Week 7: September 21 - 28

Monday, September 21
1. Forest Ecosystem Activity
2. Exit Slip Question
3. No Homework

Tuesday, September 22
1. Read pg. 94 - 97 in book on ecological succession
2. Answer Qs on reading guide

Wednesday, September 23
1. Secondary Succession Example: Lake Michigan
2. Complete Analysis Questions
3. Due Thursday, if not completed in class

Thursday, September 24
1. Primary Succession Example: Mt. Saint Helens, Washington State
2. Complete Analysis Questions
3. Due Friday, if not completed in class

Friday, September 25
1. Ecological Succession Mini-Quiz
2. Start Population Dynamics
3. No Homework

Week 6: September 14 - 18

Monday, September 14

1. Count Duck Weed & Record

2. Review "Who Did It?" Activity

3. Introduction to Claim, Evidence, & Reasoning Strategy

4. Make and Support a Claim on Teddy's deer

Tuesday, Semptember 15

1. Count Duck Weed & Record

2. Complete C, E, & R Strategy for Teddy's deer

3. Each group shares their supported claim

4. Feedback and Discussion

Wednesday, September 16

1. Count Duck Weed & Record

2. Introduce Energy Transfer Lab

3. Assign Groups

4. Time to develop a procedure and practice with the materials

Thursday, September 17

1. Count Duck Weed & Record

2. Energy Transfer Lab

--> We will be going outside to the tennis courts, most likely for the entire period.

--> Depending on the weather, students may need sun screen

--> There will be an expectation that students will not mishandle the water

Friday, September 18

1. Count Duck Weed & Record

2. 10 minutes for groups to colaborate and develop a claim based on the Energy Transfer data.

3. Individual Claim, Evidence & Reasoning format Lab Write-Up

4. HW: Complete Lab Write-Up, if not completed in class

Week 5: September 8 - 11

Tuesday, September 8

1. Hand back Brochures & Venn Diagrams

2. Discuss Project Feedback

3. Food Chain vs. Food Web Brainstorm

Wednesday, September 9

1. AVID POSER Activity

2. Practice Costa's Questioning

Thursday, September 10

1. Reading about 10% Energy Transfer Trend

2. Use reading guide and draw new Transfer Pyramid

3. Start Duck Weed Activity/Lab

Friday, September 11

1. Check Duck Weed, Record on Chart

2. "Who did it?" Mystery Activity

3. No Homework

Week 4: August 31 - September 3

Monday, August 31st

1. Review Carbon Cycle

2. Complete Nitrogen & Phosphorus Cycle Notes

3. "What is a Key Fact?" Activity

Tuesday, September 1st

1. Introduce Venn Diagrams

2. Key Fact Location & Comparison Activity with the Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles

Wednesday, September 2nd

1. Cycle Assessment: Venn Diagram of Carbon & Nitrogen

2. No Homework

Thursday, September 3rd

All of the science teachers at EHS will be at a conference, so we will have a guest teacher.

1. Biology Video

2. Written Assignment: Compare what you learned about Madagascar in your WebQuest to the information presented in the video. What is similar? What is different?

Enjoy your long weekend. : )

See you all on Tuesday!

Week 3: August 24 - 28

Monday, August 24

1. Review Bargaining Table Worksheet

2. Brochure Layout Example

3. Start Brochure when Claim has be Approved by Mrs. Noraddin

Tuesday, August 25

1. Complete Brochure

2. Review Presentation Format

Wednesday, August 26

1. Brochure Presentations

Thursday, August 27

1. Complete Presentations

2. Collect Brochures

3. What it means to be safe at EHS

Friday, August 28

The lesson for Friday will depend on where the other biology classes are by this date.

If we are all on schedule, then we will be learning about Keystone Species.

If our classes are a day ahead, then we will learn to play BioViva, an ecology based board game from France.

Week 2: August 17 - 21

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Monday, August 17th

1. Complete Ecology Video

2. Review Video Questions

3. Use biome packet to revise biome descriptions

4. Gallery Walk to complete a graphic organizer on the 6 biomes

Tuesday, August 18th

1. Biology Biome Trivia Game

Wednesday, August 19th

1. Introduce Madagascar Project

2. Discuss Project Rubric

3. Choose groups & roles

4. Begin looking at project website

Thursday, August 20th

1. Class to the computer lab to conduct WebQuest for the Madagascar Ecology Project

2. There will be only one day for data collection

Friday, August 21st

1. Group members will share the data they gathered as Expert Groups

2. Fill in a Bargaining Table worksheet

3. Design rough draft of brochure

4. No homework

Week 1: August 13 - 14

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Thursday, August 13
1. Teacher Intro
2. Policies & Procedures
3. Totem Pole Ice Breaker
4. Homework: Get Policies signed by Friday, August 21st

Friday, August 14
1. Intro to Biomes
2. Biome Graphic Organizer Gallery Walk
3. Ecology Video w/Guide Worksheet
4. Video Guide Worksheet due by the End of Period