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Weekly Schedule for Moore’s Biology

Week 2: Monday, September 1 to Friday, September 5

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In-class

Homework

Monday, September 1

Labor Day

 

Tuesday, September 2 (day 5)

 

FOR ALL BIO CLASSES

1) Experimental Scenario Challenge

2) Review types of variables in experiment

3) Wrap-up Salsa Inquiry Lab

-trial runs

-class results

-tables and graphs

 

STUDY FOR QUIZ ON THURSDAY

Wednesday, September 3 (day 6)

 

FOR ALL BIO CLASSES

1) Wrap-up What is Life Activity?

2) Mini-discussion-life requirements and topics in  biology

3) What is Biology? Notebook cover Requirements

4) Review for quiz

-go over HW questions 1.2-1.3

 

STUDY FOR QUIZ ON THURSDAY

Thursday, September 4 (day 7)

 

 

FOR ALL BIO CLASSES

1) Quiz over Chapter 1: Life Requirements, Study of Biology and Scientific Method

 

 

1)SALSA INQUIRY LAB DUE FRI. FOR ALL BIO CLASSES

 

2) READ SECTION 2.1 ( 36-47) and complete both sides of the WORKSHEET( taking notes over the reading is optional, but it is highly recommended)   DUE FRI. FOR ALL BIO CLASSES

 

Friday, September 6 (day 8)

 

FOR ALL BIO CLASSES

1) Introduction to Ecology discussion and activity

-biotic vs. abiotic factors

-levels of organization

 

1) WHAT IS BIOLOGY? NOTEBOOK COVER DUE MON. (/9/8)

 

 

Microbe of the week:

This microbe thrives where there is no oxygen. Places lacking oxygen are called anaerobic. Methane producers live in swamps, in the guts of cows and deer, in human bowels, and in sewage. This microbe, known as a methanogen, produces methane, also known as swamp gas. Other microbes that live in anaerobic environments give off acetate, hydrogen, and carbon dioxide as wastes. Methanosarcina consumes these bi-products to get energy for itself. It then gives off methane gas.

 

Courtesy of the Microbe Zoo at http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/index.html

 

Quote of the week:  One man's explanation may be another man's chaos.-William H. George                                                 

Question of the week: Almost every living thing has them.  The highest number can be found in Ophioglossum reticulatum ( a species of fern) and the smallest amount in  Myrmecia pilosula (a species of Australian ant).What are they?  And why does every living thing gave twice as many haploids as diploids, even the aforementioned fern and ant?

 

Answer to last week's question:Can you name the virus that is a leading cause in the United States of liver cancer, liver failure and cirrhosis, etc.? Hepatitis C.  This virus can be transmitted via shared needles, infected blood and in rare cases sexual intercourse.

 

 

Major Concepts for Unit 1: Nature of Science and Biology (Chapter 1)

 

CONCEPT: REQUIREMENTS OF LIFE

-10 main characteristics of all living things

 

CONCEPT: STUDY OF BIOLOGY

-major themes in biology

-major areas of study in biology ( ecology, biochemistry, cytology, genetics, zoology, botany, taxonomy, anatomy and physiology, etc.)

 

BIG CONCEPT: SCIENTIFIC METHODS

Hypothesis

Theory

Law

Steps to the Scientific Method

Independent variable

Dependent variable

Constant variables

Control group

Experimental group