Late October/Early November

• Tues Oct 31:  More notes on water.  Finish Water Olympics Lab and turn in.  Begin Carbohydrates.  Read 2.3.
• Thurs 11/2:  Finish carbohydrates and go over lipids.  Introduce shape of amino acids and peptide bonds.  Build Clay Models in your groups.  DBQ's on p 81 and 2 on p. 86.  Read 2.4.
• Fri 11/3:  No School.  Teacher Work Day.
• Tues 11/7:  Link together clay models.  Check off DBQ's and go over.  Structure of nucleic acids.  Read 2.6.
• Wed 11/8-Fri 11/10:  No School!  Wed and Thursday off for conferences and Friday off for Veteran's Day.
• Tues 11/14:  Finish up nucleic acids.  Go over what you need to know for the test, to be taken next Monday 11/20.
• Thurs 11/16:  Review for Biochemistry Test.  Start a bit of Cellular Respiration.
• Mon 11/20:  Biochemistry Test.  Overview of Cellular Respiration.
• Wed 11/22-Fri 11/24:  Thanksgiving Break.

What to Expect on the Test on Wednesday 10/25

1. 16 multiple choice questions.  See Kahoot game to see similar questions.  To see the Kahoot game, you need to make a Kahoot account then go to mokenny and you can see all my public quizzes.  Yours is the Cell and Membrane one. (1 pt each)
2. Draw and measure something as seen in the microscope.  The white card will be available to get the actual size.  Then, calculate the magnification of your drawing, using a ruler and showing work.  (8 pts)
3. Draw and label either:  a prokaryotic cell or a plasma membrane.  You will NOT get to choose.  Your test will tell you which one to do.  (8 pts)
4. Identify parts of a eukaryotic cell.  (4 pts)
5. Short answer:  Pick 3 out of the 4 options provided.  No extra credit for writing extra questions.  I will stop reading after 3 questions!  ( 6 pts each)

Point value:  about 54 points

Early October

• Tues 10/10:  Notes on Membrane Transport.  Turn in Bubble Lab and Paramecium Lab.  Finish DBQ on pp 28-30 and draw a labeled membrane.  Do DBQs on p 42, both the ones on the graph and the ones about the plant tissue inquiry.  Check off DBQ's.
• Thurs 10/12:  Notes on Active Transport.  Finish checking off DBQ's and go over.  Onion plasmolysis and egg osmosis demos.  In your table groups, plan an osmolarity inquiry lab that uses potatoes.  Tuesday we will carry out the inquiry and process the data.  Thursday you will present your findings to the class.
• Tues 10/17:  Get potato osmolarity lab started.  Work on your Powerpoint.  Hand out Cell and Membrane Test Review.
• Thurs 10/19:  Record and Process Potato Lab data.  Write a conclusion and evaluation.  2-3 Presentations done today.  How are electron microscopes different from light microscopes?
• Mon 10/23:  Finish Potato Lab Presentations.  Review for Cell Test.  Play Kahoot.  You can use my Kahoot games for review by making yourself a Kahoot account and then going to mokenny's quizzes.  I will make the Cell and Membrane quiz public after we finish playing it 4th period today.  
• Wed 10/25:  Cell Test/Start Biochemistry.  Read 2.1.
• Fri 10/27: Finish Potato Lab Presentations.  Go over what you need to know for both 2.1 and 2.2.   Read 2.2.

Weeks 5 and 6

• Tues 9/26:  Go over Cell Worksheet.  Draw and measure your cheek cells.  Work on magnification DBQ (pp 6-7).  I will check in with you about your Cell Model Project, which is due Monday 10/2.
• Thurs 9/28:  Observing and drawing Volvox, Hydra, Amoeba, and maybe more.  Do you have references for your Cell Model?  Do some work on your cell model project, due Monday 10/2.  
• Mon 10/2:  Set up Cell Model Projects and write-ups on the tables.  Walk around and assess student Cell Models.  Finish up the Microscope Lab.  Observe Paramecium, Scenedesmus, and bacteria.  Wrap up your drawings (did you calculate magnification for all, showing work?).  Answer questions on the lab hand-out.  The completed lab is due Wed 10/4.  Read 1.3 in the text if not already.
• Wed 10/4:  Turn in Microscope Lab.  Introduce plasma membrane structure.  Do Davson-Danielli DBQ on pp. 28-30.  
• Fri 10/6:  Finish and check off Davson-Danielli DBQ.   Bubble Lab.  Digestion of yeast in paramecium lab.  Read 1.4 in the text.

Cell Model Project

Cell Model Project

What:

Build something:  In a group of 2-3 students, you will build a 3-D model for a eukaryote cell (pick animal or plant).  Using common household materials, you will represent at least 7 (10 for groups of 3) of the organelles.  You must include the nucleus, mitochondrion, chloroplast (for plants), endoplasmic reticulum, and ribosomes.  The others are up to you.  Choose materials that you feel make a good analogy for the functions and/or characteristics of that organelle.  

Write something:  Number the organelles of your cell and then write an explanation for each part.  The explanations should include:  1)  why you chose that material  2)  how the material suits the characteristics and/or function of the organelle  3)  how the material falls short in representing the organelle.  Be as specific as possible.

When:  

Due on _Monday, October 2, 2017_____

Grading Criteria:

Model evaluated on:

1)  Creativity (5 pts) 2)  Presentation (5 pts)

3)  Accuracy (5 pts)   4)  Enough Organelles and labeled (5 pts)

5)  Writing:  completeness (5 pts) 6)  Writing:  specificity (5 pts)

7)  Writing:  spelling, grammar, clarity (5 pts)

8)  Citation of resources (at least 2 beyond the class materials) (5 pts)

Total = 40 pts

Turnitin.com information for SPARK Lectures

In this class, we use turnitin.com for submitting many of our assignments, including SPARK lectures.  For SPARK lectures, please write a reasonably detailed summary of what the speaker said and then give your personal response to the talk.  Good summaries and responses are typically about 1.5 pages double-spaced.  We always submit them to turnitin.com.  There is only 1 submission per quarter.  Turnitin.com information for this class is as follows:

Class ID:  16347480
Password:  microscope

4th Week of School (Already?)

• Mon 9/18:  Take Statistics Quiz.  Then work on the Cell Worksheet while everyone finishes the quiz.  When finished, we will review parts of the worksheet, as well as talk about microscopes.  Please finish the worksheet, and read pp 3-7 on microscopes for homework.  
• Wed 9/20:  Turn in the Cell Worksheet.  Using a light microscope.  Do the Date-Based Questions on pp 6-7.  Today we will look at cork, pond water, elodea, and onion cell.  Draw clear and well-labeled diagrams of each.  Read 1.2 for homework.
• Fri 9/22:  How to calculate magnification.  Do DBQ on pp. 6-7 in your notebook.  Continue with the microscope lab, making clear diagrams, and calculating magnification for every drawing.  Introduce Cell Model Project and go over the Cell Worksheet.