BASIC COURSE INFO:
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- COURSE TEXT Link: CAHS Biology Concepts
- Course text Flexlink
- Course Text PDF (ck12 can email it to you if this link is broken; recommend to only print current sections as it will be revised throughout the year)
- Mr. Johnston's YouTube playlist of podcasts for each section of text
Google Classroom code: 77xcepd
Wexner Center: Art and Ecology Fall 2019 course (Check it out!!)
CLASS EVENTS:
Week of 5/20: Last Week of Quarter 4!
Mon: CLASSWORK DUE at end of period; Relate Biology concepts to Human Anatomy & Physiology
Tues: Re-visit Scientific Process
Practice for the Science Reasoning Section of the ACT
More ACT Prep
Kaplan ACT test prep
Crash Course Speciation
Myths and Misconceptions about evolution (TED-Ed)
Wed: OPTIONAL HW DUE (Biology Concepts); CLASSWORK DUE at end of period; Re-visit Cells by playing Cell Craft
Cell Craft game
Crash Course Photosynthesis
Crash Course Cellular Respiration
Crash Course Membranes and Transport
Thurs-Fri: Mods 8a/B: Final Exam
Everyone else: Re-visit differentiation of cells and how the various cells function together to make a functioning multicellular organism; a look at human physiology through analogy.
**Mods 11/12 will take Final Exam on Wednesday, 5/29**
Week of 5/13: Ecology
READING HW this week: Biology text packet (Ecology) Ch. 5
5.1 podcast: Biodiversity
5.2 Podcast: Extinctions
5.2.2 Podcast: Threats to Biodiversity
5.3 Conservation and Restoration
Mon: Optional HW Due (Article questions); Work on project
The Project
ODNR Invasive Species in Ohio
USDA Invasive Species info
(questions) Action science introduced Species
(questions) Ohio Department of Agriculture: Invasive Pests
(questions) USDA APHIS Emerald Ash Borer Story Map
www.easybib.com
Tues: MANDATORY HW Due (Project Questions); Frog Dissection Sign up Assignment DUE!; Work on project
Wed: Re-visit DNA
DNA extraction technique video
DNA extraction directions (you can do this at home!)
Stated Clearly: What is a Chromosome
Crash Course DNA Structure and Replication
Thurs: MANDATORY Invasive Species Project Due; Optional HW Due (DNA extraction Questions); After-school Frog Dissection is today! Revisit heredity with Dragon Genetics
Frog Dissection video
Frog Dissection still
Frog Dissection image
Virtual frog dissection steps
Virtual frog dissection video with info about organs
Fri: Quarter 4 Journals DUE; Dragon Genetics DUE by end of class
Crash Course: Transcription and Translation
Crash Course:Meiosis
Week of 5/6: Ecology and State Testing
READING HW this week: Biology text packet (Ecology) Ch. 5
5.1 podcast: Biodiversity
5.2 Podcast: Extinctions
5.2.2 Podcast: Threats to Biodiversity
5.3 Conservation and Restoration
Mon: BIOLOGY OST Part 2 (for most of you! Mods 8a/b at 7:30, mods 11/12 during classtime); Mods 8A/B only: Discuss Ecology
Khan Academy: Human Activities that threaten Biodiversity
Crash Course Human Population Growth
SciShow The Science of Overpopulation
(NPR) 7 billion: How did we get so big so fast?
Tues: MANDATORY HW Due (Trouble in Paradise article questions); Discuss Ecology - focus on climate change.
SciShow: Climate Change
Climate Change: Oh, it's Real. TED Talk Series
Wed: Discuss human impact
5.3 Conservation and Restoration
TedTalk: A secret weapon against Zika
Frogs and Fungus
Thurs: MANDATORY HW Due (Tiny tubers article questions); Explore adaptations for plant survival
Private Life of Plants (v.6)
Fri: Invasive Species project
The Project
ODNR Invasive Species in Ohio
USDA Invasive Species info
(questions) Action science introduced Species
(questions) Ohio Department of Agriculture: Invasive Pests
(questions) USDA APHIS Emerald Ash Borer Story Map
www.easybib.com
Week of 4/29: Ecology and State Testing
TESTING SCHEDULE EXPLANATION
READING HW this week: Biology text packet (Ecology) Ch. 5
5.1 podcast: Biodiversity
5.2 Podcast: Extinctions
5.2.2 Podcast: Threats to Biodiversity
5.3 Conservation and Restoration
Mon: MANDATORY HW DUE (Spring break work); Overview of the course
Amoeba Sisters Biology Overview
Tues: (mods 8A/B only) Ecology Notes (Biodiversity)
Wed: BIOLOGY OST Part 1 (for most of you! Mods 8a/b at 7:30, mods 11/12 during class time); mods 8A/B only: Biodiversity review
Bozeman Science Biodiversity
Amoeba Sisters: Biomagnification
Mitosis and Meiosis Simulation (Bozeman Science)
Ted Talk: How can we fight antibiotic resistant superbugs?
Thurs: MANDATORY HW Due (Biological Magnification and Human Food Chains article questions); Ecology Notes
TED-Ed Why is Biodiversity so important?
Wildlife Corridors
Fri: (mods 8A/B only) Ecology Notes
SciShow: Why do more species live near the equator?
TedTalk: Why bees are disappearing
Chemistry World: neonicotinoids
Week of 4/15: Course Overview Practice
READING HW this week: Biology text packet Ch 3-4
3.1 Podcast: Community Ecology
4.1 Podcast: Population Dynamics
4.1.2 Podcast: Pop Dynamics pt. 2
Mon: Evolution Edulastic
Tues: Ecology Edulastic
Wed:
Mon: CLASSWORK DUE at end of period; Relate Biology concepts to Human Anatomy & Physiology
Tues: Re-visit Scientific Process
Practice for the Science Reasoning Section of the ACT
More ACT Prep
Kaplan ACT test prep
Crash Course Speciation
Myths and Misconceptions about evolution (TED-Ed)
Wed: OPTIONAL HW DUE (Biology Concepts); CLASSWORK DUE at end of period; Re-visit Cells by playing Cell Craft
Cell Craft game
Crash Course Photosynthesis
Crash Course Cellular Respiration
Crash Course Membranes and Transport
Thurs-Fri: Mods 8a/B: Final Exam
Everyone else: Re-visit differentiation of cells and how the various cells function together to make a functioning multicellular organism; a look at human physiology through analogy.
**Mods 11/12 will take Final Exam on Wednesday, 5/29**
Week of 5/13: Ecology
READING HW this week: Biology text packet (Ecology) Ch. 5
5.1 podcast: Biodiversity
5.2 Podcast: Extinctions
5.2.2 Podcast: Threats to Biodiversity
5.3 Conservation and Restoration
Mon: Optional HW Due (Article questions); Work on project
The Project
ODNR Invasive Species in Ohio
USDA Invasive Species info
(questions) Action science introduced Species
(questions) Ohio Department of Agriculture: Invasive Pests
(questions) USDA APHIS Emerald Ash Borer Story Map
www.easybib.com
Tues: MANDATORY HW Due (Project Questions); Frog Dissection Sign up Assignment DUE!; Work on project
Wed: Re-visit DNA
DNA extraction technique video
DNA extraction directions (you can do this at home!)
Stated Clearly: What is a Chromosome
Crash Course DNA Structure and Replication
Thurs: MANDATORY Invasive Species Project Due; Optional HW Due (DNA extraction Questions); After-school Frog Dissection is today! Revisit heredity with Dragon Genetics
Frog Dissection video
Frog Dissection still
Frog Dissection image
Virtual frog dissection steps
Virtual frog dissection video with info about organs
Fri: Quarter 4 Journals DUE; Dragon Genetics DUE by end of class
Crash Course: Transcription and Translation
Crash Course:Meiosis
Week of 5/6: Ecology and State Testing
READING HW this week: Biology text packet (Ecology) Ch. 5
5.1 podcast: Biodiversity
5.2 Podcast: Extinctions
5.2.2 Podcast: Threats to Biodiversity
5.3 Conservation and Restoration
Mon: BIOLOGY OST Part 2 (for most of you! Mods 8a/b at 7:30, mods 11/12 during classtime); Mods 8A/B only: Discuss Ecology
Khan Academy: Human Activities that threaten Biodiversity
Crash Course Human Population Growth
SciShow The Science of Overpopulation
(NPR) 7 billion: How did we get so big so fast?
Tues: MANDATORY HW Due (Trouble in Paradise article questions); Discuss Ecology - focus on climate change.
SciShow: Climate Change
Climate Change: Oh, it's Real. TED Talk Series
Wed: Discuss human impact
5.3 Conservation and Restoration
TedTalk: A secret weapon against Zika
Frogs and Fungus
Thurs: MANDATORY HW Due (Tiny tubers article questions); Explore adaptations for plant survival
Private Life of Plants (v.6)
Fri: Invasive Species project
The Project
ODNR Invasive Species in Ohio
USDA Invasive Species info
(questions) Action science introduced Species
(questions) Ohio Department of Agriculture: Invasive Pests
(questions) USDA APHIS Emerald Ash Borer Story Map
www.easybib.com
Week of 4/29: Ecology and State Testing
TESTING SCHEDULE EXPLANATION
READING HW this week: Biology text packet (Ecology) Ch. 5
5.1 podcast: Biodiversity
5.2 Podcast: Extinctions
5.2.2 Podcast: Threats to Biodiversity
5.3 Conservation and Restoration
Mon: MANDATORY HW DUE (Spring break work); Overview of the course
Amoeba Sisters Biology Overview
Tues: (mods 8A/B only) Ecology Notes (Biodiversity)
Wed: BIOLOGY OST Part 1 (for most of you! Mods 8a/b at 7:30, mods 11/12 during class time); mods 8A/B only: Biodiversity review
Bozeman Science Biodiversity
Amoeba Sisters: Biomagnification
Mitosis and Meiosis Simulation (Bozeman Science)
Ted Talk: How can we fight antibiotic resistant superbugs?
Thurs: MANDATORY HW Due (Biological Magnification and Human Food Chains article questions); Ecology Notes
TED-Ed Why is Biodiversity so important?
Wildlife Corridors
Fri: (mods 8A/B only) Ecology Notes
SciShow: Why do more species live near the equator?
TedTalk: Why bees are disappearing
Chemistry World: neonicotinoids
Week of 4/15: Course Overview Practice
READING HW this week: Biology text packet Ch 3-4
3.1 Podcast: Community Ecology
4.1 Podcast: Population Dynamics
4.1.2 Podcast: Pop Dynamics pt. 2
Mon: Evolution Edulastic
Tues: Ecology Edulastic
Wed:
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Themes of the course:
The course themes incorporated into every unit are modeled after IB and AP course objectives to ease the transition into these college-level introductory courses.
- Evolution and Interdependence
- Unity and Diversity
- Structure and Function
- Energy Flows and Matter Cycles
- Homeostasis
- Emergent Properties