Monday – August 18^th	Enjoy the last few days of summer!
Tuesday – August 19^th	Go to bed early! See you in the morning!
Wednesday – August 20^th	First day of school! Go over classroom procedures; “What You Don’t Know About Me” game
Thursday – August 21^st	Science Bias wkst; Procedures quiz; HAND-OUTS: Syllabus; Parent Signature and NCBT Waiver; Safety Rules hand-out (Quiz tomorrow)
Friday – August 22^nd	UnSafety Scene; Safety Quiz; Lab Equipment hand-out and classification
Announcements for this week	Welcome to the Mid-High!

Monday – August 25^th	Open House Tonight 5-7pm; Textbooks checked out; Wordles Puzzle; Metrics Prefixes Notes;
Tuesday – August 26^th	Vocab Classification; Predicting Temperature Changes Lab; HW Using Measuring Devices Wkst
Wednesday – August 27^th	Vocabulary Review for test
Thursday – August 28^th	Review for Intro Unit test tomorrow; STUDY TONIGHT!
Friday – August 29^th	Current Event due; Intro Unit Test; Hypothesis vs Prediction vocab wkst;
Announcements for this week	Current events due this week; Intro Unit Test Friday

Monday – September 1^st	LABOR DAY - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday – September 2^nd	Newsletter; Intro to Process unit vocabulary; Retest on Monday
Wednesday – September 3^rd	Vocab due; Hypothesis vs Prediction wkst; Microscope Magnificiation and Scaled Drawings wkst
Thursday – September 4^th	Grade wkst; Hypothesis bellwork wkst
Friday – September 5^th	LAB: Take photos of lab equipment and write test questions for use on Monday’s test
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Monday – September 8^th	Bellwork: Notes on Atoms, Elements, Compounds; Retest on Intro to Process unit; Vocab wkst on Indpendent vs. Dependent variables and Control group vs. Experimental Groups
Tuesday – September 9^th	Cell Unit Vocabulary; Redi’s experiment wkst; go over again the hypothesis bellwork wkst
Wednesday – September 10^th	Vocab due; Osmosis vs Diffusion Notes wkst
Thursday – September 11^th	Go over notes wkst; Demos on Osmosis and Diffusion; Osmosis vs. Diffusion vocab wkst
Friday – September 12^th	Acids and Bases notes; Prediction of Osmosis in eggs lab?
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Monday – September 15^th	Farmer Brown Pre-Lab Questionairre; Finish going over Osmosis and Diffusion Notes wkst; Demo: Semi-permeable membrane (cornstarch and iodine)
Tuesday – September 16^th	Go over results of demo; Osmosis in Eggs Lab (in class)
Wednesday – September 17^th	LAB: Farmer Brown Lab (Immunnoassay); gather day 2 data for egg lab
Thursday – September 18^th	Go over Lab results for Farmer Brown and Egg Lab
Friday – September 19^th	Farmer Brown Post Test; Organic Compounds Notes wkst; Organic Compound Concept Map
Announcements for this week	TEST Wednesday!

Monday – September 22^nd	Grade Organic Compound Concept Map; Get Cell Notes wkst
Tuesday – September 23^rd	Work on Notes Wkst for 30 min; Go over a few parts
Wednesday – September 24^th	Cell Unit Test; Start Book Review for Benchmark
Thursday – September 25^th	Book Review for Benchmark Continued
Friday – September 26^th	Benchmark #1: Cells
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Monday – September 29^th	SUB: Cell Review Wkst; Cell Labeling; Finish up vocabulary
Tuesday – September 30^th	Vocab wkst: Pro vs. Eukaryotic cells; Vocab due; Finish sub packet
Wednesday – October 1^st	Grade sub wkst; Surface Area to Volume Ratio notes; Newsletter; Cell Unit Retest
Thursday – October 2^nd	See test scores; Ch 6 St 1 Notes wkst; Begin Karyotyping Lab
Friday – October 3^rd	Review vocabulary as it applies to karyotypes; Worksheet follow-up questions on karyotypes
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Monday – October 6^th	5^th hour Assembly; Finish up karyotype lab questions
Tuesday – October 7^th	SUB: Active Reading wkst packet Ch 6 and 7
Wednesday – October 8^th	Grade sub wkst packet; Discussion questions on karyotyping lab; Lab due (except 5^th hour)
Thursday – October 9^th	Grade sub wkst packet (5^th hour); Notes on mitosis vs. meiosis
Friday – October 10^th	Vocab wkst: Mitosis vs. Meiosis; Diagnose karyotype child’s disorder; Review for 9 wks test
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Monday – October 13^th	1^st, 3^rd, and 5^th hour 9 weeks test
Tuesday – October 14^th	2^nd, 4^th, and 6^th hour 9 weeks test
Wednesday – October 15^th	FALL BREAK - NO SCHOOL
Thursday – October 16^th	FALL BREAK – NO SCHOOL
Friday – October 17^th	FALL BREAK – NO SCHOOL
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Monday – October 20^th	Read Ch 9 Section 1; Do the 4 vocab terms and the section review questions (1-6) on page 193
Tuesday – October 21^st	Vocab Quiz #1; Grade St 1 Review; Ch 9 St 1 wksts; Parent Teacher Conferences (4-7:30 pm)
Wednesday – October 22^nd	Grade wksts; Vocab Quiz #2; Read Ch 9 St 2; Do five vocab terms and section review page 197 (#1-6)
Thursday – October 23^rd	Grade section review; Ch 9 St 2 wksts; Due at the end of the hour? May build a DNA molecule? Parent Teacher Conferences (4-7:30 pm)
Friday – October 24^th	NO SCHOOL
Announcements for this week	I will be leaving at 6:30 for my children’s conferences on Thursday evening. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Monday – October 27^th	Build a DNA model out of paper nucleotides
Tuesday – October 28^th	Go over base pairing rules; Complete the complementary strand of DNA; Ch 9 st 3 wksts; Vocab Quiz #3; 5^th hour – Grade st 2 wksts also
Wednesday – October 29^th	Grade st 3 wksts; Notes: comparing DNA and RNA; Transcription and translation; Concept Mapping wkst packet
Thursday – October 30^th	Grade packet; Test Prep wkst packet as review for test
Friday – October 31^st	DNA test; Heredity Unit 2.2 vocabulary assigned
Announcements for this week	Current events due this week for BONUS

Monday – November 3^rd	Vocab due; Ch 10 St 1 notes and wksts
Tuesday – November 4^th	Grade wkst; Ch 10 St 2 wksts
Wednesday – November 5^th	SUB: Protein Synthesis Wkst and flip book
Thursday – November 6^th	Grade St 2 wksts and Protein Synthesis wkst; Begin paperwork for the Goody Bag Lab
Friday – November 7^th	Goody Bag Lab and Mutations wkst
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Monday – November 10^th	Heredity 2.2 Notes and vocabulary; Dog Called Spot wkst; Human Characteristics wkst; Dog Heredity wkst; (these are designed to be used as notes, but I may take them up for a grade); Vocab wkst as bellwork
Tuesday – November 11^th	How to do Punnett squares notes and wkst; Pun. Sq. Practice wkst; Different Rules wkst
Wednesday – November 12^th	Heredity Unit Benchmark; Blood type wkst as bellwork
Thursday – November 13^th	LAB: Rebops (Marshmallow genetics)
Friday – November 14^th	SUB: Rebop lab follow up questions; Begin pedigrees
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Monday – November 17^th
Tuesday – November 18^th
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Thursday – November 20^th
Friday – November 21^st
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Monday – November 24^th
Tuesday – November 25^th	Benchmark #3: Biodiversity
Wednesday – November 26^th	THANKSGIVING BREAK – NO SCHOOL
Thursday – November 27^th	THANKSGIVING BREAK – NO SCHOOL
Friday – November 28^th	THANKSGIVING BREAK – NO SCHOOL
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Monday – December 15^th
Tuesday – December 16^th
Wednesday – December 17^th
Thursday – December 18^th	Semester Tests: 1^st, 3^rd, and 5^th Hours
Friday – December 19^th	Semester Tests: 2^nd, 4^th, and 6^th Hours
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Wednesday – January 14^th	Benchmark #4: Interdependence of Organisms
Thursday – January 15^th
Friday – January 16^th
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Monday – January 19^th	MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY – NO SCHOOL
Tuesday – January 20^th
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Thursday – January 22^nd
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Monday – January 26^th
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Friday – January 30^th
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Monday – February 2^nd
Tuesday – February 3^rd	Parent Teacher Conferences (4-7 pm)
Wednesday – February 4^th
Thursday – February 5^th	Parent Teacher Conferences (4-7 pm)
Friday – February 6^th	NO SCHOOL
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Monday – February 23^rd
Tuesday – February 24^th
Wednesday – February 25^th	Benchmark #5: Matter, Energy, and Organization in Living Systems
Thursday – February 26^th
Friday – February 27^th
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Monday – March 2^nd

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Monday – March 9^th

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Friday – March 13^th