Goddard

Date

Activities

Homework/Assignments

1/6

No School – Teacher Work Day

1/7

Kahoot Review, Goal Setting, Bio vocab pretest, Resources

PP-Great Habits-construct a Mind Map

1/8

Great Habits,

Jan. Latin Mini Posters;

Amoeba Sisters: Chromosomes and Karyotypes

LMP due Friday 1/11

PP-Great Habits-construct a Mind Map

AS – Chromosomes and Karyotypes

1/9

Read pages 216-217

Karyotyping; 

Read pgs 173-176

Worksheet 6.2

Read pages 216-217

Karyotyping Activity-due 1/9

6.2 due 1/11

CC Meiosis: Where the Sex Starts

1/10

Mitosis vs. Meiosis

Quiz on Monday

LMP due

AS – Mitosis vs. Meiosis

1/13

Quiz; Current News-Science Articles

1/14

Group Presentations

1/15

GATTACA

1/16

GATTACA

1/17

GATTACA; Epigenetics Wksht instructions

Video: Sci Show

Video: Minute Earth

Epigenetics Wksht due 1/22

1/20

No School – MLK Jr. Day

1/21

A Dog Called Spot; Vocabulary hand out; sign up for genetic disorders

Vocabulary due 1/31

AS – DNA, Chromosomes, Genes and Traits

AS – Alleles and Genes

1/22

Career Cruising-enrollment

Genetic Disorders-Word; Genetic Disorders-Google

Genetic Disorder due 1/24

1/23

Social Contract; work on Genetic Disorders and vocabulary

1/24

Dihybrid crosses; Other forms of Gene Expression; Intro to Probability

Genetic Disorder Due; Jan Latin Quiz 1/31

AS – Incomplete Dominance, Codominance, Polygenic Traits and Epistasis

AS - Punnett Squares and Sex-linked Traits

1/27

Probability: Penny Toss

1/28

Discuss Probability: Penny Toss

Study Guide due at the end of the hour 2/4

1/29

Beads and Genes

1/30

Pedigrees-Ramsay Family; Smith Family Dimples worksheet; Royal Hemophilia

SFD due 1/31

AS -  Pedigrees

AS - Punnett Squares and Sex-linked Traits

1/31

Jan Latin Quiz; Finish pedigrees

2/3

NO SCHOOL – Inservice

Probability and Mendelian Genetics

2/4

Review-Study Guide

Study Guide completed and checked by the end of the hour

2/5

Test-Genetics

Feb. Latin Mini Posters

Latin Mini Posters due 2/7

For review:

AS – Incomplete Dominance, Codominance, Polygenic Traits and Epistasis

2/6

DNA Extraction; vocabulary

2/7

Intro to DNA

Read 8.1, WS 8.2

Binders

LMP due, WS 8.2 Due 2/11

Quiz over DNA 2/11

AS-DNA, Chromosomes, Genes and Traits

2/10

DNA Foldable-Structure and Replication, Wksht 8.3; begin DNA Secret of Life

Wkshts 8.2 and 8.3 due 2/11

AS – DNA Replication

2/11

DNA Quiz; Wksht 8.4; Foldable-Transcription; go over 8.2 and 8.3

Wksht 8.4 due 2/12

AS – Why RNA is just as cool as DNA

Vocabulary packet due 2/17

2/12

Wksht 8.5; Foldable-Translation, central dogma; Study Guide

SG due 2/18

AS- Protein Synthesis  

2/13

CC-Hot Pockets; Codon Bingo, Reebop Review

CC- Hot Pockets

2/14

Mutations and  Mutations wksht;

Mutations wksht due 2/17

AS – Mutations

Study Guide due 2/18

2/17

Finish DNA Secret of Life; Check Mutations wksht

DNA Secret of Life

Vocabulary packet due

2/18

DNA-RNA review, check study guide

BS – DNA

BS – DNA Replication

BS -Transcription/Translation

CC- DNA and replication

DNA/RNA PowerPoint

2/19

Test-Chapter 8 DNA to Proteins

Topics for One-minute speeches

One-Minute Speeches due 2/24

2/20

NO SCHOOL – Conferences

2/21

NO SCHOOL – Conferences

2/24

One-minute speeches

Feb. Latin Quiz 3/1

2/25

No classes-Free ACT for Juniors

2/26

VFT-Geologic time

2/27

VFT-Geologic time

GT posters due 3/2, extra credit if turned in by Friday, 2/28

2/28

Feb Latin Quiz; Binders

Date

Activities

Homework

Jan7

No School – Teacher Work Day

Jan8

Goal Setting, Bio vocab pretest, Resources/Habits

Jan9

PALOOZA DAY – short regular classes

Jan. Latin Mini Posters; Karyotyping

LMP due Friday 1/11

Jan10

Enrollment: Career Cruising; Worksheet 6.2

6.2 due 1/11

Jan11

Mitosis vs. Meiosis; Dog Called Spot; CC Meiosis: Where the Sex Starts

LMP due

DCS due 1/14

1/14

Go over Karyotypes, Dog Called Spot; Intro to ReeBops

1/15

ReeBops

1/16

Finish ReeBops; Reebops Wksht

RB Wksht due 1/17

1/17

Discuss wksht; Dihybrid Crosses

1/18

Review; Quiz over Meiosis, Karyotypes, Vocabulary; sign up for Genetic Disorders

1/21

No School – MLK Jr. Day

1/22

Genetic Research

Due1/25

1/23

Dihybrid crosses, Jelly Genes

1/24

Pedigrees

1/25

Jan Latin Quiz; Intro to Probability

GR Due

1/28

Probability: Penny Toss; Study Guide

SG due at the end of the hour 1/31

1/29

Probability: Penny Toss

1/30

Discuss Probability; Royal Hemophilia

1/31

Study Guide: check by end of hour,

AS – DNA, Chromosomes, Genes and Traits

AS – Alleles and Genes

AS - Punnett Squares and Sex-linked Traits

AS -  Pedigrees

AS – Chromosomes and Karyotypes 

2/1

Test: Chapters 6 and 7,Feb Latin Posters

Feb LMP due 2/6

2/4

NO SCHOOL – Inservice

2/5

Social Contract. DNA Structure, Wksht 8.2

2/6

SNOW DAY

2/7

SNOW DAY

2/8

DNA Foldable-Structure and Replication, Wksht 8.3; begin DNA Secret of Life

LMP due, Wkshts 8.2 and 8.3 due 2/7

AS – DNA Replication

2/11

Wksht 8.4; Foldable-Transcription; go over 8.2 and 8.3

Wksht 8.4 due

AS – Why RNA is just as cool as DNA

2/12

Wksht 8.5; Foldable-Translation, central dogma; Study Guide

SG due 2/18

AS- Protein Synthesis  

CC- Hot Pockets

2/13

CC-Hot Pockets; Codon Bingo; Mutations wksht

M wksht due 2/13

AS – Mutations

2/14

Finish DNA Secret of Life; ReeBop Review, Check Mutations wksht

DNA Secret of Life

2/15

DNA Extraction, review

Additional for review:

BS – DNA

BS – DNA Replication

BS -Transcription/Translation

CC- DNA and replication

DNA/RNA PowerPoint

2/18

DNA-RNA review, check study guide

2/19

Test Chapter 8; Epigenetics

Epigenetics wksht due 2/26

Sci Show: Epigenetics

Minute Earth: Why Inheritance is Weirder than We Thought

TedTalk: Epigenetics

2/20

Free ACT test for juniors

2/21

NO SCHOOL – Conferences

2/22

NO SCHOOL – Conferences

2/25

GATTACA; Sign up for 1-minute speeches topics

One minute speeches due 2/28

Feb. Latin Quiz 3/1

2/26

GATTACA

2/27

GATTACA; Epigenetics discussion

2/28

One minute speeches

3/1

Feb Latin Quiz; Geologic Time posters: Microsoft version, Google version

GTP Due 3/5

3/4

Read Pages 360-363; Prelab Radioactive Decay-pg 364; Vocabulary Pgs. 360-365-write word and definition

Eons--A Brief History of Geological Time

How Scientists Found the Oldest Rock

Vocabulary due 3/7

3/5

Geologic Time posters due; Radioactive (Penny) Decay Lab;

RA lab due 3/6

3/6

Relative and Carbon Dating

3/7

Scavenger Hunt

3/8

Review, Quiz,

3/11

SPRING BREAK

Biology Careers EC; Biology Careers Sign-up page

3/12

SPRING BREAK

3/13

SPRING BREAK

3/14

SPRING BREAK

3/15

SPRING BREAK

3/18

Geologic Time Scavenger Hunt, March Latin Mini Poster

Latin Posters due 3/22

3/19

Puzzle Lab

3/20

Laws vs. Theories PP; Finish Puzzle Lab; Finish Geo Time Scavenger Hunt; Go over Puzzle Lab  and GSH

3/21

Darwin’s Dangerous Idea

3/22

Darwin’s Dangerous Idea

3/25

DDI paragraph; Anole Lizard Lab; How does Evolution Really Work?

3/26

Anole Lizard Lab: finish; Evidence wksht

ALL questions due 3/27; Evidence due 3/28

3/27

Go over ALL; work on Evidence; Concept Map whksht

CM due 3/29

3/28

Work day

Vocabulary Packet due 4/9

3/29

Evolution POGIL

POGIL due 4/1

4/1

Go over POGIL; begin Evolutionary Arms Race

Quiz 4/4

4/2

Free ACT for Juniors

4/3

Evolutionary Arms Race

4/4

CC Natural Selection; Kahoot Review; Quiz

4/5

Hardy-Weinberg Wksht; CC Population Genetics

4/8

Selection graphs; Revisit Anoles;  CC Population Genetics

4/9

CC #15-Speciation; Across a Clue and vocabulary packet; Review

Vocabulary Packet Due by end of hour; Across-A-Clue due 4/10

4/10

Chapter 10 and 12 Test

4/11

Video-TBA

4/12

March Latin Quiz; Finish Video

4/15

Go over POGIL; Dichotomous Keys

4/16

Cladograms

How to Understand Evolutionary Trees – 7:00

Constructing a Cladogram – 2:00

BS: Cladograms 7:00

4/17

Comparative Anatomy: Instructions; Rubric

Project Due and Showcase 4/29 and 4/30

4/18

Plan/Research

4/19

NO SCHOOL – Teacher Inservice

4/22

Classification Scramble; Animals

Classification PowerPoint

Due 4/23

4/23

Dissection Workday

4/24

Body Systems: AS Human Body Systems

4/25

Dissection Workday

4/26

Dissection Workday

Showcase on Monday-be ready!

4/29

Showcase Day 1

4/30

Showcase Day 2

5/1

Human Reproductive Parts and Functions wksht.

5/2

Fetal Development/ Vocabulary

5/3

Life’s Greatest Miracle

5/6

Showcase Day 3

5/7

Classification Quiz, Binders

Binders due 5/10

5/8

April Latin Quiz, Human Hormone Systems

CC Anatomy: Female Reproductive System

CC Anatomy: Male Reproductive System

5/9

Birth Control/STIs

5/10

Who Had it?

Second Semester Review