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Grade 12 Biology |
Grade 10 Science |
Grade 11 BIO 3UA (Tentative semester plan) |
Week of February 6th -10th |
Course Introduction Introduction to the Molecules of Life Ecology assignment |
Course Introduction: Welcome to science! Introduction to Unit 1: CHEMISTRY - Matter, atoms, compounds |
- Introduction to biology -Introduction to BIODIVERSITY -Biodiversity in a natural vs in a man-made ecosystem -Diversity in a drop of water - microscopy Microscopy (cont'd) Classification and systematics Dichotomous key activity Q. p 20 # 1-3, p. 25 # 1-8, 10, 14, 15 Chapter 1 Review p 26-27
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Week of February 13th - 17th |
Molecules of Life (cont'd): Lipids, proteins Lab on macromolecules Nucleic acids
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Bonding: Ionic bonding, writing formulas, using the charges to do the criss-cross. Polyatomic ions Molecular Compounds |
Chapter review Sheet on phylogeny CHAPTER 1 QUIZ on Tuesday Chapter 2: Microorganisms
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Week of February 21th-24th |
QUIZ (Monday) Metabolisms and Enzymes: Read section 1.3, Q. p 68 # 1-4, 6 Recopy 1st and 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, as well as diagram of ATP/ADP Q. p. 77 # 1,4 and 5 Worksheet on ENzymes. ALL WORK IS DUE THIS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 24TH Note on Enzymes |
Chemistry Review videos and textbook work Introduction to types of reactions (Demo-Lab) |
Virus (cont'd) Prokaryotes (Archea + Bacteria) Bacteria Lab Protists - Note and worksheet (Fungi - worksheet lab) Setting Sterile Nutrient Agar Lab |
Week of Februay 27th-March2nd |
Allosteric site, enzymes inhibitors, the nerve gas story. Lab: factors affecting the rate of reaction of enzymes. NAD, FAD CoA, and the ADP/ATP complex QUIZ on Proteins and Enzymes on Thursday YOUR ECOLOGY ARTICLE SUMMARY ASSIGNMENT ( your " E A S A") IS DUE NEXT WEDNESDAY MARCH 7TH. Cell parts, cell membrane |
Re: Types of chemical reactrions. Quiz Tuesday on types of chemical reactions. Factors affecting rate of reaction Chemical equations writing KABOOM! / catch-up day Balancing equations - note, worksheets and modelling activity Law of Conservation of mass |
Sampling: Bacteria Lab Lab observations and questions Biodiversity self-study (Chap 3) FRIDAY quiz on Chap 2
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Week of March 5th-8th |
Cell parts, cytoskleleton and cell membrane (cont'd) UNIT TEST THIS WEDNESDAY YOUR ECOLOGY ARTICLE SUMMARY ASSIGNMENT ( your " E A S A") IS DUE this WEDNESDAY MARCH 7TH. Please make sure to include the peer-reviewed draft, and the actual article. YOUR UNIT TEST MARKS ARE POSTED. |
Law of Conservation of mass - LAB Balancing equations Mid-Unit review and Computer animations and simulations MID-POINT UNIT TEST THIS WEDNESDAY |
Return of quiz, and other work Unit review BACTERIA LAB DUE TUESDAY CHAP 3 SELF-STUDY DUE Wednesday Chap 3 quiz this WEDNESDAY Intro to genetics |
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MARCH BREAK! Consider entering a video competition...and winning! |
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MARCH BREAK! Consider entering a video competition...and winning! |
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MARCH BREAK! Consider entering a video competition...and winning! |
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Week of March 19th-23rd |
Return of EASA Introduction to Cellular respiration Glycolysis CtricAcidCycle Electron Transport Chain |
Introduction to applied chemistry: acids and bases. Lab: Making a pH indicator from cabbage juice Where acids and bases come from worksheet |
Unit 1 revies Unit 1 Unit test Minilab: mitosis (microscopy) Textbook work p. 100 1-3, p. 104 1-10, 12, 13, 18, 19, 21, 23 Continue genetics - Meiosis Cross over and independant assortment Non-dijunction Textbook Q. p. 115 # 1-10, 12, 16, 19 and p. 123 # 1-10, 12, 16-18.
QUIZ on cell divisions See link to animation below |
Week of March 26th - 29th |
Cell respiration Quiz Introduction to PHOTOSYNTHESIS Pigments in photosynthesis Lab: Extraction of pigments |
Lab activity - Antacids and efficiency of neutralization Lab - Saponification
Practice exercises for lit. test LITERACY TEST ON THURSDAY |
kARYOTYPING QUIZ ON WEDNESAY on chap. 4 DNA, nucleotide, mitosis and meiosis Mandelian Genetics - introduction
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Week of April 2nd-5th |
Efficiency of photosynthesis C4 and CAM pathways The PHOTO (light) reactions The SYnthesis (dark) reactions
Photosynthesis - Quiz on Tuesday 11th |
Acids and bases - Review Acids and bases Introduction to OPTICS |
Monohybrid crosses Dihybrid crosses Sex-linked traits Incomplete dominance Co-dominance (Sheets) Read p. 139-143 Q. p. 125 # 1-15Multiple Alleles
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Week of April 10th-13th |
Intro to genetics Photosynthesis quiz Genetics (cont') UNIT 2 Unit test: Cell resp. and photosynthesis on FRIDAY |
Coloured light Lines to draw image from plane mirror Concave and convex mirrors
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Mutliple genes Blood types
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Week of April 16th - 20th |
DNA - structure and replication Extraction LAB (2 days) RNA structure and functions |
Convex mirrors - lab and diagrams (cont'd) Quiz on diagrams |
Genetically Modified Organisms Video and worksheet [Chapter 6 Self-study] Reproductive technologies hand-out Cloning Unit Review - JENGA! UNIT TEST ON MONDAY
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Week of April 23rd-27th |
RNA: DNA transcription and translation animations MS2 Virus assignment Self-Study on Factors that affect genes and their replications |
Concave and convex lenses Making a telescope using a concave mirror and a convex lense The human eye Optics light and colour video |
Next Unit: Organic Evolution Introduction - hands on fossils Timeline of the development of the theory Darwin's life, trip and main conclusions Q. p. 194, and 199 Lines of evidence
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Week of April 30th to May 4th |
Genetics - continue and review Quiz on Wednesday May 2nd |
Optics - Review Unit TEST scheduled for this Thursday - Post-poned to Monday May 7th |
GMO video QUIZ on TUESDAY May 1st 2012 onthe introduction to the unit, fossils, lines of evidence, adaptations, Darwin's points Video on epigenitics Lab activity - natural selectionModern evidence for evolution Origins Video: An odyssey of geology, fossils, dna and biochemical evidence of the story of life on Earth
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Mechanisms for evolution Micro and Macroevolution Evolutionary biology terminology [ROM - Biodiversity] Txtbook work : p 229 #1-3, p 232 # 1,2,4,7,8,10,12, p. 238-239 # 5,7,8,10,14,18,20,23,28 and 29 Due Tuesday. Quiz on next Tuesday.QUIZ ON TUESDAY. Co-evolution End of Chap. 9 Begin Unit Review "The Real Eve" |
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Computer lab activity - Extinctions UNIT TEST on WEDNESDAY Introduction to SYSTEMS The digestive system |
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Digestion demo Circulation - note, worksheet. Circulation Labs - observing capillaires in a fish tail fin Investigating the factors that affect blood pressure Pig's heart dissection
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Respiratory System (Assembly on Tuesday) Illnesses of the respiratory system "World's dirtiest Man" Disorders of the respiratory system worksheet Lung capacity lab Blood pressure lab due this Friday Quiz on circulation and respiration on MONDAY
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Rat dissection: Monday & Tuesday Wednesday: quiz on respiration and circulation Thursday: Dissection quiz Begin Unit review : unit test after the break
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Systems unit review UNIT TEST on WEDNESDAY
Begin: PLANTS tissues and functions Introduction note Plants worksheet Set-up lab: effect of fertilizers on seedlings |
[work on plant review sheets] Hands on plant tissues lab Lab on the effect of fertilizer on the growth of a raddish seedling. |
Cross section of stem Finishing radish lab Plant unit group quiz :) Exam
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