Week 16
April 27-May 1, 2015

Learning Goals: Prepare for AP test.

Monday -Primary Productivity virtual lab due/Ecology test - multiple choice

HW: study

Tuesday - Ecology test - free response

HW: math review sheet

Wednesda/Thursday  - AP Bio math review

HW: math review sheet

Friday- Review for AP Exam

HW: review

Week 15
April 20-24, 2015

Learning Goals:  Explain the value of biodiversity and major human threats to it. Describe ways that humans are changing the Earth.

 

Monday - Value biodiveristy ppt; Introduce human actiivty research

HW: research presentation due 4/23

Tuesday - Work day: human activity research

HW: research presentation due 4/23

Wednesday - Review for ecology test and begin AP Bio math review

HW: research presentation due 4/23

Thursday - Present human activity/global change assignment; Work on AP Bio math review

HW: study

Friday - ER 5-8 No class

NOTE: Monday and Tuesday, April 27 & 28 Ecology Test

Week 14
April 13-17, 2015

Learning Goals: Describe and categorize several community interactions. Describe trophic structure to characterize biological communities and how disturbances influence species diversity and composition. Describe the cycling of matter in the carbon and nitrogen cycles. 

 

Monday - Community Ecology: Niches; Relationships research

HW: community relationships research

Tuesday - Community Ecology: succession

HW: succession worksheet

Wednesday - Part 1: Who eats who? – construct food web

HW: GPP/NPP virtual lab

Thursday - Part 2: Who eats who? – biological magnification

HW: GPP/NPP virtual lab

Friday - Biogeochemical cycles

HW: carbon/nitrogen cycle worksheet

Week 13
April 6-10, 2015

Learning Goals: Describe factors that determine structure and distribution of biomes.  Explain relationships between limiting factors and population size.



Monday - No School

Tuesday - Introductory Ecology ppt; Begin What Factors Determine Climate activity
HW: none

Wednesday - Complete Climate activity

HW: human population growth worksheet

Thursday - Characteristics of Populations ppt; Begin population growth activity

HW: population growth worksheet

Friday - Discuss Density/Density-Independent Factors

HW: Population growth activity

Week 12
March 23-27, 2015

Learning Goals:

Determine transpiration rate under different environmental conditions.Describe various responses of plants to environmental changes.

 

Monday - Transpiration lab

HW: lab write-up due 3/25

Tuesday - Review for test; Work on lab write-up

HW: lab write-up due 3/25

Wednesday -  Taxonomy, Body Systems and Plant Responses test - free response essay

HW: study

Thursday -  Taxonomy, Body Systems and Plant Responses test - multiple choice

HW: none

Friday -  Introduce Ecology Project

HW: research

Week 11
March 16 - 20, 2015

Learning Goals: Describe different mechanisms of plant transport over short and long distances. Determine transpiration rate under different environmental conditions.



Monday - Plant bulk transport in plants ppt; Prep for transpiration lab
HW: pre-lab

Tuesday - Juniors and Seniors gone - No class

Wednesday - Seniors gone - Study hall

Thursday - Transpiration lab

HW: none

Friday - Transpiration lab

HW: lab due 3/23

Test - 3/25 and 3/26

Week 10
March 9 - 13, 2015

Learning Goals: Explain how the immune system functions to prevent or combat disease. Describe how hormones elicit cellular responses using at least two examples. Describe anatomy of neuron, mechanisms of impulse transmission including role of neurotransmitters.

 

Monday - Present case study-immune system

HW: immune system essay due 3/11

Tuesday - Introduce investigative case: Shh: Silencing the Hedgehog Pathway

HW: presentation due 3/13

Wednesday - Endocrine system ppt – review cell signaling/hormones, negative/positive feedback

HW: endocrine system review wksht

Thursday - Work day: investigative case or endocrine system

HW: endocrine wksht

Friday - Presentations; Nervous system ppt – neuron, impulse transmission, synapse, integration of information, regions of brain

HW: nervous system review wksht