Teacher Planning Day

Beginning Assignment: Fill out Student Information Card

Work time: 

*Introduction to the Course - syllabus, website,  classroom rules and procedures

*Notes:  Introduction to the Scientific Method

*Formal Hypothesis Format (if/then)

* Closing:  Standardized Test Practice Questions

Homework:  Have Introduction Letter Signed by Parent

Standard: SCSh3.  Students will identify and investigate problems scientifically

Focus: Understand the parts (steps) in solving problems in science

Chapter 1: The Science of Biology

Beginning Assignment: Write down the vocabulary words

Work time: 

*Pick up Parent Letters

*Pretest

*Begin defining and illustrate vocabulary words

Homework:  Define, illustrate, and  study vocabulary words

Standard: SCSh3.  Students will identify and investigate problems scientifically

Focus: Understand the parts (steps) in solving problems in science

Chapter 1: The Science of Biology

Beginning Assignment: Write down the standard for the day

Work time: 

*Continue with notes on the scientific method

*Formal Hypothesis Format (if/then)

*Variables in scientific experiments

*Identifying controls and variables

*Prefixes and suffixes practice

Homework:  Define, illustrate, and  study vocabulary words

Standard: SB3.  Students will derive the relationship between single-celled and multi-celled organisms and the increasing complexity of systems

Focus: Distinguish between living and nonliving things

Chapter 1: The Science of Biology

Beginning Assignment: Write down the standard

Work time: 

*Hand in Vocabulary Words

*Vocabulary Quiz

*Begin Characteristics of Life notes

Homework:  N/A

Martin Luther King's Birthday - No School

Standard: SB3.  Students will derive the relationship between single-celled and multi-celled organisms and the increasing complexity of systems

Focus:  Distinguish between living and nonliving things

Chapter 1: The Science of Biology

Beginning Assignment: Write down the vocabulary words

Work time:

*Video - Challenges of Life/Check out textbooks

Homework:  Define, illustrate, and  study vocabulary words

Standard: SB3.  Students will derive the relationship between single-celled and multi-celled organisms and the increasing complexity of systems

Focus: Distinguish between living and nonliving things

Chapter 1: The Science of Biology

Beginning Assignment: Name three challenges that living things must cope with

Work time: 

*Characteristics of Life - Notes

Homework:  Define, illustrate, and  study vocabulary words

Standard: SB3.  Students will derive the relationship between single-celled and multi-celled organisms and the increasing complexity of systems

Focus: Distinguish between living and nonliving things

Chapter 1: The Science of Biology

Beginning Assignment: Give two examples of homeostasis

Work time: 

*Observation of live earthworms

*Review of vocabulary words

Homework:  Define, illustrate, and  study vocabulary words

Standard: SB3.  Students will derive the relationship between single-celled and multi-celled organisms and the increasing complexity of systems

Focus: Distinguish between living and nonliving things

Chapter 1: The Science of Biology

Beginning Assignment: What is the difference between a stimulus and a response

Work time: 

*Compare biotic and abiotic

*Compare homeostasis and metabolism

*Hand in Vocabulary Words

*Vocabulary Quiz

*Focus on Organisms - Euglena

Homework:  N/A

Standard: SB3.  Students will derive the relationship between single-celled and multi-celled organisms and the increasing complexity of systems

Focus: Organic Chemistry

Chapter 2 - Chemistry of Life

Beginning Assignment: Write vocabulary words

Work time: 

*Finish Characteristics of Life Notes

*How much are you worth?-Activity

*Practice Logic Puzzle

Homework:  Define, illustrate, and study vocabulary

Standard: SB1. Students will analyze the nature of the relationships between structures and functions in living cells

Focus: Organic Chemistry

Chapter 2 - Chemistry of Life

Beginning Assignment: What is DNA?

Work time: 

*Macromolecules Logic

*Chemistry of Life (Part 1)

Homework:  Define, illustrate, and  study vocabulary words

Standard: SB1. Students will analyze the nature of the relationships between structures and functions in living cells

Focus: Properties of Water

Chapter 2 - Chemistry of Life

Beginning Assignment: List the four macromolecules.

Work time: 

*Finish Chemistry of Life

*Proteins and Enzymes

*How do enzymes speed up chemical reactions

Homework:  Define, illustrate, and  study vocabulary words

Standard: SB1. Students will analyze the nature of the relationships between structures and functions in living cells

Focus: Properties of Water

Chapter 2 - Chemistry of Life

Beginning Assignment: What is a polar molecule?

Work time: 

*Finish enzymes

*Properties of Water-demonstrate cohesion and adhesion

*Water Temperature and Surface Tension

Homework:  Define, illustrate, and  study vocabulary words

Standard: SB1. Students will analyze the nature of the relationships between structures and functions in living cells

Focus: Review of macromolecules

Chapter 2 - Chemistry of Life

Beginning Assignment: What is an enzyme and what is its function in the body?

Work time: 

*Hand in Vocabulary Words

*Vocabulary Quiz

*Focus on organisms - amoeba and finish paramecium

Homework:  N/A