Weekly+Agenda+&+Homework+(high+school)

Monday

 * Demonstrate to the students an onion root tip slide (via a microscope and a smart board) and model exactly what they will have to look for under their microscopes
 * Begin "Mitosis Root Tip Microscope Lab" (objective is to use a prepared onion root slide and a microscope in order to identify, label, and count the cells undergoing mitosis)
 * Homework is to complete the questions on the lab handout

Tuesday

 * "Mitosis Root Tip Lab" continued...
 * Review the math + graph that are involved with the lab
 * Review the components of a formal lab report
 * Homework is to write a rough draft for a formal lab report

Wednesday

 * No Class

Thursday

 * Review any questions about the lab content and the lab report
 * Use laptops to type up a formal lab report
 * Submit lab report to the online data base
 * Hand out review sheets for next week's quiz
 * Homework is to read sections 5-3 and 5-4 about Cellular Specialization and Levels of Organization

Friday

 * No Class

Monday

 * No School
 * Capstone Presentation Day (school only for students presenting Capstone Projects)

Tuesday

 * Review any questions about lab reports from last class
 * Trash-can basketball review game before quiz
 * quiz (about 15 min)
 * Finish up ch.5 (Cell Specialization and Levels of Organization)
 * Hand out review sheet for the chapter test
 * Form groups to complete the review sheets
 * Homework is to complete the review sheet if will not finish it in class

Wednesday

 * No Class

Thursday

 * Review any questions from the test review sheet
 * Trash-can basketball review game before the chapter test
 * Test (about 50-60 min)
 * No homework during the break!

Friday

 * No Class

**Monday**

 * Begin ch. 6 Intro to Genetics
 * Lecture on Sec 6-1: The Science of Inheritance
 * Homework is to complete Sec 6-1 review questions

**Tuesday**

 * Check and review homework from yesterday
 * Lecture on Sec 6-1 cont. (Mendel, dominant and recessive alleles, Punnett Squares)
 * Show two video clips: 1. //"Why do children look like their parents?" 2. "Mendel's rules of heredity using Punnett Squares"//
 * Homework is to read Sec 6-2

Wednesday

 * This class does not meet

**Thursday**

 * Hand out skeleton notes for Sec 6-1
 * Set up the smart board and fill in the notes in an interactive manner
 * Sponge Bob Punnet Squares activity (students will complete this on the smart board)
 * Homework is __Simple Punnett Squares__ worksheet

**Friday**

 * This class does not meet

**Monday**

 * "ice-breaker" activity
 * Begin Ch.8 Cell growth and Division
 * Homework is to read Sec 8-1 and do the vocabulary + section review

**Tuesday**

 * This class does not meet

**Wednesday**

 * Review homework from Monday
 * Review notes on Sec 8-1
 * Begin a surface area/volume ratio lab
 * Hand out article :"Causes of Cancer"
 * Homework is to read Sec 8-2 and to complete the section review and to read the article (article not graded)

**Thursday**

 * This class does not meet

**Friday**

 * Finish the surface area/volume lab
 * Read and have a class discussion about the article: "Causes of Cancer"
 * Begin lecture on Sec. 8-2: Cell division
 * Homework is to complete a crossword puzzle. This is based on Sec. 8-1, the lab material, and the cancer article (which has now been discussed and will count towards homework credit)

__Agenda for the week of March 3-7__

 * FOR BIO412, 10th grade**

**Monday**

 * Review homework from last week (Simple Punnett Squares)
 * Assign students into 7 different groups to complete the "Sponge Bob Punnett Squares" activity
 * Each group will present their solution to one of the problems on the board (I will randomly select the problem).
 * Each group working on the worksheet and presenting their solutions will receive 'lab" credit (30pts) and some chocolate!
 * Since this class will finish the sec.6-1, homework will be a crossword puzzle on this section's vocabulary

Tuesday

 * Review homework from yesterday (the crossword puzzle)
 * Begin sec.6-2 on //Meiosis//
 * quick review of mitosis beforehand
 * chromosomes
 * forming gametes (human reproductive cells)
 * haploid and diploid cells
 * the phases of meiosis
 * meiosis and genetic diversity
 * video segment about meiosis
 * Assign students into groups for a lab activity about Meiosis
 * Homework will be a word jumble/crossword mix of sec.6-2 key ideas

**Wednesday**

 * This class does not meet

**Thursday**

 * Review homework from last class
 * Begin sec.6-3 - //Analyzing Inheritance//
 * probability
 * probability in genetics
 * Assign students into groups for a "Flip a Coin" activity
 * Ask same student groups to make up various genetics and probability problems for other teams to solve. I will give them a time limit for creating problems (~10min). They will have to put their created problems into a "Probability Bowl". Instead of speed, team answers will be created on correctness and creativity.
 * Homework will be to read sec. 6-4 //A Closer Look at Heredity// and to complete section review questions 1 and 2

__Agenda for the week of March 3-7__

 * FOR BIO401, 9th grade**

**Monday**

 * Review homework from last class
 * Continue lecture on sec. 8-2 (Mitosis and Cytokinesis)
 * Homework is ch.8 content review

**Tuesday**

 * This class does not meet

**Wednesday**

 * Review homework from last class
 * Assign students into groups for an "Onion Root Tip Lab" activity
 * Distribute quiz review sheet
 * Homework is to study for the quiz

**Thursday**

 * This class does not meet

**Friday**

 * Quiz (mostly testing on vocabulary)
 * Mitosis skit (students acting as characters to act out phases of mitosis)
 * Video about Mitosis
 * Distribute chapter Test Review sheets
 * Homework is to study for the Test

__Agenda for the week of March 10-14__

 * FOR BIO412, 10th grade**


 * Monday**
 * Hand back quizzes, review them
 * Practice problems for the test


 * Tuesday**
 * Ch.6 Genetics test
 * Begin ch. 7 - Human Inheritance
 * Homework is to complete the vocabulary for ch. 7


 * Wednesday**
 * This class does not meet


 * Thursday**
 * Hand back ch. tests and review them
 * Discuss and reteach concepts that were confusing on the test
 * Continue ch. 7 - Human Inheritance
 * Homework is to read sec 7-1 and complete the chapter review for it


 * Friday**
 * This class does not meet

__Agenda for the week of March 10-14__

 * FOR BIO401, 9th grade

Monday**
 * Review homework and finish up ch. 8 - Mitosis
 * Homework is to complete the end of the chapter review test


 * Tuesday**
 * This class does not meet


 * Wednesday**


 * Review homework from last class
 * Complete the mitosis "onion root tip" lab
 * Hand out study guides for the ch. 8 test
 * Homework is to complete the study guide


 * Wednesday**
 * Review study guides from last class; answer any questions and clear out confusions
 * Jeopardy review for the test!
 * Homework is to study for the test


 * Thursday**
 * This class does not meet


 * Friday**
 * Ch. 8 - Mitosis TEST
 * Do something fun at the end of the test (it's my last day!!!)