Life Science 11/26-11/30

Monday
Read an article over genetics and answer questions on Edmodo about it.  Then do a word search concerning genetics and define the vocab

Tuesday
Discuss DNA and its importance; Explain the ingredients of DNA and watch a multimedia video over it.  Then begin building DNA molecules as part of a hands-on activity

Wednesday
Continue DNA bulding and finish projects

Thursday
Quiz over DNA.  There is a 100/80 performance objective over the material on this quiz.

Friday
Kinesthetic Lecture - Uppercase Dominates....

Anatomy 11/26-11/30

Monday
4th:

Discuss how muscles tap into energy via three different methods: Creatine Phosphate synthesis, anaerobic glycolysis, aerobic respiration.

7th:

Discuss muscle bioelectricity;  

Tuesday
Review muscle energy pathways, discuss specific muscles briefly;  hand out review sheet for muscle test for both 4th and 7th. Muscle test on Monday.  Give a worksheet out over muscles.

7th:

Discuss how muscles tap into energy via three different methods: Creatine Phosphate synthesis, anaerobic glycolysis, aerobic respiration.

Wednesday
Muscle worksheet due; Wrap up muscle unit if needed. If time, review for muscle test.

Thursday
Review for muscle test

Friday
Muscle unit review - Jeopardy game

Zoology 11/26-11/30

Monday
Introduce/review basic fish anatomy.  Introduction of class Chondrichthyes, including anatomy, physiology, tonicity

Tuesday
Fish scale morphology, and fish scale lab.  Use both dissection microscopes and standard microscopes for this lab.

Wednesday
Hand out review sheet for Monday's test over coral reefs and ocean zones
Fish video today

Thursday
Review as a class for Monday's test

Friday
Open review for Monday's test

Biology 11/26-11/30

Monday
Discuss different genetic possibilities & trends; include codominant traits using blood types, polygenic traits, and pleiotropic traits.

Tuesday
Transition into specific anatomy of DNA molecules; discuss the nucleic acid bases, base pairing rules, and students are to build models of DNA.

Wednesday
Discuss protein synthesis; show how your body goes from a genotype to a phenotype from the ground up; discuss differences between DNA and two types of RNA molecules.

Thursday
Worksheet over protein synthesis; study for tomorrow's quiz.

Friday
Protein synthesis quiz; there is a 100/80% performance objective on this quiz.

Field Biology 11/12-11/16

Monday
Hadachek absent - Edmodo assignment today

Tuesday
Kansas mammals

Wednesday
Kansas mammals

Thurday
Mammal tracks

Friday
Hadachek absent - Edmodo assignment

Life Science 11/12-11/16

Monday
5th period:  Video.
6th period:  Veterans Day program

Tuesday
Begin discussing heredity, what it its, why it's important.  Discuss Mendel's pea plant experiment

Wednesday
Explain punnett squares and dominant/recessive traits

Thursday
Continue punnett squares and dominant/recessive traits

Friday
Video - genetics

Anatomy 11/12-11/16

Monday
Use laptops; get on Edheads.org and do the flash-animation web dissections

Tuesday
Muscle anatomy; discuss the anatomy of muscles, and begin bioelectricity.  Show YouTube video to start class....

Wednesday
Muscle bioelectricity and contraction mechanisms

Thursday
Muscle bioelectricity and contraction mechanisms

Friday
Edmodo assignment - class discussion/collaboration