1. Topics and Chapters: Classroom Procedures Topics of Biology or Integrated Science DO NOW: Sit in assigned seat Today’s Objective: Learn the ropes of Mrs. Mattheus’ classroom. Know what is expected of me in Biology/IntSci.

2. Topics and Chapters: Compound light microscope Electron Microscope Chapter 7 DO NOW: How many standards does this class cover? Today’s Objective: Compare and contrast structure and function of various types of microscopes. August 18, 2015

3. Topics and Chapters: Compound Light Microscope DO NOW: What is the main purpose of the arm of a microscope? Today’s Objective: Be able to focus and use a Compound Light Microscope. Be able to calculate total magnification. August 19, 2015

4. Topics and Chapters: Microscope Quiz DO NOW: 1 Open to your Outdoor Microscope Investigation. 2 Explain what was the coolest thing you looked at under the microscope? Today’s Objective: Describe how scientific inferences are drawn from scientific observation. August 21, 2015

5. Topics and Chapters: Theories vs. Laws Chapter 1.2 of Zebra Biology DO NOW: 1. Open to your Outdoor Microscope Investigation. 2. Explain what was the coolest thing you looked at under the microscope. Today’s Objective: Describe how scientific inferences are drawn from scientific observation and provide examples from the content being studies. August 24, 2015

6. Topics and Chapters: Nature of Science Chapter 1.2-1.3 DO NOW: What is peer review? Today’s Objective: Recognize that theories do not become laws, nor do laws become theories. August 25, 2015

7. Topics and Chapters: Class Dojo Grades go back Finish Ch 1 (Nature of Science) DO NOW: What is a theory? Why is it not a law? Today’s Objective: Identify which questions can be answered through science and which questions are outside the boundaries of scientific investigation. August 26, 2015

8. Topics and Chapters: Class Dojo Grades go back Finish Ch 1 (Nature of Science) DO NOW: Today’s Objective: Identify which questions can be answered through science and which questions are outside the boundaries of scientific investigation. August 27, 2015

9. Topics and Chapters: Class Dojo Grades go back Finish Ch 1 (Nature of Science) DO NOW: Today’s Objective: Identify which questions can be answered through science and which questions are outside the boundaries of scientific investigation. August 28, 2015

10. Topics and Chapters: Chapter 6 Atomic Theory and Cell Theory DO NOW: Describe why an experiment needs a control group. Today’s Objective: Explore The Atomic Theory by describing the structure of atoms. (protons, neutrons, electrons) August 31, 2015

11. Topics and Chapters: Chapter 6 Atomic Theory Additional Objective: Connect the concepts of radiation and the electromagnetic spectrum to the use of historical and newly- developed observational tools. DO NOW: Describe the atomic theory as you understand it thus far. Today’s Objective: Explore The Atomic Theory by describing the structure of atoms. (protons, neutrons, electrons) September 1, 2015

12. Topics and Chapters: Chapter 6 Atomic Theory Additional Objective: Relate properties of atoms and their position in the periodic table to the arrangement of their electrons. DO NOW: What are the 4 types of Nuclear Radiation. Give a brief description of each. Today’s Objective: Explore the scientific theory of atoms (also known as atomic theory) by describing the structure of atoms in terms of protons, neutrons and electrons, and differentiate among these particles in terms of their mass, electrical charges and locations within the atom. September 2, 2015

13. Topics and Chapters: Chapter 6 Atomic Theory Cell Theory DO NOW: What was the best part of your 3 day weekend? Today’s Objective: Explore the role of enzymes as catalysts that lower the activation energy of biochemical reactions. Identify factors, such as pH, temperature, and their effect on enzyme activity. September 8, 2015

14. Topics and Chapters: Chapter 6.-6.3 Balancing Equations Catalysts/Enzymes H 2 O Properties DO NOW: What is 1 thing a Catalyst does? What are 2 things a Catalyst does NOT do? Today’s Objective: Explain the role of enzymes as catalysts that lower the activation energy of biochemical reactions. Identify factors such as pH, temp., and their effect on enzyme activity. September 9, 2015

15. Topics and Chapters: Chapter 6.4 Macromolecules DO NOW: Describe why water is a universal solvent. Today’s Objective: Describe the basic molecular structures and primary functions of the four major categories of biological macromolecules. September 15, 2015

16. Topics and Chapters: Review Macromolecules DO NOW: Today’s Objective: September 24, 2015

17. Topics and Chapters: Making Nucleic Acids DO NOW: Explain the role of an enzyme. Today’s Objective: Review the structure of Nucleic Acids. September 25, 2015

18. Topics and Chapters: Making Nucleic Acids DO NOW: Get out/together supplies for making Nucleic Acids. Today’s Objective: Review the structure of Nucleic Acids. September 28, 2015

19. Topics and Chapters: Ch 7.1 and Ch 7.2 Cell Theory Organelles DO NOW: Describe a few differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Today’s Objective: Relate structure to function for the components of plants and animal cells. Explain the role of cell membranes as a highly selective barrier (passive and active transport). September 30, 2015

20. Topics and Chapters: Ch 7.3 -7.4 Organelles Cellular Transport DO NOW: Describe the function of the Golgi apparatus. Today’s Objective: Relate structure to function for the components of plants and animal cells. Explain the role of cell membranes as a highly selective barrier (passive and active transport). October 1, 2015

21. Topics and Chapters: 7.4 Cellular Transport DO NOW: Describe a hypotonic solution. Today’s Objective: Relate structure to function for the components of plants and animal cells. Explain the role of cell membranes as a highly selective barrier (passive and active transport). October 2, 2015

22. Topics and Chapters: Chapter 7 DO NOW: Hand in Study Guide. Clear Desk for quiz. Today’s Objective: Demonstrate understanding of Cell functions. October 9, 2015

23. Topics and Chapters: Chapter 7 DO NOW: Describe the defining feature of all cells? Today’s Objective: Demonstrate understanding of Cell functions. October 12, 2015

24. Topics and Chapters: cosmos DO NOW: Have your syllabus out. Today’s Objective: Be quiet and watch a movie. October 19, 2015

25. Topics and Chapters: Ch 8 Photosynthesis Cellular Respiration DO NOW: Describe the overall activity of a cell. Today’s Objective: Identify the reactants and products of photosysnthesis. October 20, 2015

26. Topics and Chapters: Ch 8 Photosynthesis Cellular Respiration DO NOW: Write the equation for Photosynthesis. Today’s Objective: Identify the reactants and products of photosynthesis. October 21, 2015

27. Topics and Chapters: Ch 8 Photosynthesis Cellular Respiration DO NOW: Describe the 4 steps of the Calvin Cycle. Today’s Objective: Connect the role of ATP to energy transfers within a cell. October 22, 2015

28. Topics and Chapters: Ch 8 Photosynthesis Cellular Respiration DO NOW: Define Cellular Respiration. Today’s Objective: Identify the reactants, products, and basic functions of aerobic and anaerobic cellular respiration. October 26, 2015

29. Topics and Chapters: Ch 8 Photosynthesis Cellular Respiration DO NOW: Explain where each step of Cellular Respiration takes place. Today’s Objective: Identify the reactants, products, and basic functions of aerobic and anaerobic cellular respiration. October 27, 2015

30. Topics and Chapters: Ch 8 Photosynthesis Cellular Respiration DO NOW: Describe the differences between anabolic, catabolic, aerobic, and anaerobic. Today’s Objective: Connect the role of adenosine triphosphate to energy transfers within a cell. October 29, 2015

31. Topics and Chapters: CH 9 Cellular Growth DO NOW: Briefly describe how a cell obtains energy to carry out cellular processes. Today’s Objective: Describe the cell cycle, including the process of mitosis. Explain the role of mitosis in the formation of new cells and its importance in maintaining chromosome number during asexual reproduction. November 2, 2015

32. Topics and Chapters: CH 9 Cellular Growth DO NOW: List the order of operations in the cell cycle. Break Interphase into its 3 stages and Mitosis into its 4 stages. Today’s Objective: Explain the relationship between mutation, cell cycle, and uncontrolled cell growth potentially resulting in cancer. November 4, 2015

33. Topics and Chapters: CH 9 Cellular Growth DO NOW: List the order of operations in the cell cycle. Break Interphase into its 3 stages and Mitosis into its 4 stages. Today’s Objective: Explain the relationship between mutation, cell cycle, and uncontrolled cell growth potentially resulting in cancer. November 5, 2015

34. Topics and Chapters: CH 9 Cellular Growth DO NOW: How and why does a cell regulate its cell cycle? Today’s Objective: Explain the relationship between mutation, cell cycle, and uncontrolled cell growth potentially resulting in cancer. November 6, 2015

35. Topics and Chapters: CH 9 Cellular Growth DO NOW: What are cyclin/CDK checkpoints? Today’s Objective: Explain the relationship between mutation, cell cycle, and uncontrolled cell growth potentially resulting in cancer. November 9, 2015

36. Topics and Chapters: CH 9 Cellular Growth DO NOW: Pick up a worksheet and begin. Today’s Objective: Explain the relationship between mutation, cell cycle, and uncontrolled cell growth potentially resulting in cancer. November 12, 2015

37. Topics and Chapters: CH 10 Meiosis DO NOW: Diagram out Mitosis. Draw circles to represent the cell. Label each cell with the number of chromosomes present in each step. (human somatic cell) Today’s Objective: Describe the process of meiosis, including independent assortment and crossing over. Explain how reduction division results in the formation of haploid gametes or spores. December 7, 2015

38. Topics and Chapters: CH 10 Meiosis DO NOW: Diagram out Mitosis on provided worksheet. Label as Mitosis. Fill blanks with # of chromosomes. Today’s Objective: Describe the process of meiosis, including independent assortment and crossing over. Explain how reduction division results in the formation of haploid gametes or spores. December 8, 2015

39. Topics and Chapters: CH 10 Meiosis DO NOW: Diagram out Mitosis on provided worksheet. Label as Mitosis. Fill blanks with # of chromosomes. Today’s Objective: Describe the process of meiosis, including independent assortment and crossing over. Explain how reduction division results in the formation of haploid gametes or spores. December 9, 2015

40. Topics and Chapters: CH 10.1 Meiosis DO NOW: Meiosis results in how many daughter cells? Are these daughter cells genetically identical? What is the different between diploid and haploid cells? Today’s Objective: Describe the process of meiosis, including independent assortment and crossing over. Explain how reduction division results in the formation of haploid gametes or spores. December 9, 2015

41. Topics and Chapters: Review for Midterm DO NOW: Describe similarities between Mitosis and Meiosis. Describe differences between Mitosis and Meiosis. Today’s Objective: Describe the process of meiosis, including independent assortment and crossing over. Explain how reduction division results in the formation of haploid gametes or spores….. Among others December 11, 2015

42. Topics and Chapters: Review for Midterm DO NOW: What makes water a universal solvent? What makes Carbon the element of organics? Today’s Objective: Review for Midterm. December 14, 2015

43. Topics and Chapters: Review for Midterm 1,6,7,8,9,10.1 DO NOW: What does the Endoplasmic Reticulum do? What does a prokaryotic cell have that a eukaryotic cell does not? Today’s Objective: Review for Midterm. December 15, 2015

44. Topics and Chapters: Ch 10 Genetics DO NOW: How was your break from school? Today’s Objective: January 5, 2016

45. Topics and Chapters: Ch 10 Genetics DO NOW: Define crossing over. What is the significance of meiosis? Today’s Objective: Use Mendel’s laws of segregation and independent assortment to analyze patterns of inheritance. January 6, 2016

46. Topics and Chapters: Ch 10.2-10.3 Genetics DO NOW: Define the law of segregation. Define the law of independent assortment. Today’s Objective: Describe how mutation and genetic recombination increase genetic variation. January 7, 2016

47. Topics and Chapters: Genetics Ch 10 DO NOW: What is the exception to the law of independent assortment? Today’s Objective: (same as yesterday) Describe how mutation and genetic recombination increase genetic variation. January 8, 2016

48. Topics and Chapters: Genetics Ch 10 DO NOW: What is the probability that 2 heterozygous brown eyed individuals will have a blue eyed child? Today’s Objective: (same as Thursday and Friday) Describe how mutation and genetic recombination increase genetic variation. January 11, 2016

49. Topics and Chapters: Genetics Ch 10 DO NOW: During which genotype(s) does a dominant trait express? During which genotype(s) does a recessive trait express? Today’s Objective: (same as Thursday and Friday) Describe how mutation and genetic recombination increase genetic variation. January 12, 2016

50. Topics and Chapters: Genetics Ch 10 DO NOW: Describe the phases of meiosis? Today’s Objective: (same as Thursday and Friday) Describe how mutation and genetic recombination increase genetic variation. January 13, 2016

51. Topics and Chapters: Genetics Ch 11 DO NOW: Describe crossing over, law of segregation, law of independent assortment, and gene- linkage? Today’s Objective: Discuss observed inheritance patterns caused by various modes of inheritance, including dominant, recessive, codominant, sex-linked, polygenic, and multiple alleles. January 14, 2016

52. Topics and Chapters: Genetics Ch 11 DO NOW: What are the possible genotypes for a Dihybrid cross between WwTt and wwTT? Today’s Objective: Discuss observed inheritance patterns caused by various modes of inheritance, including dominant, recessive, codominant, sex-linked, polygenic, and multiple alleles. January 15, 2016

53. Topics and Chapters: Genetics Ch 11 DO NOW: What is a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.? What was his wife's name? What did she speak out for? Today’s Objective: Discuss observed inheritance patterns caused by various modes of inheritance, including dominant, recessive, codominant, sex-linked, polygenic, and multiple alleles. January 19, 2016

54. Topics and Chapters: Genetics Ch 11 DO NOW: What is the difference between codominance and incomplete dominance? Describe an animal or plant with each type of trait expression. Today’s Objective: Discuss observed inheritance patterns caused by various modes of inheritance, including dominant, recessive, codominant, sex-linked, polygenic, and multiple alleles. January 20, 2016

55. Topics and Chapters: Genetics Ch 11 DO NOW: Draw a pedigree for a trait. It can be any trait, any species. Use at least 3 generations to show the inheritance pattern of the trait. Today’s Objective: (same as yesterday) Discuss observed inheritance patterns caused by various modes of inheritance, including dominant, recessive, codominant, sex-linked, polygenic, and multiple alleles. January 21, 2016

56. Topics and Chapters: Genetics Ch 11 DO NOW: We will go over Pedigrees again. Have Pedigree from yesterday out. Do you think my baby is a boy or a girl? Today’s Objective: (same as yesterday) Discuss observed inheritance patterns caused by various modes of inheritance, including dominant, recessive, codominant, sex-linked, polygenic, and multiple alleles. January 22, 2016

57. Topics and Chapters: Genetics Ch 11 DO NOW: Suppose two parent share a mild form of a genetic disease, but their child is born with a very severe form of the same disease. What kind of inheritance pattern took place? Today’s Objective: (same as yesterday) Discuss observed inheritance patterns caused by various modes of inheritance, including dominant, recessive, codominant, sex-linked, polygenic, and multiple alleles. January 25, 2016

58. Topics and Chapters: Section reviews for chapter 11 For chapter 10 for extra credit DO NOW: Sub day Today’s Objective: (same as yesterday) Discuss observed inheritance patterns caused by various modes of inheritance, including dominant, recessive, codominant, sex-linked, polygenic, and multiple alleles. January 26, 2016

59. Topics and Chapters: Genetics Ch 11 DO NOW: What is a Barr Body? What is a sex-linked trait? Today’s Objective: (same as yesterday) Discuss observed inheritance patterns caused by various modes of inheritance, including dominant, recessive, codominant, sex-linked, polygenic, and multiple alleles. January 27, 2016

60. Topics and Chapters: Genetics Ch 11 DO NOW: What are the 3 parts of DNA? List and describe a few scientists we spoke of yesterday. Today’s Objective: Explain how and why the genetic code is universal and is common to almost all organisms. January 28, 2016

61. Topics and Chapters: Genetics Ch 11 DO NOW: What are you doing this weekend? Why is it cold today? Today’s Objective: Explain how and why the genetic code is universal and is common to almost all organisms. January 29, 2016

62. Topics and Chapters: Genetics Ch 11 DO NOW: Are you ready for some biology jargon and detail? Today’s Objective: Describe the basic process of DNA replication and how it relates to the transmission and conservation of the genetic information. February 1, 2016

63. Topics and Chapters: Genetics Ch 12 DO NOW: What does DNA ligase do? What does helicase do? Today’s Objective: Describe the basic process of DNA replication and how it relates to the transmission and conservation of the genetic information. February 3, 2016

64. Topics and Chapters: Genetics Ch 12 DO NOW: In what direction does the DNA polymerase work? Today’s Objective: Explain the basic process of transcription and translation, and how they result in the expression of genes. February 4, 2016

65. Topics and Chapters: Genetics Ch 12 DO NOW: What enzyme can perform transcription? What function is transcription? Today’s Objective: Explain the basic process of transcription and translation, and how they result in the expression of genes. February 5, 2016

66. Topics and Chapters: Genetics Ch 12 DO NOW: Describe transcription and translation. Be sure to include how they work together to accomplish a goal. Today’s Objective: Explain the basic process of transcription and translation, and how they result in the expression of genes. February 8, 2016

67. Topics and Chapters: Genetics Ch 12 DO NOW: Study for Ch 12 Quiz. Have Do-Now’s ready (starting 1/28) Today’s Objective: Explain the basic process of transcription and translation, and how they result in the expression of genes. February 9, 2016

68. Topics and Chapters: Genetics Ch 12 DO NOW: Why must a hypothesis be testable? Today’s Objective: Evaluate the impact of biotechnology on the individual, society and the environment, including medical and ethical issues. February 10, 2016

69. Topics and Chapters: Genetics Ch 13 DO NOW: What are the 2 different techniques for selective breeding? Is selective breeding describing something that takes place in nature? Today’s Objective: Evaluate the impact of biotechnology on the individual, society and the environment, including medical and ethical issues. February 11, 2016

70. Topics and Chapters: Genetics Ch 13 DO NOW: What is transformation? Why do labs use transformations? What can be separated using gel electrophoresis? Today’s Objective: Evaluate the impact of biotechnology on the individual, society and the environment, including medical and ethical issues. February 12, 2016

71. Topics and Chapters: Genetics Ch 10,11,12,13 DO NOW: List 1 or more questions that you still have about Genetics. Today’s Objective: Evaluate the impact of biotechnology on the individual, society and the environment, including medical and ethical issues. February 15, 2016

72. Topics and Chapters: Genetics Ch 10,11,12,13 DO NOW: Study for Ch 13 Quiz. Have Do-Now’s ready (starting 2/10) Today’s Objective: Demonstrate understanding of genetics. February 16, 2016

73. Topics and Chapters: Genetics Ch 10,11,12,13 DO NOW: Work on study guide. Today’s Objective: Demonstrate understanding of genetics. February 17, 2016

74. Topics and Chapters: Genetics Ch 10,11,12,13 DO NOW: Work on study guide. Today’s Objective: Demonstrate understanding of genetics. February 18, 2016

75. Topics and Chapters: Organizing Life’s Diversity Ch 17 DO NOW: Define taxonomy. What branch of science is taxonomy a part of? Today’s Objective: Describe how and why organisms are hierarchically classified and based on evolutionary relationships. February 22, 2016

76. Topics and Chapters: Organizing Life’s Diversity Ch 17 DO NOW: Black History Month Assembly Day Today’s Objective: Describe how and why organisms are hierarchically classified and based on evolutionary relationships. February 25, 2016

77. Topics and Chapters: Organizing Life’s Diversity Ch 17 DO NOW: Who came up with the first formal system of taxonomy? Today’s Objective: Describe how and why organisms are hierarchically classified and based on evolutionary relationships. February 26, 2016

78. Topics and Chapters: Organizing Life’s Diversity Ch 17 DO NOW: Define Phylogeny. Today’s Objective: Explain the reasons for changes in how organisms are classified. February 29, 2016

79. Topics and Chapters: Organizing Life’s Diversity Ch 17 DO NOW: Into which Domain and Kingdom do mushrooms belong? Today’s Objective: Explain the reasons for changes in how organisms are classified. March 1, 2016

80. Topics and Chapters: Organizing Life’s Diversity Ch 17 DO NOW: Into which Domain and Kingdom do mushrooms belong? Today’s Objective: Explain the reasons for changes in how organisms are classified. March 2, 2016

81. Topics and Chapters: The History of Life Ch 14 DO NOW: Using the chart on page 396, determine the half life of C-14? Today’s Objective: Explain how the scientific theory of evolution is supported by the fossil record, comparative anatomy, comparative embryology, biogeography, molecular biology, and observed evolutionary change.. March 7, 2016

82. Topics and Chapters: The History of Life Ch 14 DO NOW: What are the different break downs of geological time? Today’s Objective: Explain how the scientific theory of evolution is supported by the fossil record, comparative anatomy, comparative embryology, biogeography, molecular biology, and observed evolutionary change.. March 7, 2016

83. Topics and Chapters: The History of Life Ch 14 DO NOW: Nearly all fossils occur in what kind of rock? Today’s Objective: Describe the scientific explanations of the origin of life on Earth. March 8, 2016

84. Topics and Chapters: The History of Life Ch 14 DO NOW: What is the endosymbiont theory? Today’s Objective: Describe the scientific explanations of the origin of life on Earth. March 9, 2016

85. Topics and Chapters: Ch 14 Ch 17 DO NOW: Study. Fill out scantron. Subject: BH Evolution Test 1 Ch 14, 17 Today’s Objective: Demonstrate understanding of Evolution and Taxonomy. March 10, 2016

86. Topics and Chapters: CH 15 Evolution DO NOW: Describe the difference between a scientific theory and a law. Today’s Objective: Describe the conditions required for natural selection, including: overproduction of offspring, inherited variation, and the struggle to survive, which results in differential reproductive success. March 22, 2016

87. Topics and Chapters: CH 15 Evolution DO NOW: List the ways in which we can observe evolution. (the ways we can study evolution.) Today’s Objective: Explain how the scientific theory of evolution is supported by the fossil record, comparative anatomy, comparative embryology, biogeography, molecular biology, and observed evolutionary change. March 23, 2016

88. Topics and Chapters: CH 15 Evolution DO NOW: Describe adaptation. What is fitness? Today’s Objective: Explain how the scientific theory of evolution is supported by the fossil record, comparative anatomy, comparative embryology, biogeography, molecular biology, and observed evolutionary change. March 24, 2016

89. Topics and Chapters: CH 15 Evolution DO NOW: When antibiotics were first used, they were extremely effective in treating bacterial infections. Over time, bacteria have become resistant to many antibiotics. Why has bacterial resistance to antibiotics become more common? Today’s Objective: Discuss mechanisms of evolutionary change other than natural selection such as genetic drift and gene flow. March 25, 2016

90. Topics and Chapters: CH 15 Evolution DO NOW: What is the difference between prezygotic and postzygotic speciation? Today’s Objective: Discuss mechanisms of evolutionary change other than natural selection such as genetic drift and gene flow. March 28, 2016