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Friday, March 30, 2012

Week of April 2 - 6

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Date
Plan
What we did
Monday
1) Reminders:
Missing Homeostasis Assessments
2) Finish Cell Parts -
- Golgi Apparatus
- Centrioles
**Make sure that you  have linked up or shared your handout for your cell part so that is can be formatively recorded.
3) Review Prokaryotic vs Eukaryotic
- Set quiz date for later this week
4) Cell Membrane
- Fluid Mosaic Model
- What can cross?

5) Start Transport in Cells:
1) Reviewed Cell Parts - Checked Nicknames:
2) Reviewed:
- Prokaryotic/Eukaryotic
- Plant/Animal Cells
SET QUIZ for THURSDAY:
*printed out and handed in our cell parts assignments.
* Make sure you have handed in your cell parts handout so that it can be recorded.
3) Introduced Plant and Animal cells lab
April 2
Tuesday
1)   Plant and Animal Cell Lab

- Complete and hand in Plant cell drawing for formative feedback
- Start questions for summative assessment.

1) Reviewed how to do a biological drawing.
- Reviewed what you need to record when doing a biological drawing.
- Reviewed how to complete the onion cells part of the lab
- Today's drawins were formative and were handed in at the end of class for feedback.
April 3
Wednesday
2) Plant and animal Cell
- Review feedback.
- Review how to calculate magnification
- Cheek Cell drawings - Summative due at the end of class.

- Hand in Questions

3) If done review for the quiz.

1) REviewed formative feedback for lab drawings.

2) Reviewed how to calculate magnification using - graphic organizer

3) Completed and handed in Cheek Cell Lab Drawing
April 4
Thursday
1) Reminders:
- Share your google Website
- hand back assignments and marks
2) ATP
3) Cell Quiz
- When finished work on your Plant and Animal Cell Lab Questions.
1) Worked through ATP
 
2) Wrote Quiz
 
3) Returned assignments and mark summaries
 
4) Worked on and handed in Plant and Animal Cell Lab Questions
 
April 5
Friday
Good Friday
April 6

Friday, March 23, 2012

Week of March 26, 2012

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Date
Plan
What we did
Monday
1) Reminders
- Set date for Evolution (Plate Tectonics/ Evidence Reading - Mark and Quiz)
2) Fever Inquiry (Wrap - up)
3) Cells Unit
- Record Pre-Assessments
- Review Objectives
- Discuss How small is a cell?
- Cell Conference
1) Reviewed Fever Inquiry - there were not questions
- reviewed summative assessment set up.
March 26
Tuesday
Reminders:
- Set date for Evolution (Plate Tectonics/ Evidence Reading - Mark and Quiz)
1) Cell Vocab Game
1) Played an intense game of cell vocabulary.
2) Spent the last half hour working on our summative fever assessment.
- if you didn't finish you can come to finish question 5 on Wed at 12:45
March 27
Wednesday
1)Plant vs. Animal Cells
2) Prokayotic vs Eukaryotic
3) Cell Conference
- Explain your part of the cell to the class
- make sure your docs are linked up online.
1) Discussed Digital Footprint
2) Worked on Prokaryotic vs Eukaryotic Cells
- check tweets #TMSSBIO
3) Reviewed Exams
March 28
Thursday
1) Finish Prokaryotic/Eukaryotic cells
2) Plant vs Animal Cells
3) Cell Conference
1) Finished Prok and Euk cells
2) Compared plant and animal cells
March 29
Friday
1) Finish Plant and Animal Cells
2) Cell Conference
1) Worked through Cell parts at our Cell conference
- #TMSSbiocells
 
March 30

Friday, March 16, 2012

Week of March 19 - 23

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Date
Plan
What we did
Monday
 1) Review/Overview for exam.
- Here are some sample exam questions.

2) Lab Assessment

3) Fever Inquiry:
- Finish up the scenario questions.
- has your group discussed: types of thermometers, age and medication options.
1) Reviewed for the exam
- reviewed quiz
Exam Format:
32 Multiple choice
Rest are Short Answer
2) Wrote lab Assessment
- reviewed answers in class after
3) Worked on Fever inquiry
March 19
Tuesday
Unit Exam
March 20
Wednesday
1) Finish up Fever Presentations
- set date for Fever Assessment
- Remember to discuss patient age, medication choices and types of thermometers
2) Cells Unit Pre-Assessment

3) Introduce Cells Unit

4) Prepare for the great cell conference. 
1) Worked on Fever Inquiries
- Started presenting
- We were discussing, how and when to treat a fever.
March 21
Thursday
1) Plan for Friday.
2) Finish presenting fever inquiries
- Set Summative Assessment Date

3) Cells Unit
 - Pre-Assessment
- Introduce cells unit
- Big Ideas
- Cell Conference Prep. 
1) Planned Friday
2) Finished up with Fever Inquiries
- We will do the Summative Assessment on Tuesday.
3) Introduced the Big Ideas in Cells.
March 22
Friday
SUB

1. Finish up your Cell Part Handout for the Cell Conference.
- Post a link to your digital handout on Facebook under the appropriate post.
-this should take 10 minutes

2. View the short video:
Why are cells so small and answer the question on the webpage.
- Please respond to the Facebook post for this video if you have any questions that you would like to discuss about the video on Monday.

3. In your Evolution package, please read through the article Evolution the Evidence.  Last part of your booklet.  For each main heading, please make note of three key things that you learned and any questions that you have.  You can write up these points or add them to your website.
March 23

Friday, March 9, 2012

Week of March 12 - 16

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Date
Plan
What we did
Monday
Reminders:
  • Missed a quiz?
  • Interim/progress reports
  • Set Exam date 
1) Review RNA Transcription
- Links to Recorded overview in class
- Link to our symbols
2) Protein Synthesis
3) Intro Homeostasis
1) Reviewed RNA Transcription.
2) Worked through protein synthesis.
March 12
Tuesday
 1) Review RNA Transcription
Class Video
2) Review Protein Synthesis
Suggested videos to watch

3) Start Fever Inquiry

1) Reviewed RNA Transcription
2) Reviewed Protein Synthesis
3) Introduced Homeostasis
- see info in duotang
- we described and gave example of this concept.
Unit Exam Scheduled for next Tuesday.
March 13
Wednesday
Enzyme Lab Demo
 Review of Factors that affect enzymes
Power Outage
- Completed lab
March 14
Thursday
1) Discuss Enzyme Lab Questions
- Decide on Lab Assessment Date
2) Fever Inquiry
1) Reviewed Enzyme lab questions
2) Introduced fever inquiry
Lab Assessment scheduled for Monday.
March 15
Friday
1) Quick review of RNA Transcription and Protein Synthesis

2) Fever Inquiry - Work through your team's scenario and create your online resource.
- Present them on Monday.


 
1) Reviewed Transcription, Protein Synthesis and Enzyme Lab
 
2) Worked on Fever inquiry.
March 16

Friday, March 2, 2012

Week of March 5-9

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Date
Plan
What we did
Monday
1) Reminders: Quiz
2) DNA & RNA
- Watch second video
- What is the structure of DNA?
- Work through DNA Replication
3) Start RNA Transcription
1) Reviewed for Tuesday's Quiz
2) Reviewed DNA & RNA
- Watched 2nd video and discussed central dogma, genetic engineering and set up a chart with the similarities and differences of DNA.
March 5
Tuesday
Quiz - Carbs, Lipids & Proteins

1) DNA/RNA
- Draw out structure

2) DNA Replication - go over process

3) Start RNA Transcription

4) Discuss plan for Wed.
- Continue with Evolution or prep for the Great Cell Conference.
Quiz moved to Thursday due to 12 people missing.
1) Reviewed DNA and RNA
- drew out structures
2) Worked through DNA REplication
- check your handout in your Bio Duotang.
March 6
Wednesday
SUB

1.  Complete the Cells Unit Pre-Assessment.
- Remember that this is formative.
- It needs to be completed individually, without using a textbook or computer.
- It is a check to see where we are at.
- So answer the questions the best that you can.

2. When you are finished you can hand in your pre-assessment and pick up a copy of the Great Cell Conference Assignment.

Please select a cell part to research, check the list to see if anyone has signed up.
 - Remember only 2 people can research a cell part.

Cell Parts Sign up

We will review how to share the google doc on Thursday.
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March 7
Thursday
Quiz - Carbs, Lipids and Proteins (1:45)
- when you are done; work on your Cell parts google doc.
1) How to share your Cell Parts Google Doc.

2) Review DNA Replication
- Role Play Replication

3) RNA Transcription
-  Start Actions

4) Protein Synthesis 
- Talked about how we can work to use the laptops more effectively and not be distracted by the technology that we have access to.
1) Reviewed for the quiz
2) Reviewed and acted out DNA Replication.
3) Read through introduction to RNA Transcription
4) Wrote the Quiz
March 8
Friday
1) Reminders: Who needs to write the quiz?
2) How to share your google doc.
3) DNA Replication - quick review.
4) RNA Transription - Symbols
5) Introduce Protein Synthesis
1) Reviewed how to share a google doc.
 
2) DNA Replication - Reviewed
 
3) RNA Transcription
- Reviewed process and created a set of symbols to remember the process.
March 9