Bio Lessons 12/11

Monday

• Cell theory 
• Organelles
• Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes

Tuesday

• cell model

Wednesday

• Cell membrane
• start egg membrane lab

Thursday

• Membrane lab
• osmosis and diffusion

Friday

• Quiz

ES lessons 12/11

Monday

• Phase changes 
• Humidity

Tuesday

• Dew point
• Condensation

Wednesday

• Humidity lab

Thursday

• Clouds
• Cloud lab

Friday

• Quiz

Bio assignment

Reading and two column notes 7.1 due Wednesday

ES assignment

18.1 reading and two column notes due Wed

Biology Lessons 11/27

Monday

• Separating mixtures enrichment activity
• Atomic mass lab make up

Tuesday

• pH scale and lab due Wednesday

Wednesday

• Chemical bonding notes and practice

Thursday

• Macromolecules- notes(see web page)

Friday

• Quiz 2 quarter 2

Earth Science Lessons 11/27

Monday-Tuesday

• carbon cycle internet investigation
• assignment due Wednesday

Wednesday-Thursday

• Chasing Ice climate change documentary

Friday

• Quiz 2 quarter 2
• Global temperatures

Biology Lessons 11/20

Monday

• Polarity
• Water lab

Tuesday

• Finish lab- due 11/21
• Intro to chemical bonding

Earth Science Lessons 11/20

Monday

• Quiz 1 quarter 2
• ozone layer close read

Tuesday

• Earth- Sun relationships
• temperature controls over climate

Biology assignment

Atomic mass lab due 11/20
How does the mass of steel wool change during a combustion reaction?  How many atoms are gained or lost?
Follow the lab report format.

Bio Lessons 11/13

Monday

• Atomic size activity
• Planetary models

Tuesday- Wednesday

• Begin atomic mass lab- due Friday

Thursday

• Water lab

Friday

• Quiz

Earth Sci Lessons 11/13

Monday

• Begin shadow measurements- Earth-Sun relationships
• Finish layers of the atmosphere graphing assignment-due Tuesday

Tuesday-Thursday

• Begin Energy transfer module

Friday

• Quiz

Biology Lessons 11-7

Monday

• Reading 2.1
• Test Corrections
• Video - Planet Earth

Tuesday

• Current event article

Wednesday

• Presentations

Thursday

• Atomic structure

Friday

• Atomic mass lab

Earth Science assignment

Newsday- due Wednesday

Earth Science Lessons 11/7

Monday

• Reading 17.1
• Test Corrections
• Video- Planet Earth

Tuesday

• Current Event article

Wednesday

• Presentations
• See web page for requirements

Thursday

• Atmosphere layers and composition

Friday

• Energy transfer module

Biology 10/31

Monday

• Ecological footprint
• Sustainability article

Tuesday

• Biodiversity
• Successsion

Wednesday

• Study guide

Thursday 

• Review

Friday

• Test Ecology

ES lessons 10/31

Monday

• Groundwater lab

Tuesday

• Well model
• Underground contamination

Wednesday

• Study Guide

Thursday

• Review

Friday

• Hydrology Unit Exam

Biology assignment

Ecology research paper
due Wednesday 10/25
Write an argumentative essay about a current issue in Montana ecology.  See web page for assignment details, rubric, pre write, etc.

Bio Lessons 10/23

Monday

• Computer lab- finish ecology research papers

Tuesday

• Population ecology - notes

Wednesday

• Predator prey game
• population practice

Thursday

• Biodiversity and succession

Friday

• Quiz

Earth Science lessons 10/23

Monday

• Helena watersheds
• Reading 6.3

Tuesday

• Watershed lab

Wednesday

• Groundwater notes

Thursday

• Groundwater lab

Friday

• Quiz
• Finish lab

Biology Lessons 10/16

Monday

• Food webs 
• Predator/prey graphing activity

Tuesday- Wednesday

• meet in the computer lab
• Ecology research project- see rubric on course web page
• Papers due next Tuesday 10-24

Thursday-Friday

• MEA - no school

Earth Science Lessons 10/16

Monday

• Finish water wheel engineering project
• assignment due at the end of the period-see previous post for assignment requirments

Tuesday

• watersheds lecture- notes on web page
• watershed activity

Wednesday

• Helena watersheds map activity and assignment

Thursday and Friday- MEA (no school)

Earth Science assignment

Water Wheel Engineering Challenge- 40 points (group product)
Include the following in your final packet

1. Design page with my initials
2. Data page with my initials
3. Testing data
4. Design improvements(use color to show changes on original design)
5. Discharge calculations
6. Analysis-Describe the performance of your water wheel, include observations and possible modifications.

Biology Lessons 10/9

Monday

• Biomes writing assignment

Tuesday

• food webs
• energy in ecosystems

Wednesday

• Energy dilution lab

Thursday

• algae growth lab

Friday

• Quiz

Earth Science Lessons 10/9

Monday

• stream morphology notes

Tuesday

• Discharge engineering problem

Wednesday 

• watersheds notes
• activity 

Thursday

• Helena area watersheds

Friday

• Quiz

ES lessons 10/2

Monday

• Test corrections and reading

Tuesday

• water cycle
• surface water
• stream flow
• gradient

Wednesday

• Discharge lab

Thursday

• Watersheds
• Tributaries and divides

Friday

• watershed activity
• quiz

Bio Lessons 10/2

Monday

• Test corrections and reading assignment

Tuesday

• Into to ecology
• Living vs nonliving
• biotic and abiotic factors
• levels of organization

Wednesday

• abiotic factors experiment- plant growth

Thursday

• Biomes
• Start biomes project

Friday

• Biomes project
• quiz

Biology Lessons 9/25

Monday

• Work on rough drafts
• data collection continues

Tuesday

• scientific literacy

Wednesday

• labs due
• Study guide unit 1

Thursday

• Review

Friday

• Unit test (Nature of Science)

Earth Science Lessons 9/25

Monday

• Peer review rough drafts
• Work on final drafts

Tuesday

• Scientific theories and laws

Wednesday

• Study guide
• Lab reports due

Thursday

• Review Unit 1

Friday

• Test 

Biology assignment

Living Response lab report final draft due Wednesday 50pts

Earth Science assignment

Golf Ball lab final draft due Wednesday 50pts

ES assignment- skittles lab due 9/19

Bio assignment- daphnia lab due 9/18

Biology Lessons 9/18

Monday

• Finish Daphnia experiment
• Q1 quiz 2

Tuesday

• TAILS graphing

Wednesday

• Experimental design- "Living response" lab

Thursday

• Data collection

Friday

• Lab reports

Earth Science Lessons 9/18

Monday

• Skittles graph lab

Tuesday

• Density lessons
• Eggle experiment

Wednesday

• Design golf ball lab

Thursday

• Data collection - golf ball lab

Friday

• Lab report

Simpsons variable practice due 9/15

Bio assignment due 9/14

Microscope drawings

• Make sure you follow the microscope drawing guidelines
• Make sure you have a sketch of the "e", the hair and thread, and the prepared slide.

Bio Lessons 9/11

Monday-Tuesday

• Microscopes
• Micro lab(due 9/13)

Wednesday

• scientific method
• variables review
• graphing review

Thursday-Friday

• Experimental design notes
• Daphnia lab
• Q1 quiz 2

Earth Science Lessons 9/11

Monday

• Discuss mass lab
• volume lab(due Tuesday)

Tuesday

• Scientific method notes- see web page
• Simpsons variables

Wednesday

• Line graphs
• Bar graphs
• Circle graphs

Thursday

• Skittles lab(graphing)

Friday

• Density lesson
• Q1 quiz 2

Bio assignment

Measurement lab due 9/8

Earth Science assignment

mass lab due 9/8

Biology Lessons 9/5

Monday
Labor Day

Tuesday
Lab safety
What is Biology?

Wednesday
metric review
measurement review

Thursday
Measurement lab
intro to microscopes

Earth Science Lessons 9/5

Monday
Labor Day

Tuesday
Lab safety
What is Earth Science?

Wednesday
Metric prefixes and conversions
Measurement

Thursday
Mass lab

Friday
Volume lab

Earth Science and Biology assignment due 9/7

Have parents sign syllabus and lab safety forms

Earth science and Biology assignment due 9/5

Read the syllabus and have your parents sign it.  5 pts.

Weekly lesson plans and assignments will be posted here for Biology and Earth Science on Monday mornings.

Welcome back to school! I look forward to getting to know each and every student this year.

Biology 5/30

Monday

• Memorial Day

Tuesday

• Crayfish internal anatomy

Wednesday

• Frog dissection

Thursday

• Dissection review
• Anatomy quiz frog and crayfish

Friday

• Review for semester test

Last post of year!

Next week is finals week.

Earth Science 5/30

Monday

• Memorial Day

Tuesday

• Finish building rockets

Wednesday

• Launch rockets!

Thursday

• Big Bang theory
• Nebular theory 
• lunar formation

Friday

• Review for Semester exam

Last post of the year.

Next week is Finals week!

Earth Science 5/22

Monday

• Quiz 3 quarter 4
• Groundwater notes

Tuesday

• Groundwater lab- due Wednesday

Wednesday- Friday

• Rocketry Project😃

Biology Lessons 5/22

Monday

• Mushroom lab-due Tuesday

Tuesday-Wednesday

• Earthworm dissection and lab- due Thursday

Thursday- Friday

• Crayfish dissection and lab-due Tuesday
• 
  

Biology lessons 5/15

Plant projects due Monday 5/15- late projects lose 30%
Monday

• Viruses (notes)

Tuesday

• Lynn gone for Earth Science field trip
• Protists book assignment due Wednesday

Wednesday

• Plant poster presentations

Thursday

• Pond water protist classification lab- Due Friday

Friday

• Intro to fungi
• Weekly quiz

Earth Science Lessons 5/15

Monday

• Hydrographs
• stream table activity

Tuesday

• Trout Creek Canyon field trip

Wednesday

• Watersheds- notes
• Watershed activity

Thursday

• Helena area watersheds assignment due Friday

Friday

• Intro to groundwater
• weekly quiz

Biology assignment

Plant Project posters due Monday 5/15
See the rubric on my web page for info.

Biology 5/8

Monday

• Disease presentations
• Wrap up bacterial growth

Tuesday-Wednesday

• Plant project-100 pts
• Work on final poster presentation

Thursday

• Make up day
• Vigilante float building and academies

Friday

• Vigilante day

Earth Science 5/8

Monday

• Test corrections

Tuesday

• Streamflow
• Gradient- notes

Wednesday

• Watrersheds- notes
• Watershed lab
• Afternoon field trip Mt. Helena weed pull

Thursday

• Make up day/ learning opportunity
• Students absent for floats/ academies

Friday

• Vigilante day

ES Lessons 5/1

Monday

• Half life practice
• quiz

Tuesday-Wedneday

• Sedimentary rock lab- due Thursday

Thursday

• Review

Friday

• Historical geology test

Bio Lessons 5/1

Monday

• Viral infection model
• Intro to bacteria and viruses

Tuesday

• Notes bacteria and viruses- see web page

Wednesday

• Bacterial growth lab- Due Monday 5/8

Thursday

• Disease investigation

Friday

• Disease presentation due Friday

Biology lessons and assignments 4/24

Monday

• Cladistics -notes

Tuesday

• Nailing cladistics - lab- due Wednesday

Wednesday

• Review and practice with concepts

Thursday

• Study Guide

Friday

• Evolution and classification unit exam

Earth Science Lessons and assignments 4/24

Monday

• "The Day the Mesozoic Died"
• Video questions- daily work

Tuesday

• Absolute age dating(notes)
• Radiometric practice problems- daily work

Wednesday

• Half life lab-due Thursday

Thursday

• Sedimentary rock lab

Friday

• Quiz 3 Quarter 4

Bio assignment

Create a you tube video which illustrates the process of genetic drift.

1. Describe the original population.
2. Founder effect- show this
3. Bottleneck effect- show this
4. Describe the final population.  How has evolution taken place.

For an example video, look at my you tube channel #81- there is a link on my web page
Due 4/21
 20 pts

Earth Science Lessons and assignments 4/18

Monday

• Break

Tuesday

• Quarter 4 quiz 2
• Begin timeline activity

Wednesday

• Football field timelines 
• timeline module due Thursday

Thursday

• Types of fossils- notes
• fossil activity

Friday

• "The Day the Mesozoic died" video
• Video questions due Monday

Bio Lessons and Assignments 4/18

Monday

• Easter break

Tuesday

• Discuss case study
• speciation mechanisms
• quiz 2 quarter 4
• plant project treatment/ measure

Wednesday

• Classification/taxonomy(notes)

Thursday

• Taxonomy lab- due Friday

Friday

• Modern cladistics
• Build a cladogram- due Monday

Biology Lessons 4/10

Monday

• Plant project front matter rough draft-daily work

Tuesday

• Natural selection activity- peppered moth(due Wednesday)

Wednesday

• Natural selection tag- outside

Thursday

• Evolution of populations
• Evolution mechanisms- notes

Friday

• Quarter 4 quiz 2

Earth Science Lessons 4/10

Monday

• Test Earthquakes
• Start reading assignment 336-341 due Wednesday- 2 column notes

Tuesday

• geologic time
• relative age dating(notes)
• 
  

Wednesday

• Relative dating models and practice

Thursday

• Timeline module- daily work

Friday

• Quarter 4 quiz 1

Earth Science Lessons and assignments 4/3

Monday

• Tower construction
• Base isolator design-scale drawings

Tuesday

• Base isolator construction

Wednesday

• Tower testing
• Towers due
• Base isolators and drawings due

Thursday

• Review

Friday

• Test- Earthquakes

Bio Lessons and assignments 4/3

Monday

• Test make up
• Test corrections
• Reading 450-458

Tuesday

• Reading due 
• Start Plant project

Wednesday

• Fossil record
• Darwin and Lamarck(notes)

Thursday

• Natural Selection(notes)

Friday

• Natural Selection activity

Biology Lessons and Assignments 3/20

Monday- Tuesday

• DMD gel electrophoresis lab- due Wednesday

Wednesday

• DNA fingerprinting
• Genetic disorders
• Cloning

Thursday

• Review

Friday

• Test Genetics

Earth Science Lessons and assignments 3/20

Monday

• Fault model activity
• Questions due Tuesday

Tuesday

• Epicenter activity
• Assignment due Wednesday

Wednesday- Friday

• Earthquake base isolator and tower project
• Students will design and test base isolation systems on the earthquake shake table.

Happy Spring Break!!!!!

Bio Lessons and Assignments

Monday

• Wrap up Meiosis notes-daily work assignment
• Newsday article- see web page for format-Due Friday

Tuesday-Thursday

• CRT- state science testing

Friday

• Share newsday articles
• Pedigree project due- see web page
• human genetic disorders

Earth Science lessons and assignments 3/13

Monday

• Finish circus presentations
• Clean lab
• Newsday article-due Tuesday

Tuesday

• Share newsday articles- see webpage for format
• Notes- Earthquake waves and magnitude scales

Wednesday- Thursday

• Fault model project-due Friday

Friday

• Epicenter lab-Due Monday

Earth Science Lessons and Assignments 3/6

Monday

• Finish "San Andreas"
• Continue with fact vs fiction assignment
• Begin science circus projects

Tuesday

• Science circus projects

Wednesday

• Force and Earthquakes- notes and module
• Stress/strain
• Types of deformation

Thursday

• Circus presentations

Friday

• Epicenter lab

Assignments

• Fact vs. Fiction paper due Tuesday
• Circus projects due Thursday
• Stress/ strain module- daily work points- Wednesday - discussion
• Epicenter lab due next Tuesday

Biology Lessons and assignments 3/6

Monday

• Sex linked traits
• sex determination
• Punnet Square practice

Tuesday

• Quarter 3 quiz 3
• Start Pipe cleaner babies lab

Wednesday

• Pipe cleaner babies experiment

Thursday

• Meiosis (notes)
• Meiosis worksheet (practice)

Friday

• Human pedigrees

Assignments

• Punnet party time- daily work check- Monday
• Pipe cleaner babies due Thursday
• Quiz- Tuesday- 
• Meiosis worksheet due Friday

Bio Lessons and assignments 2/27

Monday

• Test Corrections
• Reading

Tuesday

• Notes: genes, alleles, Mendel

Wednesday

• Probability activity

Thursday

• Punnet squares
• the principle of dominance
• Personal genetic traits- activity

Friday

• Quiz-Q3 quiz 3
• Punnet party time

Assignments

• Reading 308-312 2 column notes due Wed
• Probability activity due Wed
• Punnet party time due Mon

ES lessons and assignments 2/27

Monday

• Test Corrections
• Reading

Tuesday

• Science Circus projects

Wednesday

• Link Leaders

Thursday

• Science Circus projects

Friday

• Projects due
• Presentations

Assignments

• Reading 218-221 2 column notes due Wednesday
• Circus Projects due Friday

Biology Lessons 2/21

Lessons
Monday

• President's day

Tuesday

• RNA module

Wednesday

• Meiosis

Thursday

• Review

Friday

• Test- Photosynthesis, cell respiration, DNA

Assignments

• RNA module due Wednesday(daily work)
• Test Friday

Earth Science Lessons 2/21

Lessons
Monday

• President's day

Tuesday-Wednesday

• Viscosity lab and report

Thursday

• Review

Friday

• Test- Plate tectonics and volcanoes

Assignments

• Viscosity labs due Thursday
• Test Friday

Biology assignments 2/13

1. DNA module- daily work points due Thursday
2. Strawberry DNA lab due Wednesday
3. Bell ringer sheets due Friday

Biology Lessons 2/13

Monday

• Counselors in Bio classes- registration for next year

Tuesday

• Strawberry DNA extraction lab

Wednesday

• 
  
• DNA replication module and 

Thursday

• RNA and protein synthesis notes
• RNA module

Friday

• Register in library
• Protein synthesis game
• Quiz?

Earth Science assignments 2/13

1. Volcano posters due Thursday
2. Volcanic rocks assignment due next Monday

Earth Science Lessons 2/13

Monday

• Review volcano terms
• Intro to volcano research project

Tuesday-Wednesday

• Computer lab
• Volcano research project

Thursday

• Volcano presentations
• Volcanic rocks

Friday

• Volcanic rocks

Earth Science lessons 2/6

Monday

• Plate boundaries assignment (finish)
• Plate tectonics map quiz
• Reading pgs. 270-271

Tuesday

• Convection lab

Wednesday

• Intro to volcanoes
• factors affecting eruptions
• volcano anatomy

Thursday

• Viscosity module

Friday

• Quiz
• finish module

Bio Lessons 2/6

Monday

• Finish Respiration and exercise lab
• Reading pgs. 250-253

Tuesday

• Cell respiration notes
• Fermentation notes

Wednesday

• Yeast lab

Thursday

• DNA module

Friday

• Quiz
• Finish module

Earth Science Assignment

Plate Boundaries map assignment due Monday

Bio assignments 1/30

1. Take the quiz on Monday
2. Lab reports due Friday(Photosynthesis rate)
3. Remember to turn in your stomata lab if you did not last week.

Earth Science assignments 1/30

1. Make sure Lynn checks your magnetism module before discussion
2. Hawaii lab due Friday
3. Plate boundaries activity due Wednesday

Bio Lessons 1/30

Monday

• Quiz 1 Q3
• Experimental design photosynthesis lab

Tuesday

• Photosynthesis lab
• Data collection and trials

Wednesday

• Write lab reports

Thursday

• Cell respiration notes
• Exercise and respiration activity

Friday

• Fermentation 
• Yeast lab

Earth Science Lessons 1/30

Monday

• Finish "Magnetic Storm"
• Finish Magnetism module
• Discuss module

Tuesday

• Continental Drift notes

Wednesday

• Plate boundaries activity
• Geologic activity along plate boundaries

Thursday

• Hawaii plate movement lab

Friday

• Quiz 1 Q3
• Finish Hawaii lab

Earth Science assignments

Make sure Lynn checked your reading pgs 3-5
Earth models were due Wednesday
Magnetism Modules will be discussed on Monday
Magnetic Storm movie notes due Monday

Bio assignments

Leaf models were due Wednesday
Stomata lab due Friday
Make sure Lynn checked your reading assignment on chemical energy

Bio lessons 1/23

Monday

• Photosynthesis lecture
• Review class procedures
• start leaf model

Tuesday

• Stomata lab

Wednesday

• Photosynthesis practice and mechanisms

Thursday- Friday

• Photosynthesis rate lab(chads)

Earth Science Lessons 1/23

Monday

• Earth Layers model
• Review class procedures

Tuesday

• Remote sensing

Wednesday

• Magnetism module

Thursday

• Magnetism video

Friday

• Continental drift
• Quiz

Good luck on your semester exams this week!

Bio Lessons 1/3

Tuesday

• Mitosis lecture

Wednesday

• Finish Mitosis flip book animations

Thursday

• Stem cells web quest

Friday

• Cancer notes
• Cancer microscope slides

ES lessons 1/3

Tuesday

• air pressure and wind notes

Wednesday

• Egg pressure experiment

Thursday

• Air masses
• Fronts

Friday

• Weather forecasting project

Earth Science Assignment

Power point presentation- extreme weather.
See my web page for the outline.
This assignment was due before Christmas break.