All weekly plans are subject to change........................ FOLLOW SCHOOLOGY
FIRST SEMESTER - FALL 2018
August 13 - August 17
Syllabus, Class Policies, All About Me activity
Lab Safety, Scientific Method, Observations and Inferences
Quiz - Safety and Scientific Method
Characteristics of Life (Video and notes)
Lab Safety, Scientific Method, Observations and Inferences
Quiz - Safety and Scientific Method
Characteristics of Life (Video and notes)
August 20 - August 24
Properties of water, Primordial Soup (Miller/Urey), Biomolecules
August 27 - August 31
Notes, Two days to complete Biomolecule Poster
(Holiday September 3) September 4 - September 7
Cell Theory, Organelles, Prokaryote/Eukaryotes,
Endosymbiotic Theory, Virus, Lytic and Lysogenic Cycles, Comparison: Virus to Bacteria
Cell Cycle, Mitosis
Endosymbiotic Theory, Virus, Lytic and Lysogenic Cycles, Comparison: Virus to Bacteria
Cell Cycle, Mitosis
September 10 - September 14
Cancer cell growth (virtual lab), DNA Replication, Diploid/Haploid, Cell Membrane: Passive Transport, Tonicity
September 17 - September 21
Tonicity, Osmosis, Active Transport, Quiz, Intro to Enzymes
September 24 - September 28
Enzymes, Parent/Teacher Conferences (1/2 day on Wednesday), Review Carbohydrates, Intro to Photosynthesis and cellular respiration
October 1 - October 5
Chloroplasts, Cellular Respiration, Quiz
(STAFF DEVELOPMENT 10/8) October 9 - October 12
Monday 10/8 Staff Development- NO CLASSES, SAT and PSAT Testing, Review, 9 Week Test,
10/12 End of 9 week grading period
10/12 End of 9 week grading period
October 15 - October 19
DNA and RNA
October 22 - October 26
Transcription and Translation, Codon, Codon Chart, "Snorks" activity, Mutations
October 29 - November 2
Protein Synthesis, Unit Test
November 5 - November 9
Cell Differentiation, Gene expression, Sexual vs asexual reproduction, Meiosis, review of Cell Cycle
Holiday MONDAY 11/12 - November 13 - November 16
Monday Holiday NO CLASSES , Genetics of parenthood, Quiz, Mendel's 3 Laws,
Monohybirds (Zorks), Quiz, Punnett Squares, Dihybrid crosses
Monohybirds (Zorks), Quiz, Punnett Squares, Dihybrid crosses
November 19 - November 23
FALL BREAK
November 26 - November 30
Non-Mendelian Inheritance, Intermediate, Incomplete, Codominance (Blood Types), Sex-linked Traits (Color blindness)
December 3 - December 7
December 10 - December 14
December 17 - December 21 - FINAL EXAMS*
*See home page for Final Exam Schedule
12/21 Early Release
WINTER BREAK - December 24 - January 8
SECOND SEMESTER - SPRING 2019
(Teacher work days 1/7 and 1/8) January 9 - January 11
January 14 - January 18
Holiday MONDAY 1/21 - January 22 - January 25
January 28 - February 1
February 4 - February 8
February 11 - February 15
2/13 Half day - Parent/Teacher conferences
Staff Development 2/18 - February 19 - February 22
Monday - NO CLASSES
February 25 - March 1
March 4 - March 8
March 8 END of 9 week Grading Period
March 11 - March 15
March 18 - March 22
Spring Break