Biology Session 6

May 4 to June 11

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Day

Learning Objective

Assignments

May 4
Explain how evolutionary relationships are important in classification.
Identify the principle behind cladistic analysis.

May 5
  Penguin Cladogram Activity Page and Pictures
May 6

Cladograms / Garden

Cladogram Activity cont.
May 7
Cladograms/Garden

 

May 8
Cladograms/garden
 
May 11

Begin Ecology

Identify the levels of organization that ecologists study.
Describe the methods used to study ecology.

Read Pages

Define:ecology, biosphere, species, population, community, ecosystem, biome

 

May 12

Identify the source of energy for life processes
.

Define:: autotroph, producer, photosynthesis, chemosynthesis, heterotroph, consumer, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, detritivore, decomposer, food chain, food web, trophic level, ecological pyramid, biomass
May 13
Trace the flow of energy through living systems. Vocabulary Quiz
May 14

Evaluate the efficiency of energy transfer among organisms in an ecosystem.

 
May 15
   

 

May 24

Learning Objectives:

Describe how the human body is organized.
What are the four types of tissue?

Assignments: Reading Task:
Lecture Notes: Chapter 35.1
http://www.manhattan.k12.ca.us/staff/pware/ppt/Livingsystems.html
May 25
Learning Objectives:
Learn the roots to science vocabulary
Identify the functions of the nervous system.
Describe how a nerve impulse is transmitted.
Today's Assignment
Complete the Language of Science Worksheet and begin the Chapter 35 Vocabulary words. Vocabulary Worksheet
May 26
   
May 27    
May 28    
May 31

Memorial Day No School

 
June 1
Today's Warm up

Today we will:

Identify the functions of the
central nervous system.
Describe the functions of the
two divisions of the peripheral nervous

State Standards: BL.9.b, BL.9.d, BL.9.e, BL.9

 

Complete this reading guide 10pts.

 

June 2
Warm-up

Answer

Today we will:

Identify the structures of the Central Nervous
System.

Vocabulary Words: 10 pts.

meninges, cerebrospinal fluid, cerebrum, cerebellum, brain stem, thalamus, hypothalamus, reflex, reflex arc

Complete this diagram of the brain 10 pts.

Dear Students, Complete both assignments during class time. Return to Mr. Weller at end of period and you will receive two days worth of productive pts. Please stay focused and productive during these last days of school. I will be receiving assignments after school and posting them to your gradebook. Don't forget to turn in your warm ups at the end of the week, you will receive 2 bonus pts. each day you complete your warm ups.

Thanks, Mrs. Cooper

June 3

Today we will:
Name the five types of sensory receptors.
Identify the five sense organs

 

State Standards
:BL.9.d, BL.9.e, BL.9.h, BL.9.b

Complete this reading guide: 25 pts. Must be done correctly and neatly for full credit.

June 4

Video "Alcohol and Your Body"

worksheet

Note: Video is on C drive, to to Documents, Videos double click on Alcoho and the Body, video should open in media player.

Complete worksheet answers, turn in to Mr. Weller at end of period.

June 7

Warm Up

 

Today we will:

Name the different classes of drugs that directly affect the nervous system.
Describe the effect of alcohol on the body.

State Standard: BL.9, BL.9.b, BL.9.e

Vocabulary:
drug, stimulant, depressant, fetal alcohol syndrome, drug abuse, addiction

Reading Guide 35.5

June 8 Today we will:
State the functions of the skeletal system.
Identify the bones and joints of the skeletal system.

Assignment: The Human Skeleton Worksheet

or in pdf

June 9   Assignment: The Muscular System Workbook 36.2
June 10  

 

 

 

June 11
   
June 14 Last Day of School Graduation Tonight
 

School resumes Wednesday August 25th, 2010

 

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* Tardies will reduce your points toward credit by 20%. No make up credit for unexcused absences. Must have 80% attendance to qualify for "Fastrack work"
Email questions and concerns to your teacher coopert@mdusd.k12.ca.us
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