Week of Jan 4 - 11

Date	Classwork	Eval	Homework	Personal Responsibility
Jan 4	PPt Notes - punnett square practice ,
5/6	Inheritance Patterns, Part I - Pages 379-384,P/P 1-8 S/T 1-4 Patterns of Inheritance Exploration		Part 2, Pages 385 - 386, P/P 1-3, R/C 1-3
6/7	Research Ideas about Genetics and Food Preferences - Record Information in Lab Write-up Template			formation of Y Watch this video clip and describe the formation of the Y chromosome
8	Design Test to determine if Genetics influences food preferences			mtDNA Watch this video clip and describe how Mitochondrial DNA is used to map human history
11	Design and build food testing station		Be Ready for Food Tasting Experiment - Turn in Notebook

P/R Parent/Guardian Signature and Comments

HS-LS3-1.

Ask questions to clarify relationships about the role of DNA and chromosomes in coding the instructions for characteristic traits passed from parents to offspring.

Week of Dec. 15-18

Week of Dec. 15 - 18

Date	classwork	eval	homework	PR
Dec 15	finish Why Sex, quiz
16	finish explain Part II, page 373, 3-9		R/C page 376, 1-4	research information about hemophilia and the royal families of Europe. How may this disease have affected history?
17	Elaborate, Pages 379, P/P 1-8 - Cancel - will do this after break!		S/T, 1-4 - Cancel will do this after break!	Sidebar, page 374, careers in genetics- what are some interesting careers, what education is necessary? What subjects should students focus on in HS?
18	Trouble with Tribbles generics, Peer review notebooks		happy holidays!

P/R Parent/Guardian signature and comments

Week of Dec 8-14

date	Classwork	Eval	Homework	P/R
Dec. 8/9	Blood Typing Notes and Worksheet cool video		Finish worksheet,	Personal Responsibility: Read Careers, pages 377-378, In your notebook record several areas where there are jobs in genetics
9/10	Dihybrid Crosses and worksheetDihybrid cross w/s		Poster Assignment – Due Dec. 18 - extra credit for early submission	Research on-line or in magazines to find an article about some new genetic finding. Cite your source and describe the information.
11	All About Alleles Part II: pages 372-376, P/P 1-4,		R/C, page 376, 1-4 Review for quiz on Dec. 15
14	DVD - Why Sex Complete worksheet

P/R Parent/Guardian Signature and Comments

Week of Nov 30 - Dec. 8

Date	Classwork	Eval	Homework	Personal Responsibility
Nov. 30	Notes PPT slides 1-12		Complete any unfinished parts of Explain, pages 346-351
Dec. 1/2	How We Get Our Traits - Explain: Page 354,P/P 7-9, Activity		Page 363, Stop and Think Part 1 1-2	Sidebar - When Meiosis has a Glitch - Read and the types of mistakes in Meiosis
3/4	Modeling Meiosis, Page 363 –365 P/P all		Page 365 – R/C 1-4	Research the inheritance of a trait in dogs, cats, rabbits or other domestic animal. Write a paragraph about your findings.
5	Explain – all about Alleles, page 369-371, P/P 1 – 4		Page  371 S/T 1-2
8	PPT Slides 13 - 26   Practice with Punnett Squares		Turn in notebook

PR - Parent/Guardian Signature

HS-LS3-1.	Ask questions to clarify relationships about the role of DNA and chromosomes in coding the instructions for characteristic traits passed from parents to offspring.
HS-LS3-2.	Make and defend a claim based on evidence that inheritable genetic variations may result from: (1) new genetic combinations through meiosis, (2) viable errors occurring during replication, and/or (3) mutations caused by environmental factors.

Week of Nov.17 - 23

Date	Classwork	Eval	Homework	P/R
Nov. 17	Results and Conclusions for Turbo Breeding II		Review for Test on Chapter 6 November 24th	Do independent research to find uses for yeast in food production and/or in research. Record your findings notebook. This should be at least one paragraph long.
18	Explore: Pages 336-339, p/p 1-4 Video of Yeast for p/p 3		Prepare for Test	Support Food Drive
19/20	Explore: Pages 339-344 p/p 5-6 complete protocol Part I:1-5, Part 2: 2-6		Prepare for Test & Page 344 S/T Part 1, 1 & 2
23	Mating game Part II- Page 346, P/P 7, R/C 1-4		Prepare for Test	Personal Responsibility: FYI page 354 Describe the difference between sexual and asexual reproduction
24	Test Chapter 6	Turn in Notebook
25	Explain, Pages 346-351, P/P 1-4

PR - Parent/Guardian Signature and Comments:

HS-LS3-2.

Make and defend a claim based on evidence that inheritable genetic variations may result from: (1) new genetic combinations through meiosis, (2) viable errors occurring during replication, and/or (3) mutations caused by environmental factors.

HS-LS3-3.

Apply concepts of statistics and probability to explain the variation and distribution of expressed traits in a population

Week of Nov. 10 - 16

Date	Classwork	Eval	Homework	P/R
Nov. 10	Periods 1 & 4 - Chapter 6 Eval, Pages 324-325, P/P 1-7 - Due on Friday, Nov 13 Periods 5 &6 - Elaborate: Pages 322-323, P/P 7-11		Periods 1-4 - Finish Evaluate - Due on Nov. 12 Page 323, R/C 1-3 Periods 5&6 - Eval, Pages 324-325, P/P 1-7 - Due on Friday, Nov 13	Death of a Pumpkin - Come in after school and look at microscopic organisms that are decomposing the pumpkin!
12 PR Parent/Guardian Signature	Chapter 7: Engage, pages 334-335, P/P 1-2, R/C 1-5
13	Turbo Breeding Activity Part 1
16	Finish Turbo Breeding II

Week of Nov. 3 - 9

Date	Classwork	Eval	Homework	P/R
Nov. 3	PPT -  The Story of Earth		Darwin Response	Share Video Response with a parent or guardian and describe your thinking to them. Have your parent/guardian sign your video response
4	Page 310, S/T Question 3 Page 315 S/T Question 4 Page 315 P/P 9 Page 320 R/C 1-4		Be able to list the conditions that allow Natural Selection occur	Sidebar - Read Pages 318-319, In your notebook describe the work of other scientists at the time who supported Darwin's work.
5	Finish Notes and Class response on page 320 R/C #1
6	Elaborate: Pages 320 - 322, P/P 1-6	Page 323, R/C 1-3	Read Sidebar page 324-325: Use the information in the article to answer the question about why the length of the beak changes as the climate changes.
9	Elaborate: Pages 322-323, P/P 7-11	Chapter 6 Eval, Pages 324-325, P/P 1-7 - Due on Friday, Nov 13