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Presidents' Day

No Classes

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Guiding questions: What are the differences in the different genes related to albinism?

In class, students will...

use graphic organizer to take notes over the types of mutations

start the reading on the handout and practice going from DNA to mRNA to amino acids Lesson 4. 8

In class, the teacher will...

Go through the mutation portion of the presentation

Assist students as needed

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

Reminders: If you missed the quiz on Friday, Jan 17 plan on coming down during SRT, or check to see if your study hall is the same time as one of my other Biology classes

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day

No classes

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Guiding questions: How do you figure out pedigrees? What is a genotype? How does using the Punett square come into making a pedigree?

In class, students will...

pick-up blank vocab page, Unit record sheet, and pedigree note guide (organize in binder)

take notes over how to make a pedigree, lesson 4.2

In class, the teacher will...

Send Cell phone data sheet around class, please double check, add information as necessary

Introduce Vocabulary Mastery for this unit

Go through presentation on making a pedigree

Assist students as needed

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

Reminders:

Come in during SRT if you have missing assignments from last week and need help completing them

Turn-in OneWord assignment

Share OneWord art on the Padlet

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Guiding questions: How does albinism happen? Do children get it from their parents? Can you make a pedigree from a written story?

In class, students will...

start Helena's story lesson 4.3

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as needed

Assignments:

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

Reminders:

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Guiding questions: What do we know and understand about Protein Synthesis?

In class, students will...

Finish the Protein Synthesis Quiz we started on Friday if necessary

Go back to the Rabbit modeling paper, what did we learn from that? - turn in when done

Go back to the Brownie lab use the directions from lab, what did we learn from that lab? - turn in when done

In class, the teacher will...

assist the students as needed

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

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Guiding questions: Students should be able to analyze and interpret data in order to make predictions on how and why skin color evolved.

In class, students will...

start independently and collaboratively discuss and compare their answers to analyze data in order to make predictions on how and why skin color evolved. Mapping Skin Color Part 2 - lesson 4.10 in Unit 4  Why skin color? Genetics and Pedigrees

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as needed

check the questions from lesson 4.13 (from Friday)

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color?

Reminders:

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Guiding questions: What happens to rabbits under different environmental and selective conditions? Does coat color matter? How does this tie into skin color and selective pressures?

In class, students will...

independently and/or collaboratively to run the simulation (see the resources for the link) to gather data and analyze the data to learn more about natural selection - Finishing Lesson 4.14 Natural Selection Lab Activity (rabbits) pHet natural selection simulation

TURN IN the Rabbit Packet at the end of class today

Start working on Unit 4  study guide (due end of class Tues)

In class, the teacher will...

assist students as needed

Resources:

pHet natural selection simulation

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

Reminder(s): Everything for this Unit must be turned in or completed BEFORE you start the individual portion of the exam!

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Teacher work day - No Classes

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Tues Jan 21 - e-learning due to the extreme cold

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Tues Jan 21 - e-learning due to the extreme cold

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Guiding questions: What does it take to make a protein?

In class, students will...

log into the correct Zoom link at the correct time

join EdPuzzle class using the links provided (see Zoom links)

complete the EdPuzzle

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as needed

Assignments: complete the EdPuzzle with 75% or better on the questions

Resources:

Zoom link

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

Reminders: If you missed the quiz on Friday plan on coming down during SRT, or check to see if your study hall is the same time as one of my other Biology classes

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Guiding questions: Why do some missense mutations still not cause a phenotypic change? Why are there so many variations in skin color?

In class, students will...

finish going from DNA to mRNA to amino acids Lesson 4. 8

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as needed

Assignments: If Lesson 4. 8 not shown to me by the end of class it is homework to be turned in tomorrow.

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

Reminders: If you missed the quiz on Friday, Jan 17 plan on coming down during SRT, or check to see if your study hall is the same time as one of my other Biology classes

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Guiding questions: Why do native people in different areas of the world have different skin colors?

In class, students will...

start Lesson 4. 10 How did we get Our Skin Color a click and learn. You may work independently or collaboratively on this

In class, the teacher will...

assist students as needed

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

How did we get Our Skin Color click and learn

Reminders:

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Tues Feb 18 - 2 hour delay due to extreme cold

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Tues Feb 18 - 2 hour delay due to extreme cold

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Guiding questions: How can we summarize what we now know about skin color?

In class, students will...

Working on finishing the Big Idea page Be assigned a question over skin color (for their group) to discuss

as a class discuss what they discussed in their groups other groups are free to add their thoughts as well

Complete this check-in

Play Unit 4 Blooket review

In class, the teacher will...

assist students in walking through human skin color

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

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Guiding questions: what have you learned from this unit? what are you still struggling with?

In class, students will...

continue to work on Unit 4  study guide (due end of class Today)

if you complete the study guide check out the more reviews and practices

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

Reminder(s): Everything for this Unit must be turned in or completed BEFORE you start the individual portion of the exam!

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Guiding questions: what have you learned from this unit? what are you still struggling with?

In class, students will...

ask questions over the study guide

In class, the teacher will...

go over the study guide as time allows

Assignments: Check out the More reviews and practices

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

Reminder(s): Everything for this Unit must be turned in or completed BEFORE you start the individual portion of the exam!

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Guiding questions: What is the role of the environment in the evolution of skin color?

In class, students will...

exam the portraits of a diverse range of individuals and attempt to match them to their country of origin based on their skin tones. Lesson 4.1 1 Mapping skin color activity

Answer questions based on their choices

In class, the teacher will...

assist students as needed

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

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Thurs Feb 27 - Group portion of the exam

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Thurs Feb 27 - Group portion of the exam

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Guiding questions: what have you learned from this unit?

In class, students will...

work collaboratively to complete the group portion of the exam

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

Reminder(s): Everything for this Unit must be turned in or completed BEFORE you start the individual portion of the exam!

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Guiding questions: Why are light rock pocket mice still present in the population if the dark colored mice are favored? Could the coloration of the rock pocket mouse population change back to a population of mostly light colored mice?  How and why?

In class, students will...

Complete this check-in

independently and collaboratively discuss and compare their answers over rock pocket mice populations in Lesson 4.13 Rock Pocket Mouse - How is Melanin adaptative in other species?

In class, the teacher will...

assist students as needed

start binder checks

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

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Starting questions: Have you ever made a New Year’s resolution? How did 2024 go for you?

Objectives: Students will be able to use critical thinking skills to reflect on what went well and not so well in 2024 Students will explore different resources and come up with a single word to focus on in 2025.

In class, students will...

pick-up OneWord organizer and syllabus

find seat on seating chart

complete seating chart preferences S2

Welcome to semester 2 slide show from class

Start OneWord 2024 see Welcome to S2!

Assignments:

1. OneWord 2024 due by Friday, Jan 10

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

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Wed Jan 15 - 2 hour delay due to the extreme cold

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Wed Jan 15 - 2 hour delay due to the extreme cold

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Guiding questions: How can we show that are genotypes are correct? Can you set up a Punnet Square correctly? Can you determine the predicted genotypes and phenotypes?

In class, students will...

watch video review How to do Punnett squares

complete  Using Punnett Squares as evidence to practice Lesson 4. 4

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as needed

Assignments: complete worksheet if not completed in class

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

Reminder: There will be a quiz on Friday over Pedigrees and Punnett Squares make sure you are caught up and have all your Biology papers

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Wed Jan 22 - 2 hour delay due to the extreme cold

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Wed Jan 22 - 2 hour delay due to the extreme cold

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Guiding questions: What are the parts of the cell? How are they involved in creating our traits?

In class, students will...

Complete e-learning feedback poll

A few students signed into the wrong EdPuzzle class double check and change classes if necessary Zoom link

use Cell Diagram Review diagram (P) and use

Cell Review Website to complete the diagram Lesson 4. 6

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as needed

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

Reminders: If you missed the quiz on Friday plan on coming down during SRT, or check to see if your study hall is the same time as one of my other Biology classes

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Guiding questions: Why do some missense mutations still not cause a phenotypic change? Why are there so many variations in skin color?

In class, students will...

Lesson 4.9 Protein Modeling follow directions to "create" their protein and then answer questions

In class, students will...

Assist students as needed

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

video Origami rabbit

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Guiding questions: Why do people in different areas of the world have different skin colors?

In class, students will...

continuing Lesson 4. 10 How did we get Our Skin Color a click and learn. You may work independently or collaboratively on this.

In class, the teacher will...

assist students as needed

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

How did we get Our Skin Color click and learn

Reminders: This is now homework if you didn't finish it today

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Guiding questions: Why are light rock pocket mice still present in the population if the dark colored mice are favored? Could the coloration of the rock pocket mouse population change back to a population of mostly light colored mice?  How and why?

In class, students will...

independently and collaboratively discuss and compare their answers over rock pocket mice populations in Lesson 4.13 Rock Pocket Mouse - How is Melanin adaptative in other species?

discuss last page of the handout as a class

complete CER and graphs individually

TURN IN Rock Pocket Mouse stuff today OR finish as HW and turn in tomorrow

In class, the teacher will...

assist students as needed

continue binder checks

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

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Guiding questions: What happens to rabbits under different environmental and selective conditions? Does coat color matter? How does this tie into skin color and selective pressures?

In class, students will...

independently and/or collaboratively to run the simulation (see the resources for the link) to gather data and analyze the data to learn more about natural selection - Lesson 4.14 Natural Selection Lab Activity (rabbits)

In class, the teacher will...

assist students as needed

Resources:

pHet natural selection simulation

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

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Fri Feb 28 - Pep Session at the end of the day

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Fri Feb 28 - Pep Session at the end of the day

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Guiding questions: what have you learned from this unit?

Tip BEFORE class - go over the essay questions on the study guide!

In class, students will...

complete the individual portion of the exam for unit 4

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

Reminder(s): Everything for this Unit must be turned in or completed BEFORE you start the individual portion of the exam!

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Guiding questions: What is the role of the environment in the evolution of skin color?

In class, students will...

exam the portraits of a diverse range of individuals and attempt to match them to their country of origin based on their skin tones. Lesson 4.1 1 Mapping skin color activity

Answer questions based on their choices

In class, the teacher will...

assist students as needed

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

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Guiding questions:  Can you use evidence to make claims?

Can you explain how your evidence supports your claim?

In class, students will...

Start CER review

In class, the teacher will...

Assist in discussions to help the students as needed

Assignments:

1. New Year thoughts due by Friday, Jan 10 (should have been able to complete and turn in on Tuesday)

Resources:

Getting to Know You CER

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

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Guiding questions: How is albinism passed down from parents?  How does each parent pass traits down to their children? How can children from the same parents be so different?

In class, students will...

work independently or collaboratively to learn more about Karotypes and why they are used - Lesson 4. 5   Karyotype Activity

Watch this Karotype video as an introduction and this Karotype presentation to help with part 1

Use this website Website for Karyotype activity

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as needed

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

Reminder: There will be a quiz on Friday over Pedigrees and Punnett Squares make sure you are caught up and have all your Biology papers

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Guiding questions: How do genes (DNA) lead to phenotypes?

In class, students will...

take notes using this Noteguide Protein Synthesis note guide Lesson 4. 7

Last 10 minutes work on Finishing assignment from yesterday using the Cell Review Website to complete the diagram - Lesson 4. 6

In class, the teacher will...

Go through the presentation Protein Synthesis

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

Reminders: If you missed the quiz on Friday plan on coming down during SRT, or check to see if your study hall is the same time as one of my other Biology classes

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Guiding questions: How do cells transcribe proteins? What organelles are involved in protein synthesis? What happens if there is a mistake?

In class, students will...

Follow the directions for making their brownie "protein"

answer the questions related to protein synthesis

In class, students will...

Assist students as needed

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

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Objectives: Students should be able to analyze and interpret data in order to make predictions on how and why skin color evolved.

In class, students will...

Complete EdPuzzle Zoom will discuss answers

Miss the zoom? OR log-in problems? We watched about 1/2 of the EdPuzzle Human Evolution: Skin Color and discussed the answers. This is part of Lesson 4.13 The Biology of Skin Color.

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color?

https://mrsbabbkv.weebly.com/

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Easily create beautiful interactive video lessons for your students you can integrate right into your LMS. Track students’ progress with hassle-free analytics as you flip your classroom!

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Guiding questions: Can you use evidence to make claims?

Can you explain how your evidence supports your claim?

In class, students will...

work in small groups to complete a CER

Complete Exit ticket

In class, the teacher will...

Assist in discussions to help the students as needed.

Assignments:

New Year thoughts should be completed and turned in

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

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Guiding questions: What have you learned about Pedigrees and Punnet squares?

In class, students will...

students will complete Mastery check (Open note Quiz) over Pedigrees and Punnet squares

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as needed

Assignments:

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

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Guiding questions: How do genes (DNA) lead to phenotypes?

In class, students will...

Practice transcription -> translation codon Bingo virtual link here

finish Cell Diagram Review diagram (P) and use

Cell Review Website to complete the diagram Lesson 4. 6

In class, the teacher will...

Go through how to read the

Assignments: If you have not finished the cell diagram review it is now homework, due Monday

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

Reminders: If you missed the quiz on Friday plan on coming down during SRT, or check to see if your study hall is the same time as one of my other Biology classes

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Guiding questions: Given a piece DNA can you transcribe and translate that into a protein chain? Do you know the vocabulary terms we have covered so far?

In class, students will...

work in pairs to demonstrate knowledge gained over protein synthesis

In class, the teacher will...

assist students as necessary

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

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Objectives: Students should be able to analyze and interpret data in order to make predictions on how and why skin color evolved.

Complete Lesson 4.13 The Biology of Skin Color. Finish watching the EdPuzzle/video we started during e-learning and then answer the questions picked up today

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color?

https://mrsbabbkv.weebly.com/

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Guiding questions: What is causing albinism in this family? Is there a pattern in the family? Why is albinism an issue where they live?

In class, students will...

watch Video clip: Brazilian family (watch 1x without writing anything down then watch again to come up with at least 2 questions)

answer what they can learn from a pedigree last part of lesson 4.1 intro to pedigrees)

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as needed

Assignments:

1. OneWord 2024 due today

2. complete lesson 4.1 if not completed in class

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

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Thurs Feb 13 - e-learning due to the weather

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Thurs Feb 13 - e-learning due to the weather

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Guiding questions: What causes differences in skin color? What is the role of the environment?

In class, students will...

log into zoom using the zoom links

use the Big idea page they picked up yesterday to write down the Big Ideas that we discuss from Unit 4 Why Skin Color

In class, the teacher will...

assist students as needed

Resources:

Unit 4 Why Skin Color? Lesson Plans and Links

Reminders:

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No Classes!

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3/4 of the way through the school year!

2 weeks until Spring Break

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Guiding questions:

In class, students will...

U

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as needed

Assignments:

Resources:

U

Reminders:

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Guiding questions: What do you observe during the video? What questions do you have?

In class, students will...

Watch Anchoring phenomenon video

independently and collaboratively discuss and compare their questions over the newest unit record their results on their Questioning form

independently examine different graphs and diagrams to answer the question "How are cancer cells different from normal cells?" - lesson 5.2  in Unit 5 Why Skin Cancer?

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as needed

Resources:

Unit 5 Why Cancer? Lesson Plans and Links

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Guiding questions: How are cancer cells different from “normal” cells?

In class, students will...

independently and collaboratively discuss and compare their different graphs and diagrams to answer the question "How are cancer cells different from normal cells?" - lesson 5.2  in Unit 5 Why Skin Cancer?

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as needed

Resources:

Unit 5 Why Cancer? Lesson Plans and Links

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Guiding questions: How does a cell know when to divide and when not to divide?

In class, students will...

independently and collaboratively discuss and compare their answers over the Cell Cycle Click and Learn

Question 6 (and later in Question 15 is at the end of this) video clip on YouTube Cell Fate in the Small Intestines

In class, the teacher will...

assist students as needed.

Resources:

Unit 5 Why Cancer? Lesson Plans and Links

Cell Cycle Click and Learn

video clip What is a stem cell?

Reminders:

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Guiding questions: How does a cell know when to divide and when not to divide?

In class, students will...

independently and collaboratively discuss and compare their answers over the Cell Cycle Click and Learn

Question 6 (and later in Question 15 is at the end of this) video clip on YouTube Cell Fate in the Small Intestines

In class, the teacher will...

assist students as needed.

Resources:

Unit 5 Why Cancer? Lesson Plans and Links

Cell Cycle Click and Learn

video clip What is a stem cell?

Reminders:

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Guiding questions: How do cells multiply for organism growth or repair in mitosis?

In class, students will...

independently and collaboratively work on mitosis card sort - Lesson 5.4 Cell Cycle card sort

work on test corrections

In class, the teacher will...

assist students as needed

Resources:

Unit 5 Why Cancer? Lesson Plans and Links

Reminders:

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Guiding questions:

In class, students will...

U

In class, the teacher will...

Assist students as needed

Go through presentation on

Introduce

Assignments:

Resources:

U

Reminders: