Announcements

Unit 2: Plantae
Date Lesson To do (submit)

Mon. Oct. 9 Thanksgiving (Holiday)

Tues. Oct. 10 Fun Escape Room! “Stop the Pandemic” Please meet in the library seminar room!

Wed. Oct. 11 UNIT 2: Plants

Word List (you will be adding terms and

definitions throughout the unit to this doc) Keep it
safe!

Classifying Plants
- Lesson
- Student note

Concentration Game

ID Trees!

Thurs. Oct. 12 R.A.D.A.R (find this in Dropbox)

Fri. Oct. 13 EVALUATION - Amazing Plants Group Slide

Activity Assignment

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Slide deck

Mon. Oct. 16 Review of APA Referencing and Embedded Print RADAR doc to hand in.
(Intext) Citations

EVALUATION - Amazing Plants Group Slide

Activity Assignment
-consolidation and practice day!

Tues. Oct. 17 EVALUATION - Amazing Plants Group Slide

Activity Assignment PRESENTATIONS Day 1

Wed. Oct. 18 EVALUATION - Amazing Plants Group Slide

Activity Assignment PRESENTATIONS Day 2

Thurs. Oct. 19 Essentials for Plant Growth - Part 1

-photosynthesis

Lesson
Student note

Investigation Lab: Rate of photosynthesis

Fri. Oct. 20 Fall Leaves Creature Design Day

Mon. Oct. 23 Essentials for Plant Growth - Part 2

- Micro and Macro

Lesson
Micro and Macro gallery wall information
Table note

Tues. Oct. 24 Essentials for Plant Growth - Part 3 HW: Choose photosynthesis Lab Test
-Hormones & Tropisms Variable and Create a data table and adjust
the procedure to conduct the lab tomorrow
Student Note

Wed. Oct. 25 Student Photosynthesis Lab - Evaluated

Thurs. Oct. 26 Tissues - Roots, Stem, Leaves Co-Curricular Fair P4 and P5

Lab - Prepared Slide cross-section (try to identify

the tissues)

Fri. Oct. 27 Transport in Vascular Plants

Mon. Oct. 30 Germination / Adaptations

Tues. Oct. 31 Plant Reproduction

Flower Lab

Wed. Nov. 1 Review for Test OSSLT

Thurs. Nov. 2 EVALUATION - Plant Unit Test

Fri. Nov. 3

UNIT 1: Diversity
Date Lesson To do (submit)

Mon. Sept. 4

Tues. Sept. 5 PD DAY

Wed. Sept. 6 Intro: Welcome! SHORTENED CLASS PERIODS (pm only)

Thurs. Sept. 7 Safety Contract Google Form - 10 Things about me

- science safety contract google form - get
 Ice Breaker your parent/guardian to complete the
science safety contract and submit
10 Things about Me!
HDSB Code of Conduct

Fri. Sept. 8 Submit: 10 Things about Me! In Dropbox - science safety contract google form - get
your parent/guardian to complete the
Unit 1: Diversity science safety contract and submit

Review of microscope

Pond study & Field study Lab - Aquatic &

Terrestrial Biodiversity

Mon. Sept. 11 Complete and Discuss Pond & Field study Answer Pond & Field Study Data Analysis
discoveries Questions (found on last page of lab doc)

Lab Collection Sheet

Tues. Sept. 12 Types of Biodiversity Lesson

Student note

EVALUATION - Group Research Activity -

One slide presentation of Human intervention
on Aquatic & terrestrial Ecosystems.

Wed. Sept. 13 EVALUATION - Group Presentation Day

Thurs. Sept. 14 EVALUATION - Group Presentation Day

Fri. Sept. 15 Characteristics of Life Lesson

Student note

Lab Activity -Discovery of Kingdom

characteristics (Answers)

Mon. Sept. 18 Taxonomy & Phylogeny Lesson

Student note

Student worksheet (Answers)

Tues. Sept. 19 Dichotomous Keys Lesson

Student note

Worksheet and Gizmo

Wed. Sept. 20 EVALUATION - Create your own Finish your EVALUATED - Dichotomous key
 dichotomous key activity to be submitted tomorrow at the start of
class.

Thurs. Sept. 21 Peer assessment of dichotomous Keys Review and prepare for tomorrow’s
Google Form and submit to Teacher. EVALUATED test that counts!

Study / Review for Test (Review Answers)

Please meet me in room 317 today!
Review Activity - Card sorting (Kingdoms)
Review Taxonomy - Card sort activity

Fri. Sept. 22 EVALUATION - Diversity Half Unit Test

● Biodiversity
● Characteristics of Life
● Classification
● Taxonomy
● Dichotomous Keys

Peer assessment of dichotomous Keys

Google Form

Mon. Sept. 25 Eubacteria & Archae Kingdom Chracteristics

Student note

Harmful and Helpful Bacteria Investigation

(Answers)

Crash Course - Archaea, Bacteria, and

Protists

Tues. Sept. 26 Microviewer Lab: Helpful and Harmful

Bacteria (Answers)

Protista Kingdom Charcteristics Lesson

Student note

Lab - Microscope - Identify different Protista

Wed. Sept. 27 Fungi Kingdom Charcteristics Lesson

Student note

Lab - Microscope - Fungi (yeast)

Thurs. Sept. 28 Animalia Kingdom Lesson

Student note

Identification Activity - specimen jars

Fri. Sept. 29 Finish: Identification Activity - specimen jars ORANGE SHIRT DAY

Let’s Review! (Create cue cards, summary

 sheet or whatever works best for your
studying!): Diversity Checklist

Mon. Oct. 2 Recap Bacteria vs. Viruses

Viruses Lesson

Student note

Virus Microviewer Activity

Gizmo Activity -Disease Spread

Tues. Oct. 3 Study for Test: Diversity Checklist Study for tomorrow unit test and
demonstrating your use of a microscope
Diverstiy Snakes and Ladders Quizlet Fun!

Microscope Practice (get ready for the

Microscope Evaluation!)

Wed. Oct. 4 EVALUATION - Diversity Unit Test

EVALUATION - Microscope use

Thurs. Oct. 5 DFH 10 Year Celebration Day

Fri. Oct. 6 PD Day

Mon. Oct. 9 Thanksgiving (Holiday)

Tues. Oct. 10 Fun Escape Room! “Stop the Pandemic” Please meet in the library seminar room!