EXTENDED YEAR 2008

Class Introduction:

Day 1 –Tuesday, May 27, Chemistry
1. Class introduction, requirements, personal contract (Why am I hear, what I am agreeing to), 20 points
2. *The Nature of Matter - online assignment , 20 points
3. Water is…(lab), 20 points

Day 2 – Wednesday, May 28, Biochemistry
1. Chapter 6.1 and 6.3 Section Assessment Questions, 20 points
2. DNA - structure and function (online), 20 points
3. DNA Extraction Lab, Build a DNA model, 20 points

Day 3 – Thursday, May 29, Cells
1. Chapter 7.1 and 7.3 Section Assessment Questions, 20 points
2. Build a Cell (online), 20 points
3. Cell Lab – use your microscope to draw a plant, animal, protista, and bacteria cell, 20 points

Day 4 – Friday, May 30, Genetics
1. Chapter 12.1 and 12.2 Section Assessment Questions, 20 points
2. The genetics of Blood Types (online), 20 points
3. Make a Baby Lab, 20 points


Day 5 – Monday, June 2, Nervous System
1. Chapter 36.1 and 36.2 Section Assessment Questions, 20 points
2. Drugs and the Nervous System - the mouse party 20 points
3. Rat Dissection Day 1 - Skinning


Day 6 – Tuesday, June 3, Muscles and Bones
1. Chapter 34.2 and 34.3 Section Assessment Questions, 20 points
2. Muscle Fatigue Lab, 20 points
3. Rat Dissection Day 2 - Muscles and Bones

Day 7 – Wednesday, June 4, Digestion and Nutrition
1. Chapter 35.1 and 35.2 Section Questions 20 points
2. Fast Food vs. Whole Food – Nutritional Analysis Online, 20 points
3. Rat Dissection Day 3 - Abdominal Cavity


Day 8 – Thursday, June 5, Circulatory System
1. Chapter 37.1, 37.2 Section Assessment Questions, 20 points
2. Physiology of Circulation Lab, 20 points
3. Rat Dissection Day 4 – Thorasic Cavity


Day 9 – Rat Journal Write up/ Final Exam
1. Finish write up of Rat Journal – 80 points
2. Exam Review 20 points
3. Final Exam, 50 points


*The Coal to Liquid Question - webquest and position paper for Josh

550 Points Total, 385 Points needed for successful completion