Daily Assignments
REMIND LINKS
~    A Day Link 
~   B Day Link

​​Makeup Work - if you have missed any assignments  here is an oppurtunity to make it up! 
~~Everything is due May 21th @ 5pm - no late work  accepted!

Week of May 18-22

• NO ZOOM this week. 
• Do your makeup work if you are missing any assignments. 

Week of May 11- 15

• LAST WEEK OF INSTRUCTION!!!!
• Do a home experiment! With supplies you have at home. Check out some examples here -->
  • ​Upload a video/picture of your experiment on Schoology​
  • Due on Schoology Friday @ 5 pm

Week of May 4- 8

• This weeks assignments! Everything is due Friday @ 5pm
• We are learning about BIOMES! Biomes are similar communities with specific environmental characteristics. We live in the desert biome!
  • Check out National Geographic Website
  • Complete Nearpod​
    • 1st Period- DTOBI
    • 2nd Period- GERJX
    • 4th Period- ZWCUE
    • 5th Period- CPDMH
    • 8th Period- VZPGY
• Then you need to go on a virtual tour of 5 different national parks.
  • Here is the link for hte virtual tour!
• Pick a national park you would like to visit and write 5 sentences explaining why you would want to to visit that park
  • ​​Due on Schooloty @ 5pm

Week of April 27-May 1

• This weeks assignments! Everything is due Friday @ 5pm
• ​We are learning about ECOSYSTEMS! How do living and non-living things interact with each other. 
• Watch a Nature Documentary- your choice. Write  5 sentences reflecting on what you watched. -->
  • ​DESCRIBE how different animals, plants and abiotic (non-living) factors affect one another?
  • Post on Schoology- due @ 5pm
• Complete Nearpod activity
  • 1st Period- MYXIB
  • 2nd Period- PSYKE
  • 4th Period- NBEGK
  • 5th Period- LKCPV
  • 8th Period- XBQEV

​Week of April 20-25

• This weeks assignments! Everything is due Friday @ 5 pm
• This week we will be learning about Ecological Relationships. So use this- Ecological Relationships vocabulary and definitions
• Watch 4 videos on Ecological Relationships --> 
  • Write 10 sentences summarizing videos and define parasatism, mutualism, and commensalism in your own words-- Due on Schoology!
• Complete Nearpod Quiz and Draw activity
  • 1st Period- QDBAP
  • 2nd Period- XPCZO
  • 4th Period- OFCGR
  • 5th Period- BKDJN
  • 8th Period- GOXWJ

Week of April 13th-17th​

• ​This weeks assignment! Everything is due Friday @ 5pm
• Watch 3 videos on Ecology --> 
• Complete Nearpod ​
  • 1st Period- ADIVY
  • 2nd Period- YRLWQ
  • 4th Period- LICFM
  • 5th Period- YUDQW
  • 8th Period- MDSJT
• Take pictures of 3 plants and 3 animals, identify them, and create a food web. Upload it to Schoology! * If you don't want to go outside then you can research common animals that live in our ecosystem (Chihuahuan desert) 
  • Optional but it will help you!  Download iNaturlaist app- you upload your picture and it identifies the species for you! #magic #science​​
  • Other helpful websites: World Wildlife Fund and iNaturalist 

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Week of April 5th- 10th

• This weeks assignment!- Everything due Friday @ 5 pm
  • Complete survey about excercise
  • ​Practice meditating- read article and do video -->
  • Watch virus videos -->  and read Washington Post article
    • ​Write 5 sentences about videos/article due on Schoology
  • Take Quizizz- class links in word doc from above​
    • 1st- 287634
    • 2nd- 933889
    • 4th- 171864
    • 5th- 629547
    • 8th- 664659
  • Create infographic or social media post about how to flatten the curve/how to prevent community spread
    • ​Upload to Schoology

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Week of March 30th

• Welcome back! Please read NEW course expectations. We are having online meetings: 
  • *UPDATE* On Monday and Tuesday, I will be hosting Zoom meetings to discuss the week’s assignment:
    • A Days- Zoom meetings at 9:30 am (1st), 10 am (2nd) and again at 2:30 pm (4th)
    • B Days- Zoom meeting at 9:30 am (5th) and 2 pm (8th)
    • There will be Zoom tutoring hours Monday and Wednesday only from 3pm-4pm
    • * Biology students-if you can’t make it during your designated time you can attend any zoom session except 7th period or tutoring hours.
• THIS WEEKS ASSIGNMENTS
• ​Review NEW course expectations and make sure you signed up for Remind
• Finish Body/Plant Book and it must be colored and neat. ​You also need to watch the 2 videos on plants! -->
  • Plant Structure and Adaptations
  • ​Reproduction 
•  You are turning in your book by making a video. You will present your book and upload it to Schoology. 
  • Video Presentation- How you turn it in! (20 possible points)
    • Speak clearly and loudly (5 points)
    • Easy to see- good lighting (5 points)
    • Confidence in your presentation- you know your stuff. Can easily tell audience what your book is about (5 points)
    • Present your book in front of a family member (5 points)
• Complete Body System Quizizz
  • ​Quizizz- 366604

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March 23rd- April 3rd

• Work on Body/Plant Book Project. Each section is worth a daily grade and final product will be  an Exam grade and a Lab  grade.
  • ​You also need to watch the 2 videos on plants! -->
    • ​Reproduction 
    • Plant Structure and Adaptations​

3/11-3/13

• Work on Body/Plant Book

3/6 & 3/9

• EVOLUTION EXAM!
• Intro to Body Systems

3/4 & 3/5

• Finish notes on evolution! 
  • PPT and notes
• EVOLUTION EXAM NEXT CLASS​

3/2 & 3/3

• Makeup day! If you are missing work this is the last week to raise your grade! Check the board for alternative assignments. 
  • Evolution Quizziz (Code: 291937)
• Pages 146-152 in green work book
  • ​Draw Gradualism and Punctuated Equilibirum graphs in notes

2/27 & 2/28

• Genetic Drift M &M Lab
• Genetif Drift
  • Bottleneck Effect
  • Founder Effect
  • ​Speciation
• Genetics Quiz

2/26 & 2/27

• Practice EOC Questions
• Review Evidence for Evolution Nearpod

2/21 & 2/24

• Finish foldables
• TELPAS writing activity
• Quizlet Vocab Review
  • Code: 113550

2/19 & 2/20

• Intro to Evolution Nearpod
  • ​​Natural Selection video
  • ​Evidence for Evolution video
• ​2 Foldables with definition (no more than 5 words) and picture (must be colored)
  • ​Evolution Foldable
    • 1. ​Adaptation   2.Evolution   3.Charles Darwin   4.Gene Pool .  5.Darwin's Finches   6.Natural Selection   7.Artificial Selection  8.Fitness
  • Evidence for Evolution
    • ​1.Common Ancestor   2.Fossil Record   3.Comparative Anatomy 4.Homologous Structures   5.Vestigial Structure   6.Embryology   7.Molecular Biology (DNA/proteins)    8.Geographic Distribution

2/13 & 2/18

• Intro to Evolution 
  • Hand Adaptation Lab
• Vocabulary foldable

8th only-- Classification Exam

2/12 "5th only"

• ​Classification Exam 
• Writing sample

2/11- 2 hour delay

• Writing sample

2/10 "A Day"

• Classification Exam

2/7​ "B Day"

• Kingdom Lab

2/6 "A Day"

• Dichotomous key
  • Alien taxonomy WS

 
2/5 "B Day" 1 hour delay"

• Kingdoms Venn diagram ​

2/4 "A Day" 

• Kingdoms Venn diagram 
• Dichatomous Key WS​

2/3
5th Period

• Finish Kingdom Notes
• Work on Kingdom Poster

8th Period

• I will be out today. You need to complete WS the sub will hand out. It is due at the end of class. 

1/30- Crazy day- no work. 

1/28 & 1/29

• Intro to Taxonomy video --> 
• Notes on Kingdom
  • Venn diagram
• Classification Song

1/24 & 1/27

• Punnet square QUIZ
• Notes on Non-Mendelian genetics

​1/23- I'm out today. Please behave for the sub. 

1/21 & 1/22

• ​Sex-linked traits video and worksheet
• PUNETT SQUARE QUIZ NEXT CLASS

1/16 & 1/17

• Dihybrid video and notes
• Practice problems

1/14 & 1/15

• Monohybrid Practice problems

1/10 & 13

• Intro to Monohybrid Punnet squares
• Amoeba Sisters worksheet
• Virtual Lab

1/8 & 1/9

• Review genetics vocabulary 
  • ​Watch video on Alleles and Genes
• Simulated Baby Lab 

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