Extended Year 2011'

Day 1 –Monday, May 23, Chemistry

  1. Class introduction, requirements, personal contract, and introduction to google docs, 20 points
  2. The Nature of Matter - online assignment , 20 points
  3. Water is…(lab), 20 points

Day 2 – Tuesday, May 24, Biochemistry

  1. Chapter 6.1 and 6.3 Section Assessment Questions, 20 points
  2. DNA - structure and function (online), 20 points
  3. DNA Extraction Lab, Build a DNA model, 20 points

Day 3 – Wednesday, May 25, Cells

  1. Chapter 7.1 and 7.3 Section Assessment Questions, 20 points
  2. Interactive Cell Models - go through the models for animal and plant cells, record the function for each organelle (online), 20 points
  3. Cell Lab – use your microscope to draw a plant,a live animal, a human, a protista, a fungus, algae, and bacteria cell, 20 points

Day 4 – Thursday, May 26, Genetics

  1. Chapter 12.1 and 12.2 Section Assessment Questions, 20 points
  2. The genetics of Blood Types (online), 20 points
  3. Make a Baby Lab, 20 points

Day 5 – Friday, May 27, Nervous System

  1. Chapter 36.1 and 36.2 Section Assessment Questions, 20 points
  2. Nervous System Online 20 points
  3. Pig Dissection Day 1 - Skinning

Day 6 – Tuesday, May 31, Muscles and Bones

  1. Chapter 34.2 and 34.3 Section Assessment Questions, 20 points
  2. Muscles Online, 20 points
  3. Bones Online (Bonus and optional assignment), 10 points
  4. Pig Dissection Day 2 - Muscles and Bones

Day 7 – Wednesday, June 1, Digestion and Nutrition

  1. Chapter 35.1 and 35.2 Section Questions 20 points
  2. Fast Food vs. Whole Food – Nutritional Analysis Online, 20 points
  3. Pig Dissection Day 3 - Abdominal Cavity

Day 8 – Thursday, June 2, Circulatory System

  1. Chapter 37.1, 37.2 Section Assessment Questions, 20 points
  2. Circulatory System Online, 20 points
  3. Pig Dissection Day 4 – Thorasic Cavity

Day 9 – Friday, June 3, Pig Journal Write up/ Final Exam

  1. Finish write up of Pig Journal – 80 points
  2. Exam Review 20 points
  3. Final Exam, 50 points

 

385/550 Points needed for successful completion of extended year