Zoology

Wednesday: August 15

• hand out text books
• collect book cards
• explain expectations

Thursday:  August 16

• collect book cards
• explain safety rules

Friday: August 17

Objective:  The students will learn that the earth has not always been hospitable.

Opener:  Can anything live in ice?

Closer:  Write a paragraph about what you learned about “Snowball Earth”

• Watch video “Snowball earth, part 1 & 2″

Week of August 20-24

Objective:  The students will learn that there have been many changes to the world and the organisms that have lived here.

Monday, August 20

Lesson Objective:  I will learn how the world recovered out of the “Snow Ball Earth”

Opener:  What would be the source for the Carbon Dioxide to be entered into the atmosphere at the end of the last “Snow Ball”?

Summary:  What were the life forms that existed at the end of the last “Snow Ball”?  What had to happen to these life forms in the next 100 million years.

• Watch Planet Earth – “Snow Ball Earth parts 3 & 4″.
• Write a summary of what you learned
• Explain to a fellow student what was the “most interesting” thing the film explained?

Tuesday, August 21

Lesson Objective:  I will learn that the world had “heat build-up” that contributed to the extinction of life forms 250 million years ago.

opener:  Volcano eruptions will contribute to a cooling of the earth’s temperature and then what will happen because of the addition of gasses.

Summary:  Write a paragraph about what you learned about part 1 & 2.

• Watch the great Permian Extinction part 1 & 2.

Wednesday, August 22

Lesson objective:  I will learn that many life forms covered the earth after the “Snow Ball”

opener:  If Carbon Dioxide build up was not enough to raise the temperature more that 5 degrees,

what additional causes could have helped raise it an additiona 5 degrees?

Summary:  What do you think about the re-population of the earth after this Extinction.  Write a short paragraph.

• Watch video of the Permian extinction part 3 & 4.

Thursday, August 23

Lesson objective:  I will learn about still another mass extinction called the “Cretaceous Extinction”

opener:  This extinction is call the End of the __________!

Summary:  What are you thoughts now about Creation vs. Evolution.  Be brief but thorough!

• Watch the video “Cretaceous Extinction”

Friday, August 24

Lesson objective:  I will learn about the creation/evolution continuum.

opener:  What came first, the chicken or the egg?

Summary:  Select on member of you family from at least two generations and decide where they are on the continuum.

• Class discussion of Creation/Evolution continuum packet.
• Assign Chapter 14  to read.

August 27-31

Objective: 

• Understand what a Cladogram tells us about the sequence of evolution.
• Become familiar with the vocabulary of body plans.
• Become familiar with the classification system used today to group organisms.

Monday, August 27

Lesson Objectives:  Understand how advances in Biology have advance the system of classifying organisms

Opener:  How are DNA sequences used to classify organisms.

Summary:  What are the affects do DNA similarities have on your understanding of evolution?

• Read in Biology text book pp. 510-522
• Complete Worksheet 18.2 and Hand In.

Tuesday, August 28

Lesson objective:  To understand that modern advances in technology is making new classification systems necessary.

Opener:  Why is a fungus not a plant?

Summary:  What are you thoughts on the next Kingdom to be established?

• Read 18.3 in Biology Text. pp523-528
• Complete worksheet 18.3 and hand in.

Wednesday, August 29

Lesson objective:  I will learn about the vocabulary used in identifying body plans and structure of body cavities.

Opener: In forming a “true cavity” how many membranes must an organism have?

Summary: What difference is there between you and a clam in the # of membranes that make up your cavity structure.

• Discuss body plans and Body Cavities
• Assign Chapter 15

Thursday, Aug. 30

Lesson objective:  I will enjoy watching Amoeba, Euglena and Volvox move.  I will also understand the differences that result from their differences in body structure.

Opener:  Which organism is named the “blob” 

Summary:  What causes the movement of the three types of unicellular life that you looked at in the lab.

Discuss Amoeba and Euglena

Lab:  Microscope observations of Amoeba, Euglena, & Volvox

Friday, Aug. 31

Lesson objective: I will enjoy watching the paramecium move.  I will observe how  a Vorticella gets its food.

Opener:  Explain why many people describe the paramecium as the “Ice skater”.

Summary:  Describe the differences that the paramecium and vorticella have in their method of getting food.

• Discuss Paramecium and SporozoaLab.
• Microscope observations of paramecium and vorticella
• Assign Chapter 16 ( sponges)

Week of Sept. 4-7

Objective: Learn about the forms and activities of the simplest of many celled animals.

Tuesday, Sept 4.

Lesson objective: I will read and learn the characteristics of the simplest of animals, the sponge

Opener: What shape describes a sponge?

Summary: Describe the evolution of the sponges as it relates to the flow of water through the  sponge.

• Use the reading guide to farret out the important information of chapter 16.

Wednesday, Sept. 5

Lesson objective: Continue to learn about the sponge’s characteristics.

Opener: What cells have we watched in our Protist lab resemble the Choanocytes of a sponge.

Summary: What are the materials that make up the skeleton of a sponge.

• Continue completing the reading guide of chapter 16.

Thursday, Sept. 6

Lesson objective:  Become aware of the differences in various sponge forms.

Opener: What type of sponge do you use to wash a car?

Summary: What type of sponge would you use to scrape the dead cells off of your skin?

• Observe sponge specimen
• look at spicules
• review reading guide for completeness.

Friday, Sept. 7

Lesson objective: Demonstrate that you understand the characteristics of a sponge.

Opener: Have positive thoughts about what you know.

Summary:  Reflect on your preparation for this exam.

• Take a summative exam over sponges.
• Assign chapter 17.

Week of Sept. 10-14

Objective:  Become familiar with the characteristics of a radial organism.

Monday, Sept. 10

Lesson Objective:  I will be able to recognize the differences of a cnidarian and the sponges.

opener:  Compare the methods of early day “whaling” to the method of getting food used by a jellyfish.

summary:  Describe differences between a polyp and a medusa.

• fill in the  study guide for Cnidarians and Ctenophores

Tuesday, Sept. 11

Lesson objective:  I will become familiar with the digestive tissue and the muscular tissue of a Cnidarian.

Opener:  Compare the Cnidarian “medusae” and the Greek God, “Medusa”.

summary:  Explain how the nematocyst works.

• Complete the study guide for Cnidarians and Ctenophores

Friday, Sept, 21

 

• Lesson Objective:  I will watch the hydrea as it moves and eats.

  Opener:  How many tentacles does your hydra have

  summary:  describe the process of “eating” by the hydra.

• Hydra lab.

 

____________________We so far behind I will reschedule the next two weeks________________________

Monday Sept. 24

 

Monday Sept. 24

Lesson Objective:  I will use the knowledge gained by completing the study guide to reflect  upon the advances of the radialarians over the asymmetrical organisms.

opener:  The nerve net in a Cnidarian is still present in modern mammals in what system?

summary:  Explain the characteristics of the reproductive system of a Cnidarian.

• Review study guide
• Discuss chracteristics of a hydra

Tuesday, Sept. 25

Lesson Objective:  I will demonstrate that I know the anatomy of a Cnidarian

Opener:  I will ask one question that I am still unsure of about the Cnidarian

Summary:  I will reflect upon my study habits and plan for any needed adjustments.

• Take Summative exam over Cnidarians
• Assign Chapter 18

Objective: To become familiar with our first 3 germ layered, bilateral organism.

Wednesday, Sept. 26

Lesson Objective:  I will learn about the general characteristics of flatworms.

Opener: Where are the oblique muscles of a flatworm and where are yours?

Summary:  Describe the nervous system of the planaria.

• Work on the  study guide for Chapter 18.

Thursday, Sept. 27

Lesson Objective: I will learn about the characteristics of the class, Cestoda.

Opener:  Basically the proglottid is a ____?

Summary:  What is a Gnathostomulida and where can you find these wonderful jawed fellows.

• complete study guide for Chapter 18

Friday, Sept. 28

Week of October 1-5

Objective:  Become familiar with the characteristics of a Pseudocoelomate.

Monday, Oct. 1

Lesson Objective:  I will know about the 5 major groupings of pseudocoelomates.

Opener:  Which of the major groups could be said to be wearing a skirt?

Summary:  Because the “round worms” do not have a layer of circular muscle, what do they rely on to help them return to a relaxed position after the longitudinal muscles contract?

• work on the  ”reading guide”

Tuesday, Oct. 2

Lesson objective:  I will learn about the human parasitic worms.

Opener:  Why should  we cook all pork products before we eat them?

Summary: Describe the role of the mosquit0 in disease caused by the “heart worm” in a dog.

• Finish the “reading guide”

Week of October 1-5

Objective:  To learn about the general characteristics of Molluska

Monday, Oct 1

Lesson objective: I will learn about the general characteristics of molluscs

Opener:  How do these animals eat?

Summary: Explain why molluscs are important in cleaning the ocean.

• Write my own notes for Chapter 20.

Tuesday, Oct 2

Lesson objective:  I will learn about the “Bi-Valve” molluscs.

Opener: What is the order name of bi-valves

Summary: In a short paragraph explain how oysters make pearls.

• Complete notes of bi-valves.
• Hand out lab for Clams

Wednesday, Oct. 3

Lesson objective:  I will observe characteristics of the clam.

Opener:  How does food get into the mouth of a clam?

Summary:  How does the heart of a clam help the digestive system?

Thursday, Oct. 4

Lesson objective:  I will learn about the smart molluscs

Opener:  Why were the giant squid so feared by sailors?

Summary:  What does the mouth look like of a squid?