January
2007 Calendar

Mrs. Berry's Technical Biology


Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

No School

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
-Measurement Practice Handout
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hw-get syllabus signed (if you have not already)

8 bw- Finish measurement w/s

cw-Scientific Method Lab (milk & vinegar)
-Scientific Method Foldable
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hw-get syllabus signed (if you have not already); Scientific Method Quiz Wednesday

9 bw- Design an Experiment

cw-Finish Foldable
-Independent & Dependent Variables
-Rd 1.3; answer questions about Redi's experiment
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hw-Quiz tomorrow; bring back syllabus!

10 bw- Scientific Method Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

cw-Identify parts of the scientific method (overhead-divide into groups)
-Identifying Variables-overhead
-Quiz: Scientific Method
 

hw-Test Friday

11 bw- Theory & Law chart

cw-organize notebooks/table of contents
-Design an Experiment (coffee)
-Lab: Circumference/Diameter data collection
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hw-work on study guide; test Friday

12 bw- graph results from yesterday's lab

cw-go over study guide
-Test: Intro to Biology
-What is Life? color guide
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cw-No School
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16  bw- Section Focus

cw-What is Life Lab
-Being Alive Coloring
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17  bw- write 5 characteristics of living things

cw-Notes: Symbiosis (ppt)
-color cards- id symbiosis
-Ecological relationships
-symbiosis matching cards
 

hw-crossword puzzle

18  bw- Interactions Within Ecosystems

cw-Notes: Intro to Ecology (side 1)
-Energy Pyramids 3-D
-Food Web Coloring Guide
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hw-study for quiz

19  bw- Energy in a Community

cw-Notes: Biosphere (side 2)
-Biome Posters & Foldables
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hw-Magic Squares; study for quiz on Monday

22  bw- Turn in Magic Squares hw

cw-finish biome posters
-Biome presentations; take notes on foldable (you can use this on your test)
-Ecology Quiz
-Succession Handout

hw-stody foldable for quiz on Wed.

23  bw- measure lake for succession

cw-Lab: predator/prey
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hw-study for quiz

24  bw- succession overhead

cw-go over Monday's quiz
-Succession Venn diagram
-Post lab predator/prey lab
-Population notes
-Population study guide
-p.123 graphing

hw-study for quiz

25  bw- Quiz: Succession & Biomes 

cw-computer lab: CROAK
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26  bw- organisms/biomes

cw-CROAK, together
-write a summary paragraph
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hw-test Monday

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cw-work on study guide
-Ecology Benchmark Test
-Elements Coloring Guide
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30  bw- 

cw-Water properties/demo
-Drops on a Penny Lab
-Review Elements in Living Things Coloring Sheet
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31  bw- Elements

cw-carbohydrates lab
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