WARM-UPS!

THURS, 5/15 (EVEN day 6) & FRI, 5/16 (ODD day 1) - ECOLOGY (MrZ's Class Website: http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __
 * Homework ** to hand in //--// **//__ NAME, DATE, & BLOCK (UPPER RIGHT) __//**// : //

1) All Blocks - Vocab #15 2) Block 4 only - Protein Synthesis Lab 3) Take/Correct Your Unit 4 Test
 * Old Homework: **

1) Complete the Succession & Disturbances activity
 * New Homework: ** (//Copy it in to your planner!//)\

1) Words to Know and Use:  **Population, Community, Ecosystem, Carrying Capacity (see handout), Limiting Factor,**  **Population Density, Population Dynamics (change)**
 * Today's Objectives: "Population Dynamics - How populations change" **

2) Complete "The Lesson of the Kaibab" Population activity (available at [|http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/kaibab.html#.U3SSTK1dUqQ])

WHEN DONE 1) Complete the "Ecosystem Changes = Succession and Disturbances" activity  OR

2) Watch "LIfe after People, Episode 1" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XDbcMND7fY&list=PLB829EFE31331AD3F&index=1

Warm-up Question(s):
 * - Read The Lesson of the Kaibab Introduction, as a group.**

MON, 5/3 - WED, 5/15 Keystone Exam Review & Testing

Keystone Review Packets and Sample Exam (parts 1 & 2) are uploaded on Mr. Z's Twitter account - @MrZsScience. (If you are not "on" Twitter, a "Feed" for Mr Z's Twitter account is on the main page of this class website.)

THURS, 4/29 (EVEN day 6) & FRI, 4/30 (ODD day 1) - ECOLOGY Day 3 (MrZ's Class Website: http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __ // - //// Place Bioenergetics Keystone Packet on your desk // // You should have completed at least 12 total questions or up to 17. //
 * Homework ** to hand in //--// **//__ NAME, DATE, & BLOCK (UPPER RIGHT) __//**// : //

1) All Blocks - Vocab #15 2) Block 4 - Protein Synthesis Lab 3) Take/Correct Your Unit 4 Test
 * Old Homework: **

1) Finish the BIOENERGETICS Keystone Packet. (If done, work on another packet.)
 * New Homework: ** (//Copy it in to your planner!//)

Today's Objectives: "Ecological Interactions: Symbiosis & Feeding Relationships" 1) Midterm Grades - Monday! 2) Warm-up: Answer More Bioenergetics Keystone questions. 3) Words to Know and Use: 4) Finish Basic Ecology Notes. Copy underlined parts. 5) Basic Ecology & Biogeochemical Questions sheet 6) Mutualism Videos (In Warm-up below) WHEN DONE Work on Vocab 16, Vocab Practice Sheet, or Keystone Packet
 * Habitat, Niche, Biogeochemical Cycle, **** Limiting Factor, Symbiosis (Mutualism), **
 * Producer/Authotroph, Consumer (Herbivore, Carnivore, Omnivore) **

1) What symbiotic relationship is pictured in these videos? a) Anemone and Sea Star Tangle (Hautestuff85; 1:21) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7KxjF3dk64 b) Clown fish Protects Anemone (Alli O; :29) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwSMTcusMQU
 * Warm-Up Question(s): **

2) What type cell is round and has cellular organelles (pictured below)?

3) What cellular //organelle// is pictured below?

4) Two more Bioenergetics Questions

TUES, 4/29 (EVEN day 4) & WED, 4/30 (ODD day 5) - ECOLOGY Day 2 (MrZ's Class Website: http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __ // - //// Place Bioenergetics Keystone Packet on your desk. // // You should have completed at least seven total questions or up to 12. //
 * Homework ** to hand in //--// **//__ NAME, DATE, & BLOCK (UPPER RIGHT) __//**// : //

1) All Blocks - Vocab #15 2) Block 4 - Protein Synthesis Lab 3) Correct Your Unit 4 Test
 * Old Homework: **

1) Complete 5 questions in BIOENERGETICS Keystone Packet. (If done, work on another packet.)
 * New Homework: ** (//Copy it in to your planner!//)

1) Warm-up: Answer 2 more Bioenergetics Keystone questions. 2) Words to Know and Use: 3) Finish Basic Ecology Notes "Ecology Part 1 – Basic Ecology” (Uploaded by Chris Judd; 6:28): [] 4) Biogeochemical Cycles Video (Sarah Dohring; 4:20) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDHwDUblk0k Bigoeochemcial Cycling (Bozemon Science; 10:06) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09_sWPxQymA 5) Basic Ecology & Biogeochemical Questions sheet  6) If done, Work on Vocab 16, Vocab Practice Sheet, or Keystone Packet
 * Today's Objectives: "Evolution; Ecology" **
 * Population, Community, Habitat, Niche, Biogeochemical Cycle **

2 more Bioenergetics Questions What is pictured below?
 * Warm-Up Question(s): **

FRI, 4/25 (EVEN day 2) & MON, 4/28 (ODD day 3) - ECOLOGY Day 1 (MrZ's Class Website: http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __ // - EVEN DAYS: List & explain the Four Types of Evidence for Evolution (p292-296); and // // Give an example for "Anatomy" (homologous structures) // // - ODD DAYS: Place Bioenergetics Keystone Packet on your desk. //
 * Homework ** to hand in //--// **//__ NAME, DATE, & BLOCK (UPPER RIGHT) __//**// : //

1) All Blocks - Vocab #15 2) Block 4 - Protein Synthesis Lab 3) Correct Your Unit 4 Test
 * Old Homework: **

1) Complete 5 questions in BIOENERGETICS Keystone Packet. (If done, work on another.)
 * New Homework: ** (//Copy it in to your planner!//)

0) Bioenergetics: answer 2 questions in packet as a class. 1) Work on Vocab 16; (If done, complete Vocab Practice Sheet (#15 & #16)) 2) Discuss "Practice with Natural Selection" Sheet 3) Words to Know and Use: 3) Watch Video: "How Ecosystems Work" (greatpacificmedia; 3:23) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_RBHfjZsUQ 4) Basic Ecology Notes "Ecology Part 1 – Basic Ecology” (Uploaded by Chris Judd; 6:28): []
 * Today's Objectives: "Evolution; Ecology" **
 * Population, Community, Habitat, Niche, Biogeochemical Cycle **

Even Day: none Odd Day: 2 Bioenergetics Questions What is pictured below?
 * Warm-Up Question(s): **

WED, 4/23 (EVEN day 6) & THURS, 4/23 (ODD day 1) - EVOLUTION Day 2 (MrZ's Class Website: http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __ // -List & explain the Four Types of Evidence for Evolution (p292-296); and // // Give an example for "Anatomy" (homologous structures) //
 * Homework ** to hand in //--// **//__ NAME, DATE, & BLOCK (UPPER RIGHT) __//**// : //

1) All Blocks - Vocab #15 2) Block 4 - Protein Synthesis Lab
 * Old Homework: **

1) Work on BIOENERGETICS Keystone Packet. (If done, work on another.)
 * New Homework: ** (//Copy it in to your planner!//)

1) Finish "Evolution Questions Worksheet" using textbook.
 * Today's Objectives: "Understanding Evolution & Variety of Species" **

2) Words to Know and Use: Evolution, Natural Selection, Fitness, Adaptation, Homologous Structures  3) Watch Video: "Evolution: How Does Evolution Really Work?" (PBS; 6mins): Go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/educators/teachstuds/svideos.html 4) Practice with Natural Selection & Evolution (worksheet) and Game (below) 5) Play "Who Wants to Live a Million Years?" Game: http://www.sciencechannel.com/games-and-interactives/charles-darwin-game.htm Complete the "Peppered Moths Simulation" at "Biology Corner" http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/pepperedmoth.html

Finish the "Evolutions Questions Worksheet" from yesterday.
 * Warm-Up Question(s): **

MON, 4/21 (EVEN day 4) & TUES, 4/22 (ODD day 5) (MrZ's Class Website: http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __ - Vocab #15. - Evolution & Roadkill Writing
 * Homework ** to hand in //--// **//__ NAME, DATE, & BLOCK (UPPER RIGHT) __//**// : //

1) Protein Synthesis Lab
 * Old Homework: **

1) a) List and explain the Four Types of Evidence for Evolution. (Sec 10.4; p292-296) b) Give an example for "Anatomy" (homologous structures).
 * New Homework: ** (//Copy it in to your planner!//)

1) Warm-up (below) 2) Words to Know: Evolution, Natural Selection, Fitness, Adaptation, 3) Take Notes about "Evolution & History" - How does it happen?  - What evidence supports evolution theory?  4) Watch Video: "Evolution: How do we know evolution happens?" (PBS; 6mins): Go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/educators/teachstuds/svideos.html 5) Answer Evolution Questions using textbook.
 * Today's Objectives: "Understanding Evolution & Variety of Species" **

1) Copy Words to Know: Evolution, Natural Selection, Fitness, Adaptation, Homologous Structures  2) What causes the variety of life (biodiversity) on the planet? 3) Why should this face // possibly // appear?
 * Warm-Up Question(s): **

If you think //that's// bad, how about //THIS// one?

or THIS one!?

FRI, 4/11 (ODD day 5) & MON, 4/10 (EVEN day 6) (MrZ's Class Website: http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __ __FRIDAY__: ODD Classes - Sec9.1 (p248-251), Answer #1-3, on p251 BLOCK 4 - Protein Synthesis Lab
 * Homework ** to hand in //--// **//__ NAME, DATE, & BLOCK (UPPER RIGHT) __//**// : //

__ MONDAY __ - Have Test Review Packet out on Desk

1) Vocab 13 (Mutations)
 * Old Homework: **

1) Blocks 2 & 3: Project (Protein Synthesis): Must be shared in Google Drive by Monday (4/21)
 * New Homework: ** (//Copy it in to your planner!//)

FRIDAY: Blocks 2 & 3: 1) Finish Protein Synthesis Project 2) Half way through class, we will work on the Test Review Packet
 * Today's Objectives: "Mutations and Biotechnology" **

Block 4: 1) Warm-up (below) 2) What are GMO's?  VIDEOS about GMO's:  - "Genetically Modified Organisms" (by a teacher, Vance Kite; 11:38): [] - "What is Genetically Modified Food? (Instant Egghead #45", 3:20): uploaded by Scinetific AMerican, [] - "What is Genetically Modified Food?" (7:03; by AbbyMediaRoots): []

MONDAY ( All Blocks): 1) Warm-Up: What are GMO's? Transgenic Organisms? 2) Unit 4 Test Review - Online Text: Interactive Review - Packet

1) What is a Genetically Modified Food?
 * Warm-Up Question(s): **



**Answer**: Any plant or animal food source that has had one or more genes added or deleted by humans.

2) What is a "transgenic" organism?

WED, 4/9 (ODD day 3) & THURS, 4/10 (EVEN day 4) (MrZ's Class Website: http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __ - DO NOT HAND IN.
 * Homework ** to hand in //--// **//__ NAME, DATE, & BLOCK (UPPER RIGHT) __//**// : //

1) Vocab 13 (Mutations)
 * Old Homework: **

1) ODD Classes: Read Sec9.1 (p248-251), Answer #1-3, on p251 2) EVEN Classes only: Copy Biotechnology notes (ch 9) 3) ALL Classes, Complete at least half of the Test Review Packet -TEST - Unit 3 "Chapter 8 & 9" next week (Wed/Thurs)
 * New Homework: ** (//Copy it in to your planner!//)

1) Pick up - Biotechnology Notes handout  - Test Review Packet Copy the Homework (above)  2) PROJECT - Get a computer 3) Copy the Biotechnology Notes (from the Power Point Slides handout) 4) __ Complete Vocab #14 (according to the 3-part format) __ (10 words, below) Biotechnology, Gel Electrophoresis, DNA Fingerprinting, Genetic Engineering, Gene Splicing, Restriction Enzyme, Hybridization, Selective Breeding, Clone/Cloning, GMO’s
 * Today's Objectives: "Mutations and Biotechnology" **

1) What type of mutation is pictured below, where one nucleotide is replaced by another? Answer:
 * Warm-Up Question(s): **

Normal DNA---Mutant DNA

2) Transcribe the DNA template in to mRNA.

__ ATC CCG TTA GAG GAT TAC ATT ATT __ (DNA template)

--- ---   --- --- - (mRNA)

EXTRA: 3) Translate the mRNA (above) in to Amino Acids using the Genetic Code Diagram, below.

--- ---   --- --- - (amino acid sequence)



__ MON, 4/7 (ODD day 1) & TUES, 4/8 (EVEN day 2) __ __ (MrZ's Class Website: http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __** Homework ** to hand in //--// __**// NAME, DATE, & BLOCK (UPPER RIGHT) //**__// : //__ __ - nothing new __

__** Old Homework: **__ __ 1) DNA Replication Lab __ __ 2) DNA Extraction Lab __

__** New Homework: ** (//Copy it in to your planner!//) __ __ - Blocks 2 & 3: __Create a codon sequence of RNA, starting with the "Start" codon and ending with one of the three "Stop" codons. __(Using the Genetic Code diagram on p230 of your text, spell a word between the start and stop codons using the first letter of any of the 20 amino acids coded for by the codons you place between the start and stop.)__

__ - Block 4: Finish lab: __ __ - Blocks 2 & 3: __Protein Synthesis Projects__: Due Mon 4/14 & Tues 4/15.__

__** Today's Objectives: UNDERSTAND TRANSCRIPTION **__ __ 1) Read the Homework (above) __ __ 2) __Warm-up __ - Keystone Packet Handout (no questions below) __ __ 3) RNA Structure HW Sheet (review) __ __ 4) __Video__: Watch Online Textbook video from Ch8Sec5, Protein Synthesis__ __ OR mRNA Translation (Basic) (DNA Learning Center; 2:04) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dsTvBaUMvw__ __ 5) Quiz: Replication & Transcription __ __ 6) Protein Synthesis Practice __

__** Warm-Up Question(s): **__ __Today's warm-up is about ... Keystone Exam Review Packet__

__ WED, 4/2 (EVEN day 4) & THURS, 4/3 (ODD day 5) __ __ (MrZ's Class Website: http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __** Homework ** to hand in //--// __**// NAME, DATE, & BLOCK (UPPER RIGHT) //**__// : //__ __ - Vocab #13 due (if not handed in last class) ... __ __ - BLOCK 4-1: DON'T HAND IN RNA Structure Packet, Front Side of Page 2 __ __** Old Homework: **__ __ 1) DNA Replication Lab __ __ 2) DNA Extraction Lab __ __** New Homework: ** (//Copy it in to your planner!//) __ __ - Nothing DUE next class __ __ - __Protein Synthesis Projects__: Due Tues 4/8 & Wed 4/9.__ __ - __Study for QUIZ Mon/Tues __(on Replication & Transcription)__ __ Be able to: __ __ Identify DNA, RNA, types of RNA; Write complimentary bases in replication & transcription; ID Number of strands, Uracil, ribosome, location in cell of replication/transcription. __

__** Today's Objectives: TRANSCRIPTION WS & PROTEIN SYNTHESIS PROJECT **__ __ 1) Read the Homework (above) __ __ 2) __Warm-up __ - Keystone Packet Handout (no questions below) __ __ 3) Discuss Transcription Worksheet HW questions __ __ 4) **Finish Translation Notes:** Use a computer; go to class website warm-up page; download Ch8Sec5 PowerPoint. __ __ 5) **Translation Project** (Blocks 2 & 3) __ __ - Begin today to create a product that explains and illustrates Protein Synthesis, with a focus on the process of translation. (See handout) __ __ - Use a laptop to Watch mRNA Translation (Basic) (DNA Learning Center; 2:04) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dsTvBaUMvw__ __ 6) If you find that you have the time, watch these videos: __ __ - "Mutations" (Bozemon Science 7:02) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDbK0cxKKsk __ __ - Mindless Evolution (Cosmos, episode 2 __

__** Warm-Up Question(s): **__ __Today's warm-up is about PROTEIN SYNTHESIS.__ __ 1) What are the three types of RNA pictured below? __

__ 2) What is the function of each? __



__Answers__ __1) tRNA__ __mRNA__ __rRNA__

__2) tRNA - carries amino acids to the ribosome__

__mRNA - carries the message from the DNA (gene) to the ribosome__

__rRNA - composes (makes up) the two parts of the ribosome__

__ MON, 3/31 (EVEN day 2) & TUES, 4/1 (ODD day 3) __ __ (MrZ's Class Website: http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __** Homework ** to hand in //--// __**// NAME, DATE, & BLOCK (UPPER RIGHT) //**__// : //__ __ - DON'T HAND IN: RNA Structure Packet, Front Side of Page 2 __

__** Old Homework: **__ __ 1) DNA Replication Lab __ __ 2) DNA Extraction Lab __

__** New Homework: ** (//Copy it in to your planner!//) __ __ - nothing DUE next class __

__** Today's Objectives: TRANSCRIPTION QUIZ & Prepare for DNA Extraction Lab **__ __ 1) Read the Homework (above) __ __ 2) __Warm-up __ - Protein Synthesis __ __ 3) Discuss DNA Structure Quiz (depending on class average) __ __ 4) Discuss DNA Extraction Lab __ __ 5) Discuss HW: RNA Structure __ __ 6) Vocab #13 - use your texts. Use a computer for Insertion & __ __ Deletion Mutation. __ __ 7) Translation Notes: __

__ - Use a laptop to Watch mRNA Translation (Basic) (DNA Learning Center; 2:04) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dsTvBaUMvw__ __ - Then, use computer; go to class website warm-up page; download __ __ the PowerPoint. __

__ 8) Translation Project? (Depending on Block) __



__ - Begin today to create a product that explains and illustrates Protein Synthesis, with a focus on the process of translation. (See handout) __

__** Warm-Up Question(s): **__ __Today's warm-up is about PROTEIN SYNTHESIS.__ __ 1)What are the three steps of Protein Synthesis? __ __ 2) What is its final product? __ __ 3) What is a "mutation"? __ __ 4) How do mutations affect a protein? __

Answers__:__ __ 1) Protein synthesis includes, in order, __ Replication, Transcription, and Translation __ . __

__ 2) Protein synthesis makes a new __protein__.__

__ 3) An accidental change in a cell's DNA due to a problem during replication (S phase). __

__ THURS, 3/27 (EVEN day 6) & FRI, 3/28 (ODD day 1) __ __ (MrZ's Class Website: http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __** Homework ** to hand in //--// __**// NAME, DATE, & BLOCK (UPPER RIGHT) //**__// : //__ __ - nothing new __

__** Old Homework: **__ __ 1) Sec 8-5, p 233, #1-3 __ __ 2) DNA Replication Lab __

__** New Homework: ** (//Copy it in to your planner!//) __ __ 1) Read the RNA Structure Packet; Then, complete side one of page 2. __

__** Today's Objectives: TRANSCRIPTION QUIZ & Prepare for DNA Extraction Lab **__ __ 1. Read the Homework (above) __ __ 2. __Warm-up __ - Strawberry DNA Extraction Lab, "Pre-Lab Questions" __ __ - Handback graded assignments __ __ 3. __"Strawberry DNA Extraction" Video __(Learning Solutions; 3:14)__ __https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPGKv53zSRQ__ __ 4. __DNA Extraction Lab__: See what DNA looks like and how much is contained in one strawberry.__ __ - During the Lab, those students who have not handed in their Signed Midterm Grade Sheet will call home, (beginning with those with the lower grade averages) __ __ 5. When Done with Lab, use a computer to go to the Warm-up page of our class website: __ __ - Visit the warm-up for last class __ __ - Watch the two videos about Translation __ __ - Then, Download the Sec8-5 (Translation) PowerPoint (PPT). __ __ - Copy the notes from the PPT on to the Power Notes sheet OR note paper. __

__** Warm-Up Question(s): **__ __Today's warm-up is:__ __ Answer the Strawberry DNA Extraction Lab, "Pre-Lab Questions".* __

__ *If you have done this already, please help handout graded assignments. __

__ TUES, 3/25 (EVEN day 4) & WED, 3/26 (ODD day 5) __ __ (MrZ's Class Website: http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __** Homework ** to hand in //--// __**// NAME, DATE, & BLOCK (UPPER RIGHT) //**__// : //__ __ 1) Sec 8-5, p 233, #1-3 __ __ 2) DNA Replication Lab __ __ 3) Signed Midterm Grade Sheets __

__** New Homework: ** (//Copy it in to your planner!//) __ __ 1) Read the DNA EXtraction Lab & Answer the Pre-lab questions (DON'T LOSE THEM!) __ __ 2) Crossword Puzzle - Extra Credit __ __ 3) If we do not see these two videos today, watch them before next class. __ __ - Protein Synthesis - how proteins are made from the information stored in genes (sections of DNA) __ __ Video 1) "Introduction to Protein Synthesis" (Frank Gregorio; 3:35) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suN-sV0cT6c__ __ Video 2) "Protein Synthesis" (Cheryl Dunham; 3:32) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oyQXR9gJrs __

__** Today's Objectives: TRANSCRIPTION QUIZ & Prepare for DNA Extraction Lab **__ __ 1. Read the Homework (above) __ __ 2. Warm-up __ __ - Keystone Review Packet & Vocabulary __ __ 3. Check your notes about Transcription (I've loaded the answer Key on to Twitter) __ __ 4. Check the “mRNA & Transcription” worksheet (Answer Key on Twitter) __ __ 5. Protein Synthesis Videos (2) __ __ 6. Student Directed Work: Sec 8.5 mRNA Translation Notes from Computers using class website. __ __ 6. Crossword Puzzle? (Pick up in class) __

__** Warm-Up Question(s): **__ __ Today's warm-up is Keystone Vocabulary and a new Review Packet __

__ FRI, 3/21 (EVEN day 2) & MON, 3/24 (ODD day 3) __ __ (MrZ's Class Website: http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __** Homework ** to hand in //--// __**// NAME, DATE, & BLOCK (UPPER RIGHT) //**__// : //__ __ 1) DNA Replication Lab __

__** New Homework: ** (//Copy it in to your planner!//) __ __ 1) DNA Structure Quiz next class. Study parts and types of a nucleotide; parts and names of a DNA molecule. __ __ 2) Sec8-5: p233, #1-3 __

__** Today's Objectives: **__ __ 1. Read the Homework (above) __ __ 2. Warm-up __ __ - Structure of DNA review __ __ 3. Take notes to understand the process and product of Transcription __ __ 4. Complete the “mRNA & Transcription” worksheet to practice pairing bases correctly in Replication and Transcription (the first two steps in making a protein from a gene) __ __ 5. __

__** Warm-Up Question(s): **__ __ 1) A) What molecule is pictured above? (Hint: It is also known as the building block of DNA.) __

__ B) What are its three parts? __

__ Ans: __ __ A) This is a NUCLEOTIDE. __ __ B) (1) a Phosphate group (2) a deoxyribose Sugar (3) a nitrogen Base __

__ 2) What is the DNA molecule called, based on its shape? __

__ Ans: The DNA molecule is called a "double helix". (It is also described as a "twisted ladder", or a "spiral staircase".) __

__ 3) A) What molecules make up the two backbones of the DNA molecule, shown below? __

__ B) List the “base-pairing rules” that explain how the two backbones of the DNA molecule connect together? __



__ Ans: A) Phosphate and Sugar molecules (B) A's pair with T's; C's pair with G's __

__ WED, 3/19 (EVEN day 6) & THURS, 3/20 (ODD day 1) __ __ (MrZ's Class Website: http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __ **Homework** to hand in // -- //__//**NAME, DATE, & BLOCK (UPPER RIGHT)** __of all papers:__// __ 1) nothing new to hand in, //remember//? __

__// ( //__//MARKING PERIOD 3 (MP3) Ends April 1st. __That's under two weeks from now.)__//

__**// Late Work: //**__ __// 1) FINISH YOUR CANCER PAPER - SUBMIT THROUGH GMAIL!!!!! //__

__** New Homework - ** Watch videos about "Translation" (or read Sec8.5, p229-233 - or both): __ __ 1) Look at questions 1 & 2, at the end of Section 8.5 (Translation). __ __ 2) "From RNA to Protein Synthesis" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJxobgkPEAo (Michael Freudiger; 2:50)__ __3) "Why RNA is Just as Important as DNA" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Elo-zX1k8M (Amoeba Sisters; 4:43)__

__** Today's Objectives: **__ __ 1. Warm-up: Keystone Vocab & New Review Packet __ __ 2. When Done: Practice replicating DNA __ __ - complete the "Copying DNA" handout __ __ - discuss with class __ __ 3. __Understand the "Transcription" process __ - Take notes from the Sec8.4 PowerPt (Transcription) __ __ - Use the Sec8.4 PPT Notes Handout __ __ 4. **When done,** complete the "mRNA Transcription" practice sheet. __

__** Warm-Up Question(s): **__ __ 1) Look at next Keystone REVIEW PACKET. Circle the numbers given by Mr. Z. __ __ 2) Take out Keystone Vocab Packet: we'll discuss the next 20 words. __

__** When Done (with Warm-up): **__ __ 1) Complete the HW due last class: Sec8.3, #1-3 (p224). Write in complete sentences. (If done already done, //carefully// check and correct.) Then hand in for a grade. __ __ 2) Complete the Transparency Worksheet called "Copying DNA". //(Prepare to discuss as a class.)// __ __ 3) Complete the Sec8.4 PPT Notes blank handout. How? (If the laptops don't work, we'll do as a class.) __ __ - Use a laptop to navigate to the class website. From the Warm-up page (and today's Warm-up), Take notes from the Sec8.4 Power Pt. __

__** Below: "Transcription", discussed in Ch8, Section 4. **__

__ MON, 3/17 (EVEN day 4) & TUES, 3/18 (ODD day 5) __ __ (MrZ's Class Website: http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __** Homework to hand in -- NAME, DATE, & BLOCK (UPPER RIGHT) of all papers: **__ __ 1) Sec8-3 (DNA Replication), p224, #1-3 __

__// Late Work: //__ __// 1) FINISH YOUR CANCER PAPER - SUBMIT THROUGH GMAIL!!!!! //__ //**MARKING PERIOD 3 (MP3): Ends April 1st. __(That's just two weeks from now.)__**//

__** New Homework - Watch these videos (or read Sec8-4, p225-228 - or both): **__ __ 1) DNA Transcription (BASIC) [] (DNA Learning Center; 1:52) __ __ 2) DNA Transcription (ADVANCED) [] (DNA Learning Center; 1:53) __ __ 3) Central Dogma Song [] (kevisgone; 3:15) __

__** Today's Objectives: **__ __ 1. Copy the Homework (above) __ __ 2. Warm-up __ __ - Identifying/recognizing DNA Replication __ __ - Keystone Vocab & New Rvw Packet __ __ 3. LAB: DNA Replication __ __ 4. Copying DNA Worksheet (if done with lab) __

__** Warm-Up Question(s): **__ __ 1) What process is pictured below where one DNA double helix becomes two? __



__ 2) How is each strand of a DNA molecule a "template"? __

__ 3. In what part of the Cell Cycle does DNA Replication take place? __

__ Answers: __ __ 1) Replication is the process in which one DNA double helix becomes two. __ __ 2) Template = model: both strands of the DNA double helix are used as models to build two new DNA molecules. __ __ 3) DNA is replicated during "S" Phase (synthesis phase) of a Cell's LIfe Cycle. __

__ THURS, 3/13 (EVEN day 2) & FRI, 3/14 (ODD day 3) __ __ (MrZ's Class Website: http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __ **Homework** to hand in // -- //__//**NAME, DATE, & BLOCK (UPPER RIGHT)** __of all papers:__// __ 1) Sec8-2 IR Packet & Sketch __ __ Hand in the following if late - it's affecting your grade! __ __ 1) FINISH YOUR CANCER PAPER - SUBMIT THROUGH GMAIL!!!!! __

__ New Homework __ __ 1) Sec8-3 (DNA Replication), p.224, #1-3 __

__** Today's Objectives: **__ __ 1. Copy the Homework (above) __ __ 2. Warm-up __ __ - Structure of DNA __ __ - Keystone Vocab & New Rvw Packet __ __ - DNA Replication Videos __ __ i. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcrndR-zdyM__ __(TEA Biotechnology: 3:36)__ __ii. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jtmOZaIvS0 (Matthew Cook; 1:09)__ __iii. (Optional: How Did LIfe Begin? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofFhHcvasHA (DNews; 2:57)__ __ 3. What is DNA Replication? (Notes) __ __ 4. LAB: DNA Replication __ __ 5. "LIfe's Greatest Miracle" (finish/start film w available time) __

__** Warm-Up Question(s): **__

__ 1.) What is illustrated in the top picture? __ __ 2.) What is pictured in the bottom picture? __ __ 3.) Of what are DNA "backbones" made? __ __ 4.) What (nitrogen) Base sequence is complimentary to A G T C? __ __ (Complimentary means, "which pair up"?) __

__ Ans: __ __ 1) one nucleotide __ __ 2) a 4 nucleotide piece of DNA __ __ 3) Phosphate and Sugar molecules (bonded together) __ __ 4) __ __ T C A G is complimentary to __ __ I I I I __

__ A G T C. __

__ TUES, 3/11 (EVEN day 6) & WED, 3/12 (ODD day 1) __ __ (MrZ's Class Website: http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __ **Homework** to hand in // -- //__//**NAME, DATE, & BLOCK (UPPER RIGHT)** __of all papers:__// __ 1) Ch8Sec2: p219, #1-4 __

__ New Homework __ __ 1) Read the Sec8-2 Interactive Reader (IR) handout and complete the 3-part assign’t described on the 1/2 Sheet of Paper Handout __

__** Today's Objectives: **__ __ 1. Copy the Homework (above) __ __ 2. Warm-up __ __ - How was DNA discovered? __ __ - Why is DNA aMAAAAAAAAAAAAzing? __ __ - Video "DNA Structure" (ppornelubio 1:19) __ __http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy8dk5iS1f0__ __ 3. DNA Structure Notes __

__ 5. Movie: "LIfe's Greatest Miracle" (With remaining time.) __ __ 6. HW handout __

__** Warm-Up Question(s): **__ __1.) What name is used to describe the shape of a DNA molecule, and why?__ __2.) What are the building blocks – the monomers – of DNA called?__ __3.) What are the Four types of Nucleotides and their abbreviations?__ __4.) What is the structure – design – of a Nucleotide?__

__Answers:__ __1) Spiral Staircase; because DNA has two sides, looks like stairs, and is twisted__ __2.) Nucleotides __ __3.) A – Adenine; T – Thymine; G – Guanine; C - Cytosine __ __4.) Three Parts: i. Phosphate (Molecule/Group); ii. Sugar; __ __iii. Base (A or T or C or G)__

__ FRI, 3/7 (EVEN day 4) & MON, 3/10 (ODD day 5) __ __ (MrZ's Class Website: http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __ **Homework** to hand in // -- //__//**NAME, DATE, & BLOCK (UPPER RIGHT)** __of all papers:__// __ Hand in the following if late - it's affecting your grade! __ __ 1) Ch7Sec2 __ __ 2) Ch7Sec4 (Extra Credit) __ __ 3) Create a Face (Virtual Baby) Lab: Data table sheet & Portrait w/questions on reverse __ __ 4) Any old assignments will give you some significant credit you need __

__ New Homework __ __ 1) Ch8Sec2, p 219: #1, 2, 3, 4. (5 and 6 for extra credit) __

__** Today's Objectives: **__ __ 1. Copy the Homework (above) __ __ 2. Test Review: __ __ - Cancer __ __ - Punnett Squares __ __ 3. Unit 2 Test - Ch 5 & 6 (The Proliferation - "spread" or "growth" - of life) __ __ 4. Movie: "LIfe's Greatest Miracle" (With remaining time.) __ __ 5. We're starting our study of DNA in Chapter 8, "From DNA to Proteins". __

__** Warm-Up Question(s): **__

__** 1) Create a Punnett Square about CODOMINANCE & Roan Horses **__

__ Remember that with Roan horses (or cows), the Red (RR) and White (WW) colors are __ __ "codominant" - both equally dominant and so both are expressed (seen) in a __ __ heterozygous individual. __

__ If a farmer wanted only horses that were RED, what type of parents would she have __ __ to cross/breed? What if the farmer wanted only Roan horses? __

__ Use a Punnett Square to show these "crosses". __

__ WED, 3/5 (EVEN day 2) & THURS, 3/6 (ODD day 3) __ __ (MrZ's Class Website: http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __ **Homework** to hand in // -- //__//**NAME, DATE, & BLOCK (UPPER RIGHT)** __of all papers:__// __ 1) DO NOT HAND IN Ch7Sec4 homework. __

__ Hand in the following if late - it's affecting your grade! __ __ 1) Create a Face (Virtual Baby) Lab: Data table sheet & Portrait w/questions on reverse __ __ 2) Any old assignments will give you some significant credit you need __

__ New Homework __ __ 1) STUDY: the Unit 2 Test is Friday, 3/7 and Monday, 3/10. __ __ The Review Packet is available in the Word file, just below here: __

__** Today's Objectives: **__ __ 1. Review Ch7Sec4 Homework. __ __ 2. Complete Unit 2 Study Guide Review __ __ 3. Review game (if time) __

__** Warm-Up Question(s): **__ __ **1)** __

__ MON, 3/3 (EVEN day 6) & TUES, 3/4 (ODD day 1) __ __ (MrZ's Class Website: http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __ **Homework** to hand in // -- //__//**NAME, DATE, & BLOCK (UPPER RIGHT)** __of all papers:__// __ 1) Ch7Sec2, p195, #1, 2, & 4 __

__ Hand in the following if late - it's affecting your grade! __ __ 1) Create a Face (Virtual Baby) Lab: Data table sheet & Portrait w/questions on reverse __ __ 2) Any old assignments will give you some significant credit you need __

__ New Homework __ __ 1) Blocks 2 & 3, only: Ch7Sec4, p205, #2, 3, & 4 __ __ 2) All Blocks: work on Unit 2 Test Review Packet (just below here) __

__** Today's Objectives: **__ __ 1. Announce Test __ __ 2. Warm-up: Collect Keystone Packet #2, Handout Keystone Packet #3 __ __** 3. Discuss Homework ** - Ch7, Sec 2 #1,2, & 4 __ __ 4. ** Notes ** - Beyond Simple Genetics; or Video - Ch 7 Sec 1 & 2 __ __ 5. Pedigree Notes: What it is and how is it used? __ __ 6. Pedigree Practice __ __ 7. Handout Midterm Grade Sheets __

__** Warm-Up Question(s): **__ __ **1) None; Keystone Packet handout** __

__ THURS,2/27 (EVEN day 4) & FRI, 2/28 (ODD day 5) __ __ (MrZ's Class Website: http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __ **Homework** to hand in // -- //__//**NAME, DATE, & BLOCK (UPPER RIGHT)** __of all papers:__// __ 1) Create a Face (Virtual Baby) Lab: Data table sheet & Portrait w/questions on reverse __ __ 2) Genotype, Phenotype, & Punnett Squares Sheet (HOLD ON TO - DON'T HAND IN) __

__ New Homework __ __ Ch7Sec2, p195: #1, 2, & 4 __

__** Today's Objectives: **__ __ 1. Announce Test __ __ 2. Warm-up: Keystone Vocabulary 1st 20 words (Odd days only) __ __ 3. ** Discuss Homework ** - Genotype, Phenotype, & Punnett Squares __ __ 4. Punnett Square Practice Problems with Dominance __ __ 5. Punnett Square Video by Bozeman Science (@ 3 mins) __ __ [] __ __ 6. **Notes** - Beyond Simple Genetics __ __ 7. Codominance & Incomplete Dominance Worksheet (not handed out to Evens) __

__** Today's Warm-Up Question(s): **__ __ **1) None; practice Keystone Vocab** __

__ WED, 2/26 (ODD day 3) __ __ (MrZ's Class Website: http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __ **Homework** to hand in // -- //__//**NAME, DATE, & BLOCK (UPPER RIGHT)**__ of all papers:// Hand nothing in today.

New Homework 1) Complete the Vitual Baby Lab (Data Table & Portrait with questions on back) 2) Genotype, Phenotype, & Punnett Squares sheet

1.) **Pick up TWO Keystone Review Packets when entering class**. 2.) **Write in Planner:** Homework due next class a. Virtual Baby Lab – Due next class (Data Table & Portrait Sheet with questions on back) b. Complete Genotype, Phenotype, and Punnett Square sheet 3.) **Work on Virtual Baby lab for 30 minutes.** (H AND IN NEXT CLASS, NOT TODAY. // - If done, work on Keystone Packet Questions) // 4.) **Pick-up** Powerpoint Slides printout **and Copy Ch6 Sec5 notes “Punnett Squares & Probability**” on lined paper. - Copy all underlined information on to lined note paper - Hand back to teacher when done. 5.) **Complete Reinforcement Sheet for Ch6Sec3 & Ch6Sec4** (double sided sheet) 6.) Continue to work on Keystone review “Basic Biological Principals” packet
 * Today's Objectives: **
 * 1) a. “Basic Biology Principles”
 * 2) b. “Cell Growth & Develpoment"

**None today.**
 * Today's Warm-Up Question(s): **

MON,2/24 (ODD day 1) & TUES, 2/25 (EVEN day 2) (MrZ's Class Website: http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __ **Homework** to hand in // -- __**NAME, DATE, & BLOCK (UPPER RIGHT)**__ of all papers: // 1) Ch6Sec4, p170-172, and Answer #'s 1 & 2 on p172 2) Vocab 10 3) Human Traits Checklist 1/2 Sheet (for Blk 2-1) 4) Late Homeworks! - Human Traits Checklist (1/2 sheet) - Ch6Sec3 (p168 Diagram and p169 Question 2) - The Film Questions (including "Post-film" questions) - Ch6Sec1 (p161 Questions 1-3 + Diagram) - Ch6Sec2 (p166 Questions 1 & 2) - Cancer Research & Graphic Organizers

New Homework 1) Complete the Post-Lab Analysis (faces lab) and draw the face of your baby.  2) Genotype, Phenotype, & Punnett Squares sheet

VOCAB FORMAT - Blocks 2 & 3

VOCAB FORMAT - Block 4 All of the following for each word: (Find the word in the chapter and this information will be there.) 1. Text book definition 2. YOUR definition (or Characteristics or Facts) 3. Example(s) 4. How you remember the meaning (could be one of the following: a picture/sketch, Diagram, Antonym, or Synonym)

1. Warm-up 2. Odd blocks, only: - Alleles, Genotype, & Phenotype - Create a Face Lab (Virtual Baby) 4. Even Blocks - Finish "Create a Face" (virtual baby) lab 5. Punnett Square Video by Bozeman Science (12 mins) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1PCwxUDTl8
 * Today's Objectives: **

**1) Mon -** ** See handout about Alleles, Genotype, and Phenotype **
 * Today's Warm-Up Question(s): **

**2) Tues - Keystone Vocab**

THURS,2/20 (ODD day 5) & FRI, 2/21 (EVEN day 6) (MrZ's Class Website: http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __ **Homework** to hand in // -- __**NAME, DATE, & BLOCK (UPPER RIGHT)**__ of all papers: // 1) //Even Blocks, only//: 1/2 Sheet about Your Dominant & Recessive Traits 2) Late Homeworks? - Ch6Sec3 (p168 Diagram and p169 Question 2) - The Film Questions (including "Post-film" questions) - Ch6Sec1 (p161 Questions 1-3 + Diagram) - Ch6Sec2 (p166 Questions 1 & 2) - Cancer Research & Graphic Organizers

New Homework 1) Read Ch6Sec4, p170-172, and Answer #'s 1 & 2 on p172 (due Mon 2/24 & Tues 2/25) 2) Remember from last class, Vocab #10 is ALSO due Mon & Tues Crossing over, multiple alleles, incomplete dominance, co-dominance, polygenic, pedigree, probability, Punnett square, sex-linked (traits)

VOCAB FORMAT - Blocks 2 & 3

VOCAB FORMAT - Block 4 All of the following for each word: (Find the word in the chapter and this information will be there.) 1. Text book definition 2. YOUR definition (or Characteristics or Facts) 3. Example(s) 4. How you remember the meaning (could be one of the following: a picture/sketch, Diagram, Antonym, or Synonym)

1. Warm-up 2. Odd blocks, only: Watch Meiosis Video from online text (Crossing Over) PPT of Dominant Physical Traits & Gregor Mendel Inquiry (Group Practice) 3. Block 2-1, only: Ch6Sec3 Notes PPT (Mendel's Discoveries about Heredity)
 * Today's Objectives: **

4. Even Blocks - "Create a Face" (virtual baby) lab

**1)** **What is shown in Figure 3?**
 * Today's Warm-Up Question(s): **
 * a. || independent assortment || c. || crossing-over ||
 * b. || anaphase I of meiosis || d. || incomplete dominance ||

a. ... a coin flip will result in "heads"? b. ... rolling a 6-sided die will result in the number 3? c. ... rolling a 6-sided die will result in either a 3 OR a 4?
 * 2) What is the probability that... **

TUES,2/18 (ODD day 3) & WED, 2/19 (EVEN day 4) (MrZ's Class Website: http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __ **Homework** to hand in // -- __**NAME, DATE, & BLOCK (UPPER RIGHT)**__ of all papers: // 1) Ch6Sec3 (p168, Fig 3.3, p169 #2) 2) Late Homeworks: - The Film Questions - Ch6Sec1 (Questions 1-3 + Diagram) - Ch6Sec2 p168 (Questions 1 & 2) - Cancer Research & Graphic Organizers

New Homework - Vocab #10 (due Mon 2/24; Tues 2/25) Crossing over, multiple alleles, incomplete dominance, co-dominance, polygenic, pedigree, probability, Punnett square, sex-linked (traits)

1. Warm-up 2. Finish Meiosis Manipulative activity 3. Ch6Sec3 Notes PPT (Mendel's Discoveries about Heredity) 4. Gregor Mendel Inquiry (Group Practice)
 * Today's Objectives: **

Pick one and fill in the information for Mitosis & Meiosis: a) Main Function: Mitosis  Meiosis  b) Number of Cells Produced Mitosis Meiosis c) Compare Parents and Daugher Cells Genetically Mitosis  Meiosis
 * Today's Warm-Up Question(s): **

WED,2/12 (ODD day 1) & MON, 2/17 (EVEN day 2) (MrZ's Class Website: http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __ **Homework** to hand in // -- NAME, DATE, & BLOCK (UPPER RIGHT) of all papers: // 1) Ch6Sec2 p168 (Questions 1 & 2) 2) Late Homeworks: - The Film Questions - Ch6Sec1 (Questions 1-3 + Diagram) - Cancer Research & Graphic Organizers

New Homework - Read Ch6 Sec3, p168 Copy figure (3.3?), p169 #2 (Due next class)

1. Ch6Sec2 PPT notes
 * Today's Objectives: **

2. Ch6Sec2 Reinforcement Sheet (Chromosomes & Meiosis) 3. Meiosis Activity with manipulatives

Unlike mitosis, MEIOSIS results in the formation of
 * Today's Warm-Up Question(s): **
 * a. || two genetically identical diploid cells. ||
 * b. || four genetically different haploid cells. ||
 * c. || four genetically identical haploid cells. ||
 * d. || two genetically different diploid cells. ||

MON,2/10 (ODD day 5) & TUES, 2/11 (EVEN day 6) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __ **Homework** to hand in: ohhhhhh yeahhhhhhhh // -- NAME, DATE, & BLOCK (UPPER RIGHT) of all papers // 1) Cancer Paper Notes & Graphic Organizer: 2) Ch6Sec1 p161 (Questions 1-3 & Diagram) 3) Vocab #9 (Genetics 1, file below) 4) Film Questions

**New Homework** - Read Ch6 Sec2, p163-166 & Answer #s 1 & 2 on p166 1. Finish Ch6Sec1 PPT notes 2. Ch6Sec1 Reinforcement Sheet (Chromosomes & Meiosis) 3. MrZs Class Website: http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com
 * Today's Objectives: **


 * Today's Warm-Up Questions: **

1) The structure labeled A in Figure 2 is called the
 * a. || centromere. || c. || sister chromatid. ||
 * b. || centriole. || d. || spindle. ||

2) The structures labeled B in Figure 2 are called
 * a. || centromeres. || c. || sister chromatids. ||
 * b. || centrioles. || d. || spindles. ||

THURS,2/6 (ODD day 3) & FRI, 2/7 (EVEN day 4) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __ **Homework** to hand in: - Cancer Paper __Research__ & __Graphic Organizers__ - Vocab #9 (Genetics 1, file below)

**New Homework** 1) __Film Questions__ (due Fri 2/7 and Mon 2/10) 2) __Textbook__ (due Mon 2/10 and Tues 2/11) i. Read Ch 6, Sec 1 (p158-161: 3 pages) ii. Copy Figure 1.2 (p161), "Comparing Mitosis & Meiosis" - if you use the online text, click on the speaker icon and listen ii. Answer Questions 1-3 (p161)

1.Remind 101 - Send the text to subscribe 2. COPY ONLINE TEXTBOOK LOGIN //3. MrZs Website: http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com// 3. Know that, today, we begin to study Genetics. 4. Finish the movie, "Cracking Your Genetic Code" - Understand DNA Sequencing, its potential benefits, and its risks. - Complete the movie questions handout
 * Today's Objectives: **
 * Website**: my.hrw.com
 * Username**: g1120 (this is the same)
 * Password:** n1n2n3 (this is //new)//

Complete the POST-FILM QUESTIONS.
 * Today's Warm-Up Questions: **

FRI,1/31 (ODD day 1) & TUES, 2/4 (EVEN day 2) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __ **Homework** to hand in: - Cancer Paper Research & Graphic Organizers

**New Homework** - Cancer Paper due Friday (1/31) by midnight on Google Docs - Film Questions due Wed/Thurs (1/4 and 1/5) - Vocab #9 - Genetics #1, on the Unit 2 Syllabus (due Thurs - 1/10 or Fri - 1/11)




 * ONLINE TEXTBOOK --- __NEW__ __LOGIN__ __PASSWORD__**
 * Website**: my.hrw.com
 * Username**: g1120 (this is the same)
 * Password (new):** n1n2n3

1.Remind 101 - Send the text. 2. Know that, today, we begin to study Genetics. 2. Watch the movie, "Cracking Your Genetic Code" - Understand DNA Sequencing, its potential benefits, and its risks. - Complete the movie questions handout
 * Today's Objectives: **

See the Film Handout, complete the Pre-Film questions.
 * Today's Questions: **

Work on your Vocabulary #9 Homework.
 * When Done**

WED,1/29 (ODD day 5) & THURS, 1/30 (EVEN day 6) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __ **Homework** to hand in: - Cancer Paper due Friday (by midnight) on Google Docs

Username: g1120 (this is the same)
 * ONLINE TEXTBOOK --- NEW LOGIN __PASSWORD__**
 * Password: n1n2n3 (NEW)**


 * Login at my.hrw.com**

1. Finish Biology Benchmarking 2. ** CANCER PAPER: ** Today - Type your paper in Google Docs - Have it Peer Edited - Retype including any Changes
 * Today's Objectives: **

1) Begin Genetics Study -Have you complete your Vocabulary #9? If not, go ahead.  2) See me for a Reading with Questions: "In Our Blood"
 * When Done **

MON,1/27 (ODD day) & TUES, 1/28 (EVEN day)

__ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __ **Homework** to hand in: - NONE


 * Today's Objectives: **

1. Easin' back in to it.

2. Biology BEnchmarking 3. ** CANCER PAPER: ** Today and Tomorrow - Type your paper in Google Docs - Have it Peer Edited - Retype including any Changes

4. **Begin Genetics Study** -Have you complete your Vocabulary #9? If not, go ahead.

THURS,1/2 (EVEN day) & FRI, 1/3 (ODD day) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __ **Homework** to hand in: - Extra Credit (Ch5, Sec2 Review): if you picked it up and did it. - Any Old work due by Tuesday, like "Steps of Mitosis" Sketch Project and "Unit 1 Test Corrections" **New Homework:** (//Copy it in to your planner!//)
 * - CANCER PAPER Graphic Organizer. Hold on to it, if you're done. **


 * Today's Objectives: **

1. Easin' back in to it. 2. Midterm Review (day 1 of 2)

THURS,12/19 (day 2) & FRI, 12/20 (day 3) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2&3): ** __ **Homework** to hand in: - "Steps of Mitosis" Sketch Project - Unit 1 Test Corrections **New Homework:** (//Copy it in to your planner!//) 1. Warm-up: Review Chapter 5 Concepts 2. Complete Your Cancer Paper Research
 * - CANCER PAPER Research (on Graphic Organizer) - due SECOND Day we Return **
 * - Ch5, Section 2 Review - 1 page **
 * Today's Objectives: **

1. As a cell becomes larger, its 2. All of the following are problems that growth causes for cells EXCEPT 3. When during the cell cycle is a cell’s DNA replicated?
 * Today's Questions **
 * a. || volume increases faster than its surface area. ||
 * b. || surface area increases faster than its volume. ||
 * c. || volume increases, but its surface area stays the same. ||
 * d. || surface area stays the same, but its volume increases. ||
 * a. || DNA overload. || c. || obtaining enough food. ||
 * b. || excess oxygen. || d. || expelling wastes. ||
 * a. || G1 phase || c. || S phase ||
 * b. || G2 phase || d. || M phase ||

MON,12/16 (day 6) & WED, 12/18 (day 1 - 2 hour delay) [Tues - snow day] __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2&3): ** __ **Homework** to hand in: - "Steps of Mitosis" Sketch Project - Unit 1 Test Corrections - Hand in the Interactive Reader packets (5.3-5.4; & 5.5 from last Friday & Monday's classes), AFTER WE REVIEW THEM. **New Homework:** (//Copy it in to your planner!//) - Continue researching the Cancer type you chose in class today.
 * - CANCER PAPER DRAFT (on Graphic Organizer) - due Last Day of this Week **

1. Warm-up: Test Questions about Cell Cycle Regulation 2. Cancer Paper Research 3. Ticket out the Door
 * Today's Objectives **

1. Which of the following is a factor that can stop normal cells from growing?
 * Today's Questions **
 * a. || contact with other cells ||
 * b. || growth factors ||
 * c. || a cut in the skin ||
 * d. || cyclins injected into a cell in interphase ||

2. Cyclins are a family of closely related proteins that
 * a. || regulate the cell cycle. || c. || cause cancer. ||
 * b. || produce mutations. || d. || promote cell destruction. ||

3. Cancer is a disorder in which some cells have lost the ability to control their
 * a. || size. || c. || growth rate. ||
 * b. || spindle fibers. || d. || surface area. ||

THURS,12/12 (day 4) & FRI, 12/13 (day 5) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2&3): ** __ **Homework** to hand in: - "Steps of Mitosis" Sketch Project MAY BE HANDED IN NEXT CLASS - Unit 1 Test Corrections are due today - Hand in the Interactive Reader packets (5.3-5.4; & 5.5 from last Friday & Monday's classes), AFTER WE REVIEW THEM. **New Homework:** (//Copy it in to your planner!//) - Continue researching the Cancer type you chose in class today. 1. Warm-up: Phases of Mitosis 2. Review the Interactive Reader sections 5.3, 5.4, & 5.5. 4. Cancer Research & Paper: Choose a type of cancer today & begin researching it.
 * Today's Objectives **

1. During which phase of mitosis do the chromosomes line up along the middle of the dividing cell? 2. Which of the following represents the phases of mitosis in their proper sequence? 3. Which of the following statements about the phases of mitosis is NOT correct.
 * Today's Questions **
 * a. || prophase || c || metaphase ||
 * b. || telophase || d. || anaphase ||
 * a. || prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase ||
 * b. || interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase ||
 * c. || interphase, prophase, metaphase, telophase ||
 * d. || prophase, metaphase, telophase, cytokinesis ||
 * a. || Prophase: chromosomes become visible || c. || Metaphase: chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell ||
 * b. || Anaphase: Nucleolus reappears || d. || Telophase: the two new nuclei are formed ||

MON,12/9 (day 2) & WED, 12/10 (day 3) [Tuesday was a snow day.] __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2&3): ** __ **Homework** to hand in: - Have you handed in Vocab 7 and Vocab 8? **New Homework:** (//Copy it in to your planner!//) - Finish "Steps of Mitosis" Sketch Project - Correct Unit 1 Test 1. Warm-up: # of Chromosomes in a body cell vs a reproductive cell 2. Mitotic Regulation - How cells control Mitosis: Notes & Video ( []) 3. Meiosis - How eggs and sperm are made: Video ( [] ) & Notes. 4. Finish the Interactive Reader, Section 5.5. 5. Answer the Chapter 5 Review Questions 8-22 (P. 149 in text - or see handout). 1. How many chromosomes does a "diploid" HUMAN body cell have? 2. How many chromosomes does a "haploid" HUMAN egg or sperm cell have? 3. Why do egg and sperm cells have HALF the number of body cells? (Hmmmmm?)
 * Today's Objectives **
 * Today's Questions **

Chromosomes of a Somatic (body) Cell and Chromosomes of a Reproductive Cell (egg or sperm)

Answers: 1. Look at the picture on the left. It shows a diploid human body cell - any cell other than egg or sperm. It has 2 copies of each of 23 chromosomes = ... 46 chromosomes. 2. On the right is a haploid sperm cell: it has 1 copy of 23 chromosomes = ...23 chromosomes. 3. Human beings (like many plant and animal species) reproduce //sexually//, meaning that DNA from two parents combines to make a //unique,// offspring: you!

THURS,12/5 (day 6) & FRI, 12/6 (day 1) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2, 3, & 4): ** __ **Homework** to hand in: - Vocabulary #8 (see last warm-up for documents) **New Homework:** (//Copy it in to your planner!//) - __Correct your Unit 1 Tests__ ( Due 12/12 & 12/13) (Each # wrong, on lined paper, with test sentence) - Block 4: __Phases of Mitosis Sketch Project__ (Due Tues 12/10 & Wed 12/11) 1. Warm-up: Mitosis 2. Thursday Only: - Note Taking: Mitosis Video [] (6 mins)' - Phases of Mitosis Mini Poster Project Announcement - Vocab 7 & 8 Practice Sheet - Unit 1 Test Handback for Corrections
 * Today's Objectives **

1. Which parts comprise (make up) "Cell Growth and Synthesis" (of a second copy of DNA"?) i. A, B, & C  ii. A, B, C, D, and E  iii. D & E
 * Today's Questions **

2. Which parts comprise "Cell Division" - when the parent cell divides (in to two daughter cells)? i. A, B, & C ii. A, B, C, D, and E iii. D & E

Answers:

1. During Mitosis, the __two complete copies of DNA__ is separated to the opposite ends of the cell.

2. During Cytokinesis, the Cytoplasm is divided (and the cell splits in to two).

TUES,12/3 (day 4) & WED, 12/4 (day 5) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2&3): ** __ **Homework** to hand in: - Vocabulary #7 (see last warm-up for documents) **New Homework:** (//Copy it in to your planner!//) - __Correct your Unit 1 Tests__ ( Due 12/11 & 12/12) (Each # wrong, on lined paper, with/sentence) - __Vocabulary #8__ (due next class) 1. Warm-up: Cell LIfe Cycle 2. Test Correction? 2. Cell cycle classwork (Nov 25) discussion 3. Mitosis Notes 4. Mitosis Steps Coloring
 * Today's Objectives **

1. What is a "Life Cycle"? 2. According to the picture below, a Cell's (Life) Cycle has two main parts, Part 1: I_phase and Part 2: M_ & C_. 3. What happens during these two times?
 * Today's Questions **

Answers: 1. The stages through which an organism's life passes - BIRTH, GROWTH, REPRODUCTION, DEATH!

2. Part 1: Interphase; Part 2: Mitosis & Cytokinesis.

3. During ... __Interphase__, the cell grows and copies its DNA; __Mitosis__, the cell divides its TWO copies of DNA; __Cytokinesis__, the cytoplasm is divided and two new "daughter cells" are formed.

TUES,12/3 (day 4) & WED, 12/4 (day 5) __ ** Warm-Up (Block 4): ** __ **Homework** to hand in: - Vocabulary #7 (see last warm-up for documents) **New Homework:** (//Copy it in to your planner!//) - __Correct your Unit 1 Tests__ ( Due 12/12 & 12/13) (Each # wrong, on lined paper, with/sentence) - __Vocabulary #8__ (Due NEXT class. Use the Vocab 8 Help sheet!) 1. Warm-up: Cell LIfe Cycle 2. Tues Only: Mitosis Notes; Mitosis Steps Coloring 3. Wed Only: Mitosis Video [] (6 mins) 4. Phases of Mitosis Mini Poster Project Assignment 5. Tests Handed Out (Corrections due by last class, next week)
 * Today's Objectives **

1. All living things have a Life Cycle, in which they are born, grow, reproduce & die. What are the two phases a Cell's (life) Cycle can be divided in to? 
 * Today's Questions **

2. In Interphase, what does the "G" in G1 and G2 stand for? 3. What parts of the Mitotic Phase are pictured below? (Interphase)

Answers: 1. The two phases of the Cell Cycle are Interphase and the Mitotic Phase (M)

2. The "G" in Interphase (G1, S, G2) of the Cell Cycle stands for Growth of the cell.

3. Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase, Cytokinesis

MON,11/25 (day 2) & TUES, 11/26 (day 3) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2&3): ** __ **Homework** to hand in: - none **New Homework:** (//Copy it in to your planner!//) - Vocabulary #7 & #8 (Cell Growth & Reproduction 1 - Ch 5) - **Due Tues, Dec 3 (1st day back)** 1. How do new cells arise (come) from existing cells? - Video: Cell Division and the Cell Cycle [] (Frank Gregorio; 5:30) 2. Unit 1 Test Correction 3. Sketch The Cell Cycle Model on p126 (text) or p75 (interactive reader); Know the four stages; What's happening? 4. Vocabulary #7 Classwork: 12 words (skip the 13th); use Mr. Z's handout to help.
 * Today's Objectives **

1. What do we call "the process by which new cells arise (come) from existing cells"? 2. What are the two ways of reproducing (and how are they different)? 3. But, ... WHY are new cells made? (Four reasons) Answers:
 * Today's Questions **

1) Reproduction

2) Sexually (TWO parents produce ONE, UNIQUE offspring) and Asexually (one "parent" organism copies itself and divides in to 2 new cells)

3) i) To replace dead/damaged cells. ii) So organisms may grow from embryo to adult iii) Cell surface area is too small to transport necessary materials to supply its volume iv) "DNA Overload": DNA can not work quickly enough to direct all functions of a bigger cell

MON,11/25 (day 2) & TUES, 11/26 (day 3) __ ** Warm-Up (Block 4): ** __ **Homework** to hand in: - Vocabulary #7 (see last warm-up for documents) **New Homework:** (//Copy it in to your planner!//) - Correct your Unit 1 Tests (on lined paper, with a sentence for each correction). 1. Warm-up: Cell LIfe Cycle 2. (Monday only: Sketch Cell Life Cycle) 3. Mitosis Notes 4. Mitosis Steps Coloring
 * Today's Objectives **

1. What is a "Life Cycle"? 2. According to the picture below, a Cell's (Life) Cycle has two main parts, I_phase and M_ & C_. 3. What happens during these two times?
 * Today's Questions **



Answers: 1. The stages through which an organism's life passes - BIRTH, GROWTH, REPRODUCTION, DEATH!

2. Interphase; Mitosis & Cytokinesis.

3. During Interphase, the cell grows and copies its DNA; during Mitosis, the cell divides the two sets of DNA, in Cytokinesis, the cytoplasm is divided and two new "daughter cells" are formed.

THURS,11/21 (day 6) & FRI, 11/22 (day 1) __ ** Warm-Up (Block 4): ** __ **Homework** to hand in: - none **New Homework:** (Copy it in to your planner!) - Vocabulary #7 (Cell Growth & Reproduction 1 - Ch 5) - Due next class 1. How do new cells arise (come) from existing cells? - Video: Cell Division and the Cell Cycle [] (Frank Gregorio; 5:30) 2. Sketch The Cell Cycle Model on p126 (text) or p75 (interactive reader); Know the four stages; What's happening? 3. Vocabulary #7 Classwork: 12 words (skip the 13th); use Mr. Z's handout to help. 1. How do new cells arise (come) from existing cells? 2. What are the two ways of reproducing (and how are they different)? 3. But, ... WHY are new cells made?
 * Today's Objectives **
 * Today's Questions **

Answers: 1) Reproduction

2) Sexually (two parents produce a unique offspring) and Asexually (one "parent" organism copies itself and divides in to 2 new cells)

3) i) To replace dead/damaged cells. ii) So organisms may grow from embryo to adult iii) Cell surface area is too small to transport necessary materials to supply its volume

iv) "DNA Overload": DNA can not work quickly enough to direct all functions of a bigger cell

TUES,11/19 (day 4) & WED, 11/20 (day 5) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2&3): ** __ **Homework** HAVE OUT at your desk. - Unit 1 Study Guide **New Homework:** (Copy it in to your planner!) - STUDY FOR UNIT 1 TEST - Unit 1 Test, Thurs/Friday, Nov. 21/22 (Ch's 1-3); Review Tues/Wed 1. The path of Protein Synthesis (Text, p71-72) video: "From RNA to Protein Synthesis" []
 * Today's Objectives **

2. Complete Unit 1 Study Guide 1. Protein Synthesis Written process 2. Study Guide completion 1. How/where are proteins made in a cell?
 * Assessment**
 * Today's Questions **

FRI,11/15 (day 2) & MON, 11/18 (day 3) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2&3): ** __ **Homework** to hand in: DON'T HAND IN, have out at your desk. - Active Transport Worksheet (Did you hand in Vocab #s 5 & 6, Warm-ups, Quiz Corrections?) **New Homework:** (Copy it in to your planner!) - Even Classes: - Odd Classes: - Unit 1 Test, (next) Thurs/Friday, Nov. 21/22 (Ch's 1-3); Review Tues/Wed 1. Homework Discussion: Active Transport Transport Video: [] 2. Osmosis & Osmotic Pressure Video: Exploding Blood Cells [|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8kP7Ei68R8] 3. Plant Cells vs Animal Cells: Venn (Text, p70) 4. The path of Protein Synthesis (Text, p71-72) 1. What __size__ particles can diffuse through the cell membrane? (small/large ) 2. What __size__ particles must be moved in/out of a cell actively? (small/large) 3. In which cell below (A or B) are particles moving by ... (a) ... diffusion? (b) ... active transport?
 * Today's Objectives **
 * Today's Questions **

FRI,11/15 (day 2) & MON, 11/18 (day 3) __ ** Warm-Up (Block4): ** __ **Homework** -DON'T HAND IN, have it out at your desk! - Active Transport Practice Worksheet **New Homework:** (Copy it in to your planner!) - Study for the Unit 1 Test (Chs 1-3) 1. Homework Discussion 2. Kinesthetic Transport Activity 3. Study Guide
 * Today's Objectives **

What organelles play a role in making proteins in a cell and in what order? (This is called protein synthesis.)
 * Today's Questions **

(1) __N__ _ _ _ _ _ _ --> (2) __R__ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ s__ --> (3) __E__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ R__ _ _ _ _ ___ l u m__ --> (4) the __G__ _ _ _ _

WED,11/13 (day 6) & THURS, 11/14 (day 1) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2&3): ** __ **Homework** to hand in: DON'T HAND IN, have out at your desk. - Passive Transport Worksheet - Did you hand in Vocab #s 5 & 6, Warm-ups, Quiz Corrections? **New Homework:** (Copy it in to your planner!) - Active Transport Worksheet - Unit 1 Test, (next) Thurs/Friday, Nov. 21/22 (Ch's 1-3); Review Tues/Wed 1. Homework Discussion: Passive Transport 2. Levels of Organization in Living Things 3. The path of Protein Synthesis: Notes 4. Cell Parts Matching 1. What are the two main parts of the cell membrane? ( __p__ _ _ _ _ _ _ s and __ p __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ s) 2. In what chemical/molecule does a mitochondria store the cell's energy? _ _ _ 3. What type of cell transport "moves particles from areas of high concentration t o areas of  low concentration" // ? // _ _ __f f__ _ _ _ _ _ 4. Even a single sugar is too large to pass through a cell membrane (//without// //help)//. Imagine //starch// trying to get through. (In the body, starch is digested in to sugars, fortunately.) (a) What word means "one sugar"? "m _ _ _ _ _ _ c c _ _ _ _ _ _" (b) What type of __transport__ would a cell have to use to bring sugar inside? _ _ _ _ _ _
 * Today's Objectives **
 * Today's Questions **



WED,11/13 (day 6) & THURS, 11/14 (day 1) __ ** Warm-Up (Block4): ** __ **Homework** -DON'T HAND IN, have it out at your desk! - Passive Transport Practice Worksheet **New Homework:** (Copy it in to your planner!) - Active Transport Worksheet 1. Homework Discussion 2. Vocab #6 Power Point (Wed only) - Active Transport
 * Today's Objectives **

3. Sketch and Label the Cell membrane 4. VIDEO: "Cell Membrane". Take Cornell Notes on Main Ideas. [] 5. Levels of Organization in the Living World 6. Steps in Protein Synthesis in a Cell 1. What are the two main parts of the cell membrane? (p _ _ _ _ _ _ s and p _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ s)  2. In what chemical/molecule does a mitochondria store the cell's energy? _ _ _ 3. What type of cell transport "moves particles from areas of high concentration to  areas of low concentration"? _ _ f f _ _ _ _ _
 * Today's Questions **



MON,11/11 (day 4) & TUES, 11/12 (day 5) __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2&3): ** __ **Homework** to hand in - Did you hand in Vocab #s 5 & 6? - Did you watch "Youtube" video "Cell Membrane" by "Bozeman Science" **New Homework:** (Copy it in to your planner!) - Passive Transport Worksheet - Unit 1 Test, (next) Thurs/Friday, Nov. 22 (Ch's 1-3); Review Tues/Wed 1. Cell Membrane & Transport of Materials (In and Out of a Cell) 2. VIDEOs & NOTES: "Cell Membrane" [] "Diffusion" [] 3. ["Odd" classes: Vocab 6: Active Transport?] ["Even" classes: Cell transport practice activity 5. Mini-project Assignments and work (extra credit): choose an organelle and complete 1. Which organelle produces energy AND is found in both plant and animal cells? 2. Which organelle plays a role in energy production AND is unique to plant cells? 3. What is the function of the cell membrane?
 * Today's Objectives **
 * Today's Questions **

MON,11/11 (day 4) & TUES, 11/12 (day 5) __ ** Warm-Up (Block4): ** __ **Homework** to hand in - Hold on to Vocab #6 until after the PowerPoint **New Homework:** (Copy it in to your planner!) - Passive Transport Worksheet 1. Vocab #5 (Monday) - Passive Transport; Vocab #6 (Tues) - Active Transport 2. Sketch and Label the Cell membrane 3. VIDEOs: "Cell Membrane"; "Diffusion". Take Cornell Notes on Main Ideas. "Cell Membrane" [] "Diffusion" [] 1. Which organelle produces energy AND is found in both plant and animal cells? 2. Which organelle plays a role in energy production AND is unique to plant cells? 3. What is the function of the cell membrane?
 * Today's Objectives **
 * Today's Questions **

THURS,11/7 & FRI, 11/8 __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2&3): ** __ **Homework** to hand in - Hold on to Vocab #6 until after the PowerPoint - Did you hand in Text Sec 3.2, p.75, #1-6 - Did you watch "Youtube" video "Learn Biology: Cells - Eukaryotic Cells and Animal Cells vs Plant Cells", by "Maholodotcom"at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9exRxOozxtI (<2mins) **New Homework:** (Copy it in to your planner!) - Cell Structure Mini-project due Thurs/Fri next week - Watch "Youtube" video "Diffusion Demo" by "Bozeman Science" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxZFU2LBfgA&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PL0B4CED0AB112B993) 1. Compare Plant and Animal Cells 2. Vocab 6 PowerPoint: Active Transport 3. Organelles: Notes & Group Work 4. Assessment: Check Out Question - Organelles, Non-Organelles, & Function
 * Today's Objectives **

(Unit 1, Ch3, Sec 2 - Cellular Organelles) -->Plants (autotrophs) //make// their food while animals acquire (get) it from the environment (heterotrophs). Both plants and animals have cells that are specially adapted to do this. // You will be expected to explain the difference between them. // 1. What structures do __Plant Cells__ have that animal cells do not? Plant Cell
 * Today's Questions **

THURS,11/7 & FRI, 11/8 __ ** Warm-Up (Block 4): ** __ **Homework** to hand in - Did you watch "Youtube" video "Learn Biology: Cells - Eukaryotic Cells and Animal Cells  vs Plant Cells", by "Maholodotcom" **NEW HOMEWORK:** (Copy it in to your planner!) 1. Vocab #6 (Due Mon/Tues) 2. TAKE NOTES and Watch "Youtube" videos : - "Cell Membrane" by "Bozeman Science" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7CJ7xZOjm0 - "Diffusion and Osmosis" by "Mr Kish's Science Channel" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXCKjhE1xco 1. Vocab 5 PowerPoint: Passive Transport 2. Organelles: Group Work 3. Assessment: Check Out Question - List 3 organelles; List the differences between plant and animal cells
 * Today's Objectives **

(Unit 1, Ch3, Sec 2 - Cellular Organelles) -->Plants (autotrophs) //make// their food while animals acquire (get) it from the environment (heterotrophs). Both plants and animals have cells that are specially adapted to do this. // You will be expected to explain the difference between them. // 1. What structures do __Plant Cells__ have that animal cells do not? Plant Cell
 * Today's Questions **

__ANSWER__: Plant cells have a CELL WALL, CHLOROPLASTS, and a LARGE CENTRAL VACUOLE that stores w _ _ _ _ _ _, which presses on the cell wall to keep the brick shape.

MON,11/4 & WED,11/6 __ ** Warm-Up (Blocks 2&3): ** __ **Homework** to hand in - Text Sec 3.2, p.75, #1-6 - Youtube video "A Tour of the Cell", by Bozeman Science? Hold on to Vocab #5 (re-do) until after the PowerPoint **New Homework:** (Copy it in to your planner!) - Vocab #6 due 11/7 & 11/8. - Watch "Youtube" video "Learn Biology: Cells - Eukaryotic Cells and Animal Cells vs Plant Cells", by "Maholodotcom"at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9exRxOozxtI (<2mins) 1. Vocab 5 PowerPoint 3. Organelles Notes & Group Work (below are the notes & PPT; see me for the group handouts) --> The functions of life in Eukaryotic cells are __org__anized in to "__org__anelles", the "membrane-bound" structures/compartments/spaces (in the cytoplasm) that each do a different job (kind of like rooms in a school). Except for Ribosomes, all are surrounded by a // double // layer of lipids (a "bi-layer") - like the cell membrane, and are separated from the rest. 1. According to above, what is an "organelle"? 2. Name all the structures in a Eukaryotic cell that you can remember.
 * Today's Objectives **
 * Today's Questions **

Answers: 1. An organelle is... a membrane-enclosed structure that does one, necessary job for a cell.

2. The structures of eukaryotic cells include Non-Organelles - the Cell membrane, Ribosomes, and Cytoskeleton, and Organelles - the Nucleus & Nucleolus, Mitochondria, Rough ER, Smooth ER, Golgi Complex, Vacuoles, Vesicles, Lysosomes, Centrioles (in animal cells), and Chloroplasts (in plant cells).

FRI,10/31 & MON,11/4 __ ** Warm-Up (Block 4): ** __ **Homework** to hand in - Text: Sec 3.2, p.75, #s 1-3 **New Homework:** (Copy it in to your planner!) - FRIDAY: Watch Youtube Video "A Tour of the Cell", by "Bozeman Science", located at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z9pqST72is - Vocab #5 (re-do) - Due NEXT WEEK - 11/4 & 11/6 - Vocab #6 due Mon/Tues, NEXT WEEK - 11/7 & 11/8. 1. Handbacks: HWs 2. Microscope Lab Use Discussion - And Quiz 3. Advantage of Organelle: Notes & Group Work (below are the notes & PPT; see me for the group handouts)
 * Today's Objectives **

--> The functions of life in Eukaryotic cells are __org__anized in to "__org__anelles", the "membrane-bound" structures/compartments/spaces (in the cytoplasm) that each do a different job (kind of like rooms in a school). Except for Ribosomes, all are surrounded by a // double // layer of lipids (a "bi-layer") - like the cell membrane, and are separated from the rest. 1. According to above, what is an "organelle"? 2. Name all the organelles in a Eukaryotic cell that you can remember. 3. What is an advantage to being a Euk rather than a Prok?
 * Today's Questions **

Answers: 1. Organelle? A membrane-bound (enclosed) structure that does a specific job in a Euk. 2. The organelles of eukaryotic cells include:

ORGANELLES - the Nucleus & Nucleolus, Mitochondria, Rough ER, Smooth ER, Golgi Complex, Vacuoles, Vesicles, Lysosomes, Centrioles (in animal cells), and Chloroplasts (in plant cells). STRUCTURES NOT ENCLOSED BY A MEMBRANE - the Cell membrane, Ribosomes, and Cytoskeleton. 3. Advantage? In one word - "specialization".

THURS/FRI, 10/31 & 10/32 (Hah! 11/1) __** Warm-Up (Blocks 2&3): **__ **Homework** to hand in - look at that, nothing. (Yeah, "it's a miracle." :) **New Homework:** (Copy it in to your planner!) - Text Sec 3.2, p.75, # 1-6 (if not done in class) - Watch Youtube Video "A Tour of the Cell" by "Bozeman Science", located at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z9pqST72is - Vocab #5 (re-do) - Due NEXT WEEK - 11/4 & 11/6 - Vocab #6 due Mon/Tues, NEXT WEEK - 11/7 & 11/8. 1. Handbacks: HW, Mic Lab, Quiz with Correction instructions 2. Review: Eukaryotes vs Prokaryotes 3. Organelle Video (Cellular Organelles, Bozeman Science: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aczbMlSMr8U) 4. Text, Sec 3.2, p.75, #1-6
 * Today's Objectives: **

--> Cell Types and Regions. Make a simple Copy of the diagrams and label as Prok & Euk. Then answer the questions. 1. What are the three main regions/areas found in all cells? 2. What one other structure is found in both Euks & Proks?
 * Today's Questions: **

WED/THURS, 10/30 & 10/31 __** Warm-Up (Block 4): **__ **Homework** to hand in - Text: Sec 3.2, p.75, #s 1-3 **New Homework:** (Copy it in to your planner!) - Thursday: Watch Youtube Video "A Tour of the Cell" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z9pqST72is (or Google "Youtube", "A Tour of the Cell", and "Bozeman Science")

- Vocab #5 (re-do) - Due NEXT WEEK - 11/4 & 11/6 - Vocab #6 due Mon/Tues, NEXT WEEK - 11/7 & 11/8. 1. Handbacks: HW, Mic Lab, Quiz with Correction instructions 2. Review: Eukaryotes vs Prokaryotes 3. Organelle Video (Cellular Organelles, Bozeman Science: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aczbMlSMr8U) 4. Organelle Notes
 * Today's Objectives: **

--> Cell Types and Regions. Make a simple Copy of the diagrams and label as Prok & Euk. Then answer the questions. 1. What are the three main regions/areas found in all cells? 2. What one other structure is found in both Euks & Proks?
 * Today's Questions: **

TUES/WED, 10/29 & 10/30 __** Warm-Up (Block 2&3): **__ **Homework** to hand in - HAVE OUT: Eukaryote Vs Prokaryote 3 Question Assignment (P68) **New Homework:** (Copy it in to your planner!) - Quiz (Microscope USE: 5 questions) - Wed/Thurs (this week) - Vocab #5 (re-do) - Due NEXT WEEK - 11/4 & 11/6 - Vocab #6 due Mon/Tues, NEXT WEEK - 11/7 & 11/8. 1. Handbacks: HW, Mic Lab, Quiz with Correction instructions 2. Eukaryotes vs Prokaryotes; Venn Diagram (no file; make your own) 3. Ticket "Out thuh Doh": Euks & Proks
 * Today's Objectives: (Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes) **

--> Remember, all cells are either prokaryotic or eukaryotic. Bacteria are examples of "prokaryotes"; plants and animals are both "eukaryotes" - have eukaryotic cells. And, what about organelles, the structures that have a membrane and perform special jobs. 1. How do "Proks" and "Euks" compare in size? 2. Which has a nucleus? ("Proks have no yolks, but Euks have neucs.") 3. Proks do have DNA ('cause they're alive!). Where is the DNA found? 4. What else do Euks have that Proks do not?
 * Today's Questions: **



MON/TUES, 10/28 & 10/29 __** Warm-Up (Block 4): **__ **Homework** to hand in - Vocab #6 **New Homework:** (Copy it in to your planner!) - Section 3.2 in text on Page ?, #1-3.

1. Eukaryotes vs Prokaryotes 2. Organelle Notes
 * Today's Objectives: **

--> Remember, all cells are either prokaryotic or eukaryotic. Bacteria are examples of "prokaryotes"; plants and animals are both "eukaryotes" - have eukaryotic cells. And, what about organelles, the structures that have a membrane and perform special jobs. 1. How do "Proks" and "Euks" compare in size? 2. Which has a nucleus? ("Proks have no yolks, but Euks have neucs.") 3. Proks do have DNA ('cause they're alive!). Where is the DNA found? 4. What else do Euks have that Proks do not?
 * Today's Questions: **



THURS/FRI, 10/24 & 10/25 __** Warm-Up (Block 4): **__ **Homework** to hand in - None. (Do not hand in the Interactive Reader 3.1.) - Do not hand i **New Homework:** (Copy it in to your planner!) - Vocab #6 due Monday/Tuesday, next week. - End of Marking Period is 10/25 - Friday. (Mr. Z is not available today after school. Mrs. M is, @ about 3:30.) 1. Microscope Parts & Function
 * Today's Objectives: **

--> The lighted circle seen when looking through a microscope is called the "Field of View". When looking through a compound light microscope - a 'scope with two lenses, the image you see is different in three ways from the object on the slide: it is magnified, reversed, and flipped upside down.
 * Today's Questions: **

1. If a lower case "e" is mounted normally as you read it on a slide - like above, how would it look in the Field of View? (Draw it, too.)

FRI/MON, 10/25 & 10/28 __** Warm-Up (Blocks 2&3): **__ **Homework** to hand in - Do not hand in Vocab 6! **New Homework:** ( Copy it in to your planner! ) - Quiz (Microscope Use: 5 questions) - Tues/Wed (this week) - Vocab #5 (re-do) - Due NEXT WEEK - 11/4 & 11/5 - Vocab #6 due Mon/Tues, NEXT WEEK - 11/6 & 11/7.

1. Circlular meeting 2. The Cell Theory/History 3. Finish Microscope Lab #1 4. Prokaryotes Vs Eukaryotes (Notes) 5. Test hand back & correction
 * Today's Objectives: **

--> Remember, the basic knowledge of cells is called "The Cell Theory" and was discovered by the 1800's. But we know much more now - thanks largely to microscopes. For example, all cells can be divided in to two types. (//According// // to evolution theory, one type came first, and is much simpler than the other type.) // Do you know them? 1. What are the two general types of cells called? 2. What are the three main regions of a cell?
 * Today's Questions: **

- PROKARYOTIC and EUKARYOTIC CELLS.

- Cell Membrane, Cytoplasm, & Nucleus/DNA

__ When done with Microscope Lab: __ * hand it in.

// "Eukaryotes Vs. Prokaryotes" // Copy and complete #1-3 using your text (p.68). 1. What are the three parts of The Cell Theory? 2. Compare/contrast Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells in terms of: DNA/nucleus, structures/organelles, size, and number of cells. 3. Sketch both types: title each; label the 3 regions and structures from #1. **Hand it in when done.**


 * - PRO means "before" **


 * - EU means "true" **


 * - KARYOT means "nucleus" **


 * PROKARYOTIC CELLS **


 * - DO NOT have a nucleus (center region) **


 * - DO NOT have cell organelles **


 * - Simplest **


 * (Ex: bacteria) **


 * EUKARYOTIC CELLS **


 * - HAVE a nucleus **


 * - HAVE organelles **


 * - Complex **


 * (Ex: plant cells & animal cells) **

__ Warm-Up (Blocks 2&3): __ Homework **to hand in** New Homework: **(Copy it in to your planner!)**
 * WED/THURS, 10/23 & 10/24 **
 * - None. (Do not hand in the Interactive Reader 3.1.) **
 * - Did you hand in your Warm-ups for last week? Vocab #5? **
 * - Vocab #6 due Monday/Tuesday, next week. **
 * - End of Marking Period is Friday. Get work in. **

Today's Objectives:
 * 1. Microscope Parts & Function **
 * 2. Chapters 1 & 2 Quiz **
 * 3. Prokaryotes Vs Eukaryotes (Notes) **

Today's Questions:
 * --> The lighted circle seen when looking through a microscope **
 * is called the "Field of View". When looking through a compound **
 * light microscope, the image you see is different in three ways **
 * from the object on the slide: magnified, reversed, and **
 * flipped upside down. **
 * 1. If a lower case "e" is mounted normally as you read it on a slide **


 * - like above, how would it look in the Field of View? (Draw it, too.) **

__ Warm-Up (Blocks 4): __ http://mrzsedwiki.wikispaces.com Homework **to hand in** New Homework: **(Copy it in to your planner!)**
 * TUES/WED 10/22 & 10/23 **
 * - Vocab #5 is due. **
 * - Did you hand in your Warm-ups? Your Test Study Guide? **
 * - Complete all parts of the "Interactive Reader 3.1" **
 * - CHECK YOUR GRADES IN COMPUTER TECH! **

Today's Objectives:
 * 1. The Cell Theory/History **
 * 2. How do YOU //Study//? **
 * 3. Prokaryotes Vs Eukaryotes (Notes) **

Today's Questions:
 * --> Remember, the basic knowledge of cells is called ** "The Cell Theory" ** and **
 * was discovered by the 1800's. But we know much more now - thanks largely **
 * to microscopes. For example, all cells can be divided in to two types. According **
 * to evolution theory, one type came first, and is //much// simpler than the other type. **
 * Do you know them? Here you go.... **


 * 1. What are the three parts of the Cell Theory? **
 * - All living things are made of cells, New cells come from existing cells, **
 * and Cells are the simplest living things. **
 * 2. What are the two general types of cells, based on evolution? **


 * - PROKARYOTIC and EUKARYOTIC CELLS. **


 * - PRO means "before" **
 * - EU means "true" **
 * - KARYOT means "nucleus" **


 * PROKARYOTIC CELLS **
 * - DO NOT have a nucleus (center region) **
 * - DO NOT have cell organelles **
 * - Simplest **
 * (Ex: bacteria) **


 * EUKARYOTIC CELLS **
 * - HAVE a nucleus **
 * - HAVE organelles **
 * - Complex **
 * (Ex: plant cells & animal cells) **

__ Warm-Up (Blocks 2 &3): __ Homework **to hand in** New Homework: **// (Copy it in to your planner!) //**
 * MON/TUES, 10/21 & 10/22 **
 * - Vocab #5 (Cell Transport) **
 * - CHECK YOUR GRADES IN COMPUTER TECH! Hand in work! **
 * - Did you hand in your WARM-UPS?! **
 * - STUDY for QUIZ on Ch 1 & 2 (Wednesday/Thursday) **
 * - Sec 3.1 Interactive Reader Sheet **

Today's Objectives:
 * 1. Ch 2 Concepts Review - Online Text Ch 1 **
 * 2. Using the Compound Microscope **

Today's Questions:
 * 1. Can you explain the following Ch 1 & 2 concepts? **
 * - Characteristics of Life, - Carbon-compounds (functions & examples), **
 * - Reactants, products, activation energy & chemical reactions, - Enzymes (function), **
 * - Homeostasis, - Hydrogen bonding and Water, - pH scale, - Metric Measurement, **
 * - the Scientific Process, - the difference between Ionic & Covalent bonds, **
 * - Evidence of a chemical reaction **

__ Warm-Up (Blocks 4): __ Homework **to hand in** New Homework: **(Copy it in to your planner!)**
 * FRI/MON, 10/18 & 10/21 **
 * - Vocab #5 is due. **
 * - CHECK YOUR GRADES IN COMPUTER TECH! **
 * - Hand in old work! **
 * - Complete **__**ALL PARTS**__ **of the " Interactive Reader 3.1: Cell Theory" **

Today's Objectives:
 * 1. The Cell Theory/History **
 * 2. Video: (3:33) "THE CELL THEORY" **
 * 3. Vocab Practice #2 **
 * 4. Ticket "OUT THUH DO'" [Cell Theory] **

Today's Questions:
 * --> You - and all living things - are made of cells (a "Characteristic of Life") **
 * and have a huge number of cells composing you. But it took humanity **
 * a LONG time to understand anything about cells. **
 * The basic knowledge of cells is called ** "The Cell Theory" ** . **
 * 1. When (and by whom) were cells first discovered? **
 * 2. Why did it take so long and how were they discovered? **
 * 3. Of about how many cells are you made? (And, WHY?) **

__ Warm-Up (Blocks 2 &3): __ Homework **to hand in** New Homework: **// (Copy it in to your planner!) //**
 * THURS/FRI, 10/17 & 10/18 **
 * - Ch3, Sec1 Assessment: P 63, Questions 1-4 **
 * - CHECK YOUR GRADES IN COMPUTER TECH! Hand in work! **
 * - Vocab #5 (Cell Transport, 11 words). Due next class (Mon/Tues) **
 * - QUIZ (Ch 1 & 2): Wednesday/Thursday next week. **

Today's Objectives: Today's Questions: Cell Theory"**.**
 * 1. The Cell Theory/History **
 * 2. Review Ch 2 Concepts in Online Textbook **
 * 3. Complete Vocab Practice (#s 3 & 4) Complete Sec 3.1 Interactive Reader (in class) **
 * You - and all living things - are made of cells ("Characteristic of Life") and have **
 * a huge number of cell composing you. But it took humanity a //LONG// time to **
 * understand //anything// about cells. The basic knowledge of cells is called **"The
 * 1. When (and by whom) were cells first discovered? **
 * 2. Why did it take so long and how were they discovered? **
 * 3. Of about how many cells are you made? (And, //WHY?)// **

__ Warm-Up (Blocks 2 &3): __ Homework **to hand in** New Homework: **// (Copy it in to your planner!) //**
 * TUES/WED, 10/15 & 10/16 **
 * -Vocab #4; Reinforcement 2.5 (worksheet) **
 * - Complete the Ch3, Sec1 Assessment: P 63, Questions 1-4 **
 * - CHECK GRADE REPORT HANDOUT. Hand in work! **

Today's Objectives:
 * 1. Understand Enzymes **
 * - What are they? What do they do? When do they NOT work? Significance? **
 * 2. Enzyme Lab (if not done) **

Today's Questions: What do we call this maintenance of an organism's internal stability?
 * The "carbon-based compounds" - the chemicals of living things - are **
 * carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, & nucleic acids. Each is a "macromolecule", **
 * a large molecule, made of many atoms! **
 * 1. **Enzymes **are what type of carbon-based compound?**
 * 2. Enzymes are **polymers **made of what** monomer**? (A _ _ _ _ A _ _ _ _)**
 * 3. **Enzymes **are proteins that** __C__ **_ _ _ _ _ _ _ (or speed up) chemical**
 * reactions in living things? //Without enzymes, most reactions in living things// **
 * // would not take place. //**
 * 4. If normal **pH **and** temperature ranges **of an organism are not maintained,**
 * an organism's enzymes will break down and not function. //(For humans, most// **
 * // enzymes work at //**//pH**'s from 6.8 to 7.5 and** temperatures **between 95 o F and 101 o F.) **//

Warm-Up (Block 4): Homework **//to// //hand in//**
 * FRI/TUES, 10/11 & 10/15 **
 * 1. Read Section 2.3, Answer Questions 1-3 on P46. **

New Homework:
 * 1. TEST Chapter 1 & 2 (Tues/Wed): STUDY!! **
 * (Notes, handouts, Warm-ups, book!) **
 * 2. Many students did not complete Vocab #1 and #2. Work on these old homeworks and **
 * hand them in ASAP. (They are a lot of points!) **

Today's Questions:
 * 1. Why are the chemicals living things are made of called "Carbon-compounds"? **
 * [//Hint//: C -- C -- C -- C -- C -- C -- C ] **
 * 2. Which of the four **carbon compounds **found in living things...** (lipid, protein, nucleic acid, carbohydrate)
 * ...primarily provides energy for living things? **
 * ...forms most of a cell's outer membrane? **

__Sugar__

__** 2. Which carbohydrate above is a " **polymer**" and which is a "**monomer**"?**__

__** THURS/FRI, 10/10 & 10/11 **__ Warm-Up (Blocks 2 &3): __Homework **to hand in**__ __** - none **__

__ New Homework: __
 * - Sec 2.5 Reinforcement Sheet w/Questions (due Tues/Wed) **
 * - VOCAB #4 (12 Words) - Due Tues/Wed **

Today's Questions:
 * 1. Why are the chemicals living things are made of called "Carbon-compounds"? **
 * [//Hint//: C -- C -- C -- C -- C -- C -- C ] **
 * 2. Which of the four **carbon compounds **found in living things...** (lipid, protein, nucleic acid, carbohydrate)
 * ...primarily provides energy for living things? **
 * ...forms most of a cell's outer membrane? **

__Sugar__


 * 3. Which carbohydrate above is a " **polymer**" and which is a "**monomer**"?**

Definition to add to Enzyme Note Handout:
 * "Activation Energy" - the energy required to //start// a chemical reaction. **
 * (All chemical reactions require energy to get started. Think of burning paper/wood.) **

Objectives
 * 1. Take notes about enzymes. **
 * [[file:Ch2 Sec5 Enzymes.ppt]] (ppt) [[file:Ch2 Sec5 Notes HO.doc]] (notes handout)**
 * 2. Enzyme Lab: Effect of Pineapple on Gelatin **

Warm-Up (Block 4): Homework **to hand in**
 * WED/THURS, 10/9 & 10/10 **

New Homework:
 * 1. Many students did not complete Vocab #1 & #2. Work on these old homeworks and **
 * hand them in ASAP. **
 * 2. Read Section 2.3, Answer Questions 1-3 on P46. **

Today's Questions:
 * 1. What substance is the most abundant (common) in your body? **
 * 2. What nutrients do you (and all) living things need, daily? (There are four.) **
 * - PROTEINS, CARBOHYDRATES, LIPIDS, and NUCLEIC ACIDS.**


 * PUT IT IN TO A SENTENCE, RESTATING THE QUESTION:**
 * PROTEINS, CARBOHYDRATES, LIPIDS, and NUCLEIC ACIDS are the nutrients ....**

Copy in to your Notes:
 * // "Carbon-Based Compounds" //**
 * Beside water, all living things are made of the same four groups of carbon-based chemicals: **
 * // 1. Carbohydrates 2. Lipids 3. Proteins 4. Nucleic Acids. //**


 * "Carbon-based" means made of many linked carbon atoms, like below. **

Example**: Carbohydrates** Sugar Polymer **- a large molecule ("a chain") with the same repeating part. //poly// = many**
 * //Most// Carbon-based compounds are very large. Large molecules have **
 * many atoms and are called " **macromolecules**". (Ex: Proteins; Nucleic Acids; Starch.) **
 * (Ex: a protein - see pic below) **

Monomer **- the repeating part ("a link in the chain") in a polymer. mono = one**
 * (Ex: amino acids are the monomers in proteins. See pic just below.) **

2 Amino Acids: Just 1 Protein polymer!
 * Each hexagon represents an //amino acid// **monomer**! Can you count the amino acids?**



Title the handout "Carbon-based Compounds"

Objectives
 * 1. Warm-up **
 * 2. Take notes about the chemicals of which all living things are made. **
 * (The completed notes are in the file below.)**


 * TUES/WED, 10/8 & 10/9 **

Warm-Up (Blocks 2 &3): Homework ** Hand in ** New Homework
 * -Reinforcement 2.3 "Carbon-based Compounds" is due **
 * - Sec 2.5 Reinforcement Sheet w/Questions (TAKE A BREAK - NOT DUE.) **
 * - Warm-ups for this week and next week will be collected Thurs/Fri, next week. **
 * This will continue every two weeks. (Have day, date, & complete sentence answers.) **

Today's Questions:
 * 1. **In which type of chemical bonding **between atoms are...**
 * ... electrons //given and taken// //by the atoms//?**


 * // Ex: "Na" is Sodium (a metal solid) and "Cl" is Chlorine (a gas) //**


 * 2. **In which type of chemical bonding **between substances are...**
 * ... electrons //shared// between atoms?**


 * //Ex:// Hydrogen (a gas) //+ Oxygen (a gas) --> Water (a liquid)// **




 * 3. What do we call the process in which one or more **
 * substances react to form one or more new substances? **



Copy in to your notes:
 * "In a chemical reaction, **
 * ... the substances you start with are called the "reactants"." **
 * ...the substances that are created are called the "products". **


 * Reactants --> Products **


 * In the following chemical reaction for burning paper, **
 * what are the reactants and what are the products? **


 * C6H12O6 + O2 --> CO2 + H2O + light and heat **

Objectives
 * 1. Warm-up **
 * 2. Notes: Carbon-based chemicals (of which all living things are made) **
 * [[file:Bio Ch2 Sec 3 PPT Matter 3 Carbon.ppt]] (PPT) [[file:Ch2 Sec3 PPT Matter 3 Carbon Notes.doc]] (Notes Handout)**


 * FRI/MON, 10/4 & 10/7 **

Warm-Up (Blocks 2&3): Homework ** Hand in ** New Homework
 * - Vocab #3 is due today. **
 * - Late homework ( Last class, Textbook Sec 2.3, Questions 1-4 (p46) was due) **
 * - Sec 2.3 Reinforcement Sheet w/Questions (due Tues/Wed) **
 * - Warm-ups for this week and next week will be collected Thurs/Fri, next week. **
 * This will continue every two weeks. (Have day, date, & complete sentence answers.) **

Today's Questions
 * 1. How does an acid behave when dissolved in water? [...releases hydrogen ions (H+)] **
 * 2. What does the pH Scale measure? [the acidity - or hydrogen ion concentration of a solution] **
 * 3. What is the "pH range" for...an acid? ...a base? //distilled// water? [acid: 0-6; base: 8-14; dw: 7] **
 * 4. If a solution is high in H+ ions, is it acidic or basic? [acidic...of course. Geeeeez.] **

Objectives
 * 1. Notes: //Water, Solutions, & pH// **
 * //[[file:Ch2 Sec2 PPT Matter 2 Water.ppt]] (ppt) [[file:Ch2 Sec2 PPT Matter 2 Water Notes 2013.doc]] (notes handout)// **
 * //2.// Lab 2: Determine the pH of 12 substances common in our lives. **


 * FRI/MON, 10/4 & 10/7 **

Warm-Up (Block 4) Homework **Hand in** New Homework
 * - Vocab #4 (Chemistry) **
 * -Read Section 2.3, Answer Questions 1-3 on P46. **

Today's Questions
 * 1. In which type of chemical bonding between substances ... **
 * ... do atoms //give and take// electrons, becoming ions? (//Na + Cl --> Na+Cl-// (salt)) **


 * 2. ** ** In which type of chemical bonding between substances ... **
 * ... are electrons //shared// //between// atoms? //(// //H2 + O --> H2O// //(// water ))**


 * 3. What do we call the process in which one or more **
 * substances react together to form one or more //new// substances? **

Copy in to your notes:
 * In a chemical reaction, **
 * ... the substances that you start with are called the "reactants". **
 * ...the substances that are created are called the "products". **


 * reacts --> products **


 * In the chemical reaction for burning of paper (below), what are **
 * the "reactants" and what are the "products"? **


 * C6H12O6 + O2 --> CO2 + H2O + light and heat **

Three types of Evidence for a Chemical Reaction:
 * i. when a new substance is created: gas,liquid, or solid. **
 * ii. when a temperature change happens. **
 * iii. when a color change occurs. **

Objectives
 * 1. Lab 1: Chemical Reaction **
 * 2. Lab 2: Determine the pH of 12 substances common in our lives. **

WED/THURS, 10/2 & 10/3

Warm-Up (Blocks 2&3): Homework ** Hand in **
 * - Textbook Sec 2.3, Questions 1-4 (p46) **
 * - Late homework ("Who's Taller?" Lab; Reinforcement (Atoms))**

New Homework
 * - Complete Vocabulary #3 (Assigned Mon/Tues; Due in two classes: Fri/Mon) [See page two of below file.]**

Today's Questions
 * 1. What do you know about pH? **




 * 2. Copy the "pH Scale" pictured in to your notes. Title it! **
 * ( **Include at least 1 acid, 1 base, and Distilled Water.**)**

Objectives **(find handouts on Chapter 2 page link)**
 * 1. Finish Matter 1 Notes (mixture basics) **
 * 2. Notes: about Water & "pH" **
 * 3. PH Lab: study the basics of pH **

WED/THURS, 10/2 & 10/3

Warm-Up (Block 4): Old Homework ** Hand in ** New Homework
 * - Reinforcement Sheet (Atoms, Ions, Molecules): only 11/27 handed it in! **
 * - Vocab #4: Chemistry & Carbon Compounds **

Today's Questions
 * 1. What do you know about "pH"? **

In your Notebook:
 * 1. Write the Title: "The pH Scale: Acids & Bases" **
 * 2. Then, Copy the "pH Scale", above. ( **Include just 1 acid, distilled water, and 1 base.**)**
 * 3. Copy the notes, below: **
 * SOLUTION: a mixture of something that dissolves (solvent) and something that //gets// dissolved **
 * (solute). Water is usually the solvent. **
 * ACIDS: An acid releases Hydrogen ions (H+) when it dissolves in water. The lower the pH, **
 * the stronger the acid. Ex: Stomach Acid; Lemon Juice **
 * BASES: A base //removes// Hydrogen ions from a solution. The //HIGHER// the pH, the stronger the base. **
 * Ex: Baking Soda; Drain Cleaner. **
 * NEUTRAL: neither acid or base; pH between 6 and 8 (around 7). Ex: distilled water. **

Objectives
 * 1. Take notes about "pH" (acids & bases) **
 * 2. Work on Vocabulary assignment #4 (Chemistry Vocabulary) **
 * 3. Sign Computer Use Contract **

Warm-Up (Blocks 2 & 3): Old Homework
 * MON/TUES, 9/30 & 10/1 **
 * * No homework due **
 * * Hand in late homework (P 37, # 1-4), (Who's Taller? Lab) **

New Homework
 * * Complete Textbook Sec 2.3 Formative Assessment, **
 * Questions 1-4 (p46) (DUE Wed/Thurs) **
 * * Complete Vocabulary #3 (Due in two classes: Fri/Mon) [See page 2 of below file.] **

Today's Questions
 * 2. How are chemical compounds formed? **
 * 3. (Optional) Watch the youtube video "You can't touch //ANYTHING!"// **
 * - WHY CAN'T YOU TOUCH ANYTHING? **

WHEN DONE
 * Pick up Chapter 2 Handout ("Ch2 Essential Elements") and **
 * begin to work onVocab HW #3 (due in 2 classes) **

Objectives**:** **(page 2)**
 * 1. Matter Notes: from Matter PPT #1 (AToms, Ions, Molecules, Mixtures) **
 * [[file:Ch2 Sec1 PPT Matter2 2013.pptx]] (ppt) [[file:Ch2 Sec1 PPT Matter 1 Notes 2013.doc]] (notes handout)**
 * 2."Chem Rxn 1 (or 2) Lab": study the events of a chemical reaction **
 * 3. Vocab#3 on Ch 2 summary Handout ("Essential Elements") **

Block 4 Warm-Up:
 * MON/TUES, 9/30 & 10/1 **
 * *Hand in HW " **Reinforcement (Atoms, Ions, and Molecules)"

Warm-Up: (Block 4)
 * THURS/FRI 9/26 & 9/27 **
 * 0. Hand in Homework: Textbook P 37, Questions 1-4. **
 * - INCLUDE PROPER HEADING ON YOUR PAPER! **
 * 1. Copy new **Homework **(just below) in to your planner:**
 * - Complete Sec 2.1 Reinforcement WS **
 * - Collect your Data for "Independent Investigation" **
 * 2. Look at pictures below. What are they? How do you know? **


 * Objectives**
 * 1. Give Grade Sheets (Fri) **
 * 2. Take Matter 1 Notes **
 * 3. Review Vocab Practice Sheet **

THURS/FRI 9/26 & 9/27

Warm-Up: (Blocks 2 & 3)
 * 0. Hand in Homework: **
 * - Thurs Classes: P 37, 1-4 **
 * - Fri Classes Sec 2.1 Reinforcement WS **
 * - INCLUDE PROPER HEADING ON YOUR PAPER! **
 * 1. Copy new **Homework **(just below) in to your planner:**
 * - Read Sec 2.3 (Carbon-based Molecules) **
 * - Collect your Data for "Independent Investigation" **
 * 2. What are pictured? How do you know? **

OBJECTIVES:
 * 1 . BIOLOGY BENCHMARKING: **
 * All students will take the Biology Benchmark (Pre-Test) **
 * today in class on the laptops. **
 * - You need your password and to go to www.studyisland.com **
 * - It should take about 30-45 minutes. - Right two rows and lab tables will start. **


 * 2. WHEN NOT BENCHMARKING: **
 * - Have out your Independent Investigation paper. I will conference **
 * with each student to make sure your Problem and Hypothesis are testable. **
 * - When not conferencing with Mr. Z, complete the Vocab Practice Sheet. **
 * - Then, Read Section 2.2 in text book and complete **
 * the questions at the end of the section **


 * 3. EXIT OUT OF CLASS **
 * - In your notebook, explain an Atom and an element. **

WED 9/25 Warmu-Up
 * 0. Hand in Monday's/Tuesday's Homework (Textbook P 37, Questions 1-4) **
 * INCLUDE PROPER HEADING ON YOUR PAPER! **
 * 1. Copy NEW Homework in to your planner: **
 * - Complete Sec 2.1 Reinforcement Sheet **
 * - Collect Data for "Independent Investigation" **
 * 2. Look at the picture. Is it alive? (Why/why not?) **
 * Think in terms of the Characteristics of Life. **

OBJECTIVES:
 * 1 . BIOLOGY BENCHMARKING: **
 * All students will take the Biology Benchmark (Pre-Test) **
 * today in class on the laptops. **
 * - You need your password and to go to www.studyisland.com **
 * - It should take about 30-45 minutes. - Right two rows and lab tables will start. **
 * 2. WHEN NOT BENCHMARKING: **
 * - Have out your Independent Investigation paper. I will conference **
 * with each student to make sure your Problem and Hypothesis are testable. **
 * - When not conferencing with Mr. Z, complete the Vocab Practice Sheet. **
 * - Then, Read Section 2.2 in text book and complete **
 * the questions at the end of the section **

MON/TUES 9/23 & 9/24
 * Warm-Up**
 * 0. Hand in your Completed Work **
 * - Who's Taller Lab now **
 * - Late assignments (Handouts 1.1_Reinforce, 1.2_Reinforce, & 1.3_Notes) **
 * 00. Copy Tonight's Homework (below) in to your planner. **
 * 1. Is it alive? (Look at the picture.) Why do you think? **
 * 2. A female student is an amateur boxer and she has decided to investigate which type of **
 * punch she can throw more frequently in 30 seconds, a "right hook" a "right uppercut", or "straight right". **
 * - What is the Independent Varible? **
 * - The Dependent Variable? **
 * - Name one variable that should be controlled. Why control variables? **

Homework**:**
 * 1. Blocks 2 & 3: READ Section 2-1 (pgs 34-37), Answer #1-4 (on P 37)**
 * 2. Block 4: Complete missing homework assignments! **

Objectives
 * 1. Complete Who's Taller Lab.**
 * 2. Complete and Hand in Vocab 1 & Vocab 2**
 * 3. Complete and Hand in Homeworks: 1.1_Reinforce, 1.2_Reinforce, & 1.3_Notes**

WED/THURS, 9/18 & 9/19
 * Warm-Up **
 * 0. HAND IN HOMEWORKS, FIRST THING: **
 * i. Independent Investigation Paper **
 * ii. Either Notes Handout 1-3 OR Reinforcement 1-2 **
 * 1. ****List 3 quantities that can be measured.**
 * 2. Give their metric ****base units.**
 * 3. ****List a prefix that means some "fraction of a base unit".**
 * 4. ****List a prefix that means some "multiple of a base unit".**


 * Objectives **
 * 1.Have a problem and a testable hypothesis for your Independent Investigation. **
 * 2. Start/Finish Measurement Notes. **
 * a. Be able to recall the metric base units and prefixes (Warm-up) **
 * b. Be able to measure metric lengths in centimeters using a meter stick in the lab **
 * 3. Complete the "Who's Taller, 9th Grade Young Men or Young Women?" **


 * Homework**
 * Complete the Lab Write up according to the Lab procedure handout from today. **

MON/TUES, 9/16 & 9/17
 * 1. ****Put the steps of the Scientific Process in Order:**
 * Conclusion, Make a Hypothesis, Collect Data, Repeat, Analyze Data, State a Problem, **
 * Make Observations, Design an Experiment **


 * 2. Mr. Zahm is studying the influence of music on the behavior of students. If he plays music for **
 * some classes and none for other classes: **
 * What is the dependent variable? **
 * What is the independent variable? **
 * What variables might he have to control? **

Today's Objective
 * -Hand back assignments; Discuss shortcomings **
 * -Collect missing assignemtns **
 * -Practice the Scientific Process; Start Student's Independent Investigation **
 * -Take notes on Metric Measurement **

Homework
 * Complete the Problem and Hypothesis sections of the Independent Investigation handout from today's class. **
 * You also received either Notes handout 1-3 or Reinforcement Section 1-2. Complete that as well. **

__THURS/FRI, 9/12 & 9/13__
 * Paragraph Writing Sample**__
 * On lined paper, in a paragraph, list the characteristics that all organisms share (the C's of Life) and**
 * the major ideas that are true for all areas of biological science (the Unifying Themes - UTs).**
 * Then, choose one C of L and explain it using one example we discussed. Do the same for the UTs.**
 * (Hand it in when done.)**


 * Today's Objectives: **
 * - Produce a writing sample **
 * - Understand Why you should THINK scientifically (& Review the Scientific Process). **
 * - Choose a problem to investigate for your Independent Investigation **
 * - HOMEWORK: Handout - Fill in details on the Sci Process "Power Notes" sheet **

HOMEWORK**:**
 * 1. Bio Notes Handout Ch1 Sec 3 (1-3) Worksheet. [[file:BioNotes handout Ch1 Sec3.doc]] **
 * (Use your notes & text to fill in the boxes with definitions/any meaningful statement about the idea.) **
 * 2.Find a problem to investigate, based on your own (past and present) observations. **
 * Remember: **
 * - You'll have to develop a hypothesis for your problem to test **
 * - You must be able to test your hypothesis. **
 * In other words, you'll have to come up with a hypothesis and IT MUST BE TESTABLE BY YOU!! **
 * - You have to be able to make measurements of some kind. **

Handouts**:**
 * - Scientific Process Notes **
 * - HW handout (above) **
 * - Independent Investigation sheet **
 * [[file:Sci Prcess Independent Investigation 2013.docx]] (not handed out yet)**
 * PowerPoints **
 * - Unit 1 Sci Process Vocab PPT **

Tues/Wed 9/10 & 9/11
 * 1. List the 4 Unifying Themes (UTs) in Biology.**
 * (Remember, a "theme" is an important idea, and "to unify" means to bring //together// diverse ideas.)**
 * 2. In complete sentences, //explain// an example //for at least one// UT!**

Homework:
 * In Textbook, P. 12 (#1&2), P. 17 (#1-5)**

Thurs/Mon 9/4 & 9/9
 * 1. Has LHS met your expectations so far?**
 * 2. Suggest one way in which //WE// could make LHS better.**
 * 3. Have you seen or experienced conflict at LHS AND was it resolved positively/constructively?**

Tues/Wed 9/2 & 9/3** 1. List the characteristics shared by all living things. - Hold on to Vocab #5 (re-do) until after the PowerPoint