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Teacher Work Day

6 First Day of Semester

 Checkpoints - Give out syllabus Webquest Focus on Cloning  .

HW: Cloning in Focus sources for Cloning Dolly Lesson Due Wednesday

HW: Read chapter 9 by Friday

7 Lecture and discussion - genetic engineering

power point

8  Discussion of bioethics.

HW: chapter 9 worksheet

9 Activity: Recombinant DNA techniques

HW: Read chapter 10 by Wednesday

12  Quiz on biotechnology  

HW: Read Chapter 10, complete by Friday

Study guide for Evolution chapter

13  Evolution PPt

HW: Read Chapter 10

14  Film Evolution video

15 Lab: Variation of traits

 HW: work on study guide and finish labs by Tuesday

16 Lab: Natural Selection Activity - Birds and Beaks

HW: Read chapter 11

HW: work on study guide and finish labs by Tuesday

19  Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

20 Chapter 11 Continue Evolution Notes

HW: Computer exercise- Due Jan 23

HW: Read chapter 11 finish by Friday

21 Hardy Weinberg activity

22  Reviewed chapters 10 & 11

23 Natural Selection Activity - types of selection M&M lab

Computer Ex. due

26 Quiz: chapters 10&11

Lab quiz: 4 labs

HW: puzzles due tomorrow

HW activity All in the Family

HW: Read chapter 12 by Friday

27  Lab:  Determining the age of rocks and fossils

HW: W.S. Molecular basis for evolution due Wednesday

28 Lecture notes: Earth History

29   Geologic Time Scale

HW: do activity Deep time

30  Activity: The Great Fossil Find