Week 4: Oct. 1 - 5

Goals:
1. Explain what happens during the life cycle of a cell, including the phases of mitosis.
2. Explain why cells divide.
3. Explain how cell growth and division is controlled. (Why cancer is rare.)

Activities:
Monday: Return work. Introduce chromosomes and mitosis. Watch film. Homework: Read pp 223-232. Define key vocabulary on handout.
Tuesday: Powerpoint on mitosis. Take notes. Homework: Two questions on handout.
Wednesday: Discuss cancer. Mitosis reinforcement activities, including http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/activities/cell_cycle/cell_cycle.html in the computer lab. Homework: Read 233-235. Answer questions 7-18 on page 239 and 1-6 on page 241.
Friday: Review and quiz.

Notebook contents:
1. Notes on film
2. Notes on cell cycle (handout)
3. Data Table from computer simulation
4. Questions from book

Week 3 Sept 24 - 28

Goals:
Continued from last week.

Activities:
Monday: Work on Cell Metaphor project. Homework: Continue poster project. See last week for handout. Due Wednesday.
Tuesday: Start microscope lab.
Wednesday: Cell Metaphor poster project due. Finish microscope lab. Notes on section 7.3. Homework: Read p162-166. Answer questions 16, 17, 18 on page 169 and 1-11 on page 171.
Friday: Analyze posters. Review. Quiz. Notebooks

Notebook Contents:
1. How do Cells Work and Live (4 pages) Notes can be finished on other pages.
2. Questions from book (from last week)
3. Cell Worksheet
4. Answer sheet from lab.
5. Questions from book p 169: 16, 17, 18 and p171: 1- 11
6. Questions about Cell Metaphor Posters.

Update to week 2

Unfortunately I was sick much of this week. Because of that there will not be a quiz tomorrow (Friday). Also because they are likely to need their notes for the weekend assignment, I will not be collecting their notebooks. We'll get back on schedule next week. Here is a link to Cell Metaphor Poster Project that they're starting on Friday. It will be due next Tuesday. (If someone needs an extension, I'm always happy to grant them, but they do need to ask in advance.)
I'll have butcher paper in class on Friday for anyone that doesn't want to provide their own paper

Checking Grades

Grades are now available online.
To view them click the link to the right.
First enter my name in the teacher line. (Entering Grant H.S. won't work; I subscribed to the service when I was at Franklin.)
Then choose the class that your child is in.
You will then need to enter two passwords. The first is his or her student id number from the student id. The second is his or her birthday in the form mmddyyyy. Some students do have the same birthday and I have had to leave off the first two numbers in the year several times.

Feel free to email me if you need me to tell you the numbers that I used.

Week 2 Sept 10-14

Goals:
1. Differentiate prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
2. Be able to describe the location and function of major organelles and other cell features.
3. Describe some ways cells specialize

Activities:
Monday: Go over returned work. Start Organelle Jigsaw.
Tuesday: Finish Jigsaw. Start class notes. Homework: Read pages 156-161. Answer questions 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 26.. Also finish the statement: A cell is like a _____________, because _______.
Wednesday: Finish Notes. Start Cell Metaphor Project. (Due next Tuesday.) Video? Start Cell Worksheet. Finish worksheet as homework.
Friday: Go over cell worksheet. Discuss how cells differ. Quiz.

Notebook Contents (This may vary slightly)
1. How does a Cell Work and Live Notes Packet.
2. Questions from Book.
3. Cell Worksheet.
4. Video Worksheet?

Week 1: Sept. 10 - 14

Goals:
1. State the cell the three parts of the cell theory.
2. Differentiate between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and give examples of each.
3. Explain why cells are small.
4. Focus and name the major parts of a microscope.

Activities:
Monday: Introduction to textbook and cells. Start chapter 7 notes. Homework - Finish texbook inventory worksheet, read pages 151-155, answer questions 2 & 3, p 155.
Tuesday: Demonstrations and lecture about section 7.1. Homework 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 14 on p 169.
Block day: Introduction to Microscope lab.
Friday: Review, quiz, turn in notebook.

Notebook contents
1. Cell Notes
2. Textbook Inventory
3. Chapter 7 questions
4. Lab individual answer sheet