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