PLANS FOR WEEK 13: 6/8 and 6/9/2009
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UNIT: Light, Color, & Plants
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Monday 6/8
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*HUMAN BEANS: Student Art Exhibition TONIGHT, 6 pm @ McColl Center.
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Tuesday 6/9
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Have a relaxing and fun-filled summer! |
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PLANS FOR WEEK 12: 6/1 through 6/5/2009
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UNIT: Light, Color, & Plants
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Homework
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Monday 6/1
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Work on science requirements for Architecture project. |
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Tuesday 6/2
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Wrap up science requirements for Architecture project.
Wrap up editing of Human Beans stop motion animation photos.
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Finish Sustainable Design Legend, if necessary. |
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Wednesday 6/3
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Review for test. |
Study for test. All of your notes are in your Architecture folder because we moved them from your binder on Tuesday. |
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Thursday 6/4
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TEST: Photosynthesis, Respiration, & Human Impacts.
Test Topics:
Paper chromatography
Photosynthesis equation, 5/21
Chloroplasts and colors of light for photosynthesis, 5/21
Cellular Respiration equation, 5/22
Carbon cycle diagram (showing photosynthesis and cellular respiration working together), 5/22
Electromagnetic spectrum, 5/20 + handout
Fossil fuel basics, 5/22
Energy efficient design, architecture folder
Sustainable materials, architecture folder
Water and Garbage (waste) reduction, architecture folder
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Friday 6/5
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PLANS FOR WEEK 11: 5/25 through 5/29/2009
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UNIT: Light, Color, & Plants
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Homework
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Monday 5/25
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*Architecture work time.
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Tuesday 5/26
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*Alternative energy & CO2 reduction
*Architecture work time.
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Wednesday 5/27
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*Building materials & their sustainable alternatives.
*Architecture work time.
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Thursday 5/28
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*Water and solid waste: impacts and reduction.
* Architecture work time.
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Friday 5/29
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No science. |
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PLANS FOR WEEK 10: lost!
PLANS FOR WEEK 9: 5/11 through 5/15/2009
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UNIT: Light, Color, & Plants
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Homework
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Monday 5/11
DOUBLE PERIOD
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Attack the weeds in our Human Bean plots!
Supplement the plots with soil and perlite.
Begin building sculptures.
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Tuesday 5/12
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Paper chromatography: ink
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Wednesday 5/13
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GUEST: Heather Freeman.
Ms. Freeman will guide students through the technical process of taking stop motion photos of the sculpture building process.
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Thursday 5/14
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Paper chromatography: plant pigments. |
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Friday 5/15
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Continue building sculptures.
Transplant the bean plants from pots to plots.
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PLANS FOR WEEK 8: 5/4 through 5/8/2009
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UNIT: Light, Color, & Plants
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Homework
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Monday 5/4
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* Review for TEST
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Test Review Guide |
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Tuesday 5/5
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TEST on notes and data from 4/14 to 5/5
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Wednesday 5/6
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Iowa Test of Basic Skills - no science |
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Thursday 5/7
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Overnight Trip - no science |
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Friday 5/8
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Overnight Trip - no science |
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PLANS FOR WEEK 7: 4/27 through 5/1/2009
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UNIT: Light, Color, & Plants
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Homework
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Monday 4/27
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*Prepare new vegetable beds with soil. |
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Tuesday 4/28
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*Plant new vegetable beds with seeds. |
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Wednesday 4/29
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*Guest: Artist Heather Freeman. |
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Thursday 4/30
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*Discuss science elements for Architecture culminating project.
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Friday 5/1
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*No science in schedule. |
Test Review Guide |
PLANS FOR WEEK 6: 4/20 through 4/24/2009
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UNIT: Light, Color, & Plants
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Homework
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Monday 4/20
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*Discuss Light & color: mixing colors of light.
*Sunlight & the spectrum: splitting white light.
*Transmission, Reflection, & Absorption of Light
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Prepare for notebook check. |
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Tuesday 4/21
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*Wrap up loose ends from Monday's work.
* Power of Light: read & take notes.
* A Model of Heat: preliminary brainstorming.
* Pigments of Plants on our campus: a walk in the woods.
*Notebook Check: leave your notebook on the shelf in the lab.
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Finish reading "Power of Light," if necessary. |
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Wednesday 4/22
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*Soil testing
*Role of nutrients in plant growth.
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Thursday 4/23
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*Review what you've learned
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Friday 4/24
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QUIZ on notes from 4/14 to 4/23 |
Please have a parent sign & date your updated Grade Record Sheet next to my initials. |
PLANS FOR WEEK 5: 4/13 through 4/17/2009
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UNIT: Light, Color, & Plants
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Homework
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Monday 4/13
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*Turn in Inheritance Project
*Inheritance QUEST
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Tuesday 4/14
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*Influence of sunlight on life
*Sunlight & plants: data analysis.
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Finish your seed data graph, if necessary. |
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Wednesday 4/15
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*Sunlight & Heat: designing a device to trap heat quickly |
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Thursday 4/16
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*Light, filters, and surfaces
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*Prepare your notebook for
a Notebook Check. POSTPONED
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Friday 4/17
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*Garden soil testing
*Light & Color
*Notebook Check: leave your notebook on the shelf in the lab.
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PLANS FOR WEEK 4: 3/30 through 4/3/2009
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UNIT: Inheritance
Class Schedule
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Homework
Assignments
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Monday 3/30
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Wrap up DNA the Secret of Life.
Work on Inheritance Project.
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Continue to survey family
members about their phenotypes.
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Tuesday 3/31
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Work on Inheritance Project. |
Continue to survey family
members about their phenotypes, if necessary. |
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Wednesday 4/1
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DNA concept check.
Inheritance Project is DUE at the end of class Monday 4/13.
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Study for QUEST. |
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Thursday 4/2
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*NHD group goes to UNCC.
*Campus group goes on Woods Walk (rain plan: DNA origami). Read Watson & Crick's paper on structure of DNA.
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Friday 4/3
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Review for Inheritance QUEST.
Quest will cover:
1. Notes from 3/17 to 4/3 (minus 3/27 & 3/30)
2. Inheritance Concept Check
3. Inheritance & Probability Quiz
4. Inheritance & Probability Concept Check
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Happy Spring Break! Study for QUEST. Finish Inheritance project. |
PLANS FOR WEEK 3: 3/23 through 3/27/2009
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UNIT: Inheritance
Class Schedule
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Assignment |
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Monday 3/23
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Work on INheritance & Probability concept check.
Update GRS.
Inheritance Quiz: chromosomes, genes, alleles, pedigrees & probability.
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Please have a parent sign your Grade Record Sheet.
Finish your Inheritance & Probability concept check if it not complete yet.
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Tuesday 3/24
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Inheritance Project |
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Wednesday 3/25
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Gardening & Art. |
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Thursday 3/26
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Inheritance Project - put together final drafts of famnily tree. Choose one or two traits to follow in your family. |
If you typed your family tree, print it out for Mon. Begin to survey your family about the trait(s) you have chosen to follow. |
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Friday 3/27
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PLANS FOR WEEK 2: 3/16 through 3/17/2009
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UNIT: Inheritance
Class Schedule
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Assignment |
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Monday 3/16
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Dissection Quiz #2: safty, tools, abdominal cavity.
After the quiz: Finish autopsy report & turn in.
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Tuesday 3/17
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Chromosomes & karyotypes (pictures of chromosomes) |
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Wednesday 3/18
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Chromosomes, genes & alleles. |
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Thursday 3/19
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Practice writing about and working with genes and alleles. |
Finish your concept check, if necessary. |
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Friday 3/20
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Drawing pedigrees and finding probability. |
Study for quiz. |
PLANS FOR WEEK 1*: 3/9 through 3/13/2009
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UNIT: Human Biology/Inheritance
Class Schedule
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Assignment |
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Monday 3/9
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Fetal pig dissection: finish respiratory system. |
Empty contents of portfolio folder at home. Keep the GRS in the folder. Return folder + GRS to science. |
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Tuesday 3/10
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Dissection Quiz: safety, tools, team roles, external features (gender), chest cavity.
Fetal pig dissection: circulatory system.
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Wednesday 3/11
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Fetal pig dissection: finish circulatory system and begin digestive system. |
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Thursday 3/12
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Fetal pig dissection: finish digestive system. Watch adult pig heart and kidney dissection demo. |
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Friday 3/13
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Prepare final pig autopsy reports.
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Dissection Quiz #2 on Monday. |
*Spring Trimester begins.
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