Biology and Honors Biology, Sept. 22-26

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Looking forward to another great week!

Biology Lesson Plans

Monday: Complete the Virus Wanted Mini-Poster Project

HW: Complete the project at home if you did not finish in class

Tuesday: Project due today; Cell and Virus Review Sheet; Work on Quizizz (Wayground)

Wednesday: Cell and Virus Comparision activity; Check Review; Work on Quizizz (Wayground)

HW: Study your journal and the review for our test; Gimkit is extra credit for our test and great practice to get ready

Thursday: Cell and Virus Test

Friday: Cell Membrane journal notes; Test Boost questions

 

Honors Lesson Plans

Monday: Work on the Virus Wanted Poster

Tuesday: Cell and Virus Review Sheet; Complete Poster

HW: Complete Virus Wanted Poster

Wednesday: Project due today; Check Review Sheet; Cell and Virus Comparison Activity

HW: Study your journal and the review for our test; Quizizz (Wayground) is extra credit for our test and great practice

Thursday: Cell and Virus Test

Friday: Virus and Diabetes Case Study; Test Boost Questions

 

Biology and Honors Biology, Sept. 16-19

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Here is what we have going on this week!

Biology:

Tuesday: Intro to Viruses google slides assignment (using inquiry to figure things out)

HW: The Wayground Interactive video and questions from last week about Bacteria and Viruses is due tomorrow

Wednesday: Virus Notes in our journal and the color sheet assignment

HW: Complete the color sheet if you don’t finish in class

Thursday: Begin our Virus project

Friday: Watercolor your particular assigned virus

(we will label the drawings on Monday)

 

Honors Biology:

Tuesday: Virus Notes in journal, work on page 32 of your journal

HW: The Wayground Interactive video and questions from last week about Bacteria and Viruses is due tomorrow

Wednesday: Lytic and Lysogenic Cycle comparison, Cells and Virus activity together, Choose your virus for our project

Thursday: Work on the Virus Wanted project

Friday: Watercolor your particular assigned virus

 

Project is due Tuesday, Sept. 23rd!

Biology and Honors Biology, Sept. 8-12

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Heads up about this week: JV football game is Tuesday night and the Varsity football game is in Quitman on Thursday night. So, the pep rally will be before lunch on Thursday.

Biology Lesson Plans:

Monday: Introduction to the Microscope Lab

Tuesday: Continue the Microscope Lab

HW: Begin studying the cell parts for our quiz on Thursday

Wednesday: Endosymbiosis discussion; Review activity for cell parts

Thursday: Study time and Cell Quiz

Friday: Cheek Cell and Elodea Plant Cell Lab

 

Honors Biology Lesson Plans:

Monday: Introduction to the Microscope Lab

HW: Cells google slides assignment from Friday is due at the start of class on Tuesday

Tuesday: Continue the Microscope Lab

HW: Begin studying the cell parts for our quiz on Thursday

Wednesday: Endosymbiosis discussion; Cell Clinic activity

HW: Study for our cell quiz

Thursday: Cell Quiz

Friday: Cheek Cell and Elodea Plant Cell Lab

 

Biology and Honors Biology, Sept. 2-5

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I hope everyone had a great long weekend!

Biology Lesson Plans:

Tuesday: Prokaryote and Eukaryotic comparison notes page and Venn Diagram in our journal

Wednesday: Cell Vocabulary in our journal

Thursday: Cell Diagrams in our journal (identifying and coloring cell parts)

Friday: Cell Live Quizizz Lesson as a class

 

Honors Biology Lesson Plans:

Tuesday: Cutting Edge Cell Video, Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cell presentation and Venn Diagram

HW: Complete the Venn diagram if you don’t finish in class

Wednesday: Cell Vocabulary in our journal

Thursday: Cell Diagrams in our journal (identifying and coloring cell parts)

HW: Cell Google Slides assignment (due on Monday at the start of class)

Friday: Pathway of a protein discussion and Cell review, Quizizz practice

HW: Cell Google Slides assignment (due on Monday at the start of class)

 

 

Biology and Honors Biology, Aug. 25-29

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Here is what we have going on this week:

Thursday is our first Spirit day.  Freshmen wear gray and Sophomores wear black!

Friday is our first pep rally, at 11:25. (we are doing early pep rallies for away games this year)

 

Biology Lesson Plans:

Monday: Enzyme introduction and Diagram activity

Tuesday: Enzyme diagram in journal and Potato Enzyme Lab

HW: gimkit is due Thursday for extra credit on our test (and it’s good practice to get ready)

Wednesday: Review activity and begin Gimkit

HW: Study your journal for our test and do the Gimkit for practice (extra credit)

Thursday: Biomolecule and Enzyme Test

Friday:  Test Boost activity and do the cell vocabulary in our journal

 

Honors Biology Lesson Plans:

Monday: Enzyme inquiry activity, p. 15-17 in your journal

HW: Complete p. 15-17

Tuesday: Enzyme diagrams in your journal and Potato Enzyme Lab

Wednesday: Biomolecule sorting activity for review, Gimkit

HW: Study your journal and do the Gimkit for extra credit

Thursday: Biomolecule and Enzyme Test

Friday: Test Boost Activity and do the cell vocabulary in our journal

Biology and Honors Biology, Aug. 18-22

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Here is what we are doing this week!

Biology Plans:

Monday: Monomer and Polymer Discussion, Organic Compound Chart in your journal

Tuesday: Carbohydrate, Lipid and Protein journal entries and video clips

Wednesday: Nucleic Acid journal entry; Pre-lab questions and lab prep

Thursday: Cheetos Biomolecule Lab

Friday: Biomolecule Review in journal and practice Quizizz

 

Honors Biology Plans:

Monday: Characteristics of Life homework due; Characteristics of Life discussion and video clip; pages 6-7 of your journal

HW: page 9 in your journal is due tomorrow

Tuesday: Monomer and Polymer comparison in journal; Carbs, Lipids and Proteins journal entries

Wednesday: Nucleic Acid journal entry; p. 14 in your journal

HW: Pre-lab questions

Thursday: Cheetos Biomolecule Lab

Friday: Biomolecule Quizizz; Enzyme Inquiry activity

HW: p. 15-17 of your journal is due Tuesday

Biology and Honors Biology, Aug. 13-15

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Welcome back to school!

Here is what we will be doing in Biology this week.

Biology-

Wednesday: Introductions, Syllabus and “Fortune Telling” Fish

HW: Get syllabus and contract signed by Friday, bring supplies

Thursday: Lab Safety review, Tour of the Classroom, Lab Equipment Scavenger Hunt

HW: Get syllabus and contract signed by Friday, bring supplies

Friday: Pass out journals, Lab Equipment journal entry, Get on google classroom and complete the Lab Equipment Quizizz

HW: Bring supplies and complete the Quizizz if you did not finish in class

 

Honors Biology-

Wednesday: Introductions, Syllabus and “Fortune Telling” Fish

HW: Get syllabus and contract signed by Friday, bring supplies

Thursday: Lab Safety review, Tour of the Classroom, Lab Equipment Scavenger Hunt (Honors version)

HW: Get syllabus and contract signed by Friday, bring supplies

Friday:  Pass out journals, Lab Equipment journal entry, Get on google classroom and complete the Lab Safety and Equipment Quizizz (Honors version)

HW: Bring supplies and complete the Quizizz if you did not finish in class

Meet the Teacher 2025 – Biology and Honors Biology

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Meet The Teacher 2025 – Biology and Honors Biology

My name is Staci Henderson, and I’m so happy to be your Biology teacher this year.  As a campus, we are going to work hard to provide you lots of opportunities for success in a safe environment. This is my 23rd year of teaching, and my 10th year here at White Oak High School. I love teaching Biology and AP Biology, there are so many things you will learn this year to help you understand the living world around you.  We’ll be busy in class, but the good kind of busy! This is a STAAR-EOC tested class, and thankfully the only science STAAR test you will have to take during high school.  We’ll get you ready!

In Biology, you will need the following supplies:

  1. Folder to keep handouts and homework (for Biology, can be placed inside a binder shared with another class or kept separate)
  2. School-issued Chromebook
  3. Corded headphones (no bluetooth)
  4. Pencils

Classroom supply: 

Please donate a couple rolls of paper towels and/or a box of disposable gloves.

School begins Wednesday, August 13th.

Join the ParentSquare app to receive messages from your teachers and the school. (Students join StudentSquare with their school gmail account).

My blog is: hendersonbiology.wonecks.net.

My email is: [email protected].

Looking forward to the first day of school and the school year! 

Biology and Honors Biology Supply List 2025-2026

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I wanted to go ahead and post this list of supplies for anyone who is shopping early!

I will update it when we have our first science department meeting when teachers go back to school, but I don’t think it will change much if any.

Personal Supplies:

Pencils/Pens

School-supplied chromebook (no other computer, must be the school chromebook)

Headphones/earbuds – for assignments only (not used very often)

Folder to keep handouts (for Biology specifically)

 

Classroom supplies to donate:

2 rolls of paper towels and if possible, a box of disposable gloves for labs. (If you happen to come across XL gloves, that would be great to get some that size since some of my students do not fit in the typical one size fits most!)

Here is a link of a good option, for a fair price: Non-latex gloves, various sizes