Teacher Work Day

No Classes

FYI: for teacher and student if you want to look: Great website with animations and quizzes

Fruit Fly Chromosome Squash

RNA "micromanagers" article

2nd Semester Study Guide

Begin Second Semester

Assignments : Due

Assignments: New

  Science Fair Assn # 9 2nd draft of literature review, including literature cited and introduction (includes statement of the problem and hypothesis) due 2/2) See Science Buddies (look on left margin) Science Fair Class Rubric

   Course Policy signature sheet 

Assign  Unit 12/ Meiosis Chapter 8.12- 8.24  notes only due 1/30  (online version make sure you only read the section on meiosis)

 1st semester final exam results (test correction points see top of calendar) Extra Credit Assignment due 2/24

In Class:

Start working on Test Corrections for 1st Semester Final

Science Content Standards  2a,b,e

Assignments : Due

   Course Policy signature sheet Parent signatures and email addresses

Assignments: New

Oogenesis/Spermatogenesis Chapter 27.5-27.6, 27.9-27.14 focus questions  due 1/31

Plant reproduction: Chapter 31.9-31.15  focus questions Chapter 26. 10/.11 focus questions due 2/2  (flower information)

In Class: Meiosis Slide Show

Meiosis Animation (youtube)

Comparing Mitosis and Meiosis,

FYI:

Meiosis Tutorial
Oogenesis video
Spermatogenesis video
Female reproduction cycle
 

 recommended:  Meiosis Links see syllabus

In Class: Intro to Human Reproduction and  hormonal control

Comparison of spermatogenesis and oogenesis

menstrual cycle 1

Fast Plant (Day 16) "Intermate" Fertilize F1 plants for 3 days

January 30

 Fast Plant (Day 17) "Intermate" Fertilize F1 plants for 3 days 1st day pollinate (what happens during pollination)

Assignments : Due

DUE TODAY  Unit 12/ Chapter 8.12- 8.24 Cornell notes only

Assignments: New

Pre Lab: Activity: 13A/ Pgs 748-9, due tomorrow (Bring one shiny and one dull penny tomorrow)

In Class:

Feedback control in endocrine system

Plant Reproduction: Private Life of Plants: The Birds and the Bees

FYI:

Fast Plant (Day 18-37)

January 31 

Assignments : Due

Pre Lab: Activity: 13A/ Pgs 748-9, due  (Bring one shiny and one dull penny tomorrow)

  Oogenesis/Spermatogenesis Chapter 27.6-27.6, 27.9-27.14 focus questions 

Assignments: New

 Activity: 13A/ Pgs 748-9, due in journal 2/6

Practice Problems (new)

In Class:

Penny Probability Lab

FYI:
 Genetics problems (Greek God problems)

February 1

Quiz  Chap 8 and 27 reading

Assignments : Due

Assignments: New

Sci Fair Assn # 10 Start on procedures and findings if you have data already, decide on the structure of your data tables and graphs, Start typing  parts of the research report: see the link. Science Fair Rubric   Also refer to See Science Buddies pick statistics, due 2/14 Science Fair Class Rubric

In Class:

Practice Problems (new)

Begin Genetics Case Study (clickers)

Blame it on DNA (youtube)

Inventory of your traits

Nondisjunction Meiosis I

Nondisjunction Meiosis II

Extra Credit: Chromosome Flip Book  due 2/11 (max 5 points)

February 2

Assignments : Due

  Science Fair Assn # 9 2nd draft of literature review, including literature cited and introduction (includes statement of the problem and hypothesis) due  See Science Buddies (look on left margin) Science Fair Class Rubric

D#3 Plant reproduction:3 Chapter 31.9-31.15 focus questions  AND Sex Hormones: Chapter 26.10-.11  due  focus questions

Assignments: New

  Assign Ch 9.1-9.10 due 2/9 focus questions

In Class:

Practice Problems (new)

Genetics continued

Genetics Site from Nature.com

February 3

Science Content Standards 3 a-c, district standard 6

Assignments : Due

Assignments: New

In Class:

Practice Problems (new)

Good Place to Practice Genetics Problems

FYI:

Mendel's Peas Animation

Law of Independent Assortment Animation

February 6

Assignments : Due

DUE TODAY Activity: 13A/ Pgs 748-9, Analysis questions due in journal

Assignments: New 

In Class:

"Ghost in the Genes" and epigenetics.

Words of Genetics (punnett squares, mono/ dihybrid crosses, X-linked)

Mendel's Peas Animation

Dragon Fun with Genotypes and Phenotypes

FYI:

Mendel Unwrapped

Mendel's Laws,1st Law  Codominance and Variations on 1st law,2nd Law, Monohybrid Crosses  Animated Monohybrid cross

Incomplete and Codominance

Test Cross

Mating Activity

FYI:

Everything you every wanted to know about Genetics Outline

February 7

In Class:

"Ghost in the Genes" and epigenetics.

February 8

Assignments : Due

Assignments: New

In Class:

more on genetics problem solving

FYI:

EXCR #2 I'm my own Grandpaw Song  For extra credit go to this next link: I'm My Own Grandpaw Extra Credit    Family Tree due 2/15

Recommended Tutorial: see syllabus

Eye Color Info

Mendelian Inheritance X-files and  Punnett Squares for Novices

 Punnett Practice Pedigrees I'm My Own Grandpa (best in Netscape)

I'm My Own Grandpaw Extra Credit    Song

February 9 (Late start schedule)

Assignments : Due

   Ch 9.1-9.10  notes/focus questions due 

Assignments: New

Assign Ch 9.11-9.19 notes   due 2/15

In Class:

Genetics Practice Problems (you can get hints from the computer based problems)

Remove any new flowers (let pollinated flowers grow pods)

More Practice Problems

Genetics continued (crosses)

FYI:

Multiple Alleles/ Demo ABO/Rh

Blue People Pedigree

Mendel Unwrapped

Dihybrid Crosses 

Punnett Square Calculator

Pedigree Slideshow

Pedigree Analysis

Sex-linked 1, and 2

Blue people 

February 10 (Darwin's Birthday (2/12)

Assignments : Due

Assignments: New

 Four Cross Traits  Due 2/16

Darwin Day Celebration!!   Extra Credit Follow ARTICLE REVIEW FORMAT for the  Biography of Darwin   Due 2/21 (due typed)

In Class:

Gene Function, Patterns of Inheritance, Epistasis, 

FYI:

Optional assignment if you feel you need more work on genetics  Ch 9 Do the Testing your knowledge  & Genetic problems & Thinking as a scientist at the end of the chapter.  Show your work (check your answers in appendix 4 pg 792-3. 

FYI:

Darwin Awards

February 13

Science Content Standards 2 c-g

Assignments : Due

 1st semester final exam results (test correction points see top of calendar) Homework Assignment due

In Class:

Epistasis continued

work on Four Cross Trait 

Eye Color Info

Mendelian Inheritance X-files 

Genetics 

Blood Types

Blood type chart

February 14

Sci Fair Assn # 10 Start on procedures and findings if you have data already, decide on the structure of your data tables and graphs, Start typing  parts of the research report: see the link. Science Fair Rubric   Also refer to See Science Buddies pick statistics, du

Assignments: New

Science Fair and See Science Buddies (look on left margin)  Sci Fair Assn # 11 Revisions to Science fair assignment  #10...make it PERFECT! less than 5 weeks to go! DUE 2/22  :Start your binder with table of contents (Abstract, conclusion, recommendations, acknowledgements, references, photographs, daily log and raw data) Due see rubric Science Fair Class Rubric

Pre-lab 14A (A/B) Pgs 755-756 procedure/ data tables due tomorrow

Heads up - Quiz Ch 9 on 2/22

video

February 15

Assignments : Due

Assign Ch 9.11-9.19 due  Cornell notes  due

EXCR #2 I'm my own Grandpaw Song  For extra credit go to this next link: I'm My Own Grandpaw Extra Credit    Family Tree due 2/15

Assignments: New

BSCS 14 A (A/B) due in journal 2/17  (note don't forget to do the chi square calculation for the real corn you counted) due 2/21

Print one of two things to be determined by lab group:   ( to work on in class) & Pedigrees and   Cystic Fibrosis PBL and   Case Study: The Origin of Skin Color link to article from Scientific American (use this article instead if the above link doesn't work) Due tomorrow  to work on in class

In Class:

Lab 14A if finish early work on Group Work on Cystic Fibrosis PBL or Case Study in class Due 2/23

Figure out which PBL each lab group is doing

FYI:

X-inactivation animation

Gene Function, Patterns of Inheritance, Epistasis

Epistasis, and more Epistasis

Non-traditional inheritance (genetic anticipation, genomic imprinting...)

February 16

Assignments : Due

Hw#5 Four Cross Traits

Assignments: New

In Class:

If you work on the PBL you will do the PBL requirements and assessment sections.  If you work on the Case Study you will complete part 1,2,3 questions  due 2/23 (letter typed, pedigree drawn by hand, show calculations).

Transposons

FYI8

Transposons

More transposons

Transposon Animation

Imprinting

FYI for Science Fair:

Error analysis and statistics

Background Info:

cystic fibrosis

February 17

NO School today

February 20 

President's Day Holiday No Classes

February 21

Unit test on 2/24  Unit 5 BStudy Guide Review 

Assignments : Due

  DUE TODAY BSCS 14 A (A/B) due in journal   (note don't forget to do the chi square calculation for the real corn you counted)

Darwin Day Celebration!!   Extra Credit Follow ARTICLE REVIEW FORMAT for the  Biography of Darwin   (due typed)

Assignments: New

In Class:

 work on PBL

FYI:

Human Genetics Problem Set

February 22  (Day 40 harvest fast plants)

Quiz:  Ch 9

Assignments : Due

Science Fair and See Science Buddies (look on left margin)  Sci Fair Assn # 11 Revisions to Science fair assignment  #10...make it PERFECT!  4 days to go! DUE   : binder with table of contents (Abstract, conclusion, recommendations, acknowledgements, references, photographs, daily log and raw data) Due see rubric Science Fair Class Rubric

Assignments: New

In Class:

FYI:
 

February 23

Unit 5 BStudy Guide Review Day starts  Tuesday

Assignments : Due

DUE TODAY  PBL   or Case Study

In Class:

February 24

Rally Schedule

Assignments : Due

Assignments: New

Science Fair Assignment #12: Project Board Instructions See Science Buddies (look on left margin) Science Fair Class Rubric  due 3/5

WARNING: FINAL DRAFT OF Project Binders and  Project Boards are due Monday March 12, no excuses, make sure you have printed a copy of your Science Fair Class Rubric   and it is checked off and in the front of the binder. Science Fair Project Team Assessment

 Unit 5 BStudy Guide Review

In Class:

Unit 5 Test

FYI:

Assignments : Due

Unit test tomorrow  Unit 5 BStudy Guide Review Day

February 28

 Chapter 12.1-12.10 focus questions and  notes   due 3/2

  Biotechnology   Study Guide unit test  Test based on labs: DNA extraction (from 1st semester) DNA fingerprinting/crime scene and Bacterial transformation/pGLO and other biotech techniques (PCR, RFLP...) and equipment plus a few questions from Ch 12 and Ch 11.1) Exam 3/30

Extra Credit: “Whose baby is it?” 5 points due typed  OR Extra Credit: Which Dog Did It?  Due 3/26

February 29 (WASC visit)

Assignments : Due

Assignments: New

  DNA Scissors Activity and DNA goes to the races Due Friday in your journal both Exercises

In Class:

Start Biotech Unit

DNA and Restriction Enzymes

Weird Al Yankovic Palindrome Song

FYI: 

  WARNING: FINAL DRAFT OF Project Binders and "rough" Project Boards are due Thursday March 5 make sure you have printed a copy of your Science Fair Class Rubric and it is checked off and in the front of the binder.

  Project is due 3/12 with binder and poster Science Fair Class Rubric

March 1 

Assign:  Fast Plant Wrap-up (Includes abstract, Punnett square, class data, chi-square calculation, conclusion paragraph and references) Fast Plant Rubric Due 3/13

Fast Plant Results Who's the Father?

Fast plants 

Chi Square Help

March 2 

Assignments : Due

Assignments: New

In Class: Test corrections due by next unit test

FYI:

March 5

Go over boards... take home and FIX tonight bring back tomorrow for practice..

 Final Draft of Science Fair binder and rough draft  Project Boards  and  Science Fair Class Rubric due

March 6 

Practice Presentations.

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March 7 

  Practice Presentations.

March 8

STAFF Development Day NO CLASSES

March 9

FYI:

March 12

  Project is due with binder and poster Science Fair Class Rubric

  Science Fair Assignment #12: Project Board Instructions See Science Buddies (look on left margin) Science Fair Class Rubric WARNING: FINAL DRAFT OF Project Binders and  Project Boards are due TODAY  no excuses, make sure you have printed a copy of your Science Fair Class Rubric  and it is checked off and in the front of the binder. Science Fair Project Team Assessment

In Class:

Presentation Practice

In class science fair today after school. Attendance required.

March 13 (CAHSEE testing) class meets at 1:09 PM

Assignments : Due

Fast Plant  Write up due (Includes abstract, Punnett square, class data, chi-square calculation, conclusion paragraph and references) Fast Plant Rubric

Assignments: New

In Class:

Debrief  Science Fair

FYI:

March 14

 (CAHSEE no class today)

March 15

Assignments : Due

Assignments: New

In Class:

 tools of Biotech, Demo Gel pouring and electrophoresis

March 16

Students participating in the CCCSEF fair will be hopefully transported by a district bus... details to follow as soon as known.

Awards ceremony from  9 to 10:30 AM on Saturday, you must pick up your projects and binders (at 11:45 AM Saturday) to return to school for final grading on Monday.

Science Content Standards (5 d,e)

Video TBD

FYI:

Extra Credit: Which Dog did it? due typed (5 points) or Whose Baby (print and fill out)3/26

  Pre-Lab:  Who Dunnit? Crime Scene PCR Student Guide ( in the DNA folder online download) due 3/21 Read Lesson 1  make a checklist procedure of the Lesson 2 due tomrrow (quick guide version)

Codis and STR forensic technique

What is PCR? What are STRs

 Cold Spring Harbor: Dolan Learning Center: Animations (check out PCR and Electrophoresis)

Assignments : Due

ue today Pre-Lab:  Who Dunnit? Crime Scene PCR Student Guide (on your CD in the DNA folder)  Read Lesson 1  make a checklist procedure of the Lesson 1 

 Chapter 12.1-12.10 Cornell notes  due today

Assignments: New

In Class:

Assignments : Due

READ  (ON LAB CD IN DNA FOLDER) Crime Scene PCR lab AND Do lesson 2 questions and a Pre-Lab checklist for the  procedures of  Lesson 2  due tomorrow

Assignments: New

Day 1 (pGlO) prelab due tomorrow  (read Lesson 1 and prepare a procedure list of Lesson 2) for Friday

 In Class:

 Crime Scene Lesson 2 (stain over night)  run gels

FYI:

Assignments : Due

Day 1 (pGlO) prelab due  (read Lesson 1 and prepare a procedure list of Lesson 2)

Assignments: New

Day 2 (pGlO) prelab due (Read through Lesson 3 and prepare data table for tomorrow

In Class:

pGlo day one

FYI:

Extra Credit Article: Cotton, its for Dinner

or

Harvest of Fear (read through all sections and summarize with your final viewpoint) 5 points

Paternity Case

Recommended Animations: Biotech animations

Exploring biotechnology at DNA Interactive

Extra Credit: 5 points due  typed   Which Dog Did It?  

or Whose Baby (print out and fill out)

pGlo results

Background Info: 

The Lac Operon

FYI:  

Human Genome Scavenger Hunt

Recombinent DNA DNA Fingerprinting, More on DNA fingerprinting and More; PCR

Assignments : Due

12.11-12.21 and Chapter 11.1 Cornell notes  due 

Results of Crime Scene PCR lab: Title/ Drawing of Results with labels  (gel) answer questions and  2 references. Due 

Assignments: New

In Class:

Video: CNN's version of the OJ case OJ Simpson case (make sure you check out the discussion tab on this Wikipedia article)  Famous Trials (tape 101)

Due Today

In Class:

Dead do tell tales (other types of forensics)

FYI:

 In Class Review DAY

  Study Guide for next unit test: Test based on labs: crime scene and pGLO and other biotech techniques (PCR, RFLP...) and a few questions from Ch 12 and Ch 11.1)  test 3/30

Assignments : Due

Due Today pGlo Lab       Title, Written Summary (1 page max. due ... what did you do, what happened and why) 2 or more references (use  Lesson 3B questions, Lesson 3 Review Questions to write your summary, Lesson 4 Extra Credit)  (see 3/26)
Review for test today

Assignments: New

In Class:

Test Corrections/ test makeup

Assignments : Due

Assignments : Due

Video: What Darwin Never Knew

Spring Break Next Week

Assignments : Due

Chapter 13 notes and focus questions  due 

Assignments: New

Assign Ch 14;  notes incorporate focus questions due 4/17

Evolution "Gems" from Nature Magazine

..

Assignments : Due

Prelab 16 A/B pgs. 758-760 Just Read introduction information due in journal

Population Genetics: Thumb activity  Hardy Weinberg activity prelab procedure and data tables due in journal

Assignments: New

Population Genetics: Hardy Weinberg activity data and questions and BSCS 16 A/B  due in journal 4/20

Read thru PomPom Evolution  for activity tomorrow prepare all  data tables in your journal

In Class:

 Population Genetics: Thumb activity  Hardy Weinberg activity

Khan Academy: Hardy Weinberg (14 min)

Assignments: New

Assign Ch 14;  notes incorporate focus questions due 

In Class:

PomPomEvolution  Questions  (handwritten) due journal 4/18

Pom Pom Evolution Lab PPT

Introduce Mechanisms of Evolution

Evolution PPT (lots of slides)

FYI:

Hardy Weinberg- site on Population Genetics from Nature.com

Assignments : Due

Assignments: New

In Class:

lab activities: PomPomEvolution, finish work on questions, thumb and BSCS sickle cell problems

FYI:

Early Whales Gave Birth on Land, Fossils Reveal

 Evolutionary Evidence that birds descended from dinosaurs

Assignments: New

Lengthy Relationships 

and Footprints  Pre lab procedure and data tables only due Friday (additional information: Laetoli topo 1, Laetoli topo 2, southern track topo, questions

Lab Introduction and Instructins for Lengthy Relationships & How Tall were They

Total Trackway and Southern Trackway, and Northern Trackway, and Blank Raw Data Table and Blank Stem-Leaf Graph and Blank Scatter-Plot Graph and footprint G1-37 and

Information Processing &
Experimental Write-up Sheets

Assignments : Due

Lab 16 A/B  and Population Genetics: Hardy Weinberg activity data and questions due today

Assignments: New

Lengthy Relationships Journal Activity due 4/30 (questions)

Assign notes and focus questions Chapter 15 due 4/26

In Class:

Bears and Pandas (old version) Bears and Pandas (new version) extra credit assignment due by May 10

Peppered Moth simulator (for fun)

The controversy about Peppered Moths (note the discussion thread is sometimes quite quarrelsome).

Peppered Moth Paradigm Updated and More Article (extra credit: Fine Tuning the Peppered Moth Paradigm)

FYI:

Assignments : Due

Due Today  PomPom Evolution

Assignments: New

In Class:

Star review reminder

wrap up Lengthy relationships

Footprints activty

Lab Introduction and Instructins for Lengthy Relationships & How Tall were They

FYI:

Who's on first?  Class activity  Just for Fun: Abbott and Costello's Routine Who's on First? (cancelled)

FYI:

Standards Review for upcoming State Biology test (when you open the document, go to pages 51-56 of the file)

California State Framework (detailed standards) PDF (see pages 36-66 of the pdf document)

What's on the State Star Test for Biology

Released STAR Biology Exam

What will be on the NCLB/Life Science Test Blueprint (2006)

Good review site: The Biology Place

Great Review Site for Molecular Genetics and Evolution

Assignments : Due

Assignments: New

  Footprints Journal Activity  due  4/30

In Class:

finish lengthy/footprints

FYI:

Quiz Ch 14 Wednesday

Assignments : Due

Assign notes and focus questions Chapter 15 due 4/26

Assignments: New
Assign Ch 19.11-19.19 notes  due May 3

In Class:

Video: Evolution: The Evolutionary Arms Race

Lab Introduction and Instructins for Lengthy Relationships & How Tall were They

New Homind Species Red Deer Cave People?

Assignments : Due

Assignments: New

Footprints Journal Activity (additional information: Laetoli topo 1, Laetoli topo 2, southern track topo, questions

Footprints due 5/1 Procedure question and Post Lab Questions due  in journal

In Class:

Video: PBS/Evolution  Great Transformations

Footprints continued

FYI:

Cool Site: Becoming Human Web Site

Does Race Exist?

Assignments : Due

Assignments: New

In Class:

Video: Becoming Human

FYI:

More on Genomics from Nature.com

Study Guide for May 10th Evolution Unit Test

Assignments : Due

Lengthy Relationships Journal Activity due 

due today Footprints questions Journal Activity  due today

Assignments: New 

Print out Data Sheet and Questions only for this assignment Hominid Skull Activity  (you need to print out instructions and the data sheet) and BSCS Investigation 20A (use download folder) need for next class

In Class: 

Hominid Skull Lab Instructions

FYI:

Chromosome breakpoint areas lead to speciation

They Don't Make Humans Like They Used To

Assignments : Due

Assignments: New

Hominid Skull Activity   and BSCS Activity due in journal 5/8

In Class:

Hominin lab  

Video: In Search of Human Origins 

Lucy Comparisons from Nova (teachers domain)

Assignments : Due

Assign Ch 19.11-19.19 notes  due May 3

Assignments: New

Investigation 20A/ B, analysis questions due in journal with Hominid Skulls on 5/8

In Class:

Finish Hominin lab and BSCS lab work

FYI:

  Unit test next Thursday

Study Guide for May 10th Evolution Unit Test

Study Guide for May 10th Evolution Unit Test

Assignments : Due

Assignments: New

In Class:

Review

Evolution: Mind's Big Bang

FYI:

Assignments : Due

 Bears and Pandas (old version) Bears and Pandas (new version)

  due today  All homind skull activity and All analysis questions for 20 A/B  due   in journal

Assignments: New

In Class:

Review

FYI:

Study Guide for May 4th Evolution Unit Test

Assignments : Due

Assignments: New

FYI:

May 11

Assignments : Due  

Assignments: New

Prelab: Investigation 21 B and 22B (procedure, data table due Monday)

Assign  notes  Chapter 28: due 5/17

In Class:

 Video: Evolution of  communication

Behavior and Nervous System

 How the Nervous System works..

FYI:

May 14
Assignments : Due

Prelab: Investigation 21 B and 22B  (procedure, data table due

Assignments: New

Investigation 21 B: Reaction Time and 22B: Trial and Error Learning Analysis Questions due in journal 5/18

Extra Credit: Sense Activity: Pick one sense and diagram (hand-drawn) the appropriate neuron that shows the input of information (ex. light) the neuron, the part of the brain that integrates the signal; and pick one particular problem that can arise (what can go wrong) and how problems can be fixed medically (ex; deaf from rock concerts) and 2 references. Due  5/22 Sense Rubric Please print out and attach to Activity

In Class:

Investigation 21 B: Reaction Time Analysis Questions due in journal 5/18

FYI:
Great website Overview on how neurons work:

Test your brain

The Human Nervous System

The Left Side vs Right Side of the Brain

Effects of Ecstasy on Brain Chemistry (from NIH at drugabuse.gov)

Assignments : Due

Assignments: New

In Class:

 Video: Evolution of Speed

FYI:

Brain disorders

Neurotransmitters and their effects

Effects of Aging on the Brain (SciAm)

How the Brain Works

Assignments : Due

due today Ch 28  notes

Assignments: New

Assign Ch 35 due 5/21

In Class:

FYI:

So why do we hiccup?

Ch 28 Quiz

Assignments : Due

Investigation 21 B: Reaction Time and 22 B: Trial and Error Learning Analysis Questions due in journal 

Assignments: New

In Class:

Cool Synapse Review site

Synaptic Transmission

The Action Potential

FYI:

Study Guide for Nervous System and Behavior Test

  Unit test next Tuesday

Assignments : Due

due today  Ch 35

Assignments: New

In Class:

Review

FYI:

Study Guide for Nervous System and Behavior Test

Assignments : Due

due today Sense Activity Extra Credit (see 5/14)

Assignments: New

In Class:

FYI:

Study Guide for Nervous System and Behavior Test

Assignments : Due

Assignments: New

Chapter 34  & Ch 36 pgs (skip 36.4)   notes due 6/1

In Class:

Overview of Ecology

Real Survivor PPT Instructions

Introduction to Real Survivor Project and survivor web links, possible habitats (groups will draw a habitat from a fish bowl)

pick groups/assign jobs/ topic selections

Example Project

Group Participation Sheet (required)

PowerPoint Rubric ) and Presentation Rubric (look at see what teacher is looking for)

Actual Teacher Use Rubric

FYI:

Assignments: New

HW: web search for information

Group Contract due Tuesday

In Class:

FYI:

Example Project

Assignments : Due

Assignments : Due

Assignments: New

In Class:

Real Survivor Project and Participation Sheet

FYI:

Group Participation Sheet  (NOTE: if you don't turn in this sheet you will get a zero on your participation grade).
 
 

Assignments : Due

Assignments: New

In Class:

Work on Biome Project

Web link:  Biomes

Web Link: Intertidal Zone

Non-native Invasions

FYI:

Cumulative Final List of Topics

Assignments : Due

Assignments: New

In Class:

Survivor Day 2

Presentation Schedule
FYI:

Survivor Day 3

Presentation Schedule

FYI:

Survivor Day 4

Presentation Schedule:

FYI:

Assignments : Due

Assignments: New

In Class:

Survior Day 5

Review for final exam

Final Exam Information:

3x5" card both sides or 1/2 sheet of notebook paper one side only. Handwritten only

2nd Semester Study Guide

Standards Review

California State Framework (detailed standards) PDF (see pages 36-66 of the pdf document)

Great Review Site for Molecular Genetics and Evolution

 FYI:

Assignments : Due

Ch 37 Cornell notes due in journal 

Assignments: New

In Class:

Review for final exam

Final Exam Information:

3x5" card both sides or 1/2 sheet of notebook paper one side only. Handwritten only

2nd Semester Study Guide

Standards Review

California State Framework (detailed standards) PDF (see pages 36-66 of the pdf document)

Great Review Site for Molecular Genetics and Evolution

FYI: