Course:  Academic Biology Periods ½ and ⅚ Group A

Course Schedule: Wednesday

Office Hours: By appointment on Fridays

Essential Questions:

• How do organisms create offspring with variable traits?

Standards/PIs:  

• I can construct an explanation for the necessity of meiosis in creating genetically unique offspring. 

Student Assignments: 

• Meiosis Practice Activity
• Meiosis Quiz

Links/Resources:

(See Unit Menu on Google Classroom)

Course:  Academic Biology Periods ½ and ⅚ Group B

Course Schedule: Thursday

Office Hours: By appointment on Fridays

Essential Questions:

• How do organisms create offspring with variable traits?

Standards/PIs:  

• I can construct an explanation for the necessity of meiosis in creating genetically unique offspring. 

Student Assignments: 

• Meiosis Practice Activity
• Meiosis Quiz

Links/Resources:

(See Unit Menu on Google Classroom)

Course:  Academic Biology Periods ½ and ⅚ Group A

Course Schedule: Monday & Wednesday

Office Hours: By appointment on Fridays

Essential Questions:

• How do we model DNA?
• How does DNA change or stay the same over time? 

Standards/PIs:  

• I can model a strand of DNA. 
• I can create scientific models from evidence. 

Student Assignments: 

• Part 1 of Unit Menu
• DNA Extraction Lab
• DNA Structure and Replication Quiz

Links/Resources:

(See Unit Menu on Google Classroom)

Course:  Academic Biology Periods ½ and ⅚ Group B

Course Schedule: Tuesday & Thursday

Office Hours: By appointment on Fridays

Essential Questions:

• How do we model DNA?
• How does DNA change or stay the same over time? 

Standards/PIs:  

• I can model a strand of DNA. 
• I can create scientific models from evidence. 

Student Assignments: 

• Part 1 of Unit Menu
• DNA Extraction Lab
• DNA Structure and Replication Quiz

Links/Resources:

(See Unit Menu on Google Classroom)

Course:  Academic Biology Periods ½ and ⅚ Group A

Course Schedule: Monday & Wednesday

Office Hours: By appointment on Fridays

Essential Questions:

• How do we model DNA?
• How does DNA change or stay the same over time? 

Standards/PIs:  

• I can model a strand of DNA. 
• I can create scientific models from evidence. 

Student Assignments: 

• Part 1 of Unit Menu
• DNA Structure and Replication Notes
• DNA Structure POGIL or DNA Modeling Assignment (Select 1)

Links/Resources:

(See Unit Menu on Google Classroom)

Course:  Academic Biology Periods ½ and ⅚ Group B

Course Schedule: Tuesday & Thursday

Office Hours: By appointment on Fridays

Essential Questions:

• How do we model DNA?
• How does DNA change or stay the same over time? 

Standards/PIs:  

• I can model a strand of DNA. 
• I can create scientific models from evidence. 

Student Assignments: 

• Part 1 of Unit Menu
• DNA Structure and Replication Notes
• DNA Structure POGIL or DNA Modeling Assignment (Select 1)

Links/Resources:

(See Unit Menu on Google Classroom)

Course:  Academic Biology Periods ½ and ⅚ Group A

Course Schedule: Monday & Wednesday

Office Hours: By appointment on Fridays

Essential Questions:

• How do populations grow over time and what influences this growth?
• How do organisms interact in ecosystems?

Standards/PIs:  

• I can explain the various factors that influence how a population changes and develops over time. 
• I can make and defend claims about the relationships between organisms in an ecosystem.

Student Assignments: 

• Population Ecology CER
• Population Ecology Quiz
• Ecological Relationships Reading
• Ecological Relationships Assignment Selection

Links/Resources:

(See Unit Menu on Google Classroom)

Course:  Academic Biology Periods ½ and ⅚ Group B

Course Schedule: Tuesday & Thursday

Office Hours: By appointment on Fridays

Essential Questions:

• How do populations grow over time and what influences this growth?
• How do organisms interact in ecosystems?

Standards/PIs:  

• I can explain the various factors that influence how a population changes and develops over time. 
• I can make and defend claims about the relationships between organisms in an ecosystem.

Student Assignments: 

• Population Ecology CER
• Population Ecology Quiz
• Ecological Relationships Reading
• Ecological Relationships Assignment Selection

Links/Resources:

(See Unit Menu on Google Classroom)

Course:  Academic Biology Periods ½ and ⅚ Group A

Course Schedule: Wednesday

Office Hours: By appointment on Fridays

Essential Questions:

• How do populations grow over time and what influences this growth?

Standards/PIs:  

• I can explain the various factors that influence how a population changes and develops over time. 

Student Assignments: 

• Population Ecology CER
• Population Ecology Quiz

Links/Resources:

(See Unit Menu on Google Classroom)

Course:  Academic Biology Periods ½ and ⅚ Group B

Course Schedule: Thursday

Office Hours: By appointment on Fridays

Essential Questions:

• How do populations grow over time and what influences this growth?

Standards/PIs:  

• I can explain the various factors that influence how a population changes and develops over time. 

Student Assignments: 

• Population Ecology CER
• Population Ecology Quiz

Links/Resources:

(See Unit Menu on Google Classroom)

Course:  Academic Biology Periods ½ and ⅚ Group A

Course Schedule: Wednesday

Office Hours: By appointment on Fridays

Essential Questions:

• How do ecosystems change over time? 

Standards/PIs:  

• I can identify different types of ecological succession.

Student Assignments: 

• Student Guided Notes
• Online Ecological Succession Simulation
• Ecological Succession Quiz

Links/Resources:

(See Unit Menu on Google Classroom)

Course:  Academic Biology Periods ½ and ⅚ Group B

Course Schedule: Thursday

Office Hours: By appointment on Fridays

Essential Questions:

• How do ecosystems change over time? 

Standards/PIs:  

• I can identify different types of ecological succession.

Student Assignments: 

• Student Guided Notes
• Online Ecological Succession Simulation
• Ecological Succession Quiz

Links/Resources:

(See Unit Menu on Google Classroom)

Course:  Academic Biology Periods ½ and ⅚ Group A

Course Schedule: Wednesday

Office Hours: By appointment on Fridays

Essential Questions:

• How do ecosystems change over time? 

Standards/PIs:  

• I can identify different types of ecological succession.

Student Assignments: 

• Student Guided Notes
• Online Ecological Succession Simulation
• Ecological Succession Quiz

Links/Resources:

(See Unit Menu on Google Classroom)

Course:  Academic Biology Periods ½ and ⅚ Group B

Course Schedule: Thursday

Office Hours: By appointment on Fridays

Essential Questions:

• How do ecosystems change over time? 

Standards/PIs:  

• I can identify different types of ecological succession.

Student Assignments: 

• Student Guided Notes
• Online Ecological Succession Simulation
• Ecological Succession Quiz

Links/Resources:

(See Unit Menu on Google Classroom)

Course:  Academic Biology Periods ½ and ⅚ Group A

Course Schedule: Wednesday

Office Hours: By appointment on Fridays

Essential Questions:

• How does energy move through an ecosystem?

Standards/PIs:  

• I can model the flow of energy through an ecosystem. 

Student Assignments: 

• Keystone Species Video Activity 
• Energy in Ecosystems Quiz
• Ecological Succession Notes
• Ecological Succession Interactive

Links/Resources:

(See Unit Menu on Google Classroom)

Course:  Academic Biology Periods ½ and ⅚ Group B

Course Schedule: Thursday

Office Hours: By appointment on Fridays

Essential Questions:

• How does energy move through an ecosystem?

Standards/PIs:  

• I can model the flow of energy through an ecosystem. 

Student Assignments: 

• Keystone Species Video Activity 
• Energy in Ecosystems Quiz
• Ecological Succession Notes
• Ecological Succession Interactive

Links/Resources:

(See Unit Menu on Google Classroom)

Course:  Academic Biology Periods ½ and ⅚ Group A

Course Schedule: Monday and Wednesday

Office Hours: By appointment on Fridays

Essential Questions:

• How are ecosystems organized?

Standards/PIs:  

• I can describe how ecosystems are organized into levels.

Student Assignments: 

• Ecology Reading Questions
• Ecological Organization Choice Assignment (Part 1 on Ecology Unit Menu: Create Presentation of write paper)
• Ecological Organization Quiz

Links/Resources:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtWknf1gzKo

Course:  Academic Biology Periods ½ and ⅚ Group B

Course Schedule: Tuesday and Thursday

Office Hours: By appointment on Fridays

Essential Questions:

• How are ecosystems organized?

Standards/PIs:  

• I can describe how ecosystems are organized into levels.

Student Assignments: 

• Ecology Reading Questions
• Ecological Organization Choice Assignment (Part 1 on Ecology Unit Menu: Create Presentation of write paper)
• Ecological Organization Quiz

Links/Resources:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtWknf1gzKo

Course:  Academic Biology Periods ½ and ⅚ Group A

Course Schedule: Monday and Wednesday

Office Hours: By appointment on Fridays

Essential Questions:

• Why is there a scientific debate about whether viruses are living or nonliving?

Standards/PIs:  

• I can make a scientific claim about whether viruses are living or nonliving and defend my claim with evidence. 

Student Assignments: 

• Virus CER 
• Characteristics of Life Exam
• Ck-12 Sections 1.6 and 6.1

Links/Resources:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQPVXrV0GNA&vl=en

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtWknf1gzKo

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FqlTslU22s

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faSAI0Anf9E

• https://quizlet.com/_7atbjr?x=1jqt&i=1oj6na

Course:  Academic Biology Periods ½ and ⅚ Group B

Course Schedule: Tuesday and Thursday

Office Hours: By appointment on Fridays

Essential Questions:

• Why is there a scientific debate about whether viruses are living or nonliving?

Standards/PIs:  

• I can make a scientific claim about whether viruses are living or nonliving and defend my claim with evidence. 

Student Assignments: 

• Virus CER
• Characteristics of Life Exam
• Ck-12 Sections 1.6 and 6.1

Links/Resources:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQPVXrV0GNA&vl=en

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtWknf1gzKo

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FqlTslU22s

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faSAI0Anf9E

• https://quizlet.com/_7atbjr?x=1jqt&i=1oj6na