Week of Jan - 9 - 16

Date	Classwork	Eval	Homework	Assessment Criteria
Jan 9	Explain: Part 1 - Pages 404-12, P/P 1=6, Page 412, S/T 1-3		Build a DNA Molecule - Due January 20	Describe how DNA molecules are long chains linking four subunits (smaller molecules) whose sequence encodes genetic information.
12	Explain: Part 2, Pages 413-417, p/p 1-4,		Page 417, R/C 1-5 Personal Responsibility: Sidebar Read and list the major events in the discovery of DNA	Describe and modelthe process of mitosis, in which one cell divides, producing two cells, each with copies of both chromosomes from each pair in the   original cell
13	Pipette Practice
14	Dye Lab - Electrophoresis practice			Choose the best solution for a problem, create a model or drawing of the final design, and devise a way to test it.
15	Dye Lab results

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Next Generation Performance Expectation for Unit: Students who demonstrate understanding can:

HS-LS1-1.

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the structure of DNA determines the structure of proteins which carry out the essential functions of life through systems of specialized cells.

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.

Week of January 5 - 9

Date	Classwork	Eval	Homework	Assessment Criteria
Jan 5	Engage: Pages 396-398, P/P 1-7		R/C Page 398, 1-3 & 5
6	Video - Curing Cancer - Record 10 Interesting Ideas. Use these ideas to complete homework reflection.		Write a reflection about the video the describes ways that scientific ideas have influenced society. What are some questions that scientists investigate that are stimulated by needs of society?	Describe ways that scientific ideas have influenced society or the development of differing cultures. List questions that scientists investigate that are stimulated by the needs of society (e.g., medical research, global climate change).
7/8	Explore: Pages 399- 402, P/P 1-7, Page 402, S/T 1&2, Pages 402-404, P/P 1-3, Page 404, R/C 1 & 2		None - Turn in Notebook	Describe how DNA molecules are long chains linking four subunits (smaller molecules) whose sequence encodes genetic information.

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Next Generation Performance Expectation for Unit: Students who demonstrate understanding can:

HS-LS1-1.

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the structure of DNA determines the structure of proteins which carry out the essential functions of life through systems of specialized cells.

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.

Week of Dec. 15 - 19

Date	Classwork	Eval	Homework	Assessment Criteria
Dec. 15	Tasting Lab Conclusion, Constraints, Peer Review and Share Out		Review for test Part II pages 385-386, P/P 1-3 R/C page 386, 1-3	Evaluate the solution(s) with respect to criteria on which to judge success and/or constraints (i.e., limitations) on the solution(s)
16	Eval - Pages 387-389, P/P 1-9 (on separate paper)		Prepare for test Review	Review of all Genetics Assessment Criteria
17/18	Learning to use Electrophoresis equipment (on worksheet)		Prepare for test	Identify the components, boundaries, flows, and/or feedbacks of a given system
19	Genetics Test		No Homework	Have a wonderful Winter Break!

Week of Dec 5 - Dec 11

Date	Classwork	Eval	Homework	Assessment Criteria
Dec. 5	Research Ideas about Genetics and Food Preferences		Continue research Work on Genetics poster	Generate questions that could be investigated scientifically.
8	Design Test to determine if Genetics influences food preferences		Finish design Work on Genetics poster	Describe an appropriate type of investigation for a given investigative question
9	Design and build food testing station		Finish food testing station. Work on Genetics poster	.
10/11	Carry out food testing exploration		Turn in notebook Genetics poster dur on Dec. 12	Conduct a scientific investigation, choosing a method appropriate to the question being asked

Weeks of Nov 24 - Dec. 4

Date		Classwork	Eval	Homework	Assessment Criteria
Nov. 24		Blood Typing Notes and Worksheet		Finish worksheet, Review for quiz Personal Responsibility: Read Careers, pages 377-378, In your notebook record several areas where there are jobs in genetics	Predict the outcome of specific genetic crosses involving two characteristics
25		Dihybrid Crosses		Poster Assignment – Due Dec. 12
26		Quiz		None
Dec. 1		All About Alleles Par t II: pages 372-376, P/P 1-4		P/R Bring in food for food drive!!!	Describe the process of fertilization that restores the original chromosome number while reshuffling the genetic information, allowing for variation among offspring
Dec. 2		All About Alleles Par t II: pages 372-376, P/P 5-9, R/C, page 376, 1-4
Dec. 3/4		Inheritance Patterns, Part I - Pages 379-384, P/P 1-8, S&T, 1-4, Page 384		None – Turn in Homework

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Week of Nov 14 - 21

Date	Classwork	Eval	Homework	Assessment criteria
Nov. 14	How do We Get Our Traits, Cont.: Pages 354, P/P 7-9		Stop and Think Part 1, Page 363, 1 & 2	Describe and model the process of meiosis in which egg and sperm cells are formed with only one set of chromosomes from each parent. Model and explain the process of genetic recombination that may occur during meiosis and how this then results in differing characteristics in offspring. Describe the process of fertilization that restores the original chromosome number while reshuffling the genetic information, allowing for variation among offspring
17	Modeling Meiosis, Page 363 –365 P/P all		Page 365 – R/C 1-4	As Above
18	Explain – all about Alleles, page 369-371, P/P 1 – 4,		Page  371 S/T 1-2	As Above
19	Practice with Punnett Squares			As Above
20/21	DVD: Why Sex - Record 10 new or interesting ideas		No homework - Turn in notebook

Week of Nov. 7 - 13

Date	Classwork	Eval	Homework	Assessment Criteria
Nov. 7	Part II: Mating game Part II- Pages 344-346, P/P 1-7 & R/C 1-4		page 346 Finish R/C 1-4	Describe the process offertilization that restores the original chromosome number while reshuffling the genetic information, allowing for variation among offspring
Nov. 10	Explain: How do we get our traits? Pages 346-353 P/P1-6		Personal Responsibility: FYI page 354 Describe the difference between sexual and asexual reproduction
Nov. 12/13	Activity Explain Continued: Page354,P/P 7-9, Stop and Think Part 1 1-2		None Turn in Notebook	Describe and model the process of meiosis in which egg and sperm cells are formed with only one set of chromosomes from each parent. Model and explain the process of genetic recombination that may occur during meiosis and how this then results in differing characteristicsin offspring.

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