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A day- Thursday October 5, 2017 / B day- Friday October 6, 2017

***Go to "Genetics"

​A day- Tuesday October 3, 2017 / B day- Wednesday October 4, 2017

Starter #18

Classwork

* Starter
* Cells Test on wash.utips.org
* Start "Osmosis Jones"
*Mr. Erickson will be checking your binders while you are working.

Osmosis Jones
35. Osmosis Jones- Video Sheet
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A day- Friday September 29, 2017 / B day- Monday October 2, 2017

Starter #17

Classwork

* Starter
* Play both Kahoots at least once... more if time allows- you have a test next class!!!
* Prepare for binder check- also next class!!!

Cells Kahoot
Chemistry of Life Kahoot
34. End of Term Binder Check Rubric
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A day- Wednesday September 27, 2017 / B day- Thursday September 28, 2017

Starter #16

Classwork

*Starter
*Lab- Models of Movement 
*Reading Guide- Cell Transport (use link for questions 11-13)

32. Lab- Models of Movement
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33. Reading Guide- Cell Transport
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Questions 11-13

A day- Monday September 25, 2017 / B day- Tuesday September 26, 2017

Starter #15

Classwork

*Starter
*Quiz 2.3 a,b,d Form A on "wash.utips.org"
*Extension if you get 4/5 or 5/5
​*Intervention if you get 3/5 or below (also have your Mitosis flipbook completed)
*If you don't pass Form B then do the Tier 2 Intervention and take Form C
​*Remember to fill out your tracker

31. Extension- Cells
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31. Intervention- Cells
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Website 1
Website 2
Website 3
Website 4
Tier 2
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A day- Thursday September 21, 2017 / B day- Friday September 22, 2017

Starter #14

Classwork

* Starter
* Notes- Mitosis
* Mitosis Flipbook

29. Notes- Mitosis
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Notes- Mitosis
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30. Mitosis Flipbook
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A day- Tuesday September 19, 2017 / B day- Wednesday September 20, 2017

Starter #13

Classwork

*Starter
*Notes- Cell Theory
*Seeing Cells Lab

27. Notes- Cell Theory
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Notes- Cell Theory
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28. Seeing Cells Lab
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A day- Friday September 15, 2017 / B day- Monday September 18, 2017

Starter #12

Classwork

* Starter
*BINDER CHECK TODAY! Mr. Erickson will be grading your binders while you...
*Take notes on cells by getting your chromebook, going to our website and opening the notes.
*Watch the "shrinky dinks" video so you will know how to shrink your cells when you get home.
*Obtain 2 sheets of shrinky dink paper and make your two cells.


25. Notes- Cells
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Notes- Cells
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26. Shrinky Dink Cells
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A day- Wednesday September 13, 2017 / B day- Thursday September 14, 2017

Starter #11 (new paper)

Classwork

*Starter
*Quiz 2.2 a,b,c Form A on "wash.utips.org"
*Extension if you get 4/5 or 5/5
​*Intervention if you get 3/5 or below (also study the difference between autotrophic and heterotrophic cells)
*If you don't pass Form B then do the Tier 2 Intervention and take Form C
​*Remember to fill out your tracker

***Get your binder ready to be checked next class!!!

23. Extension Foldable
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23. Intervention Foldable
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Tieri 2 Intervention
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24. Binder Check Rubric
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A day- Monday September 11, 2017 / B day- Tuesday September 12, 2017

Starter #10 (turn in starters)

Classwork

*Starter- pay close attention because it is VERY close to what you will be doing in the lab today... especially when he is making the disks sink!!!
*Complete your lab and during the portions that you are "waiting" complete your reading guide from last class

22. Lab- Floating Disks
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A day- Thursday September 7, 2017 / B day- Friday September 8, 2017

Starter #9

Classwork

*Starter
*Complete the webquest using the links provided
*Use the "Fly" Textbook to complete the reading guide. You will get more time for this one next class!

20. Webquest- Cellular Respiration
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Biocoach- Cell REspiration
Find the Equation
ATP Info
Organelle of respiration
ANAEROBIC VS. AEROBIC: BUZZLE ARTICLE
CELLULAR RESPIRATION
21. Reading Guide- Photosynthesis
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Textbook can be found on "General Info" page

A day- Tuesday September 5, 2017 / B day- Wednesday September 6, 2017

 Starter #8 (watch both)

Classwork

* Starter (2 videos)
*Use "Fly" textbooks to complete "Auto-heterotroph"
*As a class, look at the pictures and determine the correct answers for "Part 2" of "Auto-heterotroph"
*Read and answer the questions about "Van Leeuwenhoeks Life"


18. Auto-heterotroph
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Pictures
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19. Van Leeuwenhoeks Life
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A day- Thursday August 31, 2017 / B day- Friday September 1, 2017

Starter #7

Classwork

*Starter
*Quiz 2.1 c,d Form A on "wash.utips.org"
*Extension if you get 4/5 or 5/5
​*Intervention if you get 3/5 or below
*If you don't pass Form B then do the Tier 2 Intervention and take Form C
​*Remember to fill out your tracker

17. Extension- Enzyme Foldable
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17. Intervention- Reading Guide
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Tier 2
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A day- Tuesday August 29, 2017 / B day- Wednesday August 30, 2017

Starter #6

​Classwork

* Starter
* Notes- Enzymes
* Lab Enzymes

15. Notes- Enzymes
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Enzymes Powerpoint
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16. Lab- Enzyme
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A day- Friday August 25, 2017 / B day- Monday August 28, 2017

Starter #5

​Classwork

* Starter
*Complete "Investigating Water" Using the videos below
* Use chromebooks to complete "Wonderful water"
*Complete the "water story" 

12. Investigating Water
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Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
13. Wonderful Water
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14. Water Story
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Starter #4

​Classwork

* Complete starter
* Take form A of 2.1 a,b Cell elements and macro-molecules
* If you receive a 4/5 or 5/5 on your quiz then you will see 100% on your grade and you will complete the "extension lab" If you receive a 3/5 or below then you will need to retake your quiz by completing "form B" after you have completed your "intervention." 
* If you receive a 4/5 or 5/5 on your retake then you will see 80% on your grade and you will not have to take it again. If you receive a 3/5 or lower then you will need to complete a 'Tier 2 Intervention" and then take "form C."

11. Extension: Analyzing Foods Lab
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11. Intervention: Chemistry of Living Cells
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Intervention
Tier 2 Intervention
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A day- Wednesday August 23, 2017 / B day- Thursday August 24, 2017


A day- Monday August 21, 2017 / B day- Tuesday August 22, 2017

Starter #3

​Classwork

*Take notes on "Macromolecules"
*Use the information from your notes and the link below "online textbook" to complete the "Macromolecule Matrix"
​* When you are finished complete the "lab equipment scavenger hunt"

Online Textbook
9. Notes: Macromolecules
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Macromolecules Powerpoint
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10. Macromolecule Matrix
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5. Lab Equipment Scavenger Hunt
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​​​A day- Thursday August 17, 2017 / B day- Friday August 18, 2017

Starter #2

​Classwork

Make sure you are organizing your binder as you get new papers!

7. Notes- Components of Matter
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Components of Matter Powerpoint
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8. CHNOPS Flashcards
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​​A day- Tuesday August 15, 2017 / B day- Wednesday August 16, 2017

Starter #1

​Classwork

*** Grab a pink "STARTER PAPER" today from the shelf next to the door and watch your first starter, keep these in your binder and turn them in after 10 (you must make up starters you are absent for). Hand out Eagle Cards, Cover Page, Vocabulary, Tracker and learn how to organize binders. They should match the binder board in order! Make sure you complete "What I think" on your vocab today. 

1. Cover Page
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2. Vocabulary
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3.Tracker
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6. Scientific Method Lab
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Monday August 14, 2017

No Starter

​Classwork

*** Find your 1st quarter seat  from the projector and bring a 1" 3 ring binder next class! You will keep ALL of your classwork in your binder and turn it in at mid-term and end of term.  This classwork section of the website will have all of the pages of your binder with the page numbers listed. Read disclosure and safety contract. Disclosures due in 2 classes!
Honors Biology Disclosure Statement
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4. Find Someone Who
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Lab Safety Contract
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