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NNHS AP Biology  -Ms. Chen                                                               A block Syllabus (17-18)

 

Date

Class Agenda

Homework

Tuesday

September 5

HR, A1– G1 (15 min classes)

  • Handouts:
    • Course Description
    • Safety Contract
    • Permission Slip
    • Syllabus for the year
  • Get to know you activity-Name Cards
  • Reminder about Summer Assignment

q  Read Handouts, due Thursday

q  Enroll onto Schoology Course: Code 7W75D-6P64P (Due Friday)

q  Go To Schoology Site: Submit Student Information Sheet (Due Thursday)

q  Summer assignment due tomorrow (Turn it in electronically on Schoology OR paper-form in person when class begins)

Wednesday

September 6

HR, A2–G2 (40 min classes)

  • Turn in Summer Assignment Online or In-Person
  • Activities (Get To Know Each Other)
  • Handout:

-     Textbook

  • Summer Assignment Jig-Saw (Begin)
  • Reminder about Website and Schoology.

q  Sign paperwork!!

q  Student Information Online Form Due Tomorrow

q  All Paperwork due Friday!

-Begin Reading Chapter 51

 

 

Thursday

September 7

  • All paperwork due!!!  
  • Signed Permission Slips Due!
  • Summer Assignment Jig-Saw (Presentation) 
  • Academic Honesty

q  Finish Reading Chapter 51 (Be ready for Reading Quiz)

 

 

Friday

September 8

  • Quick Quiz: Chapter 51
  • Discuss Quiz and Chapter 51
  • Norm Setting 
  • Academic Honesty  
  • Lab Notebook Guideline 
  • Animal Behavior Discussion Assignment on Schoology 
  • Set-up your lab notebook

 

 

 

Monday

September 11

  • IRP Project Discussion: Idea Generation and Project Description 
  • Discussion of Class Set-up 
  • Scientific Methods Activity 
  • Muster/Shelter-in-Place/Lock Down Procedure 

q  See Last Friday

q  Review Chapter 51 Concepts

q  Watch Paul Anderson (Bozeman Science) lecture on animal behavior.

- Start Collecting 1-L Soda Bottles 

 

Wednesday 

September 13

HR and B Block --> Senior Assembly 

  • Case Study 
  • Case Study Discussion   
  • Textbook Online Access Code and Info

q  Bozeman science video introducing another version of the animal taxis (fruit fly) lab.

q  Watch Hank Green’s Crash Course Animal Behavior.

Thursday

September 14

  • Prisoner’s Dilemma
  • Social Media Issues 
  • Wrap-up Chapter 51 on Ethology 

 

 

- Start Collecting 1-L Soda Bottles 

q  Type Up a Quiz for Chapter 51.  (All due first class next week)

-Read Fruit fly Lab

- Start Collecting 1-L Soda Bottles 

Friday

September 15

  • Wrap Up Chapter 51
  • Cool Animal Behavior Movies

 

- Prepare for End of Chapter Quiz (Chapter 51): This means you are responsible for all the central concepts, vocab that's bold in the chapter, questions in the book, as well as all the class discussion regarding these topics.

- Typed Up Quiz due Monday

 

 

 

Monday 

September 18

  • Turn in Typed Quiz  
  • Taxis Behavior/Fruit Fly Lab (Prep)  

Work on Year Long Project 

Review for Chapter 51 Quiz

Wednesday

September 20

  • Quiz: Chapter 51
  • After quiz, work on fruit fly lab prep in your lab report, finish fruit fly pre-lab in your lab notebook.

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Thursday

September 21 

No School  -

Friday

September 22 

  • Lab: Water Exploration 

 

-Skim Chapter 2: The Chemical Context of Life

-Skim Chapter 3: Water and Life

     

Monday 

September 25

  • Go Over Water Properties and Exploration Questions
  • Graphic Organizer: Macromolecules 
  • Molecular Modeling Activity

-Solidify your understanding of water properties and chemistry review

-Use Textbook, online resources for review.

-Come to X-block if you need chemistry review!

Wednesday

September 27

  • Half Day (A, HR, D)
  • Molecular Modeling Activity 

-Skim Chapter 4

-Read Chapter 5: Structure and Function of Large Biological Molecules 

Thursday

September 28

  • Molecular Modeling Activity
  • Assign Enzyme Take Home Lab: Prep Today 

-Finish Reading Chapter 5

-Begin Working on Enzyme Lab

Friday 

September 30

  • Check-in Quiz: Basic Chemistry and Water Properties 
-Work on Enzyme Take-Home Lab
     

Monday 

October 2

  • Review Activity for Large Biological Molecules
  • Fruit Fly Lab? 
-Enzyme Take Home Lab

Wednesday

October 4

  • Fruit Fly Behavior Lab
  • Prepare for Biochem Test 
-Biochem Test Review

Thursday

October 5

  • Biochem Test 
  • Fruit Fly Behavior Lab
  • Prepare for Biochem Test 
 

Friday

October 6

  • After Test: Prepare Fruit Fly Lab Presentation 
 
     

 

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