Unit 1: Chapters 1 & 2: Introduction to Biology
Day 1: Read: p. 2-13
Do: SR 1-2 #1-5
Day 2: Read: p. 14-21
Do: SR 1-3 #1; SR 1-4 #1, 2; SR 1-5 #1
Lab Safety Quiz (do together)
Day 3: Read: p. 26-31
Do: Set up Seed Lab
Incredible Measurements worksheet
Day 4: Read: p. 31-38
Do: SR 2-2 #1-5
Serendipity: Penicillin worksheet and reading
Day 5:
Do: Microscope Lab, and finish Seed Lab
Day 6:
Do: Froggy Lab
Day 7:
Do: SR 2-1 p. 31 #1-4
Day 8:
Test on Chapter 1 and 2
Unit 2: Chapters 47-48: Ecological Interactions
Day 1: Read p. 1006-1015
Do: SR 47-1 #1-5, SR 47-2 # 1,3
Day 2: Read p. 1016-1020
Do: SR 47-3 #1-4 p. 1020
Day 3: Read p. 1021-1027
Do: Understanding Ecosystems
Day 4:
Do: Nitrogen Cycle
Day 5:
Do: Lab: Energy Flow, and p. 1030 (only): odds
only
Day 6: Read p. 1032-1035
Do: Lab: Finding the Right Biome
Day 7: Read p. 1035-1040
Do: SR 48-1 # 1, 2 and SR 48-2 #1-3
Day 8:
Review Questions p. 1046 only, all problems
Day 9:
Test on Ch 47 and 48
Unit
3: Chapter 49: People and the Biosphere
Day 1:
Do: Water: A Necessity of Life Lab
Day 2: Read p. 1049-1052
Do: Population Lab
Day 3: Read p. 1052-1054
Do: Bioaccumulation Worksheet
Day 4: Read p. 1055 - 1059
Do: Acid Rain Worksheet
Day 5:
Do: Acid Rain Experiment
Day 6: Read p. 1059-1063
Do: Trash Talk'n Worksheet
Day 7:
Do: Conserving Natural Resources Worksheet and
Rate a Lunch Bag Activity and SR 49-2 #1-4
Day 8:
Do: Your Contribution to Global Warming Worksheet
Day 9:
Do: Ozone Worksheet
Day 10: Review
Do: "The Lorax"
Day 11: Test on Chapter 49
Unit
4: Chapters 3 & 4: The Chemical Basis of Life
Day 1: Read Section 3.1
Do: Counting Atoms
Day 2: Read Section 3.2
Do: SR 3-1 #1-3 (Add the word "density" to #1)
Day 3: Read Section 3.3
Do: Bonding and Chemical Formula
Day 4: Read Section
3.4
SR 3-2 #1,2 ; SR 3-3 #1,2 and SR 3-4 #1-3
Day 5: Read Section 4.1
Do: Chemical Compunds in Living Things and
Why is Water so Special (guided notes)
Day 6: Read Section 4.2
Do: Organic Molecule Observation (burning sugar) and
The Chemical Basis of Life worksheet
Day 7: Read Section 4.3
Do: Building Molecules, and take Molecule Quiz
Day 8:
Do: SR 4-3 #1-6
Day 9:
Do: Pineapple and Jello Lab
Day 10:
Chapter Review Questions p. 60 & 80
Day 11:
Bread Chemistry worksheet, "Energy in Matter" worksheet
Day 12:
Do: These "Fuelish" Things in Life Lab
Day 13:
Do: An Enzyme Lab (liver and catalase enzyme)
Chapter
5: Cell Structure and Function
Day 1: Read Sections 5-1 &
5-2 Do: SR 5-2 #1-3 and Video worksheet: The Living
Cell
Day 2: Read Section 5-3
Do: Observing Cells Lab
Day 3:
Do: Plant and Animal Cell Structures worksheet
Day 4:
Do: Building a Cell Lab (play dough)
Day 5: Read Section 5-4
Do: Diffusion Lab
Day 6:
Do: Osmosis Observation/Video worksheet
Day 7:
Do: Cell Size (Agar) Lab
Day 8: Read Section 5-5
Review Game: Cell Jeopardy
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Chapter
6: Cell Energy/Photosynthesis
Day 1: Read 6-1
Do: Why We Get Autumn Colors worksheet
Day 2:
Do: Absorption of Chlorophyll worksheet
Day 3:
Do: Chromotography Lab
Day 4: Read 6-2
Do: Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration Worksheet
Day 5: Read 6-3
Do: SR 6-3 # 1-4
Chapter
7: Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis
Day 1: Read 7-1
Do: SR 7-1 #1-6
Day 2: Read 7-2
Do: DNA/RNA Worksheet
Day 3:
Class Activity: AMINO (Bingo Game)
Day 4: Read 7-3
Do: Protein Synthesis Worksheet
Day 5
Do: p. 156 Chapter Review: #1-8, #1-8, #1-4
Chapters 8: Cell Growth and Division/ Meiosis
Day 1: Read 8-1
Do: SR 8-1 #1,2 Problem Solving p. 163: A&B
Day 2: Read 8-2
Do: Mitosis Worksheet
Day 3:
Do: SR 8-2 #1-3, 5
Day 3:
Do: Mitosis Lab
Day 4: Read 9-3
Do: Meiosis Worksheet
Day 5:
Do: Meiosis Flip Book
Day 6:
Do: Karyotyping Lab
Day 7 Read "The Fire
Within" Do: Reading Worksheet