3
rdQuarter
Genetics
week: 1
Date: 1/10/11 week: 2Date: 1/17/11 week: 3Date: 1/24/11 week: 4Date: 1/31/11
Topic
Chapter 4.3: DNA Chapter 4.3: DNA Replication Chapter 4.3 Mitosis Chapter 4.4: Cell Differentiation Chapter 5.3: MeiosisLecture Outline
Power Point: What is DNA?Molecule description – ladder Bases
History
PPT: DNA Replication Helicase, Nucleotides, chromotids, centromeres
PPT: Cell Cycle & Mitosis PPT: Cell Differentiation PPT: Meiosis
Standards
7.1.e, 7.2e 7.1.e, 7.2.e 7.1.e, 7.2.3Reading
Assignment
Ch 4.3, pp 135 Ch 4.3, p. 136 Ch 4.3, p129 - 134 Ch. 4.4, pp 138 – 141
Ch.5.3, pp 170-173
Special Projects
& Reports
DNA paper models (30 pts)
Laboratory
Experiments
Replication Group Exercise DNA Strawberry Extraction (22 pts)
Mitosis Yarn Simulation (8 pts) Online Onion Root Tip (10 pts)
Demonstrations
Homework
Create a vocabulary crossword puzzleCornell Notes: What is DNA? (15 pts)
Cornel Notes: Replication (15 pts)
Workbook pp 78-81 (10 pts) Mitosis Diagram worksheet (10 pts) Red & Blue outline pp 138-141 (20 pts) Mitosis v. Meiosis comparison
Internet, AV
Video (short)Guest Speakers
& Field Trips
Group Projects
Written
Assignments
Cell Differentiation Worksheet (10 pts)
Exams
DNA Quiz (10) Replication Quiz (9 pts) DNA Test Mult Choice (20 pts)DNA Test Short Answer (20 pts) Cell Differentiation Quiz (6 pts)
Teacher: Nancy Sexton
Class: Life Science, 7
thGrade
Semester: Spring 2011
Date: January 10, 2011 – May 26, 2011
3
rdQuarter
Genetics
week: 5
Date: 2/7/11 week: 6Date: 2/14/11 week: 7Date: 2/21/11 week: 8Date: 2/28/11
Topic
Ch 5.1: Mendel & GeneticsPunnett Squares Ch 5.1 Genetic Crosses Ch. 6.3: Advances in Genetics Ch. 6 – Advances in Genetics
Lecture Outline
Mendel History Genetic Crosses Selective BreedingCloning Genetic EngineeringHuman Genome Project DNA Fingerprinting
Standards
7.2.d 7.2.d 7.2.b, 7.2.e 7.2.b, 7.2.eReading
Assignment
Ch 5, pp 154 – 159 Ch 5, pp 162-166 Ch. 6, pp. 205 – 210
Special Projects
& Reports
Punnett Squares Punnett Squares project Sponge Bob Genetics
Laboratory
Experiments
Create-A-Kid Lab Guilty or Innocent: DNA Fingerprinting Lab
Demonstrations
Homework
Learn vocabulary words fromtextbook for quiz Read p 162-166Vocabulary
Finish 6 crosses problems
Study guide foundation 5 pt
Internet, AV
Bill Nye on Genetics Discovery channel School: Modern GeneticsBrainPop: Dolly the Sheep
Guest Speakers
& Field Trips
Group Projects
Family Puzzle – Genetic DisorderProbability Project (5 pt)
Written
Assignments
Vocabulary Review – 10pt
3
rdQuarter
Genetics
week: 9
Date: 3/7/11 week: 10Date: 3/14/11
Topic
Quarter ReviewChapters 5 and 6 Review for Benchmark Exams
Lecture Outline
GeneticsHeredity DNA Proteins
Standards
7.1 and 7.2Reading
Assignment
Special Projects
& Reports
Genetics Jeopardy
Laboratory
Experiments
Demonstrations
Concept Map & Graphic Org for StudyingHomework
Internet, AV
Review PPTGuest Speakers
& Field Trips
Group Projects
Study guide creation – 5ptWritten
Assignments
Reports: Human Genome Project (20 pts)
Exams
Quarter Summative Exam –100 Benchmark Exam
Points
125Teacher: Nancy Sexton
Class: Life Science, 7
thGrade
Semester: Spring 2011
Date: January 10, 2011 – May 26, 2011
4th Quarter
Evolution
week: 11
Date: 3/21/11 week: 12Date: 3/28/11 week: 13Date: 4/11/11 week: 14Date: 4/18/11
Topic
Evolution – Changes Over TimeCh.7 – Section 1 Ch. 7 – Section 1 Cont’d Evidence of EvolutionCh.7 – Section 2 Evolution of SpeciesCh. 7 – Section 3
Lecture Outline
Darwin’s ObservationsDiversity Fossils Galapagos Organisms Adaptations Evolution Selective Breeding Natural Selection Overproduction Variations Competition Selection
Forms of Evidence
Similarities in Body Structure Similarities in Early
Development
Similarities in DNA and Proteins How Do Fossils Form?
History of Life Past Environments Gradualism
Punctuated Equilibria
A Variety of Species Different Environments Genetic Diversity
How do New Species Form? Geographic Isolation
Inferring Species Relationships Similarities in DNA
Combining Evidence Extinction of Species
Standards
7.3.a, 7.3b 7.3.a, 7.3.b 7.3.c, 7.4.e 7.3.a, 7.3.eReading
Assignment
Ch. 7, pp. 224 - 227 Ch.7, pp. 228 – 231 Ch.7, pp. 234 – 240 Ch 7. pp 241 – 246
Special Projects
& Reports
Extinction and Fossils – CA fossil record evidence of evolution – 10pt
Go Online: Active Art – Fossil Formation Activity
PHSchool.com-10pt
Endangered Species Focus (5pt)
Laboratory
Experiments
Nature at Work (colored paper, event cards, modeling evolution) (5pt)
Why Birds of a Beak Eat Together (Holt lab book p 38) (5pt)
Telltale Molecules, p 247 (5pt)
Demonstrations
Slide Show - Animal PicturesBrainstorm Adaptations Modeling Fossil Formation Identifying Supporting Evidence Modeling a Gene Pool – using black & white discs, random choice
Homework
Q 1-2, p231; Evolution of Living Things worksheet (Holt 51) – 5ptQ3, p231, Darwin Jumble (Holt 28)
– 5pt Q 1-3, P240 – 5pt Questions for Guest Speaker
Internet, AV
BrainPop: Charles Darwin Discovery Channel School: Changes Over TimeBrainPop: Natural Selection
Graphic Organizer – Evidence of Evolution
Slide show – comparative anatomy
BrainPop: Extinction
Photo Slideshow – Animal Relatives
Points
20 40 25 55Teacher: Nancy Sexton
Class: Life Science, 7
thGrade
Semester: Spring 2011
Date: January 10, 2011 – May 26, 2011
4th Quarter
Evolution
week: 15
Date: 4/25/11 week: 16Date: 5/2/11 week: 17Date: 5/9/11 week: 18Date: 5/16/11
Topic
Chapter 8: Sections 1 & 2Rock Cycle & Age of Rocks Ch. 8 – Section 5 Geologic Time Scale Ch. 8 – Section 5 Cont’dGeologic Time Scale Ch. 8 – Section 5 Cont’dGeologic Time Scale
Lecture Outline
UniformitarianismTypes of Rocks The Rock Cycle
The Position of Rock Layers Determining Relative Age Using Fossils to Date Rocks
The Geologic Time Scale Early Earth
The Paleozoic Era
The Cambrian Explosion Vertebrates Arise
Life Reaches Land The Carboniferous Period End of Paleozoic
The Mesozoic Era Triassic
Jurassic Cretaceous
Mass Extinctions & Dinosaurs The Cenozoic
Standards
7.4.a, 7.4.c, 7.7.c 7.4.b, 7.4.g 7.4.b, 7.4.g 7.4.b, 7.4.gReading
Assignment
Ch 8, pp 268 -278 Ch. 8, pp 286 - 291 Ch. 8, pp 286 - 291 Ch. 8 pp 294 – 297
Special Projects
& Reports
Finding Clues to Rock Layers p.
278 (Interpreting Data) – 10 pt Journey Through Geologic Time -10 pts Math Connection – Graph of Mass Extinctions since Cambrian Era -10pt
Laboratory
Experiments
Clues to Rock Layers skills lab
– 5pt History of Life on Earth Worksheet(Holt 57) – 5pt As Time Goes By, p. 298 – 5pt
Demonstrations
Law of Superposition LayerDemo Pangaea & Continental Drift Compare & Contrast Gymnosperms and Angiosperms
Homework
Q 1, 2 (p 271)(5pt), Q 1,2,3 (p277)(5pt) Q. 1 – 3 (p 297) (5pt) Q 4,5 (p 297) (5pt)
Internet, AV
Go Online Active Art – RockCycle
And Index Fossils Color Transparencies
Animated Geological Timeline Early Earth Art Slide Show Animated Geological Timeline
Guest Speakers
& Field Trips
Virtual Field Trip to
Paleontology Portal
Group Projects
Illustrated Vocabulary Project –4th Quarter
Evolution
week: 19 Date: 5/23/11
Topic
Review SemesterLecture Outline
Genetics & EvolutionDNA Heredity
Natural Selection Geologic Timescale
Standards
7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4Reading
Assignment
Special Projects
& Reports
Concept Map Creation for Review
Review Games
Laboratory
Experiments
Demonstrations
Homework
Review Q 1-10 (p 301)Internet, AV
Review PowerpointGuest Speakers
& Field Trips
Group Projects
Create Study Guides & PostersWritten
Assignments
Practice Test
Exams
Semester Summative ExamPoints
100
