John Jackson Denver School of the Arts
Biology 2017 – 2018 Biology Syllabus 2017-2018 Honors Contract 4th Quarter Honors Topic 2018 Lab Report Rubric Lab Report Format Honors Research Paper Rubric Honors Presentation Grading Rubric 2017 Eggsmosis (Osmosis) Lab Report 2nd Quarter Honors Topics Evolution Video Virtual Lab Human Evolution Becoming Human Natural Selection Evolution Selection Radiometric Dating Cell Division (Exam #1 on 2/7/18 & 2/8/18) Mitosis Cancer Meiosis Cell Differentiation Stem Cells Tissues Exam Vocabulary Macromolecules & Digestion Macromolecules A Macromolecules B Macromolecules ph The Digestive System Cadaver Lab Cadaver Lab Waiver Cadaver Lab Information Checks (made out to Victoria Brown) or cash for $40. Honors Research Papers Due by 5/14/18 (1st & 7th Period) & 5/15/18 (8th Period). Your research paper should be a minimum of 2-3 pages, (double spaced, 12 point font, Times New Roman font), with 1 inch margins. The paper needs no fewer than three outside, scholarly sources (3-5 sources). Wikipedia is not a scholarly source! Be careful using sources that end in .com. Be sure it is a reliable source (check with me if you are unsure). If you are registered then use the codes below to access your class. DO NOT CUT AND PASTE YOUR PAPER. Upload your paper. (it will mess with your format if you cut and paste.) If you are not registered, come see me and I will help you register. Turnitin Codes: Biology Honors Period 1 Class Code: 16468052 Password: Microscope Biology Honors Period 7 Class Code: 16468084 Password: Homeostasis Biology Honors Period 8 Class Code: 16468103 Password: Evolution
4/11/18 & 4/12/18 – Model Ecosystems 4/5/18 & 4/6/18 – Invasive Species 4/3/18 & 4/4/18 – Naviance Training 3/21/18 & 3/22/18 – Exam 3/19/18 & 3/20/18 – Review for Exam 3/15/18 & 3/16/18 – Frog Dissection 3/14/18 – Student Walkout 3/12/18 & 3/13/18 – VIRTUAL FROG DISSECTION Virtual Frog Dissection Instructions & Questions 3/9/18 – Digestive System Infographics Due By the End of Class 3/7/18 & 3/8/18 – Digestive System Infographics Digestion Infographic 3/5/18 & 3/6/18 – The Digestive System 3/2/18 – Review 2/28/18 & 3/1/18 – Finish Honors Presentations Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 2/26/18 & 2/27/18 – Honors Presentations 2/23/18 – Persuasive Essay Due 2/21/18 & 2/22/18 – Trans Fat Writing Opinion Trans Fat Persuasive Essay 2/16/18 – Review 2/14/18 & 2/15/18 – Macromolecule Foldable Macromolecules 2/12/18 & 2/13/18 – Macromolecules Lecture & Virtual Amylase lab 2/9/18 – Macromolecule Reading & Questions 2/7/18 & 2/8/18 – Exam #1 2/5/18 & 2/6/18 – Review for Exam 1/31/18 & 2/1/18 – Stem Cells Video 1/29/18 & 1/30/18 – Cell Differentiation 1/26/18 – Catch up Day 1/24/18 & 1/25/18 – Modeling Meiosis 1/22/18 & 1/23/18 – Online Meiosis Lab 1/18/18 & 1/19/18 – Meiosis 1/18/18 & 1/19/18 – Mitosis Flipbook Due 1/16/18 & 1/17/18 – Mitosis Flipbook 1/12/18 – Cancer 1/10/18 & 1/11/18 – Mitosis 1/8/18 & 1/9/18 – Inside the Living Body 12/18/17 & 12/19/17 – Course Midterm 12/11/17 & 12/12/17 – Honors Presentations 12/11/17 & 12/12/17 – Honors Projects Due 12/8/17 – Review 12/6/17 & 12/7/17 – Transcription, Translation, & Replication 12/4/17 & 12/5/17 – DNA Origami DNA Origami Instructions DNA Origami Template DNA Origami Folding Instructions DNA Origami Folding Instructions 2 12/1/17 – Lecture on DNA Structure 11/29/17 & 11/30/17 – Complete the DNA Letter to Mom 11/27/17 & 11/28/17 – Complete the Virtual Natural Selection Lab. You need to complete the lab Worksheet (draw/complete the tables and answer all questions in complete sentences on notebook paper). 11/17/17 – Introduction to Heredity 11/15/17 & 11/16/17 – Evolution Exam 11/13/17 & 11/14/17 – Evolution Exam Review 11/10/17 – Exam Review 11/8/17 & 11/9/17 – Evolution of Skin Color 11/8/17 & 11/9/17 – Radiometric Dating Lab Report Due 11/6/17 & 11/7/17 – Radiometric Dating 11/1/17 & 11/2/17 – Neandertal Online Lab 10/30/17 & 10/31/17 – Online Human Evolution Lab 10/25/17 – Finish Dawn of Humanity 10/23/17 & 10/24/17 – Dawn of Humanity 10/20/17 – Hominid Migration Lab 10/18/17 & 10/19/17 – Human Evolution 10/16/17 & 10/17/17 – Modes of Natural Selection 10/13/17 – Honors Presentations 10/11/17 & 10/12/17 – Honors Presentations 10/9/17 & 10/10/17 – Finish Natural Selection Lecture & Discuss Artificial Selection 10/6/17 – Classification & Dichotomous Keys 10/4/17 & 10/5/17 – Charles Darwin/Natural Selection Lecture & Cladograms 10/2/17 & 10/3/17 – Peppered Moth Simulation 9/29/17 – Evolution Introduction 9/27/17 & 9/28/17 – Exam #1 9/25/17 & 9/26/17 -Review for Exam #1 9/22/17 – Virtual Microscope Lab Due 9/20/17 & 9/21/17 – Microscope Lab 9/20/17 & 9/21/17 – Eggsmosis (Osmosis) Lab Report Due 9/18/17 & 9/19/17 – Virtual Microscope Lab 9/15/17 – Finish Eggsmosis (Osmosis) Lab 9/15/17 – Osmosis Children’s Book Due 9/13/17 & 9/14/17 – Continue Eggsmosis Experiment Set Up 9/11/17 & 9/12/17 – Set Up Eggsmosis Experiment 9/7/17 & 9/8/17 – Homeostasis & Begin Osmosis Book 9/5/17 & 9/6/17 – Online Cell WebQuest 9/5/17 & 9/6/17 – Termite Lab Report Due 9/1/17 – Syllabus & Alka-Seltzer Lab Report Due 8/30/17 & 8/31/17 – Scaled Timeline Activity 8/28/17 & 8/29/17 – Penny Drop Lab Report Due 8/25/17 – Work on Penny Drop Lab Report 8/23/17 & 8/24/17 – Course Overview & Penny Drop Lab 8/22/17 – Group Work (Cups) & Peanuts Syllabus 4th Quarter Honors Topic 4th Quarter Honors Projects Due on 5/18/17 Lab Report Format Lab Report Rubric Osmosis in Gummy Bears Cell Structure The Virtual Microscope Exam #1 Study Guide Exam #1 Study Guide Answers Mitosis Flipbook Mitosis Meiosis Stages Meiosis Online Lab Muscle Physiology Heart Dissection Warm Up Sheep Heart Dissection Muscular System The Skeletal System The Skeletal System Part 2 Exam 1 Review Study Guide Answers Virtual Amylase Lab Trans Fat Writing Assignment Energy Drink Article Evolution Video Virtual Lab Primate Diet Article What is the evidence for evolution? Honors Research Papers Due by 5/18/17 (1st Period) & 5/19/17 (2nd Period). Your research paper should be a minimum of 2-3 pages, (double spaced, 12 point font, Times New Roman font), with 1 inch margins. The paper needs no fewer than three outside, scholarly sources (3-5 sources). Wikipedia is not a scholarly source! Be careful using sources that end in .com. Be sure it is a reliable source (check with me if you are unsure). If you are registered then use the codes below to access your class. DO NOT CUT AND PASTE YOUR PAPER. Upload your paper. (it will mess with your format if you cut and paste.) If you are not registered, come see me and I will help you register. Turnitin Codes: Biology Honors Period 1 Class code: 13742621 password: Osmosis Biology Honors Period 2 Class code: 13743227 password: Homeostasis 5/30/17 & 5/31/17 – Final Exam 5/25/17 & 5/26/17 – Review for Final Exam 5/24/17 -Review for Final Exam 5/22/17 & 5/23/17 – Finish Honors Presentations 5/18/17 & 5/19/17 – Honors Presentations 5/17/17 – 5/15/17 & 5/16/17 – Food Pyramid & Trophic Levels 5/11/17 & 5/12/17 – Invasive Species & Watched Invaders 5/10/17 – Finish Invasive Species Presentations 5/8/17 & 5/9/17 – Invasive Species Presentations 5/4/17 & 5/5/17 – Invasive Species Project 5/3/17 – Yellowstone Food Web Project 5/1/17 & 5/2/17 – Evolution Exam 4/27/17 & 4/28/17 – Review for Evolution Exam 4/26/17 – Natural Selection Review 4/24/17 & 4/25/17 – Modes of Natural Selection 4/20/17 & 4/21/17 – Population Genetics & Dogs Decoded 4/19/17 – Selection 4/17/17 & 4/18/17 – Evolution Video Lab & Primate Diet Article Review 4/13/17 & 4/14/17 – Hominid Migration 4/10/17 & 4/11/17 – Finish Hominid Projects & Begin Presentations 4/6/17 & 4/7/17 – Group Hominid Research Project 4/4/17 & 4/5/17 – Group Hominid Research Project 3/23/17 & 3/24/17 – The Dawn of Humanity 3/20/17 – Evolution & the Dawn of Humanity 3/16/17 & 3/17/17 – Evolution/Darwin Lecture & Create a Cladogram 3/15/17 – Taxonomy & Dichotomous Keys 3/13/17 & 3/14/17 – Exam #2 3/9/17 – Review for Exam 3/8/17 – Counselors College Planning 3/6/17 & 3/7/17 – Vitamin Lecture & Review for Exam 3/2/17 & 3/3/17 – Frog Dissection Lab 3/1/17 – Finish Honors Presentations 2/27/17 & 2/28/17 – Honors Presentations Honors Research Papers Due by 2/27/17 (1st Period) & 2/28/17 (2nd Period). Your research paper should be a minimum of 2-3 pages, (double spaced, 12 point font, Times New Roman font), with 1 inch margins. The paper needs no fewer than three outside, scholarly sources (3-5 sources). Wikipedia is not a scholarly source! Be careful using sources that end in .com. Be sure it is a reliable source (check with me if you are unsure). If you are registered then use the codes below to access your class. DO NOT CUT AND PASTE YOUR PAPER. Upload your paper. (it will mess with your format if you cut and paste.) If you are not registered, come see me and I will help you register. Turnitin Codes: Biology Honors Period 1 Class code: 13742621 password: Osmosis Biology Honors Period 2 Class code: 13743227 password: Homeostasis 2/23/17 & 2/24/17 – Virtual Frog Dissection 2/21/17 & 2/22/17 – Super Size Me & Discussion 2/16/17 & 2/17/17 – pH Lab 2/15/17 – pH Lecture 2/13/17 & 2/14/17 – Energy Drink Article Review 2/9/17 & 2/10/17 – Virtual Amylase Lab & Trans Fat Writing Assignment 2/8/17 – Continue Digestive System Notes 2/6/17 & 2/7/17 – Energy Bar Lab 2/1/17 & 2/2/17 – Macromolecules & Digestion 1/30/17 & 1/31/17 – Exam 1 1/26/17 & 1/27/17 -Review for Exam 1/26/17 & 1/27/17 – Sheep Heart Dissection Slides Due 1/25/17 – 1/23/17 & 1/24/17 – Sheep Heart Dissection 1/23/17 & 1/24/17 – Chicken Wing Dissection Lab Report Due 1/19/17 & 1/20/17 – Cow Heart Dissection 1/17/17 & 1/18/17 – Chicken Wing Dissection 1/12/16 & 1/13/16 – Skeletal System Article & Anatomical Coloring 1/12/16 & 1/13/16 – Pasta Bone Model Lab Report Due 1/11/16 – Skeletal System Notes 1/9/16 & 1/10/16 – Pasta Bone Model Lab 12/15/16 & 12/16/16 – Midterm Exam 12/14/16 – Exam Review 12/12/16 & 12/13/16 – Midterm Review 12/8/16 & 12/9/16 – Macromolecules 12/7/16 – Finish Honors Presentations 12/5/16 & 12/6/16 -Honors Presentations 12/1/16 & 12/2/16 – Muscle Physiology 11/30/16 – The Skeletal System 11/28/16 & 11/29/16 – The Muscular System & Muscle Fatigue Lab 11/17/16 & 11/18/16 – Exam #2 11/16/16 – Review for Exam 11/14/16 & 11/15/16 – Finish Birth Defect Presentations & Review for the Exam 11/10/16 & 11/11/16 – Present Birth Defect Group Projects 11/9/16 – Finish Birth Defect Group Projects 11/7/16 & 11/8/16 – Birth Defect Group Research Project 11/2/16 & 11/3/16 – Meiosis & Virtual Lab 11/2/16 & 11/3/16 – Cancer Article and Questions Due 10/31/16 & 11/1/16 – Cancer 10/31/16 & 11/1/16 – Mitosis Flipbooks Due 10/27/16 & 10/28/16 – NO SCHOOL!!! 10/26/16 – Finish Mitosis Flipbooks 10/24/16 & 10/25/16 – Mitosis Flipbooks 10/20/16 & 10/21/16 – Inside the Living body (1st Period) & TBA (2nd Period) 10/19/16 – The Cell Cycle 10/17/16 & 10/18/16 – Finish Honors Presentations (1st Period) & Inside the Living Body (2nd Period) Honors Research Papers Due by 10/10/16 (1st Period) & 10/11/16 (2nd Period). Your research paper should be a minimum of 2-3 pages, (double spaced, 12 point font, Times New Roman font), with 1 inch margins. The paper needs no fewer than three outside, scholarly sources (3-5 sources). Wikipedia is not a scholarly source! Be careful using sources that end in .com. Be sure it is a reliable source (check with me if you are unsure). If you are registered then use the codes below to access your class. DO NOT CUT AND PASTE YOUR PAPER. Upload your paper. (it will mess with your format if you cut and paste.) If you are not registered, come see me and I will help you register. Turnitin Codes: Biology Honors Period 1 Class code: 13742621 password: Osmosis Biology Honors Period 2 Class code: 13743227 password: Homeostasis 10/13/16 & 10/14/16 – Exam #1 10/12/16 – Finish Honors Presentations & Exam #1 Review 10/10/16 & 10/11/16 – Honors Presentations 10/6/16 & 10/7/16 – Finish Eggsmosis Lab 10/5/16 – Begin Eggsmosis Lab 10/3/16 & 10/4/16 – Animal Tissue & Eggsmosis Lab Set-up 9/29/16 & 9/30/16 – Plant Cell Plasmolysis 9/28/16 – Continue Microscope Lab 9/26/16 & 9/27/16 – Microscope Lab 9/22/16 & 9/23/16 – Plant Cells & Virtual Microscope Lab 9/21/16 – Eukaryopolis & Plant Osmosis Case Study 9/19/16 & 9/20/16 – Interactive Cell Lab 9/15/16 & 9/16/16 – Osmosis Lab Report Due 9/15/16 & 9/15/16 – Finish Osmosis Children’s Books 9/14/16 – Osmosis Children’s Book 9/12/16 & 9/13/16 – Finish Cell Notes & Begin Osmosis Book 9/8/16 & 9/9/16 – Finish Osmosis Lab 9/8/16 & 9/9/16 – Alka-Seltzer Lab Report Due 9/6/16 & 9/7/16 – The Cell & Begin Osmosis Lab 9/1/16 & 9/2/16 – Chemical Reaction Lab 9/1/16 & 9/2/16 – Penny Drop Lab Report Due 8/31/16 – Penny Drop Lab 8/29/16 & 8/30/16 – Scaled Timeline Activity 8/29/16 & 8/30/16 – Termite Lab Report Due 8/25/16 & 8/26/16 – Review the Scientific Method, Variables, & Lab Report Format 8/24/16 – Puzzle Activity 8/23/16 – Course Introduction & Group Work (Cups) Syllabus Lab Report Format Lab Report Grading Rubric Muscle Physiology Heart Dissection Review Pasta Lab Conclusion Exam 1 Study Guide Digestive System Virtual Frog Dissection Exam #2 Study Guide DNA Model Assignment Make sure you label the following structures on your DNA model: 1. Base Pairs: Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine 2. Deoxyribose 3. Phosphate Group 4. Hydrogen Bonds ****************IF YOU MISS AN EXAM (EXCUSED ABSENCE), YOU HAVE TWO DAYS TO MAKE IT UP OR YOU WILL RECEIVE A ZERO************************** Final Exam on 5/31/16 & 6/1/16 5/26/16 & 5/27/16 – Review for Final Exam 5/25/16 – Review for Final Exam 5/23/16 & 5/24/16 – Review for Final Exam 5/20/16 – DNA Sequencing 5/18/16 & 5/19/16 – Honors Presentations 5/16/16 & 5/17/16 – Honors Presentations 5/12/16 & 5/13/16 – Troubled Waters Ecology Documentary 5/11/16 – Invasive Species 5/9/16 & 5/10/16 -Yellowstone Food Web Project 5/5/16 & 5/6/16 – Finish Ecology Group Presentations 5/4/16 – Ecology Group Project Presentations 5/2/16 & 5/3/16 – Ecology Group Project Presentations 4/28/16 & 4/29/16 – Ecology Group Projects 4/27/16 – Ecology Group Projects 4/25/16 & 4/26/16 – Ecology Group Projects 4/21/16 & 4/22/16 – Watch Babies, discuss, and answer questions 4/20/16 – Finish DNA Independent Unit Assignments 4/19/16 – DNA Vocabulary & Catch up day 4/18/16 – DNA Model Assignment & DNA Vocabulary Define the attached DNA related terms in YOUR OWN WORDS. Do NOT use dictionary definitions! DNA Vocabulary 4/14/16 & 4/15/16 – Finish mitosis and meiosis notes & flipbooks. Complete the Mitosis Worksheet on my website. Answer in complete sentences! Mitosis Worksheet 4/12/16 & 4/13/16 – Research mitosis and meiosis on the chromebooks including each step of each process (pictures will help). TAKE NOTES on each stage of mitosis and meiosis. You are to make 2 separate flipbooks (one for Mitosis and one for Meiosis). Include color! In your flipbooks, describe the steps within each of the processes. YOU MUST HAVE A PAGE OF YOUR FLIPBOOK DEDICATED TO EACH STEP IN THE MITOSIS/MEIOSIS PROCESS WITH A WRITTEN EXPLANATION!! 4/7/16 & 4/8/16 – Finish DNA Origami (The sub should have the sheets and the instructions are on my website). Once you complete your origami work on James Watson’s Letter Home to Mom 4/6/16 – Research DNA & Begin Constructing DNA Origami DNA Origami Example DNA Origami Instructions Folding Instructions 4/4/16 & 4/5/16 – 4/4/16 & 4/5/16 3/25/16 – NOVA ‘Cracking Your Genetic Code’ 3/23/16 & 3/24/16 – SNOW DAYS!!! 3/21/16 & 3/22/16 – Contraception Brochure 3/17/16 & 3/18/16 – Reproductive Hormones & Life’s Greatest Miracle 3/16/16 – Review Exam #2 & Continue with the Reproductive System 3/14/16 & 3/15/16 – Reproduction Exam #2 on 3/10/16 & 3/11/16 3/9/16 – Review for Exam #2 3/7/16 & 3/8/16 – Photosynthetic Brochure & Begin Study Guide for Exam #2 3/3/16 & 3/4/16 – Honors Presentations 3/1/16 & 3/2/16 – Honors Presentations Frog Dissection Lab Packet Due on 3/1/16 & 3/2/16 2/25/16 & 2/26/16 – Frog Dissection Lab 2/24/16 – Plant Energy Transport 2/22/16 & 2/23/16 – Virtual Frog Dissection Lab 2/18/16 & 2/19/16 – Energy Bar Lab 2/16/16 & 2/17/16 – Vitamin Lecture & Energy Bar Assignment Super Size Me Response Due on 2//16/16 & 2/17/16 2/11/16 & 2/12/16 – Macromolecules & Finish Super Size Me Online Digestive System Activity Due on 2/11/16 & 2/12/16 2/10/16 – Online Digestive System Activity 2/8/16 & 2/9/16 – Super Size Me Exam #1 on 2/4/16 & 2/5/16 2/3/16 – Review for Exam #1 2/1/16 & 2/2/16 – Finish Digestive Disorder Presentations & Complete Exam #1 Study Guide 1/28/16 & 1/29/16 – Digestive Disorder Project Presentations 1/27/16 – Digestive Disorder Project 1/25/16 & 1/26/16 – Digestive System Lecture & Digestive Disorder Project Pasta Bone Model Lab Report Due on 1/28/16 & 1/29/16 1/21/16 & 1/22/16 – Pasta Bone Model Lab Chicken Wing Dissection Lab Report Due on 1/25/16 & 1/26/16 1/19/16 & 1/20/16 – Chicken Wing Dissection Lab 1/14/16 & 1/15/16 – Skeletal System Lecture 1/13/16 – Muscle Fatigue Lab Cow Heart Lab Worksheet Due 1/13/16 1/11/16 & 1/12/16 – Cow Heart Dissection Lab 1/7/16 & 1/8/16 – Muscle Physiology Online Activity 1/6/16 – The Muscular System Final Exam – 12/16/15 & 12/17/15 12/14/15 & 12/15/15 – Play Midterm Review Board Games 12/10/15 & 12/11/15 – Turn in Lung Art (Periods 2 & 8) & Create Midterm Review Board Game 12/9/15 – Turn in Feedback Mechanism Questions (Periods 1, 3, & 5) & Complete Study Guide 12/7/15 & 12/8/15 – Turn in Lung Art (Periods 1, 3, & 5) & Research Sickle Cell Anemia 12/3/15 & 12/4/15 – Finish Honors Paper Presentations 12/2/15 – Honors Paper Presentations 11/30/15 & 12/1/15 – The Immune System Lecture & Vaccine Documentary 11/19/15 & 11/20/15 – Organ System Lecture Lab Report #8 Due (Heart Rate Lab) on 11/19/15 & 11/20/15 11/18/15 – Heart Rate Lab Follow up 11/16/15 & 11/17/15 – Finish Circulatory System Questions & Heart Rate and Respiration Lab 11/12/15 & 11/13/15 – Finish Children’s Books & The Circulatory System 11/11/15 – Osmosis Children’s Book Exam #2 11/9/15 & 11/10/15 11/5/16 & 11/6/15 – Exam #2 Review 11/3/15 & 11/4/15 – Vertebrate Tissues and Organ Systems & begin ‘Inside the Living Body’ 10/29/15 & 10/30/15 – Plant Cell Microscope Lab 10/28/15 – Leaf Structure 10/26/15 & 10/27/15 – Plant Cell Microscope Lab Lab Report #7 Due (Cell Model Lab) on 10/22/15 & 10/23/15 10/22/15 & 10/23/15 – Virtual Microscope 10/21/15 – Microscope Lab (Epithelial Cheek Cell) 10/15/15 & 10/16/15 – Cell Model Lab 10/14/15 – Honors Research Paper Presentations & Review Honors Research Papers Due on 10/14/15 Lab Report #6 (Eggs-periment Lab) Due on 10/14/15 10/12/15 & 10/13/15 – Finish Cell Notes & Interactive Cell Lab 10/8/15 & 10/9/15 – Finish Homeostasis Lab (Eggs-periment Lab) Lab Report #5 (Osmosis Lab) Due 10/8/15 & 10/9/15 10/7/15 – Homeostasis Lab (Eggs-periment Lab) 10/5/15 & 10/6/15 – Osmosis Lab Hominid Group Research Paper and Presentation Due 10/1/15 & 10/2/15 9/28/15 – 10/2/15 – Hominid Group Research Project 9/24/15 & 9/25/15 – Exam #1 & Homo naledi video Lab Report #4 (Adhesion/Cohesion Lab) Due 9/24/15 & 9/25/15 9/23/15 – Exam #1 Review 9/21/15 & 9/22/15 – Biological Classification & Exam #1 Review 9/17/15 & 9/18/15 – Evolutionary Changes in Primates Lab 9/16/15 – Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium Lab Report #3 (Radiometric Dating Lab) Due 9/14/15 & 9/15/15 9/14/15 & 9/15/15 – Population Genetics 9/10/15 & 9/11/15 – Radiometric Dating Lab Lab Report #2 (Alka-Seltzer Lab) Due 9/8/15 & 9/9/15 9/3/15 & 9/4/15 – Evolution lecture and Alka-Seltzer lab 9/2/15 – Review lab report formatting and lab report grading rubric 8/31/15 & 9/1/15 – Scaled Timeline Activity & Cosmos Lab Report #1 (Termite Lab) Due 8/31/15 & 9/1/15 8/27/15 & 8/28/15 – Review Independent/Dependent Variables & Termite Lab 8/26/15 – Pythagorean Puzzle Activity 8/25/15 – Course Introduction Welcome to Biology at Denver School of the Arts! In this course, we will study living things and their processes. Throughout this course, students will analyze and explain the nature of science in the search for understanding the natural world. Students will also practice the application of technology, laboratory techniques, scientific tools, and critical thought skills in solving scientific problems. Students will focus on the biological structures and their functions at multiple levels of organization in living things, as well as explore the patterns, processes, and systems within biology. As scientific learners, students will collect and analyze data, interpret results, draw conclusions, and communicate their findings. Throughout the course, students will work both independently and collaboratively, in a laboratory based classroom with an active learner approach. The goal for the course is for students to gain a more meaningful understanding of the living world around them as well as a deeper appreciation of their role in it.
