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Biology Logsdon's 4TH, 5th, & 6th Hours
Welcome to Biology Semester 1!
Upcoming assessment: Unity and Diversity Test Wednesday 10/2
Important Biology Items
Weekly Agenda & Digital Archive
Week 1 (9/3 - 9/6)
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Week 1 Monday - Labor Day! Tuesday - Seats; go over Biology Syllabus; The Nature of Science Puzzle; HW = Nature of Science Response Qs Wednesday - Revisit The Nature of Science; Root Word Mash Up; Model Mash-up (group Pictionary); Language of Science HW = Language of Science (highlighted items and 21 - 37) Thursday - Group Check Language of Science HW; Observation and Inference Notes; Types of Graph Notes; Graphing and Analyzing Scientific Data HW = none Friday - Melting Week 1 into the Scientific Method (video); Week 1 HW Quiz; First CCR Graph Activity (group) HW = none |
Week 2 (9/9 - 9/13)
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Week 2 Monday - Go Over Week 1 Stamp Sheet; Graph ID and Practice; Start Interpreting Graphics HW = finish Interpreting Graphics Tuesday - Wednesday Sci Method Virtual Investigation (CLICK HERE) Thursday - Friday - HW = none |
If you earned less than the expected 70% for last week's 'Homework Comprehension' score (as graded on your stamp sheet), complete the following reading and response prompt and your score will be increased up to 7 out of 10.
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Homework Comprehension Make-up
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Week 2
Monday - Visiting the class website; Sci Method Virtual Investigation (CLICK HERE)
HW = none
Tuesday - Stamp Sheet Make-up Procedures; JREF Intro to ESP; Design an ESP Experiment
HW = finish page 2 of Experimental Design Wkst (from last Thursday)
Wednesday - Finalize ESP Lab Procedure; Collect ESP Data; Analyze Data and start Conclusion
HW = finish ESP Lab Conclusion Questions
Thursday - Hand-in ESP Lab; Is Sammy Alive?; Defining Life Notes (7 Characteristics from Book);
HW = finish 7 Characteristics of Life Definitions from book
Friday - Go Over Characteristics of Life Defs; Learn by Kinesthetic Coloring;
Colored Diagrams (due day of test);Week 2 HW Quiz;
HW = none
Week 3 (9/18 - 9/22)
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Week 3 Monday - Quiz Concerns (review guide); Tour Owl Book Ch 2 (see link below); Atomic Refresher Notes; Isotope/Ion Practice; CD Time HW = Neutral Atom Practice Tuesday - Stamp & Review Neutral Atoms; Hank Explains Bonding; Atomic Refresher Notes pt.2 - Valence Electrons & Bonding; Bohr Models; CD Time HW = Composition of Matter Book Wkst (skip Short Answer #1) Wednesday - Stamp & Review Composition of Matter; Model a Molecule; Sample Siemianowski's Genius (review links); Last minute concerns? HW = Study for tomorrow's Experimental Design and Atoms Quiz Thursday - Hand-in Colored Diagrams; Experimental Design and Atoms Quiz; HW = none Friday - Go Over Quiz Results; Evalu-meal (website click here) HW = none |
no week 3 homework quiz due to Experimental Design & Atoms Quiz
Week 4 (9/25 - 9/29)
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Week 4
Monday - Highlighting the Hurdle (Ch 3 will work you); Tour Owl Book Ch 3 (see book link below); Band-Aid Carbohydrate Notes; CD Time HW = read Ch 3.1 (p.51-54); Do Qs 1-8 on p.54 (full sentences) Scroll to Top for Book Link Tuesday - New Perspectives; Go Over Ch 3.1 HW; Hank Explains Carbs & Other Biomolecules; Revisit Functional Groups; Quiz Study/CD Time HW = study charts (book p.52 /notes p.4) for Thursday's FUNctional Group Quiz Wednesday - Carb-a-licious Cracker Demo (Hydrolysis); Dehydration Synthesis Modeling Activity; Quiz Study/CD Time HW = study charts (book p.52 /notes p.4) for Thursday's FUNctional Group Quiz Thursday - Last Minute Quiz Questions/Cram?; FUNctional Group Quiz; Response to Dehydration Synthesis Modeling; Go OVer Quiz Results HW = finish Dehydration Synthesis Modeling Response Friday - Go Over Dehydration Synthesis Modeling Response; Week 4 HW Quiz; Plant Predators Video & Questions HW = none |
If you earned less than the expected 70% for last week's 'Homework Comprehension' score (as graded on your stamp sheet), complete the following reading and response prompt and your score will be increased up to 7 out of 10.
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Homework Comprehension Make-up
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Week 5 (10/2 - 10/6)
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Week 5
Monday - New Colored Diagram (due test day) Time; Band-Aid Lipid Notes; Hank Layers on Lipids; Scan Squirrel Packet HW = read and complete SQUIRREL! Packet Carbohydrate Section (1-16) Tuesday - Go Over SQUIRREL homework; Channel Swim... Fats vs Carbs Video; Protein Notes pt.1; Set-up Amylase Lab; HW = read and complete SQUIRREL! Packet Carbohydrate Section (26-38) Wednesday - Go Over SQUIRREL homework; Protein Notes pt.2; Amylase Treatments & Analysis HW = finish Amylase Lab Questions? Thursday - Discuss/Hand-in Amylase Lab; nod to Nucleic Acids; CD TIme HW = read and complete SQUIRREL! Packet Protein & Nucleic Acid Sections (17-25; 39-44) Friday - the Whole Hank Show; Go Over SQUIRREL homework; Week 5 HW Quiz; Test Review Guide; More Evalu-Meal HW = start studying for Thursday's Molecules of Life Test |
If you earned less than the expected 70% for last week's 'Homework Comprehension' score (as graded on your stamp sheet), complete the following reading and response prompt and your score will be increased up to 7 out of 10.
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Homework Comprehension Make-up
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Week 6 (10/9 - 10/13)
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Week 6
Monday - Macromolecules in Food Checkdown; Food Label Calculations; Work-on/complete Organic Molecules in Food (food label analysis) HW = finish Organic Molecules in Food; study 20 mins for Molecules of Life Test! Tuesday - hand-in Organic Molecules in Food; Enzyme Video; Enzyme Review (group) HW = study 20 mins for Molecules of Life Test! Wednesday - Quick review activity; Last Minute Questions?; final CD/study time HW = review for Molecules of Life Test! Thursday - Hand-in all Colored Diagrams (6); Molecules of Life Test! HW = none Friday - Go Over Molecules of Life Test; CCR Graph Analyis - Cell Unit HW = none |
Week 7 (10/17 - 10/21)
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(10/17 - 10/21) Week 7
Monday - Ch 4.1 Intoduction Wkst; Start Ch 4 Cell Colored Diagrams ; New Perspectives HW = none Tuesday - Microscope Notes; Seven Wonders Video; CD Time HW = review for Microscopy Quiz! Wednesday - Tour Chapter 4; The Dead Guys of Cytology (notes); Bill Nye talks Dead Guys; Microscope Manipulations HW = review for Microscopy Quiz! Thursday - Microscopy Quiz (1st attempts); On to Cell Types (notes) HW = Ch 4.2 Worksheet Friday - Go Ch 4.2 Wkst; Microscopy Quiz (round 3); Week 7 HW Quiz, Start Microscope Lab HW = none |
Week 8 (10/24 - 10/28)
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(10/24 - 10/28) Week 8
Monday - Wrap-up Intro to Scope Lab; Cell Comparison Lab HW = none Tuesday - Finish/Hand-in Cell Comparison Lab; Cell Size & Shape Notes; Some SA / V Problems HW = finish SA / V Problems Wednesday - Go Over SA/V Problems; Cell Part Notes; Hanks Strolls Through Eukaryopolis HW = finish Ch 4.3 Worksheet Thursday - Go Over Ch 4.3 Worksheet; Cell Tour Virtual Investigation HW = finish Cell Tour Virtual Investigation? Friday - Hand-in Cell Tour Virtual Investigation; Week 8 HW Quiz; Cell Test Study Guide; Battling Bacteria HW = start studying for Friday's Cells (Ch 4) Test |
Week 9 (10/30 - 11/3)
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Week 9
Monday - Study Guide Questions?; Plant Cell Crash Course; CD/Study Time HW = study for Friday's Cells (Ch 4) Test Tuesday - The Look of a Virus; Why Viruses Aren't Alive; Why Bacteria ARE Alive; Cell Type Venn HW = study for Friday's Cells (Ch 4) Test Wednesday - HW = study for Friday's Cells (Ch 4) Test Thursday - Chapter 4 Practice Test; Study Guide Questions?; CD/Study Time HW = study for Friday's Cells (Ch 4) Test Friday - Last Minute Questions?; Hand-in Cell Colored Diagrams; Cells (Ch 4) Test HW = none |
Week 10 (11/6 - 11/10)
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Week 10
Monday - Holy Homeostasis!; Desert Life Video; Desert Life Homeostasis Response HW = none Tuesday - ELECTION DAY (no school) HW = none Wednesday - Tour of Chapter 5; Read Chapter 5-1 and Complete 5-1 Worksheet; New Perspectives HW = finish Ch 5-1 Wkst Thursday - Go Over Ch 5-1 Wkst; Start Homeostasis / Cell Transport notes; Homeostasis CD Time HW = none Friday - Week 10 HW Quiz; Finish Passive Transport Notes; Tonicity Terms Exercise HW = none |
If you earned less than the expected 70% for last week's 'Homework Comprehension' score (as graded on your stamp sheet), complete the following reading and response prompt and your score will be increased up to 7 out of 10.
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Homework Comprehension Make-up
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Week 11 (11/13 - 11/17)
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Week 11
Monday - Onion Review; Collect Turgor/Cytolysis Microscope Data; Write Conclusion HW = finish Turgor Lab Conclusion? Tuesday - Discuss Turgor Results; Hand-In Turgor Lab; Dialysis Lab Day 1; Read and Work on Chapter 5-2 HW = finish Ch 5-2 Worksheet Wednesday - Dialysis Lab Day 2; Go Over Ch 5-2 Wkst; Finish Homeostasis Notes; Test Review HW = finish Dialysis Lab Conclusion?; start studying for Homeostasis (Ch 5) Test Thursday - Hank's Take on Homeostasis; CD Time HW = study for Homeostasis (Ch 5) Test Friday - Week 11 HW Quiz; Homeostasis Webquest Review; CD Time? HW = study for Homeostasis (Ch 5) Test |
Week 12 (11/21 - 11/22)
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(11/21 - 11/22) Week 12
Monday - Last Min Qs?; Hand-in Homeostasis Colored Diagrams (2); Homeostasis (Ch 5) Test HW = none Tuesday - Go Over Homeostasis (ch 5) Test results; The Cold-Blooded Truth about Homeostasis (video) HW = have a restful Thanksgiving! Wednesday - No School! HW = have a restful Thanksgiving! Thursday - No School! HW = have a restful Thanksgiving! Friday - No School! HW = have a restful Thanksgiving! |
Due to our test and Thanksgiving break there was no HW Quiz this week.
Week 13 (11/28 - 12/2)
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(11/28 - 12/2) Week 13
Monday - Tour Chapter 6; Two Minute Intro by Hank; Meet the Most Important Formula on the Planet; Either/Or Colored Diagram Vocab Assignment (still due test day) HW = none Tuesday - Napping (Rhodopsin) Demo; Light Reaction Notes; Start Chapter 6.1 Wkst HW = finish Chapter 6.1 Wkst Wednesday - Go Over Ch 6.1 Wkst; Calvin Cycle Notes; Start Chapter 6.2 Wkst HW = finish Chapter 6.2 Wkst Thursday - Go Over Ch 6.2 Wkst; PS & CR Virtual Investigation (only through pt 6 of 14) HW = start studying for Tuesday's Chapter 6 Vocabulary Quiz Friday - 13 Minutes of PS with Hank; Week 13 HW Quiz; PS Reading Practice; CD/Vocab Time HW = study for Tuesday's Chapter 6 Vocabulary Quiz |
If you earned less than the expected 70% for last week's 'Homework Comprehension' score (as graded on your stamp sheet), complete the following reading and response prompt and your score will be increased up to 7 out of 10.
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Homework Comprehension Make-up
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Week 14 (12/5 - 12/9)
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(12/5 - 12/9) Week 14
Monday - Vocab Quiz Review; Prelab Intro; Gather Spinach PS Lab Data HW = study for Tomorrow's Chapter 6 Vocabulary Quiz Tuesday - Chapter 6 Vocabulary Quiz ; Finish Spinach PS Lab data and analysis; HW = finish Spinach Lab conclusion Wednesday - Tour Chapter 7; Glycolysis Notes; Start Chapter 7.1 read and worksheet; HW = finish Chapter 7.1 Wkst Thursday - Go Over Chapter 7.1 Wkst; The Energy of Skittles; Aerobic Respiration Notes; Start Chapter 7.2 read and worksheet; HW = finish Chapter 7.2 Wkst Friday - Go Over Chapter 7.2 Wkst; Magical Mitochodrial Matrix Montage; Week 14 HW Quiz; CR CD/Vocab Time; HW = study for Tuesday's Chapter 7 Vocabulary Quiz |
If you earned less than the expected 70% for last week's 'Homework Comprehension' score (as graded on your stamp sheet), complete the following reading and response prompt and your score will be increased up to 7 out of 10.
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Homework Comprehension Make-up
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Week 15 (12/12 - 12/16)
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(12/12 - 12/16) Week 15
Monday - SNOW DAY!! (quiz pushed back one day) HW = study for Chapter 7 Vocabulary Quiz Tuesday - One more review of Ch 7 Vocab; Respiration Bubbles Prelab Questions and Hypothesis; Gather Respiration Bubble Data; Graph, Analyze and Conclude Respiration Bubble Lab HW = finish lab Conclusion Questions; study for Tomorrow's Chapter 7 Vocabulary Quiz Wednesday - hand-in Respiration Bubble Lab; Hank Runs Through Respiration; Chapter 7 Vocabulary Quiz ; Test Study Guide; PS vs CR Comparison Chart HW = finish PS vs CR Comparison Chart Thursday - (Sub Day) Look Over Metabolism Test Study Guide; Complete Test Study Packet HW = start studying for Tuesday's Metabolism Unit Test Friday - Go Over PS vs CR Chart; Study Guide Q's?; finish Metabolism Virtual Investigation HW = study for Tuesday's Metabolism Unit (chapters 6 & 7) Test |
Week 16 (12/19 - 12/22)
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(12/19 - 12/22) Week 16
Monday - Venn Review; A New View; Questions from Study Guide?; CD/Vocab Time HW = HW = study for Tuesday's Metabolism Unit (chapters 6 & 7) Test Tuesday - hand-in CD/Vocab assignment; Metabolism Unit (chapters 6 & 7) Test HW = none Wednesday - Go Over Test Results; Look at UCS Biology Midterm Review HW = none Thursday - The Unit Ahead; Cold-Blooded Truth (Vertebrate/Reptile Video) HW = have a great break... maybe look at midterm material? Friday - Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! HW = none |
Week 17 (12/28 - 1/1)
Christmas Break
Week 18 (1/2 - 1/6)
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(1/2 - 1/6) Week 18
Monday - Christmas Break HW = none Tuesday -Christmas Break HW = none Wednesday - What is an Animal?; Vertebrate Gallery Walk Day 1 HW = none Thursday - A Closer Look at Lampreys; Vertebrate Gallery Walk Day 2; Copy of Questions HW = look over your chart, use questions to polish chart by Friday, January 13 (test day) Friday - (Sub Day) A Winning Design Video & Response HW = none |
Week 19 (1/9 - 1/13)
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(1/9 - 1/13) Week 19
Monday - Revisit UCS Midterm Review Guide; Look Over Vertebrate Loop/Chamber Diagrams ; HW = tidy-up notes to your satisfaction (for Open Note Test on Fri 1/13) Tuesday - Start Vertebrate Virtual Investigation HW = tidy-up notes to your satisfaction (for Open Note Test on Fri 1/13) Wednesday - Finish/Discuss Vert Virtual Investigation; Start Vertebrate Dissection HW = tidy-up notes to your satisfaction (for Open Note Test on Fri 1/13) Thursday - Fin ish Vertebrate Dissection; Last-min Qs for Comparative Morph Test HW = tidy-up notes to your satisfaction (for Open Note Test on Fri 1/13) Friday - Open Note Comparative Morph Test HW = Review Questions on the UCS Midterm Study Guide |
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(1/11 - 1/15) Week 19
Monday - Wrap Frog Dissection Questions; Revisit UCS Midterm Review Guide; Crash Course: Integumentary System ; Start Ch 45.4 Wkst HW = finish Ch 45.4 Wkst Tuesday - Check-in Ch 45.4 Wkst; Crash Course: Skeletal System; Start Ch 45.2 and 45.3 Wksts; Crash Course: Muscular System HW = finish Ch 45.2 and Ch 45.3 Wksts Wednesday - Check-in Ch 45.2 and Ch 45.3 Wksts; Crash Course: Circulatory System; Start Ch 46.1 and 46.3 Wksts; HW = finish Ch 46.1 and Ch 46.3 Wksts Thursday - Check-in Ch 46.1 and Ch 46.3 Wksts; Crash Course: Digestive System; Start Ch 48.2 and 48.3 Wksts; Crash Course: Excretory System HW = finish Ch 48.2 and Ch 48.3 Wksts Friday - Check-in Ch 48.2 and Ch 48.3 Wksts; Inside the Living Body: From Birth to 70 years old HW = study for UCS District Biology Midterm! |
If you earned less than the expected 70% for last week's 'Homework Comprehension' score (as graded on your stamp sheet), complete the following reading and response prompt and your score will be increased up to 7 out of 10.
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