Landis's Science Classes

Announcements:

• Biology notebook due: per 5: Mon 1/29 (per 2 was due Fri 1/26)
• Quiz: Photosynthesis: Tues 1/30 – ch 8 reading guide packet due
• Lab quiz: plant pigments: Wed 1/31
• Ch 9 reading guide packet due: Fri 2/2

Mon:

• Revise Fri notes
• Discuss ch 8 reading guide packet – packet due tomorrow
• Lab: Plant pigments
  • Paper chromatography lab
• Review Photosynthesis – quiz tomorrow

Tues:

• Review Photosynthesis
• Hand in ch 8 reading guide packet
• Quiz: Photosynthesis
• Debrief Plant pigment lab – lab quiz tomorrow
• Group inquiry activity: Photosynthesis & plant anatomy (from Fri)  – finish and hand in group paper

Wed:

• Lab quiz: Plant pigments
  • hand in lab data packet
• Direct instruction: ch 9-1
  • ch 9-1 notes
• For Thurs: #1 – 18 in ch 9 reading guide packet
  • Chapter 9 packet

Thurs:

• Revise Wed notes
• Direct instruction: ch 9-2
  • ch 9-2 notes
• Discuss #1 – 18 assignment
• For Fri: #19 – 35 in reading guide packet – packet due tomorrow
• Group inquiry activity: Cellular respiration – begin
  • Group inquiry_Cell_Resp

Fri:

• Early release: mid-term grading: 40 min period
• Discuss # 19 – 35 assignment & hand in packets
• Finish Cellular respiration group inquiry activity – hand in group paper

Announcements:

• Short test: Plant kingdom: Mon 1/29 – reading guide packet due
• Biology notebooks due:
  • per 3: Tues 1/30
  • per 4: Wed 1/31
• Ch 26 reading guide packet due: Wed 1/31
• Animal kingdom presentations: Thurs 2/1 & Fri 2/2
• Animal kingdom test: Mon 2/5

Mon:

• Hand in Plant kingdom reading guide packet
• Short test: Plant kingdom
• Direct instruction: Intro to Animal kingdom – ch 26-1
  • ch 26.1 notes
• For Tues: Read ch 26-1, complete # 1 – 12 in reading guide packet
  • ch 26.1 review sheet
• Animal kingdom presentations
  • Intro, scoring
    • Animal Groups presentations instructions and scoring rubric
    • Animal Kingdom presentations note-taking table
  • Example presentation
    • Porifera
  • Assign groups

Tues:

• Revise Mon notes
• Per 3: hand in Biology notebooks
• Discuss #1 – 12 assignment
• For Wed: complete #13 – 26, packet due Wed
• Work on Animal kingdom presentations and test questions

Wed:

• Per 4: hand in Biology notebooks
• Discuss #13 – 26 assignment, hand in reading guide packet
• Work on Animal kingdom presentations
  • test questions due end of period!
  • presentations begin tomorrow

Thurs:

• What to know: Animal kingdom test. Test is Mon 2/5
  • Animal Kingdom Short Test what to know
• Begin Animal kingdom presentations

Fri:

• Early release: Mid-term grading – 40 min periods
• Finish Animal kingdom presentations – test Mon!

Announcements:

• Lab quiz: Potato osmosis lab: Mon 1/22 – data packet due
• Test: Cells part 1: structure & function only: Tues 1/23
• Test: Cells part 2: Wed 1/24
• Biology notebooks due:
  • per 2: Fri 1/26
  • per 5: Mon 1/29
• Quiz: Photosynthesis: Tues 1/30 – ch 8 packet due

Mon:

• Revise Fri notes
• Hand in Potato osmosis lab data packet
• Lab quiz: Potato osmosis
• Finish Group inquiry activity: Cell membrane, hand in group paper
• Test review: Cells part 1: structure & function

Tues:

• Test: Cells part 1: structure & function
• Test review: Cells test part 2
• Begin ch 8 reading guide packet: due Tues 1/30
  • ch-8-review-packet

Wed:

• Debrief Cells test part 1
• Test: Cells part 2

Thurs:

• Debrief Cells test part 2
• Direct instruction: ch 8-1
  • ch 8.1 notes
• Group inquiry activity: Photosynthesis – begin
  • group-inquiry_photosynth

Fri:

• Revise Thurs notes
• Per 2: Hand in Biology notebook
  • per 5: notebooks due Mon 1/29
• Direct instruction: ch 8-2/8-3
  • ch 8.2 & 8.3 notes
  • photosynthesis-mechanics-diagram
• Handout: What to know – ch 8 & 9 test: Cell energetics
  • What to know: Cell energetics: ch 8 & 9
• Continue Photosynthesis group inquiry activity

Announcements:

• Lab quiz: Classification: Mon 1/22 – group data packets due
• Lab quiz: Comparison of plants: Wed 1/24
• Test: Plant kingdom: Mon 1/29 – plants reading guide packet due
• Biology notebook due:
  • per 3: Tues 1/30
  • per 4: Wed 1/31

Mon:

• Hand in Classification lab group data packet
• Lab quiz: Classification lab
• Revise Fri notes
• Video:Vascular plants
• Discuss # 1 – 14 assignment
• For Tues: complete # 15 – 26 in reading guide packet
• Lab: Comparison of plants – begin
  • Lab_Comparison of Plants

Tues:

• Direct instruction: plant tissues: ch 23 – 1
  • ch 23-1 notes
• Discuss # 15 – 26 assignment
• For Thurs: complete #27 – 36 in reading guide packet
• Finish Comparison of plants lab
  • debrief – lab quiz Wed
• Handout: What to know: Plants test (Mon 1/29)
  • Plants short test – what to know

Wed:

• Revise Tues notes
• Video: Vascular plant reproduction
• Lab quiz: Comparison of plants
• Lab: Plant tissues – begin
  • lab_plant tissue slide

Thurs:

• Discuss # 27 – 36 assignment
• For Fri: complete # 37 – 51 in reading guide packet
• Continue Plant tissue lab

Fri:

• Discuss # 37 – 51 assignment – packet due Mon 1/29
• Finish Plant tissue lab
  • debrief
  • hand in lab data packets
• Review for Plants test – Mon 1/29

Announcements:

• Lab quiz: Cell lab series – Tues 1/15 – lab data packets due
• Ch 7 reading guide packet due: Fri 1/19
• Lab quiz: Potato osmosis – Mon 1/22 – lab data packet due
• Cells test part 1: structure & function: Tues 1/23
• Cells test part 2: theory and transport – Wed 1/24

Mon:

• No school – MLK holiday

Tues:

• Lab quiz: cell lab series – data packets due
• Group inquiry activity: cell organelles
  • group-inquiry_organelles

Wed:

• Direct instruction: ch 7-3 – movement across the membrane
  • ch 7.3 notes
  • hyper-, hypo- & isotonic solutions osmosis
• Discuss # 33 – 40 assignment
• For Fri: read ch 7-4, complete # 41 – 49 in reading guide packet – packet due Fri
• Lab: Potato osmosis Day 1
  • Lab_potato osmosis

Thurs:

• Revise Wed notes
• Lab: Potato osmosis Day 2
  • pool class data
  • create graph

Fri:

• Direct instruction: ch 7-4
  • ch-7-4-notes
• Discuss #41 – 49 assignment, hand in ch 7 reading guide packet
• Debrief Potato osmosis lab
  • lab quiz Monday – data packets & graphs due

Announcements:

• Quiz: Ch 18 – classification – Thurs 1/18 – reading guide packet due
• Lab quiz: classification – Mon 1/22

Mon:

• No school – MLK holiday

Tues:

• Revise Fri notes
• Direct instruction: ch 18-2
  • ch 18.2 notes
• Discuss # 10 – 17 assignment
• For Wed: complete # 18 – 27 in reading guide packet – ch 18
• Continue Classification lab

Wed:

• Revise Tues notes
• Direct instruction: ch 18-3
  • ch 18.3 notes
• Discuss # 18 – 27 assignment – packet due tomorrow
• Quiz review – ch 18
• What to know – lab quiz – Mon 1/22
  • Caminalculues lab quiz study guide
• Continue Classification lab

Thurs:

• Hand in ch 18 packet
• Quiz – ch 18
• Finish Classification lab – hand in group data – lab quiz Mon 1/22

Fri:

• Debrief quiz
• Debrief lab – quiz Mon
• Direct instruction: intro to plants
  • ch 22-1 notes
• Video: Sex lives of non-vascular plants
• For Mon: complete #1 – 14 in plants packet
  • Chapter 22-25 Plants packet

Announcements:

• Scientific sketching lab report due: Tues 1/9
• Lab quiz: Cell lab series: Tues 1/6

Mon:

• Revise Fri notes
• Test debrief – ch 2
• Discuss # 1 – 10 reading guide packet assignment
• For Tues: complete # 11 – 25 in ch 7 reading guide packet
• Lab: Scientific sketching
  • sketch lab_fly legs

Tues:

• Discuss # 11 – 25 assignment
• For Wed: complete Organelles handout
  • organelle struct & funct practice
• Handout:
  • Chapter_7_Test_-_what_to_know
• Finish Sketch lab, hand in report

Wed:

• Debrief Organelles handout
  • answers to organelles handout
• For Thurs: complete #26 – 32 in ch 7 reading guide packet
• Begin Cell lab series
  • cell lab 1 cork
  • cell lab 2_onion epidermis
  • cell lab 3 elodea
  • cell lab 4 epithelial cells

Thurs:

• Discuss # 26 – 32 assignment
• For Tues: read ch 7-3, complete # 33 – 40 in reading guide packet
• Continue cell lab series

Fri:

• Complete cell lab series
• Debrief all labs
  • Lab quiz: Tues 1/16

Announcements:

• Unit Test: Evolution: Wed 1/10 – Primate reading guide puzzle due
• Ch 18 quiz: Thurs 1/18

Mon:

• Revise Fri notes
• Work on Deep Time projects

Tues:

• Unit Test review: Evolution
  • Evolution unit test – what to know
  • ib-curriculum-guide_student-handout_evolution
• Work on Deep Time projects – due tomorrow

Wed:

• Hand in Primate reading guide puzzle
• Unit Test: Evolution & IB supplement questions
• Hand in Deep Time projects
• For Thurs: read ch 18-1, complete # 1 – 9 in reading guide packet
  • ch 18 review sheet
• NEED TEXTBOOKS TOMORROW!

Thurs:

• Debrief tests
• Intro to classification
• Direct instruction: ch 18-1
  • ch 18.1 notes
• Discuss # 1 – 9 assignment
• For Fri: read ch 18-2, complete #10 – 17 in reading guide packet
• Activity: shoe classification
• Lab: Using a Dichotomous Key (p. 462-3 in textbook)

Fri:

• Revise Thurs notes
• Handouts:
  • Chapter 18 quiz – what to know
  • IB curric guide_student handout_classification
• Lab: Classification of Caminalcules
  • caminalcules student handouts A & B
  • Caminalcules group protocol