Week 3: August 31 - September 4
Monday:
  • Video: David Attenborough - A Life on Our Planet
    • Video Handout: David Attenborough - A Life on Our Planet
Monday Homework: None. 
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Tuesday:
  • Video: David Attenborough – A Life on Our Planet
    • Video Handout: David Attenborough - A Life on Our Planet
  • Handout – How to Analyze a Graph
  • Classroom Plant Assignments
Tuesday Homework: 1) Review the How to Analyze a Graph handout and be ready to implement it in class tomorrow; 2) Complete the video handout, David Attenborough – A Life on Our Planet (see the Canvas assignment for the video link, if you weren't in class for the whole thing.)

Wednesday:
  • Homework Check: Video Handout, David Attenborough – A Life on Our Planet
  • Review - How to Analyze Data
  • Raptor Population Ecology
    • Handout - Raptor Population Ecology
Wednesday Homework: Draw the data table for the Bald Eagle in your lab book. Make it big enough that you can write your calculations in the rows - a half page to full page for your table. You do not have to do the calculations - we will do that together as a class tomorrow.

Thursday:
  • Homework Check: Bald Eagle Data Table
  • Raptor Population Ecology
    • Bald Eagle – Data Table and Graph
Thursday Homework: Finish the data table for the Bald eagle.

​Friday:   ***Mr. Knighton – Substitute Teacher***
  • Homework Check: Bald Eagle Data Table
  • Raptor Population Ecology
    • Bald Eagle
      • Graph, Questions A thru C
    • 2nd Raptor – Your Choice
      • Data Table, Graph, Questions A thru C
  • Finished?
    • Biology Book (SRMS library, Sora, or classroom library)
    • Biology and American Experience Level 4 Investigation
    • Missing Homework, etc.
    • Review Lab Book Checklist and Test 1 Data
Weekend Homework: Finish second Raptor Population Ecology data table, graph, and questions A thru C.

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​Week 2: August 24 - 28
Monday:
  • Homework Check: Navigating Freshman Biology Quiz
  • Student Pics (7th Period)
  • Color-coded Lab Book Spines/Student Names
  • Online Hall Pass Form
  • Latin and Greek: The Languages of Science
  • Biology Book Reading Requirement
  • Biology Pre-test
  • Activity – Asexual Reproduction
    • Biology Plants Maintenance and Propagation
Monday Homework: 1) Finish the Biology Pre-test; 2) In your lab book, write the definitions of Population, Organism, Ecosystem, and Community. Make sure you have the scientific definitions, NOT the geography definitions.
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Tuesday:     ***Assembly Schedule***
  • ​Homework Check: Population, Organism, Ecosystem, Community
  • Group Discussions – Organism, Ecosystem, Population, Community
  • Slides: Biotic vs Abiotic, Ecosystems, Biodiversity
    • Lab Book Notes
    • Drawings: Ecosystems – Biotic and Abiotic Factors
Tuesday Homework: Click on this link – Biology Plant Assignments. Type your name under the appropriate column, then check Yes or No as to whether you would like to take care of one of our classroom plants this semester.

Wednesday:
  • Drawings: Ecosystems – Biotic and Abiotic Factors
  • Slides: Biotic vs Abiotic, Ecosystems, Biodiversity
    • Lab Book Notes - Biodiversity
    • Amoeba Sisters Video – Food Webs, Energy Pyramid and Intro to Biodiversity
Wednesday Homework: Finish your ecosystem drawings. Make sure you follow the detailed instructions found on the Canvas assignment.

Thursday:
  • Homework Check: Ecosystem Drawings
  • Biology and the American Experience Investigations
Thursday Homework: After watching the video, Jurassic World, answer the following questions in your lab book: 1) Is the ecosystem, as shown in the video, sustainable? 2) Why or why not? 3) Explain in detail - support your answer using what you have previously learned about biodiversity and sustainability. Be ready to persuade your classmates to your point of view on Monday!

​Friday:
  • Homework Check: Jurassic World/Sustainable or Not?
  • ​Picture Day – Science Classes
  • ​Jurassic World - Is It a Sustainable Ecosystem?
Weekend Homework: Zip! Nada! Free time!

​Week 1: August 19 - 21
Monday - Tuesday:
  • Summer Break – No School

​Wednesday: Wednesday Homework: Obtain a 1-inch binder with a clear vinyl pocket on the front and spine. Any color is fine, but it must be one inch - no other size is acceptable.

Thursday:
Homework Check: 1-inch Binders Thursday Homework: 1) Make sure your school Gmail account has a unique icon other than your initial [follow the instructions on the “Email Setup link above]; 2) Make sure you have an automatic signature line that includes your full name, student ID#, and class schedule [follow the instructions on the “Email Setup” link above]; 3) Send me an email and tell me one weird or wonderful thing about you.

Friday:
​Homework Check: Introductory Email w/Icon and Signature Block
  • Classroom Tour
    • ​Backpack Storage
    • Student Supply Cart
  • Quiz: Navigating Freshman Biology​
  • Student Pics
Weekend Homework: Finish and Submit Navigating Freshman Biology Quiz on Canvas - keep taking the quiz until you score 100%
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