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BIOLOGY – Grade 9TH 4th Grading Period EOC Readiness Plan

As you prepare for this last grading period, follow the instructional guideline below and note that the resources provided by the Science Department:

• April 1st – April 23rd (Completion of Curriculum)

o Plant Systems o Ecology o Food Chains/Webs/Pyramids o Carbon & Nitrogen Cycle

• April 27th – May 4th (Biology EOC Readiness Plan)

o DynaNotes – EOC Review Guide (Class Set per Biology Teacher) o Dana Center – Black line Masters & Materials (1 Kit per Biology Teacher) o Dana Center – Student Pages (1 per Biology Student) o Texas STAAR Review & Practice Student Workbook (1 per Biology Student) o Motivation Science – Biology Assessment Workbook o Dana Center – Vocabulary (1 per Biology Student) o Biology Study Cards (1per Biology Student)

• May 6th – June 4th (Extend EOC Review for May Biology EOC Administration)

• May 6th – June 4th (Chemistry Readiness Plan) for students who pass the course

and are projected to pass Biology EOC o End of Year Culminating Lessons to prepare students for Chemistry

§ Dimensional Analysis § Scientific Notation § Significant Figures

TEACHER NOTES

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Ecological Succession

Environmental Changes

Food Chains & Pyramids

Carbon & Nitrogen Cycles

Plant Systems

Plant Systems

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Holiday

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Extended EOC Review or Chemistry Readiness

Science STAAR Review

Science STAAR Review






Biology 3rd Nine Weeks At a Glance (3/30 – 5/29)

Principal Look Fors:

Bell-to-bell instruction using the new curriculum

guides (Minutes)

Lesson flow and timing (Pacing & scaffolding)

Investigation Readiness (science materials ready and

in use)

Levels of Questions (Who is doing the asking and what is the quality?)

Journaling (using foldables and

supplemental aids)

Embedded assessments Technology

Dates I Can Statements Vocabulary Investigations Products Notes/Evidence

4/09 – 4/14

• Compare and contrast primary and secondary succession.

• Describe and explain the impact of environmental changes to an ecosystem.

• Investigate and analyze how organisms, populations, and communities respond to external factors

• Compare variations and adaptations of organisms in different ecosystems

• Primary succession

• Secondary succession

• Pioneer Species • Climax

Community • Ecosystem

Stability • Environmental

Changes: • Natural Climate • Habitat

Fragmentation • Invasive Species

• Pollution • Ecosystem • Organism • Biotic • Abiotic • Species • Habitat • Community • Population • Homeostasis • Carrying

Capacity • Heritable • Polygenic Traits • Adaptations

• Ecological Interactivity: Primary & Secondary Succession

• Ecology Interactivity: Biological Magnification

• TEKS Lesson 12F: Environmental Change and Ecosystem Stability

• Ecology Interactivity: Threats to Biodiversity

• TEKS Lesson 11B: Responses to External Stimuli

• Ecology Interactivity: Ecological Mystery

• Journaling (Stop & Jot; Interactive Reading)

• Say Something Reading Strategy

• Cloze Notes

4/15 – 4/20

• Interpret the relationships: predation, parasitism, commensalism, and competition.

• Describe the role of producers, consumers, and decomposers in an ecosystem.

• Describe the flow of matter and energy through food chains and webs.

• Identify and describe how energy moves from one trophic level to the next.

• Symbiotic Relationship

• Parasitism • Commensalism • Mutualism • Predator • Prey • Competition

• Producers • Consumers • Decomposers • Food web • Food chain • Ecological

pyramid

• Predation or Starvation • Food Web, Food Chain,

and Energy Pyramid

• Journaling (Symbiotic Notes)

• Chart of Ecological Relationships

• Homework Assignments

• Cloze Notes

4/21 – 4/23

• Describe the path of carbon through its biogeochemical cycle.

• Describe the path of nitrogen through its biogeochemical cycle.

• Carbon cycle • Fossil Fuels • Greenhouse

Gases • Greenhouse

Effect • Ocean

Acidification • Nitrogen cycle • Nitrogen Fixation

• Denitrification • Limiting Nutrient • Algal Bloom • Microorganisms • Probiotic • Nodules • Mycorrhizae • Pathogenic • Toxins

• Lab Summary: Nitrogen Cycle

• Writing on Nitrogen Cycle

• Journaling (Interactive Reading)

• Homework Assignments


Biology -‐ Materials List for 4th Grading Period

Unit of Study Lesson Grouping Materials

Local Vendor i.e. HEB

Other Region 20

Food Chains/Web & Ecological Pyramids Engage – Day 1 & 2 Class

Computer, Multi-Media Projector, Internet, and Speakers X

Elaboration - Day 5 2-3 Students Organism Cards, pyramids, arrows, and carbon cycle X

Elaboration – Day 6 2-3 Students Predator-Prey Simulation Sheet, Yarn: Green, Yellow, Red, and Brown X

Carbon & Nitrogen Cycles Explore – Day 2 2-3 Students

Computer, Multi-Media Projector, Internet Speakers, Dice Codes, Passport Worksheet and Key to Stamps

X


End-of_Year Culminating Lessons May 19 – June 5, 2014

Week TEKS Supporting Standards Unit Topic Instructional Implication Vocabulary Resource (Text)

Reading/Calculations

5/6-5/15

• Express and manipulate chemical quantities using scientific conventions and mathematical procedures, including dimensional analysis, scientific notation, and significant figures (C.2G)

Chemistry Readiness

• Students need a basic understanding of the international system of units.

• Construct conversion factors from equivalent measurements.

• Apply the techniques of dimensional analysis to a variety of conversion problems.

• International System of Unit (SI)

• Meter (m) • Volume • Liter (L) • Weight • Kilogram (kg) • Gram (g) • Conversion Factor • Dimensional Analysis

• Chemistry Textbook (Prentice Hall):

International System of Units (pp. 63-67); Dimensional Analysis (pp. 89-93)

• Metric Conversions Practice Sheet (link) • Metric Conversions Practice Sheet Key (link) • Dimensional Analysis Introduction (link) • Dimensional Analysis- Time Problems and

Dimensional Analysis Worksheet (link) • Dimensional Analysis Worksheet 1 (link) –

Only Section 1 • Dimensional Analysis Worksheet 2 (link)

5/18-5/22

• Express and manipulate chemical quantities

using scientific conventions and mathematical procedures, including dimensional analysis, scientific notation, and significant figures (C.2G)

Chemistry Readiness

• Write and express larger numbers and/or

measurement in scientific notation. • Scientific Notation

• Chemistry Textbook (Prentice Hall): Scientific Notations (pp. 52-53)

• Scientific Notation Worksheet 1 (link) • Scientific Notation Worksheet 2 (link)

5/26-6/4

• Express and manipulate chemical quantities

using scientific conventions and mathematical procedures, including dimensional analysis, scientific notation, and significant figures (C.2G)

Chemistry Readiness

• Use significant figures to correctly measure items

and to complete calculations.

• Significant Figures

• Chemistry Textbook (Prentice Hall): Significant Figures (pp. 56-61)

• Chemistry: Significant Digits (link) • Significant Digit Worksheet (link) • Significant Digit Worksheet Key (link) • Significant Figure Calculations (link) • Significant Figures Practice Worksheet (link) • Chemistry Skills Worksheet #4: Significant

Figures Calculations (link)

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