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Courses: Biochem (Hr 1) | MS Sci (Hr 2 & 3) | Bio (Hr 5) | Country Sci (Hr 6) | Chem (Hr 8)

Biochem (Hr 1 | 8:10-8:55) [past assignment boards]

Monday
10/5 Tuesday
10/6 Wednesday
10/7 Thursday
10/8 Friday
10/9

Gen Chem Foundations
*ACTIVITY - GOB ChemActivities 30A
*ASSIGN -
(1) GOB ChemActivity 30A Exercises #1-5 &
(2) Sec 10.1-10.3 Practice Problems (try by TODAY or TUE) Gen Chem Foundations
*ACTIVITY - add rolodex cards for Ch 10
*ACTIVITY - GOB ChemActivities 30B
*ASSIGN - GOB ChemActivity 30B Exercises #1-5 (try by TODAY, WED, or THUR) Gen Chem Foundations
*ACTIVITY - GOB ChemActivities 30B
*DISCUSS - Sec 10.4 to 10.6
*ASSIGN -
(1) GOB ChemActivity 30B Exercises #1-5 (try by TODAY or THUR) &
(2) Sec 10.4 to 10.6 Learning Tasks: Reading/Notes & Practice Problems (DUE TODAY or THUR) Gen Chem Foundations
*QUIZ - Sec 10.1-10.3 QUIZ
*LAB - Buffers Keep the Balance (active read lab intro and background, choose code name, discuss lab report requirements, begin writing introduction)
*ASSIGN - Pre-Lab Tasks (turn in Lab Notebook on TUE) NO SCHOOL

Monday
10/12 Tuesday
10/13 Wednesday
10/14 Thursday
10/15 Friday
10/16

Gen Chem Foundations
*ACTIVITY - GOB ChemActivity 31A
*ASSIGN-
GOB ChemActivity 31A Exercises #1-3 (try by TODAY or TUE) Gen Chem Foundations
*QUIZ - Sec 10.6 QUIZ
*LAB - Buffers Keep the Balance (conduct lab) Gen Chem Foundations
*LAB - Buffers Keep the Balance (conduct lab, complete post-lab questions) Gen Chem Foundations
*LAB - Buffers Keep the Balance (revisit lab report requirements, continue writing a lab report, complete CER graphic organizer) Gen Chem Foundations
*LAB - Buffers Keep the Balance (CER gallery walk, lesson on creating graph in Google Sheets, post-lab questions, write lab report)

NOTE: post-lab questions and DRAFT lab report will be due WED)

Monday
10/19 Tuesday
10/20 Wednesday
10/21 Thursday
10/22 Friday
10/23

Gen Chem Foundations
*ACTIVITY - GOB ChemActivity 31B
*ASSIGN-
(1) GOB ChemActivity 31B Exercises (try by TODAY or TUE),
(2) Sec 10.8 Learning Tasks: Reading/Notes & Practice Problems (try by TODAY or TUE) Gen Chem Foundations
*LAB - Buffers Keep the Balance (post-lab questions, draft lab report)
*ASSIGN -
(1) Post-Lab Tasks &
(2) DRAFT Lab Report, for peer review (due TODAY) EARLY RELEASE

Gen Chem Foundations
*ACTIVITY - review for Gen Chem Foundations, PART 2 TEST
*ASSIGN -
(1) Ch 10 Understanding the Concepts (try by MON) &
(2) study for MON TEST Gen Chem Foundations
*LAB - Buffers Keep the Balance (peer review)
*ASSIGN - FINAL Lab Report (due FRI, 10/30) Gen Chem Foundations
*LAB - Buffers Keep the Balance (comlete final report)
*ACTIVITY - review for Gen Chem Foundations, PART 2 TEST
*ASSIGN -
(1) Ch 10 Understanding the Concepts (try by MON),
(2) study for MON TEST &
(3) FINAL Lab Report (due FRI, 10/30)

Monday
10/26 Tuesday
10/27 Wednesday
10/28 Thursday
10/29 Friday
10/30

Gen Chem Foundations
*TEST - Acids and Bases (Sec 10.1-10.6 & 10.8) Hydrocarbons
*DISCUSS - Hydrocarbon Overview
*ACTIVITY - GOB ChemActivity 33 Hydrocarbons
*ACTIVITY - GOB ChemActivity 33 Learning details coming soon Learning details coming soon

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Instructor Notes: 24-11-04
Gen Chem Foundations
*LAB - Carrot Tissue Culture

MS Sci (Hr 2-3 | 8:58-9:43) [past assignment boards]

Monday
10/5 Tuesday
10/6 Wednesday
10/7 Thursday
10/8 Friday
10/9

Geology on Mars (U1)
*DISCUSS - U1 Test

Plate Motion (U2, L1.2)
*VIDEO - Volcanic eruptions in Iceland lead scientists to startling discoveries | 60 Minutes (13:18)
*ACTIVITY - Why Geologists Value Fossils (Activity T)
*ACTIVITY - Exploring Cross Sections (finish Activity 3 & 4 together)
Plate Motion (U2, L1.2)
*ACTIVITY - Exploring Cross Sections (finish Activity 3 & 4 together)
*ACTIVITY - Classify Fossils Lab (observe fossils, collect data) Plate Motion (U2, L1.2)
*ACTIVITY - Classify Fossils Lab (prep/color code geologic time graphics & observe fossils, collect data) Plate Motion (U2, L1.2)
*ACTIVITY - Classify Fossils Lab (analyze age of fossils)
*GAME TIME - Blooket: Fossils
NO SCHOOL

Monday
10/12 Tuesday
10/13 Wednesday
10/14 Thursday
10/15 Friday
10/16

Plate Motion (U2, L1.2)
*ACTIVITY - Classify Fossils Lab (review data analysis, complete a Drive Thru History)
*VIDEO - Fossils 101 | National Geographic (4:07)
*GAME TIME - Blooket: Fossils
*VIDEO - The Last Day of the Cretaceous (4:30)
*ASSIGN - Classify Fossils Submission (due TODAY or THUR)
Plate Motion (U2, L1.2)
*ACTIVITY - Earth's Interior Cornell-style notes (complete on own, start)
*ASSIGN - Earth's Interior Cornell-style Notes & Sum It Up (due TODAY or WED)
Plate Motion (U2, L1.2)
*ACTIVITY - Earth's Interior Cornell-style notes (review and color code together)
*ASSIGN - Earth's Interior Sum It Up REDO (due TODAY or THUR)

Media Aid: Geologic Time Scale, watch video
Plate Motion (U2, L1.3)
*ACTIVITY - Exploring Earth's Plates Warm-Up
*ACTIVITY - Revealing Earth's Outer Layer, AT
*ACTIVITY - Exploring Earth's Outer Layer, A2 Plate Motion (U2, L1.3)
*ACTIVITY - Analyzing Maps, A3
*ASSIGN - L1.3 Investigate Submission & Homework (due TODAY or MON)

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Instructor Notes: 23-10-16

Bio (Hr 5 | 11:22-12:07) [past assignment boards]

Monday
10/5 Tuesday
10/6 Wednesday
10/7 Thursday
10/8 Friday
10/9

Unity and Diversity (U1 Ch 3)
*ACTIVITY - Evidence for Common Ancestry Part 1, Wing Dissection (revisit steps 2a-b, via video) Unity and Diversity (U1 Ch 3)
*ACTIVITY - Evidence for Common Ancestry Part 1, Wing Dissection (revisit steps 2a-b, via video, then populate dissection data table) Unity and Diversity (U1 Ch 3)
*VIDEO - Evolutionary Structures: Homologous, Analogous, Vestigial (4:51)
*ACTIVITY - Evidence for Common Ancestry Part 1, Wing Dissection (populate dissection data table) & Vestigial Structures (step #4ab)
*VIDEO - (with 4b) A Time When Whales Walked (5:08)
*VIDEO - How does baleen work? (0:56)
*ACTIVITY - Evidence for Common Ancestry Part 2, Embryology (complete steps 2a-e) Unity and Diversity (U1 Ch 3)
*ACTIVITY - Evidence for Common Ancestry Part 2, Embryology (complete steps 2a-e) & DNA Comparison (complete steps 3a-e & complete data table)
*VIDEO - Evolutionary Structures: Homologous, Analogous, Vestigial (4:51)
*VIDEOS - (1) DNA Doesn't Look Like What you Think!, (2) DNA Animations, & (3) Hemoglobin NO SCHOOL

Monday
10/12 Tuesday
10/13 Wednesday
10/14 Thursday
10/15 Friday
10/16

Unity and Diversity (U1 Ch 3)
*ACTIVITY - Evidence for Common Ancestry Part 2, Embryology (complete data table)
*ASSIGN -
complete C3 I#5 Evidence for Common Ancestry Learning Tasks (due TODAY or TUE)

Notes Media Aids:
- Types of Fossils
- How Do Paleontologists Date Fossils? Unity and Diversity (U1 Ch 3)
*VIDEO - Taxonomy | Classification of Living Things (8:52)
*ACTIVITY - Using Unity to Organize Diversity Part B (complete steps #1, 2, 4, and 3=build the graphic organizer)

Media Aids:
- Extremophiles 101 | National Geographic (2:00)
- Extreme Halophiles (2:00)
- How does an amoeba hunt bacteria? (short) Unity and Diversity (U1 Ch 3)
*ACTIVITY - Using Unity to Organize Diversity Part B (3=build the graphic organizer #2 & active reading)
*ASSIGN -
start complete C3 I#6 Using Unity to Organize Diversity Learning Tasks (due THUR) Unity and Diversity (U1 Ch 3)
*ACTIVITY - Kingdom Station Deep Dive via cards, microscopic views, and videos Unity and Diversity (U1 Ch 3)
*ACTIVITY - Kingdom Station Deep Dive via cards, microscopic views, and videos, start white board graphic organizer

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Instructor Notes: 25-10-20

Country Sci (Hr 6 | 12:41-1:26) [past assignment boards]

Monday
10/5 Tuesday
10/6 Wednesday
10/7 Thursday
10/8 Friday
10/9

Mechanical Systems, Combustion Chemistry, Fluid Power (U1)
*LAB PRACTICAL - Measure Energy in Combustion Reactions
(modeling & lab prep)

Ethology (U1)
*ACTIVITY- Creature Features: An Animal Behavior Study Mechanical Systems, Combustion Chemistry, Fluid Power (U1)
*LAB PRACTICAL - Measure Energy in Combustion Reactions (test wood fuel) Mechanical Systems, Combustion Chemistry, Fluid Power (U1)
*LAB PRACTICAL - Measure Energy in Combustion Reactions (test ethanol fuel)

Ethology (U1)
*ACTIVITY- Creature Features: An Animal Behavior Study Mechanical Systems, Combustion Chemistry, Fluid Power (U1)
*FIELD TRIP - Pulling Tractors

Set to take place during our class period and 7th hour. NO SCHOOL

Monday
10/12 Tuesday
10/13 Wednesday
10/14 Thursday
10/15 Friday
10/16

Mechanical Systems, Combustion Chemistry, Fluid Power (U1)
*LAB PRACTICAL - Measure Energy in Combustion Reactions (individual analysis of lab data, complete TODAY)

Ethology (U1)
*ACTIVITY- Creature Features: An Animal Behavior Study (due TUE) Learning details coming soon Learning details coming soon Learning details coming soon Learning details coming soon

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Instructor Notes:
*ACTIVITY - Biofuel STEM Challenge Lab

Chem (Hr 8 | 2:17-3:02) [past assignment boards]

Monday
10/5 Tuesday
10/6 Wednesday
10/7 Thursday
10/8 Friday
10/9

Alchemy (U1, C3, L15)
*ACTIVITY - discuss Nuclear Quest game
*DISCUSS - Nuclear Quest game
*ASSIGN -
L15 Learning Tasks (due TODAY or TUE) Alchemy (U1, C3, L16)
*ACTIVITY - ChemCatalyst
*ACTIVITY - Old Gold
*DISCUSS - (1) nuclear equations (2) types of nuclear reactions and their equations (3) the formation of new elements (4) nuclear chain reactions Alchemy (U1, C3, L16)
*ACTIVITY - Old Gold
*DISCUSS - (1) nuclear equations (2) types of nuclear reactions and their equations (3) the formation of new elements (4) nuclear chain reactions
*ASSIGN-
L16 Learning Tasks (due TODAY or THUR) Alchemy (U1, C3)
*DISCUSS - review of L11-16
*ASSIGN-
(1) Ch 3 Learning Tasks (due before class MON)
(3) study for MONDAY's Ch 3 Test
NO SCHOOL

Monday
10/12 Tuesday
10/13 Wednesday
10/14 Thursday
10/15 Friday
10/16

Alchemy (U1, C3)
*TEST - Ch 3, Lessons 11-16

Alchemy (U1, C4)
*PRE-QUIZ - Ch 4 (due TODAY or TUE) Alchemy (U1, C3)
*DISCUSS - Ch 3 Test
*DISCUSS - The Newest Elements in the Periodic Table - watch Have We Found All the Elements?

Alchemy (U1, C4, L17)
*ACTIVITY - add Ch 4 Learning Log
*ACTIVITY - ChemCatalyst
*LAB - start Technicolor Atoms
Alchemy (U1, C4, L17)
*LAB - Technicolor Atoms
*DISCUSS - (1) class results of flame tests (2) evidence that compounds are composed of atoms (3) the source of colored light
*ASSIGN- L17 Learning Tasks (due TODAY or THUR) Alchemy (U1, C4, L18)
*ACTIVITY - Spectroscopy
*ACTIVITY - ChemCatalyst
*ACTIVITY - Life on the Edge
*DISC - (1) general patterns of electrons (2) patterns in valence and core electrons Alchemy (U1, C4, L18)
*ACTIVITY - Life on the Edge
*DISCUSS - (1) general patterns of electrons (2) patterns in valence and core electrons
*ASSIGN - L18 Learning Tasks (due TODAY or MON)

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Instructor Notes: 25-10-13

GO PIRATES!

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