1. Population Ecology

2. Biology I – Monday, 8/29/16
SWBAT: Enroll successfully; make scientific observations based on evidence
Activities
Sign enrollment sheet
Set up Name Tags
Description of Tardy Policy, Dress Code, Cell Phone Policy
Make observations about teacher based on evidence in room
Reminders (copy in agenda)
Composition notebooks to be available for science by 9/6/16
Tardy Policy, Dress Code, Cell Phone Policy, etc. enforced starting tomorrow, 8/30/16
Out Q: What is your academic goal for this year?

3. Biology I – Tuesday, 8/30/16
In Q: Name a school rule that will be enforced.
SWBAT: Make scientific observations based on evidence
Activities:
Complete/Show/scan TOTD of 8/29/16
Set up Name Tags - newbies
Do Who’s Like Me/Bingo Quest
Reminders (copy in agenda):
Notebooks to be available for science by 9/6/16
Out Q: Name a classroom rule which you need to get better at following.

4. Biology I – Wednesday, 8/31/16
In Q: Name a person who had a common interest with you and name the common interest.
SWBAT: Describe oneself to classmates to build mutual trust & support
Activities:
Finish Who’s Like Me?/Do Bingo Quest
View “Why Study Science” - write at least 1 paragraph about the 3 scientists and how their high school education led them to become scientists
Begin The “I Am” Brochure
Reminders (copy in agenda):
H.W. Complete “I Am” Brochure
Out Q: Which scientist seemed to have the most fun in his or her job as described in “Why Study Science”? Tell why you think so.

5. Biology I – Thursday, 9/1/16
In Q: Why is it a good idea to study science?
SWBAT: Describe oneself to classmates to build mutual trust & support
Activities:
Finish Who’s Like Me?/Bingo Quest
Complete/Turn in “Why Study Science” paragraph
Complete/Turn in the “I Am” Brochure
Do Science Survey
Reminders (copy in agenda):
H.W. Complete/Turn in “I Am” Brochure, etc.
Out Q: What is the common or proper name for NaCl?

6. Biology I – Friday, 9/2/16 In Q: What is Tiger Wood’s sport?
SWBAT: Describe oneself to classmates to build mutual trust & support
Activities:
See me for a !
Complete/Show/Scan 8/29-9/2 TOTDs
Work on/Turn in “Why Study Science” paragraph
Work on/Turn in “I Am” Brochure
Work on/Turn in Science Survey
Reminders (copy in agenda):
Bring composition notebook for science on Tuesday
Out Q: Name the 3 primary colors.

7. Biology I – Monday, 9/5/16 In Q: SWBAT:
Activities: Labor Day (No School!  )
Reminders (copy in agenda):
Out Q:

8. Biology I – Tuesday, 9/6/16
In Q: How does keeping a science notebook help you?
SWBAT: Describe course expectations
Activities:
Set up science notebook
Review course expectations – What are the Rules of Ms. Danridge’s Game?
Reminders (copy in agenda):
Bring science notebook every day
Out Q: What is the last day for turning in missing work?

9. Biology I – Wednesday, 9/7/16
In Q: What is the prefix which means life or living things?
SWBAT: Describe course expectations
Activities:
Make agenda munchkin booklet for Biology (make a pocket for it on the back inside cover of your notebook)
Receive/review Biology Course Syllabus & Safety Contract
Review safety rules – it’s all about common sense!
Reminders (copy in agenda):
Turn in signature page of Biology Course Syllabus and Safety Contract by Friday, 9/16/16
Create a safety poster
Agenda Check on Friday, 9/9/16
Out Q: Name a topic we will cover in Quarter 1 as listed in the Biology Course Syllabus.

10. Biology I – Thursday, 9/8/16 In Q: What is zoology?
SWBAT: Apply scientific processes through inquiry
Activities:
Turn in signature page & signed safety contract
Inquiry Activity: What’s in The Box?
Reminders (copy in agenda):
Turn in signature page of Biology Course Syllabus by & signed safety contract Friday, 9/16/2016
Agenda Check on Friday, 9/9/16
Out Q: If dendro- is a prefix that refers to trees (add this to your prefix list), and chrono- refers to time (add to your prefix list), what is a dendrochronologist?

11. Biology I – Friday, 9/9/16
In Q: What sense, rarely used in most labs, could not be used to make observations in the lab What’s in the Box?
SWBAT: Demonstrate prior knowledge of population ecology & biodiversity via pre-test; Catch up on missing assignments, TOTDs
Activities:
Turn in signature page & signed safety contract
Do Population Ecology & Biodiversity pre-test
Receive progress printout in order to do missing work, TOTDs
Turn in/have graded Bio Agenda
Reminders (copy in agenda):
Turn in signature page of Biology Course Syllabus & signed safety contract by Friday, 9/16/2016
Out Q: What do students need to have for biology every day?

12. Biology I – Monday, 9/12/16
In Q: How many days do I have to make up missing work when I return from an absence?
SWBAT: Catch up on missing assignments, TOTDs
Activities:
Turn in signature page & signed safety contract
Complete & turn in missing work, TOTDs
Reminders (copy in agenda):
Turn in signature page of Biology Course Syllabus & signed safety contract by Friday, 9/16/2016
Turn in missing assignments
Out Q: When I come into Ms. Danridge’s class, I have to _______. (Name at least two items from the Rules of Ms. Danridge’s Game)

13. Biology I – Tuesday, 9/13/16 In Q:
SWBAT: Evaluate the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity
Activities:
View Six Degrees Could Change the World – complete moviesheet
Reminders (copy in agenda):
Keep track of moviesheet – we continue viewing tomorrow!
Out Q: Six thousand years ago, much of the American southwest was a vast _______________.

14. Biology I – Wednesday, 9/14/16
In Q: In the winter of 2001, more than ____ fires encircled Sydney, Australia.
SWBAT: Evaluate the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity
Activities:
Continue viewing Six Degrees Could Change the World – complete moviesheet
Reminders (copy in agenda):
Keep track of moviesheet – we continue viewing tomorrow!
Out Q: Twenty percent of the world’s oxygen is produced by the ________.

15. Biology I – Thursday, 9/15/16
In Q: Trees help generate ____ percent of water for rainfall in the Amazon.
SWBAT: Evaluate the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity; Identify key terms associated with ecology
Activities:
Finish viewing Six Degrees Could Change the World – complete & turn in moviesheet
Do Ecology Vocab. Foldable – 1)Definition and 2)either a sentence using the word or a picture associated with the word
Reminders (copy in agenda):
Complete Ecology Vocab. Foldable
Out Q: What is ecology?

16. Population Ecology Vocabulary – 1)Write a definition and 2)either a sentence using the word or draw a picture
Ecology
Biosphere
Abiotic factor
Biotic factor
Population
Biological community
Ecosystem
Biodiversity
Carrying capacity
Exponential growth
Logistic growth
Birthrate
Death rate
Limiting factor
Density–dependent factor
Density-independent factor
Competition
Demography
Doubling time
Age structure

17. Biology I – Friday, 9/16/16
In Q: Name a fact from the Six Degrees movie which was new to you.
SWBAT: Identify key terms associated with population ecology
Activities:
Do Ecology Vocab. Foldable – 1)Definition and 2)either a sentence using the word or a picture associated with the word
Complete & Turn in missing work – TOTDs, etc.
Reminders (copy in agenda):
Turn in Ecology Vocab. Foldable
Out Q: Define the term abiotic factor and give an example of one.

18. Biology I – Monday, 9/19/16 In Q: What is a biotic factor?
SWBAT: Identify key concepts associated with population ecology
Activities:
Do notes on Population Ecology
Turn in Population Ecology Vocabulary when complete
Receive generic scan form to put in notebook
Receive weekly TOTD form
Reminders (copy in agenda):
Put notes in notebook
Out Q: What is the logistic growth model?

19. Biology I – Tuesday, 9/20/16
In Q: What is a density-dependent factor? Give an example of one.
SWBAT: Identify key concepts associated with population ecology
Activities:
Finish notes on Population Ecology & scan
Turn in Population Ecology Vocabulary when complete
Do A Population Study – 92 pts
Reminders (copy in agenda):
Turn in missing work when complete
Agenda check is Friday 9/23 (time frame is 9/12-23)
Out Q: What is Zero Population Growth?

20. Biology I – Wednesday, 9/21/16
In Q: What sort of graph curve is formed from a logistic growth model?
SWBAT: apply the principles responsible for changes in yeast population to the human population
Activities:
Finish scanning grade for notes on Population Ecology
Do A Population Study – 92 pts – and turn in
Reminders (copy in agenda):
The cut-off for the midterm progress grade is the Population Study activity
Out Q: What do you think may happen to the human population if it continues to increase?

21. Biology I – Thursday, 9/22/16
In Q: In pre-industrial society, what threats kept life expectancy short and death rates high?
SWBAT: apply the principles responsible for changes in yeast population to the human population
Activities:
Finish scanning grade for notes on Population Ecology
Finish A Population Study – 92 pts – and turn in
Reminders (copy in agenda):
The cut-off for the midterm progress grade is the Population Study activity
Biology Agenda check is Friday 9/23 (time frame 9/12-23)
Out Q: How may waste products influence the human population?

22. Biology I – Friday, 9/23/16
In Q: What are waste products and how do they relate to changes in population size?
SWBAT: Evaluate extinction theories of the mega beasts
Activities:
View “What Killed the Mega Beasts?” and write at least a one page paper supporting or disagreeing with one of the theories (or suggest and support your own theory) explaining the animals’ extinction – 100 points
Turn in/have graded Biology Agenda
Reminders (copy in agenda):
Turn in your paper on “What Killed the Mega Beasts?”.
Out Q: Describe briefly 2 of the 3 theories in the movie “What Killed the Mega Beasts?”.

23. Biology I – Monday, 9/26/16
In Q: According to the Kill theory, what (or who) wiped out the mega beasts?
SWBAT: Evaluate extinction theories of the mega beasts
Activities:
Finish “What Killed the Mega Beasts?” and write at least a one page paper supporting or disagreeing with one of the theories (or suggest and support your own theory) explaining the animals’ extinction – 100 points
Scan for TOTDs points for week 9/19-23
Reminders (copy in agenda):
Turn in your paper on “What Killed the Mega Beasts?”.
Out Q: Which theory in the movie “What Killed the Mega Beasts?” is least likely to be the reason why the mega beasts went extinct ? And explain why you think so.

24. Biology I – Tuesday, 9/27/16
In Q: According to the Chill theory, what (or who) wiped out the mega beasts?
SWBAT: Evaluate extinction theories of the mega beasts; interpret population graphs
Activities:
Turn in your paper on “What Killed the Mega Beasts?”.
Do Population Dynamics Packet – 50 pts
Scan for TOTDs points for week 9/19-23
Reminders (copy in agenda):
Population Ecology test to occur on Friday, 10/07
The last day to turn in make up work for this unit – from /29 to 10/06 – is Friday, 10/07
Out Q: What theory might pair best with the Kill theory to explain the extinction of the wooly mammoths? Explain why.

25. Biology I – Wednesday, 9/28/16
In Q: What does the carrying capacity phase of a graph look like?
SWBAT: Define/Interpret/Apply key concepts associated with population graphs
Activities:
Do Population Biology Activity – 204 pts
Receive updated midterm Biology progress report
Scan for TOTDs points for week 9/19-23
Reminders (copy in agenda):
Population Ecology test to occur on Friday, 10/07
The last day to turn in make up work for this unit – from /29 to 10/06 – is Friday, 10/07
Return signed Bio Progress Report by Wednesday, 10/05
Out Q: What are density dependent limits on population?

26. Principles – Thursday, 9/29/16
In Q: How can we determine the size of a population living in the wild?
SWBAT: Evaluate a method to estimate population size
Activities:
Turn in signed Progress report
Do Lab The Sea Otter Population – 100 pts
Reminders (copy in agenda):
Complete The Sea Otter Population lab
Return signed Bio Progress Report by Wednesday, 10/05
Out Q: What factors could influence population estimates in the real world?

27. Biology I – Friday, 9/30/16
In Q: Why do we need to know the size of a population?
SWBAT: Evaluate a method to estimate population size; catch up on missing work
Activities:
Turn in missing work
Scan for TOTDs
Turn in signed progress report
Reminders (copy in agenda):
Return signed Bio Progress Report by Wednesday, 10/05
Population Ecology test to occur on Friday, 10/07
The last day to turn in make up work for this unit – from /29 to 10/06 – is Friday, 10/07
Out Q: Why would it be a mistake to base the population size on just one “capture, tag, and recapture”?

28. Biology I – Monday, 10/03/16
In Q: When class begins, ask Ms. Danridge “What is SOGO? Then write down her answer.
SWBAT: Catch up on missing work
Activities:
Turn in missing work
Scan for TOTDs
Turn in signed progress report
Reminders (copy in agenda):
Return signed Bio Progress Report by Wednesday, 10/05
Population Ecology test to occur on Friday, 10/07
The last day to turn in make up work for this unit – from 8/29 to 10/06 – is Friday, 10/07
Out Q: Do you feel that the “capture, tag and recapture” method is an accurate and reliable method to estimate population size? Explain your answer.

29. Biology I – Tuesday, 10/04/16
In Q: Name a story that has a wolf as a character. How is the wolf portrayed in that story?
SWBAT: Evaluate the tradeoffs associated with reintroduction of the gray wolf into Yellowstone National Park
Activities:
Do How the Wolves Changed Yellowstone
Turn in signed progress report
Reminders (copy in agenda):
Return signed Bio Progress Report by Wednesday, 10/05
Population Ecology test to occur on Friday, 10/07
The last day to turn in make up work for this unit – from 8/29 to 10/06 – is Friday, 10/07
Out Q: How many cases of wolves killing humans have been documented in North America?

30. Biology I – Wednesday, 10/05/16
In Q: What benefit would result from releasing wolves from 2 different populations into Yellowstone Park?
SWBAT: Evaluate the tradeoffs associated with reintroduction of the gray wolf into Yellowstone National Park
Activities:
Finish How the Wolves Changed Yellowstone (through part 3) – 240 pts & turn in
Turn in signed progress report
Print out the Personal/Parental reflection pages from the my.ccsd.net website for your notebook
Reminders (copy in agenda):
Population Ecology test to occur on Friday, 10/07
The last day to turn in make up work for this unit – from 8/29 to 10/06 – is Friday, 10/07
Out Q: Why were ranchers opposed to the reintroduction of the gray wolf population?

32. Biology I – Thursday, 10/06/16 In Q: What is trophic cascade?
SWBAT: Evaluate the tradeoffs associated with reintroduction of the gray wolf into Yellowstone National Park
Activities:
Review for unit test
Turn in missing work
Reminders (copy in agenda):
Population Ecology test to occur on Friday, 10/07
The last day to turn in make up work for this unit – from 8/29 to 10/06 – is Friday, 10/07
Turn in Biology notebook on Friday, 10/07/16
Out Q: What effect did the Endangered Species Act of 1973 have on the gray wolf population?

33. Biology I – Friday, 10/07/16 In Q:
SWBAT: Show understanding of ecology material via testing
Activities:
Do Population Ecology post-test
Turn in missing work, science notebook
Scan or turn in TOTDs of 10/03-07
Reminders (copy in agenda):
The next unit we will cover concerns environmental issues like that of the Yellowstone wolves
Out Q: