1. 9/6 Welcome to Biology! Do Now
Please:
Take one of each handout from the resource table in the back of the room.
Find your seat.

2. Introduction
Procedures
Syllabus
Scientist of the Month – Extra Credit
Class Website – msfulmer16-17.weebly.com
Folders - Write your number and class color on syllabus
Any questions?

3. Sign syllabus – both you and your parent/guardian
9/6 Homework
Create Accounts – EDpuzzle, Showbie, Newsela, and Quizlet (directions on class website)
Sign syllabus – both you and your parent/guardian

4. Icebreaker Activity

5. Exit Slip On your Ice Breaker worksheet please:
Tell me one thing about yourself that you want me to know.
Tell me one thing I can do to make this a successful year for you.

6. Minion class Expectations

7. 9/7 Do now Place your syllabus in the “hand-in” bin.
Put your phones in the back holder.
From the resource table in the back of the room, please take:
Unit 1 Vocabulary
Unit 1 Notes
Take a minute to think about what makes something “living” and write it down in your notebook.
HINT: Think about the difference between something that is considered “living” and something that is considered “nonliving”.

8. Properties of Life Figure 1.2 (c) Response to environment
(a) Organization
(d) Homeostasis
(g) Reproduction
(f) Growth and development
(b) Evolutionary adaptation
(e) Energy utilization

9. What is Biology? Biology We recognize life
Is the scientific study of life
We recognize life
By what living things do

10. Unifying Themes of Biology
Cell structure & function
Heredity (genetics)
Stability & homeostasis
Interdependence of organisms
Metabolism
Evolution
Reproduction 1. 2 5 3 4 7 6

11. Engineering & Design Process
Make observations
Ask questions 
Form a hypothesis
Test hypothesis
Analyze the results
Draw conclusions
Repeat

12. Think, Pair, Share
Think about a time you used the scientific method to answer a question.

13. We use hypotheses in solving everyday problems!
Observations
Questions
Hypothesis # 1: Dead batteries
Hypothesis # 2: Burnt-out bulb
Prediction:
Replacing batteries
will fix problem
Replacing bulb
Test prediction
Test does not falsify hypothesis
Test falsifies hypothesis
Figure 1.25

14. Types of variables
Independent variable is the variable that is purposely changed (manipulated variable) Dependent variable is the variable that may change due to the manipulated variable and is observed (responding variable) Control variable is the variable that serves as the standard of comparison with another group or individual to which it is identical except for one factor (comparison variable)

15. Classwork
With a group, design an experiment to answer one of the following questions.
Does Pepsi have more carbonation than Coke?
How does color affect people’s food choices?
How does the amount of water affect the growth of a plant?
Does caffeine affect the reaction time in students?
Your experiment should include:
A hypothesis
A detailed procedure
All variables (control, independent, and dependent)

16. 9/8 Do Now
In 1928, Sir Alexander Fleming was studying Staphylococcus bacteria growing in culture dishes. He noticed that a mold called Penicillium was also growing in some of the dishes. A clear area existed around the mold because all the bacteria that had grown in this area had died. In the culture dishes without the mold, no clear areas were present.
Fleming hypothesized that the mold must be producing a chemical that killed the bacteria. He decided to isolate this substance and test it to see if it would kill bacteria. Fleming transferred the mold to a nutrient broth solution. This solution contained all the materials the mold needed to grow. After the mold grew, he removed it from the nutrient broth. Fleming then added the nutrient broth in which the mold had grown to a culture of bacteria. He observed that the bacteria died.
Identify the problem.
What was Fleming's hypothesis?
What was the independent variable? The dependent variable?
Should the hypothesis be supported or rejected based on the experiment?

17. 9/8 Classwork Finish sharing experiments from yesterday
Simpsons Variables worksheet

18. 9/8 Homework
Experimental Variables worksheet
Due Monday 9/12

19. 9/12 Do Now
Place your Experimental Variables worksheet in the “hand-in” bin.
Try to answer the following questions in your notes:
What is qualitative data?
What is quantitative data?
How do scientists represent data?

20. Theory vs. Law Hypothesis predicts. Theory explains. Law describes.
Theory - A well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations. Supported by a large body of evidence. NOT ABSOLUTE
Law – A statement of fact that has been determined from observation, so that a scientific phenomena always occurs if certain conditions are present. ABSOLUTE

21. Think, Pair, Share
What are the different types of graphs that we can use in science?
What types of data would you use each graph for?

23. 9/12 Classwork
Analyzing and Interpreting Scientific Data worksheet

24. 9/13 Do Now
How do you think scientific knowledge benefits from scientists sharing and debating ideas and information with peers?

25. 9/13 Classwork
Graphing and Analyzing Scientific Data packet

26. 9/14 Do Now
Take a copy of the Cricket Lab from the resource table (in the back of the room) and begin reading the directions.
Before we begin we will be reviewing:
Writing a hypothesis. (If… then…)
Label the x-axis and y-axis on your graphs.
Title your graphs.

27. 9/15 Do Now
A scientist wants to study the effect of a drug on the blood pressure of rats. She set up an experiment in which the experimental group consisted of rats that were injected with a solution containing the drug.
What should the control group be?
What is the independent variable?
What is the dependent variable?

28. 9/15 Classwork Cricket Lab Due at the end of class tomorrow.
Writing a hypothesis. (If… then…)
Label the x-axis and y-axis on your graphs.
Title your graphs.
Due at the end of class tomorrow.

29. 9/16 Do Now Describe the difference between a theory and a law.
Which of the following is qualitative data?
255 g
Color changed to blue
98o C
3 L of solution
Strong smell

30. 9/16 Classwork Cricket Lab Due at the end of class today!
Writing a hypothesis. (If… then…)
Label the x-axis and y-axis on your graphs.
Title your graphs.
Due at the end of class today!