Updated May 2007
Third Nine Weeks
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 4 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 Bacteria
& Viruses; Assign Virus model to build; Chapter 24 outline due
Week
of March 3 assignments: 
Notes on Sponges & Cnidarians;
Assign Invertebrate drawings; study guide & take online quiz; Continue
Koch's lab
Week of
March 10 assignments: 
Complete Virus notes; Virus model due; Chapter 25 outline due; TEST on Bacteria & Viruses; Handout & worksheet on plant unit
Week
of March 17 assignments: 
Cover nonvascular plants,
angiosperms, & gymnosperms
End of Third Nine weeks
Fourth Nine Weeks
Week
of March 24 assignments: 
Monday,
Teacher Professional development!
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: 
Notes on worms; Chapter 36 outline due; read & outline chapter 37 on
Mollusks & Annelids; notes on mollusks & annelids
Week
of April 23 assignments: Interims
Dissect earthworm; *TEST on chapters 36 & 37 Worms & Mollusks; Read & outline chapters 38 & 39 on Arthropods & Insects; Start notes on arthropods
Week
of April 30 assignments:
Notes on Insects; review for
arthropod test; TEST on chapters 38 & 39 Insects & other Arthropods;
read & outline Chapter 40 on Echinoderms
Week
of May 7 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 14 assignments: 
Notes on fish & amphibians; fish
& amphibian outlines due; read & outline chapter 43 on reptiles
Click frog for jokes
Week
of May 9 assignments:
Graduation
May 25!
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 28 assignments:
Semester Exams Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday; Textbooks due!
End of Fourth Nine weeks
Enjoy
your summer! 
