Landis's Science Classes

Announcements:

• Enzyme lab quiz re-takes: complete by Wed 1/10/18
  • during office hours (7:45 – 8:30 every day except Wed)
  • or after period 5 Mondays or Wednesday
• Enzyme lab report graphs may be re-submitted – due Wed 1/10
• Chapter 2 test: Biochemistry: Fri 1/5/18
• Sketching lab report due: Tues 1/9/18

Mon:

• Winter break – New Year’s Day

Tues:

• No classes – professional development

Wed:

• Debrief Enzyme lab quiz – re-takes are available
  • during office hours (7:45 – 8:30 am every day except Wed)
  • after period 5 Mondays or Wednesdays
• Debrief Enzyme lab graphs
  • graphs may be re-submitted – please do so ASAP
• Work on lab graphs or quiz review

Thurs:

• Test review: Biochemistry: ch 2
• Finish Enzyme lab data packets if needed and hand in
• For Mon: Read ch 7-1, complete # 1 – 10 in reading guide packet
  • ch 7 review sheet Bio A

Fri:

• Test: Chapter 2: Biochemistry
• Direct instruction: ch 7-1 & 7-2
  • ch 7.1 & 7-2 notes

Announcements:

• “What Darwin Never Knew” video questions due: Thurs 1/4
• Ch 17 reading guide packet due: Fri 1/5
• Unit Test: Evolution: Wed 1/10 – Primate reading guide puzzle due
• Deep Time project due: Wed 1/10

Mon:

• Winter break – New Year’s Day

Tues:

• No classes – professional development

Wed:

• Debrief ch 15/16 big quiz
• Handout: WTK – Earth history & primates
  • What to Know – ch 17 & 32-3
• Direct instruction: ch 17-1
  • ch 17.1 notes
• For Thurs: Read ch 17-1, complete # 1 – 17 in reading guide packet
  • ch 17 packet
• Video: “What Darwin Never Knew” – continue

Thurs:

• Revise Wed notes
• Discuss # 1 – 17 assignment
• For Fri: Complete # 18 – 39 in ch 17 reading guide packet – packet due Fri
• Direct instruction: ch 17-4
  • ch 17.4 notes
• Finish “What Darwin Never Knew,” debrief, hand in question sheet

Fri:

• Revise Thurs notes
• Discuss # 18 – 39 assignment, hand in ch 17 reading guide packet
• Direct instruction: Primates & human evolution
  • primates & human evol
  • Primate classification flow chart
• Reading guide puzzle: Primate evolution reading packet – due Tues 1/9
  • Primate Evolution study guide puzzle
  • primate evol reading packet
• Project: Deep Time
  • Time Scale project rubric & events
  • due Wed 1/10

Announcements:

• Biological Molecules group inquiry paper due: Tues 12/12
• Ch 2 reading guide packet due: Wed 12/13
• Lab safety agreement due: Wed 12/13
• Lab quiz: Enzyme simulation lab: Fri 12/15 – lab data packet due
• Test: Ch 2: Biochemistry: Thurs 1/4/18

Mon:

• Revise Fri notes
  • revised-notes-example_ch-2-1_for-blog-posting
• Direct instruction: ch 2-2
  • ch 2-2 notes
• Discuss # 1 – 24 assignment
• For Tues: Read ch 2-3, complete # 25 – 33 in reading guide packet
• Video: Crash Course: Properties of Water
• Group inquiry activity: Biological molecules – begin
  • group-inquiry-biological-molecule

Tues:

• Revise Mon notes
• Direct instruction: ch 2-3
  • ch 2-3 notes
• Discuss # 25 – 33 assignment
• For Wed: read ch 2-4, complete # 34 – 41 in reading guide packet
• Finish Biological Molecules group inquiry, hand in group paper
• Lab safety agreement and crossword: due Wed
  • Lab Safety agreement & xword_Bio

Wed:

• Hand in Lab Safety agreement
• Direct instruction: Enyzmes – ch 2-4
  • ch 2-4 notes__enzymes
• Discuss # 34 – 41 assignment – hand in reading guide packet
• Handout: What to know – ch 2 – Biochemistry – test is Thurs 1/4/18
  • What to Know – Biochem test – Ch 2
• Lab: Enzyme Simulation – begin
  • Enzyme simulation lab_tubase

Thurs:

• Revise Wed notes
• Finish Enzyme simulation lab
  • debrief – Lab quiz tomorrow
  • begin graphs for parts A & B

Fri:

• Lab quiz: Enzyme simulation lab
• Finish graphs and data tables for lab – hand in lab data packet

Announcements:

• Lab quiz: Hardy-Weinberg Principle: Thurs 12/14 – data packet due
• Selection Simulation lab report due: Fri 12/15
• Big Quiz: Chapter 15 & 16: Fri 12/15 – ch 16 reading guide packet due

Mon:

• Revise Fri notes
• Direct instruction: ch 16-2
  • ch 16.2 notes
• Discuss # 12 – 26 assignment
• For Tues: Read 16-3, complete # 27 – 42 in reading guide packet – packet due Fri
• Begin Computer Simulation Lab: Natural Selection
  • PhET Selection Sim Lab

Tues:

• Revise Mon notes
• Direct instruction: Ch 16-3
  • ch 16.3 notes
• Discuss # 27 – 42 assignment – packet due Fri
• Continue Natural Selection Simulation lab

Wed:

• Revise Tues notes
• Lab: Hardy-Weinberg Principle – lab quiz Thurs
  • Hardy-Weinberg Lab

Thurs:

• Lab quiz: Hardy-Weinberg principle – hand in lab data packets
• Big Quiz review: ch 15 & 16 – quiz tomorrow
• Finish Natural Selection Simulation Lab, hand in lab packets

Fri:

• Hand in ch 16 reading guide packet
• Big Quiz: Ch 15 & 16
• Begin Video: “What Darwin Never Knew” – fill out question sheet
  • What Darwin Never Knew

Announcements:

• Syllabus signature sheet due: Wed 12/6
• Emails activity group paper due: Thurs 12/7
• Group inquiry activity: Properties of water activity: group paper due: Fri 12/8
• Lab quiz: enzyme simulation lab: Fri 12/15 – data packet due

Mon:

• No classes – professional development day

Tues:

• Syllabus discussion – signature sheet due tomorrow
• Handout: Academic integrity
  • Academic Integrity mission statement
• Activity: Hypothesis
  • hypothesis activity

Wed:

• Get textbooks
• Hand in syllabus signature sheets
• Class blog – discussion/demo
  • http://blogs.4j.lane.edu/landis/category/biology-i/
• Handout: Effective effort
  • effective effort
• Activity: Inference from evidence – emails
  • emails lab_student handout

Thurs:

• Finish emails activity
  • debrief
  • hand in group paper
• Group Inquiry activity – Properties of Water
  • Properties of Water Group Inquiry Activity

Fri:

• Cornell notes intro
  • rubric
    • Cornell notes scoring rubric_biology
  • Biology notebook folders
• Direct instruction: ch 2-1
  • ch 2-1 notes_nature of matter
• Finish Group Inquiry activity, hand in group paper

Announcements:

• Ch 15 reading guide packet due: Thurs 12/7
• Lab quiz: Hardy-Weinberg principle: Thurs 12/14 – lab data packet due
• Test: Ch 15 & 16: Evolution by natural selection: Fri 12/15 – ch 16 packet due

Mon:

• No class meetings: staff professional development

Tues:

• Direct instruction: ch 15-1 & 15-2
  • ch 15.1 & 15.2 notes
• Video: Crash course: Evolution: It’s a Thing
• For Wed: read ch 15-1 & 15-2, complete # 1 – 17 in reading guide packet
  • Chapter 15 reading packet

Wed:

• Revise Tues notes
• Discuss # 1 – 17 assignment
• Direct instruction: ch 15-3
  • ch 15.3 notes
• For Thurs: read ch 15-3, complete # 18 – 39 in reading guide packet – packet due tomorrow
• Video: Darwin’s Dangerous Idea

Thurs:

• Revise Wed notes
• Discuss # 18 – 39 assignment, hand in reading guide packet
• For Fri: read ch 16-1, complete #1 – 11 in reading guide packet
  • ch 16 review sheet
• Activity: “It’s Not Fair”
  • It’s Not Fair Student Handout
  • It’s not fair notes
• Pre-test: sources of genetic variation

Fri:

• Handouts:
  • What to know – ch 15 & 16  ch 15 & 16 what to know
  • IB Curriculum Guide: Evolution ib-curriculum-guide_student-handout_evolution
• Direct instruction: ch 16-1
  • ch 16.1 notes
• Discuss # 1 – 11 assignment
• For Mon: Read ch 16-2, complete # 12 – 26 in reading guide packet
• Video: Why Sex?