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Lesson Plans Biology (MYP, Hon, Reg)

The MYP Biology curriculum consists of 8 units. We so many unknowns, we will simply start on Unit One and move forward in numerical order. I will be responsible for setting and maintaining an appropriate pace. This course will utilize two primary sources: TheBioEdge.com (my website) and Google Classroom. Each unit of instruction will involve the same series of steps which culminate in an end of the unit assessment.

The State/County provides a unit overview at the start of each unit. This will be our first step to introduce each unit.
The second step involves instruction through lecture and discussion. I will use various videos but all will be succinct, accurate and topic appropriate. We will watch the lecture together and you may ask questions along the way or at the videos completion. Once we feel that we have understanding of the material we will move to the third step. Next I will provide you with a series of questions multiple choice  and/or short answers to check for understanding. These questions will relate directly to the lecture material and serve as a formative assessment. After all students have completed questions (approx 5 or 6), I will provide answers, explanations and encourage discussions. The fourth step is dependent upon the classes performance on those questions, if identify areas of concern or weaknesses I will reteach the material myself. These 4 steps will be repeated for each subtopic until the entire unit is completed.

At the completion of each "whole unit" students will take a multiple choice assessment called "Progress Checks". These Progress Checks will be graded but because they are multiple choice and will likely consist of only 10-20 questions we should have time to discuss them as final review before the Unit Exam. The Unit Exams will be a Free Response Question with multiple parts. Finally we need to incorporate some labs into each unit. As long as we are learning digitally our labs will be virtual or they will involve an activity either of which should allow us to address the necessary science skills. These "labs" can take place before we start a unit, during the unit or at the completion of the unit.

 

Class Overview

Biology Overview
Class Scope & Sequence

Unit One: Chemistry of Life

 Step One: 
FLDOE provides a unit overview at the start of each unit. We look at this together and I will provide an opening lecture to introduce the topics.
Unit One Outline
Unit One Vocab

Step Two: 
Watch instructional videos provided below. These videos are applicable to Topics 1-10. These videos are succinct, accurate and topic appropriate. We will watch the lecture together and you may ask questions along the way or at the videos completion. Once we feel that we have understanding of the material we will move to the third step.
Topic 1: SC.912.L.18.1 (Macromolecules)
Topic 2: SC.912.L.18.11(Enzymes)
Topic 3: SC.912.P.8.7 (Molecular & Structural Formulas)

Topic 4: SC.912.L.18.2 (Identifying Structural Formulas)
Topic 5: SC.912.L.18.3 (Lipids)
Topic 6: SC.912.L.18.4 (Proteins)
Topic 7: SC.912.P.10.1 part 1 (Energy & Energy Transformations)
Topic 7: SC.912.P.10.1 part 2 

Topic 7: SC.912.P.10.1 part 3

Topic 9: SC.912.L.18.12 (Water)
Topic 8: SC.912.N.1.4 part 1 (Evaluating Sources)
Topic 8: SC.912.N.1.4 part 2
Topic 8: SC.912.N.1.4 part 3
Topic 10: SC.912.N.1.1 (+Lab One) (Scientific Method)



Step Three: 
Next I will provide you with a series of questions multiple choice and/or short answer questions. These questions will relate directly to the lecture material and serve as a formative assessment. After all students have completed questions (approx 5 or 6), I will provide answers, explanations and encourage discussions.
Formative Topic Questions Multiple Choice / Short Answer

Step Four:
The fourth step is dependent upon the classes performance on those questions from step three, should I identify areas of concern or weaknesses I will reteach the material myself using my own powerpoints these powerpoints are tools for me to reteach you do not have know all this material.
Biochemistry      Water      Enzymes    



These 4 steps will be repeated for each subtopic until the entire unit is completed.

Step Five: 
At the completion of each "whole unit" students will take a multiple choice assessment called "Progress Checks". These Progress Checks will be graded but because they are multiple choice and will likely consist of only 10-20 questions we should have time to discuss them as final review before the Unit Exam.
Progress Check

Step Six:
Students will take a Unit One Exam
Unit One Exam


UNIT ONE LAB
Each unit will have one or more virtual labs or activities that will support various science skills. These "labs" can take place before we start a unit, during the unit or at the completion of the unit.
Unit One Lab(s) or Activity(s)

Alternate / Make Up Lab Option

Unit Two: Cell Structure & Function
Step One: 
FLDOE provides a unit overview at the start of each unit. We look at this together and I will provide an opening lecture to introduce the topics.
Unit Two Outline
Unit Two Vocab


Step Two: 
Watch instructional videos provided below. The instructional videos are from Paul Anderson's Bozeman Biology. These videos are applicable to Topics 1-11. These videos are succinct, accurate and topic appropriate. We will watch the lecture together and you may ask questions along the way or at the videos completion. Once we feel that we have understanding of the material we will move to the third step.
Topic 1: SC.912.L.14.4 (Microscopes)
Topic 2: SC.912.L.14.1 (Cell Theory)
Topic 3: SC.912.L.14.2
Part 1 (Intro to Cells)
Topic 3: SC.912.L.14.2 Part 2 (Inner Life of the Cell)
Topic 3: SC.912.L.14.2 Part 3 (Cell Membrane)
Topic 3: SC.912.L.14.2 Part 4 (Cell Transport)
Topic 3: SC.912.L.14.2 Part 5 (Osmosis)
Topic 4: SC.912.L.14.3 (covered above)
Topic 5: SC.912.N.3.1 (Theory & Laws)
Topic 6: SC.912.L.14.7 (Plant Structure)
Topic 8: SC.912.L.18.10 (ATP)
Topic 7: SC.912.L.18.7 (Photosynthesis)

Topic 9: SC.912.L.18.8 part 1 (Cell Respiration)
Topic 9: SC.912.L.18.8 part 2 (Fermentation)
Topic 10: SC.912.L.18.9 (Carbon Cycle)
Topic 11: SC.912.N.2.4 (Scientific Method)
Topic 11: SC.912.N.2.4 (optional) (Dogma)



Step Three: 
Next I will provide you with a series of questions multiple choice and/or short answer questions. These questions will relate directly to the lecture material and serve as a formative assessment. After all students have completed questions (approx 5 or 6), I will provide answers, explanations and encourage discussions.
Formative Topic Questions Multiple Choice / Short Answer


Step Four:
The fourth step is dependent upon the classes performance on those questions from step three, should I identify areas of concern or weaknesses I will reteach the material myself using my own powerpoints these powerpoints are tools for me to reteach you do not have know all this material.
Cells             Photosynthesis           Cell Respiration     



These 4 steps will be repeated for each subtopic until the entire unit is completed.

Step Five: 
At the completion of each "whole unit" students will take a multiple choice assessment called "Progress Checks". These Progress Checks will be graded but because they are multiple choice and will likely consist of only 10-20 questions we should have time to discuss them as final review before the Unit Exam.
Progress Check

Step Six:
Students will take a Unit Two Exam
Unit Two Exam


UNIT TWO LAB
Each unit will have one or more virtual labs or activities that will support various science skills. These "labs" can take place before we start a unit, during the unit or at the completion of the unit.
Unit Two Lab(s) or Activity(s)

Unit Three: Cell Division

 Step One: 
FLDOE provides a unit overview at the start of each unit. We look at this together and I will provide an opening lecture to introduce the topics.
Unit Three Outline

Step Two: 
Watch instructional videos provided below. The instructional videos are from Paul Anderson's Bozeman Biology. These videos are applicable to Topics 1-6. These videos are succinct, accurate and topic appropriate. We will watch the lecture together and you may ask questions along the way or at the videos completion. Once we feel that we have understanding of the material we will move to the third step.
Topic 1: SC.912.L.16.14 (Cell Cycle)
Topic 2: SC.912.L.16.15 (Cell Division)
Topic 3: SC.912.N.1.6
(11:22-12:12) (Mitosis)
Topic 4: SC.912.L.16.16 part 1 (Meiosis)
Topic 4: SC.912.L.16.16 part 2 (Meiosis)
Topic 5: SC.912.L.16.17 (Mitosis/Meiosis Comaparison)
Topic 6: SC.912.N.1.1 (+Lab Three)



Step Three: 
Next I will provide you with a series of questions multiple choice and/or short answer questions. These questions will relate directly to the lecture material and serve as a formative assessment. After all students have completed questions (approx 5 or 6), I will provide answers, explanations and encourage discussions.
Formative Topic Questions Multiple Choice / Short Answer

Step Four:
The fourth step is dependent upon the classes performance on those questions from step three, should I identify areas of concern or weaknesses I will reteach the material myself using my own powerpoints these powerpoints are tools for me to reteach you do not have know all this material.
Cell Division            Meiosis     



These 4 steps will be repeated for each subtopic until the entire unit is completed.

Step Five: 
At the completion of each "whole unit" students will take a multiple choice assessment called "Progress Checks". These Progress Checks will be graded but because they are multiple choice and will likely consist of only 10-20 questions we should have time to discuss them as final review before the Unit Exam.
Progress Check

Step Six:
Students will take a Unit Three Exam
Unit Three Exam


UNIT THREE LAB
Each unit will have one or more virtual labs or activities that will support various science skills. These "labs" can take place before we start a unit, during the unit or at the completion of the unit.
Unit Three Lab(s) or Activity(s)

Unit Four: DNA & Protein Synthesis

Step One: 
FLDOE provides a unit overview at the start of each unit. We look at this together and I will provide an opening lecture to introduce the topics.
Unit Four Outline

Step Two: 
Watch instructional videos provided below. The instructional videos are from Paul Anderson's Bozeman Biology. These videos are applicable to Topics 1-7. These videos are succinct, accurate and topic appropriate. We will watch the lecture together and you may ask questions along the way or at the videos completion. Once we feel that we have understanding of the material we will move to the third step.
Topic 1: SC.912.L.16.3 (DNA Replication)
Topic 2: SC.912.L.16.5 (Protein Synthesis)
Topic 3: SC.912.L.16.9 (Central Dogma)

Topic 4: SC.912.N.1.3 (Discovery of DNA)
Topic 5: SC.912.L.16.4 (Mutations)
Topic 6: SC.912.L.16.8 (Cancer)
Topic 7: SC.912.N.1.1 (+Lab) (Claim Evidence Reasoning)



Step Three: 
Next I will provide you with a series of questions multiple choice and/or short answer questions. These questions will relate directly to the lecture material and serve as a formative assessment. After all students have completed questions (approx 5 or 6), I will provide answers, explanations and encourage discussions.
Formative Topic Questions Multiple Choice / Short Answer


Step Four:
The fourth step is dependent upon the classes performance on those questions from step three, should I identify areas of concern or weaknesses I will reteach the material myself using my own powerpoints these powerpoints are tools for me to reteach you do not have know all this material.

DNA & Molecular Genetics, see below the Lab link for an active link to this powerpoint
     
These 4 steps will be repeated for each subtopic until the entire unit is completed.

Step Five: 
At the completion of each "whole unit" students will take a multiple choice assessment called "Progress Checks". These Progress Checks will be graded but because they are multiple choice and will likely consist of only 10-20 questions we should have time to discuss them as final review before the Unit Exam.
Progress Check

Step Six:
Students will take a Unit Four Exam
Unit Four Exam


UNIT FOUR LAB
Each unit will have one or more virtual labs or activities that will support various science skills. These "labs" can take place before we start a unit, during the unit or at the completion of the unit.
Unit Four Lab(s) or Activity(s)
Molecular Genetics PPT

Unit Five: Genetics

    Step One: 
FLDOE provides a unit overview at the start of each unit. We look at this together and I will provide an opening lecture to introduce the topics.
Unit Five Outline

Step Two: 
Watch instructional videos provided below. The instructional videos are from Paul Anderson's Bozeman Biology. These videos are applicable to Topics 1-7. These videos are succinct, accurate and topic appropriate. We will watch the lecture together and you may ask questions along the way or at the videos completion. Once we feel that we have understanding of the material we will move to the third step.
Review DNA & RNA
Preface Video on Reproduction
Preface Video on Heredity
Topic 1: SC.912.L.16.1 Part 1 (8:00-12:00 segment only)(Sources of Variation)
Topic 1: SC.912.L.16.1 Part 2 (Alleles and Genes)
Topic 2: SC.912.L.16.2 Part 1 (Punnet Squares Monohybrids)
Topic 2: SC.912.L.16.2 Part 2 (Two Factor Crosses)
Topic 2: SC.912.L.16.2 Part 3 (Nonmendelian Inheritance)
Topic 2: SC.912.L.16.2 Part 4 (Multiple Alleles, Blood Types)
Topic 2: SC.912.L.16.2 Part 5 (Sex Linked)
Topic 2: SC.912.L.16.2 Part 6 (Pedigrees)
Topic 3: HE.912.C.1.7 (Family History & Your Health)

Topic 4: SC.912.N.3.4 (Facts, Laws, Theory and Hypotheses)
Topic 5: SC.912.L.16.10 (Biotechnology)
Topic 6: SC.912.L.16.12 (application example only, DNA Fingerprinting)
Topic 7: SC.912.N.2.2 (Science & Pseudoscience)



Step Three: 
Next I will provide you with a series of questions multiple choice and/or short answer questions. These questions will relate directly to the lecture material and serve as a formative assessment. After all students have completed questions (approx 5 or 6), I will provide answers, explanations and encourage discussions.
Formative Topic Questions Multiple Choice / Short Answer

Step Four:
The fourth step is dependent upon the classes performance on those questions from step three, should I identify areas of concern or weaknesses I will reteach the material myself using my own powerpoints these powerpoints are tools for me to reteach you do not have know all this material.
Genetics           Biotechnology    



These 4 steps will be repeated for each subtopic until the entire unit is completed.

Step Five: 
At the completion of each "whole unit" students will take a multiple choice assessment called "Progress Checks". These Progress Checks will be graded but because they are multiple choice and will likely consist of only 10-20 questions we should have time to discuss them as final review before the Unit Exam.
Progress Check

Step Six:
Students will take a Unit Five Exam
Unit Five Exam


UNIT FIVE LAB
Each unit will have one or more virtual labs or activities that will support various science skills. These "labs" can take place before we start a unit, during the unit or at the completion of the unit.
Unit Five Lab(s) or Activity(s)

Unit Six: Origins & Evolution



Step One: 
FLDOE provides a unit overview at the start of each unit. We look at this together and I will provide an opening lecture to introduce the topics.
Unit Six Outline

Step Two: 
Watch instructional videos provided below. The instructional videos are from Paul Anderson's Bozeman Biology. These videos are applicable to Topics 1-12. These videos are succinct, accurate and topic appropriate. We will watch the lecture together and you may ask questions along the way or at the videos completion. Once we feel that we have understanding of the material we will move to the third step.
Topic 1: SC.912.L.15.8 (Origin of Life)
Topic 2: SC.912.L.14.5 (Endosymbiosis)
Topic 3: SC.912.N.1.3 (Peer Review)

Topic 4: SC.912.L.15.13 part 1 (Natural Selection Crash Course)
Topic 4: SC.912.L.15.13 part 2 (Natural Selection)
Real Life Example (HHMI Rock Pocket Mice)
Topic 4: SC.912.L.15.13 part 3 (Genetic Drift)
Topic 11: SC.912.L.15.3 (Species)
Misconceptions of Evolution
Topic 5: SC.912.L.15.1 (Evidence of Evolution)
Topic 6: SC.912.L.15.2 (N/A)
Topic 7: SC.912.L.15.10 (Origins of Man)

Topic 8: SC.912.N.3.1 (Evolution, More than a Theory)
Topic 9: SC.912.L.15.14 (covered above)
Topic 10: SC.912.L.15.15 (covered above)
Topic 12: SC.912.N.2.1 (Battling Bad Science)



Step Three: 
Next I will provide you with a series of questions multiple choice and/or short answer questions. These questions will relate directly to the lecture material and serve as a formative assessment. After all students have completed questions (approx 5 or 6), I will provide answers, explanations and encourage discussions.
Formative Topic Questions Multiple Choice / Short Answer


Step Four:
The fourth step is dependent upon the classes performance on those questions from step three, should I identify areas of concern or weaknesses I will reteach the material myself using my own powerpoints these powerpoints are tools for me to reteach you do not have know all this material.
Origins          Evolution     



These 4 steps will be repeated for each subtopic until the entire unit is completed.

Step Five: 
At the completion of each "whole unit" students will take a multiple choice assessment called "Progress Checks". These Progress Checks will be graded but because they are multiple choice and will likely consist of only 10-20 questions we should have time to discuss them as final review before the Unit Exam.
Progress Check

Step Six:
Students will take a Unit Six Exam
Unit Six Exam


UNIT SIX LAB
Each unit will have one or more virtual labs or activities that will support various science skills. These "labs" can take place before we start a unit, during the unit or at the completion of the unit.
Unit Six Lab(s) or Activity(s)

Unit Seven: Classification

   Step One: 
FLDOE provides a unit overview at the start of each unit. We look at this together and I will provide an opening lecture to introduce the topics.
Unit Seven Outline

Step Two: 
Watch instructional videos provided below. The instructional videos are from Paul Anderson's Bozeman Biology. These videos are applicable to Topics 1-4. These videos are succinct, accurate and topic appropriate. We will watch the lecture together and you may ask questions along the way or at the videos completion. Once we feel that we have understanding of the material we will move to the third step.
Topic 1: SC.912.L.15.5 (Taxonomy)
Topic 2: SC.912.L.15.4 Part 1 (Cladograms)
Topic 2: SC.912.L.15.4 Part 2 (Phylogenies and Clades)
Topic 2: SC.912.L.15.4 Part 3 (Phylogenetics)
Topic 3: Overview & Preview (Optional) (Classification)
Topic 3:
SC.912.L.15.6 Part 1 (Archaea)
Topic 3: SC.912.L.15.6 Part 2 (Bacteria)
Topic 3:
SC.912.L.15.6 Part 3 (Protists and Fungi)
Topic 3: SC.912.L.15.6 Part 4 (Optional) (Plants)
Topic 3: SC.912.L.15.6 Part 4 (Optional) (Animals)
Topic 4: SC.912.N.1.6 (No video, See Lab)


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Step Three: 
Next I will provide you with a series of questions multiple choice and/or short answer questions. These questions will relate directly to the lecture material and serve as a formative assessment. After all students have completed questions (approx 5 or 6), I will provide answers, explanations and encourage discussions.
Formative Topic Questions Multiple Choice / Short Answers

Step Four:
The fourth step is dependent upon the classes performance on those questions from step three, should I identify areas of concern or weaknesses I will reteach the material myself using my own powerpoints these powerpoints are tools for me to reteach you do not have know all this material.
Classification     



These 4 steps will be repeated for each subtopic until the entire unit is completed.

Step Five: 
At the completion of each "whole unit" students will take a multiple choice assessment called "Progress Checks". These Progress Checks will be graded but because they are multiple choice and will likely consist of only 10-20 questions we should have time to discuss them as final review before the Unit Exam.
Progress Check

Step Six:
Students will take a Unit Seven Exam
Unit Seven Exam


UNIT SEVEN LAB
Each unit will have one or more virtual labs or activities that will support various science skills. These "labs" can take place before we start a unit, during the unit or at the completion of the unit.
Unit Seven Lab(s) or Activity(s)

Unit Eight: Plant Structure & Physiology

Step One: 
FLDOE provides a unit overview at the start of each unit. We look at this together and I will provide an opening lecture to introduce the topics.
Unit Eight Outline

Step Two: 
Watch instructional videos provided below. The instructional videos are from Paul Anderson's Bozeman Biology. These videos are applicable to Topics 1-2. These videos are succinct, accurate and topic appropriate. We will watch the lecture together and you may ask questions along the way or at the videos completion. Once we feel that we have understanding of the material we will move to the third step.
Topic 1: SC.912.L.14.7 Part 1 (Plant Structure)
Topic 1: SC.912.L.14.7 Part 2 (Plant Structure and Adaptations)
Topic 1: SC.912.L.14.7 Part 3 (Plant Nutrition and Transport)

Topic 1: SC.912.L.14.7 Part 4 (Plant Reproduction in Angiosperms)
Topic 2: SC.912.N.1.1 Part 1 (Independent and Dependent Variables)
Topic 2: SC.912.N.1.1 Part 2 (Controlled Experiments)



Step Three: 
Next I will provide you with a series of questions multiple choice and/or short answer questions. These questions will relate directly to the lecture material and serve as a formative assessment. After all students have completed questions (approx 5 or 6), I will provide answers, explanations and encourage discussions.
Formative Topic Questions Multiple Choice / Short Answer


Step Four:
The fourth step is dependent upon the classes performance on those questions from step three, should I identify areas of concern or weaknesses I will reteach the material myself using my own powerpoints these powerpoints are tools for me to reteach you do not have know all this material.
Plant Structure & Function     



These 4 steps will be repeated for each subtopic until the entire unit is completed.

Step Five: 
At the completion of each "whole unit" students will take a multiple choice assessment called "Progress Checks". These Progress Checks will be graded but because they are multiple choice and will likely consist of only 10-20 questions we should have time to discuss them as final review before the Unit Exam.
Progress Check

Step Six:
Students will take a Unit Eight Exam
Unit Eight Exam


UNIT EIGHT LAB
Each unit will have one or more virtual labs or activities that will support various science skills. These "labs" can take place before we start a unit, during the unit or at the completion of the unit.
Unit Eight Lab(s) or Activity(s)

Unit Nine: Human Body Systems

Step One: 
FLDOE provides a unit overview at the start of each unit. We look at this together and I will provide an opening lecture to introduce the topics.
Unit Nine Outline

Step Two: 
Watch instructional videos provided below. The instructional videos are from Paul Anderson's Bozeman Biology. These videos are applicable to Topics 1-9. These videos are succinct, accurate and topic appropriate. We will watch the lecture together and you may ask questions along the way or at the videos completion. Once we feel that we have understanding of the material we will move to the third step.
Human Systems Overview (optional)
Topic 1: SC.912.L.14.26 (The Brain)
Topic 1: Optional (How Food Effects your Brain)
Topic 2: SC.912.L.14.27 (covered in Topic 1 video)
Topic 3: SC.912.L.14.
36 (Circulatory System)
Topic 4: HE.912.C.1.8 (9 part series) (Risk Factors for Heart Disease)
Topic 5: SC.912.L.14.52 (Immune System)
Topic 6: SC.912.L.14.6 Part 1 (Infectious Disease)
Topic 6: SC.912.L.14.6 Part 2 (Infectious Disease)
Topic 7: HE.912.C.1.5 (Heart and Disease)

Topic 8: SC.912.L.16.13 Part 1 (Female Reproductive) (more in depth series also covers HGD unit) 
Topic 8: SC.912.L.16.13 Part 2 (Male Reproductive)
Topic 8: SC.912.L.16.13 Part 3 (Sex and Fertilization)
Topic 8: SC.912.L.16.13 Part 4 (Pregnancy and Development)
Topic 9: SC.912.N.1.1 (Engaging Argument in Science)



Step Three: 
Next I will provide you with a series of questions multiple choice and/or short answer questions. These questions will relate directly to the lecture material and serve as a formative assessment. After all students have completed questions (approx 5 or 6), I will provide answers, explanations and encourage discussions.
Formative Topic Questions Multiple Choice / Short Answer

Step Four:
The fourth step is dependent upon the classes performance on those questions from step three, should I identify areas of concern or weaknesses I will reteach the material myself using my own powerpoints these powerpoints are tools for me to reteach you do not have know all this material.
Human Systems    



These 4 steps will be repeated for each subtopic until the entire unit is completed.

Step Five: 
At the completion of each "whole unit" students will take a multiple choice assessment called "Progress Checks". These Progress Checks will be graded but because they are multiple choice and will likely consist of only 10-20 questions we should have time to discuss them as final review before the Unit Exam.
Progress Check

Step Six:
Students will take a Unit Nine Exam
Unit Nine Exam


UNIT NINE LAB
Each unit will have one or more virtual labs or activities that will support various science skills. These "labs" can take place before we start a unit, during the unit or at the completion of the unit.
Unit Nine Lab(s) or Activity(s)

Unit Ten: Ecology

Step One: 
FLDOE provides a unit overview at the start of each unit. We look at this together and I will provide an opening lecture to introduce the topics.
Unit Ten Outline

Step Two: 
Watch instructional videos provided below. The instructional videos are from Paul Anderson's Bozeman Biology. These videos are applicable to Topics 1-13. These videos are succinct, accurate and topic appropriate. We will watch the lecture together and you may ask questions along the way or at the videos completion. Once we feel that we have understanding of the material we will move to the third step.
Topic 1: SC.912.L.17.9 (Food Webs and Energy Pyramids)
Topic 2: SC.912.E.7.1 (Water and Carbon Cycles)
Topic 3
: SC.912.L.17.2 (Aquatic Ecosystems)
Topic 4: SC.912.L.17.4 Part 1 (Natural Ecosystem Change)
Topic 4: SC.912.L.17.4 Part 2 (Getting Ready for Hibernation)
Topic 4: SC.912.L.17.4 Part 3 (Migration)
Topic 5: SC.912.L.17.8 (Loss of Biodiversity)

Topic 6: SC.912.L.17.5 (Population Ecology)
Topic 7: SC.912.N.1.1 (Analyzing and Interpreting Data)
Topic 8: SC.912.L.17.11 Part 1 (Fossil Fuels)
Topic 8: SC.912.L.17.11 Part 2 (Renewable Energy)
Topic 9: SC.912.L.17.20 Part 1 (Human Impacts on the Environment)
Topic 9: SC.912.L.17.20 Part 2 (Pollution)
Topic 10: SC.912.L.17.16 (covered above)
Topic 11: SC.912.C.1.3 (Climate Change Effects on Health)
Topic 12: SC.912.L.17.13 (Environmental Laws)
Topic 13: SC.912.N.2.4 (U.S. Environmental History)



Step Three: 
Next I will provide you with a series of questions multiple choice and/or short answer questions. These questions will relate directly to the lecture material and serve as a formative assessment. After all students have completed questions (approx 5 or 6), I will provide answers, explanations and encourage discussions.
Formative Topic Questions Multiple Choice / Short Answer


Step Four:
The fourth step is dependent upon the classes performance on those questions from step three, should I identify areas of concern or weaknesses I will reteach the material myself using my own powerpoints these powerpoints are tools for me to reteach you do not have know all this material.
Ecosystems            Populations              Conservation     



These 4 steps will be repeated for each subtopic until the entire unit is completed.

Step Five: 
At the completion of each "whole unit" students will take a multiple choice assessment called "Progress Checks". These Progress Checks will be graded but because they are multiple choice and will likely consist of only 10-20 questions we should have time to discuss them as final review before the Unit Exam.
Progress Check

Step Six:
Students will take a Unit Ten Exam
Unit Ten Exam


UNIT TEN LAB
Each unit will have one or more virtual labs or activities that will support various science skills. These "labs" can take place before we start a unit, during the unit or at the completion of the unit.
Unit Ten Lab(s) or Activity(s)

Unit Eleven: Diversity of Life

Step One: 
FLDOE provides a unit overview at the start of each unit. We look at this together and I will provide an opening lecture to introduce the topics.
Unit Eleven Outline

Step Two: 
Watch instructional videos provided below. The instructional videos are from Paul Anderson's Bozeman Biology. These videos are applicable to Topics 1-2. These videos are succinct, accurate and topic appropriate. We will watch the lecture together and you may ask questions along the way or at the videos completion. Once we feel that we have understanding of the material we will move to the third step.
Topic 1: SC.912.L.15.6 (already covered in unit 7)
Topic 2: SC.912.N.1.1 (pick the most appropriate skill)



Step Three: 
Next I will provide you with a series of questions multiple choice and/or short answer questions. These questions will relate directly to the lecture material and serve as a formative assessment. After all students have completed questions (approx 5 or 6), I will provide answers, explanations and encourage discussions.
Formative Topic Questions Multiple Choice / Short Answer


Step Four:
The fourth step is dependent upon the classes performance on those questions from step three, should I identify areas of concern or weaknesses I will reteach the material myself using my own powerpoints these powerpoints are tools for me to reteach you do not have know all this material.
See Unit 7    



These 4 steps will be repeated for each subtopic until the entire unit is completed.

Step Five: 
At the completion of each "whole unit" students will take a multiple choice assessment called "Progress Checks". These Progress Checks will be graded but because they are multiple choice and will likely consist of only 10-20 questions we should have time to discuss them as final review before the Unit Exam.
Progress Check

Step Six:
Students will take a Unit Eleven Exam
Unit Eleven Exam


UNIT ELEVEN LAB
Each unit will have one or more virtual labs or activities that will support various science skills. These "labs" can take place before we start a unit, during the unit or at the completion of the unit.
Unit Eleven Lab(s) or Activity(s)

Unit Twelve: Growth & Development

Step One: 
FLDOE provides a unit overview at the start of each unit. We look at this together and I will provide an opening lecture to introduce the topics.
Unit Twelve Outline

Step Two: 
Watch instructional videos provided below. The instructional videos are from Paul Anderson's Bozeman Biology. These videos are applicable to Topics 1-4. These videos are succinct, accurate and topic appropriate. We will watch the lecture together and you may ask questions along the way or at the videos completion. Once we feel that we have understanding of the material we will move to the third step.
Topic 1 Teen Dating Violence
Topic 2 Consent and Gender
Topic 3 Human Reproduction

Topic 4 Contraception & STI's


Step Three: 
Next I will provide you with a series of questions multiple choice and/or short answer questions. These questions will relate directly to the lecture material and serve as a formative assessment. After all students have completed questions (approx 5 or 6), I will provide answers, explanations and encourage discussions.
Formative Topic Questions Multiple Choice / Short Answer


Step Four:
The fourth step is dependent upon the classes performance on those questions from step three, should I identify areas of concern or weaknesses I will reteach the material myself using my own powerpoints these powerpoints are tools for me to reteach you do not have know all this material.
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These 4 steps will be repeated for each subtopic until the entire unit is completed.

Step Five: 
At the completion of each "whole unit" students will take a multiple choice assessment called "Progress Checks". These Progress Checks will be graded but because they are multiple choice and will likely consist of only 10-20 questions we should have time to discuss them as final review before the Unit Exam.
Progress Check

Step Six:
Students will take a Unit Twelve Exam
Unit Twelve Exam


UNIT TWELVE LAB
Each unit will have one or more virtual labs or activities that will support various science skills. These "labs" can take place before we start a unit, during the unit or at the completion of the unit.
Unit Twelve Lab(s) or Activity(s)
June 2021

Gorongosa Assignment 


Video(s): The Guide: A Biologist in Gorongosa (A Short Film, no notes)
                 Ecosystem Ecology (take notes)



Activity(s): Biome Viewer: Biodiversity and Human Impacts
                    Biome Viewer (you need to use this interactive)

                    Exploring Biomes in Gorongosa National Park
                    Gorongosa Interactive Map (you need to use this interactive)
                    *It may take 5-15 for some movies, viewers and interactive apps to load, be patient



Resources: https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/
                     https://blueplanetbiomes.org/index.php
Ecosystems Assignment

Video(s):  Ecosystems (Take notes)
                 Biotic & Abiotic Factors (Take notes)
                 How Wolves Change Rivers (A Short Film, no notes)



Activity(s): Exploring Biomass Pyramids               
                    All of your answers and calculations are saved on the interactive,
                    the interactive will agenerate a lab report for when you are done


Biogeochemical Cycling Assignment

 
Video(s):  Biogeochemical Cycles (Take notes)
                  Gorongosa's Water Cycle (No notes)
                  Termite Activity Enhances Ecosystem Productivity (A no notes)


Activity(s): Nutrient Cycling in the Serengeti
                           Card Activity Instructions
                    Cards
                    How Savanna Plants Get Nutrients
                    Nitrogen Cycle

                           *If you can not print the cards then I suggest you zoom, google meet or Face Time with a 
                   friend(s) that can so that you can complete the assignment


To clarify...These resources will help you do the assignments above
Resources: Solving Crimes with the Necrobiome

Trophic Cascade Assignment


Video(s):  Communities (Take notes)
                  Keystone Species & Trophic Cascades
(Short Film No notes)


Activity(s): Some Animals are More Equal than Others

Population Growth Assignment


Video(s):  Exponential Growth (Take notes)
                  Logistic Growth (Take notes)
                  r and k selection (Take notes)
                  Modeling Populations & Species Interactions (A Short Film, no notes)



Activity(s): Population Dynamics Launch the Interactive
                           Population Dynamics Click & Learn Worksheet

Anthropocene Assignment


Click & Learn:  Paleoclimate: A History of Change (Launch the Interactive)
                          Paleoclimate: A History of Change (Student Worksheet)


Launch Interactive: The Making of Mass Extinctions (Launch Interactive)
                                  (Take notes as you click through the interactive FOCUS on the environmental factors
                                   and the reasons behind the mass extinctions, also note the dates)

Launch Interactive: The Anthropocene: Human Impact on the Environment
                                  (Take notes as you click through the interactive click the impacts and focus on the
                                   main ideas and some of specific details to support them)


PBS Documentary: Climate Change: The Facts

To clarify...These resources will help you do the assignments above
Resources:  The Greenhouse Effect

Climate Change Impacts Assignment

Part 1
Video(s):  The Impacts of Climate Change in Yellowstone (Take notes)
Activity(s): The Impacts of Climate Change in Yellowstone (student worksheet)
Reading(s): Warmer World is a Unhealthier Place for Children (take notes)


Part 2
Reading(s): Destroyed Habitat Creates Perfect Environment for Corona Virus to Emerge (take notes)
Reading(s): To Prevent the Next Pandemic, End Unequal Access to Natural Resources (take notes)
Reading(s): Virus Renews Safety Concerns About Slaughtering Wild Animals (take notes)

Activity(s): Write 5 exam questions for each of the three readings.

Part 3
Activity(s): Virus Explorer (Interactive used to answer questions)
                   Virus Explorer Worksheet (ONLY ANSWER #'s: 3c,3e,3f, 4all, 5all)

Part 4
Video(s): Virus Hunter: Monitoring the Nipah Virus in Bat Populations (take notes)
Activity(s): Epidemiology of Nipah Virus

Video(s): Natural Selection in an Outbreak (take notes)

To clarify...These resources will help you do the assignments above
Resources: Dengue Virus Life Cycle (short video to help you understand viral reproduction)