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Semester II calendar 2007

week

topics

text chapters/ activities

supplemental readings/URLs

week 21

Jan 15-19

Jan 15 off-MLK Day

speciation and macroevolution
evolution of primates

early evolution of life

ch 19, 20, 21

museum of palenentology -University of California, Berkeley

tree of life -Arizona State University

the talk -human origins

human evolution demo -WGBH (PBS)

human evolution -Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District

The Shape of Life -KCET (PBS)

Classifying life

week 22

Jan 22-26

test on evolution
classification schemes
phylogeny

protista

ch 22

ch 24

protist video clips

protist tutorial

slime molds

more slime mold -reproduction

week	topics	text chapters/ activities	supplemental readings/URLs
week 23 Jan 29-Feb 2	fungi	ch 25	all about fungi characteristics -fungi fungus powerpoint fungal diseases -pictures types of fungi
week 24 Feb 5-9	non-vascular plants vascular plants monocots vs dicots plant tissues	ch 26, 27, 31	plant life cycle animation pest plants invasives unusual plants from Wayne's World
week 25 Feb 12-16	roots, stems and leaves Secret to Living Long	ch 32, 33, 34 transpiration lab	leaf section guard cell regulation -animation sugar transport -animation
week 26 Feb 19-23 Feb 19 off-President's Day	plant reproduction	ch 35

week	topics	text chapters/ activities	supplemental readings/URLs
week 27 Feb 26-Mar 2	chemical regulation tropisms	ch 36	plants in motion -films
week 28 Mar 5-9	animal diversity invertebrate animals sponges and cnidaria triploblastic animals flat worms and round worms	ch 28	obelia life cycle also sponge water flow -animation feeding in eulamellabranch (clam)
week 29 Mar 12-17	coelomates worms, mollusks, arthropods and echinoderms	ch 30 Inside a tubeworn	urchin feeding -also sea squirt feeding -animation
week 30 Mar 19-23 Mar 23 end of Q3 early dismisal	animal tissues protection, support and movement: skin skeleton and muscle	ch 37, 38	http://collab.nlm.nih.gov/webcastsandvideos/ visiblehumanvideos/visiblehumanvideos.htmlvisible man, various options Adam animations interactives -muscle, skeleton, organ
week 31 Mar 26-30 Apr 2-spring break

week

topics

text chapters/activities

supplemental readings/URLs

week 32

Apr 9-13

internal transport: circulation and lymphatics

internal defense

ch 43, 44

physiology of the circulatory system lab

understand the immune system

"The Last Days of the Wonder Drugs" -Discover

Discover articles

phagocytosis animation

fighting back -Nova Hot Science

TB infection animation

epidemic simulation -HHMI

click on animations -HHMI

immunology -Freeman co.

vaccines

week 33

Apr 16-20

gas exchange

food processing and nutrition

ch 44, 45

comparative digestive systems -animation

week 34

Apr 23-27

excretory system

endocrine system

ch 46, 47

morphing embryo

kidney function -movie


week	topics	text chapters/activities	supplemental readings/URLs
week 35 Apr 30-May 4	neural signaling and regulation, sensory reception	ch 39, 40, 41 Probe the Brain senses lab	sense challenge also physcological tests brain map
week 36 May 7-11	reproduction and development animal behavior	ch 48, 49, 50 animal behavior lab
week 37 May 14-19	AP Biology exam Monday May 14/AM work on exit project
week 37 May 21-25	present exit project