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I Second Semester
Updated May 2007
Week of
January 8 assignments:
Read & outline chapter 10 on Nucleic Acids; PowerPoint: Nucleic Acids &
protein Synthesis; chapter 10 outline due
Week of
January 14 assignments: 
Chapter 10
study guide; Lab: Strawberry DNA; Chapter 10 TEST on Nucleic Acids; Read &
outline chapters 8 & 12 on genetics
Week
of January 21 assignments: 
PowerPoint on genetics; Monohybrid crosses & ratios; Chapter 8 outline due
Week of
January 28 assignments: 
Lab: Karyotyping; Work
genetics problems; Notes on genetic disorders; genetics review; TEST on chapters
* & 12 genetics; Read chapters 13 & 14 on evolution
Week
of February 3 assignments:
Cover section 14.1 and chapter 15 on
Charles Darwin & natural selection; Lab: Natural Selection in Peanuts
Week
of February 11 assignments: Interims
study guide on evolution; TEST on chapters13 & 14
Evolution; Read & outline chapter 18 on Taxonomy; PowerPoint notes on
taxonomy; Peanut lab write up due
Week of
February 18 assignments:
Practice taxonomic keying; Complete taxonomy notes;
Chapter 18 TEST on Taxonomy; Read & outline chapters 24 & 25 on bacteria
& viruses
Week
of February 25 assignments:
Notes on Sponges & Cnidarians; Assign
Invertebrate drawings; study guide & take online quiz; Continue Koch's lab
Week of
March 3 assignments: 
Complete Virus notes; Virus model due; Chapter 25 outline due; TEST on Bacteria & Viruses; Handout & worksheet on plant unit
Week
of March 10 assignments:
Cover nonvascular plants, angiosperms, & gymnosperms
End of Third Nine weeks
Week of March 24 assignments:
Plant worksheet due; review for plant test; *UNIT TEST on Plants; Assign ecosystem collage; Start answering ecology unit worksheet
Week of
March 31 assignments:
Work on and finish ecology unit worksheet; review for ecology test; TEST on Ecology; Read & outline chapter 35 on Sponges & Cnidarians
Week
of April 7 assignments: 
Ecosystem Collage due!; Notes on Sponges & Cnidarians; study guide; Test on Chapter 35 Sponges & Cnidarians; read & outline chapter 36 on Round & Flat worms
Week of
April 14 assignments:
Interims
Notes on worms; Chapter 36 outline due; read & outline chapter 37 on
Mollusks & Annelids; notes on mollusks & annelids
Week of April
21 assignments:
study guide & take online echinoderm test; Lab: Starfish Dissection; read
& outline chapters 41 &42 on fish & amphibians; notes on fish;
Scientist/Career Report due!
Week
of April 28 assignments: 
Dissect earthworm; *TEST on chapters 36 & 37 Worms & Mollusks; Read & outline chapters 38 & 39 on Arthropods & Insects; Start notes on arthropods
Week
of May 5 assignments:
Notes on Insects; review for arthropod test; TEST on
chapters 38 & 39 Insects & other Arthropods; read & outline Chapter
40 on Echinoderms
Click
frog for jokes
Week
of May 12 assignments:
Notes on Echinoderms; Dissect starfish; TEST on
Chapter 40 Echinoderms; Read & outline chapters 41 & 42 on fish &
amphibians; Assign vertebrate/invertebrate project
Week
of May 19 assignments:
Graduation
May 23!
Notes on reptiles, birds, and mammals; Read chapters
44 & 45 on birds mammals; UNIT TEST on Vertebrates;
Vertebrate/Invertebrate Project due!; semester Test review
Week of
May 26 assignments: 
Semester Exams Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday; Textbooks due!
End of Fourth Nine weeks
Enjoy your
summer!
