Honors Biology Calendar 2011-2012

 

I will make every attempt to keep the calendar accurate. Events may occur that may cause an extension of a day. Whatever is said in class will take precedence.  Remember: 

 "Those who fail to plan, plan to fail." 

 

September    October      November     December     January       February  

              March         April              May              June

Color coding......Lab.......Quiz or Test.......Graded Homework....Project

Date

Lesson

Homework

August

24

Introductions

Virtual Tour of  Honors Bio

Biozone 1 p13-22 in  for Monday

Get Flashdrive

 25

Bess Bugs

Design Hypothesis

Design Data Table

Read and sign Lab Safety sheet.

 26

Bess Bugs

Biozone 1 p23-26

Return Lab Safety sheet!

 29

Rules & Expectations

Powers of 10….Metric

All You Need to Know

check your answers on metric conversions. Do as many as you need.  Answers are on website. 

 30

Metric Questions????

 

Scientific Notation

Check Scientific Notation problem answers. Answers are on website. 

31

Sci Notation Questions???

Show Lorenzo Questions

Lorenzo’s Oil DVD-(25min)-----------

 Study for Metric/SN Quiz. Review Answers are on website.   Check out  All You Need to Know
September 

 1

 Metric/SN Quiz (limit 15 min)

----------cont. movie 30min

Biozone 1 p28-32  

 2

 ------------cont. movie 50min

Read Article " A Method for Decreasing Trap Mortality of Sorex " and answer questions

 6

 finish movie (25 min)

Discuss Lorenzo, Scientific Method, and Hypothesis & Experimentation

Discuss Sorex article

  

 7

Late start (10:00 am)

Look over  Sample Experiment, and Hypotheses & Experiments in packet  Answers!

 Study for test....see study guide   
Reminder: Extra Credit Current Events .....you can turn in one a week for a total of 5 per quarter &&&&&  GET A FLASH DRIVE !!!!!!!!!!!

 8

Scientific Method Test

View Basic Chem ppt on sharepoint

9

Go over  test

 Begin Basic Chem Packet

 

 12

 Finish Basic Chem Pages

Answers to Basic Chemistry

Biozone 1 p48-50

Read Ocean Acidification (on Sharepoint) and look at study questions by Sept. 15

13

Questions on Basic Chem

Water molecule kit

Read Measuring pH in Living Systems & Koi Pond Discussion

Answer questions 1 & 2 for Koi Problem

 14

 pH lab

Study for basic chem quiz

15

Chem Quiz

Finish discussing lab questions as a group

Discuss pH questions??????

Ocean Acidification Questions

Finish Koi questions

 

 16

Sugar/Sulphuric Acid demo

Carb ppt

Organic Chem questions 1-33 

pH Quiz on lab & article

Biozone 1  p51-52 & finish questions 1-35 Organic Chemistry answers

19

 pH Quiz

Organic Lipid questions 36-58

 

Biozone 1 p53-54/finish lipid questions.  Organic Chemistry answers

 20

Go over lipids ppt

Cholesterol Demo

Read cholesterol info in packet

21

Late start (10:00 am)

Protein & Nucleic Acid questions 59-88

 Biozone 1 p57-59 but don't answer questions, finish Protein & Nucleic Acid questions 59-88

Organic Chemistry answers

 22

Discuss protein ppt.

Evil Goat’s Eye Demo

complete worksheet "Identify Chemical Compounds" in packet.  Need help?

 23

Finish Protein ppt

"1 of these things is not like the other" and Discuss chem ID questions

 Read p. 47-49 in packet and answer questions on p.47

 26

Jerrell's Food lab

Finish food lab questions

 27

Food lab questions

Intro to Enzymes

Enzyme & Rate of Reaction prelab

 

 28

Virtual Enzyme Lab

Word Document

Biozone 1 p 61-63

 29

Enzyme Catalyst Lab

 

 Biozone I p. 65-66

30

Discuss Enzyme Lab

Review

 Study for Biochemistry Test
October 

 3

 Test on Biochemistry  

 4

Go over test

Stem cell Case Study  

Biozone 114-118

Stem cell video clip

 5

10am Late Start

Finish Stem Cell Case Study

Measurements in microscopy p3-4 in packet & Biozone 1  p83-86
Reminder: Extra Credit Current Events .....you can turn in one a week for a total of 5 per quarter.  Only 3weeks left in the quarter

6

Microscope Lab

 

 

 Biozone 1 p75-80, View cell ppt on sharepoint  Know the cell organelles & their functions.  This website will help.

 7

Cell structure & function lab

 

 

Biozone 1 p. 70-71 & 87-88 Study for Microscope lab quiz. Review  Answers to Cell Lab and  Microscope lab. Know the parts of the Microscope.

 11

Microscope Quiz

Intro Hypertext project

 

 Work on Cell hypertext: perhaps create your cell part and function table or Eukaryote vs. Prokaryote comparison

12

Prokaryotes vs Eukaryotes

Begin Cell hypertext

“disease at the organelle level” in packet pages 19-20

 

13

Cell hypertext

 

study for Cell Quiz. There is a ppt. on sharepoint that will help!

14

Cell Quiz

View membrane Architecture ppt.

Begin SA:V lab prelab

 Surface Area:Volume  Prelab Questions 1-11 p 21-22 in packet & Biozone 1 p103-104

17

SA:V Lab

Demo set up of potato lab

Finish lab questions

Biozone 93-96

18

Potato Lab Demo discussion

Cell transport ppt 

Teacher set up Eggs in Vinegar

Packet pages 27-28

Optional Reading LabBench Concepts 1-8   and  Cell transport Videos

 19

Late start (10:00 am)

finish Cell transport ppt 

Group designs Experiment for D&O lab

Peppermint Balloon & Egg Demo

 Biozone 1 p 100-102, 105-107

Optional Reading  LabBench Concepts 1-8  and  Cell transport Videos

20

Work on Cell hypertext

Design Experiment pages 29-30 in packet

21

 Diffusion & Osmosis Lab

Finish Lab questions

24

Discuss Diffusion & Osmosis Lab questions

Discussion new osmosis activity

Work on Cell hypertext

Tomorrow Last day for EC

25

Finish Cell hypertext

 Drop by end of period!!

Study for Cell Test

 26

 Peer grading of Cell hypertext

Study for Cell Test

  27

Cell Test

Read p1 in new packet and answer questions 1-3 on p2

END Quarter Grades

28

Go over Test

Ecology Module Lesson 1 and begin 2

Review questions 1-3

Biozone 2 344-348

31

 Discuss Lesson 1
Food Chains, Food Webs, Vocab
Complete Lesson 2		 Finish Lesson 2 if necessary
Biozone 2 350

November 
1

Discuss Lesson 2

 Work on Ecology Lesson 3

Finish Lesson 3 if necessary
2

 Discuss Lesson 3

Ecology Module Lesson 4

Read Exploring Habitat preferences lab and do 5 prelab questions
3

Cricket lab

 

Analysis questions for the part of  lab you did...front tables do light, back tables do temp
7

 Finish 4

 

 Module Graphing Quiz

finish lesson 4 if necessary
8

Module Graphing Quiz

Discuss Lesson 4 & finish cricket lab

 Read Lesson 5
9

Introduce project/form groups/discuss division of labor....Grading rubric...Due date is Nov. 29

Biozone 2 369-370

Bring Biozone 2 Books tomorrow
10

Mt. Dew Activity

Biozone homework & p.371-372

Ppt on thermodynamics

Read online about Laws of Thermodynamics and Energy, p.127-128 in Biozone 1
11

 

Food Webs & Food Pyramids & Cell Respiration & Photosynthesis; Photosynthesis ppt

Virtual Chromatography lab

download questions in Word

Download questions as PDF
14

 

Chromatography Lab

Complete lab questions

Read Biozone 1 134-135

Optional textbook...read up to chloroplast structure
15

 

Starch/Photosynthesis lab

 Complete part 1 lab questions  Biozone 1 136
16

 

Finish Starch/Photosynthesis lab

Go over all labs

Work on project...Grading rubric
17

Photosynthesis ppt

chromatography & Starch lab quiz
18

 

lab quiz

McDonald's Food Energy calculations

Finish McDonald's Food Energy Calculations.....Work on project....Grading rubric
21
Energy in Foods Lab

Finish up lab questions if necessary.  Check your Calculations
22

 

 Discuss Lab questions & review question

GingerBread Man Demo

Food Energy Quiz

Review the practice problem.
23

Food Energy Quiz

 

Eat Turkey!!!!

Ski Resort project due Tuesday
28

Cell Respiration ppt

Biozone 1 130
29 Ski Resort Due.....Grading rubric
Cell Respiration ppt

Balloon Demo

Fermentation ppt

 Biozone 1133
30 Finish up anything not done
Review		 Ecology & Energy Transfer Test
December 
1

Ecology & Energy Transfer Test

 
2

Go over Test

Extract Student DNA

 Students work on Cell cycle notes 

Biozone 109-110
5 Students work on Cell cycle notes Finish Cell cycle notes
6

Cell cycle Review

DNA online Discovery Lab

 Biozone 55-56, 202         Optional reading
7

Kinex

DNA online Discovery Lab

 Biozone 112 & "Rebels without a Cause” article on sharepoint under documents in handouts
8  Cancer Discussion DNA quiz   Do 205-207 and make sure DNA questions are done
9  Ms. Wilhelm's Last Day :(
DNA quiz

Prelab for Analysis of Precut Lambda DNA pages 1-10

 Biozone 249-250, 252  Check prelab answers      Optional reading
12  Analysis of Precut Lambda DNA Kit Analysis of Precut Lambda DNA questions
13 

Analysis of Precut Lambda DNA Kit

 Check lab answers on Sharepoint   read DNA fingerprinting and intro to lab
14 

DNA Fingerprinting...Paternity case

 Biozone 209-210, 151-152
15 

DNA…look at gel

Go over lab questions

 Finish Lab Question  (answers) DNA fingerprinting lab quiz
16 

DNA lab quiz

DNA Packaging & replication, Tablet drag & drop
18-31   
January
1-2    
3

Pick an Article for group Presentation

Mitosis online Note Organizer

 Biozone 108-110, 124
4

Mitosis Online notes with slides

Are you smarter than a vampire?

Biozone 143-146
5

Meiosis 

 
6

Meiosis 

Cell Cycle Review

 Cell Cycle Test
9 Cell Cycle Test T-notes due Tuesday
10 Go over Test
Check T notes
 Work on presentation

Work on presentation

Last night to work on Extra Credit
11

Work on presentation

Last day to turn in Extra Credit

 Work on presentation
12 Presentation Finals
13 Presentations

Calculate final exam

 Discuss Final Exams

 Finals
16 Martin Luther King Day Finals
17

 

Final exams

Periods 3,  4/5/6,  6/7		 Finals
18

 

Final exams

Periods 2,  10,  6/7/8		 Finals

19

Final exams

Periods 1,  9,  makeups		 RELAX

Second Semester
23

Emails & RNA

DNA & Protein synthesis online

 Biozone 55-56, 212-214, 216 Optional reading
24

Complete DNA & Protein synthesis online

 Biozone 204 & 217     Optional reading
25

RNAi videos

Go over worksheet, Practice

DNA to Protein ppt.

p5-8 in packet (answers) & Biozone p. 218

review for RNA/Protein quiz
26

RNA/protein Quiz

Discuss p.219-220

 

 Biozone 230-231
27

Explain and begin Lorenzo

 

 Read Price of Silent Mutations from sharepoint site in Reading for Honors Bio
30

Finish Lorenzo

Biozone 232-235

Optional reading
31 DNA Sequencing....animation  Biozone 259-260  Optional reading
    February  
1

Paper Activity for Recombinant DNA

 Read and complete pGLO transformation questions in Lesson 1 and 2 (p. 15-24) in packet. You Must Write Out
2

 

 Set up pGLO lab pGLO p.25 in packet
3

 

Analyze Lab as Class

pGLO p.26-32		 Biozone 247-248
6 Assign topic for GMO

Biotech videos as example

 

 review lab for lab quiz  

pGLO lab answers on sharepoint       

read your GMO pages & bring your books tomorrow...Another resource to help with your preparation of topic.
7

pGLO lab quiz

Work on Gene tech topic

complete preparation of topic
8

 

Jigsaw Gene tech topic to other groups

Biozone1 285-286

Read Gene tech pages & prepare for point/counterpoint.  The following link will help a lot GMO Technology Discussion
9

GMO Technology Discussion…Point Counterpoint

 Test on Protein Synthesis
10 Test on Protein Synthesis  
13

Discuss Disease Project

OMIM Scavenger Hunt.......OMIM

Microarray module

virtual lab Lesson 1 p. 4-6

Genetic Project

14

Go over test 

Epigenome video & lead in discussion to Microarrays

Microarray module Lesson 2

Complete p. 10-12 in Microarray module

Picture

Partner & disease by Friday

Genetic Project

15 Microarray module Lesson 3

 p.15 in Microarray module
16

Review Questions Lesson 2-3

Begin Lesson 4

 

 Biozone1 143-144

Partner & disease by tomorrow

Genetic Project

17

1st Deadline:  know disease & partner

complete Lesson 4 through page 30 DO NOT DO THE EXTENSION

Revisions if necessary on Disease
 Genetic Project

Biozone1 163-165, 179-180
20               
21 Meiosis & inheritance of chromosomes          Biozone 153-154, 239-243
22

Karyotypes

Chromosome mutations

Polygenic Traits

Deadline  #2 Monday

Biozone 160-162, 182
23

 Mendel Rap

Go over setting up problems

Practice monohybrid problems online

Biozone 168

Do as many monohybrid problems in packet p.16-17 as needed or do Practice monohybrid problems online

Video help with Punnett squares
24

 Goat Video clip

Dihybrid problems

Biozone1 166, 173-174, 193 practice dihybrid problems in packet
27

2nd Deadline: disease sheet

Go over incomplete & codominance problems

Mono & Dihybrid Quiz  

 Incomplete & codominance problems  & read 169-170
28

 

Mono & Dihybrid Quiz   

Sex-linked problems

Y Chromosome video clip

Read 181, 183-184

practice Sex-linked problems in packet

 
29

 

 Puzzling Pedigree problems

Incomplete/Codominance/sexlinked Quiz

Biozone1 185-188

 

  March  

1 Incomplete/Codominance/sex-linked Quiz    
 Finish Pedigree problems

Finish Pedigree problems

Work on Disease Deadline 3
2

NO SCHOOL

TEACHER INSTITUTE

NO SCHOOL

TEACHER INSTITUTE
5

HLA case study

Gene Linkage Problems                  Practice Problems

Work on Disease Project  

3rd Deadline intro due

6 3rd Deadline intro due
Disease Project Workday

Gene Linkage Practice Problem

Practice ProblemsWork on Disease Deadline 3
7 Work Day on Disease Project Problem Test
8

Problem Test

 Genetics MC Test
9

Genetics MC Test

Disease Project due Monday
12

Disease Project Due

View GATTACA

2012 Projects

Biozone 2 12-20           

 
13

View GATTACA

 Biozone2 21-22
14

 View GATTACA

  Discuss video

 Biozone 1  290-296
15

Show Fantasia clip

Origin of life powerpoint

Biozone 1 297-302
16

Classification ppt

Classification lab

 Biozone 1  303-315
19

Horse BSW lab                       

Biology Student workbench

 Finish Lab if necessary by Thursday
20 Evidence of Evolution  fish lab read pages 3-9 in packet, fish used will be tilapia, salmon, trout, Swai, do prelab questions 1-8 on page 8-9
21

Fish lab

 Biozone 1 364-366, 370, 373-374
22

Analyze Fish lab data...Answers

Lab Quiz
23 Lab Quiz Bring back warmth and sunshine!!!!
  Flamingo@BeachSpring Break Flamingo@Beach
 

  April  

2

 Clover lab

  Biozone 1 323-330
3

Finish Clover lab

Student tables present sections

 Biozone 1 331-334

 

4

Mechanisms of Evolution Powerpoint

Moth LVD

Biozone 1 339-341

Bring Book Tomorrow

5

Gene Pool concept

Review Hardy-Weinberg Equation

Do pages 343-344 Biozone 1

Bring Book Monday

Complete Biozone 343-344

 

6

 

 Non-Attendance Day Non-Attendance Day

9

Hardy Weinberg Day

Do Biozone pages 345-346 in class

Practice Problems  1-5  p33-35 in packet...Answers

Hardy Weinberg Quiz    

10

 Hardy Weinberg Quiz   
 Creature comfort video.  		 Biozone 1 347-352, 356

11

 Finish Mechanisms ppt        Study for Evolution Test

12

 Review ppt, evo terminology

 Study for Evolution Test

13

 Human Blood vs. Frog Blood   View human red and white cells.  View frog blood.  Diseases:  Leukemia, Sickle cell anemia, Mononucleosis, Iron Deficiency anemia Evolution Test

If absent today....do the lab...Download lab...see slides from left.

16

 Evolution Test

Gabric Classes do Blood ppt in Circulation Folder on Sharepoint

Kim's---Biozone2 113-114, 117

17

Go over test

Discuss Hypertext Heart 

Blood Video

 

Finish Frog Blood Lab & Biozone 2 116, 134  

18

Blood typing lab

Results: Ms. Brown,  Mr. Jones,  Mr. Green,  Mr. Smith

Check Blood Type lab answers     Blood typing game 

Biozone 2 105-106, 118-121

19

Deal with any blood questions

Work on Hypertext Heart disease page

Blood Quiz

20

Blood Quiz

Work on Hypertext Heart

Biozone 2 123-126

23

 Guest Speaker in Auditorium Biozone 2 93-94, 97-98

24

Discuss Respiratory

 Biozone 2 162-163

25

Station activity on vessels, pathway, & heart parts

Check lab answers Circulatory Stations Lab....Answers

Biozone 2 164-167

26

Discuss Excretory

Work on Hypertext Heart

27

 

Work on Hypertext Heart

Drop by End of period

 Study for Circulatory Test

30

 Peer Review of Hypertext Heart Study for Circulatory Test

   May  

1

 Circulatory Test  

2

Review Test

Intro to infectious disease

Video clip

Preview Outbreak Lab

3

Outbreak Lab

Biozone 2 129-130

4

 Bacteria/virus ppt in class then QUIZ Biozone 2 131-133, 135-137

7

 PPT on Lymphatic

Biozone 2 138-144

8

ELISA Virtual Lab              Virtual Lab Questions 

Read Dr. Chen’s Lab for Monday

If absent today do this lab by Friday

ELISA Virtual Lab              Virtual Lab Questions 

9

PPT on Lymphatic

Immunity LVD

Biozone 2 145-146

10

 Finish ppt.

Read HIV ELISA Lab in packet

11

ELISA Test

 

 Do lab questions for ELISA test

14

ELISA Questions

Discuss Mr. Cheng’s Lab

Jeopardy 

Immunity Test

15

 Immunity Test

Read The Dirty Truth About Plastics   This is available on Sharepoint under documents. Answer 8 questions  due Friday

16

Go over Immunity Test  

Rat Dissection......Instructions  ....Rat Dissection

complete tables in lab

Pictures
17 Rat Dissection...Pictures of Mrs. Gabric's dissection Rat Dissection Lab Practical

18

Rat Dissection Lab Practical

Dirty Truth about Plastics Questions done as group

 

Biozone 2  35-39
21

PPT on Endocrine

Assign Disease for presentation

 Biozone 2 40-44
22 Powerpoint on Nerves Biozone 2 173, 175, 181-182

23

Work day on Mental Disease

Biozone 2 183-185

24

Powerpoint on Nerves

Neuron & Endocrine Quest

25

Neuron & Endocrine Quest        

 Presentation Tnotes due Tuesday
Memorial Day

29

Check T notes

Work on Presentation

 Study for Finals

30

Work on Presentation

 Study for Finals
31 Presentation

Last DAY for Extra credit

Study for Finals

  June  

1

Presentation   

Last DAY for Extra credit

Study for Finals

Calculate final exam
4 ROE Exam Study for Finals

5

Final exams

Periods   1,   4/5/6,   2

Study for Finals

6

         

Final exams

Periods 3,   6/7/8,   10

 

Study for Finals

7

Final exams

Periods  9  and Makeup

 

 

Have a great summer!  See you next fall!

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