First day of School!

Syllabus, proceudres, pretest

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Issue books, lab safety and lab equipment

HW: Read 1.1

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Themes of Biology; graphic organizers; scientific terminology; 1.2 char. of life

HW: graphing; read 1.2

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Graphing; Scientific Method; sampling

HW: complete graphs (if nec), Read 1.3

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Gateway Pretest

Please bring a #2 pencil

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Units/ dimensional analysis; metric system

HW: Unit conversions

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Check HW; Go over microscope information; prep for lab

HW: Set up lab notebook; prelab

21 Open house!

Review

HW: Chp 1 review (p 26)

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Microscope Lab

HW: Complete Lab Report

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Chapter 1 test

Read 2.1

HW: 2.1 review

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Chp 2: Chemistry

Elements, Atoms, and Bonding; Energy in reactions

HW: Atomic Structure

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Solutions and pH

Energy in reactions

p 37 and 42 reviews

HW: Unit conversion problems

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Quiz on 2.1-2,2

pH mini lab

HW: Read 3.1-3.2

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Ch 3 Biochem.

Nature of Water

Carbon Compounds

HW: 3.2 and 3.3 review

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Organic Molecules

HW: Chp 3 Red Book

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Labor Day

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Organic Molecule Chart

Prelab discussion

HW: Prelab: fill in title, date, prob, hypoth, data table, materials, term, proc (see lab sheet)

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Organic Testing Lab

HW: complete lab report

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Chp 3 quiz

Organic study guide

Review for Test; go over critical thinking questions in red book

HW: Chp 3 review; study for test

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Chp 2-3 Test

HW: Read pages 69-72 and answer questions on 72

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Chp 4 CELLS

Cell Theory; cell size and surface area; Cell membrane

HW: Organelle chart

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Plant vs animal cells

Cellular organelles

HW: pg 83 questions

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Cell Quiz

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Cell membrane

HW: pg 88 questions

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Cell surface area Lab

HW: Complete lab report

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"A cell is like..." mural

Ch 5 Cellular transport

Passive Trans.

HW: Ch 4 review

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Diffusion, osmosis, hypertonic vs hypotonic solutions

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Egg Diffusion lab set-up

Facilitated Transport

HW: Read and take Notes on 5.2

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Egg Diffusion Lab set-up

Sodium Potassium Pumps

HW: Chp 5 review

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Complete Egg Diffusion Lab

Review

Study guide

HW: Study for TEST complete study guide

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LAB COMPOSITION BOOKS DUE!

Chp 4 and 5 TEST

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Ch 19

Introduction to Ecology

Terms, affect of humans, biotic/abiotic factors

HW: How does a human population affect a deer population

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What is a niche? Resources, generalists vs specialists

HW:

p 365 and 372 Questions

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Population dynamics: dispersion, density, growth rates, models

HW: read ch 20 (take notes on 20.3)

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Review for test

HW: study for test

Ch 19 Review #6-15, 19-24

Ch 20 Review #6-15, 16, 18, 20, 21

Chp 19-20 TEST

HW: Read Chp 21

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Quiz over Ch 21 Reading

Discuss species interactions, succession

HW: Ch 21 Review

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Chp 22: Energy flow; producers, consumers

HW: vocab review

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Carbon Cycle, Nitrogen Cycle, Water cycle

HW: Energy worksheet

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Work on study guide

Test only covers Ch 21 and 22.1, 22.2

HW:Chp 22 review #6,7, 9, 10, 16-22

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Chp 21 and 22.1/22.2 Test

HW: 9 wks test study guide

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FALL BREAK

FALL BREAK

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Review for 9 wks test

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NINE WEEKS TEST!!

covers chp 1-5, 19-22.2

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Biomes; oceanic zones

HW: Notes on freshwater zones

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Quiz on Biomes

Hydorthermal Vent Article

HW: 22.3-22.4 Section reveiws

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Discuss Chp 23: Environmental Science

HW: "In the Wake of the Spill" Due Friday

Write up should be several paragraphs- at least a full page.

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Behavior: Innate vs Learned

Video on behavior (20 min.)

HW: Complete article HW from yesterday; Read ALL of ch 23

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Reveiw Game

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TEST: 22.3-22.4, 23, behavior

"In the Wake of the Spill" Article questions (page 461 extension #3) Due!

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Ch 6 Photosynthesis: Light Reactions

Chemiosmosis

HW: Redbook 6.1

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Photosynthesis Concept Map

Dark Reactions/ Calvin Cycle

HW: 6.2 Redbook

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C3/C4/CAM plants

Why leaves change color

HW: Chp 6 review

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Photosynthesis Quiz

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Review and work on study guide

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Chp 6 Test

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Chp 7: Cellular Respiration: glycolosis and anaerobic respiration

HW: 7.1 section review- read 7.2

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Aerobic respiration

7.2 section review

HW: Chp 7 redbook

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Quiz

Cellular Respiration Poster

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Review/study guide

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Cellular Respiration Test

HW: read 8.1

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Chromosomes/cell cycle

HW: 8.1 vocab

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Mitosis

HW: 8.2-8.3 vocab

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Quiz

Review terms/ mitosis

Meiosis

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Meiosis paper lab

HW: Red book

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VETERAN'S DAY

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SUB

Study guide/ chp review

HW: complete review

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Go over redbook and study guide

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Chp 8 Test

HW: Read 9.1

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Mendel and Genetics

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Dihybrid crosses

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Inheritance

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No school

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Thanksgiving

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No school

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Review mendelian genetics;

pedigrees

HW: mode of inheritance

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Sex-linked crosses

genetic disorders

HW: chp 12 review

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BROCHURE due

QUIZ

Genetics critical thinking

HW: complete for homework

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Study guide/

go over critical thinking

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TEST: chp 9 and 12

DNA

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DNA

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DNA

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RNA

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RNA

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Protein Synthesis

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Protein synthesis

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Review

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Test

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Review

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9 weeks test

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Guest speaker

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Exams

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Exams

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26

27

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Chp 14- Origin of life

HW: Continue notes

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Ch14 open note quiz

Fossil record

Darwin's theories

HW: review 15.2 terms

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DNA's role in evolution

"Icefish"

HW: Reading

"Lethal gift of livestock"

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Discuss reading

Amino acid's relationship to evolution

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Modeling Selection Lab

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Bio Gateway Post-test

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Review concepts from chp15

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Chp 15 test!

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Chp 16- Types of Selection

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Lab: Predicting allele frequencies

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MLK holiday

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Hardy-Weinberg Genetic Equilibrium Equation

Article "What Makes a Species?"

HW: 16.3 Notes

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Open note quiz 16.3

Chp 17 Primate Characteristics

16 Study guide

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***Study Session 6:15 am today!

Review

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Chp 16 and 17 Test

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Go over tests

Chp18.1 notes

HW: Read 18.1-18.2 Notes pg 344-346

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18.3 notes

Video: Classification (25 min)

HW: Organizing life's diversity sheet

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Monkey Classification

HW: chp 18 review

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Fish Dichotomy

Study Guide

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Chp 18 Test

2/1

CH 24 bacteria

Notes 24.1- characteristics and shapes

HW: 24.2 notes

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Quiz on 24.2

Bacterial diseases

HW: Critical Thinking #3 and #8

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Gram Stain Lab!!

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Viruses- characteristics, shapes, and grouping

Lytic and Lysogenic cycles

HW: Chp 24 review

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Making Viral Models

Comparing Viruses and Bacteria

HW: "Hot Zone" Reading and questions

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Chp 25

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Chp 25

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Review for test together

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Chp 24/ 25 test

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APEP presentation

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President's Day

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CHp 26 Protozoa

Chart on characteristics of 7 phyla

HW: red Book

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26- reproduction in Ciliophora and

Plasmodium

CHp 26 review

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Protozoa Lab

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Malaria article

HW: 27.1 vocabulary

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Notes on Chp 27

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Reviewing algae chart

Reproduction in algae

HW: complete notes and read chapter

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Protista Bingo

HW: chp 27 review

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Identify algae and protozoa under microscope

HW: study guide and study for test

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Chp 26/27 test

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Chp 28 Fungi

Correct tests

28.1 notes

HW: 28.1 vocab

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Quiz

Sexual reproduction in Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, and Zygomycota

HW: 28.2 vocab

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Fungus in industry/ diseases

HW: 28 review

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Fungi lab (1/2)

Review phyla

HW: study guide

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Chp 28 Test

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Finish mold lab

Review for 9 weeks test

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Review

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Review

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9 weeks test!

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Last day of the 3rd Quarter

Go over 9 weeks test!

HW: Read Chp 29 and complete worksheet

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Spring Break!

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Spring Break!

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Spring Break!

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Spring Break!

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Spring Break!

Good Friday

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Ch 30 Overview of Plants; plant life cycles

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Ch 30 Non-vascular and vacular plants

Plant classification

HW: Chp 30 review

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CH 30 Quiz

Ch 31 Structure of plants: cells and tissue systems

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Ch 31 Structure of plans: Roots

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Chp 31 Structure of plants: stems and leaves

HW: Chp 31 Review

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Chp 31 Quiz

Ch 32 Reproduction of mosses, ferns, and conifers

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CH 32 Reproduction in flowering plants and seed dispersal

HW: chp 32 review

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Ch 32 Quiz

Ch 33 Plant responses

Review

PLANT TEST!!

Go over plant tests

CH 34 Intro to animals- Characteristics/ body structure

HW: Complete handout

Chart: invert vs vert

Go over HW

Embryology

HW: pg 669 2,3,5,6

pg 673 2,3,5,6

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Review patterns of development

pg 686 review

HW: Chp 34 review

CH 34 Test

Begin Ch 35: Sponges and Cnidarians:

HW: Chp 35.1 notes

10

Sponge Lab

HW: Ch 3.2 notes

Cnidarians

Review crossword

HW: chp 35 review

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Chp 35 test

Chp 36.1 FlatWorms

Chp 36.2 Roundworms and Rotifers

Chp 37.1 Mollusks

Chp 37.2 Annelids

SQUID Dissection Lab

Review

Test: Ch 36-37

Chp 38: Arthropods

Chp 39: Insects

Crayfish appendages/ Grasshopper mouthparts

Test: 38-39

Chp 40: Echinoderms

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Echinoderms and invertebrate chordates

Starfish dissection

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Ch 41: fish

2

5

Test 40-41

Chp 42 Amphibians

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Gateway Review Day

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Biology Gateway Exam

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Frog dissection

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Chp 43:reptiles

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Quiz: Chp 42-43

Chp 44: Birds

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Chp 45 Mammals

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Fetal Pig Dissection

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Vertebrate Test (42-45)

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9 Weeks test Review

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4th nine weeks test

(chp 30-45)

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Semester exam review

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Semester Exams

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Last Day!

Semester Exams

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