Friday, April 26th, 2024
Lab: Microbes in Our Environment - Part 4
Discussed:
Handout: How to Do a Gram Stain Microbe Lab is due next Friday. Homework: Study! Microbiology Test - next Wednesday |
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Thursday, April 25th, 2024
Went over last day's case study.
Video: Proper Hand Washing Technique | Shandy RN (youtube.com) Lab: Microbes in Our Environment - Part 3 Microbiology Test - next Wednesday |
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Handed out unit test outline.
Notes: Good vs. Bad Bacteria Video: Immunity: Active vs Passive (youtube.com) Case Study: No One Thanked Him Video: What causes antibiotic resistance? - Kevin Wu (youtube.com) Homework:
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024
Term 3 marks are posted. Please look them over.
Went over HW Video (with worksheet): Amoeba Sisters - Bacteria Microbe Lab - Part 2: Collecting Bacteria HW: Cereal Box Project
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Friday, April 19th, 2024
Went over HW.
Notes: Bacteria Homework:
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Thursday, April 18th, 2024
Went over HW
Notes: Measurement (Estimating Size)
Worksheet: Measuring with the Microscope (Parts A & B)
Notes: Measurement (Magnification)
Homework:
Notes: Measurement (Estimating Size)
Worksheet: Measuring with the Microscope (Parts A & B)
Notes: Measurement (Magnification)
Homework:
- Finish Worksheet: Measuring with the Microscope
- Start Cereal Box project
Wednesday, April 17th, 2024
Vaccine Makers Project (vimeo.com) - mRNA vaccine
Activity - Herd Immunity Notes: Microscopes Notes: Measurement - Unit conversion Homework:
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Tuesday, April 16th, 2024
Hand in How Viruses Travel worksheet.
Video: TedEd - How We Conquered Smallpox Notes: Protecting the Body Video: The Immune System: An Explanation (youtube.com) Vaccine Makers Project (vimeo.com) - Attenuation |
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Monday, April 15th, 2024
HW key for Amoeba Sisters - Virus video is posted.
Video: The Top 5 Deadliest Diseases Ever Known (youtube.com) Discussed Pathogen Cereal Box Project Video: Flu Attack! How A Virus Invades Your Body | Krulwich Wonders | NPR (youtube.com) Notes: Viral Prevention Activity: How Viruses Travel HW: Finish "How Viruses Travel" |
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Friday, April 12th, 2024
Video: Where Do New Viruses Come From? (youtube.com)
Went over HW (key posted) Notes: Viruses (finished) - Lytic & Lysogenic Cycles Handout: Lytic & Lysogenic Cycles Introduced Pathogen Cereal Box project. Homework:
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Thursday, April 11th, 2024
Handed out unit outline.
Video: TedEd - The mysterious origins of life on Earth - Luka Seamus Wright Reviewed the characteristics of life. Notes: Viruses (started) Video: The Coronavirus Explained & What You Should Do (youtube.com) Read pp. 355 - 360 Finish Worksheet 19.2 - Viruses
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Wednesday, April 10th, 2024
Unit Test - Classification
Hand in HW Check Read the handout on 19.2 - Viruses Start Worksheet 19.2 - Viruses
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Tuesday, April 9th, 2024
All missing work must be in by Monday, April 15th to ensure it makes Term 3's report card.
Discussed GMO project, candy cladogram, and dichotomous key.
Went over HW (and posted keys)
Discussed test outline.
Jeopardy Review - Classification
HW: Study!
Taxonomy (Classification) Unit Test - Tomorrow
Discussed GMO project, candy cladogram, and dichotomous key.
Went over HW (and posted keys)
Discussed test outline.
Jeopardy Review - Classification
HW: Study!
Taxonomy (Classification) Unit Test - Tomorrow
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Monday, April 8th, 2024
All missing work must be in by Monday, April 15th to ensure it makes Term 3's report card.
Hand in Candy Cladogram. Went over HW Notes: 3 Domains/6 Kingdoms Video: The Three Domains of Life -Bacteria-Archaea-Eukarya - YouTube Video: The Six Kingdoms Of Life (youtube.com) Worksheet: Practice with Taxonomy and Classification Worksheet: 6 Kingdoms of Life summary chart Taxonomy Unit Test - Wednesday
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Friday, April 5th, 2024
Hand in dichotomous key.
Notes: Cladograms Video: How to Build a Cladogram Activity: Candy Cladogram Worksheet: How Does a Cladogram Reveal Evolutionary Relationships Taxonomy Unit Test - Wednesday
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Thursday, April 4th, 2024
Notes: Phylogenetic Trees
Phylogenetic Tree activity - Evolution | NOVA Labs | PBS - https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/labs/lab/evolution/
Taxonomy Unit Test - Wednesday
Phylogenetic Tree activity - Evolution | NOVA Labs | PBS - https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/labs/lab/evolution/
- complete Missions 1 & 2
Taxonomy Unit Test - Wednesday
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024
Reminder to hand in signed interim reports.
Went over HW (key posted) Video: Dichotomous Keys - Minions
Unit Test - next Wednesday
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Have a wonderful Spring Break!
Friday, March 15th 2024
Hand in signed interim report.
Hand in GMO project. Worksheet: Recognizing Relationships Using Taxa Video: Amoeba Sisters - Dichotomous Keys Notes: Dichotomous Keys Worksheet: Pamishan Creatures Dichotomous Key
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Thursday, March 14th, 2024
Hand in signed interim reports.
Went over HW
Worksheet: Using Greek and Latin Roots
Worksheet: Binomial Nomenclature
Worksheet: Classification Table
Went over HW
Worksheet: Using Greek and Latin Roots
Worksheet: Binomial Nomenclature
Worksheet: Classification Table
- Watch your spelling.
- Go to reputable websites.
- Create your own mnemonic for "domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species".
- For marks - due Wednesday, April 3rd.
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Wednesday, March 13th, 2024
Interim reports handed out - please bring them home, have them signed, and return them.
Handed out Taxonomy Unit/Test outline. Video: Crash Course - Taxonomy (with Kahoot!) Notes: Classification Worksheet: Classification Homework:
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Tuesday, March 12th, 2024
Monday, March 11st, 2024
Handed back and went over the M&M Genetic Drift activity.
Video: Kurzgesagt - How Evolution works (youtube.com) Went over DNA/Evolution test outline. Jeopardy review - DNA/Evolution DNA/Evolution Unit Test - Tuesday HW: Study!
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Friday, March 8th, 2024
Video: TedEd - How CRISPR lets you edit DNA - Andrea M. Henle
Video: Professor David Suzuki speaks out against GMO's / 2019 Worked on GMO Project - due next Friday. DNA/Evolution Unit Test - Tuesday HW: Study! |
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Thursday, March 7th, 2024
Video: Why Did Bill Nye Change His Mind about GMOs? (youtube.com)
Discussed:
DNA/Evolution Unit Test - next Tuesday
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Wednesday, March 6th, 2024
Video: Stated Clearly - What is the Evidence for Evolution
Went over HW Notes: Human Intervention in Selection Video: Stated Clearly - Does the Theory of Evolution Really Matter? Guest Speaker - Ms. Wells
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Tuesday, March 5th, 2024
DNA Lab reflection
Notes: Speed of Evolution Video: Gradualism vs. Punctuated Equilibrium vs. Catastrophism Worksheet: Gradualism & Punctuated Equilibrium Unit Test - Next Tuesday!
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Monday, March 4th, 2024
Went over HW
Notes: Speciation Video: Amoeba Sisters - Speciation Notes: Evidence of Evolution Video: SciShow - Vestigial Structures Worksheet: Homologous, Analogous, and Vestigial Structures.
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Friday, March 1st, 2024
Went over last day's homework.
Notes: Patterns of Evolution
Worksheet: Types of Evolution
Handed out test outline.
Unit Test - Tuesday, March 12th
Notes: Patterns of Evolution
Worksheet: Types of Evolution
Handed out test outline.
Unit Test - Tuesday, March 12th
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Thursday, February 29th, 2024
Notes: Patterns of Natural Selection (Macroevolution) - finished
Video: Crash Course - Natural Selection with Kahoot! Worksheet: Patterns of Natural Selection Practice Problems Activity: Natural Selection in the Face of Climate Change Homework:
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
Went over Inbreeding Case Study chart.
Notes: Five Agents of Evolutionary Change (Natural Selection) Video: TedEd - Five Fingers of Evolution Notes: Patterns of Natural Selection (Macroevolution) - startedFire Drill |
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2024
Hand in M&M's Genetic Drift worksheet
Went over the graph on the backside of the peppered moth worksheet. Notes: Five Agents of Evolutionary Change (Non-random Mating) Video: AsapSCIENCE - What Happens When You Inbreed? Video: Joe Scott - The Most Inbred People of All Time Activity: Inbreeding Case Studies
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Monday, February 26, 2024
Went over textbook questions.
Reviewed the 5 points to Darwin's theory of natural selection using peppered moths as an example. Notes: Five Agents of Evolutionary Change (Gene Flow, Genetic Drift) Video: Amoeba Sisters - Genetic Drift Activity: M&Ms Genetic Drift (due tomorrow)
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Friday, February 23rd, 2024
Hand in DNA lab report.
Discussed Peppered Moth worksheet (which should now be turned in). Discussed how humans are often a poor example of natural selection.
Video: I Lived - OneRepublic Homework:
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2024
Video: Darwin's Animated Voyage
Notes: Evolution (finish) Video: TedEd - Myths & Misconceptions About Evolution Check over the Peppered Moth worksheet and hand it in. Finish DNA Lab (due tomorrow) Read pp. 291-298 #2, 3 p. 295 and #1, 2 p. 298 |
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Wednesday, February 21st, 2024
NOTE: Marks are posted with last week's test and project.
Video: Stated Clearly - What is Evolution? Notes: Evolution (to Darwin's voyage) Peppered Moth Activity - https://askabiologist.asu.edu/peppered-moths-game/ Homework:
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Tuesday, February 20th, 2024
Hand in Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration Project.
DNA Lab
Homework
DNA Lab
Homework
- Finish lab report (due Friday)
- Read pp. 137-145
Wednesday, February 14th, 2024
***NOTE: Long blocks today.
Unit Test - Intro/Cells Work on project - due Tuesday. Video: Stated Clearly - What is DNA? Notes: DNA Video: The Story of You Reminder: Signed safety contract should be handed in. Handout - How to Write a Lab Report Discussed and started write-up for next day's DNA Extraction Lab Homework:
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Tuesday, February 13th, 2024
Video: Amoeba Sisters - Introduction to Cells: The Grand Tour
Went over the test outline. Reviewed processes of photosynthesis & cellular respiration Jeopardy review - Cells Intro/Cell Unit Test - tomorrow HW: Study!
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Monday, February 12th, 2024
Video: MooMooMath & Science - Relationship Between Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration
Project: Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration (due Tuesday, Feb. 20th) Video: AsapSCIENCE - The 9 BEST Scientific Study Tips Homework: Study Intro/Cell Unit Test - Weds., Feb. 14th |
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Friday, February 9th, 2024
Handed in Cell Foldable (with marking rubric)
Video: Amoeba Sisters - Photosynthesis Went over last day's worksheet on comparing photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Project: Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration (due Tuesday, Feb. 20th) Video: Amoeba Sisters - Diffusion Homework: Study Intro/Cell Unit Test - Weds., Feb. 14th
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Thursday, February 8th, 2024
Handed out & discussed Intro/Cell Unit Test outline.
Went over HW. Video: Teacher's Pet - Photosynthesis & Respiration Notes: Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration Video: SciShow - Does Lactic Acid Really Cause Muscle Pain? Worksheet: Comparing Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration HW: Cell Foldable - due tomorrow! Intro/Cell Unit Test - Weds., Feb. 14th
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Wednesday, February 7th, 2024
Handed out and discussed Levels of Organization.
Notes: Cell Specialization Video: Stated Clearly - What is a Gene? Activity - Cell Foldable (due Friday) Read pp. 104-107 #2 p. 106 #1, 3 p. 107 Intro/Cell Unit Test - Weds., Feb. 14th
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Tuesday, February 6th, 2024
Video: Crash Course - Plant Cells (with Kahoot!)
Activity - Cell Foldable (due Friday) |
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Monday, February 5th, 2024
Went over HW.
Notes: Intro. to Cells (Endosymbiosis) Video: TedEd - How We Think Complex Cells Evolved - The Ins & Outs of Endosymbiosis Video: Crash Course - Eukaryopolis (with Kahoot!) Activity - Cell Foldable (due Friday)
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Friday, February 2nd, 2024
Went over HW.
Handed out Cell Unit outline. Notes: Intro. to Cells (started - to prokaryotic vs. eukaryotic) Video: TedEd - The Wacky History of the Cell Theory Worksheet: Prokaryotic versus Eukaryotic CellsHomework:
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Thursday, February 1st, 2024
Reminder to hand in signed safety contract and outline.
Went over homework.
Activity: Is it Alive? (biotic versus abiotic)
Brainstormed and shared out characteristics of life.
Notes: Characteristics of Life
Read pp. 27 - 31
#1-4 p. 31
Went over homework.
Activity: Is it Alive? (biotic versus abiotic)
Brainstormed and shared out characteristics of life.
Notes: Characteristics of Life
Read pp. 27 - 31
#1-4 p. 31
Wednesday, January 31st, 2024
Hand in Safety Contracts
Video: Big Bang Theory - Scientific Method Demo: Effect of Bleach on Food Colouring (with P.O.E.)
Worksheet: Identifying Variables (Simpsons) Homework: Finish worksheet.
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Tuesday, January 30th, 2024
Handed in signed course outline.
Went through Mrs. Sharp's "A Little About Me" Handed in "A Little About Me" Brainstormed and shared out safety rules. Signed out textbooks. Video: Crash Course - Lab Techniques & Safety (with Kahoot! to follow) Homework:
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Monday, January 29th, 2024
Video: FuseSchool - Career Options - Biological Sciences
Handed out Course Outline Discussed:
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