Week 1 7/24-7/28
Mon: Welcome
Tue: Safety Rules
Wed/Thu: Science Pre-Test
Fri: Science Safety Test
Week 2 7/31-8/4
Mon: What is Science
Tue: Scientific inquiry
Wed/Thu Understanding Science/Lab: Tootsie Pop
Fri: Chapter 1 Review
Week 3 8/7-8/11
Mon: Exam 1 Intro Life Science
Tue: What is Life?
Wed/Thu Classifying Organisms/Lab: Classification
Fri: Discovering Cells
Week 4 8/14-8/18
Mon: Looking Inside Cells
Tue: Lab: Microscopes/Cell Sketch
Wed/Thu Chapter 2 Review/Exam 2 Living Things
Fri: Chemical Composition of Cells
Week 5 8/21-8/25
Mon: The Cell in Its Environment
Tue: Photosynthesis
Wed/Thu Respiration/Cell Division
Fri: Chapter 3 Review
Week 6 8/28-9/1
Mon: Lab 103: Multiplying by Dividing
Tue: Exam 3: Cell Processes & Energy
Wed/Thu Mendel's Work/Lab 117: Class Survey
Fri: Probability
Week 7 9/4-9/8
Mon: No School Labor Day
Tue: The Cell and Inheritance
Wed/Thu Lab 124: Make a Call/DNA Connection
Fri: Lab: Building DNA
Week 8 9/11-9/15
Mon Chapter 4 Review
Tues Exam 4: The Science of Heredity
Wed/Thu Human Inheritance/Human Genetic Disorders
Fri Lab 146: Family Puzzle
Week 9 9/18-9/22
Mon: Advances in Genetics
Tue: Chapter 5 Review
Wed/Thu Exam 5: Modern Genetics/Darwin's Theory
Fri: Evidence of Evolution
Week 10 9/25-9/29
Mon: The Fossil Record
Tue: Lab 180: Nature At Work
Wed/Thu: Review Chapter 6/Exam 6: Changes Over Time
Fri:
Week 11 10/16-10/20
Mon: Exam: Science Safety Rules
Tue: Virus
Wed/Thu: Bacteria/Protists
Fri: Fungi
Week 12 10/23-10/27
Mon: Lab: Microorganisms
Tue: Chapter 7 Review
Wed/Thu: Exam 7: Viruses, Bacteria, Protist and Fungi/The Plant Kingdom
Fri: Plants Without Seeds
Week 13 10/30-11/3
Mon: Characteristics of Seed Plants
Tue: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms
Wed/Thu: Lab 282: A Close Look At Flowers/Plant Responses and Growth
Fri: Chapter 8 Review
Week 14 11/6-11/10
Mon: Exam 8: Plants
Tue: What is An Animal
Wed/Thu: Animal Symmetry/Sponges and Cnidarians
Fri: No School Veteran's Day
Week 15 11/13-11/17
Mon: Worms
Tue: Lab 321: Earthworm Responses
Wed/Thu: Chapter 9 Review/Exam 9: Sponges, Cnidarians and Worms
Fri: Mollusks
Week 16 11/27-12/1
Mon: Echinoderms
Tue: Arthropods
Wed/Thu: Insects/Lab: Arthropods Vs Insects
Fri: Insect Ecology
Week 17 12/4-12/8
Mon: Chapter 10 Review
Tue: Exam 10: Mollusks, Arthropods and Echinoderms
Wed/Thu: Vertebrates/Fish
Fri: Amphibians
Mon: Chapter 10 Review
Tue: Exam 10: Mollusks, Arthropods and Echinoderms
Wed/Thu: Vertebrates/Fish
Fri: Amphibians
Week 18 12/11-12/15
Mon: Reptiles
Tue: Vertebrates in Rock
Wed/Thu: Lab: Frog Dissection
Fri: Chapter 11 Review
Week 19 12/18-12/21
Mon: Exam 11: Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles
Tue: Finals Review
Wed/Thu: Final Exam: 1-12
Fri: No School Winter Break
Week 20 1/8-1/12
Mon: No School Teacher In Service
Tue: Science Safety
Wed/Thu: Pre Exam 2
Fri: Science Safety Exam
Mon: Reptiles
Tue: Vertebrates in Rock
Wed/Thu: Lab: Frog Dissection
Fri: Chapter 11 Review
Week 19 12/18-12/21
Mon: Exam 11: Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles
Tue: Finals Review
Wed/Thu: Final Exam: 1-12
Fri: No School Winter Break
Week 20 1/8-1/12
Mon: No School Teacher In Service
Tue: Science Safety
Wed/Thu: Pre Exam 2
Fri: Science Safety Exam
Week 21 1/15-1/19
Mon: No School Civil Rights Day
Tue: Birds
Wed/Thu The Physic of Bird Flight/Mammals
Fri: Chapter 12 Review
Week 22 1/22-1/26
Mon: Exam 12: Birds and Mammals
Tue: What is Behavior?
Wed/Thu Lab 443: Become a Learning Detective/Patterns of Behavior
Fri: Tracking Migrations/Film "Earth"
Mon: No School Civil Rights Day
Tue: Birds
Wed/Thu The Physic of Bird Flight/Mammals
Fri: Chapter 12 Review
Week 22 1/22-1/26
Mon: Exam 12: Birds and Mammals
Tue: What is Behavior?
Wed/Thu Lab 443: Become a Learning Detective/Patterns of Behavior
Fri: Tracking Migrations/Film "Earth"
Week 23 1/29-2-2
Mon: Film "Earth"
Tue: Chapter 13 Review
Wed/Thu: Exam 13: Animal Behavior/Body Organization and Homeostasis
Fri: Skeletal System
Mon: Film "Earth"
Tue: Chapter 13 Review
Wed/Thu: Exam 13: Animal Behavior/Body Organization and Homeostasis
Fri: Skeletal System
Week 24 2/5-2/9
Mon: Muscular System
Tue: Skin
Wed/Thu: Lab 487: A Look Beneath the Skin/Chapter 14 Review
Fri: Exam 14: Bones, Muscles and Skin
Mon: Muscular System
Tue: Skin
Wed/Thu: Lab 487: A Look Beneath the Skin/Chapter 14 Review
Fri: Exam 14: Bones, Muscles and Skin
Week 25 2/12-2/16
Mon: Food and Energy
Tue: Digestion Begins
Wed/Thu: Final Digestion and Absorption/Lab 515: Raisin' a Raisin
Fri: Chapter 15 Review
Mon: Food and Energy
Tue: Digestion Begins
Wed/Thu: Final Digestion and Absorption/Lab 515: Raisin' a Raisin
Fri: Chapter 15 Review
Week 26 2/19-2/23
Mon: No School Presidents Day
Tue: Exam 15: Food and Digestion
Wed/Thu: The Body's Transport System/Lab: Heart Sketch
Fri: Lab 545: Heart Beat
Mon: No School Presidents Day
Tue: Exam 15: Food and Digestion
Wed/Thu: The Body's Transport System/Lab: Heart Sketch
Fri: Lab 545: Heart Beat