September 5 - Septermber 30 - covered chapters the basics of atoms, molecules and macromolecules (Chapters 1, 2 & 3)
Sept 26 - Acids and Bases
Oct 3 - Macromolecules (Food groups)
Oct. 10 - Cells and the Microscope
Oct. 17 - Enzymes
Oct 24 - Onion Cell and Osmosis (optional)
Oct. 31 - Respiration and seed germination
Nov. 7 - Mitosis Slides
October - 7 - Cell Biology - Begin chapter 4
7 - sections - 4.1 - 4.5
8 - sections - 4.6 - 4.10
9 - sections - 4.11 - 4.12
10 - sections
Friday/Monday activity: Cells and the Microscope
October - The Working Cell
14 - sections - 4.13 - 4.16
15 - sections - 4.17 - 4.18
16 - sections - 4.19 - 4.20
17 - sections - 5.1 - 5.4
Friday/Monday activity: Enzymes
October - Bioenergetics
20 - sections 5.5 - 5.9
21 - sections 5.10 - 5.14
22 - sections 5.15
23 - sections 6.1 - 6.5
24 - sections 6.6 - 6.9 /chapter 5 quiz : all terms from chapter 5
Friday/Monday activity: Onion Cell and Osmosis
October - Cell reproduction
27 - sections 6.10 - 6.14
28 - Exam # 2 Study all of chapter 4 &5
29 - sections - reading pp 90 - 94
30 - sections - reading pp 95 - 98
31 - sections - reading pp 99 - 103
Friday/Monday Activity - Fermination of seeds/ Cellullar respiration
November -
3 - reading pp. 103 - 106 Activity: Germination of seeds/Cellular respiration
4 - follow up activity - sub-directed activity
5 - review for exam
6 - Exam #3
7 - End of first Q/ Slides Mitosis read pp. 138
November - Cellular Basis of reproduction and inheritance
10 - Professional Day
11 - Holiday
12 - pp. 128 - 131 - The cell cycle
13 - pp. 132 - 138 Mitosis continued
14 - pp. 140 - 145 Meiosis
Friday/Monday:
November - (chapter 8 continued)
17 - pp. - 146 - 150
18 - The significance of meiosis and differences in males and females -
see handout Meiosis
19 - karyotypes and chromosomal misconduct - nondisjunction
20 - Students given the opportunity to practice for exam
21 - Friday/Monday: --probability p. 162
also, Video - David Suzuki - The Secret of Life series - "The Thread of Life"
November -
24 - 1st Exam of 2 Q: mitosis/meiosis/the cell cycle/probability p. 162
23 -
26 - "Food Lab"/ Happy Thanksgiving
Dec. 01 - Begin Genetics - Chapter 9 Gregor Mendel and experimental genetics pp. 156 - 159-
Dec. 02 - pp. 148 - 152 - Mendel his life and his contribution
Dec. 03 - pp. 153 - 156
Dec. 04 - pp. 157 - 163 - Dihybrid cross
Dec. 05 - quiz on terms
Dec. 08 - Snow day/Parent conferences
Dec. 09 - Human disease and Mendel's white flower pp. 164 - 165
Dec. 10 - codominance - pp. 168
Dec. 11 - in class work sheets
Dec. 12 - ABO blood Groups - pp 169 - 170
Dec. 15 - dihybrid corn and chi square analysis/ pp.171 - 173
Dec. 16 - Pedigrees and sex linkage pp. 178 - 179
Dec. 17 - quiz on non mendelian terms/Linkage and recombination pp. 174 - 177
Dec. 18 - Recombination and mapping pp. 174 - 177
Dec. 19 - review
Dec 22 - Exam Genetics
Dec. 23 - "Finding Nemo"
Jan 7 - Fredrick Griffith and Transformation
Jan 6 - Hershey Chase Experiment
Jan 8 - DNA structure/DNA replication
Jan 9 - DNA-related Activity
Jan 12 - DNA-related Activity
Jan 13 - transcription/translation
Jan 14 - the genetic code
Jan 15 - mutations
Jan 16 - Dr P goes to EMI
Jan 19 - Martin Luther King
Jan 20 - Cloning
Jan 21 - Chapter 12 - genetic engineering
Jan 22 -
Jan 23 -