Week of Feb. 13 - 19

Date	Classroom	Eval	Homework	State Assessment criteria
Feb. 13	Prepare for test		Prepare for test	All for chapter
17	Take Test		No homework
18/19	Design and set up plant growing experiment Big Idea and Background: Procedures Write up		No homework, Turn in notebook	Describe a plan to answer a given question for a controlled experiment with the following attributes: · At least two controlled variables · One manipulated (independent) variable with three or more conditions · One responding (dependent) variable · Experimental control condition, when appropriate · Additional validity measure · Data to be gathered and recorded from multiple trials · Logical steps

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Next Gen Standards:

HS-LS2-5.	Develop a model to illustrate the role of photosynthesis and cellular respiration in the cycling of carbon among the biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere
HS-LS3-1.	Ask questions to clarify relationships about the role of DNA and chromosomes in coding the instructions for characteristic traits passed from parents to offspring
HS-LS4-5.	Evaluate the evidence supporting claims that changes in environmental conditions may result in: (1) increases in the number of individuals of some species, (2) the emergence of new species over time, and (3) the extinction of other species.

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