August 25-29

Monday:

• Finish dodecahedron presentations
• Hand out Instructor's Info sheet
• Students sign up to follow me via blog
• Discuss Chapter 1 (RED SCOUR)

Tuesday:

• Absent students presented their dodecahedrons
• PowerPoint lecture over sections 1.2 (Redi, Needham, Spallanzani, Pasteur) 1.3 (RED SCOUR: 8 characteristics of living things and levels of organization) 1.4 (common metric units)
• Study for Wednesday's quiz over RED SCOUR and the common metric units table on page 24

Wednesday:

• Chapter 1 Quiz #3 RED SCOUR and the common metric units

Thursday: I AM OUT

• Class time to work on Chapter 2; sections 2,3 and 4 (RNV-reading, notes, vocabulary)

Friday:

• PowerPoint lecture over the first half of section 2.1
• Finish the remaining notes for all of Chapter 2 over the weekend

August 18-22

Mon:

• Work on dodecahedrons during class

Tue:

• Chapter 1 Vocabulary Quiz #1
• Work on dodecahedrons during class

Wed:

• Chapter 1 Quiz #2
• Work on dodecahedrons during class

Thur: OPEN HOUSE, 6 pm-8 pm

• Chapter 1 Quiz #3
• Chapter 1 Quiz #2 (pg. 21 Levels of Organization)
• Dodecahedron presentations

Fri: 

• Dodecahedron presentations

August 6 and 8/ August 11-15

Wednesday 8/6:

• First day packets
• Schedules

Friday 8/8:

• Flinn Lab Safety Sheet handed out
• Student Safety Contract handed out
• Classroom jobs and procedures covered
• Freshmen Tips PowerPoint

Monday 8/11:

• Flinn Safety Sheet due 
• Student Safety Contract due
• Location of safety equipment and safety procedures discussed in class
• Passed out textbooks

Tuesday 8/12:

• Lab Safety Test

Wednesday 8/13:

• Lab Safety Test corrected and filed in student folders

Thursday and Friday 8/14-15:

• Group work (Worksheets on data collection, graphing, creating tables, lab drawings and interpreting/analyzing data)
• Note Taking PowerPoint 
• HW: Chapter 1 Reading, Notes and Vocabulary (RNV)...due Monday

2014-2015 Honors Biology Supply and Wish Lists

Class Supplies Needed:

· 3 ring binder (1-inch) and 2 composition notebooks (any color)

· External drive (example: thumb drive/flash drive)

· Assortment of colored pens (black and standard blue for assignments…red, purple, green, etc. for grading)

· # 2 pencils

· Colored pencils

· Loose leaf notebook paper

· Sharpies (dark colors)

Wish List Items:

· Kleenex (really needed)

· Hand soap (really needed)

· Paper towels (really needed)

· Sanitizing wipes (really needed)

Remember:

ü  Wednesday, August 6, 2014 –First day of school, ½ day

ü  Thursday, August 7, 2014- NO SCHOOL

ü  Friday, August 8, 2014- First full day of school