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Sem 2 2023 Biology

Week 18

5/15 MOnday- Contraception table Share /  BIRDS

5/16 Tuesday QUIZ BIRTH CONTROL

5/17 Wednesday- READING BREAK BIRDS, BRAINS

5/18 Thursday-  CNS EVOLUTION

5/19 Friday- VIDEO Hummingbird Effect

WEEK 17

5/8 Monday- Contraception PROJECT 

5/9 Tuesday- REVIEW REPRODUCTION/ Project workday

5/10 Wednesday- EARLY RELEASE, ED PUZZLE LIFE'S GREATEST 

5/11 Thursday-  TEST REPRODUCTION

5/12 Friday- VIDEO Hummingbird Effect

WEEK 16

5/1 Monday- River Watch 

5/2 TuesdayTest CVS, Pig Heart Practical & Anatomical Directional Terms

5/3 Wednesday- Bird day-cover ornithology and at least 6 birds Reproductive System- STARS

5/4 Thursday-  Hormones of Reproduction

5/5 Friday- Birds and Workday for Contraception Methods

Week 15

4/24 Monday- Step Lab Discussion Questions, Notes Chapter 26 Homeostasis CVS- Pig Heart Prelab, EdPuz. Anatomical Directions, 

4/25 Tuesday- PIg Heart Dissection, Place Pins & Check

4/26 Wednesday- ND STATE TESTING SCIENCE

4/27 Thursday- Finish ND testing, continue Pig Heart, Worksheet CVS/Anatomical Directions

4/28 Friday- Test CVS, Pig Heart Practical & Anatomical Directional Terms

Week 14 q4

4/17-MONDAY- 20.2-.3 Last Evolution Lecture

4/18- TUESDAY-Review Evolution, Lab- Hominid Skull Index

4/19- WEDNESDAY- TEST Ch19-20, 6:30pm MOVIE MCC Bonus.

26.1 870-875, 875[1-5], Read 27.1 903-909 909[1-5]- Due Friday

4/20- THURSDAY- Ch 26/27-Human Body Systems: CVS STEP LAB

4/21- FRIDAY- STEP Lab

WEEK 13 Q4

Tuesday 4/11-Cladogram 19.1 618[1-6]  

Wednesday 4/12- 19.2 Interactivity Cladogram & 5 Sharks, 

628 [1-6], Ch-19 Review and Nailing Cladistics LAB

Thursday 4/13-Ch 20.1 651[1-7]- What does T-rex taste like?

Friday 4/14- 20.2 658[1-7]-Ice Out? Spring Walk or Lab: Timeline Earth

WEEK 12 Q4

4/3-MONDAY- 18.2- EVOLUTION AS GENTIC CHANGE 591[1-6] CASE STUDY WILL BE QUIZ FRIDAY! ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE

ONLINE GENETIC CHANGE, FOUNDER EFFECT, SKILL ALLELE FREQUENCY

4/4- TUESDAY-18.3 SPECIATION. 595[1-3]

ONLINE: HHMI ANOLE LIZARDS, SPCIATION

4/5- WEDNESDAY- 18.4 MOLECULAR EVOLUTION. 599[1-6]

ONLINE: MOLECULAR CLOCK

4/6- THURSDAY- QUIZ 600[1-3] CHAPTER 18 POPULATION EVOLUTION

4/7- FRIDAY- NO SCHOOL HAPPY EASTER


Week 11 q4

3/28-Monday- FINISH Lab Modeling Nat. Selection, CHAPTER 17.3  

Finch Activity 15min Video, ONLINE 

3/28- Tuesday-17.4 Evidence for Nat. Sel. 

ASSIGN REVIEW 574[1-41]- Tyler Lyson 4min video, Practice Test ONLINE honors

3/29- Wednesday- TEST CHAPTER 11

3/30- Thursday- Ch12.1 Genes and Variation, Case Study make graph, 584[1-6]

3/31- Friday- Lab-Single gene vs Polygenic traits- standard deviation


WEEK 10 END QUARTER 3

3/20-Monday- 17.2, 17.3

3/21-Tuesday- DOTS PRELAB

3/22- Wednesday- Early Dismiss GALAPAGOS- Presentation

3/23- Thursday- SUB Effective Learning Environments Observation Tool (ELEOT)

Video on Galapagos- Fun

3/24- Friday- Lab-WRITE UP DUE MONDAY 3.27.23

3/27- Monday- FINISH CHAPTER 17 ASSIGN REVIEW

3/28- Tuesday- TEST CHAPTER 17

Week 9 Career development

3/13-Monday- Career Development Mrs. Meyer:  ACT practice, College Choices, How to pay for training?

3/14-Tuesday- Career Development

3/15- Wednesday- Reading Break and Quiz- Career Dev.

Unit 5 Evolution - Ch17 Darwin, Ch18 Population, Ch19 Biodiv./Classification, 

Ch 20-History of Life

HW: Read 17.1 548[1-5] Online-interactive[Darwin's obs], video Galapagos

3/16- Thursday- Enrichment: Voyage of the Beagle- HHMI video and Worksheet,Online: Reading Primary Sources Darwin and Wallace

3/17- Friday St. Patty's DAY- 17.2 554[1-7] Online: Variation in Peppers, Processes that shape Earth

week 8 Spring break

Monday 3/6-Online Activities: Authors Video 1:55 min, PBL Video "Why Break Nature's code" 4min [Worksheet], Interactivity "Transforming an animal",Honors-Authentic Reading, Regular Interactivity, Review 16 Packet due Tuesday

Tuesday 3/7-Unit Test Genetics-52MX, 1 essay.

Spring Break- 3/9 Train to MT 3/13

3/13-Monday- Career Development Mrs. Meyer:  ACT practice, College Choices, How to pay for training?

3/14-Tuesday- Career Development



Week 7

15.3- 485-493[1-5]

 Case Study To test or not? Chapter Review 500 [1-40 Regular Bio Even, Honors Bio ALL] Essay on 42-45 Randomly Assign one Question.

Performance Based Assessment: Tracking Royal Blood 498-499

2/27- Monday-15.2 Genetic Disorders 484[1-5], Online: 2 activities/2quizzes

2/28 -Tuesday- 15.3 PCR/Gell electrophoresis 493[1-5]

3/1- Wednesday- Chapter 15 review 500[1-45]odd

3/2-Thursday- CRISPR EDpuzzle

PBL Royal Blood Gift from your Parents: Family Pedigree

3/3- Friday- Review Genetics Workday

3/4- Saturday Curling Outdoors Downtown Minot- 11AM-3PM

3/5-Sunday Curling Outdoors- Downtown Minot- 12-3 PM



WEEK 6

MONDAY NO SCHOOL

2/20 -Tuesday- 14.4 Mutation: ONLINE INTERACTIVITY/QUIZ, 457-461[1-6] Vocab: mutation, point mutation, frameshift mutation, mutagen, polyploidy, Sickle Cell, Chapter Review 468[1-40], 

2/21- Wednesday- TEST 14

2/23- Thursday -15.1 473-479[1-5 Regular Bio. 1-7 Honors Bio] & Worksheet
Gift from your Parents: Family Pedigree

PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES 4-7

2/24- Friday- Movie 'Dogs dogs and more dogs" with questions




WEEK 5

2/13-Monday- Protein Synthesis- 14.2 Translation POP Quiz RNAi, Video Due Friday!!!

2/14- Tuesday- STATE TESTING

2/15- Wednesday- Reading Break 14.4 Mutations 461[1-5], 

2/16-Thursday- Watch PEPTIDE rules

Reading Break - Honors ONLY: 14.3 451-456[1-6] Vocab: operon, operator, differentiation, homeotic gene, homeobox gene, Hox gene.

2/17-Friday- PLAY GAME PEPTIDE Submit Video to World of 8 billion website.


3/13-Monday- Career Development Mrs. Meyer

3/14-Tuesday- Career Development


Week 4

2/6- Monday-Ch13.3 DNA Replication

2/7- Tuesday- Review Chapter 13

2/8- Wednesday- TEST 13
HW 14.1- RNA 3 TYPES

2/9-Thursday- Ch14.1- RNA, 

2/10-Friday- 14.2-  Protein Synthesis

WEEK 3

1/30- Monday-Ch12 TEST- Video Script Check Honors Review

1/31- Tuesday- Honors Test, Regular

13.1-Notes, Lab DNA Lego. 417[1-5]

2/1- Wednesday- New Seats Reading Break Quiz

2/2-Thursday- Ch13.2

Read 13.2 418-423 [1-6]- 2 Inter-activities

2/3-Friday- 13.2-  DNA Replication 13.3 Notes


Week 2 

1/23- Monday-Discuss Video"think global, act local" , Answer worksheet questions, Trading Traits[Human Genetic Traits, 

1/24- Tuesday- Corn DiHybrid Genetics Lab, Online 12.2 punnett square, two factor cross.

1/25- Wednesday- Video: narrow your focus, quiz honors, 12.3 NonMendelian Laws 392[1-5], online: Human Blood Types, Other Patterns of inheritance, Beyond Dom/Rec.

1/26-Thursday- Ch12 Review HW:  Review Questions: 

1/27-Friday- Ch12 TEST- Video Script Check

Week 1 January Genetics

1/16- MLK No School

1/17- Tuesday- Genetics Scales, Coin Toss Lab, HW: Read 

12.1- Gregor Mendel [Father of What?]. Why Peas? 384[1-4], 

ONLINE Inter Activity: Mendel Pea Flowers

World of 8 Billion introduction

1/18- Wednesday- Mendel's Principles 12.2, Video [Partner&Topic]

1/19-Thursday- Trading Traits-Review terms Punnett square Mono/Di hybrid

1/20- Friday- Quiz- 12.1-2, Research Day Video Project

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