Kingdom Plantae - what adaptations are necessary for plants to live on land?
Sept 20
HW: Plant Vocabulary: #1-10
Plant Intro PPT
HW: Alt Gen WS
Try this:
Alternation of Generation Interactive WS
Sept 21
Dichotomous Key Assignment due today
Hand in Permission Form
ALGAE PPT NOTES
HW: Algae WS - first two pages only
HW: Study for Alternation of Generation Quiz
Sept 23
Hand in Permission Forms
Alternation of Generation Quiz
Algae microscope lab
Review for Algae Quiz Monday
Sept 24 ProD day - No school
Sept 27
Hand in Algae Lab
Algae Quiz - 5 Mult Choice, 5 short answer, 2 bonus questions. know: general formula of photosynthesis; EXPLAIN WHY/HOW: algae are better suited for water and not land; Why alternation of generation is a good thing; how algae are classified and how these differences are important for where they live.
BRYOPHYTE PPT NOTES
HW: Moss WS
Sept 28
Finish BRYOPHYTE PPT NOTES
HW: Moss WS
Sept 29 - Schedule Change (4 block day), Terry Fox Run
FERNS PPT NOTES
HW: Fern WS
Sept 30 - Truth and Reconciliation Day.
Oct 1 - Schedule Change (4 block day)
Fern Lab
Oct 4
GYMNOSPERMS
HW: Gymnosperm WS
Oct 5
Mosses, Ferns Quiz (Chapter 21 in textbook. Be able to: Compare and Contrast life cycles of mosses and ferns, Explain how mosses and ferns have adapted to life on land)
Gymnosperm Colouring
Oct 7
Byrne Creek Plant Project: Each person is to identify 2-3 plants, for a total of 5-6 plants per category. 20-24 plants per Team.
Discuss Plant Project, Sort into Teams, Expectations
Head outside to investigate local flora
Byrne Creek Plant Project
Byrne Creek Park Project Field Notes
Oct 8
Work on Plant Project Research, Set up website, think about what information you still need from the park
Laptops in class
identifying mosses
more moss info
red cedar
mosses and ferns
Oct 11 - Thanksgiving. No school
Oct 12
ANGIOSPERMS
HW: Angiosperm WS
Oct 14 - ALTERNATE SCHEDULE: EARLY DISMISSAL FOR PARENT-TEACHER INTERVIEWS
11:00 - 11:51 Research time on laptops
Lunch
12:36 - 1:30 - Go outside
Oct 15 - ALTERNATE SCHEDULE: EARLY DISMISSAL FOR PARENT-TEACHER INTERVIEWS
1:00 - 1:50 Research on Laptops
Oct 18
VASCULAR TISSUE PPT NOTES
LEAVES PPT NOTES
Oct 19
Vascular Tissue WS
Leaf WS
Oct 21
Project time - share by Oct 25
You will peer assess another team's website
Oct 22 - ProD No School
Oct 25
Evaluate another team's website - Hand in
Oct 26
Finish and Hand in Website Evaluation
Catch up day: Review Leaf, vascular tissue --> Quiz Monday, Nov 1
Prepare for Written Assignment on plant evolution
Oct 28
Stomata Lab - Hand in
Oct 29
Written Response on Evolutionary Trends of Plants
Review Vascular and Leaf Tissue
Nov 1
Pollination, SEEDS, Fruit
Seed WS
Nov 2
Set up Seed Germination Lab
Nov 4
Flower Lab
Work on Seed WS
Nov 5
Vascular Tissue/Leaf Quiz: 8 LOADED short answer questions. STUDY: tissue layers of the leaf and their functions, general functions of vascular tissues, Adaptations for different environments (p508) and how water moves up a plant (p505) - not in written notes but now added to PPT.
Nov 8
Finish Seed Lab
Nov 9
Scientific Method
Variables WS
Nov 10
Start Characteristics of Living Things
Go to CELL UNIT tab:
Nov 11 - Remembrance Day, No School
Nov 12 - Seed Quiz
Camosun Blog
HW: Plant Vocabulary: #1-10
Plant Intro PPT
HW: Alt Gen WS
Try this:
Alternation of Generation Interactive WS
Sept 21
Dichotomous Key Assignment due today
Hand in Permission Form
ALGAE PPT NOTES
HW: Algae WS - first two pages only
HW: Study for Alternation of Generation Quiz
Sept 23
Hand in Permission Forms
Alternation of Generation Quiz
Algae microscope lab
Review for Algae Quiz Monday
Sept 24 ProD day - No school
Sept 27
Hand in Algae Lab
Algae Quiz - 5 Mult Choice, 5 short answer, 2 bonus questions. know: general formula of photosynthesis; EXPLAIN WHY/HOW: algae are better suited for water and not land; Why alternation of generation is a good thing; how algae are classified and how these differences are important for where they live.
BRYOPHYTE PPT NOTES
HW: Moss WS
Sept 28
Finish BRYOPHYTE PPT NOTES
HW: Moss WS
Sept 29 - Schedule Change (4 block day), Terry Fox Run
FERNS PPT NOTES
HW: Fern WS
Sept 30 - Truth and Reconciliation Day.
Oct 1 - Schedule Change (4 block day)
Fern Lab
Oct 4
GYMNOSPERMS
HW: Gymnosperm WS
Oct 5
Mosses, Ferns Quiz (Chapter 21 in textbook. Be able to: Compare and Contrast life cycles of mosses and ferns, Explain how mosses and ferns have adapted to life on land)
Gymnosperm Colouring
Oct 7
Byrne Creek Plant Project: Each person is to identify 2-3 plants, for a total of 5-6 plants per category. 20-24 plants per Team.
Discuss Plant Project, Sort into Teams, Expectations
Head outside to investigate local flora
Byrne Creek Plant Project
Byrne Creek Park Project Field Notes
Oct 8
Work on Plant Project Research, Set up website, think about what information you still need from the park
Laptops in class
identifying mosses
more moss info
red cedar
mosses and ferns
Oct 11 - Thanksgiving. No school
Oct 12
ANGIOSPERMS
HW: Angiosperm WS
Oct 14 - ALTERNATE SCHEDULE: EARLY DISMISSAL FOR PARENT-TEACHER INTERVIEWS
11:00 - 11:51 Research time on laptops
Lunch
12:36 - 1:30 - Go outside
Oct 15 - ALTERNATE SCHEDULE: EARLY DISMISSAL FOR PARENT-TEACHER INTERVIEWS
1:00 - 1:50 Research on Laptops
Oct 18
VASCULAR TISSUE PPT NOTES
LEAVES PPT NOTES
Oct 19
Vascular Tissue WS
Leaf WS
Oct 21
Project time - share by Oct 25
You will peer assess another team's website
Oct 22 - ProD No School
Oct 25
Evaluate another team's website - Hand in
Oct 26
Finish and Hand in Website Evaluation
Catch up day: Review Leaf, vascular tissue --> Quiz Monday, Nov 1
Prepare for Written Assignment on plant evolution
Oct 28
Stomata Lab - Hand in
Oct 29
Written Response on Evolutionary Trends of Plants
Review Vascular and Leaf Tissue
Nov 1
Pollination, SEEDS, Fruit
Seed WS
Nov 2
Set up Seed Germination Lab
Nov 4
Flower Lab
Work on Seed WS
Nov 5
Vascular Tissue/Leaf Quiz: 8 LOADED short answer questions. STUDY: tissue layers of the leaf and their functions, general functions of vascular tissues, Adaptations for different environments (p508) and how water moves up a plant (p505) - not in written notes but now added to PPT.
Nov 8
Finish Seed Lab
Nov 9
Scientific Method
Variables WS
Nov 10
Start Characteristics of Living Things
Go to CELL UNIT tab:
Nov 11 - Remembrance Day, No School
Nov 12 - Seed Quiz
Camosun Blog
