September 2011

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			1 Unit 1 - Intro to Bio Today’s Topics: ö Warm-Up – Terms ö The Characteristics of Life ö Worksheet – Ch.1-1 & 1-2 Review	2 Unit 1 - Intro to Bio Today’s Topics: ö Warm-Up – Life ö The Characteristics of Life ö Review Worksheet Pre-Lab: Sow Bug
5 NO SCHOOL – Holiday HAPPY LABOR DAY!	6 Unit 1 - Intro to Bio Today’s Topics: ö Characteristics of Life (Wrap-up & Review) ö Studying Life Pre-Lab: Sow Bug	7 Unit 1 - Intro to Bio Today’s Topics: ö Characteristics of Life ö Studying Life ACTIVITY: ö Sow Bug Lab HOMEWORK: ö Study for the QUIZ!!!	8 Unit 1 - Intro to Bio Meet in Computer Lab! (all but 4^th) Today’s Topics: ö Warm-Up – Review Sow Bug Lab Activity ö Tools and Procedures ACTIVITY: ö Sow Bug Lab – Making tables and graphs using MS Excel	9 Unit 1 - Intro to Bio Today’s Topics: ö Tools and Procedures ö SI Units QUIZ – Nature of Science, How Scientists Work Follow-Up: ö SI Worksheet ö Vocabulary X-Word
12 Unit 1 - Intro to Bio Today’s Topics: ö SI Worksheet ö Vocabulary X-Word ö Ch. 1-3/1-4 Study Guide	13 Unit 1 - Intro to Bio Today’s Topics: ö SI Worksheet ö Tools and Procedures	14 Unit 1 - Intro to Bio Today’s Topics: ö SI Worksheet ö Tools and Procedures	15 Unit 1 - Intro to Bio Today’s Topics: JEOPARDY REVIEW! HOMEWORK: ö Study for the TEST!!!	16 Unit 1 - Intro to Bio µTEST – Unit 1 (4^th – 6^th)
19 Unit 1 - Intro to Bio TEST CORRECTIONS! ö All missed questions must be corrected; ö 4 points for the class work assignment; ö ¼ additional point for each corrected question – must write the entire question, your wrong answer, and a correct answer;	20 UNIT 2 – Chemistry of Life µTEST – Unit 1 (2^nd period and Life Science)	21 UNIT 2 – Chemistry of Life Warm-Up: ö Pre-Lab: Microscope Activity & Use of Microscope ACTIVITY: ö Introduction to the Microscope – Letter “e” – Ruler – HOMEWORK: ö PRINT UNIT 2 OUTLINES! SOW BUG LAB WRITE-UP! (Semi-formal lab write-up) DUE MONDAY (won’t impact the weekend if you finish it early…) ö Sow Bug Lab Write-Up Guidelines* ö Citing ö References in ö Lab Reports ö Other Guidlines & ö Tips ö Grammar in Lab ö Reports ö Avoiding ö Personal ö Pronouns	22 UNIT 2 – Chemistry of Life Today’s Topics: ö Introduction to Unit 2 ö The nature of matter ö Elements and Isotopes ö Electrons & Chemical Bonds	23 UNIT 2 – Chemistry of Life Warm-Up: ö Pre-Lab: Microscope Activity: Ruler/Cork ACTIVITY: ö Introduction to the Microscope – Ruler – Cork –
26 UNIT 2 – Chemistry of Life Today’s Topics: ö Introduction to Unit 2 ö The nature of matter ö Elements and Isotopes ö Electrons & Chemical Bonds	27 UNIT 2 – Chemistry of Life Today’s Topics: ö Review - the nature of matter ö Elements and Isotopes ö Electrons & Chemical Bonds?	28 UNIT 2 – Chemistry of Life Today’s Topics: ö Electrons & Chemical Bonds ö Chemical Bonds, etc. – Reviewed Homework: ö Study for tomorrow's QUIZ – Atoms, isotopes, ions, & electron structure	29 UNIT 2 – Chemistry of Life § QUIZ! Today’s Topics: ö Chemical Reactions	30 UNIT 2 – Chemistry of Life Lab: ö Introduction to the Compound Light Microscope – Completed Ø Ruler Ø Cork