Daily Summary 02-28

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BIOLOGY
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In Class:

- Warm-up

- Introduction to Genetics
> Work of Gregor Mendel
> Basic genetics vocabulary

- Start "Genetics with a Smile" activity


Homework:

NONE



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ELD SCIENCE
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In Class:

- Silent reading

- Reading on invertebrates and vertebrates



Homework:

- Answer ALL check for understanding questions on pp. 50-57



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Daily Summary 02-17

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BIOLOGY
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In Class:

- Warm-up/Homework Check

- UNIT EXAM (DNA, RNA, and Protein Synthesis)


Homework:

NONE



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ELD SCIENCE
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In Class:

- Silent reading

- Discussion about humans and our relationships with other animals

- Class Reading: Kinds of Animals


Homework:

NONE


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Daily Summary 02-16

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BIOLOGY
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In Class:

- Warm-up/Homework Check

- Go over UNIT EXAM review questions on DNA, RNA, and Protein Synthesis

- Jeopardy Review Game


Homework:

- Chapter 12 Assessment Questions #1-10



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ELD SCIENCE
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In Class:

- Silent reading

- Return and go over plant parts / photosynthesis QUIZ

- Finish sharing "Favorite Animal" paragraphs


Homework:

NONE


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Daily Summary 02-15

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BIOLOGY
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In Class:

- Review GATTACA movie questions

- Finish last 10 minutes of movie

- Start DNA, RNA, Protein Synthesis Review

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DNA, RNA, Protein Synthesis UNIT EXAM is on THURSDAY
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Homework:

- Write 4-5 sentences in which you respond to one of the quotes from GATTACA

- Finish DNA, RNA, Protein Synthesis Review questions (handout)



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ELD SCIENCE
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In Class:

- Silent reading

- Check HW

- Share animal paragraphs and answer questions about partner's animal paragraph


Homework:

- Write animal paragraph if you did not do it already


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Daily Summary 02-14

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BIOLOGY
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In Class:

- Warm-up (turn in ANY late work to red basket)

- Review GATTACA, Day 2

- Watch GATTACA, Day 3


Homework:

- Finish GATTACA Questions AND paragraph



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ELD SCIENCE
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In Class:

- Silent reading

- Quiz on PHOTOSYNTHESIS

- Introduction to ANIMALS


Homework:

- Check for Understanding questions


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Daily Summary 02-11

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BIOLOGY
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In Class:

- Turn in Homework Packet #2

- Review GATTACA, Day 1

- Watch GATTACA, Day 2


Homework:

NONE



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ELD SCIENCE
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In Class:

- Silent reading

- Finish class K-W-L chart

- Microscope observations of plant parts


Homework:

NONE


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Daily Summary 02-10

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BIOLOGY
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In Class:

- Warm-up/Homework Check

- Go over mutations activity

- Start GATTACA


Homework:

NONE



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ELD SCIENCE
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In Class:

- Silent reading

- Check homework

- Go over homework questions


Homework:

- Finish K-W-L chart



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Daily Summary 02-09

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BIOLOGY
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In Class:

- Warm-up (Silent Reading of 12-4)

- Answer section assessment questions 1-4 from 12-4, p. 307

- Summarize main ideas about mutations

- Mutations activity



Homework:

- Finish mutations activity



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ELD SCIENCE
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In Class:

- Silent reading

- Check and go over HW

- Read about photosynthesis and discuss


Homework:

- Check for understanding questions on photosynthesis, p. 43 in textbook



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Daily Summary 02-08

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BIOLOGY
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In Class:

- Warm-up/Homework Check

- Go over HW

- Transcription and Translation video clips

- QUICK QUIZ on transcription and translation


Homework:

NONE



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ELD SCIENCE
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In Class:

- Silent reading

- Individual review of plant parts (parts A - D on workbook pages)


Homework:

- Part E on workbook page 35: reading bar graphs



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Who knew SCIENCE had a sense of humor!?

Here are some jokes with a science slant that were submitted by a student.

OK Yousef, enjoy your fifteen minutes...


Why did the nucleus hide under the bed?
'Cause it saw a cytoskeleton

How do you send DNA through the mail?
In a nuclear envelope

Where does a protein go when it gets injured?
To the E.R.

Why was the molecule arrested by the police?
Because it was a-mean-o acid

Why was the protein afraid to travel alone through the endoplasmic reticulum?
Because it was the rough E.R.

What do you call energy in a female cell?
A-T-She

What kind of math problems do proteins enjoy?
Ribosums


Ay, Ay, Ay!!! That's all folks!


Mr. B

Daily Summary 02-07

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BIOLOGY
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In Class:

- Warm-up/Homework Check

- Go over DNA lab and turn in

- Go over HW

- Transcription/translation review


Homework:

- Finish transcription/translation review questions (handout given in class today)



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ELD SCIENCE
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In Class:

- Silent reading

- Review of plant parts

- KWL chart on photosynthesis


Homework:

Complete workbook pages 34 and 35 (parts A - D) on plant structure and function


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Daily Summary 02-04

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BIOLOGY
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In Class:

- Warm-up

- DNA Extraction Lab


Homework:

- Finish Transcription/translation practice sheet


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ELD SCIENCE
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In Class:

- Silent reading

- Finish types of plants


Homework:

NONE

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Daily Summary 02-03

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BIOLOGY
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In Class:

- Warm-up

- Finish notes on Protein Synthesis (Central Dogma of Molecular Bio: Transcription and Translation)

- Guided Practice with transcription and translation


Homework:

- Finish transcription/translation worksheets



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ELD SCIENCE
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In Class:

- Silent reading

- Go over HW

- Discuss types of plants


Homework:

NONE


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Daily Summary 02-02

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BIOLOGY
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In Class:

- Warm-up/HW Check

- DNA structure and replication "QUICK QUIZ"

- Notes on Transcription and Translation (The CENTRAL DOGMA of molecular biology)


Homework:

NONE



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ELD SCIENCE
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In Class:

- Silent Reading

- HW check

- Introduction to types of plants

- Observation of plant and fungus specimens from outside


Homework:

- Answer check for understanding questions on p. 39


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Daily Summary 02-01

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BIOLOGY
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In Class:

- Warm-up

- DNA Replication Attention Game

- Part III of DNA bead activity

- Start HW in class


Homework:

- Read section 12-3 on "RNA and Protein Synthesis" AND answer section assessment questions 1-4 on p.306



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ELD SCIENCE
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In Class:

- Silent reading

- Check HW and go over

- Finish observations and sketches of plants outside


Homework:

- Answer "Check for Understanding" questions on p. 35


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