1. Life Science 7 Mrs. Duddles
Q4 –Reproduction, Heredity and Evolution

2. Friday 05/18
Objectives:
Students will relate the process of mitosis to its functions in single-celled and multicellular organisms
Students will describe the process of meiosis and its role in sexual reproduction
Students will describe asexual and sexual reproduction and list the advantages & disadvantages of each.
White Space Question:
What are the advantages to an organism of reproducing sexually?
Agenda:
Turn in Stream Leaders permission form due Tuesday (this is LATE!)
Finish Human Body Systems Project Presentations
Work on Activity 4 Heredity, Punnett Squares and Pedigrees
More genetic diversity is created, which can help survival if conditions change

3. Thursday 05/17 Objectives:
Students will relate the process of mitosis to its functions in single-celled and multicellular organisms
Students will describe the process of meiosis and its role in sexual reproduction
Students will describe asexual and sexual reproduction and list the advantages & disadvantages of each.
White Space Question:
What are the advantages of asexual reproduction?
Agenda:
Turn in Stream Leaders permission form (this is LATE!)
Oakland Audubon Society presentation and birding event on “Migration and Habitat of Warren Neighborhood Birds”
Can produce large populations quickly, only one individual is needed to continue a species, ensures any favorable traits of parent is passed to the offspring

4. Wednesday 05/16 Objectives:
Students will relate the process of mitosis to its functions in single-celled and multicellular organisms
Students will describe the process of meiosis and its role in sexual reproduction
Students will describe asexual and sexual reproduction and list the advantages & disadvantages of each.
White Space Question:
Name the major organs of the digestive system or the nervous system.
Agenda: Power Hour schedule
Turn in Stream Leaders permission form due yesterday
Finish Human Body Systems Project Presentations
Digestive system: mouth, esophagus, trachea, stomach, small intestine, large intestine
Nervous system: brain, spinal cord, nerves

5. Tuesday 05/15
Objectives:
Students will relate the process of mitosis to its functions in single-celled and multicellular organisms
Students will describe the process of meiosis and its role in sexual reproduction
Students will describe asexual and sexual reproduction and list the advantages & disadvantages of each.
White Space Question:
Rank the following terms in order of complexity to show how living things are organized: tissue, cell, organ, organism, organ system
Agenda:
Turn in Stream Leaders permission form due today
Continue Human Body Systems Project Presentations; you must be ready to present today
Cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism

6. Monday 05/14
Objectives:
Students will relate the process of mitosis to its functions in single-celled and multicellular organisms
Students will describe the process of meiosis and its role in sexual reproduction
Students will describe asexual and sexual reproduction and list the advantages & disadvantages of each.
White Space Question:
Gene variation is a major advantage of sexual reproduction. Why?
Agenda:
Turn in Stream Leaders permission form due Tuesday 05/15
Start Human Body Systems Project Presentations today thru May 16; you must be ready to present today
Gene variation increases the survival of the species because offspring may have favorable traits to help them survive in a changing environment.

7. Friday 05/11
Objectives:
Students will relate the process of mitosis to its functions in single-celled and multicellular organisms
Students will describe the process of meiosis and its role in sexual reproduction
Students will describe asexual and sexual reproduction and list the advantages & disadvantages of each.
White Space Question:
Gene variation is a major advantage of sexual reproduction. Why?
Agenda: Power Hour Schedule
Work on Lab Activity 3A: Reproduction and Diversity
Turn in Stream Leaders permission form due Tuesday 05/15
HW: Human Body Systems Project Presentations May 14, 15 & 16; you must be ready to present on Monday May 14.
Gene variation increases the survival of the species because offspring may have favorable traits to help them survive in a changing environment.

8. Thursday 05/10 - PM Objectives:
Students will relate the process of mitosis to its functions in single-celled and multicellular organisms
Students will describe the process of meiosis and its role in sexual reproduction
Students will describe asexual and sexual reproduction and list the advantages & disadvantages of each.
White Space Question:
How are the offspring of asexual reproduction different from the offspring of sexual reproduction?
Agenda:
Turn in Activity 3 Sexual and Asexual Reproduction if you did not do so Wednesday
Turn in Stream Leaders permission form due Tuesday 05/15
Attend MSVPA Mulan performance
HW: Human Body Systems Project Presentations May 14, 15 & 16; you must be ready to present on Monday May 14.
Offspring of asexual reproduction are genetically identical to the parent while offspring of sexual reproduction are genetically different to either parent.

9. Thursday 05/10 - AM Objectives:
Students will relate the process of mitosis to its functions in single-celled and multicellular organisms
Students will describe the process of meiosis and its role in sexual reproduction
Students will describe asexual and sexual reproduction and list the advantages & disadvantages of each.
White Space Question:
How are the offspring of asexual reproduction different from the offspring of sexual reproduction?
Agenda:
Turn in Activity 3 Sexual and Asexual Reproduction if you did not do so Wednesday
Start Lab Activity 3A: Reproduction and Diversity
Turn in Stream Leaders permission form due Tuesday 05/15
HW: Human Body Systems Project Presentations May 14, 15 & 16; you must be ready to present on Monday May 14.
Offspring of asexual reproduction are genetically identical to the parent while offspring of sexual reproduction are genetically different to either parent.

10. Thursday 05/10
Genotype – an organism’s genes Phenotype – an organism’s observable characteristics or traits Allele – any of several forms of a gene

11. Wednesday 05/09 Objectives:
Students will relate the process of mitosis to its functions in single-celled and multicellular organisms
Students will describe the process of meiosis and its role in sexual reproduction
Students will describe asexual and sexual reproduction and list the advantages & disadvantages of each.
White Space Question:
How can mitosis accomplish reproduction?
Agenda:
Discuss and review Activity 3 Sexual and Asexual Reproduction guided reading
Turn in Human Body Systems Project Poster due Monday 05/07
Turn in Stream Leaders permission form due Tuesday 05/15
HW: Human Body Systems Project Presentations May 14, 15 & 16
If mitosis results in two new organisms, there has been asexual reproduction.

12. Tuesday 05/08
WCS District – Closed for Local Elections No School for Students Professional Development for Teachers

13. Monday 05/07
Objectives:
Students will relate the process of mitosis to its functions in single-celled and multicellular organisms
Students will describe the process of meiosis and its role in sexual reproduction
Students will describe asexual and sexual reproduction and list the advantages & disadvantages of each.
Agenda:
M-STEP Testing for Math – No Science and ELA classes today
HW: Human Body Systems Project: Project Poster due today Monday, May 7; Presentations May 14, 15 & 16

14. Friday 05/04 – Half Day AM Classes Only
Objectives:
Students will relate the process of mitosis to its functions in single-celled and multicellular organisms
Students will describe the process of meiosis and its role in sexual reproduction
Students will describe asexual and sexual reproduction and list the advantages & disadvantages of each.
White Space Question:
People have tried to stop the spread of starfish by chopping them up and throwing them back into the sea. What do you think was the result?
Agenda: Power Hour make – up day (weather permitting)
Finish Activity 3 Sexual and Asexual Reproduction OR
Watch BBC Planet Earth series: Fresh Water ecosystem episode
HW: Human Body Systems Project: Project Poster due Monday, May 7; Presentations May 14, 15 & 16
This action led to more starfish, not fewer, because the pieces regenerated into new, complete organisms.

15. Thursday 05/03 Objectives:
Students will relate the process of mitosis to its functions in single-celled and multicellular organisms
Students will describe the process of meiosis and its role in sexual reproduction
Students will describe asexual and sexual reproduction and list the advantages & disadvantages of each.
White Space Question:
How does meiosis I differ from meiosis II?
Agenda: Power Hour Schedule – postpone for AM due to weather
Finish Activity 3 Sexual and Asexual Reproduction guided reading:
Complete Procedures steps 1 – 4; due Monday 05/07
HW: Human Body Systems Project: Project Poster due Monday, May 7; Presentations May 14, 15 & 16
Chromosome number decreases by half as a result of meiosis I but not in meiosis II.

16. Wednesday 05/02 Objectives:
Students will relate the process of mitosis to its functions in single-celled and multicellular organisms
Students will describe the process of meiosis and its role in sexual reproduction
Students will describe asexual and sexual reproduction and list the advantages & disadvantages of each.
White Space Question:
How do cells divide during mitosis?
Agenda:
Finish Lab Activity 2A: Crossover and Meiosis
Discuss and review Lab Activity 2A
Turn in student handout for grading
HW: Human Body Systems Project: Project Poster due Monday, May 7; Presentations May 14, 15 & 16
Cells double their genetic material (DNA), and then divide into two cells each a diploid cell.

17. Tuesday 05/01
Objectives:
Students will relate the process of mitosis to its functions in single-celled and multicellular organisms
Students will describe the process of meiosis and its role in sexual reproduction
Students will describe asexual and sexual reproduction and list the advantages & disadvantages of each.
White Space Question:
What happens to a cell that will be part of sexual reproduction?
Agenda:
Study the diagram of the phases of meiosis on pages 104 – 105 in Cells & Heredity book
Work on Lab Activity 2A: Crossover and Meiosis
Read and follow directions in the lab handout
Save modeling clay; clean up
HW: Human Body Systems Project: Project Poster due Monday, May 7; Presentations May 14, 15 & 16
The cell undergoes the process of meiosis: the cell duplicates its DNA, then divides in two and then divides again, making 4 haploid cells.

18. Monday 04/30
Objectives:
Students will relate the process of mitosis to its functions in single-celled and multicellular organisms
Students will describe the process of meiosis and its role in sexual reproduction
Students will describe asexual and sexual reproduction and list the advantages & disadvantages of each.
Agenda:
M-STEP Testing for ELA – No Science and Math class today
HW: Human Body Systems Project: Project Poster due Monday, May 7; Presentations May 14, 15 & 16

19. Friday 04/27
Objectives:
Students will relate the process of mitosis to its functions in single-celled and multicellular organisms
Students will describe the process of meiosis and its role in sexual reproduction
Students will describe asexual and sexual reproduction and list the advantages & disadvantages of each.
White Space Question:
Why would getting genetic information from each parent be beneficial for the offspring?
Agenda:
Start Activity 3 Sexual and Asexual Reproduction guided reading:
Complete Procedures steps 1 and 2
HW: Human Body Systems Project: Project Poster due Monday, May 7; Presentations May 14, 15 & 16
It mixes up the genes, which helps make the offspring more diverse; gene variation.

20. Thursday 04/26 Objectives:
Students will relate the process of mitosis to its functions in single-celled and multicellular organisms
Students will describe the process of meiosis and its role in sexual reproduction
Students will describe asexual and sexual reproduction and list the advantages & disadvantages of each.
White Space Question:
How is meiosis I different from meiosis II?
Agenda: Power Hour schedule for School Site Work Day 3
Present DNA/chromosome cell model to class
Discuss & Review Lab Activity 1A: DNA, Chromosomes, and Cell Division
HW: Human Body Systems Project: Project Poster due Monday, May 7; Presentations May 14, 15 & 16
Chromosomes are not duplicated/copied before meiosis II

21. Wednesday 04/25 Objectives:
Students will relate the process of mitosis to its functions in single-celled and multicellular organisms
Students will describe the process of meiosis and its role in sexual reproduction
Students will describe asexual and sexual reproduction and list the advantages & disadvantages of each.
White Space Question:
What is the result when a sperm cell fuses with an egg cell?
Agenda:
Finish Lab Activity 1A: DNA, Chromosomes, and Cell Division
Finish making and then share your cell DNA/chromosome model with another lab group
Answer all questions in student handout
Take Activity 2: 5 Question Check-for-Understanding Quiz (10 mins)
HW: Human Body Systems Project: Project Poster due Monday, May 7; Presentations May 14, 15 & 16
A zygote

22. Tuesday 04/24
Objectives:
Students will relate the process of mitosis to its functions in single-celled and multicellular organisms
Students will describe the process of meiosis and its role in sexual reproduction
Students will describe asexual and sexual reproduction and list the advantages & disadvantages of each.
White Space Question:
Describe the cells that are produced following mitosis and meiosis.
Agenda:
Work on Lab Activity 1A: DNA, Chromosomes, and Cell Division
Read and follow directions in student handout
Clean up when done with lab
Activity 2: 5 Question Check-for-Understanding Quiz Wednesday 04/25
HW: Human Body Systems Project: Project Poster due Monday, May 7; Presentations May 14, 15 & 16
Mitosis forms two diploid cells that are genetically identical to the parent cell. Meiosis produces four haploid cells that have half the genetic material.

23. Monday 04/23
Objectives:
Students will relate the process of mitosis to its functions in single-celled and multicellular organisms
Students will describe the process of meiosis and its role in sexual reproduction
Students will describe asexual and sexual reproduction and list the advantages & disadvantages of each.
White Space Question:
How is genetic material organized in a cell?
Agenda:
Discuss and review Activity 2 Meiosis
Write Conclusion for Activity 2 Meiosis; turn in Conclusion and student handout for grading
Activity 2: 5 Question Check-for-Understanding Quiz Wednesday 04/25
HW: Human Body Systems Project: Project Poster due Monday, May 7; Presentations May 14, 15 & 16
DNA and proteins form chromatin, which condenses into visible chromosomes before cell division.

24. Friday 04/20
Objectives:
Students will relate the process of mitosis to its functions in single-celled and multicellular organisms
Students will describe the process of meiosis and its role in sexual reproduction
Students will describe asexual and sexual reproduction and list the advantages & disadvantages of each.
White Space Question:
Name the stages that cells undergo in the cell cycle.
Agenda:
Finish Reproduction and Heredity Unit Activity 2 Meiosis (35 mins)
Discuss and review School Site Investigation Final Product grading rubric
Discuss and review Activity 2 Meiosis (if time)
HW: Human Body Systems Project: Project Poster due Monday, May 7; Presentations May 14, 15 & 16
Interphase, mitosis, cytokinesis

25. Thursday 04/19 Objectives:
Students will relate the process of mitosis to its functions in single-celled and multicellular organisms
Students will describe the process of meiosis and its role in sexual reproduction
Students will describe asexual and sexual reproduction and list the advantages & disadvantages of each.
White Space Question:
How do chromosomes change before cell division? Draw and label a chromosome.
Agenda:
Work on Reproduction and Heredity Unit Activity 2 Meiosis; read and make Cornell Notes for assigned reading
HW: Human Body Systems Project: Project Poster due Monday, May 7; Presentations May 14, 15 & 16
Chromosomes condense, becoming visible under a microscope.

26. Wednesday 04/18 Objectives:
Students will relate the process of mitosis to its functions in single-celled and multicellular organisms
Students will describe the process of meiosis and its role in sexual reproduction
Students will describe asexual and sexual reproduction and list the advantages & disadvantages of each.
White Space Question:
In multicellular organisms, what is the main purpose of cell division?
Agenda:
Finish discussion of Unit Activity 1 Mitosis
Take 5 question check for understanding quiz on Activity 1
Introduction to Cornell Notes
HW: Human Body Systems Project: Project Poster due Monday, May 7; Presentations May 14, 15 & 16
For growth and replacement cells

27. Tuesday 04/17
Objectives:
Students will relate the process of mitosis to its functions in single-celled and multicellular organisms
Students will describe the process of meiosis and its role in sexual reproduction
Students will describe asexual and sexual reproduction and list the advantages & disadvantages of each.
White Space Question:
In single-celled organisms, what is the main purpose of cell division?
Agenda:
Read Human Body Systems packet and decide which body system you will investigate (15 mins)
Discuss and review Reproduction and Heredity Unit Activity 1 Mitosis (40 mins)
HW: Human Body Systems Project: Project Poster due Monday, May 7; Presentations May 14, 15 & 16
For reproduction

28. Monday 04/16
Objectives:
Students will investigate the conservation of mass as chemical reactions occur
Students will discuss the chemical makeup of living things
Students will explain how cells capture and release energy
White Space Question:
Name the element found in period 4, group 14 on the Periodic Table of Elements. What is the element symbol? What kind of element is this?
Agenda:
Finish Activity 1 Mitosis: Complete Vocabulary; Answer Analysis Questions (25 mins)
Discuss and review Human Body Systems Project packet and rubric;
Project Poster due Monday, May 7
Presentations May 14, 15 & 16
Germanium – Ge, metalloid

29. Friday 04/13
Objectives:
Students will investigate the conservation of mass as chemical reactions occur
Students will discuss the chemical makeup of living things
Students will explain how cells capture and release energy
White Space Question:
Name the element found in period 3, group 13 on the Periodic Table of Elements. What is the element symbol?
Agenda:
Take Periodic Table Quiz
Discuss Balancing Equations and Modeling Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Lab Activity; turn in student handout for grading
HW: Reproduction and Heredity Unit Activity 1 Mitosis; Procedure Steps 1 - 3
Aluminum – Al

30. Thursday 04/12 – PM Classes Objectives:
Students will investigate the conservation of mass as chemical reactions occur
Students will discuss the chemical makeup of living things
Students will explain how cells capture and release energy
White Space Question:
Name the element found in row 5, column 14 on the Periodic Table of Elements. What is the element symbol?
Agenda:
Start Reproduction and Heredity Unit:
Work on Activity 1 Mitosis: Read pages 90 – 97 in Cells and Heredity book; Answer questions 1 – 3 and 5 – 13; Complete Vocabulary
Notice: Quiz on Periodic Table Friday 04/13 or Monday 04/16
Tin - Sn

31. Thursday 04/12 – AM Classes Objectives:
Students will investigate the conservation of mass as chemical reactions occur
Students will discuss the chemical makeup of living things
Students will explain how cells capture and release energy
White Space Question:
Name the element found in row 5, column 14 on the Periodic Table of Elements. What is the element symbol?
Agenda:
Finish Balancing Equations and Modeling Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Lab Activity; Discuss and Review
Notice: Quiz on Periodic Table Friday 04/13 or Monday 04/16
Tin - Sn

32. Wednesday 04/11 Objectives:
Students will investigate the conservation of mass as chemical reactions occur
Students will discuss the chemical makeup of living things
Students will explain how cells capture and release energy
White Space Question:
How are elements different from compounds?
Agenda:
Complete Balancing Equations and Modeling Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Lab Activity
Notice: Quiz on Periodic Table Friday 04/13 or Monday 04/16
Compounds are the result of elements reacting and bonding chemically. Elements are made up of only one kind of atom whereas compounds are made up two or more types of atoms held together by chemical bonds.

33. Tuesday 04/10
Objectives:
Students will investigate the conservation of mass as chemical reactions occur
Students will discuss the chemical makeup of living things
Students will explain how cells capture and release energy
White Space Question:
Where does cellular respiration take place?
Agenda:
Discuss and review Activity 12A Elements and the Periodic Table guided reading lab activity
Start Balancing Equations and Modeling Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Lab Activity if time
Notice: Quiz on Periodic Table Friday 04/13 or Monday 04/16
Inside the mitochondria of cells

34. Monday 04/09
Objectives:
Students will read about the history and organization of the Periodic Table of the Elements
Students will differentiate between elements and compounds
Students will discuss the chemical makeup of living things
White Space Question:
What are the products of photosynthesis?
Agenda:
Discuss and review Cells Unit Test
Work on Activity 12A Elements and the Periodic Table guided reading lab activity
Oxygen and glucose

35. WCS District – No School Spring Break Have a safe and happy break!
Friday 03/30 – Friday 04/06
WCS District – No School Spring Break Have a safe and happy break!

36. Thursday 03/29 – Half Day PM Only
Objectives:
Students will discuss the chemical makeup of living things
Students will explain how cells capture and release energy
Students will compare the structure and function of cell parts in plant & animal cells
White Space Question:
What cell structure would you find in an eukaryotic cell but not a prokaryotic cell?
Agenda:
Slime Lab for fun!
Nucleus

37. Wednesday 03/28 – Half Day AM Only
Objectives:
Students will discuss the chemical makeup of living things
Students will explain how cells capture and release energy
Students will compare the structure and function of cell parts in plant & animal cells
White Space Question:
What cell structure would you find in an eukaryotic cell but not a prokaryotic cell?
Agenda:
Slime Lab for fun!
Nucleus

38. Tuesday 03/27
Objectives:
Students will discuss the chemical makeup of living things
Students will explain how cells capture and release energy
Students will compare the structure and function of cell parts in plant & animal cells
White Space Question:
Define the term molecule.
Agenda:
Turn in Cells Unit Book Review for grading
Take Cells Unit Test; you may use the Cells Unit Study Guide half sheet
When done, turn in Test and read silently for remainder of class period
All molecules are made up of two or more atoms.

39. Monday 03/26
Objectives:
Students will discuss the chemical makeup of living things
Students will explain how cells capture and release energy
Students will compare the structure and function of cell parts in plant & animal cells
White Space Question:
What is cell specialization?
Agenda:
Discuss and Review Cells Unit Book Review
Study for Cells Unit Test (15 mins)
HW: Study for Cells Unit Test tomorrow, Tuesday 03/27
The adaptation of cells, organs, or organ systems for s specific function.