11/28-12/2           Agenda and Assignments

Monday	-Begin Chemistry of Life, Chapter 3.1 -Top-down Topic Web -2 Column Notes of Chapter 3.1 -Vocabulary HW 1. Vocabulary Menu (pick 3 items): Carbohydrates, Proteins, Lipids, and Nucleic Acids         2. Bring in a food label/container (something with ingredients and nutritional information)         3. Chapter 3.1 Chemistry of Life Quiz on Tuesday, 12/6
Tuesday	-Food Label Lab -Chemistry Packet HW 1. Chapter 3.1 Chemistry of Life Quiz on Tuesday, 12/6
Wednesday	-Demonstrations -Food Label Lab HW 1. Finish Lab Questions         2. Chemistry Packet due on Monday, 12/5          3. Chapter 3.1 Chemistry of Life Quiz on Monday, 12/5
Thursday	No School - Professional Development HW 1. Finish Lab Questions         2. Chemistry Packet due on Monday, 12/5          3. Chapter 3.1 Chemistry of Life Quiz on Tuesday, 12/6
Friday	-Food Label Lab is due today! -Notes -Demonstrations: Flame Tests, mixtures HW Chapter 3.1 Chemistry of Life Quiz on Tuesday, 12/6 STUDY

11/21-11/25           Agenda and Assignments

Monday	-Classification -Top-down web -2-Column Notes -Shark Key Classification HW 1. Classification video on blog and answer questions         2. Open-Notes quiz on classification on Wednesday, 11/23 Classification questions
Tuesday	-Finish Shark Key Classification HW Open-Notes quiz on classification on Wednesday, 11/23
Wednesday	-Half Day! -Open-Notes Quiz HW NONE - Enjoy Thanksgiving Recess!! Extra Credit:  Thanksgiving Science Trivia (Due on Monday, 11/28) Thanksgiving Science Trivia
Thursday	No School -Happy Thanksgiving
Friday	No School -Black Friday

11/14-11/18           Agenda and Assignments

Monday	-Begin Plant Lab (complete 2-3 stations) HW Work on all completed stations (color and detail in sketches and all questions completely answered)
Tuesday	-Continue Plant lab (complete 2-3 stations) HW Work on all completed stations (color and detail in sketches and all questions completely answered)
Wednesday	-Continue Plant Lab (complete 2-3 stations) -KTL Summarizing lesson HW Work on all completed stations (color and detail in sketches and all questions completely answered)
Thursday	-Plant Lab wrap-up and discussion -Classification HW 1. Plant Lab due Friday, 11/18         2. Iguana classification worksheet (preparation for iguanas).                     Please color the iguana and answer the questions (2 sides) Iguana Worksheet
Friday	-Iguana and Bearded Dragon visit! -Classification activity -Plant Lab is due!  HW None

A Visit from Mrs. Pratt's Iguanas, Bearded Dragons, and Russian Tortoise!

11/7-11/11           Agenda and Assignments

Monday	-Coacervate Formation Lab questions due today! Some Coacervate pictures from lab!   Thank you Aidan and Emily!! -Begin lab: Evolution of Plants -Notes for Lab -Phylogenetic Tree (Tree of Life) HW Stuck in Cement! Due on Wednesday, 11/9 Evolution of Land Plants!!
Tuesday	No School - Election Day!
Wednesday	-Evolution of Plants Lab -Walk through lab and the stations (expectations) -Lesson on how to draw sketches from images under the microscope -Complete at least 2 stations today http://www.slideshare.net/cldrumm/bio-drawings HW None
Thursday	No School - Parent/Teacher Conferences
Friday	No School - Veteran's Day

Please watch the above podcast and refer to your notes.  The information can help further your understanding of the lab we are working on in class: Evidence of Plant Evolution: Form Fits Function .

Write a 2-3 paragraph (6-8 sentences) response to the following task: Please be creative and thoughtful in your writing.

You can type your work or write this creative story on loose leaf paper

Your task: You need to find a way to survive with your feet permanently anchored in cement?

You Can't:                                                      

• Hide from predators                                 
• Seek a mate
• Walk to water or food
• Change your habitat

You Have to:

• Get necessary nutrients
• Get water and oxygen
• Reproduce (your mate may be a mile away)
• Deal with changes in your environment (i.e. dry, wet, hot, cold, dark, light etc..)

10/31-11/4           Agenda and Assignments

Monday	-The Demise of the Halloween Pumpkins assignment due -Two-Column notes -Observe broth containers, data collection -Watch Can Science Explain the Origins of Life? -From Soup to Cells  HW 1. From Soup to Cells (due on Thursday, 11/3)         2. Quiz on Where Does Life Come From? (Chapter 1.3, pgs 21-23                LSAF) Friday, 11/4
Tuesday	-Observe broth containers, data collection HW 1. From Soup to Cells (due on Thursday, 11/3)         2. Quiz on Where Does Life Come From? (Chapter 1.3, pgs 21-23                LSAF)Friday, 11/4         3. Portfolio Reflection #2 due on Friday, 11/4 (15 pts.)
Wednesday	-Observe broth containers, data collection -Watch movie: The Origins of Life (take notes) HW 1. From Soup to Cells (due on Thursday, 11/3)         2. Quiz on Where Does Life Come From? (Chapter 1.3, pgs 21-23                LSAF) Friday, 11/4         3. Portfolio Reflection #2 due on Friday, 11/4 (15 pts.)
Thursday	-Observe broth containers, data collection -Finish movie -Creating Coacervates Lab HW 1. Quiz on Where Does Life Come From? (Chapter 1.3, pgs 21-23                LSAF)  STUDY Friday, 11/4         2. Portfolio Reflection #2 due on Friday, 11/4 (15 pts.)
Friday	-Quiz on Where Does Life Come From? (Chapter 1.3, pgs 21-23 LSAF) -Portfolio Reflection #2 due today -Coacervate Formation Lab HW Coacervate Formation Lab questions due on Monday, 11/7

10/24-10/28           Agenda and Assignments

Monday	-Record Pumpkin data -Review for Ecology Test -Continue watching Mount St. Helens Nova movie HW 1. Please bring Ecology Textbook in to hand in for Tuesday         2. STUDY for Ecology Test.  Use study guide, notes, vocab, and               webs to prepare.
Tuesday	-Record Pumpkin data -Ecology Test -Collecting Ecology Textbooks and handing out Life's Structure and Function Textbooks (LSAF) HW 1. Read pgs 21-23 in LSAF; In notebook, create top-down web          2. Add Vocabulary in notebook:  Please define and then use the               vocab menu to add three more things to each term. Spontaneous Generation, Biogenesis, and Culture medium
Wednesday	-Where Does Life Come From?  Vocabulary -Comparison of compounds found in the oceans and the human body -Broth in flasks - make prediction and notes HW Germs From Nowhere Read article, answer 1-3, #4 requires some research about a specific scientist.  Due on Friday, 10/28 Scale of the Universe
Thursday	HALLOWEEN ASSEMBLY -Data collection - Broth in flasks -Finish Mount St. Helens video HW Germs From Nowhere Read article, answer 1-3, #4 requires some research about a specific scientist.  Due on Friday, 10/28
Friday	-Work on "The Demise of the Halloween Pumpkin" Assignment The Demise of the Halloween Pumpkins -Data collection - Broth in flasks -From Soup to Cells -Can Science Explain the Origins of Life? Video (7 mins.) HW 1. "The Demise of the Halloween Pumpkin" Assignment due on Monday, 10/31         2. From Soup to Cells due on Wednesday, 11/2

Can Science Explain the Origins of Life?

10/17-10/21           Agenda and Assignments

Monday	-Record pumpkin data -pH Lab is due, with questions all completed -Ecology, Chapter 2 Notes and Top-down Web HW 1. Finish notes and vocabulary in notebook         2. Test on Ecology (Chapters 1-3) Tuesday, 10/25
Tuesday	-Record pumpkin data -Begin Succession - Read "Log Hotel" -The Island of Surtsey -View Succession video on blog HW 1. Worksheet: Succession: Equilibrium in ecosystems and Backyard Succession (Drawing the stages of succession - Use color)         2. Test on Ecology (Chapters 1-3) Tuesday, 10/25
Wednesday	-Record pumpkin data -Go over homework -Mount St. Helens PBS Nova movie (begin) -Ecology, Chapter 3 Notes and Top-down Web HW 1. Finish Notes and vocabulary         2. Mount St. Helens A Story of Succession - Read, highlight, and         complete questions (use active reading strategies) - Due                         Friday, 10/21         3. Test on Ecology (Chapters 1-3) Tuesday, 10/25
Thursday	-Record pumpkin data -Secondary Succession Skit -Begin Mount St. Helens PBS Nova movie  HW 1. Mount St. Helens A Story of Succession - Read, highlight, and         complete questions (use active reading strategies)         2. Test on Ecology (Chapters 1-3) Tuesday, 10/25
Friday	-Record pumpkin data -Continue movie HW 1. The Demise of the Halloween Pumpkins Assignment          2. Test on Ecology (Chapters 1-3) Tuesday, 10/25

Ecological Succession

Mount St. Helens

10/10-10/14           Agenda and Assignments

Monday	Columbus Day, No School
Tuesday	-Record Pumpkin data -Play Symbiosis Game -Biodiversity activities - Biodiversity of "Old Growth Forest" HW 1. Ecology Test on Wednesday, 10/19         2. Symbiosis Project due tomorrow         3. Biodiversity Lab questions due on Thursday, 10/13
Wednesday	-Record Pumpkin data -Projects are due - share in class (reflection) -Interactive food web/chain -Biodiversity Lab HW 1. Ecology Test on Wednesday, 10/19         2. Biodiversity Lab questions due on Thursday, 10/13
Thursday	-Record Pumpkin data -Biodiversity Lab due today -Abiotic Factors - pH Lab HW 1. Ecology Test on Friday, 10/21         2. pH Lab questions - due on Monday, 10/17
Friday	-Record Pumpkin data -pH Lab HW 1. Ecology Test on Friday, 10/21         2. pH Lab questions - due on Monday, 10/17

Biodiversity

pH