Biology for Life
Skyline High School IB Biology
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Units of Study
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DATE
IN CLASS
HOMEWORK
02 Sep 09
Welcome to IB Biology!
Plant a beanie-baby
Read class expectations
Complete the web assignment
03 Sep 09
Intelligence inventory (ppt and template)
Review class procedures
How people learn reading
How people learn questions
Sign contracts
04 Sep 09
Characteristics of life stations
Goals and expectations essay
08 Sep 09
Complete discussion of class procedures
Characteristics of Life posters
Themes in the study of biology WS
Characteristics of life notes
Signed expectations
09 Sep 09
Scientific process packet
Bring beany baby data
Bring daily journal
Complete scientific process packet
10 Sep 09
First daily journal warm up
Stamp Characteristics of life notes
Stamp Scientific process packet
Themes in the study of biology WS due
Bean seed germination inquiry lab planning
Germination inquiry lab planning
11 Sep 09
Daily journal warm up
Introduce supplemental reading assignment
Introduce extra credit options
Order materials for bean inquiry lab
14 Sep 09
Understanding numerical data packet
15 Sep 09
Bean inquiry lab
16 Sep 09
Measurement mini-lab
17 Sep 09
Standard deviation notes
Complete height SD
(see last slide of notes for directions)
18 Sep 09
Go over height SD problem
SD practice problem (snail and crab)
21 Sep 09
Introduction to assessment statements
SD in Excel and TI-83
22 Sep 09
T-test notes
T-test practice problems
23 Sep 09
Hydroponics problem
24 Sep 09
Bean seed lab data collection
get lab cheat sheet
complete hydroponics problem
begin working on bean lab write up
25 Sep 09
hydroponics problem problem due
Graphing notes
Graphing gastroschisis
work on bean lab write up
28 Sep 09
turn in Graphing gastroschisis
Review lab expectations, examples
use the lab guidelines and
review the internal assessment page
29 Sep 09
Correlation and causation ppt
Conclusion writing (1.1.6)
review for quiz
30 Sep 09
Quiz
01 Oct 09
Bean Seed Lab due
Debrief lab
Cell theory timeline
02 Oct 09
05 Oct 09
New seats
Review science of biology unit quiz
Cell theory assessment statements
Notes: prokaryotic cell structure
06 Oct 09
Complete prokaryotic cell structure notes
07 Oct 09
Review rules for lab drawing
View and draw prokaryotic cell shapes
08 Oct 09
Microscopy notes
Determining linear magnification WS
09 Oct 09
Assessment statement
Adding scale and magnification to drawing
Bacteria sampling lab
Binary fission notes
12 Oct 09
Bacteria sampling lab - collect data
13 Oct 09
14 Oct 09
No class: PSAT schedule
15 Oct 09
Go over prokaryotic cells quiz
Peer score bacteria lab
edit bacteria lab
16 Oct 09
Bacteria lab DCP due
Cell size estimation WS
Plant cell coloring
Animal cell coloring
19 Oct 09
Prokaryotes vs. Eukaryotes
Eukaryotic cell structures
20 Oct 09
Assessment statements
21 Oct 09
Pop quiz
Harvard video clip
22 Oct 09
Endomembrane system notes
Build model membrane
Complete membrane notes
Study for quarter exam
23 Oct 09
Review membrane notes
Membrane assessment statements
Surface area: volume lab (part 1)
Complete Surface area: volume lab (part 1)
26 Oct 09
Surface area: volume lab (part 2)
Notebook check
27 Oct 09
Substitute
Mastery Packet
28 Oct 09
Evening review session
29 Oct 09
Quarter test
30 Oct 09
Pumpkins due
Go over test
02 Nov 09
Biochemistry basics notes
Template used in class Alternative template
Template used in class
Alternative template
Complete notes
03 Nov 09
Water demo stations
04 Nov 09
Complete Water demo stations
Water worksheet
Complete assessment statements
Complete water worksheet
05 Nov 09
Go over Water demo stations
(these water notes might help you, it also has built in quiz questions)
Study for maybe probably pop quiz
06 Nov 09
Water kind-of-sort-of pop quiz
Carbohydrates notes
Carbohydrates WS
Complete worksheet
09 Nov 09
Complete Carbohydrates notes
Begin modeling carbohydrates lab
10 Nov 09
Not-so-pop quiz on maltose formation
Continue modeling carbohydrates lab
12 Nov 09
Lipid notes
Lipid worksheet
Lipid assessment statements
Complete WS
13 Nov 09
Modeling lipid structure mini-lab
16 Nov 09
Biochemistry Unit Quiz
17 Nov 09
Nucleic acids web assignment
18 Nov 09
DNA structure notes
19 Nov 09
DNA components WS
DNA structure assessment statements
20 Nov 09
DNA structure pop quiz
Introduction to DNA models
Play-doh models
23 Nov 09
Complete play-doh models
Begin Double Helix movie
DNA models
24 Nov 09
DNA history reading
Double Helix movie
25 Nov 09
Complete video questions
30 Nov 09
DNA extraction lab
01 Dec 09
DNA extraction inquiry planning
Complete design of inquiry lab
02 Dec 09
DNA extraction lab - group planning
03 Dec 09
04 Dec 09
07 Dec 09
08 Dec 09
Electrophoresis webquest
- requires PCR notes
Complete electrophoresis web quest
0p Dec 09
Restriction enzyme notes
restriction enzyme practice problems (due Fri)
10 Dec 09
Modeling electrophoresis lab (with data)
11 Dec 09
Work day for...
DNA model blue prints
restriction enzyme practice problems
assessment statements
modeling electrophoresis lab
DNA extraction lab DCP and C/E
complete work day assignments
14 Dec 09
Electrophoresis sort and see activity
Complete electrophoresis activity
15 Dec 09
Pipette practice reading
Pipette practice WS
16 Dec 09
HGP webquest
Complete webquest
17 Dec 09
Go over pipette practice WS
pipette practice mini-lab
18 Dec 09
Pipette practice mini-lab
work on DNA models
04 Jan 10
Prep for DNA electrophoresis lab
05 Jan 10
Cell cycle web quest
web quest due Thursday
06 Jan 10
Cell cycle notes
07 Jan 10
Webquest due
Where do I put my model?
08 Jan 10
DNA models due
11 Jan 10
Stop action or teaching video or flip book
12 Jan 10
13 Jan 10
Mitosis lab
14 Jan 10
15 Jan 10
"prove it to me" project dues
Mastery packet
19 Jan 10
20 Jan 10
Quarter Test periods 5 and 6
21 Jan 10
Quarter Test period 3
25 Jan 10
Course evaluations
DNA replication book reading
Go over tests
26 Jan 10
DNA replication class notes
27 Jan 10
Replication fork drawing
28 Jan 10
Order the slips
29 Jan 10
Inside Cancer web assignment
web assignment due Tuesday
01 Feb 10
End of life video
02 Feb 10
Cancer notes
03 Feb 10
Course selection options
04 Feb 10
Complete cancer notes
Reading about how genes work
05 Feb 10
Protein synthesis overview notes
Transcription book questions
09 Feb 10
Transcription notes
Transcription assignment choices
10 Feb 10
Transcription quiz
11 Feb 10
RNA processing book reading
RNA processing notes
12 Feb 10
Alternative Genome reading and questions
22 Feb 10
RNA processing quiz
Genetic code notes
23 Feb 10
Translation notes, animation and hand jive
24 Feb 10
Work on protein synthesis models
Complete worksheets in packet
25 Feb 10
26 Feb 10
01 Mar 10
Amino acid packet
Complete amino acid packet
02 Mar 10
Protein structure and folding notes
03 Mar 10
complete assessment statements
Protein self quiz WS
08 Mar 10
Protein folding lab
09 Mar 10
10 Mar 10
Protein structure and function quiz
Complete toober lab
11 Mar 10
Transformation notes
Transformation WS
12 Mar 10
Cut and paste transformation
15 Mar 10
Pre-lab transformation
Hypothesis statements
16 Mar 10
Perform transformation lab
review questions
17 Mar 10
no class
18 Mar 10
substitute
GMF readings
19 Mar 10
lab results
22 Mar 10
post lab quiz
Mutations notes
mutations lab planning
23 Mar 10
Perform mutation lab
24 Mar 10
Mutations worksheet
25 Mar 10
DNA to Disorder activity
26 Mar 10
mutation lab results
