foldable
Sutdents will complete a webquest that focused on mechanisms of evolution and darwin
Sites:
https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/home.php
https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/lines_01
https://evolution.about.com/od/Darwin/p/Who-Is-Charles-Darwin.htm
to improve their vocabulary students will make a foldable
Thursday – Friday
Effects of evolution
selection and speciation
Students will be able to look at a graph and interpret the type of natural selection that is occurring
AP Biology
Monday – Tuesday
Lab Write up are due for the enzyme and pH lab
Review for the Exam will continue
Wednesday:
Exam on ch. 3
Thursday – Friday
Chapter 4 guided reading is due
Microscopes / structure and use
Week of October 16th
Biology 9th grade
Monday –
1.What are 4 pieces of evidence that support the theory of evolution?
2.How do scientists use these FOUR (4) pieces of evidence to support the theory of evolution?
- Please provide ONE (1) example of each
Tuesday – Wednesday
- Please create a 4-Square on the front of your group’s poster paper (it should take up the entire paper)
In each box:
´Vocabulary Word (BOLD & COLORED)
- Explanation (IN YOUR OWN WORDS)
´Real Life Example
- Picture (LARGE & COLORED)
Create a foldable with vocabulary
Thursday – Friday
Types of evolution – when given a scenario be able to identify if it is convergent, divergent, coevolution or punctuated equilibrium and give an explanation of why
Evaluating Scenarios of natural selection
Week of October 2nd
Biology
Monday – Wednesday:
Students are using the simulation of Thirsty Birds to develop an awareness of how competition, resources and pollution can affect a population’s evolution
- collect data
- Analyze data
- graph data and explain the results
Thursday – Friday
Students will complete an evolution station lab and apply methods of evolution
- reading for comprehension
- evaluating resources and methods
AP Biology
Students will be beginning biochemistry carbon and macromolecules
Monday – Friday
glucose models are used to develop dehydration synthesis and hydrolysis – monomer and polymer
students will develop an understanding of functional groups and their role in macromolecules
students will be able to identify macro molecule’s structure and function
Foldable of each macromolecule
Week of September 25th
9th Grade biology
Monday
Students will hand in their lab reports on paper towel absorbency
We will begin our study of Evolution with Cosmos questions
Tuesday – Wednesday
Students will create a Cosmos calendar that represents the major events in the creation of Earth
Thursday – Friday
Thirsty Birds Lab – students will develop an understanding of natural selection
AP Biology
Monday – Tuesday
Students will develop an understanding of pH and the effects it has on human metabolism
perform pH lab
Wednesday
Chapter 1 & 2 Exam
Thursday – Friday – begin Ch. 3
Chapter 3 guided reading will be due
We will begin learning about carbon and the diverse molecules that it can form
September 12th
Biology 9th grade:
Students will continue working on their Energy observation lab and turn it in at the end of the hour
For homework they will complete the Graph analysis worksheet
AP Biology
Students are completing their data collection for the Paper Towel lab
The write up will be due next Monday or Tuesday
June 12th AP Biology
May 31st
Cell Theory Webquest and Timeline info:
Friday May 12th
Carbon and the Carbon Cycle