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(2 & 3) MS Sci | (4) Chem | (5) Bio | (6) Biomed Sci | (8) Intro to Biochem
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| MS SCIENCE - Period 2 (G8) & 3 (G7) [see past weeks] |
Monday
9/19 |
Tuesday
9/20 |
Wednesday
9/21 |
Thursday
9/22 |
Friday
9/23 |
Harnessing Human Energy (U1, L1.4)
*ACTIVITY - L1.4 "Energy Inventions" (active reading)
Harnessing Human Energy (U1, L2.1)
*ACTIVITY - L2.1 Investigating Claims About How Objects Get Energy
*ASSIGN - L2.1 Homework in Amplify (DUE TUE before 9:30 PM) |
Harnessing Human Energy (U1, L2.2)
*ACTIVITY - L2.2 Evaluating Energy Sources (complete activity 3 and add key terms) |
Harnessing Human Energy (U1, L2.3)
*ACTIVITY - Hands-On Flextension: Designing Electrical Devices (prep notebook, design/ redesign) |
Harnessing Human Energy (U1, L2.3)
*ACTIVITY - Hands-On Flextension: Designing Electrical Devices (finalize design, class vote via Google Form)
G7 Voting Form
G8 Voting Form
Harnessing Human Energy (U1, L2.2)
*ACTIVITY - L2.2 Evaluating Energy Sources (Key Concepts) |
NO SCHOOL
Teacher In-service |
Monday
9/26 |
Tuesday
9/27 |
Wednesday
9/28 |
Thursday
9/29 |
Friday
9/30 |
Harnessing Human Energy (U1, L2.2)
*ACTIVITY - L2.2 Evaluating Energy Sources (finish Key Concepts)
*ACTIVITY - Hands-On Flextension: Designing Electrical Devices (ensure that students complete data tables)
Harnessing Human Energy (U1)
*ACTIVITY - review all parts and pieces of our notebook
Harnessing Human Energy (U1)
*ACTIVITY - Lesson 3.4 End-of-Unit Assessment (due TUE)
Harnessing Human Energy (U1)
*ACTIVITY- add Energy Forms and Transformation Cornell Notes to your notebook |
"House-keeping"
*DISCUSS - Homework redos
*ASSIGN - complete and "Update" Homework redos in Amplify Science (1.1H, 1.2H, and 1.3R due WED)
Harnessing Human Energy (U1)
*ASSIGN - Energy Forms and Transformations Cornell Notes (fill out on own by start of class WED)
-QUICK WATCH
*ASSIGN - complete Sum It Up! (due TODAY or WED) |
Harnessing Human Energy (U1)
*ACTIVITY - Energy Forms and Transformations Cornell Notes (highlight and review as whole class)
*ASSIGN - complete Sum It Up! REDO (due TODAY or THUR) |
Harnessing Human Energy (U1)
*ACTIVITY - Energy Test Review |
Harnessing Human Energy (U1)
*TEST - Harnessing Human Energy |
LMS:  HEADRUSH: MS Science
Take safety quiz until get 100% (was DUE FRI, 9/16)
Progress Report: cut off 9/30; grades due 10/5 3:30 PM
Instructor Notes:
| CHEMISTRY - Period 4 [see past weeks] |
Monday
9/19 |
Tuesday
9/20 |
Wednesday
9/21 |
Thursday
9/22 |
Friday
9/23 |
"House-keeping"
*ACTIVITY - return L6, 7, 8 Check-Ins
*DISCUSS - grading
*ACTIVITY - add Check-In rubric to notebook
Alchemy, Basic Building Blocks of Matter (U1, Ch 2, L9)
*ACTIVITY - ChemCatalyst
*ACTIVITY - Create a Table
*DISCUSS - (1) patterns found and discoveries made during activity (2) the missing element
*ASSIGN-
(1) read L9,
(2) take L9 notes, &
(3) L9 Check-In (DUE BY TODAY OR TUE)
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Alchemy, Basic Building Blocks of Matter (U1, Ch 2, L10)
*ACTIVITY - ChemCatalyst
*ACTIVITY - Breaking the Code
*DISCUSS - (1) properties described in the cards (2) various patterns discovered (3) vocab related to the periodic table |
Alchemy, Basic Building Blocks of Matter (U1, Ch 2, L10)
*ACTIVITY - Breaking the Code
*DISCUSS - (1) properties described in the cards (2) various patterns discovered (3) vocab related to the periodic table
*ASSIGN-
(1) read L10,
(2) take L10 notes,&
(3) L10 Check-In (DUE BY TODAY)
*ASSIGN- complete and turn in any Check-In Redos TODAY |
Alchemy, Basic Building Blocks of Matter (U1, L1 and Ch 2 L6-10)
*DISCUSS -
(1) Check-In Answers and
(2) Review each lesson
*ASSIGN-
(1) Ch 2 Review Questions (KEY),
(2) take the Ch 2 Post-QUIZ until you get a 100%, &
(3) study for MON Ch 2 Test |
NO SCHOOL
Teacher In-service |
Monday
9/26 |
Tuesday
9/27 |
Wednesday
9/28 |
Thursday
9/29 |
Friday
9/30 |
Alchemy, Basic Building Blocks of Matter (U1, L1 and Ch 2 L6-10)
*DISCUSS - final review
*TEST - Ch 2 |
Alchemy, Basic Building Blocks of Matter (U1, L1 and Ch 2 L6-10)
*DISCUSS - Ch 2 Test grading
Alchemy, A World of Particles (U1, Ch 3, L11)
*PRE-QUIZ - Ch 3 Pre-QUIZ (DUE TODAY OR 8:15 AM WED)
*ACTIVITY - ChemCatalyst
*ACTIVITY - Atomic Pudding
*DISCUSS - (1) five atomic models (2) simple atomic model (3) scientific models and evidence |
Alchemy, Basic Building Blocks of Matter (U1, L1 and Ch 2 L6-10)
*DISCUSS - Ch 2 Test answers
Alchemy, A World of Particles (U1, Ch 3, L11)
*ACTIVITY - Atomic Pudding
*DISCUSS - (1) five atomic models (2) simple atomic model (3) scientific models and evidence
*ASSIGN -
(1) read L11,
(2) take L11 notes, &
(3) L11 Check-In (DUE BY TODAY or THUR) |
Alchemy, A World of Particles (U1, Ch 3, L11)
*ASSIGN -
(1) read L11,
(2) take L11 notes, &
(3) L11 Check-In (DUE BY TODAY)
Alchemy, A World of Particles (U1, Ch 3, L12)
*ACTIVITY - ChemCatalyst
*ACTIVITY - Atoms By Numbers
*DISCUSS - (1) atomic number (2) atomic mass (3) relate today's findings to the alchemy context |
Alchemy, A World of Particles (U1, Ch 3, L12)
*ACTIVITY - Atoms By Numbers
*DISCUSS - (1) atomic number (2) atomic mass (3) relate today's findings to the alchemy context
*VIDEO - Just How Small is an Atom? (youtube, 5:27)
*DISC - L12 notes
*ASSIGN -
(1) read L12,
(2) take L12 notes, &
(3) L12 Check-In (DUE BY TODAY OR MON) |
LMS: HEADRUSH: Chemistry
Take safety quiz until get 100% (was DUE FRI, 9/16)
Progress Report: cut off 9/30; grades due 10/5 3:30 PM
Instructor Notes: 9/27/21
| BIOLOGY - Period 5 [see past weeks] |
Monday
9/19 |
Tuesday
9/20 |
Wednesday
9/21 |
Thursday
9/22 |
Friday
9/23 |
Unity and Diversity (U1 Ch 3)
*ACTIVITY - Darwin's Finches
*ACTIVITY - Speciation foldable
Media Aid: Galapagos Finch Evolution --HHMI BioInteractive Video (16:08) |
Unity and Diversity (U1 Ch 3)
*DISCUSS - Darwin's Finches handouts
*ASSIGN-
(1) take notes and
(2) Check-In (complete and turn in TODAY or WED) |
Unity and Diversity (U1 Ch 3)
*ACTIVITY - Decent with Modification (steps 1-4) |
Unity and Diversity (U1 Ch 3)
*ACTIVITY - Decent with Modification
(steps 4-9, skip #7)
*Media Aids, Leveled by Rigor:
- Speciation, L1
- Speciation, L2
- Speciation, L3 |
NO SCHOOL
Teacher In-service |
Monday
9/26 |
Tuesday
9/27 |
Wednesday
9/28 |
Thursday
9/29 |
Friday
9/30 |
"House- keeping"
*ACTIVITY - add Bio e-Lab book sticker to notebook
*DISCUSS - Check-In redos
*ASSIGN - complete Check-In redos
(due FRI)
Unity and Diversity (U1 Ch 3)
*ACTIVITY - Decent with Modification (quick recap)
*ASSIGN-
(1) take notes and
(2) Check-In
(complete and turn in TODAY or TUE) |
Unity and Diversity (U1 Ch 3)
*ACTIVITY - Evidence for Common Ancestry Part 1 (define evolutionary biologist, add limb diagram to notebook, complete steps 2a-b in lab teams, steps 2c & e together, step 2f on own) |
Unity and Diversity (U1 Ch 3)
*ACTIVITY - Evidence for Common Ancestry Part 1 (complete step 3a and 4 together)
*ACTIVITY - Evidence for Common Ancestry Part 2 (complete step 2-3)
Media Aids:
- DNA Doesn't Look Like What you Think!
- DNA Animations |
Unity and Diversity (U1 Ch 3)
*ACTIVITY - Evidence for Common Ancestry
(quick recap)
*ASSIGN-
(1) take Biological Adaptation notes and
(2) Check-In
(complete and turn in TODAY or FRI)
Media Aids:
- Types of Fossils
- How Do Paleontologists Date Fossils?
- When Whales Walked
- When Whales Walked |
Unity and Diversity (U1 Ch 3)
*ACTIVITY - Using Unity to Organize Diversity Part 2 |
LMS: HEADRUSH: Biology
Take safety quiz until get 100% (was DUE FRI, 9/16)
Progress Report: cut off 9/30; grades due 10/5 3:30 PM
Instructor Notes: 10/04/21
Complete Phylogenetic Trees, Step 8 as whole group next year!
| BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE - Period 6 [see past weeks] |
Monday
9/19 |
Tuesday
9/20 |
Wednesday
9/21 |
Thursday
9/22 |
Friday
9/23 |
Basic Biology
*PROJECT - continue working on Cell Organelle Project
*ASSIGN -
complete draft version of project (by MON October 3) |
Basic Biology
*DISCUSS - Eukaryotic Cells
*ASSIGN-
(1) read Section 4.3 Eukaryotic Cells,
(2) take Part 1 Eukaryotic Cell notes (by MON) and,
(3) write AP Biology Lab 4 Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells
scientific argument or CER (DUE TODAY, WED, or THUR) |
Basic Biology
*DISCUSS - Eukaryotic Cells
*ASSIGN-
(1) read Section 4.3 Eukaryotic Cells,
(2) take Part 2 Eukaryotic Cell notes (by MON) and,
(3) write AP Biology Lab 4 Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells
scientific argument or CER (DUE TODAY or THUR) |
Basic Biology
*DISCUSS - Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells review
*ASSIGN-
(1) read Section 4.3 Eukaryotic Cells,
(2) take Part 1 and Part 2 Eukaryotic Cell notes (by MON),
(3) write AP Biology Lab 4 Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells
scientific argument or CER (DUE TODAY, please remember to show me your notebook TODAY as well), and
(4) study for Monday's TEST
Add'l Resources:
- Section 4.2 Prokaryotic Cell reading
- Section 4.3 Notes
(taken together in class based on reading)
- Practice Post-Quiz |
NO SCHOOL
Teacher In-service |
Monday
9/26 |
Tuesday
9/27 |
Wednesday
9/28 |
Thursday
9/29 |
Friday
9/30 |
Basic Biology
*TEST - Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells
*ASSIGN-
place AP Biology Lab 4 Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells
scientific argument or CER in notebook as lab bookmark (TURN IN TODAY) |
Basic Biology
*PROJECT - continue working on Cell Organelle Project
*ASSIGN-
complete draft version of project (by MON) |
Medical Connection
*ACTIVITY - Bloodwork |
Medical Connection
*ACTIVITY - Bloodwork |
Biochemistry
*ACTIVITY - Chemical Foundations of Life |
LMS: HEADRUSH: Biomedical Science
Take safety quiz until get 100% (was DUE FRI, 9/16)
Progress Report: cut off 9/30; grades due 10/5 3:30 PM
Instructor Notes:
| INTRO TO BIOCHEMISTRY (CVTC Intro to Biochemistry 806-186) - Period 8 [see past weeks] |
Monday
9/19 |
Tuesday
9/20 |
Wednesday
9/21 |
Thursday
9/22 |
Friday
9/23 |
Polar and Nonpolar Covalent Bonds
*ACTIVITY - build glycine, Exerecise #6
*ACTIVITY- GOB ChemActivity 17: Polar and Nonpolar Covalent Bonds |
Covalent Bonding and Molecular Shapes
*QUIZ - Covalent Bonding & Molecular Shape
Polar and Nonpolar Covalent Bonds
*ACTIVITY- GOB ChemActivity 17: Polar and Nonpolar Covalent Bonds
*ASSIGN- GOB ChemActivity 17 Exercises #1 & 2 (KEY) |
Polar and Nonpolar Covalent Bonds
*QUIZ - Polar and Nonpolar Covalent Bonds
Polar and Nonpolar Covalent Bonds
*ACTIVITY- GOB ChemActivity 17 Exercises |
Covalent Bonding and Molecular Shapes
*ACTIVITY - revisit Covalent Bonding & Molecular Shape quiz
Polar and Nonpolar Covalent Bonds
*ACTIVITY - revisit Polar and Nonpolar Covalent Bonds quiz
Inter- molecular Forces
*DISCUSS - GOB ChemActivity 27 (use 3D water molecules) |
NO SCHOOL
Teacher In-service |
Monday
9/26 |
Tuesday
9/27 |
Wednesday
9/28 |
Thursday
9/29 |
Friday
9/30 |
Inter- molecular Forces
*DISCUSS - GOB ChemActivity 27 (use PhET simulation) |
Inter-molecular Forces
*DISCUSS - GOB ChemActivity 27
*ASSIGN - GOB ChemActivity 27 Exercises #1-15 (KEY) |
Gen Chem, Part 1
*DISCUSS - review for Gen Chem Foundations, PART 1 TEST
*ASSIGN - study for THUR TEST |
Gen Chem, Part 1
*TEST - GOB ChemActivities #10A, 13, 16, 17, & 27 |
Acid-Base Chemistry
*DISCUSS - Acid-Base Basics/ Overview via past notes & textbook
*ACTIVITY - GOB ChemActivities 30A
*ASSIGN- read Sec 9.1 |
LMS: HEADRUSH: Intro to Biochemistry
Take safety quiz until get 100% (was DUE FRI, 9/16)
Progress Report: cut off 9/30; grades due 10/5 3:30 PM
Instructor Notes:
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