Semester 1: Quarter 1
Introductions &
Invertebrates
Week 1: August 17th - 19th
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011 - DAY 1!!
1. Science is... video and Venn Diagram
2. Mythbusters worksheet
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
1. SIMBA #1: "I squealed like a little girl..." Why should I not have been afraid of a grounded bat?
2. Finish mythbuster worksheet
3. MQ1Q1 - Warm-up - Science is...
4. Course overview, rules, & expectations
5. Evolution? What's going on, what do you think?
6. Taxonomy - animal classification activity
Week 2: August 22nd - 26th
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
1. SIMBA #2: "The Circling Dog" - Why does my dog pace around in 2-3 circles everytime it lays down?
2. Complete Taxonomy classification activity & discuss
3. What does it mean to "be an animal"? Splash
1. Science is... video and Venn Diagram
2. Mythbusters worksheet
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
1. SIMBA #1: "I squealed like a little girl..." Why should I not have been afraid of a grounded bat?
2. Finish mythbuster worksheet
3. MQ1Q1 - Warm-up - Science is...
4. Course overview, rules, & expectations
5. Evolution? What's going on, what do you think?
6. Taxonomy - animal classification activity
Week 2: August 22nd - 26th
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
1. SIMBA #2: "The Circling Dog" - Why does my dog pace around in 2-3 circles everytime it lays down?
2. Complete Taxonomy classification activity & discuss
3. What does it mean to "be an animal"? Splash
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
1. Finish Animal Characteristics Splash - All: 1. No cell wall, 2. Heterotrophic, 3. Eukaryotic, 4. Multicellular... Most: Reproduce sexually, are responsive/mobile, diploid
2. Anatomical Terms and Planes notes
3. Formal Animal Taxonomy Classification
4. Dichotomous Key from your Tax. Class
2. Anatomical Terms and Planes notes
3. Formal Animal Taxonomy Classification
4. Dichotomous Key from your Tax. Class
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
1. MQ2Q1 - Anatomical Terms and Planes & Animal Characteristics
2. Collect & Evaluate Dichotomous Key Homework
3. Using a dichotomous key to identify practice
4. Kingdom Overview Notes
2. Collect & Evaluate Dichotomous Key Homework
3. Using a dichotomous key to identify practice
4. Kingdom Overview Notes
Week 3: August 29th - September 2nd
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
1. MQ4Q1 - Porifera (1st half)
2. Finish Porifera Notes
3. Porifera Worksheet - in class
4. Spongebob - a model sponge?
2. Finish Porifera Notes
3. Porifera Worksheet - in class
4. Spongebob - a model sponge?
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
1. MQ5Q1 - Porifera (2nd half)
2. Blue Planet video & worksheet
3. Review sheet for Tuesday test - REVIEW SHEET ANSWERS HERE!
2. Blue Planet video & worksheet
3. Review sheet for Tuesday test - REVIEW SHEET ANSWERS HERE!
WEEK 4: September 6th - September 9th
Thursday, September 7th, 2011
1. Cnidarian Introduction
2. Web Notes & Nematocyst engineering assignment
2. Web Notes & Nematocyst engineering assignment
WEEK 5: September 12th - September 16th
Monday, September, 12th, 2011 (2 hr early release)
1. Cnidarian Overview
2. Engineering Assignment Review & Work on rough blueprint in class
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
1. Cnidarian Notes - What we should know... & New Stuff (Ctenophores & Reproduction)
2. Cnidarian Engineering Blueprint - drawn with specific labels
3. Cnidarian Anatomy - coloring & identification activity
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
1. MQ8Q1 - Cnidarians
2. Rotifer Hunt & Identification
1. Cnidarian Overview
2. Engineering Assignment Review & Work on rough blueprint in class
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
1. Cnidarian Notes - What we should know... & New Stuff (Ctenophores & Reproduction)
2. Cnidarian Engineering Blueprint - drawn with specific labels
3. Cnidarian Anatomy - coloring & identification activity
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
1. MQ8Q1 - Cnidarians
2. Rotifer Hunt & Identification
WEEK 6: September 19th - September 23rd
Monday, September 19th, 2011
1. MQ8Q1 - Rotifers
2. Finish Rotifer Hunt (+5 Bonus)
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
1. General Platyhelminthes Introduction
2. Create a Planaria Trap
3. Set & Check Planaria Trap
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
1. Zoo Trip
1. MQ8Q1 - Rotifers
2. Finish Rotifer Hunt (+5 Bonus)
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
1. General Platyhelminthes Introduction
2. Create a Planaria Trap
3. Set & Check Planaria Trap
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
1. Zoo Trip
WEEK 7: September 26th - September 30th
Monday, September 26th, 2011
1. Platyhelimnthes Introduction pt. 2
2. Observe / Draw Planaria under microscope
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
1. Ice Bath the Planarian
2. Planarian Notes
3. Planarian Dissection and Predicition Questions
Thursday, September 29, 2011
1. MQ9Q1 - Platyhelminthes
2. Check Planaria (observe and draw Planaria as viewed under microscope)
3. Coloring Dissection of Planaria
1. Platyhelimnthes Introduction pt. 2
2. Observe / Draw Planaria under microscope
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
1. Ice Bath the Planarian
2. Planarian Notes
3. Planarian Dissection and Predicition Questions
Thursday, September 29, 2011
1. MQ9Q1 - Platyhelminthes
2. Check Planaria (observe and draw Planaria as viewed under microscope)
3. Coloring Dissection of Planaria
WEEK 8: October 3rd - October 7
Monday, October 3rd, 2011
1. MQ9Q1 - Platyhelminthes (Snr. retake) (link above)
2. Platyhelminthes Notes Pt. II
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
1. MQ10Q1 - Platyhelminthes Parasites II
2. Nematoda Quick Notes
3. Phylogenic Tree Paper Directions
4. LMC PTP Work - Table completion
Thursday, October 10th, 2011
1. MQ11Q1 - Nematoda
2. Worm Hunt
1. MQ9Q1 - Platyhelminthes (Snr. retake) (link above)
2. Platyhelminthes Notes Pt. II
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
1. MQ10Q1 - Platyhelminthes Parasites II
2. Nematoda Quick Notes
3. Phylogenic Tree Paper Directions
4. LMC PTP Work - Table completion
Thursday, October 10th, 2011
1. MQ11Q1 - Nematoda
2. Worm Hunt
WEEK 9: October 10th - October 14th
Monday, October 10th (short day), 2011
1. Write multiple choice question review
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
1. Full Class - LMC Phylogenic Tree paper work
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
1. 10 minute review
2. "Primative" Phylum Test - review (test will be reordered but virtually identical)
3. Remainder of time spent in LMC finishing phylogenic tree paper
1. Write multiple choice question review
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
1. Full Class - LMC Phylogenic Tree paper work
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
1. 10 minute review
2. "Primative" Phylum Test - review (test will be reordered but virtually identical)
3. Remainder of time spent in LMC finishing phylogenic tree paper
WEEK 10: October 17th - 21st
Monday, October 17th, 2011
1. Check Earthworms
2. Observe live earthworms
3. Observe preserved earthworms (pre-dissection)
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
1. Annelida Notes
2. Earthworm observation
3. Earthworm dissection
Thursday, October, 20th, 2011
1. MQ12Q1 - Earthworm dissection / Annelida
2. Mollusca Notes
3. Squid Dissection
1. Check Earthworms
2. Observe live earthworms
3. Observe preserved earthworms (pre-dissection)
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
1. Annelida Notes
2. Earthworm observation
3. Earthworm dissection
Thursday, October, 20th, 2011
1. MQ12Q1 - Earthworm dissection / Annelida
2. Mollusca Notes
3. Squid Dissection