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BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:
- Objective: Using your understanding of Darwin’s ideas AND modern genetics, construct a group concept map showing the connections between the major ideas in chapters 15 and 16 AND complete genetic drift activity
- Warm up: What is genetic drift? How is it different from natural selection? [5]
- Notes/discussion on evolution as genetic change [15]
- Complete “Driftworms” genetic drift simulation [25]
- Work on individual concept maps in groups [15]
- Turn in Rat Island Posters (DUE MONDAY, NOW LATE) and Candy Bowl Mini Lab (DUE LAST FRIDAY, NOW LATE) [2]
HOMEWORK: Read section 16-3 again, answer ALL section assessment
TOMORROW: Continue concept maps
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:
- Objective: Using your understanding of Darwin’s ideas AND modern genetics, construct a group concept map showing the connections between the major ideas in chapters 15 and 16 AND complete genetic drift activity
- Warm up: What is genetic drift? How is it different from natural selection? [5]
- Notes/discussion on evolution as genetic change [15]
- Complete “Driftworms” genetic drift simulation [25]
- Work on individual concept maps in groups [15]
- Turn in Rat Island Posters (DUE MONDAY, NOW LATE) and Candy Bowl Mini Lab (DUE LAST FRIDAY, NOW LATE) [2]
HOMEWORK: Read section 16-3 again, answer ALL section assessment
TOMORROW: Continue concept maps
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ELD SCIENCE
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IN CLASS:
- Objective: Students will work on the individual parts of their museum boxes OR mobiles.
- Silent reading
- Project progress checkup, today and Friday
- Work on Space Summary project on computers
HOMEWORK: Come up with more content for your Space Summary project parts
TOMORROW: Work on project again, read about Earth the moon and the sun
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Thursday, April 5, 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Daily Summary 04-04
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BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:
- Objective: Using your understanding of Darwin’s ideas AND modern genetics, construct a group concept map showing the connections between the major ideas in chapters 15 and 16
- Warm up: What is a gene pool? What are the two main sources of genetic variation in populations of organisms? What is the difference between a single gene trait and a polygenic trait? How might you be able to tell if a trait is controlled by multiple genes by studying a population? [5]
- Notes and individual concept maps [20]
- Group concept maps [25]
HOMEWORK: Read section 16-3
TOMORROW: Genetic Drift Simulation
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:
- Objective: Using your understanding of Darwin’s ideas AND modern genetics, construct a group concept map showing the connections between the major ideas in chapters 15 and 16
- Warm up: What is a gene pool? What are the two main sources of genetic variation in populations of organisms? What is the difference between a single gene trait and a polygenic trait? How might you be able to tell if a trait is controlled by multiple genes by studying a population? [5]
- Notes and individual concept maps [20]
- Group concept maps [25]
HOMEWORK: Read section 16-3
TOMORROW: Genetic Drift Simulation
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ELD SCIENCE
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IN CLASS:
- Silent reading
- Objective: Students will work on the individual parts of their museum boxes OR mobiles.
- Project progress checkup, today through Friday
- Work on Space Summary project on computers
HOMEWORK: Come up with more content for your Space Summary project parts
TOMORROW: Work on project again, read about Earth the moon and the sun
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BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:
- Objective: Using your understanding of Darwin’s ideas AND modern genetics, construct a group concept map showing the connections between the major ideas in chapters 15 and 16
- Warm up: What is a gene pool? What are the two main sources of genetic variation in populations of organisms? What is the difference between a single gene trait and a polygenic trait? How might you be able to tell if a trait is controlled by multiple genes by studying a population? [5]
- Notes and individual concept maps [20]
- Group concept maps [25]
HOMEWORK: Read section 16-3
TOMORROW: Genetic Drift Simulation
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:
- Objective: Using your understanding of Darwin’s ideas AND modern genetics, construct a group concept map showing the connections between the major ideas in chapters 15 and 16
- Warm up: What is a gene pool? What are the two main sources of genetic variation in populations of organisms? What is the difference between a single gene trait and a polygenic trait? How might you be able to tell if a trait is controlled by multiple genes by studying a population? [5]
- Notes and individual concept maps [20]
- Group concept maps [25]
HOMEWORK: Read section 16-3
TOMORROW: Genetic Drift Simulation
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ELD SCIENCE
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IN CLASS:
- Silent reading
- Objective: Students will work on the individual parts of their museum boxes OR mobiles.
- Project progress checkup, today through Friday
- Work on Space Summary project on computers
HOMEWORK: Come up with more content for your Space Summary project parts
TOMORROW: Work on project again, read about Earth the moon and the sun
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Monday, April 2, 2012
Daily Summary 04-02
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BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:
- Objective: Using your understanding of natural selection, answer questions on Evolution Quiz 1, achieving a score of at least 70% to show basic mastery
- Warm up: Take out a pencil and piece of binder paper. Put the standard heading at the top and the assignment name “Evolution Quiz 1” [2]
- Evolution Quiz 1 [20]
- Chapter 16, Speciation, Guided Reading Handout [35]
- Turn in Rat Island Posters (DUE end of the period) and Candy Bowl Mini Lab and analysis questions (DUE LAST FRIDAY, NOW LATE) [2]
HOMEWORK: Finish Chapter 16, Speciation, Guided Reading Handout
TOMORROW: CST testing
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:
- Objective: Using your understanding of natural selection, answer questions on Evolution Quiz 1, achieving a score of at least 70% to show basic mastery
- Warm up: Take out a pencil and piece of binder paper. Put the standard heading at the top and the assignment name “Evolution Quiz 1” [2]
- Evolution Quiz 1 [20]
- Chapter 16, Speciation, Guided Reading Handout [35]
- Turn in Rat Island Posters (DUE end of the period) and Candy Bowl Mini Lab and analysis questions (DUE LAST FRIDAY, NOW LATE) [2]
HOMEWORK: Finish Chapter 16, Speciation, Guided Reading Handout
TOMORROW: CST testing
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ELD SCIENCE
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IN CLASS:
- Objective: Students will work on the individual parts of their museum boxes OR mobiles.
- Silent reading
- Review requirements for Space Summary project: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1747709/bursch/ELD-Project-SpaceSummary.doc
- Work on Space Summary project on computers
HOMEWORK: Come up with more content for your Space Summary project parts
TOMORROW: Work on project again, read about Earth the moon and the sun
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BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:
- Objective: Using your understanding of natural selection, answer questions on Evolution Quiz 1, achieving a score of at least 70% to show basic mastery
- Warm up: Take out a pencil and piece of binder paper. Put the standard heading at the top and the assignment name “Evolution Quiz 1” [2]
- Evolution Quiz 1 [20]
- Chapter 16, Speciation, Guided Reading Handout [35]
- Turn in Rat Island Posters (DUE end of the period) and Candy Bowl Mini Lab and analysis questions (DUE LAST FRIDAY, NOW LATE) [2]
HOMEWORK: Finish Chapter 16, Speciation, Guided Reading Handout
TOMORROW: CST testing
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:
- Objective: Using your understanding of natural selection, answer questions on Evolution Quiz 1, achieving a score of at least 70% to show basic mastery
- Warm up: Take out a pencil and piece of binder paper. Put the standard heading at the top and the assignment name “Evolution Quiz 1” [2]
- Evolution Quiz 1 [20]
- Chapter 16, Speciation, Guided Reading Handout [35]
- Turn in Rat Island Posters (DUE end of the period) and Candy Bowl Mini Lab and analysis questions (DUE LAST FRIDAY, NOW LATE) [2]
HOMEWORK: Finish Chapter 16, Speciation, Guided Reading Handout
TOMORROW: CST testing
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ELD SCIENCE
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IN CLASS:
- Objective: Students will work on the individual parts of their museum boxes OR mobiles.
- Silent reading
- Review requirements for Space Summary project: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1747709/bursch/ELD-Project-SpaceSummary.doc
- Work on Space Summary project on computers
HOMEWORK: Come up with more content for your Space Summary project parts
TOMORROW: Work on project again, read about Earth the moon and the sun
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Friday, March 30, 2012
Daily Summary 03-30
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BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:
- Objective: Using your understanding of natural selection, answer questions on Candy Bowl Mini Lab AND finish your Rat Island posters per directions
- Warm up: Read the directions on the Candy Bowl Mini Lab [2]
- Turn in Natural Selection Puzzle [2~]
- Candy Bowl Mini Lab and analysis questions, DUE TODAY [20]
- Rat Island Poster project, DUE TODAY [35]
HOMEWORK: Study for Monday’s QUIZ on Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
MONDAY: QUIZ on Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:
- Objective: Using your understanding of natural selection, answer questions on Candy Bowl Mini Lab AND finish your Rat Island posters per directions
- Warm up: Read the directions on the Candy Bowl Mini Lab [2]
- Turn in Natural Selection Puzzle [2~]
- Candy Bowl Mini Lab and analysis questions, DUE TODAY [20]
- Rat Island Poster project, DUE TODAY [35]
HOMEWORK: Study for Monday’s QUIZ on Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
MONDAY: QUIZ on Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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ELD SCIENCE
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IN CLASS:
- Objective: Students will determine the overall plan or layout for their Space Summary project AND start work on the individual parts of their museum boxes OR mobiles.
HOMEWORK: Come up with more content for your Space Summary project parts
MONDAY: Work on project again, read about Earth the moon and the sun
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BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:
- Objective: Using your understanding of natural selection, answer questions on Candy Bowl Mini Lab AND finish your Rat Island posters per directions
- Warm up: Read the directions on the Candy Bowl Mini Lab [2]
- Turn in Natural Selection Puzzle [2~]
- Candy Bowl Mini Lab and analysis questions, DUE TODAY [20]
- Rat Island Poster project, DUE TODAY [35]
HOMEWORK: Study for Monday’s QUIZ on Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
MONDAY: QUIZ on Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:
- Objective: Using your understanding of natural selection, answer questions on Candy Bowl Mini Lab AND finish your Rat Island posters per directions
- Warm up: Read the directions on the Candy Bowl Mini Lab [2]
- Turn in Natural Selection Puzzle [2~]
- Candy Bowl Mini Lab and analysis questions, DUE TODAY [20]
- Rat Island Poster project, DUE TODAY [35]
HOMEWORK: Study for Monday’s QUIZ on Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
MONDAY: QUIZ on Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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ELD SCIENCE
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IN CLASS:
- Objective: Students will determine the overall plan or layout for their Space Summary project AND start work on the individual parts of their museum boxes OR mobiles.
HOMEWORK: Come up with more content for your Space Summary project parts
MONDAY: Work on project again, read about Earth the moon and the sun
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
Daily Summary 03-29
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BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:
- Objective: Using your understanding of natural selection, continue to answer questions on Darwin’s Dangerous Idea AND finish your Rat Island posters per directions
- Warm up: New species are always being discovered (by humans). How can we use Darwin’s theories along with modern technology to learn more about these organisms [5]
- Turn in Natural Selection Puzzle [1]
- Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, episode 5 [12]
- Rat Island Poster project, DUE TOMORROW [35]
HOMEWORK: Study for tomorrow’s QUIZ on Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
TOMORROW: Candy Bowl mini-lab, QUIZ on Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:
- Objective: Using your understanding of natural selection, continue to answer questions on Darwin’s Dangerous Idea AND finish your Rat Island posters per directions
- Warm up: New species are always being discovered (by humans). How can we use Darwin’s theories along with modern technology to learn more about these organisms [5]
- Turn in Natural Selection Puzzle [1]
- Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, episode 5 [12]
- Rat Island Poster project, DUE TOMORROW [35]
HOMEWORK: Study for tomorrow’s QUIZ on Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
TOMORROW: Candy Bowl mini-lab, QUIZ on Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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ELD SCIENCE
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IN CLASS:
- Objective: Students will determine the overall plan or layout for their Space Summary project AND start work on the individual parts of their museum boxes OR mobiles.
- Review requirements for Space Summary project: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1747709/bursch/ELD-Project-SpaceSummary.doc
- Work on Space Summary project on computers
HOMEWORK: Come up with more content for your Space Summary project parts
TOMORROW: Work on project again, read about Earth the moon and the sun
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BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:
- Objective: Using your understanding of natural selection, continue to answer questions on Darwin’s Dangerous Idea AND finish your Rat Island posters per directions
- Warm up: New species are always being discovered (by humans). How can we use Darwin’s theories along with modern technology to learn more about these organisms [5]
- Turn in Natural Selection Puzzle [1]
- Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, episode 5 [12]
- Rat Island Poster project, DUE TOMORROW [35]
HOMEWORK: Study for tomorrow’s QUIZ on Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
TOMORROW: Candy Bowl mini-lab, QUIZ on Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:
- Objective: Using your understanding of natural selection, continue to answer questions on Darwin’s Dangerous Idea AND finish your Rat Island posters per directions
- Warm up: New species are always being discovered (by humans). How can we use Darwin’s theories along with modern technology to learn more about these organisms [5]
- Turn in Natural Selection Puzzle [1]
- Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, episode 5 [12]
- Rat Island Poster project, DUE TOMORROW [35]
HOMEWORK: Study for tomorrow’s QUIZ on Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
TOMORROW: Candy Bowl mini-lab, QUIZ on Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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ELD SCIENCE
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IN CLASS:
- Objective: Students will determine the overall plan or layout for their Space Summary project AND start work on the individual parts of their museum boxes OR mobiles.
- Review requirements for Space Summary project: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1747709/bursch/ELD-Project-SpaceSummary.doc
- Work on Space Summary project on computers
HOMEWORK: Come up with more content for your Space Summary project parts
TOMORROW: Work on project again, read about Earth the moon and the sun
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