Mrs. CoxRoom E-2

Honors Biology

Due DatesSigned safety contract & syllabus by

Friday 8/20/10Safety Quiz - Friday 8/20/10Portfolio front cover completion - by

Monday 8/23/10 - bring additional supplies

8/17 -

8/18/10

Composition book format (handout) Course information, rules, syllabus,

safety

BIOGLYPH ACTIVITY Complete Bioglyph (hand-out) name on the back Complete pre-lab questions Develop 5 questions to ask classmates

What is Biology?

1. Students will make a Collage with the theme …“BIOLOGY IS??” 81/2” x 11” paper2. Minimum of 12 pictures - nothing

inappropriate..no weapons, drugs, Including alcohol, nudity, etc.

3. You must cover the ENTIRE page with pictures/title

4. You must have the words: BIOLOGY IS.. on the paper. Must cover all white on the page.

Homework: Complete collage

Thurs. 8/19/10

Thurs. 8/19/10

AGENDASafety posters: 20 -30 minutes Approximately one minute each

Safety Skits/presentations: 15 minutesQuiz tomorrow

SAFETY POSTERS

Students will make safety posters to illustrate the rules in the lab/classroom.

Students will work with a partner to make a safety poster that illustrates a rule(s) from the student safety contract.

DirectionsDivide your paper in half (11” x 14”).

One side of the paper should be the correct safety procedure, the other side an incorrect procedure.

Students will be asked to present their information and posters with a brief skit or lesson –approximately one minute

Safety contract Questions: 5, 7, (9 & 10), (13,27), 28, 16, 21, 23, (25 & 26), 29, 31, (32 & 33), 34, 37, 41, 44, 48, 50

Safety Quiz- Friday 8/20/10

ASSIGNED SAFETY QUESTIONS

Monday 8/23/10 portfolio coverSet-up portfolio/tabsPrefix and suffix assignment (Due 8/30) Quiz – 9/1/10Homework: download Biology standards

Locating Biology State StandardsGo to: http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/Scroll down to scienceGrades 9 – 12Locate the biology section pages (51 – 57)Select and print ONLY those pages

What makes a good observation?

Tuesday8/24/10

All experiments start with?

Observation Activity 1. What is in the container? 2. How

do you know (be specific)?3. Are they real? 4. How do you

know?5. Are they different flavors? 6.

How would you know?7. Do they have an odor? 8. How

would you know?9. Do they make noise? Really? 10.

How do you know? 11. How many are in the container? 12. How would you verify your

answer?13. How did you determine your

answers?14. Why is this important to

scientific investigation?

Conclusion*Develop a problem/purpose and a

hypothesis you could use to find out more information about the “materials” in the container.

*Infer/Inference: to conclude by reasoning

How does inference impact the way you perceive experiences in life?

Wednesday 8/25/10

Warm-up Define:1. Scientific Method2. Hypothesis3. Controlled Experiment4. Experimental group5. Variable: independent &

dependent Why is a Variable

important to scientific experimentation?

Activity: SIMPSONS

Thursday8/26/10

Scientific MethodObservationProblem/purposeHypothesisMaterialsProcedureData & observationsDiscussion ( questions)ConclusionRetest

Thursday 8/26/10 Continued…

CONSUMER LAB•Lab format•Directions

•Safety•Groups of three

Thursday 8/26/10 & Friday 8/27/10Lab report format - Scientific Method Lab -

Testing Consumer productsLab handout

Groups of three Complete ALL work in your composition book

Friday 8/27/10Prefix and suffix assignment due Mon. 8/30Quiz: Wed 9/1/10- prefix/suffix, scientific

method

Graphing Lab DirectionsStudents will work in groups of three to

complete a graphing - graph analysis lab. The lab will begin on Wednesday 9/1/10

Each group must collect data on three different characteristics/habits/schedules, etc. of high school students

Friday8/27/10

Data Examples - Due Height - 11 grade boysEye color - 10th grade studentsFavorite movie (given three choices)Time they wake up on a Saturday

(give choices to the nearest hour)Etc.YOU MUST HAVE DATA ON 50

STUDENTS FOR EACH OF THE THREE CATEGORIES

Tuesday 8/31/10 Metric system: Handouts: Common metric units 1. Dimensional Analysis 2. Stair method - metric

conversionsPractice problemsPractice Packet: Metric mania (due

Wednesday 9/1/10)

STAIR METHOD – METRIC CONVERSIONSKids (kilo)Have (hecto)Dropped (deka)Over (base units – meter, liter, gram)

Dead (deci)Converting (centi)Metrics (milli)

KIL0

HECTO

DEKA

BASE

DECI

CENTI

MILLI

STAIR METHOD METRIC CONVERSIONS

Graphing Thursday & Friday 9/2/10 – 9/3/10

Line graphBar graphHistogramPie ChartDouble line

Activity: Graphing lab/ use student data

TUESDAY 9/7/10

Warm-up: Identify the levels of organization from least complex to most complex (increases in complexity)

Levels of OrganizationMoleculeCellTissueOrganOrgan systemOrganismPopulationCommunityEcosystem

REVIEW DAY9/7/10REVIEW GAMEQUESTIONS

CHAPTER TEST TOMORROW 1.1 – 1.3, Introduction, labs, metric system, safety