Biology
Biology “A” Lesson Plans
Skyline High School
August 21 – August 25
Monday - (PP) New Beginnings
Tuesday - Class Syllabus
Biology Objectives
Check out textbooks
Reading Assignment – Chapter 1
Wednesday - vt - Microscope
Lab #3 – Microscope
Thursday - (PP)Chapter 1 Notes/Discussion – ‘Science of Biology’
Vocab Puzzle
Friday - (PP)Scientific Method
Lab #1 – Solving a Problem with the Scientific Method
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August 28 – September 1
Monday - Lab #2 – Metric Lab
Tuesday - Powers of Ten - video
DVD – Greatest Discoveries in Biology (45 minutes)
Review Sheet/Chapter Review
Wednesday - TEST – Chapter 1
*Chapter 2 Reading Assignment
Thursday - Review Test
(PP) Chpt 2-Notes/Discussion – Chemistry of Living Things
Friday - (PP) Quiz – Chpt 2
Worksheet on ‘Atoms and Molecules’
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September 4 - 8
Monday - LABOR DAY – No School
Tuesday - (PP) Enzymes
DVD – Enzymes
Quiz – on Videotape
WordMatch Vocab Puzzle
Wednesday - DVD – Periodic Table (23 min)
Elemental Games
Thursday - Lab – Carbohydrates
Review Sheet for TEST
Friday - DVD – Properties of Compounds (23 min)
TEST – Chpt 2
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September 11 - 15
Monday - vt – The Magic of Cells (19 min)
Chapter 7 Reading
Tuesday - (PP) Chpt 7 Notes/Discussion
Wednesday - (PP) Quiz over Notes
vt – Inside the Cell (Part I & II) w/worksheet
Thursday - Cell Model Assignment (Due: Sept 30)
Computer Lab – Cell Internet Study
Friday - Lab #7 – Basic Unit of Life
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September 18 - 22
Monday - (PP)Cell Organelles
Organelle Color Book Assignment
Tuesday - (PP)Quiz over Cell Organelles
Cell Organelle Puzzle
Wednesday - Beginning of two-day assignment: Cell Organelle Booklets
Thursday - Cell Organelle Booklets
Friday - vt – Understanding the Cell Membrane (Part I)
Make drawing of Cell (Plasma) membrane (p.184) and label
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September 25 - 29
Monday - vt – Understanding the Cell Membrane (Part II)
Transparency Review
WordMatch Vocab Puzzle
Tuesday - vt – Inside A Cell (45 min)
Review
Wednesday - CD – Computer Lab - “Inside the Cell” (lkr)
Thursday - vt – Cell Biology In The Cell City
TEST – Chpt 7
Friday - Cell Projects Due!
Chapter 8.1 Reading
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October 2 - 6
Monday - Unit Plan for ATP
(PP)ATP and Cell Energy
ATP/ADP Worksheet
Crossword Puzzle – ATP
Tuesday - Review Test
ATP Section Review Worksheet
ATP Word Scramble
Wednesday - DVD – Energy Balance (1st Part)
Lab #8 ATP
Thursday - State Inservice Days
Friday - State Inservice Days
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October 9 - 13
Monday - P/T Conferences (1/2 day)
(PP)QUIZ – ATP and Cell Energy
ATP Word Scramble
ATP Unit Plans Due
Tuesday - vt – Photosynthesis (20 min)
Chpt 8 Reading (Photosynthesis)
Wednesday - Photosynthesis Brochure Assignment – Due: Friday
(PP)Notes/Discussion on Photosynthesis
Thursday - Lab – Leaf Cross Section Microscope Lab
Leaf Coloring Assignment
Friday - DVD – Photosynthesis
(Use materials folder – QUIZ)
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October 16 - 20
Monday - vt – Seeing (Absorbing) the Light (Part 1 - 2)
*WordFind Vocab Puzzle
Tuesday - vt – Photosynthesis: Energy from Light
(Parts I and II, with worksheet)
Wednesday - Photo 1-Day Project
Thursday - Photosynthesis Review Using Leaf Model and Overheads
Flow Chart
WordMatch Vocab Puzzle
Color Book – Structures of Photosynthesis
Friday - DVD – Photo (Standard Deviants)
8 – Section Review (6 pages)
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October 23 - 27
Monday - Lab Internet – Photosynthesis (1/2 day)
Review Sheet
Tuesday - TEST – Chpt 8
Chpt 9 Reading Assignment
Unit Plan
Wednesday - (PP) Respiration Notes/Discussion
Thursday - (PP) Open Notes Quiz
Respiration Facts Sheet
vt – Cellular Respiration (43 min)
Friday - Respiration Booklet Assignment
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October 30 – November 3
Monday - Lab – ‘Unleash the Yeast’
Chpt 9 Worksheet
9 – Vocab Puzzle
Tuesday - vt – Respiration (from Biology DVD)
Chpt 9 Chapter Book Review
Respiration Graphic
Overheads
Photosynthesis/Respiration Comparison
Wednesday - TEST – Chapter 9
*Chapter 10 Reading Assignment
Thursday - Review Test
(PP)Cell Growth and Division Notes
Friday - (PP)Notes Quiz
vt – Mitosis (13 min)
Vocab Puzzle (WS)
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November 6 - 10
Monday - Demonstration/Discussion using Mitosis Models
DVD – Mitosis and Cytokinesis (21 min)
Mitosis Flash Card Project
Tuesday - Quiz over Mitosis Models
Computer Lab – Online Onion Root Tip
vt – Meiosis (13 min)
(PP) Meiosis
Wednesday - *Reading Assignment Chpt 11 (Section 11-4, p.275-278)
Vt – Meiosis Square Dance (10 min)
Color Book Assignment
Thursday - Mitosis CD Rom Computer Assignment
Friday - Cell Cycle Review
Mitosis Pre-Lab (10 min)
Lab #11 – Mitosis
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November 13 - 17
Monday - TEST – Chapter 10 (Mitosis and Meiosis)
vt – Never Say Die (Telomers)
Discussion on Telomers
Tuesday - ECA Review
Wednesday - ECA (Period 3)
Thursday - ECA (Periods 4,5)
Friday - Teacher Work Day – No School
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November 20 - 24
Monday - ECA
Tuesday - vt – Never Say Die (segments 1-3)
(PP)Telomers
Article – Telomers
TEST – Chapter 10 (Mitosis and Meiosis)
Wednesday - ECA Review
Thursday - ECA TEST
Friday - ECA TEST
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February 18 - 22
Monday -
Tuesday - Computer Lab - Mitosis
Wednesday - Meiosis Crossword Puzzle
Thursday -
Friday - (PP)Germ Theory of Disease (entire period)
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February 25 – March 1
Monday - Reading – Germ Theory of Disease
Vocab Puzzle – Germ Theory
Tuesday - vt – The Last Wild Virus
Wednesday - Computer Lab – Germ Theory of Disease
Thursday - vt – Where Plants and Animals Live (25 min)
*Chapter 16 Reading Assignment
Friday - Computer Lab – Food Chains
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March 4 - 8
Monday - Video/filmstrip – Ecology: Matter, Energy, Ecosystems
Color Book – Communities
Tuesday - vt – Northern Forest
Wednesday - (PP)Notes – Ecosystems of the World
16 – Vocab Puzzle (Crossword)
Thursday - (PP)Quiz on Ecosystem Notes
ECA Review
Friday - ECA
Saturday - Teacher Work Day
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March 4 – 8
Monday - Collect books
vt – Sands of the Namib
Tuesday - Chapter 16 Reading Assignment
Wednesday - vt – Open Ocean
Thursday - f.s./cassette – Biomes of the World (Deserts, Tundra, Grasslands)
Friday - (PP)Earth’s Major Ecosystems
Ecosystems Crossword Puzzle
Saturday - TEST – Chapter 16
f.s./cassette – Deciduous Forest/Coniferous Forest Biomes
vt – Wetland Resources (25 min)
Sunday - vt – Forest in the Clouds
Review of ECA