8th Biology Honors
Classwork and Homework
Sept. 18-22
Mon: HR: Force Cornell Notes pp. 388-399
CW: High School Presentations Media Center
HW: Quizlet Force and Motion/CPALMS Types of Forces
Tues: HR: Online Quiz
CW: Force PPT/Notes/Graphic Organizer
HW: Quizlet Force and Motion/CPALMS Types of Forces
Wed/Thu: Finish Graphic Organizer/May the Forces be with You
HW: Quizlet Force and Motion/CPALMS Types of Forces
Fri: HR: Online Quiz
CW: Spark Timer Lab
HW: Finish all CPALMS/ Quizlet Force and Motion
Sept. 5-8
Tues: Distance-Motion Graph Practice
HW:Quizlet Force and Motion/CPALMS Force and Motion
Wed/Thu: Walk This Way Lab/Distance Graph Quiz/Forces Notes
HW: Quizlet Force and Motion/CPALMS Force and Motion due 9/7
Fri: Continue Force Notes
HW: Quizlet Force and Motion/CPALMS Types of Forces due 9/14
Aug. 28-Sept. 1
Mon: HR: Speed Cornell Notes pp. 366-373
CW: Bycatching Lab
HW: Quizlet Nature of Science/CPALMS Ecological Data due 8/31
Tues: HR: Acceleration Cornell Notes pp. 374-379
CW: Bycatching Lab Presentations
HW: Quizlet FAM/ CPALMS Ecological Data due 8/31
Wed/Thu: Motion Notes/Graphs
HW: Quizlet FAM/ CPALMS Ecological Data due 8/31
Fri: HR: Finish Motion Graphs Activity
CW: Walk this Way Lab
HW: CPALMS Physical Science Distance Over Time/Quizlet FAM
Aug. 14-18
Mon: Pseudoscience Activity
HW: Notebook First page 8/18/Return all forms/ CPALMS Observations vs Inferences due 8/17
Tues: Pseudoscience Activity
HW: Notebook First page 8/18/Return all forms/ CPALMS Observations vs Inferences due 8/17
Wed: Nature of Science Stations
HW: Notebook First page 8/18/Return all forms/ CPALMS Observations vs Inferences due 8/17
Thu: Nature of Science Stations/CER DNA Article
HW: Notebook First page 8/18/Return all forms/ CPALMS Observations vs Inferences due 8/17
Fri: Nature of Science Stations/CER DNA Article
HW: CPALMS Ecological Data Analysis due 8/24/Quizlet Unit 1 Nature of Science due 8/24
May 22-26
Mon: Health Unit
HW: Turn in any missing work
Tues: Health Unit/Period 7: Exam
HW: Turn in any missing work
Wed: Exams: Period 5 and 6
HW: Turn in any missing work
Thu: Exams: Periods 3-4
HW: Turn any missing work
Fri: Exams Period 1 and 2
HW: Have a great summer and enjoy high school!
May 15-19
Mon: Review for EOC
HW: Go to sleep early and eat breakfast in the morning
Tues; BIO EOC
HW: All CPALMS open until Friday
Thu; Dogfish Shark Dissection/Turn in Notebook
HW; All CPALMS Open until Friday
Fri: Health Unit
HW; All CPALMS close at midnight
May 8-12
Mon: 3rd Period Only: Cell Processes/Photosynthesis/Cell Respiration/Cell Membrane
HW: All CPALMS open/Complete any missing work
Tues: 3rd Period only: Cell Cycles/Sexual/Asexual Reproduction
HW: All CPALMS open until May 15
Wed: HR:1st Period- Cell Processes/Cycle/Membrane/Bio EOC Review #2
Thu: Protein Synthesis/DNA/RNA/Mutations/Bio EOC Review #3-4
HW: All CPALMS Open/Complete any missing work
Fri: Genetics/Origin of Life/Evolution
HW: All CPalms open/Complete any missing work
April 24-28
Mon: 35.3 Fighting Infectious Diseases/35.4 Immune System Disorders
HW:CPALMS What Makes Your Blood Flow? due 4/24 and Bio EOC Review #5 due 5/1/ Quizlet Ch. 34.3-34.4/Complete any missing notes
Tues: 35.3 Fighting Infectious Diseases/35.4 Immune System Disorders
HW:CPALMS The Immune System: Your body’s personal defense system due 5/2 and Bio EOC Review #5 due 5/1/ Quizlet Ch. 34.3-34.4
Thu: 34.3 The Reproductive System pp. 998-994
HW:CPALMS The Immune System: Your body’s personal defense system due 5/2 and Bio EOC Review #5 due 5/1/ Quizlet Ch. 34.3-34.4
Fri: 34.4 Fertilization and Development
HW:CPALMS The Immune System: Your body’s personal defense system due 5/2 and Bio EOC Review #5 due 5/1/ Quizlet Ch. 34.3-34.4
April 17-21
Mon: Period 1 FSA Testing/Period 3 Circulatory System
HW: CPALMS Brain Basics due tonight/Bio EOC Review #4 due 4/24/ Quizlet Ch. 35 R/N pp. 1010-1013
Tues: Period 1 FSA Testing/Period 3 Circulatory System
HW: CPALMS What Makes Your Blood Flow? due 4/24 and Bio EOC Review #4 due 4/24/ Quizlet Ch. 35 R/N pp. 1014-1019
Thu: Finish Circulatory System/ Ch. 35.1- Infectious Diseases /35.2 Defenses Against Infection
HW: CPALMS What Makes Your Blood Flow? due 4/24 and Bio EOC Review #4 due 4/24/ Quizlet Ch. 35 R/N pp. 1020-1027
Fri: Ch. 35.3 Fighting Infectious Diseases /35.4 Immune System Disorders
HW: CPALMS What Makes Your Blood Flow? due 4/24 and Bio EOC Review #4 due 4/24/ Quizlet Ch. 35/Complete any missing notes
April 10-14
Mon: Finish Populations Test
HW: CPALMS Brain Basics due 4/17 and Bio EOC Review #3 due 4/17/ Quizlet 31.2, 33.1-2
Tues: 31.2 The Central nervous System
HW:CPALMS Brain Basics due 4/17 and Bio EOC Review #3 due 4/17/ Quizlet 31.2, 33.1-2, R/N pp. 949-961
Thu: Brain Lab/Circulatory System pp. 949-961
HW: CPALMS Brain Basics due 4/17 and Bio EOC Review #3 due 4/17/ Quizlet 31.2, 33.1-2, R/N pp. 988-994
Fri: Circulatory System Activities
HW: CPALMS Brain Basics due 4/17 and Bio EOC Review #3 due 4/17/ Quizlet 31.2, 33.1-2, R/N pp. 995-1001
April 3-7
Mon: HR: Finish Lab Analysis Questions in Notebook
Classwork: 6.1 A changing Landscape/6.2 Using Resources Wisely
HW:CPALMS Sustainability due 4/10 and Bio EOC Review #2due 4/10/ Quizlet Ch. 5 and 6
Tues: HR: Go over the Biology EOC Review #1
CW: 6.3 Biodiversity/6.4 Meeting Ecological Challenges
HW:CPALMS Sustainability due 4/10 and Bio EOC Review #2due 4/10/ Quizlet Ch. 5 and 6
Thu: Ecology Lab
HW: CPALMS Sustainability due 4/10 and Bio EOC Review #2due 4/10/ Quizlet Ch. 5 and 6
Study for Test tomorrow
Fri: Populations Test
HW:CPALMS Sustainability due 4/10 and Bio EOC Review #2due 4/10/ Quizlet Ch. 5 and 6/R/N pp. 901-904
Mar 6-10
Mon: 4.3 Succession and Lab
HW: Finish any missing work. Complete Succession 1 and 2 worksheets
Tues: 4.5 Aquatic Ecosystems
HW: Finish any missing work/All online work closes tomorrow night.
Wed HW: Finish any missing work
Thu: Ecological Interactions Lab/Kahoot for test
HW: Study for test
Fri: Start test during Homeroom/Finish during class
HW: Study for nine week exam on Tuesday.
Feb. 27-Mar 3
Mon: 3.1 What is Ecology/3.2 Energy, Producers, and Consumers/3.3 Energy Flow in Ecosystems
HW: Due Thursday: Read/Notes: 73-86/ CPALMS Energy and Matter Movement through Biogeochemical Cycles due 3/6/Quizlet Ch. 3 and 4
Tues: Create a food web/Catch up
HW: Read/Notes: 73-86/ CPALMS Energy and Matter Movement through Biogeochemical Cycles due 3/6/Quizlet Ch. 3 and 4
Thu: 3.4 Cycles in Nature/Activities
HW: Read/Notes: pp. 96-104/ CPALMS Energy and Matter Movement through Biogeochemical Cycles due 3/6 /Quizlet Ch. 3 and 4
Fri: 4.1-4.2 Climate and Niches and Community Interactions
HW:Read/Notes: pp. 106-109 and 117-121/ CPALMS Energy and Matter Movement through Biogeochemical Cycles due 3/6 /Quizlet Ch. 3 and 4
Feb. 21-24
Mon: No School
Tues: Cellular Respiration/Fermentation/Energy Transfer
HW: CPALMS Energy due tonight/Quizlet 8-9/Complete Comparison of Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis WKST/Study for test Thursday
Wed: HR Make up Quiz in edinsight
Thu: Plants/Cell Processes Unit Test/Turn in Notebook
HW: CPALMS Populations due 2/27 /Quizlet Ch. 8-9
Fri: HR: Finish Correcting Quiz
Test Corrections/Finish Pretest
HW: Read/Notes: 130-141/ CPALMS Populations due 2/27/Quizlet Ch. 8-9
Feb. 13-17
Mon: HR Correct Test
Ch. 23.2 Roots/23.3 Stems/23.4 Leaves
HW: R/N pp. 226-228/CPALMS Photosynthesis due 2/14/Quizlet 23/24
Tues: HR Correct Test
ePAT Biology EOC Practice Test/23.5 Transport in Plants
HW: CPALMS Photosynthesis due tonight/Quizlet 23-24/R/N pp. 230-241
Wed HR; Catch up with missing work
Thu: 24.1 Reproduction of Flowering Plants/24.2 Fruits and Seed/Flower Dissection
HW:CPALMS Energy and Carbon in Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration due 2/21/Quizlet Ch. 23-24/R/N pp. 250-253
Fri: HR: Review To best or Not to be most likely Quiz
8.1 Energy of Life/8.2 Photosynthesis pp. 226-234
HW:Read/Notes: pp. 254-265 due Monday/ CPALMS Energy and Carbon in Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration due 2/21/Quizlet Ch. 23-24
Feb. 6-10
Mon: HR Finish Test/Fix Test
Class: Pretest: Plants/Photosynthesis/Cellular Respiration
HW: CPALMS Plant Organs due 2/7/R/N pp. 646-654
Tues: HR Fix Test
Class: 22.1-22.2 What is a plants//Seedless Plants
HW:CPALMS Plant Organs due tonight/R/N pp. 664-673
Thu: Jelly Beans Dichotomous Key Lab? 22.3-22.4 Seed Plants/Flowering Plants
HW: CPALMS Photosynthesis due 2/13/Quizlet Ch. 22/R/N pp. 674-687
Fri: 23.1-23.2 Specialized Tissues
HW: Read/Notes: pp. 696-707 due Monday/ CPALMS Photosynthesis due 2/13/Quizlet Ch. 22
Jan 30-Feb 3
Mon: 18.1 Understand Classification
HW: CPALMS Classification/Quizlet Ch. 18/Smilie Dichotomous Key
Tues: 18.2 Modern Evolutionary Classification/18.3 Building the Tree of Life
HW:CPALMS Classification/Quizlet Ch. 18
Thu: Dichotomous Key/Evolution-Classification Posttest
HW: CPALMS Plant Organs due 2/7/Quizlet Ch. 18
Fri: Finish Test/Pretest Plants
HW: Read/Notes: pp. 634-645 due Monday/ CPALMS Plant Organs due 2/7
Jan 23-27
Mon: Galapagos Finches/26.2 Chordate Evolution
HW: CPALMS Climbing the Hominin Family Tree/Quizlet Ch. 26
Tues: 26.3 Primate Evolution/Facts about Human Evolution
HW:Read/Notes: pp. 510-515/CPALMS Climbing Around the Hominid Family Tree/Classification
Thu: Lab 615: Survey/PBS Evolution
HW: Read/Notes: pp. 516-529 due Monday/ CPALMS Classification due 1/31/Quizlet Ch. 26
Fri: Hominid Evolution Activities
HW:Read/Notes: pp. 516-529 due Monday/ CPALMS Classification due 1/31/Quizlet Ch 26
Jan 17-20
Tues: Color Variation and Molecular Genetics in Rock Mice
HW:pp. 482-497/CPALMS Climbing Around the Hominid Family Tree due 1/23
Thu: Evolution as Genetic Change in Populations
HW:Read/Notes: pp. 757-772 due Monday/ CPALMS Climbing Around the Hominid Family Tree 1/23/Quizlet Ch. 17
Fri: Phylogenetic Trees/Hominid Evolution
HW:Read/Notes: pp. 757-772 due Monday/ CPALMS Climbing Around the Hominid Family Tree 1/23/Quizlet Ch. 17
Jan 9-13
Mon: HR: Quiz
Evolution/Classification Pre-Test
HW: Read/Notes pp. 450-459 / CPALMS Evolution: Examining the Evidence due 1/16
Tues: HR: Quiz
The Origin of the Species: The Making of a Theory
HW: Read/Notes: pp. 460-473 due Friday/CPALMS Evolution due 1/16/Timeline due Friday
Thurs: Wallace's Line/Checks' Lab
HW: Read/Notes: pp. 460-473 due Friday/CPALMS Evolution due 1/16/Timeline due Friday
Fri: HR:
Making of the Fittest: Colored Mice
HW: Chapter 16 Assessment pp. 476-477- Turn in for a grade on Tuesday/Quizlet Chapter 16
Dec 12-21
Mon: Ch. 19.1-19.2 Fossil record-Process of Evolution
HW: Catch up with any missing work
Tues: Ch. 19.3 Earth’s Early History
HW: Catch up with any missing work
Thu: DNA Extraction/Coacervates Lab
HW: All CPALMS due tonight
Fri: Origins of Earth Quiz/Review
HW: Study for Nine-Week Exam
Mon: Review during HR
Tues: Period 3 exam
Wed: Period 1 Exam/ Holiday party during homeroom (both Period 1 and 3)
Dec. 5-9
Mon: Gene Regulation
HW: Study for DNA/RNA Test CPALMS Protein Synthesis closes today/DNA closes tomorrow
Tues: DNA/RNA/Mutations Test
HW: Read/Notes pp. 538-545
Thu: DNA Extractions/Wolves in Dog's Clothing
HW: Read/Notes pp. 546-552
Fri: Wolves in Dog's Clothing
HW: Read/Notes pp. 553-558/CPALMs Earliest Beginnings
Nov. 28-Dec. 2
Mon: RNA transcription and translation practice
HW: Original Tutorial CPALMS Protein Synthesis/Quizlet 13.3-13.4
Tues: RNA Practice/Mutations PPT
HW: Original Tutorial CPALMS Protein Synthesis/Quizlet 13.3-13.4
Thu: Mutations PPT and Lab
HW: Original Tutorial CPALMS Protein Synthesis/Quizlet 13.3-13.4
Fri: Gene Regulation
HW: Lac Operon Tutorial: http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/biocoach/lacoperon/intro.html
Nov. 14-18
Mon: DNA Replication/13.1 RNA
HW: Read/Notes pp. 362-371/ Original Tutorial CPALMS DNA Replication/Complete Protein Synthesis
Tues: 13.2 Ribosomes and Protein Synthesis
HW: Read/Notes pp. 372-376/Original Tutorial CPALMS DNA Replication
Thu: K’nex RNA Lab
HW: Original Tutorial CPalms Protein Synthesis/Quizlet 13.1-13.2
Fri: K’Nex RNA Lab
HW: Original Tutorial CPalms Protein Synthesis/Read/Notes pp. 377-383
Nov. 7-11
Mon: PCR/Finish Click and Clone Lab/Kahoot
HW: Original Tutorial CPALMS Impact of Biotechnology/Inheritance/Study For Test tomorrow
Tues: Biotech/Genetics Test
HW: Original Tutorial CPALMS Impact of Biotechnology/Inheritance due tonight/Read/Notes pp. 12.1 338-343
Thu: DNA Pretest/12.1 Identifying the Substance of Genes
HW: Original Tutorial CPalms DNA Replication Read/Notes pp. 344-349/Quizlet 12.1-12.2-12.3
Fri: 12.2 The structure of DNA
HW: Original Tutorial CPalms DNA Replication Read/Notes pp. 350-353/Quizlet 12.1-12.2-12.3
Oct. 31-Nov. 4
Mon: HR: Karyotyping/Pedigree Practice
Blood Typing Lab/14.1 Human Chromosomes/14.2 Human Genetic Disorders
HW: Original Tutorial CPalms Impact of Biotechnology/Quizlet 14.1-14.2
Tues: HR:Karyotyping/Pedigree Practice
14.3 Studying the Human Genome/Biotechnology
HW:Original Tutorial CPalms Impact of Biotechnology /Quizlet 14.3/Read Notes pp. 421-435
Thu: Genetics Quiz/15.1 Selective Breeding/15.2 Recombinant DNA
HW:Original Tutorial CPalms Impact of Biotechnology Read/Notes pp. 436-439/Quizlet 15.1-15.2
Fri: HR: Catch up with any missing work
Recombinant DNA Lab
HW:Original Tutorial CPalms Impact of Biotechnology/Quizlet 15.3-15.4
Oct. 24-28
Mon: HR: Balanced/Unbalanced Forces
Class: Dragon Genetics/Incomplete Dominance and Codominance p. 319
HW: Original Tutorial Complex Modes of Inheritance (CPALMS)/Quizlet 11.3
Tues: HR: Balanced/Unbalanced Forces
Class: Dragon Genetics/11.3 Other Patterns of Inheritance
HW: Original Tutorial Complex Modes of Inheritance (CPALMS)/Quizlet 11.3
Thu: Dragon Genetics/Blood Typing Lab
HW: Original Tutorial Complex Modes of Inheritance (CPALMS), Read/Notes pp. 392-401
Fri: HR: Catch up with any missing work
14.1 Human Chromosomes/14.2 Human Genetic Disorders
HW: Read/Notes pp. 403-409, 418-420
Oct. 3-7
Tues: Nine-Week Exam
HW: Read/Notes pp. 323-327
Thu: 11.4 Meiosis
HW: Quizlet 11/4/ Meiosis: A Love Story Original CPALMS Tutorial
Fri: Meiosis Activity
HW: Catch up with any missing assignments
Sept. 26-30
Mon: 10.3 Regulating the Cell Cycle pp. 286-290
HW: Original Tutorial Cancer: Mutated Cells Gone Wild (CPALMS)/Quizlets Ch. 1
Tues: 10.4 Stem Cells
HW: Exam Review/Quizlet Ch. 10
Thu: Cell Cake Lab
HW: Exam Review
Fri: Nine-Week Exam Review
HW: Study for nine-week exam
September 19-23
Mon: 7.2 Cell Structures
HW: Complete all CPALMS tutorials and quizlets
Tues: 7.3 Cell Transport/7.4 Cells and Homeostasis
HW: Read/Notes pp. 274-285
Thu: Diffusion Lab/10.1-10.2 Cell Cycle
HW Finish any missing HW
Fri: Mitosis Models and Identification
HW:Read/Notes pp. 286-297/Quizlet 10.1-10.2
Sep. 12-16
Mon: Finish test/7.1-7.2 Life is Cellular
HW:CPALMS Tutorial Cell Types (CPALMS)/Quizlet 7.1-7.2
Tues: 7.1-7.2 Life is Cellular/Cell Structure
HW: CPALMS Tutorial Cells, Cells, Everywhere (CPALMS)/Quizlet 7.1-7.2
Thu: Cell Organelles Activity
HW:Read/Notes pp. 208-213
Fri:7.3 Cell Transport
HW:Read/Notes pp. 214-217/Quizlet 7.3
Sep. 6-9
Tues: 2.4 Chemical Reactions and Enzymes
HW:Complete eCampus Quiz, CPALMS Tutorial Enzymes are the Stuff of Life/Quizlet 2.4
Thu: Enzymes Lab
HW: Study for test: CPALMS Tutorials Macromolecules of Life. Enzymes are the Stuff of Life, Water and Life
(CPALMS)
Fri: Unit 2 Practice Test/Essay Questions Test
HW: Read/Notes pp. 190-207
Aug. 29-Sept. 2
Mon: 2.3 Carbon Compounds
HW: ECampus quiz 2.1-2.2 closes tonight at 11:59 PM/Quizlet 2.3 Carbon compounds
Tues: 2.3 Carbon Compounds
HW: Finish macromolecules identification/ Original Tutorial Macromolecules of Life (CPALMS)
Thu: Macromolecules Lab
HW: Quizlet in eCampus 2.3/ Original Tutorial Macromolecules of Life (CPALMS)
Fri: Macromolecules Review
HW: eCampus Quiz 2.3 Carbon Compounds
Aug 22-26
Mon: Ch. 2.1 Nature of Matter pp. 34-38
HW: Read/Notes 2.2 pp. 40-44
Tues: 2.2 Properties of Water pp. 40-44
HW: Quizlet in eCampus 2.1-2.2/ Original Tutorial Water and Life (CPALMS)
Thu: Properties of Water Lab
HW:Quizlet in eCampus 2.1-2.2/ Original Tutorial Water and Life (CPALMS)
Fri: Quiz Properties of Water and the Nature of Matter
HW: Read/Notes pp. 45-49
Aug. 15-19
Mon: Ch. 1.2 Science in Context/Goals
HW: Read/Notes 1.3 pp. 17-25
Tues: Ch. 1.3 Studying Life
HW: Quizlet in eCampus Ch. 1
Thu: Pre-test/Is Yeast Alive? Lab
HW: Study for Test Tomorrow
Fri: Intro to Scientific Processes Unit Test
HW: Read/Notes Ch. 2.1 pp. 34-38
Aug 10-12
Wed: Welcome, Syllabus, Course Overview
HW:Notebook Cover due 8/19, Turn in forms
Thu:Cornell Notes Overview, Interactive Notebook
HW:Finish Cornell Notes for pp. 4-9/Turn in all forms
Fri: I got this notebook/Lab Safety Stations
HW: Read/Cornell Notes pp. 10-15
Nature of