Labs/Activities: Is Yeast Alive? Respiration Lab Respiration Jigsaw ACT Prep: The Thursday Before ACT Dates Practice with data, reading graphs, and conflicting viewpoints incorporated into reading and writing activities each week. Career Focus: Biology/Ecology Career of the Month Arts and Humanities: Assessments: Bell Ringers Weekly Quizzes/Assignments over readings, lectures, and in-class activities Unit Test Resources McDougal Littell Textbook Wikispace The Science Teacher, NSTA monthly science journal Youtube.com Unit 6: Cell Cycle and Mitosis Essential Questions 1. What happens to a cell during its life cycle? Essential Learning Goal ACT Quality NGSS Question Core Addressed Standards 1. What happens I can describe the life cycle of cells. B.1.j to a cell during I can describe the basic process of mitosis using B.1.j its life cycle? correct and appropriate terminology. Critical Vocabulary Anaphase Cancer Chromatin Chromosomes Cell Cycle Centrioles
Labs/Activities: Is Yeast Alive? Respiration Lab Respiration Jigsaw ACT Prep: The Thursday Before ACT Dates Practice with data, reading graphs, and conflicting viewpoints incorporated into reading and writing activities each week. Career Focus: Biology/Ecology Career of the Month Arts and Humanities: Assessments: Bell Ringers Weekly Quizzes/Assignments over readings, lectures, and in-class activities Unit Test Resources McDougal Littell Textbook Wikispace The Science Teacher, NSTA monthly science journal Youtube.com Unit 6: Cell Cycle and Mitosis Essential Questions 1. What happens to a cell during its life cycle? Essential Question Addressed Learning Goal ACT Quality Core Standards NGSS 1. What happens to a cell during its life cycle? I can describe the life cycle of cells. B.1.j I can describe the basic process of mitosis using correct and appropriate terminology. B.1.j Critical Vocabulary Anaphase Cancer Chromatin Chromosomes Cell Cycle Centrioles