Landis's Science Classes

Announcements:

• Lab quiz: Plant pigments & paper chromatography: Mon 2/1
• Quiz: Chapter 8: Wed 2/3
• Chapter 8 & 9 test: Wed 2/10 – ch 9 packet due

Mon:

• Lab quiz: Plant pigments & paper chromatography
• Computer lab: work on Wheaties energy projects

Tues:

• Debrief lab quiz
• Ch 8 quiz review
• Computer lab: work on Wheaties energy projects

Wed:

• Quiz: Chapter 8
• Hand in Wheaties energy projects
• Assignment: Read ch 9-1, complete # 1 – 18 in packet
  • Chapter 9 packet

Thurs:

• Debrief quiz
• Direct instruction: Chapter 9-1
  • ch 9-1 notes
• Discuss # 1 – 18 assignment
• Assignment: Read ch 9-2, complete # 19 – 35 for Fri
• Group Inquiry activity: Cellular respiration
  • Cell Respiration Group Inquiry Activity

Fri:

• Early release: Mid-term grading: 40 min periods
• Revise 9-1 notes
• Direct instruction: chapter 9-2
  • ch 9-2 notes
  • respiration diagram
• Discuss # 19 – 35 assignment – packet due Wed 2/10

Announcements:

• Quizzes: Plants lab & Plants chapters: Wed 2/3 – Plants packet due

Mon:

• Discuss # 11-14, 37-44 assignment
• Assignment: complete # 45 – 53 for Tues
• Handout: What to Know: Plants quiz
  • Plants quiz – WTK
• Finish Comparison of Plants lab

Tues:

• Debrief Plants lab – quiz tomorrow
• Discuss # 45 – 53 assignment – packet due tomorrow
• Review: Plants quiz
• Video: Private lives of plants

Wed:

• Hand in Plants packet
• Quizzes:
  • Plants lab
  • Plants chapters
• Pre-test: factors affecting carrying capacity
• Assignment: Read ch 3-1 & 3-2, complete # 1 – 20 in packet
  • ch 3 review sheet

Thurs:

• Direct instruction: ch 3-1 & 3-2
  • ch 3.1 & 3.2 notes
• IB Curriculum Guide: Ecology
• Discuss # 1 – 20 assignment
• Group Inquiry Activity: Energy Transfer
  • Group Inquiry_Ecological Pyramids

Fri:

• Early release: Mid-term grading: 40 min period
• Finish Group Inquiry activity and submit group paper
• Assignment: Read ch 3-3, complete # 21 – 31 for Mon

Announcements:

• Ch 7 test: Part 2: Mon 1/25 – packet due
• Biology notebooks due:
  • period 1: Mon 1/25
  • period 2: Wed 1/27
• Ch 8 packet due: Thurs 1/28
• Lab quiz: paper chromatography lab: Mon 2/1 – lab data packet due
• Ch 8 quiz: Wed 2/3

Mon:

• Hand in ch 7 packet
• Ch 7 test: Part 2
• Direct instruction: ch 8-1
  • ch 8.1 notes
• Assignment: Read ch 8-1, complete # 1 – 9 in packet for Wed
  • Chapter 8 packet

Tues:

• Group inquiry activity: Photosythesis
  • Group Inquiry: Photosynthesis

Wed:

• Direct instruction: ch 8-2/8-3
  • ch 8.2 & 8.3 notes
  • photosynthesis diagram
• Discuss # 1 – 9 assignment
• Handout: What to know – cell energetics
  • What to know: Cell energetics: ch 8 & 9
• Assignment: read ch 8-2 & 8-3, complete # 10 – 27 in packet – due tomorrow
• Finish Photosynthesis group inquiry activity, hand in group packet

Thurs:

• Discuss # 10 – 27 assignment, hand in ch 8 packet – ch 8 quiz: Wed 2/3
• Review: photosynthesis mechanics diagram
  • photosynthesis diagram
• Lab: Paper chromatography
  • Paper chromatography lab

Fri:

• Review photosynthesis diagram
  • photosynthesis diagram
• Debrief lab – lab quiz Monday, data packet due
  • pigment lab quiz notes
• Project: Energetics: Wheaties box – intro
  • Wheaties Box Cell

Announcements:

• Animal Kingdom test questions due: Mon 1/25, end of period
• Animal Kingdom presentations: Tues 1/26
• Animal Kingdom test: Thurs 1/28 – ch 26 packet due
• Lab quiz: Mosses & ferns: Wed 2/3

Mon:

• Finish animal kingdom presentations – presentations in class tomorrow
• Animal Kingdom test questions due via email to Landis: end of today’s period

Tues:

• Presentations: Animal Kingdom

Wed:

• Finish presentations, if needed
• Review for test tomorrow
• Begin Plant Kingdom packet: read ch 22-1, complete # 1 – 10 in packet for Fri
  • Chapter 22-25 Plants packet

Thurs:

• Hand in ch 26 packet
• Test: Animal Kingdom
• Direct instruction: ch 22-1
  • ch 22-1 notes

Fri:

• Discuss # 1 – 10 assignment
• Assignment: complete # 11 – 26 for Mon
• Lab: Mosses & ferns
  • lab quiz Wed 2/3
  • Lab_Comparison of Plants

Announcements:

• Lab quiz: Potato osmosis lab: Thurs 1/21
• Cell Organelles Test: Fri 1/22
• Chapter 7 Unit Test: Mon 1/25
• Biology Notebooks due:
  • period 1: Mon 1/25
  • period 2: Tues 1/26

Mon:

• No School – MLK Holiday

Tues:

• Revise ch 7-3 notes
• Potato Osmosis lab: Day 2
  • class data collection
    • potato lab group data slide_per 1_2016_1_19
    • potato lab group data slide_per 2_2016_1_19
  • work on data processing and graphs

Wed:

• Finish Organelles Group Inquiry packets & hand in
• Debrief Potato lab
  • lab quiz tomorrow
  • data reports due tomorrow
• Group Inquiry activity: Cell membrane
  • Cell Membrane Group Inquiry

Thurs:

• Hand in Potato Osmosis data reports
• Lab quiz: Potato Osmosis lab
• Direct instruction: chapter 7-4
  • ch 7.4 notes
• Review for Organelles test tomorrow
• Finish Cell Membrane group inquiry and hand in

Fri:

• Cell Organelles test
• Revise ch 7-4 notes
• Discuss #40 – 49 reading assignment
• Review for Ch 7 unit test – ch 7 packet due Mon

Announcements:

• Ch 18 quiz: Wed 1/20
• Biology notebooks due: Thurs 1/21
• Lab quiz: Classification lab: Fri 1/22
• Ch 26 packet due: Mon 1/25
• Animal test questions due: Mon 1/25
• Animal presentations begin: Tues 1/26

Mon:

• No school – MLK holiday

Tues:

• Revise ch 18-2 notes
• Direct instruction: ch 18-3
  • ch 18.3 notes
• Discuss # 19 – 27 assignment – packet due tomorrow
• Quiz review – ch 18
• Continue Classification lab – Caminalcules

Wed:

• Hand in ch 18 packet
• Quiz: Ch 18: Classification
• Finish Classification lab – Caminalcules
  • Lab quiz Fri
    • Caminalculues lab quiz study guide

Thurs:

• Debrief Classification lab
  • hand in group data sheets – quiz tomorrow
• Handout: “What to Know – Animal Kingdom test”
  • Animal Kingdom Short Test what to know
• Direct instruction: Ch 26-1 – Animal Kingdom
  • ch 26.1 notes
• Assignment: complete # 1 – 12 in packet for Fri
• Animal Kingdom presentation project
  • Intro
    • Animal Kingdom presentations note-taking table
    • Animal Groups presentations instructions and scoring rubric
  • Example: Landis – Porifera
  • Begin

Fri:

• Lab quiz: Classification lab – Caminalcules
• Discuss #1 – 12 assignment
• Assignment: complete # 13 – 21 for Mon – packet due Mon
• Work on presentations
  • test questions due: Mon 1/25, end of period

Announcements:

• Lab quiz: cell lab series: Thurs 1/14

Mon:

• Debrief Organelles handout assignment
• Begin cell lab series
  • cell lab 1 cork
  • cell lab 2_onion epidermis
  • cell lab 3 elodea
  • cell lab 4 epithelial cells
• Assignment: read ch 7-3, complete #33 – 40 in ch 7 packet for Fri

Tues:

• Continue cell lab series

Wed:

• Complete cell lab series – lab quiz tomorrow

Thurs:

• Lab quiz: cell lab series
• Group Inquiry Activity: Cell Organelles – begin
  • Group Inquiry_Cell Organelles

Fri:

• Potato Osmosis lab – Day 1
  • Lab_potato osmosis
• Direct instruction: ch 7-3
  • ch 7.3 notes
  • hyper-, hypo- & isotonic solutions osmosis
• Discuss # 33 – 40 assignment
• Finish Organelles group inquiry activity and submit group work
• Assignment: read ch 7-4, complete # 41 – 49 for Wed

Announcements:

• Evolution Unit Test: Tues 1/12 – ch 32 reading assignment due

Mon:

• Evolution Unit Test review
• Work on projects – due t0morrow

Tues:

• Hand in ch 32 reading assignment
• Unit Test: Evolution
• Assignment: Read ch 18-1, complete # 1 – 9 in ch 18 packet for Wed
  • ch 18 review sheet

Wed:

• Debrief test
• Shoe classification
• Direct instruction: ch 18-1
  • ch 18.1 notes
• Discuss # 1 – 9 assignment
• For Fri: read ch 18-2, complete # 10 – 17 in packet

Thurs:

• Handouts: What to Know – ch 18 quiz, IB Curriculum Guide: Classification
  • Chapter 18 Quiz – WTK
  • IB curric guide_student handout_classification
• Classification activity: Caminicules
  • Caminalcules group protocol
  • Caminalculues lab quiz study guide

Fri:

• Revise 18-1 notes
• Direct instruction: chapter 18-2
  • ch 18.2 notes
• Discuss # 10 – 19 assignment
• For Tues: read ch 18-3, complete # 20 – 27 in packet
• Continue Caminicules