To access the Biology state Course of Study, click the link below:
http://www.alsde.edu/sec/sct/COS/2015%20FINAL%20Science%20COS%2010-1-15.pdf
Any work not completed in class should be considered homework.
*Daily- Study current chapter notes and Vocabulary Terms
May 14-18
Monday- Review Taxonomy Test
Tuesday- Planet Earth
Wednesday- Planet Earth
Thursday- Review for Final
Friday- Review for Final
May 7-11 (AL COS 13)
Monday- Chapter 18 Test
Tuesday- Planet Earth
Wednesday- NO SCHOOL
Thursday- Planet Earth
Friday- Planet Earth
April 30- May 4 (AL COS 13)
Monday- Finish Packet and begin word search and definitions
Tuesday- Notes on Dichotomous keys and practice
Wednesday- Dichotomous key activity
Thursday-Section 3
Friday-Review Chapter- Test Monday
April 23-27 (AL COS 13)
Monday- Bacteria Activity
Tuesday- Ch. 18 Vocabulary Terms
Wednesday- Read and take notes on pages 510-515 (18.1) Answer questions on page 515
Thursday- Read and take notes on section 18.2 (p. 522 answer 1-3)
Friday-Complete Classification packet and finish on Monday.
April 16-20 (AL COS 14)
Monday- Simulation activity- Speciation
Tuesday- 17.3 Reading and notes- Mutations
Wednesday- 17.4 Mutations Notes and Activity
Thursday- p. 504-505 review
Friday- Chapter 17 Test
April 9-13 (AL COS 14)
Monday- Galapagos Island Video and Questions
Tuesday- Chapter 17 Vocabulary Terms and Introduction (17.1)
Wednesday- 17.1 Review
Thursday- 17.2 Notes and Activity
Friday- 17.2 Review and 17.3 Notes
April 2-6 (AL COS 3, 11,12)
Monday- Easter Holiday
Tuesday- DNA Dogs
Wednesday- Review DNA
Thursday- Making DNA- Lab
Friday- DNA Test, Papers Due
March 26-30 (AL COS 3, 11, 12)
Monday- Go over Watershed assignment, Standardized test prep, p. 335 review 1-10, Ch. 12 Vocabulary
Tuesday- Chapter 12- DNA- 12.1 Notes
Wednesday- Continue Notes
Thursday- 12.2 Replication of DNA
Friday- HOLIDAY
March 12-16 ( AL COS 3, 11)
Monday- Genetics Fundamentals Packet (11.3)
Tuesday- Meiosis introduction (11.4)
Wednesday- 11.4 Vocabulary Practice and meiosis practice
Thursday- Chapter Review for Test
Friday- Chapter 11 Test
March 5-9 ( AL COS 3,11)
Monday- 11.2 Notes
Tuesday- Practice Punnett Squares
Wednesday- Baby Genetics
Thursday- Complete 11.2 and practice
Friday- Punnett Square Quiz
February 26- March 2
February 19-23 (AL COS 1,4)
Monday- HOLIDAY
Tuesday- Read and take notes on 10.3
Wednesday- Cancer Study
Thursday- 10.4
Friday- Review Chapter 10- Test will be on Tuesday
February 12-16 (AL COS 1,4)
Monday- Science World Reading and Questions
Tuesday- Continue Mitosis Doodle notes and reading
Wednesday- Continue Mitosis Notes
Thursday- Cell division video and complete notes.
Friday- HOLIDAY
February 5-9 (AL COS 6,8)
Monday- Cellular Respiration Webquest Activity
Tuesday- Chapter 10 Vocabulary
Wednesday- Begin 10.1 Notes
Thursday- Sexual and Asexual Reproduction review Activity
Friday- Begin 10.2 Notes
January 29- February 2 (AL COS 6,8)
Monday- Finish Microslides Activity (Begin reading Chapter 9)
Tuesday- 9.1 Notes and content vocab review
Wednesday- 9.2 Notes- Section 1 & 2 questions
Thursday- 9.3 Notes
Friday- Chapter 9 Test
January 22-26 (AL COS 5,6,8)
Monday- Review for Photosynthesis test
Tuesday- Photosynthesis Test
Wednesday- Photosynthesis Microslides Activity
Thursday- Begin Cellular Respiration Notes (9.1)
Friday- 9.2 Notes and review questions
January 15-19 (AL COS 5,6,8)
Monday- Holiday
Tuesday- Photosynthesis Microslides
Wednesday- Fill in Blank- Chapter Review
Thursday- Chapter Test
Friday- Finish Planet In Peril
January 8-12 (AL COS 6)
Monday- Complete and Analyze Egg Lab, 8.2 Notes, Section Review
Tuesday- Chloroplasts and Mitochondria Activity
Wednesday- Photosynthesis Fill in The Blank and Crossword. (Webquest)
Thursday- Begin 8.3 Notes and video
Friday- Complete 8.3 Notes and book worksheet
January 1-5 (AL COS 2,4)
Monday- HOLIDAY
Tuesday- Egg Lab, Cell review
Wednesday- 7.4 Notes (read) and practice withy guide
Thursday- 7.4 Quiz and Ch. 8 Vocabulary Terms
Friday- 8.1 Notes and book review
December 11- 15
Monday- Final Exam Reviews
Tuesday through Friday- Final Exams
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
December 4-8 (AL COS 2,4)
Monday- 7.3 Structure Chart
Tuesday- Book Review- Cell Projects Due!!
Wednesday- Cell Webquest
Thursday- Biology Test 7.1-7.3 only
Friday- Review for Final Exam
November 27-December 1 (COS 2,4)
Monday- 7.2 Notes and Section Questions
Tuesday- Lab Activity
Wednesday- Cells/Microslides
Thursday- Cell Packet Review
Friday- 7.3 Notes and structures chart
November 13-17 (AL COS 9)
Monday- Open Book Test Chapter 6
Tuesday- Finish Planet In Peril Part 1
Wednesday- Begin Chapter 7 Notes- Cells
Thursday- Cells Notes and Activity
Friday- Cells Drawings/microslides
November 6-10 (AL COS 9)
Monday- Earth's Carrying Capacity Work
Tuesday- Review 6.4
Wednesday- CHAPTER REVIEW (p. 182-183 Numbers 1-27)
Thursday- Chapter 6 Test and Finish Planet in Peril Part 1
Friday- NO SCHOOL
October 30- November 3 (AL COS 9)
Monday- Bill Nye Renewable and Nonrenewable resources, 6.1 Notes
Tuesday- 6.2 Notes and Questions
Wednesday- Using Resources Wisely and 6.2 Review
Thursday- 6.3 Notes and p. 172 1-4 assessment
Friday- 6.4 Notes p. 179 1-3 assessment
October 23-27 (AL COS 7,9,15)
Monday- Demographic Transition Notes and Review Activity
Tuesday- Book and Standardized Test Review
Wednesday- Chapter 5 Test, Chapter 6 Vocabulary Terms
Thursday- Deer Predation/Starvation activity and 6.1 Notes
Friday- 6.1 Question Review
October 16-20 (AL COS 7,9,15)
Monday- Continue Notes, Populations video, 5.1 Packet
Tuesday- OWL PELLET DISSECTIONS
Wednesday- 5.2 Review, Section Questions, Vocabulary Bingo
Thursday- Crash Course Ecology, Human Populations Activity
Friday- 5.3 Read and Notes
October 9-13 (AL COS 7,9,15)
Monday- FALL BREAK
Tuesday- Biome Presentations
Wednesday- Continue Presentations, Chapter 5 Vocabulary
Thursday- Parasite Sleuth Activity
Friday- 5.1 Notes (age structure, populations, dispersion, growth rate)
October 2-6 (AL COS 7,9,10,15)
Monday- Teacher Workday
Tuesday- Finish Ocean Biome, 4.5 Worksheet- Homework if not completed in class
Wednesday- Project Due. 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 Review (We will present next Tuesday)
Thursday- Chapter 4 Test (4.1,4.2,4.3 ONLY)
Friday- No School, FALL BREAK
September 18-22 (COS 8,10)
Monday- Begin Chapter 4 notes and questions (Section 4.1 p. 98 1-2)
Tuesday- Chapter 4 Vocabulary Flipcards
Wednesday- Biome Project information, 4.2 Notes and activity
Thursday- 4.3 Notes and Activity
Friday- 4.4 Notes on Biome Types
September 11-15 (COS 8,10)
Monday- No School (Weather)
Tuesday- No School (Weather)
September 4-8 (AL COS 8)
Monday- NO SCHOOL- Labor Day Holiday
Tuesday- Drawings of Carbon/Oxygen Cycle and 3.4 Questions (Homework)
Wednesday- Ch. 3 Vocabulary Quiz and Principles of Ecology Review
Thursday- Food Chains and Food webs- "What's For Dinner" Activity
Friday- Chapter 3 Test
August 28- September 1 (AL COS 8)
This week we will be moving to Chapter 3 and learning about the Biosphere.
Monday- Chapter 1 Test, Chapter 3 Vocabulary Terms
Tuesday- Section 3.1 Ecology notes and assessment questions
Wednesday- 3.2 notes and assessment questions
Thursday- Ecology/Population Activity
Friday- 3.3 Notes
August 21-25 (AL COS 1)
Monday- ECLIPSE (no class)
Tuesday- Vocabulary Due, "Characteristics of Life" notes
Wednesday- Complete Notes and begin "Life" packet activity
Thursday- Vocabulary Review for Chapter
Friday- Chapter 1 Review for Test on Monday
August 14- 18 (Alabama Course of Study 1)
Monday- Microscope Coloring/Labeling activity. "What Does a Biologist Do" Reading activity
Tuesday- Lab- Microscopes
Wednesday- Scientific Method Review and Practice
Thursday- Scientific Method Penny Lab
Friday- Textbook Scavenger Hunt and Begin Chapter 1
August 7-11
This week we will be learning the classroom rules and procedures.
We will begin working on lab safety rules and lab equipment identification.
Monday- Discuss classroom rules and procedures and class syllabus/expectations.
Tuesday- K'Nex Challenge
Wednesday- Lab Safety Game and Questions
Thursday- Scientific Safety- Signs and Equipment
Friday- Lab Safety Quiz
Could not find any upcoming assignments due.