Thursday, August 9, 2012

Biology I: Unit I Thinking Like A Scientist

Covers all of objective 1 of State Standards.

Soooo what does that mean?
 We will look at:
  • laboratory techniques, safety symbols, and safety equipment.
  • scientific method
  • measurement
  • experimental design
  • graphs
THIS UNIT WILL LAST THE ENTIRE MONTH OF AUGUST!!!
Unit Outline: UNLESS CHANGES OCCUR!

Remember all  Homework assigned during the week is due by 3:00 pm that Friday.
Late homework is accepted up to 4 days at a 10% deduction each day.
   Monday 90% max
   Tuesday 80% max
   Wednesday  70% max
   Thursday 60% max and last day to turn it in!


8-13:  Lab safety and safety symbols
                HW: What’s wrong with this picture?
8-14:  Types of microscopes
                Microscope lab
                HW: Finish all lab questions
8-15:  Units of measurement and their tools

                Vocab Quiz: Latin Suffixes and Prefixes

                Measurement lab
                HW:  Finish all lab questions
8-16:  SI prefixes and prefix conversions
                HW: Unit One Review Sheet One
8-17:  Measurement and conversion lab

                Weekly Quiz

                HW:  Finish all lab questions
               HW: Read Chapter 1 in text and complete a 1 page reading reflection.
8-20:  Scientific method and writing hypotheses
HW: SM and hypotheses WS
8-21:  Parts of an experiment
                Heart Rate lab
HW:  Finish all lab questions and the IP questions as the end of the lab
8-22:  Problems with experimental design

                Vocab Quiz

                HW:  Is this ok? WS
8-23:  Designing your own experiment
Milk Lab (part one)
                HW:  Write out your design for the lab
                           Unit One Review Sheet Two
8-24: Milk Lab (part two)

                Weekly Quiz

                HW:  Finish all lab questions
8-27:  Types of graphs and when to use them
                HW:  Graphs 101 WS
8-28:  Labeling axes and creating titles for graphs
                HW:  Graphs 102 WS
8-29:  Creating scales for graphs and graphing

                Vocab Quiz

                HW: Graphs 103 WS
8-30:  Unit One Review Lab
                HW:  Finish all lab questions

8-31:  Unit One Test


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