Our STAAR test is this week! Good luck to everyone.
Monday: STAAR Review Escape Room
HW: Charge your computers
Tuesday: Biology STAAR EOC Test
Wednesday-Friday: Zoo Exhibit Project
Biology and Honors Biology, April 22-26
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Biology and Honors Biology April 15-19
This is our last full week before our STAAR test! The STAAR EOC is Tuesday, April 23rd. We will be reviewing this week to help get ready.
Biology and Honors Bio Review week lesson plans:
Monday: Ecology Quiz; Cell and Cell Transport review, with card matching activity
Tuesday: Cell vs. Virus activity; Macromolecule and Cell Google Slide review assignment
Wednesday: DNA and Protein Synthesis Live Quizizz Lesson with practice questions
Thursday: Cell Cycle Review and Escape room
Friday: Mutations and Natural Selection review; Practice STAAR test Questions
Biology and Honors Biology, April 8-12
Eclipse day Monday!
Biology plans:
Monday: Food Chain and food web journal entries; Interpreting a Food Web assignment
HW: Food web assignment is due Wednesday if you don’t finish it in class
Tuesday: English I STAAR EOC Test; Good luck to everyone!
Wednesday: Carbon and Nitrogen cycle journal entry; Nutrient cycle dominoes
Thursday: Succession journal entry and Biodiversity assignment
Friday: Begin our STAAR Review!
The Biology STAAR test is Tuesday, Apr. 23rd.
Honors Plans:
Monday: Energy flow journal entries and Keystone species assignment (6th period – anyone who wants to will view the eclipse. I have glasses. Remember, do not look directly at the sun! I hope the weather cooperates.)
HW: Keystone species assignment is due Wednesday
Tuesday: English I STAAR EOC test is in the morning; Food web activity
Wednesday: Turn in Keystone species assignment; Carbon and Nitrogen cycle journal entry
HW: Energy Flow TRG in journal
Thursday: Succession journal entry and Biodiversity assignment
Friday: Biodiversity game and begin our STAAR review!
Update for this week!
Biology plans have changed!
Thursday: Plant and Body System practice questions escape room
Friday: Ecology introduction activity
Biology and Honors Biology, April 2-5
We will be finishing body systems this week, and next week we will learn some Ecology concepts. After that, we will spend a week reviewing for our STAAR test. The Biology STAAR EOC test is Tuesday, April 23rd.
Biology Lesson Plans:
Tuesday: (UIL Academic Meet on our campus) Complete Body Systems Charts in journal and do the Self-checking Body systems assignment
Wednesday: Feedback Inhibition notes and a couple practice questions, Complete any missing work from the last couple of class days (many have been out due to school activities)
Thursday: Plant System and Body System review
HW: Study for our test
Friday: Plant System and Body System Test
Honors Lesson Plans:
Tuesday: (UIL Academic Meet on our campus) Self-checking Body Systems assignment (if you did not complete Thursday’s assignment, do that first)
Wednesday: Feedback Inhibition notes and Feedback assignment with partner
Thursday: Plant System and Body System review
HW: Study for our test
Friday: Plant System and Body System Test
Biology and Honors Biology March 25-28
Monday: Benchmark Review and Plant Word Search Review
HW: Charge your computers for our benchmark.
Tuesday: Biology Benchmark, in the afternoon we’ll do a Reaction Time Lab
Wednesday: Levels of Organization journal assignment and Quizziz
Thursday: Body Systems Matching Activity, use the cards to fill out a chart in our journal
Honors:
Monday: Benchmark review and Plant Review
HW: Charge your computers for our benchmark
Tuesday: Biology Benchmark, Reaction time lab in class
Wednesday: Levels of Organization journal assignment and Escape room
Thursday: Body Systems Matching Activity and use the cards to fill out chart in your journal
Biology and Honors Biology, March 18-22
Biology Lesson Plans:
Monday: Get our 4th 9 weeks journals, Plant Introduction, Leaves Anatomy assignment
HW: Leaves anatomy assignment is due at the start of class on Wednesday
Tuesday: Leaves discussion; Stomata Lab; Work on the Leaves anatomy assignment
HW: Leaves anatomy assignment is due tomorrow
Wednesday: Plant Reproduction and Flower discussion; Plant System Interaction google form
Thursday: Flower dissection
Friday: Plant Tropisms and Hormones journal assignment
Honors Lesson Plans:
Monday: Get your 4th 9 weeks journals; Plant Introduction short topic review guide; Plant Tissues journal assignment
HW: Complete the tissue assignment by the start of class tomorrow
Tuesday: Roots, Stems and Leaves discussion; Stomata Lab
Wednesday: Plant Reproduction and Flower journal entry; Plant System Interaction google form
Thursday: Flower Dissection
Friday: Plant Tropisms and Hormones assignment
Biology and Honors Biology, March 4-8
One more week until Spring Break already!
Biology and Honors Biology Lesson Plans:
Monday: Six Kingdoms notes pages and complete the Six Kingdom mini-poster
Tuesday: Algebra I benchmark and Dichotomous Key Activity in the afternoon
Wednesday: Six Kingdom Classification Lab
(Honors – Six Kingdoms Escape room for homework)
Thursday: Protist Kingdom discussion and microscope review; turn in journal
Friday: Protist Lab
Biology and Honors Biology 2/25 to 3/1
Here is what we have coming up this week!
Biology Plans:
Monday: Intro to Taxonomy discussion and journal entry; Google form practice
Tuesday: Six Kingdom intro; Rough draft of your kingdom water color project
Wednesday: Early Release day! 1st and 8th periods will do their water color project
Thursday: 3rd and 5th will do their water color project; 1st and 8th can finish their project and will also do a dichotomous key
Friday: Six Kingdoms notes
Honors Plans:
Monday: Intro to Taxonomy; Scientific Naming video and discussion; Google form practice
Tuesday: Six Kingdom intro; Rough draft of your kingdom water color project
Wednesday: Early Release Day! 7th period will work on their water color project
Thursday: 6th will do the watercolor project; 7th will finish project and do a dichomous key
Friday: Six Kingdoms notes
Biology and Honors Biology, Feb. 20-23
Hope everyone has enjoyed the long weekend!
Biology plans for this week:
Tuesday: Phylogenetic tree discussion and journal entry; Evolution Review Quizizz (1st and 3rd), Phylogenetic tree practice assignment (5th and 8th)
Wednesday: English I Benchmark test in the morning; Evolution Review Quizizz (5th and 8th periods)
HW: Study your crossword review, journal and Quizizz for our Evolution test
Thursday: Evolution test
Friday: Intro to Taxonomy and Classification groups; Test Corrections
Honors plans for the week:
Tuesday: Phylogenetic tree discussion and journal entry; Constructing a Cladogram google slide assignment
Wednesday: Evolution Review Quizizz; Hardy Weinberg practice problems
HW: Study for Evolution test
Thursday: Evolution Test
Friday: Introduction to Taxonomy and Classification groups; Test Corrections