PLANS FOR WEEK 12: 11/17 through 11/21
| Date |
Class Schedule
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Homework
Assignment
 Biology Exam
Review Guide
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Monday
11/17
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Wrap up book. List major themes.
EF/MP/NTM Project.
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Biology Exam
Review Guide
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Tuesday
11/18
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EF/MP/NTM Project. |
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Wednesday
11/19
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EF/MP/NTM Project.
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Thursday
11/20
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Exam Review |
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Friday
11/21
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Exam Review
Book Quiz Key #1
Book Quiz Key #2
D Bolinsky shows his animated
cell - the last 3 minutes are awesome in
the true sense of the word (ted.com)
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PLANS FOR WEEK 11: 11/10 through 11/14
| Date |
Class Schedule
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Homework
Assignment
Biology Exam Review Guide
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Monday
11/10
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Discussion.
In class reading time.
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Read IDoF
p. 89 - 106.
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Tuesday
11/11
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Discussion.
In class reading time.
Hwk: Read 106-124.
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Wednesday
11/12
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Watch Pollan lecture video.
Read in class.
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Read IDoF
124 - 136.
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Thursday
11/13
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Irony of Omega-3 discussion
Nutrional inflation
Read in class.
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Read IDoF
p. 139 - 161.
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Friday
11/14
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QUIZ
Read in class.
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Finish Book. |
Plans for Week 10: 11/3 through 11/7 (2.5 to 3 hours)
| Date |
Class Schedule
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Homework
Assignment
Biology Exam Review Guide
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Monday
11/3
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*Discuss results of liver + hydrogen
peroxide studies.
*Reflect and discuss premise
of In Defense of Food.
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Read IDoF p. 19 - 40.
You must highlight/underline/make notes
in the margins on every page.
I will check your book in class on Tues.
(30 min)
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Tuesday
11/4
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In Defense of Food discussion.
Michael Pollan on Plant's
Eye View:
Pollan's TED.com talk.
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Read IDoF
p. 40 - 58.
(30 min)
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Wednesday
11/5
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*Epheurema Greek Project
Work Day
*Short In Defense of Food discussion
*Full text of Hu et al.'s Critical Review of Dietary Fat and CHD.
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Study for QUIZ
(30 min)
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Thursday
11/6
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Book QUIZ
Discussion & in class reading time.
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Read IDoF
p. 58 - 89
for Monday
(60 minutes)
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Friday
11/7
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Field Trip to Stained Glass studio.
No Biology.
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October 2008
Plans for Week 9: 10/27 through 10/31 (2 to 2.25 hours of homework)
| Date |
Class Schedule
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Homework
Assignment
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Monday
10/27
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Hydrogen peroxide + Liver:
close observation &
development of questions.
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Test Review Guide
Choose 2-3 questions from
the board today that you would like
to try to answer. Edit to make the
questions as specific as possible.
(15 minutes)
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Tuesday
10/28
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Hydrogen peroxide + Liver:
designing studies to
answer questions.
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Study for Test
(1 hour)
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Wednesday
10/29
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Review for TEST |
Study for Test
(30 minutes)
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Thursday
10/30
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TEST |
For Mon 11/3, read
In Defense of Food
p. 1-15.
(20-30 minutes)
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Friday
10/31
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Pompeii Field Trip |
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Plans for Week 8: 10/20 through 10/24 (50 minutes of homework)
| Date |
Class Schedule
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Homework
Assignment
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Monday
10/20
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Protein review.
Hemoglobin case study.
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Review the
"Tour of hemoglobin"
activity on
Molecular Workbench.
(20 minutes)
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Tuesday
10/21
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Catalysts & Activation Energy.
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(College 101 Tonight @ 6) |
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Wednesday
10/22
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Enzyme form and function. |
Read p. 103-104.
(20 minutes)
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Thursday
10/23
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Apples and digestive enzymes. |
Study for quiz.
(30 minutes)
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Friday
10/24
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QUIZ |
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Plans for Week 7: 10/13 through 10/17, 2008
| Date |
Class Schedule
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Assignment |
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Monday
10/6
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Columbus Day
No school
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Tuesday
10/7
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Quiz corrections due.
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Wednesday
10/8
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Overnight Trip:
Leave Woodlawn at 8 am.
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Thursday
10/9
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Overnight Trip |
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Friday
10/17
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Overnight Trip:
Return from Longbranch
at 5 pm.
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Plans for Week 6: 10/6 through 10/10, 2008
| Date |
Class Schedule
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Assignment |
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Monday
10/6
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Molecular Workbench
Proteins and nucleic acids: pages 1-6.
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Print report and
color atoms.
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Tuesday
10/7
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Molecular Workbench
Proteins and nucleic acids: pages 7-end.
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Submit report to
MrsFitzgerald.
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Wednesday
10/8
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Final wrap-up of Proteins and Nucleic Acids.
Review for quiz.
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Study for Quiz:
see quiz topics in class
notes from today.
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Thursday
10/9
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Hemoglobin & Sickle Cell Anemia
Protein Case Study.
Bigger-Than-Usual QUIZ
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Quiz Corrections due
Tues 10/14. For each incorrectly
answered question, write the
correct response. You may earn up to
half of your missed points back.
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Friday
10/10
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Teacher Work Day
No school
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Plans for Week 5: 9/29 through 10/3
| Date |
Class Schedule
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Assignment |
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Monday
9/29
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Active Transport
and neuron function.
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Read
121-122.
Have your up-to-date
Grade Record Sheet
signed by a parent.
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Tuesday
9/30
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Overview of protein synthesis
pathway in cells.
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Read
124-127.
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Wednesday
10/1
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Amino acid structure.
Protein structure.
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Read
100-102.
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Thursday
10/2
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QUIZ
Concord Consortium
Molecular Workbench
Proteins and nucleic acids:
pages 1 & 2.
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Friday
10/3
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Fitz away with 8th graders. |
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Plans for Week 4: 9/22 through 9/26
| Date |
Class Schedule
UNIT: Cell and Cell membrane
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Assignment |
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Monday
9/22
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Review for Test
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Test Review Guide.
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Tuesday
9/23
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Ring Ceremony / No Biology
Pick up the your graded Lab questions
before you leave school today.
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Wednesday
9/24
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TEST |
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Thursday
9/25
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Overnight Trip Planning:
meals, etc.
Download Molecular Workbench.
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Friday
9/26
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Cholera and its treatment in
history.
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Plans for Week 3: 9/15 through 9/19/2008
| Date |
Class Schedule
UNIT: Cell and Cell membrane
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Assignment |
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Monday
9/15
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Modeling a semi-permeable membrane (Lab 1A).
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Tuesday
9/16
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Record and analyze qualitative results from Mon.
Modeling the effects of solute
concentrationon osmosis (Lab 1B).
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Answer your analysis
Q's for Lab 1A.
Check out the
Test Review Guide.
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Wednesday
9/17
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Record results from Lab 1B. Compile class data
and graph results.
Determine molarity of potato cells.
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Answer your Analysis
Q's for Lab 1B.
Study for quiz!
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Thursday
9/18
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QUIZ
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Friday
9/19
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Wrap up data collection and graph results.
*Please feel free to
come in before or after school any day
to discuss concepts or labs.
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Read p 121-122.
Answer Lab 1C
questions.
Test Review Guide.
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Plans for Week 1
| Date |
Class Schedule
UNIT: Cell and Cell membrane
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Assignment |
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Monday
9/1
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Labor Day
No School
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Tuesday
9/2
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Scope of Biology |
Read Chapter One in text. |
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Wednesday
9/3
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Varieties of Cells & General Structures found in cells |
Read 81-86 on Water.
(Optional read 74-80 for
chemistry review.)
Study your notes.
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Thursday
9/4
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Structure and Properties of Water
QUIZ
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Friday
9/5
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No class scheduled. |
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Plans for Week 2
| Date |
Class Schedule
UNIT: Cell and Cell membrane
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Assignment |
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Monday
9/8
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Properties of Water, continued |
Read p. 90-94
(organic molecules)
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Tuesday
9/9
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Characteristics of organic macromolecules.
Carbohydrate structure & function.
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Read 95 - 97 in text
(carbohydrates)
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Wednesday
9/10
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Lipid structure & function. |
Read 98-99
(lipids)
Study for quiz.
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Thursday
9/11
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QUIZ
Diffusion. Molecular Workbench Modeler.
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Friday
9/12
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Movement of small molecules
across the cell membrane.
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Read 115-117
(membranes)
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