Week of Sept. 12-16

Date	Plan	What we did
Monday	1) News Cell Phones Linked to Twitter. 2) Overview of the week. 3) Finish up Evolution intro - Continue with introductory powerpoint. - Pre-Assessment - Wufoo survey (We will complete this survey together and then I will compile the results). 4) Back to your regular scheduled unit 1 work :) - Carbs, Lipids and Proteins Molecules of Life - Intro activity - Find someone who i) Carbs - work through basic information ii) Lipids	1) No news presented 2) Linked up our Cell Phones to Twitter 3) Reviewed the plan for the week 4) Completed the Evolution Pre-Assessment wufoo survey 5) Started Molecules of Life Find someone who
Sept. 12
Tuesday	1) Complete the KWL for Carbs, Lipids and Proteins 2) Work through carb info 3) What questions do you still have? 4) Lipids	1) Finished up the KW of our chart 2) Worked through CARBS Handout. 3) Introduction to Homeostasis with Carbs Example. 4) No carb questions at this point 5) in the L portion of the chart we wrote down the most important thing that we had learned. 6) Team Carbohydrate fact finding challenge.
Sept 13
Wednesday	1) Carb Facts Present to the class. 2) Any carb questions 3) Student email? and wikispaces? 4) KWL - online discussion thread for Lipids. 5) Lipid info 6) Lipid questions and fact search. 7 Proteins.	1) Printing was a challenge today so we presented the facts 2 per team.  We will work on printing later this week. 2) Wrapped up our discussion about carbs and worked throught the Food Label Activity. 3)Checked out student email accounts and signed up for wikispaces.
Sept 14
Thursday	1) Are you part of the Bio wiki? 2)  Lipids - Online KWL discussion thread - Lipid info - Questions - Fact to print and present - Update our Food Label info 3) Proteins.	1) posted to the What do we know about lipids and what do we want to know about lipids online discussion 2) Worked through lipid info 3) Searched for facts
Sept 15
Friday	1) Lipid facts  - Lipid Trivia challenge. 2) Review lipids.  Are there any  questions you have? - Wiki - What did you want to know about lipids? - What did you learn? 3) Food Label 4) Proteins	1) Reviewed lipids (see #1-3) 2) Quick overview of the many disguises of sugar.
Sept 16

October 4-8

Date	Plan	What we did
Monday	1) Overview of the week -Sign up for a cell part. 2) Review Transcription 3) Protein Synthesis 4) Introduce Assignment	1) Overviewed the week.  See handout. 2) Reviewed Transcription 3) Learned Protein Synthesis.  Video Recording Available. - Signed up for cell parts.
October 4
Tuesday	1) Complete Cells Pre Assessment – Remember you are to do this individually, closed book.  Don’t stress if you can only remember a few. It is just a starting place for us.  This is formative (not for marks). a.   Please hand in to the sub when you are finished. b.    Time: approx. 15 minutes (complete and head to the sr. comp lab) c.   Remember:  We talked about this being a time of overlap between the two units. 2.       Next you may head to the Sr. Computer Lab to work on the following things:  A) Wonder Why Assignment – Please sign up on the paper that the sub has.  Remember my in class example of Why do onions make you cry.  We will book time for you to present when I am back.  (Email or wiki mail me if you have questions.  Time: This assignment should take 30-45 minutes.  Due:  On the date that you present to the class (but essentially you should have it done this week)  Remember:  You may use this item to start class with.  Have you signed up for that yet? B)  Cell Conference - Cell Parts – Research and create a hand out for your assigned part of the cell. (We will sign up for this on Monday.)  -  Remember that your information needs to be available in some form as a handout.  You will hand in a print copy to me and I will make a booklet for the class.  You will also upload your document to the wiki and create a link or you can create a new page on the wiki and link to the Cell Parts – Cell Conference page.  Your choice.   Time:  This assignment should take you 40 – 60 minutes or less. Due: Friday will be your chance to clarify any questions about this assignment and it will be due on Tuesday.  (So I can photocopy the booklet for class.)  Remember:  We don’t have access to a computer lab to coincide with the start of this unit so we need to do this in advance. C) RNA Transcription & Protein Synthesis Assignment: (your major assignment for unit 1).  Please spend at least one day (1 hour) getting your rough version worked out.    Time: 1 workday this week – more day(s) to be added depending on how you use your time. Remember:  This is where you are demonstrating your detailed understanding of this topic.  Our unit 1 exam will focus on fewer details and more on the big picture. D)  Evolution Questions: Depending on how you have used your time above you could have 15-30 minutes or more of time to work on this.  If you choose to work more thoroughly on your unit 1 assignment that is fine.     Due:  We should be well in Chapter 21 and will chat about what will be due next week.	1) Completed Pre-Assessment 2) Worked on or finished up Wonder Why?  - ***If you took the entire class to select a question, then you need to finish that up on your own and move on to Cell Parts.
October 5
Wednesday	-          See the list above: o    You have completed your Cells Pre-Assessment. o    You should be finished your Wonder why (WW) – you can print off a copy or email me a copy. o    You should have started into your Cell Parts Assignment – wrapping this up today. o    You may get started on your unit 1 assignment.	Sub said that things went well.
October 6
Thursday	-          See the list above  You have completed: Cells Pre-Assessment Wonder Why Cell Parts – Printed a hand out to hand in (Due Tuesday, but you are welcome to hand in on Friday). o    You are working on your Transcription – Protein Synthesis Assignment – no due date set yet… future work days to be decided. Reply to wiki discussion thread to let me know how this week is going. http://pipke-painchaud-bio30.wikispaces.com/message/view/home/27910573
October 7
Friday	1)        Any questions about: a. Cell parts handout? b. Wonder Why? c. Transcription or Protein Synthesis assignment? d. Other? 2)  Finalize exam date: 3)  Quick review of Protein Synthesis and Transcription 4)  Work through Overview/Review Worksheet. 5)   Wrap up Unit.
October 8