Moritz Biology

May 27, 2011

2011-06-20T18:50:00.001-07:00

1. Final Exam Review

May 26, 2011

2011-06-20T18:49:00.003-07:00

1. Final Exam Review

May 25, 2011

2011-06-20T18:49:00.001-07:00

1. Final Exam Review

May 24, 2011

2011-06-20T18:47:00.002-07:00

1. Film - October Sky

May 23, 2011

2011-06-20T18:47:00.000-07:00

1. Film - October Sky

May 20, 2011

2011-06-20T18:46:00.000-07:00

1. Film

Lab - Disease Detective

2011-05-19T05:16:00.000-07:00

1. Lab - Disease Detective
Procedure
a. Read the case study.
b. Check off the food the sick students ate.
c. Check off the food the well students ate.
d. Write hypothesis.
e. Circle variable.
f. Make bar graph for sick students.
g. Circle variable.
h. Make bar graph for well students.
i. Circle disease causing agent.
j. Hand in lab - both.

May 18, 2011

2011-05-19T05:12:00.001-07:00

1. Quiz - Muscular System
2. Word Search

Film Quiz - Origins

2011-05-17T06:31:00.000-07:00

1.   Film Quiz - Origins
     a. Film about Sponges
     b. True or False

May 16, 2011

2011-05-17T05:38:00.001-07:00

1. Notes - Muscular System
2. Complete packet for muscular system
a. Label muscular system
b. Complete 36-2 review

May 13, 2011

2011-05-17T05:36:00.001-07:00

1. Quiz - Skeletal System Open Book
2. Film - Zoo Diaries

May 12, 2011

2011-05-17T05:35:00.000-07:00

1. Notes - Skeletal System
2. Label the Skeletal System

May 11, 2011

2011-05-17T05:33:00.000-07:00

1. Film - A Beautiful Mind

May 10, 2011

2011-05-11T05:33:00.001-07:00

1. Film - A Beautiful Mind

May 9, 2011

2011-05-11T05:32:00.005-07:00

1. Film - A Beautiful Mind

May 6, 2011

2011-05-11T05:32:00.001-07:00

1. Test Nervous System
2. Extra Credit Word Search

Film - Life's Greatest Miracle

2011-05-05T04:55:00.000-07:00

1. Film - Life's Greatest Miracle

Review Nervous System

2011-05-04T09:53:00.001-07:00

1. Whiteboard review - Nervous System
2. Lab - Nervous Responses

May 3, 2011

2011-05-04T09:51:00.001-07:00

1. Complete Nervous System Booklet

May 2, 2011

2011-05-04T09:50:00.000-07:00

1. Start Booklet
     Cover: Nervous System
     Page 1: Table of Contents
     Page 2: Draw and label a neuron
     Page 3: Draw and label Figure 35-9
     Page 4: Vocabulary 35-3
     Page 5: Diagram of CNS
     Page 6: Diagram of PNS
     Page 7: Vocabulary 35-4
     Page 8: Label the eye
     Page 9: Label the ear
     Page 10: Section Assessment 35-4

April 28 and April 29, 2011

2011-05-02T05:11:00.000-07:00

1. Complete page 1 for Nervous System Booklet
a. Draw and label a neuron

April 26 and April 27, 2011

2011-05-02T05:10:00.000-07:00

1. Complete the fill-in-the-blank notes for Nervous System.
2. TED video - Jill Bolte

April 25, 2011

2011-04-26T09:51:00.000-07:00

1. Complete vocabulary 36-3
2. Complete section assessment 36-3
3. Draw and label Figure 36-13 The Skin
4. Complete section assessment 40-2

April 21, 2011

2011-04-26T09:49:00.001-07:00

1. TAKS Practice - Protein Synthesis
2. Section Assessment 36-1

Lab Fetal Growth Rates

2011-04-20T07:12:00.001-07:00

1. Lab - Fetal Growth Rates
2. Puzzle - Genetics

Reproductive System

2011-04-19T05:37:00.001-07:00

1. TAKS Practice - Punnett Squares
2. Vocabulary Reproductive System
3. Label Drawings Reproductive System

April 18, 2011

2011-04-19T04:50:00.000-07:00

1. Notes - Endocrine System
2. Complete table with the following endocrine glands.
a. pituitary
b. hypothalamus
c. thyroid
d. parathyroid
e. adrenal
f. pancreas
g. ovaries
h. testis
i. pineal
j. thymus
3. TAKS Practice - extra credit or "0" replacement

April 15, 2011

2011-04-18T04:04:00.003-07:00

1. Test Ch 37 and 38
2. Extra Credit Word Search

April 14, 2011

2011-04-18T04:04:00.001-07:00

1. Review Ch 37 and 38
2. Whiteboard Activity Review

April 13, 2011

2011-04-18T04:03:00.001-07:00

1. Lab Food Labels

April 12, 2011

2011-04-18T04:02:00.006-07:00

1. Booklet Excretory System

April 11, 2011

2011-04-18T04:02:00.004-07:00

1. Booklet Digestive System

April 8, 2011

2011-04-18T04:02:00.000-07:00

1. Quiz Chapter 37

April 7, 2011

2011-04-18T04:01:00.002-07:00

1. Classwork Respiratory System

April 6, 2011

2011-04-18T04:01:00.000-07:00

1. Lab VO2 Max

April 5, 2011

2011-04-18T03:59:00.003-07:00

1. Classwork Circulatory System Blood

April 4, 2011

2011-04-18T03:59:00.001-07:00

1. Classwork Circulatory System Heart

April 1, 2011

2011-04-04T03:01:00.001-07:00

1. Test Ch 30-33 Chordates
2. Complete the film Dolphins.

March 31, 2011

2011-04-04T03:00:00.000-07:00

1. Review - Chordates
a. Go over answers on review
2. Bingo - Chordates

March 30, 2011

2011-04-04T02:59:00.000-07:00

1. Notes - Mammals
2. Complete worksheet Mammals using notes.

Frog Dissection

2011-03-29T10:00:00.001-07:00

1. Lab - Frog dissection

March 28, 2011

2011-03-29T04:04:00.001-07:00

1. TAKS Warm-up Cycles
2. Notes - Reptiles and Birds
3. Section Review 31-1 and 31-2

March 25, 2011

2011-03-27T18:35:00.000-07:00

1. TAKS practice test for Mitosis and Meiosis.
2. Quiz Comparison of Chordates.
3. Film Dolphins.

March 24, 2011

2011-03-27T18:34:00.000-07:00

1. Hand out notes for Chordates and Fishes.
2. Complete Table for Fishes and Amphibians using the notes and
Amphibians packet.

March 23, 2011

2011-03-27T18:32:00.000-07:00

1. Complete the TAKS practice test for Fluids, Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures.
2. Handout the Chordate Comparison Chart.
3. Complete Film Quiz, Bones, Brawn, and Brains.

March 22, 2011

2011-03-27T18:30:00.000-07:00

1. Complete the lab, Vertebrate Survey Lab using the appendex for Kingdoms.
2. Complete the coloring lab, Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

March 21, 2011

2011-03-27T18:28:00.000-07:00

1. Hand out notes on Chordates.
2. Complete Table for Chordates.

Test Invertebrates

2011-03-11T05:10:00.001-08:00

1. Test Invertebrates
2. Hand in review
3. Extra credit word search

Review Invertebrates

2011-03-10T05:06:00.000-08:00

1. Complete review for invertebrates. Hand in Friday.
    a. Replace a "0"
    b. Replace a "50"
    c. Extra Credit added to test grades
2. Complete puzzle for characteristics of animals
    and sponges and cnidarians.

Arthropods and Echinoderms

2011-03-09T07:45:00.000-08:00

1. Complete TAKS Practice - Cell Structure
2. Complete Table for Arthropods and Echinoderms
2. Define vocabulary terms

March 8, 2011

2011-03-09T07:43:00.001-08:00

1. Lab - Sea Stars and Clams

March 7, 2011

2011-03-09T07:42:00.000-08:00

1. Complete table comparing worms
    a. Flatworms
    b. Roundworms
    c. Segmented worms
2. Draw and label the germ layers for each
    phylum of worm

March 4, 2011

2011-03-06T20:44:00.000-08:00

1. Quiz Body Systems and Chapter 26
2. TAKS Test Ecosystems
3. Film Cnidarians

Sponges and Cnidarians

2011-03-03T07:20:00.000-08:00

1. Notes-Sponges and Cnidarians.
2. Complete Comparison Table for Sponges
    and Cnidarians.
    a. Summarize the functions.
3. Reading-Sponges
    a. Complete after Comparison Table.

Quiz Tomorrow
    a. Body Systems handout
    b. Animal Kingdom notes
    c. Sponge and Cnidarian notes

March 2, 2011

2011-03-03T05:28:00.000-08:00

1. Quiz Body Systems
2. PowerPoint Notes-Introduction to Animals
3. TED Video: Fastest Animal Movements

TAKS Test Ecosystem

2011-03-01T05:19:00.000-08:00

The TAKS Reading and Writing Test Today
1. Complete the TAKS Test Ecosystem.
2. View slides of Hawk and Squirrel.

February 28, 2011

2011-03-01T05:18:00.000-08:00

1. Notes - Body System Overview.
2. Complete Table for Body Systems.
3. Whiteboard Activity - Identify the body
system for various structures.

February 25, 2011

2011-02-27T17:47:00.001-08:00

1. Test Plants.
2. Extra Credit Word Search.

Februay 24, 2011

2011-02-27T17:46:00.000-08:00

1. Vocabulary Review Chapter 22 and 23.
2. Handout Review Plants.
3. Review Bingo Plants.

February 23, 2011

2011-02-27T17:43:00.000-08:00

1. Notes Chapter 25 Unusual Plant Adaptations.
2. View PowerPoint slides of plants to go with notes.
3. Complete Classwork DNA from workbook.

Februay 22, 2011

2011-02-27T17:38:00.000-08:00

1. Lab Parts of a Flower
2. Coloring Lab Flower Structure and
Reproduction

Februay 21, 2011

2011-02-27T17:37:00.000-08:00

1. PowerPoint Notes Chapter 24
2. Complete Classwork Reproduction of
Seed Plants Chapter 24

February 18, 2011

2011-02-27T17:34:00.000-08:00

1. Quiz Plants
2. Study Guide 23-5 Transport in Plants

Roots, Stems, and Leaves

2011-02-17T09:57:00.000-08:00

1. Fill-in-the-blank notes - Roots, Stems,
and Leaves
2. Coloring Lab - Leaf Anatomy

Quiz Friday
Study handouts Chapter 22 Plants and
Chapter 23 Roots, Stems, and Leaves

February 16, 2011

2011-02-17T09:54:00.000-08:00

1. Whiteboard Activity-Question and
Answer Plants
2. Create 2 study cards
a. Define vascular tissue, phloem, and
xylem. Draw a sketch of phloem and xylem
b. Define roots, stem, and leaves
(6 terms)
3. Define the vocabulary terms for 22-3 and
22-4 minus the terms for the study cards
(16 terms)

February 15, 2011

2011-02-17T09:51:00.001-08:00

1. Lab Mosses and Ferns

Plants Overview

2011-02-14T10:17:00.000-08:00

1. Make 5 study cards
a. What is a plant?
b. What is a nonvascular plant?
c. What is a seedless vascular plant?
d. What is a cone bearing plant?
e. What is a flowering plant?

2. Section Assessment 22-3
3. Turn in Protist and Fungi Booklet

February 11, 2011

2011-02-14T04:49:00.001-08:00

1. Quiz Protists and Fungi
2. Focus on TEKS Photosynthesis
3. Complete Protist and Fungi Booklet

February 10, 2011

2011-02-14T04:48:00.001-08:00

1. Protist and Fungi Booklet

Booklet Protists and Fungi

2011-02-09T06:02:00.000-08:00

1. Create a booklet for Protists and Fungi
Page 1 Animallike Protists. List the four phylums
and give characteristics of each.
Page 2 Paramecium. Draw and label the paramecium
on page 501.
Page 3 Plantlike Protists. List the four phylums
of Unicellular algae and give characteristics
of each.
Page 4 Euglena. Draw and label the Euglena on page 507.
Page 5 Fungi Kingdom. List the characteristics of fungi.
Define chitin, hypha, mycelium, and fruiting body.
Page 6 Parts of a fungi. Draw and label the mushroom on
page 528.
Page 7 Classification of Fungi. List the four types of
each. Show a small sketch with each type.
Page 8 Fungi as Parasites. Describe fungal plant diseases
animal diseases.

Lab Protists

2011-02-08T04:21:00.002-08:00

1. Lab Protists

February 7, 2011

2011-02-08T04:21:00.000-08:00

1. Test Ch 19 Bacteria and Viruses
2. Complete section assessment 20-1

Lab tomorrow - Bring camera

February 3, 2011

2011-02-07T07:44:00.000-08:00

1. Complete the film Disease Warriors
a. AIDS
2. Review Bingo Bacteria and Viruses

February 2, 2011

2011-02-07T07:42:00.000-08:00

1. Complete Crossword Puzzle
for Ch 19 Bacteria and Viruses

Film - Disease Warriors

2011-02-01T04:34:00.000-08:00

1. Complete puzzle on bacteria and viruses
with a partner.
2. Complete film quiz for Disease Warriors.

January 31, 2011

2011-02-01T04:33:00.000-08:00

1. Make 2 study cards
a. Define pathogen, antibiotics, and viroid
b. How do bacteria cause disease?
Who discovered that bacteria cause disease?
How do viruses cause disease?
2. Complete study guide 19-3

Quiz Bacteria and Viruses

2011-01-28T09:53:00.000-08:00

1. Write definitions for three terms
on one card.
a. obligate aerobe
b. obligate anaerobe
c. facultative anaerobe
2. Review with the whiteboard
a. Is it a bacteria or virus?
3. Quiz Bacteria and Viruses
4. Film "Zoo Diaries"

January 27, 2011

2011-01-28T09:51:00.000-08:00

1. Handout Introduction to Viruses
2. Create two study cards. Draw and label
a. Lysogenic reproductive cycle (4 pictures)
b. Lytic reproductive cycle (4 pictures)
3. Complete handout "What are viruses?"

January 26, 2011

2011-01-28T09:48:00.000-08:00

1. Film Quiz Rise of the Superbugs

January 25, 2011

2011-01-28T09:46:00.000-08:00

1. Discuss how infectious diseases are spread.
2. Lab How does an infectious disease spread?

January 24, 2011

2011-01-25T04:51:00.000-08:00

1. PowerPoint Handout Bacteria and
Viruses.
2. Create 6 cards to place on ring.
a. Name card
b. Drawing-bacterial cell
c. Drawing-virus
d. Definitions-chemoheterotroph
photoheterotroph
e. Definitions-photoautotroph
chemoautotroph
f. Definitions-binary fission
conjugation
spore fomation
3. Assessment-Identify the characteristics of
bacteria and viruses.

January 21, 2011

2011-01-25T04:47:00.000-08:00

1. Game-Classification
a. Students will answer questions
about classification
b. Students will be in groups of
3-4.
c. Students will write answers to
questions on small whiteboard.
d. Total questions are 15-20.
e. First, second, and third place
will receive extra credit.

Kingdoms

2011-01-20T17:14:00.000-08:00

1. Create a Booklet
a. Front Cover Kingdoms
b. Page 1 Archaebacteria
c. Page 2 Eubacteria
d. Page 3 Protists
e. Page 4 Fungi
f. Page 5 Plants
g. Page 6 Animals

Taxonomy

2011-01-19T10:27:00.000-08:00

1. Warm-up Chapter 18-What do you know?
2. Interpreting Graphics-Taxonomy
3. Write 2 questions on classification
a. Vocabulary group
b. Classification chart group
c. 18-3 Packet group
d. Ch 18 What do you know group
4. Game (4 groups)

Classification

2011-01-18T07:28:00.001-08:00

1. Complete the Kingdom's Chart
2. Complete the handout for Classification
a. Questions 1-5
3. Define vocabulary 18-3.

January 14, 2011

2011-01-18T05:27:00.001-08:00

1. Test Evolution
Chapter 15, 16, 17
2. Extra Credit Word Search

January 13, 2011

2011-01-18T05:26:00.000-08:00

1. Complete study guide 16-3.

January 12, 2011

2011-01-18T05:25:00.000-08:00

1. Lab-Comparing Adaptations of Birds

January 11, 2011

2011-01-18T05:24:00.001-08:00

1. TAKS Practice Test
a. Complete 1-55

January 10, 2011

2011-01-18T05:23:00.000-08:00

1. TAKS Practice Test
a. Complete at least 25 questions.

January 7, 2011

2011-01-18T05:22:00.001-08:00

1. Complete the vocabulary for 15-3
2. Complete the sectiona assessment for 15-3

January 6, 2011

2011-01-18T05:21:00.001-08:00

1. Complete study guide 15-3.

Darwin and Evolution

2011-01-05T16:33:00.000-08:00

1. Assessment Butterfly Graveyard
2. Discuss Myths for evolution
3. Handout Evolution and Darwin
4. View video series on evolution
a. Complete handout on videos

Assignment for January 4, 2011

2011-01-05T05:20:00.001-08:00

1. Handout syllabus

Begin study of Evolution
2. Butterfly Graveyard
a. Read introduction
b. Define camouflage, adaptation,
natural selection

Review Final Exam

2010-12-08T04:45:00.000-08:00

1. Begin Final Exam Review
a. Extra Credit Points will be awarded
at the end of class for completing
a specified number of questions.

December 7, 2010

2010-12-08T04:42:00.001-08:00

1. Mental Exercise - Karyotypes
2. Complete Pedigree Lab

Bring textbook next three days to complete
Final Exam Review

Making Karyotypes

2010-12-06T17:59:00.000-08:00

1. Read story "The Saddest Day" by Anonymous
2. Students view karyotypes A and B
a. Which one is abnormal?
3. Lab - Making Karyotypes

Assignment for December 3, 2010

2010-12-06T17:55:00.001-08:00

1. Test Genetics

Review Genetics

2010-12-02T04:57:00.001-08:00

1. Hand out review for Genetics

Genetics Practice

2010-12-02T04:56:00.000-08:00

1. Pick up study guide 11-3 and correct
2. Mental Exercise Genetics problems
3. Problems - Incomplete Dominance