HOMEWORK

1st Trimester
Date Due Assignment
9-10 LAB MATERIALS  AND BEGIN WRITE UP.
9-12 Rough draft of labs due - the helper sheet
9-13 Final draft of lab due
9-14

No Homework
9-19 Research paper 1st draft and websites are due on Monday 9-24 with 1/2 an hour devoted to finalizing website during class.
10-01

First drafts of essays will be handed back today.  Please revise and ask Beth for any help with essays BEFORE the final due date.

We will be going to the Rec Center today to study and compare the speed of sound in water, air, and land.  This lab write-up/reflection will be due on Wednesday.

Please note: any website not completed by 9-30 will receive 1 grade drop per day late.

Start studying for wave test on Wed 10-4

10-03 Speed of sound in water, air, and land write up due along with Q 1 & 2 from p. 389 in Conceptual Physics handout under Think and Solve.
10-3 Test on Waves
10-04 Final draft of essay due.  Make sure your first draft is stapled to your final.
10-05 Mountain Day!
10-08

Any lingering essays are to be handed in today.

Tests handed back and test corrections are due by the end of class.

Discussion on waves

10-09 Light lab in class--make sure it is handed in by end of class!
10-10 Review of light waves
10-11

Antioch students present on sound and the ear. Bill and Katie gave homework to finish the last questions in the packets.

10-12 Begin 9 Stations on sound exploration and continue on Monday.  Please note that if you didn't get to answer the questions in each station, I welcome you to revisit it over the weekend, and there will be additional time in class on Monday.
10-15 Finish stations. If you have more work to do on answering each of the questions, please complete them for homework.
10-16 Revew for Wednesday's Test which will be on light and sound waves.  Complete vocabulary sheet and crossword puzzle.
10-17

(NOTE: Test on light and sound waves is moved to next week!)

Present in groups on your assigned vocabulary words. Design a musical instrument, optical illusion or model of the ear homework!

10-22 Continue sound vocabulary presentations. Present designs!
10-23 Review for light/sound test. Light/Sound Vocabulary presentations, cont.
10-24 Light/Sound Test!
10-25 Antioch students present 'what is a good poster' and Compass students evaluate their poster presentations in preparation for making their own presentations.
10-26 Review expectations for final poster portfolio exhibition (see handouts for a digital copy of this).  Work on poster portfolio exhibition.

10-29-

10-31

 

Work on poster portfolio exhibition in class. DUE AT THE END OF CLASS!

You will be graded on:  

  • the overall quality of your 3 pieces of work,
  • the graphic quality of your exhibition,
  • the depth of your reflections, and
  • the quality of your interview.

 

Tests on Waves, Sound, Light Handed Back for Correcting.

11-01

Be Ready to Present!!

Compass Student's Poster Presentations and Antioch Students evaluate!

11-02 Test corrections Due

Forensic Science Unit

Winter Trimester

11-28 Chunk book assignment (see "resources" tab above for complete detailed instructions)
12-13 MOCK Crime Scene Assigned DUE on Wednesday 19th
12-17 DUE: Evidence Box Presentations
12-18 Finish Evidence Box Presentations and Finish MOCK crime Scene
12-19 MOCK crime scene presentations.
12-20 Finish Mock Crime Scene Presentations & Course Evaluations

Day One

Mon. 1-7

1. Fingerprinting (3 days)

  • History of fingerprinting
  • Anatomy of fingerprints, classification of fingerprints
  • At the crime scene: observing and taking fingerprints (physical, chemical and technological methods)
  • Labs may include: taking prints (dusting, fume chamber), identifying prints  and collecting fingerprints from suspects., and “How to Prints Weather?”, a self-designed experimental lab
  • Famous Case: 1933 Hamm Kidnapping

Homework: Read!

Day Two

Tues. 1-8

Fingerprinting, cont.

Day Three

Wed. 1-9

Fingerprinting, cont.

Day Four

Thurs. 1-10

Gathering Evidence & Types of Evidence

  • Individual vs. class
  • Corpus delicti
  • Modus operandi
  • Locard Exchange Principle (types of evidence transfer)
  • Testimonial
  • Physical (animal, vegetable, mineral—chemical, biological, microscopic)
  • Circumstantial

Homework: Read! Work

Day Five

Fri. 1-11

. Hair Analysis (3 days)

  • What can hair tell us?  Individual Evidence
  • Labs may include: Hair Collection, Microscopic Examination (microscope review), Learn and Sketch Hair Anatomy, Form and Structure, Identify Types of Hair (make comparisons and collect samples from suspects), Experiment with Wet/Dry Mounts
  • Famous Case: Colin Ross

 

 

Week Three: Hair & Fiber Analysis

Day One

Mon. 1-14

Hair, Cont.

 

Hand in your two dialectic responses based on the first half of the book! Hand in your Fingerprinting Lab/Write-up. Read!

Day Two

Tues. 1-15

Hair, Cont.

Homework: Read! TBA

Day Three

Wed. 1-16

 

3. Fiber Analysis

  • What can fibers tell us?  Class evidence.
  • The Chemistry and Types of fibers (Natural Fibers, Mineral Fibers, Man-Made Fibers—Regenerated and Synthetic)
  • Labs may include: Fiber Recovery/Collection and Analysis via Microscopic Examination, Sketching and Comparison (collect samples from suspects)
  • Famous Case: Amanda Davies

Homework: Read! TBA

Day Four

Thurs. 1-17

Fiber Analysis, Cont.

Homework: Finish Evidence Boxes and TBA

Day Five

Fri. 1-18

Fiber Analysis

Describe two items that will be included in your evidence box.

 

Week Four: The Crime Scene

Day One

Mon. 1-21

TBA

Day Two

Tues. 1-22

TBA

Day Three

Wed. 1-23

TBA

Day Four

Thurs. 1-24

TBA

Day Five

Fri. 1-25

Evidence Box Due—present to the class!

(What is due?

  •  Written 1 paragraph summary of the book,
  • Written 1 paragraph recommendation of the book (why/why not)
  •  Oral presentation that includes:
  • brief summary,
  • your opinion of the book, and

an evidence box with a minimum of 6 items that somehow connect to the characters, plot and criminal activity highlighted in your book.

Week Five: The Crime Scene—Final Projects!

A brief history of everything...

Spring Trimester

3-07 Time line due...
3-10 big bang reading HERE it IS
3/11-3/14 planet p.point or brochure - disscriptive sheet
3-17 planet quiz... we will watch Bill nye Planets First.
3-25

 

Test on the following items (remember you may have an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of notes)

history of the universe
-big bang
-gravity, ele force, strong force
-H, He appearing
-protons electrons
-supernova
-quasars
-creation of our solar system
-planets

earth
-age
-geologic time eras
-history of earth
-dating techniques

 

  Check out this cool website showing the best evidence yet of liquid water that may be hidden below the surface of Saturn's giant moon, Titan!
3-31-08 DUE: Reading on Bacteria with questions 1-5 finished.  Also, read through the lab we're about to work on.
4-07-08

You should be doing your reading!  See details here. 

 

Deadlines

Thursday March 23        Select book to read and have a copy of it (let us know if you are having a hard time getting your hands on it)

Thursday April 6            Read the first third of book, first reading reflection due

Monday April 28            Read the second third of the book, second reading reflection due

Monday May 9                 Finish book

Monday May 15             Outline of essay due

Monday May 22             Essay due
4-11-08 Powerpoint on speciation.  (Click here for a copy of it.) Homework: whale fossil reading and questions
5-22-08

Final Synthesis Projects are due on Tuesday!!  NO EXCEPTIONS!

List of things we've covered this term:

Cosmology

Size of the universe (how big is big?)

Age of the universe (how old is old?)

Origin of universe: Big Bang theory

Universe is constantly expanding

Theories about the fate of the universe: open (expand forever), flat (expansion slows to zero) and closed (everything pulls together in the big crunch)

Planets: their names, order, relative size, potential for life

 

Origin of Life on Earth

Conditions necessary for life

Conditions on Earth before life

What is life?

Theories of how life originated: extraterrestrial, divine, deep ocean, ocean’s edge, clay, etc.

Timeline of when major life forms appeared on earth

When different types of animals and plants appeared relative to each other

 

Classification of Life

Levels of taxonomic classification (Kingdom to species)

Taxonomy

Six kingdoms of life on earth: names and what defines them

 

Genetics

Process of Meiosis

Chromosome

Gene

Genotype and phenotype

How to set up and use a Punnett Square

Dominant and recessive traits

How to construct a pedigree for one trait (aka family tree)

Mutation

Genetic variability

Evolution of Life

Adapt

Evolve

Habitat

Species

Speciation

Evidence for evolution (from Eric’s lecture) with examples

Hypothesis vs. theory vs. law

Antibiotic resistance

Darwin:           His big ideas

                        Influences on his thinking

Ways evolution can happen:         Natural selection

Gene flow

Nonrandom mating

Sexual selection: intersexual vs. intrasexual

Genetic drift

Adaptive radiation

Co-evolution

Rates/scales of evolution: Punctuated equilibrium

  Gradualism

  Macro vs. micro evolution

Human evolution:     Adaptations that got us where we are today

                                    Human relationship to modern apes and monkeys

 

Evolution in the Future

Major extinctions in the past

Are we in an extinction event now?

Possible directions of future human evolution

 

Biotechnology

How humans have controlled the “evolution” of other species

Artificial selection

Genetic engineering (recombinant DNA)

Cloning