Biology Unit 1:
Studying Life
Daily Learning Activities
Unit plan is here
Day 1
August 17 |
- Reading from handbook
- Review of syllabus and course outline
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Day 2
August 18 |
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Day 3
August 21 |
- How can I use characteristics of objects to organize and classify them
- Classification of objects - using writing utensils to group and then organize into a cladogram, showing their relatedness
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Day 4
August 22 |
- How can I use characteristics of living plants to organize and classify them? What can I learn from this classification?
- Classification of plants and construction of a cladogram, first using whiteboards in groups, and then each student creating their own from the group drawing specimens - moss, fern, branches from gymnosperm and angiosperm plants
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Day 5
August 23 |
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Day 6
August 24
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Day 7
August 25 |
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Day 8
August 28 |
- Lab Safety Quiz
- Cladogram Quiz
- What terms do scientists use to communicate their findings?
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Day 9
August 29 |
- How can I use my textbook effectively
- Textbook Survey, Day 1 Part 1
- find and use reference sections
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Day 10
August 30 |
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Day 11
August 31 |
- Day 2, Part 2 Textbooks (short day, fog delay)
- Get textbooks and use them, with a directed reading process, to:
- Identify terms as I Know, I sort of know, and I Don't Know.
- Identify Key Ideas for main ideas, objectives, and supporting detail
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Day 12
Sept 1 |
- Day 3, Part 2 Textbooks
- Use textbooks with a directed reading process, to:
- Read for main ideas, objectives, and supporting detail
- Make use of figures and diagrams
- Early Dismissal - short classes
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Day 13
Sept 5 |
- Learning Target/Question
- Design and conduct scientific experiments
- Identify questions and concepts that guide scientific investigations
- Use sample lab writeups to identify variables, claim, evidence, reason
- Activities/Strategies
- Plant Growth Sample Lab Write-up
- Close read of activity, then give one-get one in rotating pairs to identify variables, claim, evidence, reason.
- Assessments
- Thumbs up self assessment
- Assignment
- Collect pillbugs and bring to class
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Day 14
Sept 6 |
- Learning Target/Question
- Design and conduct scientific experiments
- Activities/Strategies
- Design an experiment to investigate a type of pillbug behavior.
- Using Plant Growth Sample and this template, design a lab to test pillbugs' choice of habitat or food.
- Assessments
- Draft of experiment question, introduction, materials, procedure, in student Google Drive folders
- Assignment
- Collect and bring pillbugs
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Day 15
Sept 7 |
- Learning Target/Question
- Design and conduct scientific experiments
- Activities/Strategies
- Give feedback to lab partner and make procedure edits
- Design data table for recording lab data
- Assessments
- Draft of experiment question, introduction, materials, procedure, in student Google Drive folders
- Assignment
- Collect and bring pillbugs
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Day 16
Sept 8 |
- Learning Target/Question
- Plan and carry out an experiment
- Activities/Strategies
- Follow procedure to collect and record data on pillbuf habitat choice.
- plastic Petri dishes made into choice chambers, tape, paper towel, water, black paper, fruit
- Assessments
- Data collected and recorded as seen in fnal copy of lab
- Assignment
- Make edits to work so far
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Day 17
Sept 11 |
- Learning Target/Question
- Use technology and mathematics to improve investigations and communication
- Formulate and revise explanations and models using logic and evidence (critical thinking)
- Activities/Strategies
- Graph results: Dependent vs. Independent variables using Desmos; link to report Google doc
- Claim, evidence, reason and experimental error for conclusion
- Desmos - chromebook extension for graphing desmos.com
- Assessments
- Peer review of work
- Completed lab report on Google doc in student folder
- Assignment
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Day 18
Sept 12 |
- Learning Target/Question
- Activities/Strategies
- Use Heirarchy to create a card sort as a study guide and review
- Assessments
- Assignment
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Day 19
Sept 13
Wednesday |
- Learning Target/Question
- Describe atomic structure, chemical bonds, the structure of water molecules, and the pH scale
- Explain why these concepts are inportant in Biology
- Activities/Strategies
- Review of basic chemistry needed to understand cell processes - atomic structure,
- Interactive lecture - Review types of covalent bonds - single, double, triple
- Assessments
- Assignment
for Friday
- Reading Chapter 3 Section 3
- Complete cards 18-24
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Day 20
Sept 14
Thursday |
- Learning Target/Question
- Sketch a water molecule and explain the atoms and bonding involved.
- Observe the structure of water molecules and how water molecules interact to give water its properties
- Activities/Strategies
- Assessments
- Submit observations with summary, next class
- Assignment
- Reading Chapter 3 Section 3
- Complete cards 18-24
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Day 21
Sept 15
Friday |
- Learning Target/Question
- Describe and explain the structure of water molecules and how water molecules interact to give water its properties
- Water on a string demo
- Activities/Strategies
- Observe water and string demo and explain the properties of water involved as lab summary
- Assessments
- Exit pass
- Card Completion check 1-24
- Assignment
- update cards 1-24 as needed
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Day 22
Sept 18
Monday |
- Learning Target/Question
- Biological Molecules - what are they? How are they alike? How are they different?
- Explain how the structure of each type of biomolecule impacts its function: that's why functional groups are called functional groups...
- Activities/Strategies
- Identifying functional groups
- Find patterns in molecular structures and describe them - card sort small groups, then whiteboard results and gallery walk
- Exit pass
- Assessments
- Practice identifying 5 biological molecules using structural featuers and functional groups
- Functional group quiz tomorrow
- Assignment
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Day 23
Sept 19
Tuesday |
- Learning Target/Question
- Identify 4 biological molecules on sight and describe the function of each (where is it produced? How is it used?)
- Activities/Strategies
- Interactive lecture - Functions of biological moleculules as related to structure
- Assessments
- Functional Group quiz
- Biomolecule ID quiz 1 tomorrow
- Assignment
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Day 24
Sept 20
Wednesday |
- Learning Target/Question
- Identify 4 biological molecules on sight and describe the function of each (where is it produced? How is it used?)
- Activities/Strategies
- Interactive lecture - Functions of biological moleculules as related to structure
- First 3 key ideas - biomolecules, carbohydrates, lipids
- Assessments
- Assignment
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Day 25
Sept 21
Thursday |
- Learning Target/Question
- Identify 4 biological molecules on sight and describe the function of each (where is it produced? How is it used?)
- Activities/Strategies
- Interactive lecture - Functions of biological moleculules as related to structure- proteins and nucleic acids
- Lab demo
- Assessments
- Assignment
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Day 26
Sept 22
Friday |
- Learning Target/Question
- How can we identify the presense of each type of biomolecule in lab?
- Activities/Strategies
- Assessments
- Lab introduction as prelab
- Assignment
- Have draft of lab for Friday
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Day 27
Sept 25
Monday |
- Learning Target/Question
- How can we identify the presense of each type of biomolecule in lab?
- Activities/Strategies
- Data Collection Continued
- Analysis questions
- Conclusion - CER
- Assessments
- Analysis and conclusion for lab
- Assignment
- Cards 25-34
- Complete review handout for unit test
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Day 28
Sept 26
Tuesday |
- Learning Target/Question
- REVIEW: A living cell is composed of a small number of elements, mainly carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorous and sulfur.
- REVIEW: Carbon, because of its small size and four available bonding electrons, can join to other carbon atoms in chains and rings to form large and complex molecules.
- REVIEW: The essential functions of cells involve chemical reactions that involve water and carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and nucleic acids.
- REVIEW: A special group of proteins, enzymes, enables chemical reactions to occur within living systems.
- Activities/Strategies
- Assessments
- Assignment
- Complete review handout for unit test
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Day 29
Sept 27
Wednesday |
- Learning Target/Question
- REVIEW: A living cell is composed of a small number of elements, mainly carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorous and sulfur.
- REVIEW: Carbon, because of its small size and four available bonding electrons, can join to other carbon atoms in chains and rings to form large and complex molecules.
- REVIEW: The essential functions of cells involve chemical reactions that involve water and carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and nucleic acids.
- REVIEW: A special group of proteins, enzymes, enables chemical reactions to occur within living systems.
- Activities/Strategies
- Check Review Handout - whiteboard in groups and share
- Assessments
- Molecule Quiz 3; check in class
- CHeck cards 25-24
- Assignment
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Day 30
Sept 28
Thursday |
- Learning Target/Question
- Activities/Strategies
- Assessments
- Assignment
- Reading assignment: Ch 7 Section 1 using yellow paper or ask for outline
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