November 13

1period:

OBJECTIVE: Students will take a test in order to gauge progress towards success on the HSA.

2nd period:

OBJECTIVE: Students will analyze a food chart in order to describe macromolecules.

WARM-UP: Describe the structure and function of proteins.

VOCABULARY:
1) acid
2) amino acid
3) atom
4) base
5) catalyst

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Activity
3) Closure

November 11, 2008

Go to the following website:

http://lynch.maisie.googlepages.com/teacherresources

and download the file called "Evening School Activity". Follow the instructions on that worksheet. Write your answers on your own paper.

October 28, 2008

OBJECTIVE: Students will develop a letter in order to analyze how humans impact the ecosystem.

WARM-UP: Are you a once-ler or a lorax and why?

VOCABULARY:
1) omnivore
2) parasitism
3) pollution
4) predation
5) producer

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/Vocabulary
2) Review activity with manipulatives
3) Powerpoint/discussion of human impact on ecosystems.
3) Discussion of Lorax book
4) Development of Lorax letter
5) Closure

October 21, 2008

OBJECTIVE: Students will develop a letter in order to analyze the impact humans have on ecosystems.

WARM-UP: List 3 natural resources

VOCABULARY:
1) GENETIC DIVERSITY
2) GREENHOUSE EFFECT
3) HABITAT
4) HERBIVORE
5) HETEROTROPH

CLASSWORK:
1) warm-up/vocabulary
2) finish lab
3) letter
4) closure

October 14, 2008

OBJECTIVE: Students will analyze a book in order to understand how organisms rely on each other.

WARM-UP: What would happen in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem if the blue crab went extinct?

VOCABULARY:
1) biosphere
2) biotic factor
3) chemosynthesis
4) climate
5) community

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/ vocabulary
2) Powerpoint presentation and/or movie
3) Review trophic levels
4) Lorax
5) Closure

October 7, 2008

OBJECTIVE: Students develop a food web in order to examine how organisms depend on one another.

WARM-UP: List 2 organisms that rely on each other so much that the death of one would cause the death of the other.

VOCABULARY:
1) abiotic factor
2) autotroph
3) biodiversity
4) biomass
5) biome

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/ vocabulary
2) Review Test
3) Begin ecology/food web
4) Review Ecology worksheets
5) Closure

September 30, 2008

OBJECTIVE: Students will take a test on Unit 1 in order to gauge progress towards success on the HSA

WARM-UP: Write 4 characteristics of living things.

VOCABULARY:
1) abiotic factor
2) autotroph
3) biodiversity
4) biomass
5) biome

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/ vocabulary
2) Review for test
3) Take test
4) Begin ecology/food web
5) Closure

September 25

OBJECTIVE: Students will review Unit 1 in order to prepare for the test next class.

WARM-UP: Write the number 3000000000000 into scientific notation.

VOCABULARY:
1) experiment
2) experimental design
3) graduated cylinder
4) Gram
5) hypothesis

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/ vocabulary
2) Review for test
3) Scientific Notation
4) closure

September 23- Unit 1

OBJECTIVE: Students will review Unit 1 in order to prepare for the test next class.

WARM-UP: Write the number 3000000000000000000000000000 m in Scientific Notation.

VOCABULARY:
1) analysis
2) centi-
3) conclustion
4) control
5) data

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/ Vocabulary
2) Review Scientific Notation and metric system.
3) Graphing lab
4) Test questions
5) Closure

HANDOUTS:
Graphing Lab

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Study for test next class. Review notes, warm-ups and labs and read all of Chapter 1 to prepare for test.

HOMEWORK DUE:
none

ANNOUNCEMENTS
TEST NEXT CLASS

September 18- Unit 1

OBJECTIVE: Students will practice the scientific method in order to understand how scientists do experiments.

WARM-UP: What is the scientific method?

VOCABULARY:
1) analysis
2) centi
3) conclusion
4) control
5) data

CLASSWORK:
1) Review warm-up and vocabulary
2) Scientific Method activity
3) Closure

Tuesday, May 20

OBJECTIVE: Students will take their final exame and review 3rd quarter material in order to prepare for the HSA.

WARM-UP: Identify the differences between DNA and RNA.

VOCABULARY:
1) resource
2) predation
3) symbiosis
4) mutualism
5) commensalism
6) parasitism

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/Vocabulary
2) Review
3) Final Exam
4) Closure

Thursday, May 15, 2008

OBJECTIVE: Students will review 2nd quarter in order to prepare for the HSA.

WARM-UP: Name the 4 groups of macromolecules, their building blocks and function.

VOCABULARY:
1) denitrification
2) nitrogen fixation
3) biotic factor
4) abiotic factor
5) habitat
6) niche

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/Vocabulary
2) Review 2nd quarter material
3) Closure

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
HSA next week.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

OBJECTIVE:
Students will review material from 1st and 2nd quarters in order to prepare for the HSA.

WARM-UP:
Name the types of matter that cycle through the biosphere.

VOCABULARY:
1) food web
2) trophic level
3) ecological pyramid
4) biomass
5) evaporation
6) transpiration

CLASSWORK:
1) Grade HSA Review Packet
2) HSA REVIEW

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
HSA is next week, ARE YOU READY?

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

OBJECTIVE: Students will take a test in order to gauge their progress towards the HSA.

WARM-UP: List three examples of abiotic factors and three examples of biotic
factors in an environment.

VOCABULARY:
1) herbivore
2) carnivore
3) omnivore
4) detritivore
5) decomposer
6) food chain

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/Vocab
2) Test
3) Closure

Thursday, May 1, 2008

OBJECTIVE: Students will complete a lab in order to investigate the dynamics of populations and population growth.

WARM-UP: What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?

VOCABULARY:
1) autotroph
2) producer
3) photosynthesis
4) chemosynthesis
5) heterotroph
6) consumer

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/Vocabulary
2) Yeast Lab
3) Worksheets Section 3-1, 3-2 and 3-3 from workbook
4) Closure

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

OBJECTIVE: Students will discuss food chains and trophic levels in order to explain the flow of energy in an ecosystem.

WARM-UP: Inquiry Activity p. 62

VOCABULARY:
1) ecology
2) biosphere
3) species
4) population
5) community
6) ecosystem
7) biome

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/Vocabulary/Warm-Up Review
2) Presentation Pro 3-1 and 3-2
3) Food Web: Use diagram on p. 71 Choose at least 4 organisms from the diagram
a. Create visual describing the feeding patterns of your four organisms
b. Use arrows and label your diagram
6) BCR #34
7) Closure

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Thursday, April 24, 2008

OBJECTIVE: Students will take a test in order to determine their comprehension of Evolution.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

OBJECTIVE: Students will diagram a concept map in order to recall evidence for evolution.

WARM-UP:
List the types of evidence known today to support the theory of evolution.

VOCABULARY:
1) gene pool
2) relative frequency
3) single-gene trait
4) polygenic trait
5) speciation

CLASSWORK:
1. Warm-Up/Vocabulary
2. Discuss/Notes
a. Evidence for the relatedness of species on Earth (fossil record, geographic distribution of living species, homologous structures, anatomical similarities, and biochemistry similarities of DNA base sequences and/or amino acid
sequences)
b. All species on Earth today are related by a common ancestor
c. DNA code is virtually the same for all life forms
3) Amino Acid Lab
4) Review BCR from Review Sheet
5) Closure

Thursday, April 17

OBJECTIVE: Students will examine variation among organisms in order to recognize its importance in evolution.

WARM-UP: In what ways can organisms of the same species vary? (Think about the lima bean lab)

VOCABULARY:
1) survival of the fittest
2) natural selection
3) descent with modification
4) common descent
5) homologous structures
6) vestigial organ

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/Vocabulary
2) Review lima bean lab, bird and natural selection labs
3) Review 16-1 and 16-2

4) Discuss/Notes on natural selection as a mechanism for change
a. evolution occurs at population level
b. finite supply of resources required for life
c. genetic variation (mutations and recombination of genes)
d. selection of favored variations by environmental pressures
e. resulting offspring are more likely to survive and reproduce

a. Factors that influence natural selection (diet, climate,
weather, predators, and environment)
b. Natural selection leads to the development of a new species
c. Use of technology (gel electrophoresis) to determine
evolutionary relationships among species

5) BCR #34
6) Closure

Tuesday, April 15

OBJECTIVE: Students will complete a lab in order to determine the relatedness of different organisms.

WARM-UP:
List two ways that you can determine if two organisms are related to each other.

VOCABULARY:
1) evolution
2) theory
3) fossil
4) artificial selection
5) struggle for existence
6) fitness
7) adaptation

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Work independently to complete lab on pages 86-90 "Amino Acid Sequencing and Evolutionary Relationships"
3) Complete Worksheets from Chapter 16
4) Closure