Rotation 8 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To work on marking period assessment.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What has been your favorite and least favorite activities/topics of the year in biology?
- Work on Marking Period Assessment in Google Classroom

Rotation 8 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To begin wrapping up the marking period.

Agenda:

- Daily Journal: Name three organs that you saw in the frog dissection.

- Finish Frog Dissection handout

- Discuss Marking Period Assessment

Rotation 8 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To look into the anatomy of vertebrates.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What do you know about frogs?
- Frog Dissection

5/23 & 5/24

Period 4
- No daily journal questions
- You will be watching the movie GATTACA and answering questions.
- Watch the trailer first: GATTACA Trailer

Rotation 5 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To continue watching a film.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What are three ways that a virus can be transferred from person to person?
- Finish Contagion

Rotation 5 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To continue watching Contagion.

Agenda: 
- Daily Journal: What is the term for a rare change in the DNA of genes?
- Contagion

Rotation 5 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To start watching a video on the impact of a virus.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is a harmless variant or derivative of a pathogen that stimulates a host's immune system?
- Video

Rotation 4 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To look at how bacteria are evolving.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What kind medicine is used against bacteria?
- PBS video

Rotation 4 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To see how bacteria react to chemicals.

Agenda:
- What are the names of the two groups of bacteria?
- Finish What kills Germs
- Read article as class

Rotation 4 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To discuss bacteria.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What are a couple of things that you know about bacteria?
- Notes
- Start online activity

Rotation 3 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To look at how mutations can occur on chromosomes.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What type of RNA carries amino acids to the ribosome?
- Notes: mutations
- Chromosome Activity

Rotation 3 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To practice transcribing and translating DNA.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: Where does translation occur in the cell?
- CHNOPS

Rotation 3 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To practice transcribing and translating DNA.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the term for a three-nucleotide sequence that is associated with one amino acid?
- Genetic Code Activity
- CHNOPS

Rotation 2 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To practice using the decoding chart.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What are the three types of RNA called?
- Finish WS if needed
- Codon Bingo

Rotation 2 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To see how DNA becomes protein.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What nitrogen base pairs with Guanine?
- Notes: Transcription, Genetic Code & Translation
- WS Transcription & Translation

Rotation 2 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To discuss DNA.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: How many chromosomes come from your dad?
- DNA notes
- Finish DNA lab
- DNA vocab

Rotation 1 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To complete a DNA molecule.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What are the four nitrogen bases in DNA? (Look at your lab)
- Finish DNA Structure Lab - you need to read to answer the questions. ALL ANSWERS ARE IN THE LAB.
- some need to finish the Sex-Linked Inheritance lab
- Most have to do Vocab: DNA

Rotation 1 - day 2

Today's Goal: To get started with DNA.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What does DNA stand for?
- DNA structure lab - Google Presentation

Rotation 1 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To assess knowledge of genetics and start looking at DNA.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the blood type for the genotype ii?
- Quick Review
- Genetics Assessment
- DNA structure

Rotation 12 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To look at sex-linked traits?

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is one sex-linked trait?
- Sex-linked inheritance lab
- Assessment on B-day

Rotation 12 - Day 2

Today's goal: Wrap up marking period.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the term for when homologous chromosomes do not separate properly in meiosis?
- Look at your Genetic Disease Presentations 
- Review Sheets

Rotation 12 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To wrap up the marking period.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What human disorder results from having XXY?
- Finish Marking Period Assessment (Genetic Disorder) on Google Classroom
- Finish any late work
- Genetics Review Sheet
- Vocab: DNA - use glossary on Google Classroom

Rotation 11 - Day 3

Today's Goal: Finish up genetics unit.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is a Barr body?
- Late Work
- If time: Sex-Linked Inheritance Lab

Rotation 11 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To complete genetic disorder presentation and any late work.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What chromosome carries most sex-linked disorders?
- Any newsela articles need work?
- Genetic disorders - Marking Period Assessment
- Late work - grade sheet - all due on Friday

Rotation 11 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To read and annote an article.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What sex-linked disorder is related to blood clotting?
- Newsela - Genetics article through Google Classroom

Rotation 10 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To begin wrapping up the unit.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the probability of having a boy?
- Wrap up genetic disorder projects... presenting next class
- Finish any notes
- Introduce Sex-Linked Inheritance Lab

Rotation 10 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To look into human genetic disorders.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is a genetic disorder caused by a recessive allele?
- Period 3 - Google classroom - Genetic Disease Research
- Period 4 - Notes on sex-linked 50/50 Chances

Rotation 10 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To continue with human genetics.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is a genetic disease that is caused by a dominant allele?
- Period 3 - Notes on sex-linked 50/50 Chances
- Period 4 - Google classroom - Genetic Disease Research

Rotation 9 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To discuss genetic diseases.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is a genetic disease that you have heard of?
- Notes: Genetic Diseases
- Introduce project

Rotation 9 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To look at blood typing.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is a pedigree?
- Finish Pedigree worksheet
- Notes: blood typing
- WS Blood typing

Rotation 9 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To finish looking at karyotypes and begin to discuss blood typing.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What are the sex chromosomes of a human male?
- Finish Cow Karyotypes
- Notes: blood typing
- Worksheet

Rotation 8 - Day 2 & 3

Today's Goal: To look into karyotypes.

Agenda:
- Daily Journals:

• Day 2: Write a reaction to the trip or the Life Episode from Monday.
• Day 3: What is a karyotype?

- Karyotypes

Rotation 8 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To start looking at human genetics.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: How many chromosomes do humans normally have?
- Notes: karyotypes
- WS Karyotype (only one side)
- Start Cow Karyotype Lab

Rotation 7 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To look at how genetics is inherited through chromosomes.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What type of inheritance involves many genes affecting one trait?
- Pipe Cleaner Babies

Rotation 7 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To continue looking at the complicated world of genetics.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What type of inheritance involves the heterozygous phenotype being an intermediate or blending of the two homozygous phenotypes?
- Finish any notes

- More punnett square practice

Rotation 7 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To work on genetics.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the term for the genetic makeup of an organism?
- Finish and hand in Punnett Packet
- WS Crosses Involving Dominance
- Notes: Beyond Mendel

Rotation 6 - All Days

Mother Nature sure can be challenging.

Agenda:
- No Daily Journals for rotation 6.
- Let's try to complete:

• Mendelian Monohybrid Coin Toss
• WS Punnett Square Packet
• WS Monohybrid Crosses with Dominance

Rotation 5 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To focus on Punnett Squares.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the term for the physical characteristics of a trait? (check notes)
- WS Guidelines for Punnett Squares
- Begin Mendelian Monohybrid Crosses

Rotation 5 - day 2

Today's Goal: To continue looking at genetics.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the difference between identical or fraternal twins?
- research

Rotation 5 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To view a video on twins, triplets, and quads.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the term for the separation of alleles during meiosis?
- Video with worksheet 

Rotation 4 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To start discussing how we get our traits from our parents.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: How many biological siblings do you have? (# of brothers vs sisters)
- Notes: Mendel and Meiosis
- Meiosis Activity

Rotation 4 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To start talking about heredity.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What traits do you share with a biological relative?
- 20 min - Finish tests and Vocab
- Notes: Genetics

Rotation 4 - day 1

Today's Goal: To assess knowledge of energy.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What are the two organelles that deal with energy?
- Worksheet Review
- Assessment
- Vocab - Genetics

Rotation 3 - day 3

Today's Goal: To start reviewing for an assessment on the energy cycle.

Agenda: 
- Daily Journal: What muscle causes you to inhale?
- Review Sheet
- Old work 
- Review using Quizlet 

Rotation 3 - day 2

Today's Goal: To discuss what your respiratory system do.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the average heart rate for an adult?
- Finish Heart rate Activity Graph
- Notes: Respiratory system

*** Assessment on next A-day

Rotation 3 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To get the heart beating.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What blood vessel pumps blood away from the heart?
- Heart Rate Activity

Rotation 2 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To discuss the circulatory system.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What does your heart do?
- Notes: Circulatory System
- Finish any vocab or photosynthesis packets

Rotation 2 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To finish looking at photosynthesis.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What are the two types of fermentation?
- Finish Newsela article
- photosynthesis packet

Rotation 2 - day 1

Today's Goal: To catch up.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What organelle does photosynthesis in plants?
- Cell Respiration Notes
- laptops: Google Classroom: Newsela - Plant article

Rotation 1 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To continue looking at how energy is made.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What organelle makes energy in cellular respiration?
- Photosynthesis Packet

Rotation 1 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To look at the cycle of energy.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What are the products of photosynthesis?
- Finish Cell Energy Gizmo
- Newsela article

Rotation 1 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To look at how plants make energy.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What do plants need?
- Notes: photosynthesis
- Cell energy lab

Rotation 12 - day 3

Today's Goal: To finish ATP structure.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: Where is energy stored in a molecule?
- Finish ATP lab
- Vocab: Energy Cycle

Rotation 12 - Day 2

 Today's Goal: Continue looking at a model of ATP.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What do we eat for energy?
- Structure of ATP lab

Rotation 12 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To look into how cells use energy.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What organisms can make their own energy?
- Notes
- Lab: Structure of ATP

Rotation 11 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To assess our knowledge of ecology and plants.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is your favorite review game/activity?
- Assessment
- Work on Concept Map

Rotation 11 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To review for tomorrow's test.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is a limiting factor?
- Kahoot
- Marking Period Assessment
- If you have late work... make an appointment

Rotation 11 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To finish unit.

Agenda:
- What type of plant flowers for only one growing season?
- Unit Review Sheet
- Late work
- Kahoot

Rotation 10 - All days

Daily Journals:

• Day 1: Would Wednesday’s snow be considered a density-dependent or density-independent limiting factor? Check your notes
• Day 2: What is the main example of a seedless vascular plant?
• Day 3: What are the two types of angiosperms?

Rotation 9 - Day 3

Today's Goal: To continue looking at plants.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the scientific name for flowering plants?
- Plant Diversity Packet
- Newsela - choose one of five articles to do Science Literacy 

Rotation 9 - Day 2

Today's Goal: To look at what plants need to grow.

Agenda: 
- Daily Journal: What is the scientific name for the type of plant has seeds in cones?
- Finish gizmo
- Plant Diversity packet

Rotation 9 - Day 1

Today's Goal: To start discussing plants.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: List two things that you know about plants.
- Discuss recent assignments
- Notes
- Gizmo: Growing Plants

Rotation 8 - All days

SNOW and COLD! Welcome Back

Students will not be held responsible for Daily Journals during Rotation 8.

Agenda for this Rotation:
Period 3 - Finish Isle Royale Graphing Assignment
Period 4 - Go Fish!