Course: Biology - Period 1/2 

Course Schedule: Mon. - Thurs. 

Office Hours: Fridays 10:00 - 12:00

Essential Questions:  What does it mean to be alive?

How does science, specifically biology, develop new knowledge?

Standards/PIs:  

I can construct and revise an explanation for the classification of things as living or nonliving.

I can plan and conduct an investigation to determine the response of an organism to various environmental conditions.

Student Assignments:  Start Ch. 2 (Powerpoint with guided reading and a drawing including the following: biosphere, communities, ecosystem, population, organism, commensalism, mutualism and parasitism

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Course:  Biology - Period 3/4 

Course Schedule: Mon. - Thurs. 

Office Hours: Fridays 10:00 - 12:00

Essential Questions: 

What does it mean to be alive?

How does science, specifically biology, develop new knowledge?

Standards/PIs:  

I can construct and revise an explanation for the classification of things as living or nonliving.

I can plan and conduct an investigation to determine the response of an organism to various environmental conditions.

Student Assignments: Start Ch. 2 (Powerpoint with guided reading and a drawing including the following: biosphere, communities, ecosystem, population, organism, commensalism, mutualism and parasitism

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Course:  Biology - Period 5/6

Course Schedule:  Thursday/Friday

Office Hours: Friday 10:00 - 12:00

Essential Questions:  

What does it mean to be alive?

How does science, specifically biology, develop new knowledge?

Standards/PIs:  

I can construct and revise an explanation for the classification of things as living or nonliving.

I can plan and conduct an investigation to determine the response of an organism to various environmental conditions.

Student Assignments:  Wed. Ch. 1 Quiz   After the quiz go over conversions, ethical issues, how to write a hypothesis, statement, independent and dependent variables

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Course:  Biology - Period 7/8 

Course Schedule: Mon/Tues

Office Hours: Fridays 10:00 - 12:00

Essential Questions:  

What does it mean to be alive?

How does science, specifically biology, develop new knowledge?

Standards/PIs: 

I can construct and revise an explanation for the classification of things as living or nonliving.

I can plan and conduct an investigation to determine the response of an organism to various environmental conditions.

Student Assignments:  Check Ch. 1 vocab for completion, go over controls and variable worksheet, introduce conversions, review what's on Ch. 1 quiz (see Google classroom for specifics)

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