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8/23
(minimum
day) Assignments
: Due
Assignments: New
HW: Read Safety Rules
pg.1060-1062, Take Safety Quiz except
question #21 (in your journal; 1 stamp) & Safety Contract print out
and sign (print out the last two pages to turn in) Due 8/26
Lab Safety
Movie (http://www.nclark.net
/Lab_Safety.wmv)
Safety
Video on You tube
HW
Course Policy
signature sheet
due ASAP
In Class:
WELCOME!!!
Policy, Books,
Seating Chart, Classroom/lab Safety, Donations$$
FYI:
Download
Adobe Acrobat Reader for reading PDF files
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8/24 Science Content
Standards Investigations and Experimentation (I and E)
Assignments : Due
Course
signature, tally sheet
Assignments: New
HW:
1. Please print out Exploring
Scientific Method for tomorrow
2. Assign BFQChapter 1 homework
due in journal 8/31
In Class:
Skills quiz (8 questions)
Calvin and
Hobbs Activity (just in case you're absent)
Cornell Note taking
FYI:
Alien Fun
(Extra Credit) due 8/31
Cornell Note-taking
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8/25 (Assembly for Freshmen/Sophomores) Assignments : Due
Assignments: New In Class: Note: Period 2 Freshmen will be returning 1/2 way into period Note: Period 3 Sophomores will be escorted to Assembly at the beginning of class Note: Period 4 Sophomores will be returning from the Assembly 1/2 way through the period. Discussion of District Policies
FYI:
Mind
Mapping
General
Graphing Rules and Excel Graphing Help
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8/26 Science Content
Standards I&E A,F,J,N
Assignments : Due
HW: Read Safety Rules
pg.1060-1062, Take Safety Quiz except
question #21 (in your journal; 1 stamp) & Safety Contract print out
and sign (print out the last two pages to turn in)
Assignments: New Finish
"Sam" paragraph in journal answer A-C. and calculate your age to the
0.01 place and height in cm DUE Tomorrow
Make
an Excel Graph of one of the class sets of data below, print out graph
to be peer edited tomorrow...Please use the following data for your
graph
Age Height
Class Data
(Additional help on graphing)
Warning Quiz Monday on
Observations and Inferences, variables and graphing
In Class: 1. Scientific Method practice paragraphs Find the
IV/DV/SV and other info for the Exploring
Scientific Method
2. Start
Activity Collect class data Explain Excel Graphing
Go
over Safety Quiz responses in journal.
Safety in the Laboratory
Exploring Scientific
Method
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8/27
Welcome Back Rally (adjusted schedule)
Science Content
Standards I&E A,B,C
 Quiz: Observations
and Inferences, variables and graphing on Monday
Assignments : Due
Assignments: New
HW : Re-graph
Height Data in MS Excel (use trendline); print out due 8/31
(if you don't have access Excel, use the computers in the library or
class during lunch or after school).
HW:
Organism/Sowbug Lab
In Class:
Lab seats and Science
Equipment activity
Introduction to
Scientific Inquiry:
Organism/Sowbug Lab
FYI:
What is a Pre-lab?
HW:
Lung/Volume relationship
prelab (prepare data tables)
Introduction to Scientific Inquiry:
Lung/Volume relationship
Cornell Note taking
Cornell
Note-taking help
Lung/Volume relationship due 9/8 Includes:
Title, Background Info (1 paragraph)
H,IV,DV,SV,
Control (list)
Results (data tables (indiv table data, class summary table)
(title, units), graph (title, axes labeled, units),
Discussion (what happened and why), and References: MUST BE TYPED AND
GRAPHS MUST BE EMBEDDED IN RESULTS SECTION USING EXCEL
Rubric
Formal Lab
How to make a data
table in Word
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8/30 Assignments : Due
Assignments: New
HW: BFQ Chapter
2.1-2.2, notes in journal due 9/2 Recommended: Bonding
Tutorial
In Class:
Quiz: Observations
and Inferences, variables and graphing
*Lab Day:
FYI:
scientific
method tutorial
Download
Adobe Acrobat Reader for reading PDF files
Extra Help where to
start
“Example
of a Lab Report”
Examples of Graphs and Data Tables
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8/31 Assignments
: Due
Alien Fun
(Extra Credit)
BFQ Chapter 1 homework
due
today (in journal)
Assignments: New
Short Unit Test 9/8
Scientific method, Inorganic (pH, water, bonds) on
HW: Water
Activity (pdf) refer to p. 40-42 for help with
the questions/ put in your journal due 9/2 New Version of
Water Lab: FYI: Water
(Structure
of Water)
Organism/Sowbug Lab due 9/7
Includes:
Title,
Background Info (1 paragraph)
H,IV,DV,SV,
Control (list)
Results (data
tables (indiv table data, class summary table) (title, units), graph (title,
axes labeled, units),
Discussion
(what happened and why), and References: MUST BE TYPED AND GRAPHS MUST BE
EMBEDDED IN RESULTS SECTION USING EXCEL
Rubric
Formal Lab
How to make a data table in Word
HW:
In Class:
Lab
Symposium (go over the results)
FYI:
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9/1 (Back to School Night) Science Content
Standards I&E, G,KL,N
Assignments : Due
Assignments: New
In Class:
Powers of 10 site
Chemistry
pre-test (checking prior
knowledge)
Video:
Origins
(hour 4) first 15 minutes
FYI:
Big Bang
FYI (Additional info):
Big Bang Time-line
The Real Story of the Big Bang
More Big
Bang
The BEST site for
lab write-ups includes graphing instructions
Excel Tutorial
Video
Periodic Table - VERY COOL!
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9/2 Science Content
Standards 1
Assignments : Due
BFQ Chapter
2.1-2.2, Cornell notes due today
H2O
assignment due today (see 9/2)
Assignments: New
 HW: BFQ 17-2
notes:
Textbook (pgs. 423-428) Cornell notes due in journal 9/8
HW:
pH lab activity
Answer questions at
the end of lab or finish as homework in journal due 9/7 (note up to 2
stamps)
In Class: Demo pH pH and BTB
Demonstration
FYI:
Miller and
Urey (in Miller's
own words with interactive picture)
Panspermia/ exogenesis alternative theory of abiotic synthesis
Did Life Evolve in
Ice?
Primordial
Soup ,
Big Bang
Time-line
The Real
Story of the Big Bang
Article: Universe Origin
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9/3 District Furlough Day No School
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9/6
Labor Day
No School
Assignments : Due
Assignments: New
In Class:
FYI:
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9/7
Science
Content Standards 1 B
Assignments : Due
Organism Inquiry Formal Lab Write-up due today (see 9/3)
Redo lab due 9/11
pH lab activity
Answer questions at
the end of lab or finish as homework in journal due 9/7 (note 2 stamps
possible)
Assignments: New
Sowbug
redo due Friday
In Class:
Peer
Grade Lab Sowbug lab
Review for Unit Test
Chapter 2.1 Review
Chapter 2.2 Review
Chemical
Bonds More Chem
Bonds Why do
Atoms React
Abiotic synthesis
FYI:
Evolution
and the Origin of Life
Deep Time Show from Nova
All in the Family
from Nova
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9/8
Science Content
Standards I
Short Unit Test Today
Scientific
method, Inorganic (pH, water, bonds) on reading
assignments
Assignments : Due
pH lab activity
Answer questions at
the end of lab or finish as homework in journal due (note 2 stamps
possible)
Due today: BFQ 17-2
notes:
pgs
423-428
Assignments: New
HW: BFQs
Chapter
2.3 Chapter 2.3 (page 44-48) due 9/14
in journal
In Class:
FYI:
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9/9 (Mrs. Groch Absent)
Assignments : Due
Assignments: New
Test
Corrections due Sept. 21
In Class:
Test
corrections
or Video
FYI:
Panspermia/ exogenesis alternative theory of abiotic synthesis
Did Life Evolve in
Ice?
Primordial
Soup ,
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9/10
Science Content
Standards 1 H
Assignments : Due
Sowbug
redo due today
Assignments: New
 Building
carbohydrates Print out for Monday
In Class:
Bio-molecules
Lecture: The Importance of Organic Models Carbohydrates,
Lipids and Proteins
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9/13
Assignments : Due
Assignments: New
Print out identifying organics
lab for tomorrow
In Class:
Practice building bio-molecules
FYI:
Animation
of Dehydration and Hydrolysis Reactions
Functional Groups, and bio-molecules,
Macromolecules
Building
carbohydrates
Chemistry of Carbon
and Life
Condensation and Hydrolysis Reactions
Van der
Waals and Spiderman
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9/14
Assignments : Due
Chapter 2.3
BFQ
(page 44-48) due today
Assignments: New
Assign
Chapter 2.4
BFQ pages 49-53; Highly Recommended
Enzymes due 9/22
In Class:
More molecules Organic Lecture Functional
Groups
Great
Review Site for Biomolecules
FYI:
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9/15
Science Content
Standards 1 H
Assignments : Due
Assignments: New
HW: Pre-lab
also answer the 'pre-lab questions on the lab; Identifying Organic Compounds
due tomorrow in your journal ( How to do a
Pre-lab)
In Class:
Video:
Origins
Hour 2 (if absent today take notes in your journal from the
transcript)
FYI:
Testing
Biomolecules
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9/16
Science Content
Standards 1 B
Assignments : Due
Assignments: New
HW:
Biomolecules-Organic Molecules Rubric
Answer post lab questions, a data table
and references typed due 9/22 (Remember that info on how to format
references can be found in Section 8
of the CP Formal Lab Identifying Organics Lab Rubric
instructions How to
make a data table in Word
In Class: Demo Lab Day: Organic
Unknowns.
Go
over results from yesterday's lab
FYI:
Testing
Biomolecules
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9/17
Science Content
Standards 1 B
Quiz Monda;y
on Biomolecules
Assignments : Due
Assignments: New
In Class:
Lecture:
Thermodynamics, Chemical Reactions & Activation Energy
FYI:
Click for a tutorial
Laws of Thermodynamics, more on
Thermodynamics
Enzymes
an animated tour
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9/20 How to
make a data table in Word
 Quiz
Biomolecules
Assignments : Due
Test
corrections for short unit test due by next unit test
Assignments: New
Quiz
next Monday: Enzymes
In Class:
Lecture:
Thermodynamics, Chemical Reactions & Activation Energy
FYI:
Click for a tutorial
Laws of Thermodynamics, more on
Thermodynamics
Enzymes
an animated tour
FYI:
Highly Recommended
Enzymes
UNIT
TEST coming up on October 2nd
(ALL MATERIAL COVERED SINCE THE
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL)
Unit
Test Review Information
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9/21
Assignments : Due
HW: Biomolecule Lab dentifying Organics Lab Rubric
(Remember that info on how to format
references can be found in Section 8
of the CP Formal Lab instructions
Assignments: New
Pre-lab: Bean Juice
due in journal tomorrow (prepare a data table)
In Class:
Demo
Bean Juice
Nucleic Acids, Enzymes, Thermodynamics continued
Demonstration
Fabulous and
Versatile Bean Juice
FYI:
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9/22
Assignments : Due
Chapter 2.4
BFQ pages 49-53 reading due
today in journal
Assignments: New
In Class:
Bean Juice lab
FYI:
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9/23
Assignments : Due
Assignments: New
Bean Juice
Results discussion(
See Analyzing Data in Textbook page 51 for some helpful information)
Bean Juice
Rubric
(Additional helpful Resources and
lab reports ) Title Help
.
Due 9/30
(Remember that info
on how to format references can be found in Section 8
of the CP Formal Lab instructions
In Class:
FYI:
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9/24
Video
Volcanoes
of the Deep Sea
Quiz
on Tuesday
Enzymes, Energy Diagrams, Thermodynamics
AND questions from the last quiz
Assignments : Due
Assignments: New
Unit Test Review Information
Chemical Bonds
Chemistry of Carbon
and Life
Condensation and
Hydrolysis Reactions
Why proteins denature
In Class:
FYI:
Concept Mapping Activity
(pick a concept to review)
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