What Did We Do Today?
Period 4-5
8.13.2014 Freshmen only
8.14.2015 Intro to cooperative learning structures; Timed Round-Robin, Hand-up Stand-up Pair-up, Mix-Pair-Share. TEXTBOOKS ISSUED 8.15.2014 Procedures and rules for Mr. Strain's class. Quiz-Quiz-Trade activity with question cards. 8.18.2014 Bio Pre-Test; Spectral Lab -- Due FRIDAY 8.22 8.19.2014 Lab Safety Discussion with Fan N Pick 8.20.2014 Assemble Lab Notebooks (1st check is FRIDAY 8.22). Intro to CORNELL NOTES. All-Write Round Robin activity "What note-taking strategies work best for you? How do you know?" Begin "What Is Biology?" notes. 8.21.2014 Continue What Is Biology? notes 8.22.2014 Rally Coach/ Review activity: Levels of organization. Begin What Is Life notes. 8.25.2014 Mr. Strain absent. LIFE DVD and 10 questions/facts 8.26.2014 Notebook check! Lab Report format discussion (at end of What Is Life notes). Reading In Science: 2 articles 8.27.2014 Is It Alive? Lab Activity 8.28.2014 Review- What is Biology/Life. You Be The Judge worksheet handed out. Begin Scientific Method 8.29.2014: Quiz over What is Life/Biology. Zombie Scientific Method demo. Begin "Sciencing" notes 9.2.2014 Continue "Sciencing" notes. Simpsons Variables worksheet--last 2 problems due Thursdauy 9.4 9.3.2014 Continue "Sciencing" notes 9.4.2014 Finish "Sciencing" notes. Begin in-class lab activity Quantitative and Qualitative 9.5.2014 Continue Quantitative and Qualitative lab. 9.8.2014 Go over Simpsons Variables worksheet; KEEP to study for test over Sci Method scheduled for WEDNESDAY 9.10. 9.9.2014 Begin Seed Lab 9.10.2014 Check seed lab progress (Day 1); Review of Hypothesis statements 9.11.2014 Test: Sciencing. No time to check seed lab. 9.12.2014 Check seeds (Day 3). Begin notes on Ecology. 9.15.2014 Last seed check (Day 6). Graphing discussion for lab writeup. 9.16.2014 Continue Ecology notes. Lake Erie algae bloom discussion and 'Traveling Heads Together' activity. 9.17.2014 Continue Ecology notes. 9.18.2014 Continue Ecology notes. Begin Diversity in Species assignment. Crab Population worksheet--due Monday 9.22 9.19.2014 No School for Students 9.22.2014 Continue Ecology notes. Random Sampling Population Studies--Sunflowers worksheet due Friday 9.26 9.23.2014 Continue Random Sampling Population Studies--Sunflowers worksheet; Begin Mark and Recapture worksheet. 9.24.2014 Mr. Strain absent; NESA Practice 9.25.26.2014 Continue Ecology notes (symbiosis). Good Buddies in-class activity 9.26.2014 Finish Mark and Recapture worksheet (Due Monday 9.29). Continue Ecology notes. 9.29.2014 Hand in Mark and Recapture assignment. Continue Ecology notes: Symbiosis. Colorado River delta video "A Paddler's Perspective" and discussion. Diversity in Species Lab CLASS DATA period 4-5 compiled. 9.30.2014 Begin overview of Milk Succession Lab. Start on cover sheets. 10.1.2014 Set up Milk Succession Lab experiment. Continue cover sheets. 10.2.2014 Milk lab check #1. Begin Food Chains/Webs packet DUE MONDAY 10.6 10.3.2014 Milk lab check #3. Brief overview and discussion of nutrient cycles from Ecology notes. Assignment: Draw *skeletal* versions of Carbon, Nitrogen, Water, and Phosphorus cycle using textbooks. Due Monday. 10.6.2014 Discussion of the week's schedule. Complete nutrient cycle diagrams and copy nutrient cycle study questions. 10.7.2014 Nitrogen Passport Activity (In-Class) 10.8.2014 Final Milk lab check and cleanup. Lab report due next Thursday 10.16 Resources in-class activity. 10.9.2014 Begin BIOMES PROJECT-- due Monday 10.20 10.10.2014 Mr. Strain absent-- work time for Biomes Project. 10.13.2014 Begin review for MidTerm exams (Wed 10.15) STUDY GUIDE HERE 10.14.2014 Work time for Biome Project 10.15.2014 MidTerm Exam 10.17.2014 Water Olympics in-class activity 10.20.2014 Begin notes over Water and Carbon 10.21.2014 Finish Water and Carbon notes; Crash Course Biology vid 10.22.2014 Mr. Strain absent; video "Can I Eat That?" 10.23.2014 Quiz over Water and Carbon 10.24.2014 Mr. Strain absent: MythBusterw vid 10.27.2014 Begin assignments on Standard Deviants: Accelerate online resource (sdaccelerate.com). Create Logins. Assignments: Chem of Life, Macromolecules, water, carbohydrates, fat, protein. 10.28.2014 Continue sdaccelerate assignments. 10.29.2014 BLAM assignments. Begin Chemistry of Biology notes (handouts). 10.30.2014 Continue Chemistry of Biology notes. Element-Mixture-Compound in-class activity. 10.31.2014 Continue Chemistry of Biology notes. 11.3.2014 Finish Chemistry of Biology notes. 11.4.2014 Mr. Strain absent: "Can We Live Forever?" video. 11.5.2014 TEXTBOOK ASSIGNMENT DUE 11.11- Section 2.1 p.38: Section 2.2 p.44: Section 2.4 p.53: 1a, b 1a,b,c 1a,b 2a, b 2a,b 2a,b 3a, b 3a,b 3a,b 4a, b 11.6.2014 No Class-- Conferences 11.7.2014 No School 11.10.2014 Test over Water, Carbon, and Chemistry for Biologists scheduled for FRIDAY 11.14. Begin Organic Chem of Life notes. 11.11.2014 Continue Organic Chem of Organic Chem of Life notes. 11.12.2014 Begin Carbohydrates Building assignment. Organic Chem of Life notes 12.2.2014 **UNIT TEST OVER BIOCHEM: FRIDAY 12.5** Finish Organic Chem of Life notes and brief test review. Protein Cut and Paste and Questions due Friday. 12.3.2014 Study Guide for Biochem unit test handed out. Work time and begin sdaccelerate.com Biology-->Cells |
Period 5-68.13.2014 Freshmen only
8.14.2014 Intro to cooperative learning structures; Timed Round-Robin, Hand-up Stand-up Pair-up, Mix-Pair-Share 8.15.2014 Procedures and rules for Mr. Strain's class. Quiz-Quiz-Trade activity with question cards. TEXTBOOKS ISSUED 8.18.2014 Bio Pre-test 8.19.2014 Spectral Lab; Lab Safety Discussion with Fan N Pick 8.20.2014 Assemble Lab Notebooks (1st check is FRIDAY 8.22). Intro to CORNELL NOTES. All-Write Round Robin activity "What note-taking strategies work best for you? How do you know?" 8.21.2014 Begin What Is Biology? notes. 8.22.2014 Finish What Is Biology? Rally Coach/ Review activity: Levels of organization. HANDOUT: GUIDE TO CORNELL NOTES 8.25.2014 Mr. Strain absent. Twenty minutes of Reading In The Content Area: Science; LIFE DVD and 10 questions/facts 8.26.2014 Notebook check! What Is Life notes. 8.27.2014 Lab Report format discussion (at end of What Is Life notes). 8.28.2014 Review- What is Biology/Life. You Be The Judge worksheet handed out 8.29.2014 Zombie Scientific Method demo. Begin "Sciencing" notes. 9.2.2014 Continue "Sciencing" notes. Simpsons Variables worksheet--last 2 problems due Thursday 9.4 9.3.2014 Continue "Sciencing" notes. Begin in-class lab activity Quantitative and Qualitative 9.4.2014 Continue "Sciencing" notes. Continue in-class lab activity Quantitative and Qualitative 9.5.2014 Continue "Sciencing" notes. Finish in-class lab activity Quantitative and Qualitative; due Monday 9.8 9.8.2014 Finish "Sciencing" notes. 9.9.2014 Begin Seed Lab. 9.10.2014 Seed check Day 1 9.11.2014 Test: Sciencing. Seed check Day 2 9.12.2014 Seed check day 3. Begin Ecology notes. 9.15.2014 Last seed check (day 6). Graphing discussion for lab writeup. Continue Ecology notes. Lake Erie algae bloom discussion and 'Traveling Heads Together' activity. 9.16.2014 Continue Ecology notes. 9.17.2014 Continue Ecology notes. Begin Diversity in Species assignment. 9.18.2014 Continue Ecology notes. Crab Population worksheet--due Tuesday 9.23 9.19.2014 No School for Students 9.22.2014 Continue Ecology notes. Begin Random Sampling Population Studies--Sunflowers worksheet due Friday 9.26 9.23.2014 Continue Random Sampling Population Studies--Sunflowers worksheet; Begin Mark and Recapture worksheet. 9.24.2014 Mr. Strain absent; NESA Practice 9.25.2014 Continue Ecology notes (symbiosis). 9.26.2014 Finish Mark and Recapture worksheet (Due Monday 9.29). Good Buddies in-class activity. 9.29.2014 Continue Ecology notes: Symbiosis. Diversity in Species Lab CLASS DATA period 5-6 compiled. Due Friday 10.2. 9.30.2014 Begin overview of Milk Succession Lab. Start on cover sheets. 10.1.2014 Set up Milk Succession Lab experiment. Continue cover sheets. 10.2.2014 Milk lab check #1. Begin Food Chains/Webs packet DUE MONDAY 10.6 10.3.2014 Milk lab check #3. Assignment: Draw *skeletal* versions of Carbon, Nitrogen, Water, and Phosphorus cycle using textbooks. Due Monday. 10.6.2014 Go over nutrient cycles from Ecology notes; Discussion of the week's schedule. Complete nutrient cycle diagrams and copy nutrient cycle study questions. 10.7.2014 Nitrogen Passport Activity (In-Class) 10.8.2014 Final Milk lab check and cleanup. Lab report due next Thursday 10.16 Resources in-class activity. 10.9.2014 Begin BIOMES PROJECT-- due Monday 10.20 10.10.2014 Mr. Strain absent-- work time for Biomes Project. 10.13.2014 Begin review for MidTerm exams (Wed 10.15) STUDY GUIDE HERE 10.14.2014 Work time for Biome Project 10.15.2014 MidTerm Exam 10.17.2014 Water Olympics in-class activity 10.20.2014 Begin notes over Water and Carbon 10.21.2014 Finish Water and Carbon notes; Crash Course Biology vid 10.22.2014 Mr. Strain absent; video "Can I Eat That?" 10.23.2014 Quiz over Water and Carbon 10.24.2014 Mr. Strain absent: MythBusterw vid 10.27.2014 Begin assignments on Standard Deviants: Accelerate online resource (sdaccelerate.com). Create Logins. Assignments: Chem of Life, Macromolecules, water, carbohydrates, fat, protein. 10.28.2014 Continue sdaccelerate assignments. 10.29.2014 BLAM assignments. 10.30.2014 Begin Chemistry of Biology notes (handouts). 10.31.2014 Continue Chemistry of Biology notes. Element-Mixture-Compound in-class activity. 11.3.2014 Finish Chemistry of Biology notes. 11.4.2014 Mr. Strain absent: "Can We Live Forever?" video. 11.5.2014 Mr. Strain absent: "Can We Make It To Mars?" video. TEXTBOOK ASSIGNMENT DUE 11.11- Section 2.1 p.38: Section 2.2 p.44: Section 2.4 p.53: 1a, b 1a,b,c 1a,b 2a, b 2a,b 2a,b 3a, b 3a,b 3a,b 4a, b 11.6.2014 No Class-- Conferences 11.7.2014 No School 11.10.2014 Test over Water, Carbon, and Chemistry for Biologists scheduled for FRIDAY 11.14. Begin Organic Chem of Life notes 11.11.2014 Continue Organic Chem of Life notes. Begin Carbohydrates Building assignment 11.12.2014 Finish Carbohydrates Building assignment. 12.2.2014 **UNIT TEST OVER BIOCHEM: FRIDAY 12.5** Finish Organic Chem of Life notes and brief test review. Protein Cut and Paste and Questions due Friday. 12.3.2014 Study Guide for Biochem unit test handed out. Work time and begin sdaccelerate.com Biology-->Cells |