BIOCHEMISTRY

MACROMOLECULES

CELL MEMBRANE & TRANSPORT MECHANISMS

CELL STRUCTURE

DNA STRUCTURE & GENE EXPRESSION

GENE REGULATION (Prokaryote & Eukaryote)

DNA Technology

Cellular Respiration

Photosynthesis

Cell Replication

Inheritance

Evolution

Test Link

9th Grade Biology

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LEGEND:

Black letters - Discussion Topic for the day

Bold Black Letters - Assignment due that day

Bold Red Letters - Test Quiz dates, Due dates for questions, problem sets, papers, projects etc

 FEBRUARY 2009

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

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Online MC #1Test 1: Water, Macromolecules

1.Finish up Excel Results and Graph

2. Set up Dialysis Lab Round 2

3. Enzymes and Cell Transport

*Anyone interested in the BioOlympiad???*

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SNOW DAY! Enjoy :-)

Online MC #2 Test 1: Water, Macromolecules

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In-Class Essay Test 1: Water, Macromolecules

Online MC #2 Test 1: Water, Macromolecules

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- Go over Test 1 MC Test

- Analyze Diffusion-Osmosis Lab Results

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Passive and Active Transport

- Read 5.14-5.20

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Email the Excel Sheet and graph from the Potato Lab.

*Here are questions you should focus in your Conclusion*

Power Point on lab from class

Cell Transport

1.Passive Transport: Simple Difffusion & Facilitated Diffusion

2. Active Transport (ATP!!!)

3. Bulk Transport (for the BIG ones!)

- Read 5.5-5.8

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Catalase Lab

- Complete Review Protein Worksheet

- Look up the enzyme Catalase

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DUE: Email the Osmosis Excel Sheet and graph from the Potato Lab - 15 pts!

Enzymes

* Catalase Lab Write-up Questions *

Phospholipid Bilayer - Fluid Mosaic

- Read 5.5-5.8

- Read 5.12, 5.13

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Darwin's & Lincoln's 200th Birthday!!!

Phospholipid Bilayer - Fluid Mosaic

Cell

- Read 5.12, 5.13

- Ch:4

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Honors Project I Due

*Cell Membrane & Transport Slides*

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President's Day Break

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President's Day Break

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-Go over Test 1 Essays

-What is Life? (nice job Bryan!)

-Types of Cells

Examples of Good Essays from Test 1:

Essay 1: A and B

Essay 2: A and B

Lab NoteBooks Due: Your should have the following labs completed:

1. Macromolecule ID

2. (a)Diffusion (b) Osmosis

3. Catalase

*I will be grading you on your EFFORT and QUALITY of your notebook, not so much on the accuracy of your answers - Show me you put effort and thought behind it*

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Types of Cell

- differences

Are viruses cells?

Cell Surface to Volume Ratio

Bacterial Cells

Introduction to Cell Wiki

- check out last year's wikis (I will take them down tomorrow!)

- Read 4.1-4.4

- Heterotrophic vs. Autotrophic??

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Introduction to YOUR Cell Wiki

- Setup your accounts

- READ instructions & guidelines!!!

Bacterial Cellss...start Eukaryotic Cells

- Read Handout: A Universal Phylogenetic Tree

- Check out 4.5-4.19

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I will not be in school

*Meet in Library with Mr. De*

- Work on Cell Wikis...

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I will not be in school

- Bird Flu, How safe are we DVD

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I will not be in school

*DROP Period 6, Class Period 8*

- Meet in Library to finish up Cell Wikis

- A worksheet will be handed out to you, complete for Friday (scanned version might be on it's way...)

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I AM BACK!

THE WIKIS ARE LOOKING GREAT!!! I'm impressed :-)

Check out that Harvard Video - Can you identify those organelles?

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*Meet in Library to show me your COMPLETED WIKIS*

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- Endosymbiotic Theory

- Bacterial Cell Structure

- Eukaryotic Cells (Let's take a look at those organelles and structures)

Grade Your Assigned Wiki (document)- Print and Bring to class.

Start working on your Questions with your Assigned Partner.

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Let's finally look at some cells

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Due: Worksheet on Cells

Essay Questions will be posted for next Tuesday (11th) In-Class Test

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Due: Assigned Questions - 2 COPIES PRINTED

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Online MC #1 Test 2:

Cell Transport, Membrane Structure, Cells: Pro, Euk, organelles

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Online MC #2 Test 2: