Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
1  No School	2  No School	3 bw- Student Information Sheet cw-Introduction to Biology scavenger hunt -Go over Syllabus -Space Invaders Observation Activity hw-get syllabus signed; bring in lab shoes	4 bw- Go to computer lab; turn in syllabus cw-Logon to Online Textbook (whale & dragonfly) -Textbook scavenger hunt -Issue textbooks -Go over laboratory safety -Acid in the Eye demo -Space Invaders Quiz (4th only) hw-Finish scavenger hunt; safety quiz tomorrow	5 bw- A Day in the Lab cw-Safety Quiz -Measurement Lab - -   hw-finish lab sheet; "Increasing Science Vocabulary" handout
8 bw- HW check; "Designing an Experiment" cw-Lab: Using the Scientific Method -Go over how to write a lab summary paragraph - -   hw-Note guide 1.2 & 1.3 (online)	9 bw-Data Publications cw-Lab Summary Paragraph -Lab Quiz -Identify Variables -Vocab: Independent/Dependent Variable; controlled variables; Experimental/Control Group   hw-finish Identify Variables handout; "Branches of Biology" (online)	10 bw- Bacterial Reproduction cw-Quiz: Scientific Method -Science Fair (media center) -Scientific Method Scenarios -Microscope Parts   hw-Test Friday	11 bw- Gathering Information with Scientific Tools cw-Microscope Lab - - -   hw-finish lab	12 bw- metric conversions; what is science cw-Test: Intro to Biology (Scientific Method, Safety, Metric System, SI measurement, microscope, graphing) -Croak - -   hw-online: Science Fair topic selection
15  No School	16  bw- Prelab questions cw-What is Life Lab -Abiotic/Biotic Cards  - -   hw-think about science fair topics!	17  bw- Go to computer lab cw-Science Fair Scavenger Hunt -Topic/database discussion - -   hw-Topic sheet due Monday	18  bw- Interactions within Ecosystems cw-Characteristics of Life (concept map) -Intro to Ecology Notes -Symbiosis Cards Activity -(4th- 4 corners symbiosis game)   hw-pp. 7-8 Study guide book; topic sheet due Monday	19  bw- Problem Solving Lab 2-1 whale cw-Notes: Energy Transfer -Popcorn Demo -Nutrient Cycle Jigsaw -   hw-finish poster for jigsaw; topic sheet due Monday; Quiz Monday over Ecology Notes
22  bw- wrap up nutrient cycle posters cw-Turn in Science Fair Topic sheet -Present nutrient cycle jigsaw -Biome foldable -   hw-quiz tomorrow; complete through p.14 in study guide book	23  bw- finish biome foldable cw-Ecology Notes Quiz -Succession Venn Diagram (3rd block) -Population Growth Lab -   hw-finish lab questions (4th only)	24  bw- 3rd-finish blue fruit lab -4th- succession venn diagram cw-p.123 graphing population growth -Predator prey lab - -   hw-answer lab questions/graph; finish p.123 graph	25  bw- Biomes: What am I? -DDT scenario cw-DDT demo -apple demo -graphic organizers in groups on human impacts on the environment -   hw-	26  bw- finish human impacts on the environment graphic organizers cw-An Inconvenient Truth - - -   hw-topic sheet due Monday; Integrity contract due Monday
29  bw- notebook quiz cw-Ecology Test -Final SF topic submission -Bear Necessities Lab -   hw-finish lab sheet	30  bw- go to media center cw-media center: science fair citations & research -set up log books - -   hw-work on SF research- 25 cards to 2/12	31  bw- science fair deadlines cw-water soccer -drops on a penny -water & organic molecules lab -   hw-work on SF research- 25 cards to 2/12 -Study guide book: p.27 1-5; p.28 1-21	1  bw-  cw- - - -   hw-work on SF research- 25 cards to 2/12	2  bw-  cw- - - -   hw-work on SF research- 25 cards to 2/12