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Week of August 24 - 28 Class
Assignments/Homework
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Course Guidelines, Procedures, &
Syllabus |
| Scavenger Hunt Activity |
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Unit 1: Safety, Measurements, and
Experimental Design |
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Safety
rules,
symbols, and
contract |
| WS: Safety Scenarios |
| HW: Safety Rule Mini-Poster |
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Lab Equipment Notes and
Presentation |
| Lab Equipment Identification Activity |
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Week of Aug. 31- Sept. 4
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| Safety and Equipment Test |
| Data
Collection Notes &
Presentation |
| Foldable: Types of Graphs |
| Create a Line and Bar Graph Activity |
| WS: Interpreting Graphs |
| Quiz: Graphs |
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Week of Sept. 8-11
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Experimental Design Notes & Presentation |
| WS: Scientific Method in Action |
| WS: Hypotheses and Variables |
| Quiz: Scientific Method |
| Vocabulary List 1 |
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Week of Sept. 14-18
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| Scientific Method Test |
| TAKS Indicator |
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Week of Sept. 21-25
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Unit 2: Biochemistry |
| Notes: Chapter 2_Chemistry of Life and Presentation |
| Vocabulary List 2 |
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| Week of Sept. 28-Oct. 2 |
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Week of Oct. 5-8
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Week of Oct. 13-16
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Unit 3: Cells |
| Presentation:
Prokaryotes vs. Eukaryotes and Foldable |
| Chapter 3 Vocabulary |
| WS:
Active Reading - Introduction to Cells |
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2nd Nine Weeks
Week of Oct. 19-23 |
| Quiz: Prokaryotes vs. Eukaryotes |
| Presentation: Cells and Their Organelles and
Fill-in-Chart |
| Activity: Cells and Its Organelles |
| Review (Foldable) -- 3 Types of Cells |
| Video/Quiz:
Cells: The Basic Units of Life |
| Microscope Basics
WS/Notes and Presentation |
| Lab: Microscope Basics |
| Week of Oct. 26-30 |
| Quiz:The Cell and its Organelles |
| Review/Study Guide Workbook p. 13-17 |
| Chapter 3 Cells Exam (#1) |
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Unit 4: Cell Transport |
| Chapter 4 Vocabulary |
| Notes: Cell Transport & Coloring the Cell Membrane Activity |
| TAKS Reading Activity: The Permeable Cell Membrane |
| Week of Nov. 2-6 |
| Notes: Cell Transport - Passive Transport |
| TAKS Reading Activity: Passive Transport |
| Foldable: Types of Passive Transport |
| Foldable: Types of Solutions |
| Lab: Observing Osmosis Part I |
| WS: Passive Transport |
| Notes: Cell Transport - Active Transport |
| WS: Active Transport |
| Lab: Observing Osmosis Part II |
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| Week of Nov. 9-13 |
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| HW: StudyGuide pg. 19-22 |
| Chapter 4 Cell Transport Exam (#2) |
| Chapter 5 Vocabulary |
| Week of Nov. 16-20 |
| TAKS Reading: Energy Production (ATP) |
| Foldable: Autotrophs vs. Heterotrophs & worksheet |
| HW: How do organisms get energy? Autotrophs and Heterotrophs |
| TAKS Benchmark |
| TAKS Checkpoint #1 |
| Week of Nov. 23-24 |
| TAKS Reading: Producers and Consumers |
| Foldable: Energy Pyramids, Food Chains, & Food Webs |
| HW: What's for dinner? Food chains and webs worksheet packet |
| Group Activity: Design A Food Web |
| Week of Nov. 30-Dec. 4 |
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| Week of Dec. 7-11 |
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| Week of Dec. 14-18 |
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Semester Exams |
