Taxonomy & Monera

· REVIEW – binary fission Classzone…choose WA state (interactive review), go to chapter 5 on the left, then click on Animated Biology. Do Animation 1.

2/17 – Read and summarize another article from the above list.

2/18

· Read and take notes 19-3

· Finish the germicide lab

· REVIEW: “View” the cool Dengue Fever Virus demo

TAXONOMY & BACTERIA TEST 2/20

2/26 – 2 interviews due 3/2

3/1

· Finish 2 interviews

· Read 40-1 and answer section assessment questions

· IN CLASS: The Sneeze video

3/2

· Read and take notes on section 40-2 VERY WELL

· Finish research on Infectious disease project

3/3

· Review 40-2

· REVIEW: try this game…it doesn’t work on macs

· EXTRA CREDIT: Alternative Assessment pg. 1040

3/4

· Review 40-2, know what each cell does (fig. 40-9 and 40-10): Macrophage, Helper T cell, B cell, Plasma cell, Memory Cell, Antibody, Cytotoxic/Killer T cell

· IN CLASS: Superbug and Protecting the Herd

· EXTRA CREDIT: review website…you can summarize the “interview”, “in more detail”, “pioneers”, or play the game.

· EXTRA CREDIT: read, summarize, and comment on Vaccine article.

3/8

· Read the role given to you in class

· REVIEW: Classzone…choose WA state (interactive review), go to chapter 31 on the left, then click on Animated Biology. Do Animations 1 and 2.

· EXTRA CREDIT: Read and summarize something on this website about infectious diseases.

3/9

· Read 40-3

· Analyzing data pg. 1043

· Pg. 1052 #30, 33, 35, 36

· Pg. 1053 #9-11

3/10

· Read and take notes 40-4

· Finish HIB me with your best shot questions (12. Why do Hib diseases still cause so much illness and death when a vaccine is available? 13. In what countries are Hib diseases still occurring – see website below 14. What are some of the problems with delivering vaccines to these countries? 15. Who should be responsible for global health care and disease prevention?)

· IN CLASS: HIB website

· EXTRA CREDIT: Learn about the Dengue fever virus

IMMUNE SYSTEM TEST 3/12

3/12

· Read 20-1 and summarize each blue section into 1 sentence

· Review 18-13 (pg. 460) and be able to explain the yellow part.

EXTRA CREDIT: mosquito & parasite game and/or summarize “Past & Present”
EXTRA CREDIT: Bill Gates on a Malaria vaccine (only the first part of this video applies…when he starts talking about education, you can stop).

3/15

· Read and take notes on section 20-2

· EXTRA CREDIT: How many times do you see the contractile vacuoles contract?

· EXTRA CREDIT: If the blob was a protist, what method of movement would you say it had?

3/16 or 17

· Pg. 508 Analyzing Data

· REVIEW: Protozoa movie (22 minutes long)

3/18

· Read 20-3 and 20-4; for each blue section, draw a summary picture (don’t copy the pictures from the book!)

· Bring in pond water

· Cool video on youtube…read the info. To be disgusted! HINT: search for any protozoa you were not able to see in class today.

3/19

· Read 20-5

· Write a short story titled, “my life as a (water mold, cellular slime mold, or acellular slime mold).”

· REVIEW: lifecycles (go to Interactive Biology, choose chapter 19 and click on the “Animated Biology” circle. Do Animation 1.)

· REVIEW: Algae movie (15 minutes long)

PROTIST TEST 3/24

3/24

· Read and take notes 21-1

· REVIEW: video from class

· REVIEW: second video from class

3/25

· Read 21-2 and pg. 1067

· fill in chart on pg. 544

3/26

· Google docs test: mold lab

3/29

· Read and take notes 21-3

· pg. 546 #31

· pg. 547 # 8-10

3/31 – finish mold lab (alternate)

FUNGI TEST 4/1

4/1 – diagnoser.com DUE 4/12 (do all 7 quizzes)

generic login: 7613-0-30

password: 2541

4/14

· Scroll down to “Lift a Load”

· Answers to the math review

4/15

· Read and take notes on pages 554, 558-559, 562-663, 571-572

· Pg. 576 # 27 & 29

· Pg. 577 # 9 & 11

· REVIEW: movie (watch minutes 4-11)

· REVIEW: moss lifecycle

· REVIEW: water movement (go to interactive review, select chapter 21 and hit “animated biology”. Do animation 1)

· EXTRA CREDIT: (due at end of unit) Killer plants lab

4/16

· Read and take notes 23-2

· Analyzing data pg. 620

4/19

· Read and take notes 23-3

· REVIEW: seed dispersal (go to interactive review, select chapter 22 and hit “animated biology”. Do animation 1)

· INTERESTING: Quiver tree movie (2 min)

4/20

· Read and take notes 23-4

· Read and take notes pg. 599 & 602

· REVIEW: leaf structure

· REVIEW: guard cell

· REVIEW: sugar transport

· INTERESTING: Pitcher plant (4:14 min)

4/21

· Read and take notes 24-1

· EXTRA CREDIT: Pick the pollinator (bee sure to write down your answers)

· REVIEW: angiosperm life cycle

· INTERESTING: Big flower (2:28 min)

4/26

· Pg. 606 #23, 31, & 34

· Pg. 607 # 7 & 8

· Bring 3 dandelions to class tomorrow

· REVIEW: movie (watch minutes 11-14)

· REVIEW: How do seeds travel? (song)

· INTERESTING: Amazon Water Lily

4/27

· Read and take notes 25-1

· Pg. 652 # 24, 26, 27

· Pg. 653 # 9 & 10

· INTERESTING: many tropism videos…think about possible term projects

· REVIEW: thigmotropism (1:06 min)

· REVIEW: jungle climbers (3:11 min)

4/28

· Finish plant coloring sheet

PLANT TEST 4/30

4/30

· Finish term project proposal (ideas: website with plant videos, or see ch. 34 in your book)

· Read 26-1, 29-1, and 29-2. Summarize each blue section with one sentence.

· REVIEW: Protostome/deuterostome review (go to interactive review, chapter 23, Animated Biology, Animation 1)

5/3

· Read 27-3

· Read Quicklab pg. 695

· REVIEW: Cnidaria movie (16 min)

5/4

· Analyzing Data pg. 707

· Pg. 708 #5

· Pg. 712 #39, 40, 41

· REVIEW: Nematode movie (hint: download and use Real Player to view)

· REVIEW: Annelida movie (15 min)

5/5

· Analyzing Data pg. 724

· Alternative Assessment pg. 725

· Pg. 733 #2

· Pg. 738 #5

· Read pgs. 850 and 860

· Finish coloring

· REVIEW: Echinodermata movie (15 min)

· REVIEW: Arthropod divisions (go to interactive review, chapter 24, Animated Biology, Animation 1)

· REVIEW: Chordata movie (18 min)

· REVIEW: Lamprey movie (45 sec) (in Spanish)

· REVIEW: Eddie and the hagfish (6 min)

· REVIEW: Hagfish (1 min) EEH SLIME

· INTERESTING: Amazing Lyre bird (3 min)

· INTERESTING: Penguin movie (4 min)

· EXTRA CREDIT: Quicklab pg. 775

ANIMAL TEST 5/7

· EXTRA CREDIT: Quicklab pg. 775

· TERM PROJECT IDEAS: See chapter 34 in your book.

5/7

· Read and take notes 35-1

· IN CLASS: Ben’s Bad Day

· EXTRA CREDIT: Find an article to read and summarize.

5/10

· Read 34-1 and 34-2

· Pg. 876 #6

· Pg. 882 #4

· Pg. 886 #23, 26, 30

· Bring in a personal listening device (mp3, cd, player)

· EXTRA CREDIT: Watch Lorenzo’s Oil and connect it to what we have been learning in class. (Due 5/22)

· EXTRA CREDIT: Explore the Biology of Addiction…write what you learn.

· TERM PROJECT IDEA: See pg. 918 #26 in your book and pg. 870

5/11

· Read and take notes 35-2

· EXTRA CREDIT: Add a literature review to your memory lab…what does research say about the best environment for memorization?

5/12

· Read 35-3

· Making Connections pg. 905

· IN CLASS: Synapse Review

· REVIEW: Synapse

· REVIEW: Action Potential (go to interactive review; choose chapter 29 and click animated biology, then do animation 1)

· REVIEW: Reflexes review (go to interactive review; choose chapter 29 and click animated biology, then do animation 2)

· EXTRA CREDIT: Summarize the Split Brain Experiment

5/13

· Read and take notes 35-4

· IN CLASS: How PET scans are taken

· IN CLASS: How to interpret PET scans

5/14

· No homework

· Ear review

· EXTRA CREDIT: Listen to and summarize a radio show:

o Music and the Brain

o Sleep and the Brain

o Placebos and the Brain

5/17

· Read and take notes 35-5

· Analyzing Data pg. 913

· Write a conclusion for the rat lab discussed in class

· IN CLASS: How Cocaine affects neurotransmission

5/18

· Read 39-1

· Write down 1 summary sentence for each blue section

· IN CLASS: Long term effects of drugs on the brain

5/19

· Read 39-2

· Write down 1 summary sentence for each blue section

NERVOUS SYSTEM TEST 5/21

5/21 – Read and take notes 37-1

5/24

· Read 37-2

· Do “reading strategy” on the right side of pg. 951

· REVIEW: Pumps your blood song

· REVIEW: Heart map

· REVIEW: Another heart song

· REVIEW: Heart – go to Interactive Review/chapter 30/Animated Biology/activity 2

5/25

· Read 37-3

· Write a 5 sentence “Ode to a blue section”

· Study for the heart quiz

· EXTRA CREDIT: Summarize Pioneers of Heart Surgery

· EXTRA CREDIT: Summarize Treating a Sick Heart

CIRCULATORY & RESPIRATORY QUIZ 5/27

5/27

· Read 38-2

· Make up your own captions for all of the figures

5/28

· Read 38-3

· Alternative assessment pg. 989

· REVIEW: Digestion – go to Interactive Review/chapter 32/Animated Biology/activity 1

· REVIEW: Digestion review song :)

· IN CLASS: Colonoscopy video

· FOR FUN: Chicken farm game

· EXTRA CREDIT: Read and summarize info about Vitamin B1

6/1

· Read 39-3 and 39-4

· Make sure you can answer all the questions

· IN CLASS: Life’s Greatest Miracle movie (50 min)

· REVIEW: Development – go to Interactive Review/chapter 34/Animated Biology/activity 1

DIGESTIVE, EXCRETORY, AND REPRODUCTIVE QUIZ 6/3

6/4

· TERM PROJECT & COMMUNITY SERVICE DUE 6/7

· Read and take notes 36-1

· EXTRA CREDIT: Study for bone quiz (fig. 36-2); Come in before/after school to take the bone quiz by 6/9

6/7

· Read and take notes 36-2

· REVIEW: Muscle – go to Interactive Review/chapter 33/Animated Biology/activity 1

· EXTRA CREDIT: Download and perform this muscle lab.

6/8

· Read and take notes 36-3

· REVIEW: Joints – go to Interactive Review/chapter 33/Animated Biology/activity 2

PIG TEST 6/14

· Powerpoint

· Kirk online

· Another online

FINAL 6/18 and 6/21 (bring your book)

· study guide

· 249 question review test – DON’T PRINT…IT’S TOO LONG!

JOURNALS

2/8 – Name the animal on the TV.

2/9 – Comment on the article provided. How would you verify the information?

2/10 – List the 8 taxons (Dà S) and give the full human classification.

2/11 – What explains the ability of Archaea to live in extreme environments?

2/16 – Name the kingdoms. For each, give an example and write if it is prokaryotic or eukaryotic.

2/17 – For each kingdom, write if they are autotroph or heterotroph.

2/18 – For each kingdom, write if they have a cell wall and what it is made of.

2/19 – What family is this shark in?

2/22 – Draw the following bacteria: staphylococcus, streptobacillus, diplococcus, and spirilla.

2/23 – Explain the difference between validity and reliability.

2/24 – Draw a common bacteria and label its main parts.

2/25 – What is the difference between gram + and gram – bacteria?

3/1 – Name one way you keep from getting sick.

3/2 – Define “infectious disease”.

3/3 – Name all the required vaccinations for school.

3/4 – Give an example of an infectious disease caused by a virus, bacteria, and protist.

3/8 – What might happen if the number of people who have been vaccinated for measles dropped to a low level in the population?

3/9 – Explain the difference between specific and nonspecific defenses.”

3/10 – How would the immune system function without the Helper T cells?

3/11 – Name 2 methods actual bacteria use to evade our immune system.

3/12 – Explain how life has changed throughout history because of scientific knowledge and technical advances.

3/15 – List 3 examples of Protists.

3/16 or 17 – List 3 ways protists move.

3/18 – If the contractile vacuole were to malfunction, what effect would it likely have on the organism?

3/19 – Kin’s grandfather spends most of his time at home. Kin wants to attract birds into his grandfather’s yard so he has something to enjoy during the day. Kin wants to attract a variety of different types of birds so he makes three bird feeders. He places one next to his grandfather’s window, one near the mailbox, and one in a tree in the middle of the yard. He fills all of the birdfeeders with sunflower seeds. After a month, Kin visits his grandfather. He only sees chickadees in the yard. Kin decides only chickadees live in the area. Do you agree with Kin? What would you do differently? How could you extend Kin’s investigation?

Maria thinks gray skies are gloomy and she thinks they make her moody and perform poorly at school. One week, Maria has a math test on a rainy day and she earns a D. The next day is sunny and Maria has a test in Spanish where she earns a B. “I knew the weather caused me to do poorly in math,” said Maria. Do you agree with Maria? If not, what could Maria do differently so you would agree with her?

3/22 – What are some risks when doing labs on living organisms?

3/23 – Draw a Euglena and label 3 parts.

3/25 – Write one thing you know about Kingdom Fungi.

3/26 – Describe an environment where mold is likely to grow naturally on food.

3/29 – Why would grass in the middle of a fairy ring be greener than outside?

3/30 – Mulchers or non mulchers – which one would have more mushrooms?

3/31 – Heavily polluted fresh water contains few fungi. How might this affect life in a lake?

GOOD, BUT NOT USED – Why are fungi a more serious problem to agriculture in tropical regions of the world than they are in temperate regions?

The Hubble space telescope is in orbit around the Earth. When the Hubble space telescope was made fully operational, many more stars were visible through it than were visible through larger telescopes located on a mountain on Earth. Explain two advantages a telescope in space has over a telescope located on a mountain on Earth. Also give two disadvantages. Use words, labeled pictures, and/or labeled diagrams in your explanation.

4/15 – On a half piece of paper, write down the things you felt prepared for when taking the HSPE; and write down the things you felt you were not prepared for.

4/16 – List the variables for the given lab.

4/19 – During the life cycle of a moss, what environmental conditions are necessary for fertilization to occur?

4/20 – What are the advantages of a plant disseminating millions of tiny spores as it reproduces? What are the advantages of a plant disseminating a relatively few seeds?

4/21 – The tallest humans stop growing eventually, yet a tall tree increases its height year after year. Why are plants able to continue to grow taller as long as they live?

4/26 – If you were to ring a tree, would it die of starvation or dehydration?

4/27 – Why would droughts reduce crop yields?

4/28 – List 2 ways to improve on the given experiment.

4/29 – Write a conclusion for the given data

5/3 – Why would sponges be unable to live on dry land?

5/4 – Name and explain the three different tissues.

5/5 – Pg. 743 #9 & 10

5/6 – pg. 747, fig. 29-4; answer the question in the caption.

5/7 – What is your favorite animal? What category is it in?

5/10 – Explain how a thermostat works.

5/11 – Name one function of the brain.

5/12 – What is the best environment for learning?

5/13 – Draw a neuron and label its three parts. Take a resting heart rate.

5/14 – After a stroke, a person has problem hearing out of their left ear – where did the stroke occur?

5/17 – Draw an eye and label its parts.

5/18 – Explain how cocaine affects neurotransmission.

5/19 – Name one long-term effect drugs have on the brain.

How do you feel physiologically? Take your heart rate.

5/20 – What hormone causes menstruation to begin?

5/21 – Name 3 male reproductive glands.

5/24 – Is blood a cell, tissue, organ, or organ system?

5/25 – Name the 4 parts of blood.

5/26 – As a fetus develops, blood does not travel to the lungs…what do you think the alternate route is?

5/27 – Where does actual gas exchange occur?

5/28 – Name the fluid that leaks from blood vessels, gets cleaned in nodes, and returns to the blood.

6/1 – Name the alimentary canal parts – the parts that food goes through (mouth à anus).

6/2 – Explain two things that happen in the nephrons.

6/3 – What are the tubes called in males? In females?