8/18: What is biology?

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AGS Biology (2000)

Ch.1 How Living Things Are Alike

8/21: What do biologists do?

8/22: 1.1 What is the basic unit of life?

UGOT HW: 

8/23: Ch. 1 Investigation (Comparing Cells)

8/24: (Absent)

8/25: 1.2 What chemicals are important for life?

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8/28: 1.2 Vocabulary Review and Self-check

8/29: 1.3 What are some basic life activities?

8/30: Ch. 1 Summary and Review

UGOT HW: Study for Ch. 1 Assessment

8/31: Ch. 1 Assessment

9/1: Discuss Ch. 1 Assessment and make corrections.

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9/4: No School

Ch. 2 Organizing Living Things

9/5: 2.1 What is the difference between living and nonliving things?

9/6: Live worksheet - Living vs. nonliving

9/7: Investigation #2 (Classifying Things)

9/8: 2.2 How are living things classified?

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9/11: Create a visual representation of how living things are classified. 

9/12: Ch. 2 Summary and Review

9/13: Ch. 2 Assessment

UGOT HW: Video: Classifying Animals

Ch. 3 Classifying Animals

9/14: 3.1 How do biologists classify animals?

9/15: The 7 levels in classification (developing understanding using an example)

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9/18: 3.2 What are vertebrates?

9/19: 3.3 What are invertebrates?

9/20: Ch 3 Summary and Review

UGOT HW: Comparing vertebrates and invertebrates (chart or sort activity)

9/21: Review homework

9/22: Create a study guide and/or summary concept map for chapters 1 - 3;

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9/25: Ch. 3 Assessment

9/26: Go over Ch. 3 Assessment; make corrections

Ch. 4 Classifying Plant Groups

9/27: Ch. 4 Organize your thoughts (p. 67)

UGOT HW: No HW

9/28: 4.1 How are plants classified?

9/29: 4.2 What are seed plants?

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10/2: 4.3 What are seedless plants?

10/3: Ch. 4 Investigation

10/4: Ch. 4 Summary and Review

UGOT HW: Critical thinking questions, p. 81

10/5: Discuss HW

10/6: Ch 4 Assessment

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10/9: No School

Ch. 5 Bacteria, Protists, and Fungi

10/10: Organize your thoughts (p. 83)

10/11: 5.1 What are bacteria?

10/12: 5.1 Self check & 5.2 What are protists? (also the self-check)

10/13: 5.3 How do protists survive?

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10/17: 5.4 What are fungi?

10/18: 5.5 How fungi survive?