Monday, May 1, 2023. Day 4

Do Now:

Look up the terms Adaptation and Evolution in the McGraw Hill Textbook at your table.

Pages 331, 333

Write these in your Notebook

Homework to be completed:

Today’s agenda:

Review responses: Peppered Moth and Natural Selection

  • Q. 8 and Q9

Darwin’s Dangerous Idea - Adaptation and Evolution

  • Pass out Worksheet

  • Students to work on front side ONLY

  • Watch Video as a class

  • Discuss

Group work on Back side

  • Assign groups

  • Reseat

  • Discuss and complete.

Thursday, April 13, 2023. Day3

Do Now:

Homework to be completed:

  1. Nat Selection advanced - all students to complete by Friday.

  2. Quiz on DNA REVIEW GUIDE tomorrow

  • Complete “Ribosomes” for tomorrow.

Today’s agenda:

Review DNA REVIEW GUIDE Answers for “Protein”

PhET Natural Selection Introduction

  • Students to complete all through Experiment A

  • conference and discuss with me.

  • Correct and turn in.

  • in Google Classroom

When finished: PhET Natural Selection Advanced

Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Day 2

Do Now:

Click and complete these do now questions!

Homework to be completed:

  1. Nat Selection advanced - all students to complete by Friday.

  2. DNA REVIEW GUIDE

  • Complete “Ribosomes” for tomorrow.

Today’s agenda:

Review DNA REVIEW GUIDE Answers for “Protein”

PhET Natural Selection Introduction

  • Review Q’s 1-5

  • Discuss

  • Students to complete “Experiment A”

  • See me for conference.

  • Correct and turn in.

  • in Google Classroom

PhET Natural Selection Advanced due by friday.

Tuesday, April 11, 2023. Day 1

Do Now:

QUIZ REVIEW ACTIVITY

Homework to be completed:

DNA REVIEW GUIDE

  • Please complete “Protein” for tomorrow

PhET Natural Selection Introduction in Google Classroom

  • due for class tomorrow.

Today’s agenda:

DNA REVIEW GUIDE

  • “Mutation” Section due Today - review and discuss

  • Please complete Protein for tomorrow

Review BRAINPOP NATURAL SELECTION

  • Located in Google Classroom

PhET Natural Selection Introduction in Google Classroom

due for class tomorrow.

TIME TO COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE

Monday, April 10, 2023. Day 6

Do Now:

Complete the do now problem handed out in class

Homework to be completed:

DNA Review Guide

  • Please complete “Mutation” for Tuesday

Today’s agenda:

Go over the do now problem

DNA Review Guide

  • Review Answers for “Gene”

Review and Discuss Natural selection - Amoeba sisters Video and worksheet

  • Located in GC

Watch BrainPOP Natural Selection

complete worksheet and Challenge activities

  • Located in Google Classroom

  • Review in class as time permits.

Time to complete study guide

Thursday, April 6, 2023. Day 4

Do Now:

Mutations Classification Excercise

Homework to be completed:

DNA Review Guide

  • Please complete “Nucleotide” and “Base” for tomorrow

  • This is a change from what was assigned yesterday.

Read Pages 329 - 332 of MH Chapter 9: Heredity and How Traits Change

Complete Parts A and B of the MHGr8Ch9 L3 Adaptation and Evolution Lesson Outline.

Today’s agenda:

Review the Do Now

DNA Review Guide

  • “DNA” Section due Today - review and discuss

  • Please complete Nucleotide and Base for tomorrow

Finish DI: What is the effect of mutations? (as needed)

  1. What is a mutation?

  2. What causes mutations?

  3. How do mutations change an organism?

  4. How do mutations affect an organism?

    • Fitness

      • Deleterious

      • neutral

      • beneficial

Read Pages 329 - 332 of MH Chapter 9: Heredity and How Traits Change

Complete Parts A and B of the MHGr8Ch9 L3 Adaptation and Evolution Lesson Outline.

  • Handout in Class

Time to work on reading or Study guide as needed.

Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Day 3

Do Now:

None

Homework to be completed:

DNA REVIEW GUIDE

  • “DNA” Section due tomorrow

Today’s agenda:

Review and discuss:

Gentically Ginger (located in Google Classroom).

DI: What is the effect of mutations?

  1. What is a mutation?

  2. What causes mutations?

  3. How do mutations change an organism?

  4. How do mutations affect an organism?

    • Fitness

      • Deleterious

      • neutral

      • beneficial

Tomorrow:

Read Pages 329 - 332 of MH Chapter 9: Heredity and How Traits Change

Complete Parts A and B of the MHGr8Ch9 L3 Adaptation and Evolution Lesson Outline.

  • Handout in Class

Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Day 2

Do Now:

Please copy any homework listed below into your agenda.

Genes to Proteins

Homework to be completed:

Gentically Ginger (located in Google Classroom).

Today’s agenda:

Finish/review DNA and the Gene

slideshow

Do Now Comprehension Check

Gentically Ginger (located in Google Classroom).

Time to work in class.

Study Social Studies

For Tomorrow:

DI: What is the effect of mutations?

  1. What is a mutation?

  2. What causes mutations?

  3. How do mutations change an organism?

  4. How do mutations affect an organism?

    • Fitness

      • Deleterious

      • neutral

      • beneficial

Read Pages 329 - 332 of MH Chapter 9: Heredity and How Traits Change

Complete Parts A and B of the MHGr8Ch9 L3 Adaptation and Evolution Lesson Outline.

  • Handout in Class

Thursday, March 30, 2023. Day 5

Do Now:

Please copy any homework listed below into your agenda.

Homework to be completed:

Complete BrainPOP Mutations Assignments in Google Classroom if not finished in class

Today’s agenda:

Complete the  “Understanding Heredity Final Vocabulary Quiz” in Google Classroom as a 1st priority.

  • This quiz is No Notes or flashcards.

  • It must be completed during the class period - no exceptions.

  • You will do the “Punnett Square” portion of the quiz tomorrow.

After the quiz, work on and complete the BrainPOP Genetic Mutations assignment in Google Classroom.

  • follow the instructions in the assignment.

  • If it is not finished in class it is to be finished as homework.

Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Day 4

Do Now:

Please get out your homework

  • The Structure of DNA (worksheet)

Homework to be completed:

Quiz Thursday - Heredity Vocabulary

Today’s agenda:

  1. Review the structure of DNA Answer Key

    • Whole Class Discussion

  2. Complete this comprehension check.

    • Use your copy of The Structure of DNA worksheet as notes.

Choose from Options 1, 2 and 3 for the remainder of class.

If choosing 1 or 2, I found it useful to show the BrainPOP DNA movie again before proceeding.

  1. Correct and review the BrainPOP DNA Challenge Activites

    • Students open the BrainPOP DNA assignment in Google Classroom

    • Open BrainPOP DNA on the white board

    • Open the “Challenge Activities”

      • Choose “Review Challenge”

    • Complete Challenge 1 -

      • students to volunteer answers have a volunteer “webmaster” click, and enter on the website

      • Check the responses and Ss to correct their own work.

        • Ditto Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4

    • Students to resubmit.

  2. Open the BrainPOP Review Quiz (whiteboard) and Review as a Class

    • Students to provide answers - call and response

    • Click and Check/correct on quiz

  3. Time to study for Quiz - Options

    • Paired Flashcard Work

      • pair up with partners and reciprocal flashcard practice

    • Around the World format (students know how to set this up)

      • Students seated across from each other at tables around perimeter of class space

      • work for 2 minutes with partner

      • everyone switches on seat to the right

      • work with new partner

      • repeat

    • Student Survivor

      • All stand

      • Random student choice

      • Ask a questions based on the Flashcard List Answer Key

      • Sit if wrong, stand if right

      • Repeat with “random” selection until everyone has had a chance and then whittle the class down to a single survivor.

Monday, March 27, 2023. Day

Do Now:

Punnett Sq. Problem

Make a Punnett Square to model this problem.

  1. Write your responses in the boxes provided.

  2. Label each Genotypes either heterozygous or homozygous.

Homework to be completed:

Decoding Dragons to class Wednesday

Quiz Thursday - Heredity Vocabulary

Today’s agenda:

Review Do Now

Decoding Dragons - Collect Wednesday

  1. Data

  2. dominant Phenotypes

    • can be heterozygous

    • can be homozygous

  3. Recessive phenotypes

    • can only be homozygous

  4. letter used to represent allele

  5. Prepare table, paste on, pass in

The Structure of DNA