CLASSWORK
03-25 & 26-24
Desert Foldable/Desert Flocabulary Read and Respond
1. Research and choose a Desert that you would like to create your foldable on. You may not use the same Desert as the person next to you or work in a group, independent work only.
2. Please read over the foldable template to recognize which content you need to put on your foldable.
3. Desert Flocabulary read and respond Google Classroom.
Desert Foldable/Desert Flocabulary Read and Respond
1. Research and choose a Desert that you would like to create your foldable on. You may not use the same Desert as the person next to you or work in a group, independent work only.
2. Please read over the foldable template to recognize which content you need to put on your foldable.
3. Desert Flocabulary read and respond Google Classroom.
03-22-24
Grassland Foldable Cube Diorama
Grassland Foldable Cube Diorama
Students will demonstrate knowledge of the content of the Savanna Grassland by creating a diorama that will display temperature, rainfall, plants and animals, location, and type of soil.
1. Research information before beginning the cube diorama. 6 sides -temperature, rainfall, plants and animals, location, and type of soil.
2. You have a limited amount of space so be sure when you write there is enough room. Gluing it together should be the last thing you do.
3. For each side when you display temperature maybe have a picture of 2 thermometers displaying the high and low temps.
3-20-24
Grassland Challenge
https://travellingacrosstime.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/grassland-cloze-worksheet.pdf
Grassland Scramble
https://www.education.com/download/worksheet/171914/the-grassland-scramble.pdf
03-18 & 19-24
Ask a Biologist Deciduous Forest 360 VR
posted in Google Classroom
Flora & Fauna Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEtFaaSA7Yk
03-14-24
Welcome to the Taiga Practice Sheet
https://worksheetzone.org/welcome-to-the-taiga-biome-printable-interactive-64cc06862194cc0dfff666a1#practice
Taiga Biome Q & A
https://worksheetplace.com/mf_pdf/Taiga-Biome-Quiz.pdf
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK7MYN1EJ2E
03-13-24
The Taiga Biome
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JeH5Gy_jBQ
Tiaga Biome BrainPop Activity posted in Google Classroom
The Taiga Biome
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JeH5Gy_jBQ
Tiaga Biome BrainPop Activity posted in Google Classroom
03-05-24
Freshwater Biome
https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_and_General_Biology/Introductory_Biology_(CK-12)/06%3A_Ecology/6.12%3A_Freshwater_and_Wetlands_Biomes
San Francisco Bay Video
https://youtu.be/clZz2OjE5n0
03-04-24
Legends of Learning - Fix the Future
https://app.legendsoflearning.com/join/YXNzaWdubWVudC0zMjM4MzQ3?type=game
02-29 through 03-01-24
Habitat, Ecosystem, and Biome Poster
02-26-24
List of Major Biomes Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqxNQpajdpQ
North American and World Biome Map Coloring Activity
https://biologycorner.com/worksheets/biome_map.html
02-22-24
02-13-24
Evolution Anchor Activities
Introduction: A New View of the Evolution of Animals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH9ox3LAL-g
Jenny Clack, Paleontologist: The First Vertebrate Walks on Land
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk4yxea20uw&pp=ygU_SmVubnkgQ2xhY2ssIFBhbGVvbnRvbG9naXN0OiBUaGUgRmlyc3QgVmVydGVicmF0ZSBXYWxrcyBvbiBMYW5k
Des Collins, Paleontologist - The Burgess Shale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SEP2-RSXVU
02-05-24
Peppered Moth Practice Sheets
Story Time: A Very Special Moth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD8w3SOlYOk
Peppered Moth Practice Sheets With Links
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VjeZqM2dB15Qb4FAKrju31BFeDKz7FR4/view
Peppered Moth Practice Sheets
Story Time: A Very Special Moth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD8w3SOlYOk
Peppered Moth Practice Sheets With Links
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VjeZqM2dB15Qb4FAKrju31BFeDKz7FR4/view
02-02-24
Legends of Learning
WEAR HEADPHONES/EAR BUDS
02-01-24
5 POINTS OF NATURAL SELECTION
01-31-24
Galapagos Islands Tortoise Research
Galapagos Islands Tortoise Research
01-30-24
01-29-24
OBSERVING VARIATIONS
01-24-24 Vocabulary Activity
1.You will use the flash card template to complete activity.
2.Students will create their own vocabulary cards using key terms to define and illustrate meaning.
3. Students should draw a diagonal line from the bottom left corner to the top right corner. On the top left side, students will write the vocabulary word and definition. On the bottom right side, students should draw a picture of the vocabulary word and use the word in a sentence.
Mutation
Evolution
Homologous structures
Variation
Adaptation
Natural selection
overproduction
Competition
Geologic time scale
Fossil
Species
Mutation - a change in the DNA sequence of an organism.
Evolution - change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.
Homologous structures - organs with anatomical similarities, but performing different functions. The arm of a human, the wing of a bird or a bat, the leg of a dog and the flipper of a dolphin or whale are homologous structures.
Variation - the difference between individuals from the same species.
Adaptation - any heritable trait that helps an organism, such as a plant or animal, survive and reproduce in its environment.
Natural selection - the process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change.
Overproduction - when species reproduce many more offspring than can possibly survive.
Competition - short supplies of a resource that multiple organisms require, or between member of the same species.
Geologic time scale - (GTS) is a representation of time based on the rock record of Earth.
Fossil - the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.
Species - a group of organisms that can reproduce with one another in nature and produce fertile offspring.
01-12 & 16-24
Artificial Selection and Selective Breeding
https://dixiemiddlescience.weebly.com/uploads/3/7/4/7/37477303/artificial_selection_webquest.docx
Artificial Selection WebQuest
Task 1
1. What is artificial selection? Process in which humans consciously select for or against particular features in organisms.
2. What is another term for artificial selection? Selective Breeding.
3. How is artificial selection different from natural selection? Natural selection is any selection process that occurs as a result of an organism's ability to adapt to its surroundings. Artificial selection, on the other hand, is selective breeding that is imposed by an external entity, usually humans.
4. What are bananas like in the wild? They are smaller and contain large, hard seeds. The taste of wild bananas is less sweet and starchier.
5. What genetic variation existed among bananas in the wild? Wild bananas have many seeds and are more genetically diverse than bananas.
6. What traits were artificially selected for in bananas for human consumption? Easier to peel and less seeds.
7. How do farmers cultivate a sizable crop once the desired allele combination has been selected? Manipulation of the genome of the organism itself by knocking out or replacing targeted genes results in individuals with intentionally selected and desired traits, while transgenic technology can only introduce biologically non-existing foreign genes to the original organism.
8. List 3 advantages of selective breeding. It can provide an improvement to plants and animals. Fruits can become seedless, vegetables can taste better, and yields can be higher. New plant and animal varieties can be created. Future generations of plants and animals can maintain the improvements of their parent.
9. What is an annual plant? Grows for one long season, often into the fall, then die with the onset of freezing weather.
10. Give an example of an annual plant? Marigolds and petunias.
11. What is a perennial plant? The above-ground portion of the plant dies back in freezing weather but re-grows from the base and rootstock (a stem with a well-developed root system), the following spring to bloom again.
12. Why do farmers select annual plants to farm instead of perennials? Because they are short-lived, they offer farmers opportunities to quickly change crops in response to changing market demands as well as environmental factors such as disease outbreaks.
13. Why wouldn’t selective breeding be as successful with perennial plants? A slower process than with annuals and requires more extensive testing before going to market.
14. What advantages do perennials have? Perennials have been around for many years. Because these plants have long life spans, you never have to worry about replanting or reseeding the plants.
15. What disadvantages do perennials have? A couple of drawbacks to perennials are their longer yield times, with some taking years to bear a full bloom or crop. Furthermore, they can also be more susceptible to disease and are known to require more space than annuals.
16. Why do farmers need to use so many fertilizers? Fertilizers can increase crop yields. Farmers need to ensure they have healthy soil.
17. Where does the fertilizer that is unused by crops go? Fertilizers with pesticides or herbicides, often called weed and feed, are accepted at hazardous waste collection sites. Solid fertilizers with no pesticides can go in the garbage.
18. Why is this a problem? Fertilizers can runoff into streams and lakes causing toxic algal blooms that are harmful to aquatic life and even people and their pets. Excess fertilizer runoff from lawns and agricultural applications also contribute to aquatic “dead zones” in coastal areas.
19. List 3 other disadvantages of using annual plants? Annual plants must be replanted each year, which leaves soil susceptible to erosion and causes soil nutrient depletion over time. They also have shorter growing seasons than perennial plants and are less productive than perennial plants.
01-24-24 Vocabulary Activity
1.You will use the flash card template to complete activity.
2.Students will create their own vocabulary cards using key terms to define and illustrate meaning.
3. Students should draw a diagonal line from the bottom left corner to the top right corner. On the top left side, students will write the vocabulary word and definition. On the bottom right side, students should draw a picture of the vocabulary word and use the word in a sentence.
Mutation
Evolution
Homologous structures
Variation
Adaptation
Natural selection
overproduction
Competition
Geologic time scale
Fossil
Species
Mutation - a change in the DNA sequence of an organism.
Evolution - change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.
Homologous structures - organs with anatomical similarities, but performing different functions. The arm of a human, the wing of a bird or a bat, the leg of a dog and the flipper of a dolphin or whale are homologous structures.
Variation - the difference between individuals from the same species.
Adaptation - any heritable trait that helps an organism, such as a plant or animal, survive and reproduce in its environment.
Natural selection - the process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change.
Overproduction - when species reproduce many more offspring than can possibly survive.
Competition - short supplies of a resource that multiple organisms require, or between member of the same species.
Geologic time scale - (GTS) is a representation of time based on the rock record of Earth.
Fossil - the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.
Species - a group of organisms that can reproduce with one another in nature and produce fertile offspring.
01-12 & 16-24
Artificial Selection and Selective Breeding
https://dixiemiddlescience.weebly.com/uploads/3/7/4/7/37477303/artificial_selection_webquest.docx
Artificial Selection WebQuest
Task 1
1. What is artificial selection? Process in which humans consciously select for or against particular features in organisms.
2. What is another term for artificial selection? Selective Breeding.
3. How is artificial selection different from natural selection? Natural selection is any selection process that occurs as a result of an organism's ability to adapt to its surroundings. Artificial selection, on the other hand, is selective breeding that is imposed by an external entity, usually humans.
4. What are bananas like in the wild? They are smaller and contain large, hard seeds. The taste of wild bananas is less sweet and starchier.
5. What genetic variation existed among bananas in the wild? Wild bananas have many seeds and are more genetically diverse than bananas.
6. What traits were artificially selected for in bananas for human consumption? Easier to peel and less seeds.
7. How do farmers cultivate a sizable crop once the desired allele combination has been selected? Manipulation of the genome of the organism itself by knocking out or replacing targeted genes results in individuals with intentionally selected and desired traits, while transgenic technology can only introduce biologically non-existing foreign genes to the original organism.
8. List 3 advantages of selective breeding. It can provide an improvement to plants and animals. Fruits can become seedless, vegetables can taste better, and yields can be higher. New plant and animal varieties can be created. Future generations of plants and animals can maintain the improvements of their parent.
9. What is an annual plant? Grows for one long season, often into the fall, then die with the onset of freezing weather.
10. Give an example of an annual plant? Marigolds and petunias.
11. What is a perennial plant? The above-ground portion of the plant dies back in freezing weather but re-grows from the base and rootstock (a stem with a well-developed root system), the following spring to bloom again.
12. Why do farmers select annual plants to farm instead of perennials? Because they are short-lived, they offer farmers opportunities to quickly change crops in response to changing market demands as well as environmental factors such as disease outbreaks.
13. Why wouldn’t selective breeding be as successful with perennial plants? A slower process than with annuals and requires more extensive testing before going to market.
14. What advantages do perennials have? Perennials have been around for many years. Because these plants have long life spans, you never have to worry about replanting or reseeding the plants.
15. What disadvantages do perennials have? A couple of drawbacks to perennials are their longer yield times, with some taking years to bear a full bloom or crop. Furthermore, they can also be more susceptible to disease and are known to require more space than annuals.
16. Why do farmers need to use so many fertilizers? Fertilizers can increase crop yields. Farmers need to ensure they have healthy soil.
17. Where does the fertilizer that is unused by crops go? Fertilizers with pesticides or herbicides, often called weed and feed, are accepted at hazardous waste collection sites. Solid fertilizers with no pesticides can go in the garbage.
18. Why is this a problem? Fertilizers can runoff into streams and lakes causing toxic algal blooms that are harmful to aquatic life and even people and their pets. Excess fertilizer runoff from lawns and agricultural applications also contribute to aquatic “dead zones” in coastal areas.
19. List 3 other disadvantages of using annual plants? Annual plants must be replanted each year, which leaves soil susceptible to erosion and causes soil nutrient depletion over time. They also have shorter growing seasons than perennial plants and are less productive than perennial plants.
01-10-24
Asexual/Sexual Reproduction Research
Asexual/Sexual Reproduction Research
01-08-24
Punnett Square Color by Number
Punnett Square Color by Number
12-15-23
Elf Genetics
12-12 through 14-23
Roll a Word Vocabulary
12-11-23
Winter Holiday Genetics
When you have completed the Punnett square practice. Look up one genetic mutation that occurs in humans.
Answer the following question:
1.What is the name of the mutation? 5. Is there any treatment for the mutation-explain-
2.What caused the mutation? not a yes or no.
3.What are the results of the mutation? 6. Is it hereditary –explain- not a yes or no.
4. Describe the mutation in a paragraph.
Answer the following question:
1.What is the name of the mutation? 5. Is there any treatment for the mutation-explain-
2.What caused the mutation? not a yes or no.
3.What are the results of the mutation? 6. Is it hereditary –explain- not a yes or no.
4. Describe the mutation in a paragraph.
12-08-23
Content Practice
12-07-23
DNA Punnett Square Gingerbread Man posted in Google Classroom.
12-05 & 6-23
Punnett Square Practice
Worksheets 3-6
https://www.printablee.com/post_printable-punnett-square-worksheets_349451/
11-30-23
Genotype/Phenotype Practice
https://www.leonschools.net/cms/lib7/FL01903265/Centricity/Domain/5695/Genotype%20Phenotype%20Worksheet.pdf
Heterozygous/Homozygous Practice Quiz
https://www.purposegames.com/game/homozygous-vs-heterozygous
11-29-23
Variations on a Human Face
Variations on a Human Face
11-16-23
Part 1 & 2 Monster Genetics Lab
Skip #2 on Part 2 this will be completed at a later date.
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/sciencemagicmedicine/pdf/teachersmonstergeneticslab.pdf
Ask A Biologist - Solving a Genetic MAsk A Biologist - Solving a Genetic Mystery | Genetics - Word Search
https://askabiologist.asu.edu/sites/default/files/word-search/mendel_puzzle_ws_0.pdf
11-13-23
Flocabulary Reading & Respond
http://assets.flocabulary.com/pdfs/read-and-respond/genes-and-heredity-v1-read-and-respond.pdf
Vocabulary Cards
http://assets.flocabulary.com/pdfs/units/genes-and-heredity-vocab-cards.pdf