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MS Sci G6 (P1) | MS Sci G7 & G8 (P2 & P3)
Chem (P4) | Bio (P5) | Aquatic Sci (P6) | Intro to Biochem (P8)
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| MS SCIENCE - Period 1 (G6) [see past weeks] |
Monday
1/23 |
Tuesday
1/24 |
Wednesday
1/25 |
Thursday
1/26 |
Friday
1/27 |
Microbiome and Metabolism (U1 & U2)
*ACTIVITY - Metabolism (systems review via diagram and anchor chart, review circulatory system and start respiratory system) |
Microbiome and Metabolism (U1 & U2)
*ACTIVITY - Metabolism (systems review via diagram and anchor chart, review respiratory system and digestive system)
*ASSIGN - Respiratory System Check-In (DUE TODAY, WED, or THUR) |
Microbiome and Metabolism (U1 & U2)
*VIDEO - Oxygen's Surprisingly Complex Journey Through Your Body (5:09)
*ACTIVITY - Metabolism (systems review via diagram and anchor chart, digestive system)
*VIDEO - start The Digestive System (5:07) |
Microbiome and Metabolism (U1 & U2)
*VIDEO - The Digestive System (5:07)
*ACTIVITY - Metabolism (highlight digestive and other system)
*VIDEO - How Does Your Body Turn Food into Poo (4:27)
*ACTIVITY - prep frog dissection in notebook
*ASSIGN - Digestive System Check-In (DUE TODAY or MON) |
Christie Mt. Field Trip |
Monday
1/30 |
Tuesday
1/31 |
Wednesday
2/1 |
Thursday
2/2 |
Friday
2/3 |
Microbiome and Metabolism (U1 & U2)
*ACTIVITY - Frog Dissection, pre-lab
*Media Aids:
- From Egg to Frog in 7 Weeks (6:55)
- Bullfrog Hunts...Anything (2:16)
- Species In Depth: American Bullfrog |
Microbiome and Metabolism (U1 & U2)
*ACTIVITY - Frog Dissection (external anatomy) |
Microbiome and Metabolism (U1 & U2)
*ACTIVITY - Frog Dissection (internal anatomy) |
Microbiome and Metabolism (U1 & U2)
*ACTIVITY - Frog Dissection (internal anatomy) |
Microbiome and Metabolism (U1 & U2)
*ACTIVITY - Frog Dissection (internal anatomy)
*ASSIGN- Frog Dissection Check-In (turn in TODAY or MON) |
| MS SCIENCE Student Resources/Notes: |
Amplify Science
|
Syllabus
(provides class
grading info, etc.) |
Quarter 3 Progress
(cut off 2/17;
grades due
2/22 3:30 PM) |
|
Instructor Notes:
Microbiome and Metabolism (U1 & U2)
*ACTIVITY - Metabolism L2.1
| MS SCIENCE - Period 2 (G8) & 3 (G7) [see past weeks] |
Monday
1/23 |
Tuesday
1/24 |
Wednesday
1/25 |
Thursday
1/26 |
Friday
1/27 |
Magnetic Fields (U3, Ch 2, L2.2)
*Flextension LAB - Water Wheel Design (testing and class data collection) |
Magnetic Fields (U3, Ch 2, L2.2)
*Flextension LAB - Water Wheel Design (create table for class data in notebook +observational data column, set up for demo rotation, during rotation collect additional observational data) |
Magnetic Fields (U3, Ch 2, L2.2)
*Flextension LAB - Water Wheel Design (complete rotation, , breakdown prototype/clean tote, start CER posters) |
Magnetic Fields (U3, Ch 2, L2.3)
*Flextension LAB - Water Wheel Design (complete CER posters & poster gallery walk rotation)
*ACTIVITY 2 - Simulating Energy Changes (+ add key terms and concepts)
*ASSIGN- submit Notebook, bookmark Water Wheel Data (TURN IN TODAY) |
Christie Mt. Field Trip
For those that are present and for those who are not. Here is an optional bonus assessment...
Magnetic Fields (U3, Ch 2, L2.2)
*ACTIVITY 2 - Sharing Ideas About Potential Energy (SEE ME for details) |
Monday
1/30 |
Tuesday
1/31 |
Wednesday
2/1 |
Thursday
2/2 |
Friday
2/3 |
Magnetic Fields (U3, Ch 2, L2.3)
*ACTIVITY 2 - Magnetic Force and Potential Energy |
Magnetic Fields (U3, Ch 2, L2.4)
*ACTIVITY - L2.2 and 2.3 Key Terms and Concepts
*ACTIVITY 3 - Simulating Spacecraft Launch Energy
*ACTIVITY 4 - Modeling Spacecraft Launch Energy |
Magnetic Fields (U3, Ch 2, L2.4)
*ACTIVITY 4 - Modeling Spacecraft Launch Energy
*ACTIVITY - Magnetism Notes |
Magnetic Fields (U3)
*ACTIVITY - study for Magnetic Fields Test
(1) formal review of all studies
(2) complete Magnetism Practice Quiz, take and retake until get a 100%
(3) game time review |
Magnetic Fields (U3)
*TEST - Magnetic Fields Test |
| MS SCIENCE Student Resources/Notes: |
Amplify Science |
Syllabus
(provides class
grading info, etc.) |
Quarter 3 Progress
(cut off 2/17;
grades due
2/22 3:30 PM) |
|
Instructor Notes:
From Egg to Salamander https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEejivHRIbE
Magnets: How Do They Work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFAOXdXZ5TM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgtIdttfGVw
Electromagnetism 101 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Elv3WpL32UE
| CHEMISTRY - Period 4 [see past weeks] |
Monday
1/23 |
Tuesday
1/24 |
Wednesday
1/25 |
Thursday
1/26 |
Friday
1/27 |
ACT Science
*ACTIVITY -
(1) complete Passage III & Passage IV (together in class today, Princeton Test 2), &
(2) analyze ACT results
Smells, Molecules in Action (U2, Ch 8, L42)
*ACTIVITY - modified verson of Attractive Molecules
*DISCUSS- L42 Notes
*ASSIGN -
(1) read L42 &
(2) take L42 notes (by TODAY or TUE) |
Smells, Molecules in Action (U2, Ch 8, L44)
*ACTIVITY - ChemCatalyst
*ACTIVITY - Thinking (Electro) Negatively
*ASSIGN -
(1) read L44,
(2) take L44 notes, &
(3) L44 Check-In (by TODAY or WED) |
Smells, Molecules in Action (U2, Ch 8, L45)
*ACTIVITY - work through I Can Relate together |
Smells, Molecules in Action (U2, Ch 8, L45)
*ACTIVITY - work through rest of I Can Relate together
*DISCUSS - L45 notes
*ASSIGN -
(1) read L45 and
(2) take L45 notes (by TODAY or FRI) |
Smells, Molecules in Action (U2, Ch 8)
*ACTIVITY –
complete
(1) Ch 8 Review Questions #1-6 (KEY) &
(2) Ch 8 Post-Quiz
*ASSIGN - L45 CER (complete by TODAY, MON, or TUE)
Smells, Molecules in Action (U2)
*ACTIVITY- (1) complete U2 Smells Review #1-3, 5abd, 6abcd, 7, & 8 pg 252-253 AND Review Mult Choice Questions #1-4, 7-10, 14-17, & 19 pg 253-256 (KEY)
(2) study for TUE and WED
Ch 6-8 TEST |
Monday
1/30 |
Tuesday
1/31 |
Wednesday
2/1 |
Thursday
2/2 |
Friday
2/3 |
Smells, Molecules in Action (U2, Ch 8)
*ACTIVITY–
complete
(1) Ch 8 Review Questions #1-6 (KEY) &
(2) Ch 8 Post-Quiz
*ASSIGN- L45 CER (complete by TODAY, MON, or TUE)
Smells, Molecules in Action (U2)
*ACTIVITY- (1) complete U2 Smells Review #1-3, 5abd, 6abcd, 7, & 8 pg 252-253 AND Review Mult Choice Questions #1-4, 7-10, 14-17, & 19 pg 253-256 (KEY)
(2) study for TUE and WED
Ch 6-8 TEST |
Smells, Molecules in Action (U2)
*TEST - Ch 6-8, Level I & II
Weather, Physically Changing Matter (U3, Ch 10, L51)
*VIDEO - PBS/Nova Making Stuff Colder (54:24) |
Smells, Molecules in Action (U2)
*TEST - Ch 6-8, Level III
Weather, Physically Changing Matter (U3, Ch 10, L51)
*VIDEO - PBS/Nova Making Stuff Colder (54:24) |
Weather, Physically Changing Matter (U3, Ch 10, L51)
*VIDEO - PBS/Nova Making Stuff Colder (54:24)
Weather, Physically Changing Matter (U3, Ch 10, L51)
*ACTIVITY- prep learning goals
*PRE-QUIZ - Ch 10 Pre-Quiz
*ASSIGN -
take L49 Background Notes & L50 Background Notes (complete by TODAY or FRI) |
Smells, Molecules in Action (U2)
*RETURN & REVIEW - U2/Ch 6-8 Test
Weather, Physically Changing Matter (U3, Ch 10, L51)
*ACTIVITY - ChemCatalyst
*LAB - prep Having a Meltdown |
| CHEMISTRY Student Resources/Notes: |
Syllabus
(provides class
grading info, etc.) |
Quarter 3 Progress
(cut off 2/17;
grades due
2/22 3:30 PM) |
|
Instructor Notes: 1/31/22
| BIOLOGY - Period 5 [see past weeks] |
Monday
1/23 |
Tuesday
1/24 |
Wednesday
1/25 |
Thursday
1/26 |
Friday
1/27 |
Semester Final Exam
*SEM FINAL - Exam Part 2
|
Semester Final Exam
*DISCUSS - Semester Exam
Maintaining Balance in Organisms (U2 Ch 5)
*ACTIVITY (explain) - Stepping Up The Pace (dissection prep)
Dissection Note Aids:
Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4 |
Maintaining Balance in Organisms (U2 Ch 5)
*ACTIVITY (explain) - Stepping Up The Pace (dissection prep, including specimen prep)
Dissection Note Aids:
Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4
|
Maintaining Balance in Organisms (U2 Ch 5)
*ACTIVITY (explain) - Stepping Up The Pace (conduct dissection) |
Maintaining Balance in Organisms (U2 Ch 5)
*STATION TEST - nervous system and sheep brain dissection station test
*ASSIGN - turn in Notebook for
(1) Sheep Brain Dissection Lab Check &
(2) Nervous System Check (TODAY) |
Monday
1/30 |
Tuesday
1/31 |
Wednesday
2/1 |
Thursday
2/2 |
Friday
2/3 |
The Internal Environment of Organisms (U2 Ch 4)
*ACTIVITY (explain) - Stepping Up The Pace (quick review of nervous system)
*ACTIVITY (explain) - Stepping Up The Pace (complete endocrine foldable, watch video, and set up for active reading)
*Media Aids:
- The Endocrine System (5:03) |
Maintaining Balance in Organisms (U2 Ch 5)
*ACTIVITY (explain) - Careful Coordination, in Stepping Up the Pace (active reading of Careful Coordination)
*ASSIGN -
(1) take Nervous and Endocrine System, as well as Feedback Cornell Notes (BY TODAY or WED) and
(2) complete the Careful Coordination Check-In (BY TODAY, WED, or THUR) |
Maintaining Balance in Organisms (U2 Ch 5)
*ACTIVITY (explain) - Careful Coordination, in Stepping Up the Pace (complete Careful Coordination data table, respiratory sytem foldable, ste up active reading of Breath of Life, and respiratory system notes)
*ASSIGN (complete all of the tasks listed below and SHOW #1, 2, and 4 to Mrs. Steinbach BY FRI) -
(1) complete the Postreading portion of your Careful Coordination data table,
(2) complete the Respiratory System System foldable using the following terms and add your finished foldable to your notebook,
(3) watch How Do Lungs Work? (3:21); you may also want to watch Oxygen's Suprisingly Complex Journey Through Our Body (5:09),
(4) set up your Breath of Life active reading, and
(5) take the Repiratory System System Notes
*ACTIVITY (elaborate) - On a Scale of 0 to 14 (Part A prep)
*ASSIGN (complete the task listed BY FRI) -
(6) prep your notebook for the On a Scale of 0 to 14 lab
|
Maintaining Balance in Organisms (U2 Ch 5)
*ACTIVITY (explain) - Careful Coordination, in Stepping Up the Pace (discuss respiratory system, wath lung video, observe swine lung, active reading of Breath of Life)
*ACTIVITY (elaborate) - On a Scale of 0 to 14 (compete Part A prep)
*Media Aid:
- How Lungs Work (1:29) |
| BIOLOGY Student Resources/Notes: |
BSCS Biology
|
Syllabus
(provides class
grading info, etc.) |
Quarter 3 Progress
(cut off 2/17;
grades due
2/22 3:30 PM) |
|
Instructor Notes: 1/24/21
| AQUATIC SCIENCE - Period 6 [see past weeks] |
Monday
1/23 |
Tuesday
1/24 |
Wednesday
1/25 |
Thursday
1/26 |
Friday
1/27 |
Ocean Depths, 16.1
*ACTIVITY - Blue Planet: Deep Ocean (observation and I wonder statements) |
Ocean Depths, 16.1
*ACTIVITY - Blue Planet: Deep Ocean (observation and I wonder statements)
*ACTIVITY - ocean zones |
Ocean Depths, 16.1
*ACTIVITY - mesopelagic organisms
*ASSIGN - organism slide with 3 fun facts (share with me by end of class TODAY) |
Ocean Depths, 16.1
*ACTIVITY - mesopelagic organisms share out using slide deck
*ASSIGN -
(1) watch Mysteries of the Mesopelagic (5:49),
(2) take mesopelagic organism adaptation notes and
(3) complete lesson 16.1 Check-In (by TODAY or FRI) |
Ocean Depths, 16.1
*ACTIVITY - Invisible, submit an image of your discovery and newspaper article in The Aquatic Times BY TODAY, MON, or TUE |
Monday
1/30 |
Tuesday
1/31 |
Wednesday
2/1 |
Thursday
2/2 |
Friday
2/3 |
Ocean Depths, 16.1
*ACTIVITY- Invisible, submit an image of your discovery and newspaper article in The Aquatic Times BY TODAY, MON, or TUE
*LAB - Molluscs, prep for comparative anatomy in notebook |
Ocean Depths, 16.1
*LAB - Molluscs, comparative anatomy in notebook and conduct all parts of lab
Lab Aids:
- Part 1: Textbook
- Part 2: Gastropod Shell Description
- Part 5: Textbook |
Ocean Depths, 16.1
*LAB - Molluscs
Lab Aids:
- Part 1: Textbook
- Part 2: Gastropod Shell Description
- Part 5: Textbook |
Ocean Depths, 16.1
*LAB - Molluscs
Lab Aids:
- Part 1: Textbook
- Part 2: Gastropod Shell Description
- Part 5: Textbook |
Ocean Depths, 16.1
*LAB - Molluscs
Lab Aids:
- Part 1: Textbook
- Part 2: Gastropod Shell Description
- Part 5: Textbook |
| AQUATIC SCIENCE Student Resources/Notes: |
Marine Biology
|
Syllabus
(provides class
grading info, etc.) |
Quarter 3 Progress
(cut off 2/17;
grades due
2/22 3:30 PM) |
|
Instructor Notes:
Ocean Depths, 16.1
*STATION TEST- Squid Dissection
*ASSIGN - take the below the mesopelagic notes (by TODAY or TUE)
Media Aids:
-Deep-sea Anglerfish
-Swallower
-Gulper Eel
| INTRO TO BIOCHEMISTRY (CVTC Intro to Biochemistry 806-186) - Period 8 [see past weeks] |
Monday
1/23 |
Tuesday
1/24 |
Wednesday
1/25 |
Thursday
1/26 |
Friday
1/27 |
Ch 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, & 13-17
*SEM FINAL- MIDTERM EXAM (Unit 2, Intro to Organic Chem: Ch 13-17) |
Ch 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, & 13-17
*DISCUSS - Midterm Exam
Biological Molecules
*DISCUSS - Ch 19 portion of Outline (Ch 19-23)
*ACTIVITY - GOB ChemActivity 44A - Overview of Carbohydrates
*VIDEO - What is chirality and how did it get in my molecules? (5:04)
*ASSIGN-
review what we learned in #44A (BY WED)
|
NO CLASS
CVTC Meeting |
Biological Molecules
*ACTIVITY - GOB ChemActivity 44A - Overview of Carbohydrates
*ASSIGN -
review what we learned in #44A (BY FRI) |
Biological Molecules
*VIDEO - Carbohydrates Part 1: Simple Sugars and Fischer Projections (8:58, Professor Dave)
*ACTIVITY - GOB ChemActivity 44A - Overview of Carbohydrates
*VIDEO - Carbohydrates Part 2: Polysaccharides (4:16, Professor Dave)
*ASSIGN -
(1) read 19.1-19.3,
(2) take 19.1-19.3 notes,
(3) try GOB ChemActivity 44A Exercises #1-2 (KEY), and
(4) read and complete pre-lab (TURN IN Pre-Lab on MON) |
Monday
1/30 |
Tuesday
1/31 |
Wednesday
2/1 |
Thursday
2/2 |
Friday
2/3 |
Biological Molecules
*ACTIVITY - GOB ChemActivity 44B - Carbohydrate Structure (KEY)
*ASSIGN -
(1) rewatch Carbohydrates Part 1: Simple Sugars and Fischer Projections (8:58, Professor Dave) &
(2) try the Exercises in CA 44B (KEY) (BY TUE) |
Biological Molecules
*ACTIVITY - GOB ChemActivity 44C - Carbohydrate Reactions (KEY)
*ASSIGN -
(1) rewatch Carbohydrates Part 2: Polysaccharides (4:16, Professor Dave),
(2) try the Exercises in CA 44B (KEY),
(3) read 19.4-19.6, and
(4) take 19.4-19.6 notes (BY WED) |
Biological Molecules
*ADI LAB - Intro to Carbs: Structure and Properties, conduct lab and start making initial argument poster
GUIDING QUESTION: How are carbohydrates identified in the laboratory? Be sure to identify your carbohydrate samples. |
Biological Molecules
*ADI LAB - Intro to Carbs: Structure and Properties, finish making initial argument poster & conduct argument sesson
*ASSIGN- Lab Report for Intro to Carbs (Submit Draft BY NOON MON)
Lab Report Guidelines and Rubric |
Biological Molecules
*ACTIVITY - prep rolodex reference tool by making flash cards |
| INTRO TO BIOCHEMISTRY Student Resources/Notes: |
Headrush
|
Syllabus
(provides class
grading info, etc.) |
Quarter 2 Grades
(cut off 1/13;
grades due
1/20 3:30 PM) |
|
Instructor Notes: 1/6/2020
make all unknowns fresh
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