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Thursday

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

current event due tomorrow

bring textbook to class tomorrow

BIOLOGY

Download Agenda Fall 2011 BiologyA

answers to review sheets: Download Classification, Bacteria & Virus Review Key

don't forget, due tomorrow:  bacteria classification mini-project, packet

also tomorrow: journal check, test

Tuesday

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Download Agenda Fall 2011 Environmental Science

Packet Table of Contents (due tomorrow before test)

1. Ch 4 vocab
2. ch 4 textbook work
3. ch 5 vocab
4. ch 5 textbook work
5. Transfer of Energy in Ecosystems ws
6. Kingdom VENN diagrams ws
7. The Organization of Life ws (2 triangles)


BIOLOGY

Download Agenda Fall 2011 BiologyA

If you missed the virus video, complete this sheet instead Download Viruses Notes Organizertext 18

 

 

Friday

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Download Agenda Fall 2011 Environmental Science

Students watched parts of a movie illustrating ecological succession since the eruption of Mt. St. Helens, in 1980. http://video.pbs.org/video/1485211138/  If this link doesn't work, google "Nova Mt. st. Helens "

Monday: Test review

Tuesday: Lab write-up

Wednesday: Ecology test Download Ecology study guide

Thursday and Friday: Start biomes unit

BIOLOGY

Download Agenda Fall 2011 BiologyA

Download Bacteria notes

MONDAY: Assign bacteria classification activity - due Thursday; Virus video with video notes

TUESDAY: Viruses notes

WEDNESDAY: Review sheet in class, due Thursday

THURSDAY: Classification, Bacteria & virus review

FRIDAY: Classification, bacteria and viruses Test

 

Wednesday

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Download Agenda Fall 2011 Environmental Science

Download The Carbon Cyclename

Download Matter Cycles page 1 only

ECOLOGY Test Friday

BIOLOGY

Download Agenda Fall 2011 BiologyA

 

Tuesday

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Download Agenda Fall 2011 Environmental Science

Complete the web quest that was posted on my blog yesterday.

If you have been absent, be sure to keep up with the warm-ups from the agenda slides.

ECOLOGY Test Friday: Ch 4 & 5 + activities

Powerpoints used in this unit:

Download Diversity of Living Things

Download Co-evolution

Download Exp. method env. sci.

Download Cycles of matter N, C-O, P shorter

Download Biotic vs abiotic

Download Phosphorus Cycle

BIOLOGY

Download Agenda Fall 2011 BiologyA

We have started the unit on bacteria and viruses (ch 18).  After a warm-up on sexual vs. asexual reproduction, students did a binary fission activity today.Download Binary fission activity

Monday

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Download Agenda Fall 2011 Environmental Science

Download N & P web quest

Wednesday

BIOLOGY

Download Agenda Fall 2011 BiologyA

Mini-project with sample: Download Taxonomic Mini-Project Student Version

6ht period: complete dichotomous key for homework.

Quiz Friday for ch 17

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Download Agenda Fall 2011 Environmental Science

http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/food_web_label.html

 

Friday

BIOLOGY

Students took the ecology test today.  Next week, we'll do a mini unit on evolution and classification.

Monday: Complete Oh Deer! graphing & Kingdom organizer + classification vocab.

Tuesday: levels of classification + intro mini-project due Friday

Wednesday: dichotomous keys & cladograms

Thursday: review/wrap-up

Friday: mini-project due.  Classification Quiz

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Download Agenda Fall 2011 Environmental Science

Download The Diversity of Living ThingsKingdom compare & contrast

Continuing our ecology unit (text ch 4 & 5).

Monday: Review VENN diagrams.  Work from text.

Tuesday: Ch 4 quiz; ch 5 vocab.

Wednesday - Friday: Energy in ecosystems

Friday: Current event due  Download Environmental Science current event

 

Thursday

BIOLOGY

Download Agenda Fall 2011 BiologyA

•Packet Due Tomorrow

1.Principles of Ecosystems video notes (1/2 sheet)

2.Ch 4.1 notes

3.Ch 3 study guide

4.Biomes organizer

5.Matter Cycles

6.Ch 3.1 vocab

7.Ch 2.1 vocab

8.Food Chains and Food Webs

9.Interactions ws (with circles)

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Download Agenda Fall 2011 Environmental Science

Wednesday

BIOLOGY

Download Agenda Fall 2011 BiologyA

Population Dynamics was the subject of the day.  (CH 4.1) Students took notes on an organizer.

Download Population Dynamics

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Download Agenda Fall 2011 Environmental Science

Students completed their lab set-ups.  Data sheets should be complete and ready for recording tomorrow through two weeks from now.

We will complete human impact on evolution tomorrow and start kingdoms, ch 4.3.

Ch 4 quiz Tuesday.