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1. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday will be experiment/project days. You choose experiments/projects that appeal to you from a list below that relate to sexuality, genetics or evolution. You may create your own topics/experiments with approval from your teacher.
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2. There are approximately 24 days (8 weeks) to this marking period. You will choose a combination of major, medium or mini-sized experiments/projects. A major experiment (science fair type) will take an estimated 6 days, medium (CAPT type) take three days, i.e. a week and a mini experiment will take 1 or 2 days maximum.
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3. A recommended combination is 1 major report (24 points), 1 major experiment (24 points), 2 ethical problem solvers (12 points each) and 4 mini experiments/projects (6 points each). Any combination is acceptable but you need 100 points for 100% grade. 4 bonus points are given for students who work consistently at their work.
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4. All your projects or experiments will be kept in your folder—both your rough work and your completed work. These will become a portfolio of your achievements in science for this marking period.
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5. On Mondays, you will be assigned homework for the week, introduced to the theme in Biology for the week, and see a video related to this theme. There will be a video quiz.
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6. On Fridays, we will review homework and then have a CAPT test based on the homework for that week.
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7. Your final grade will be based on your grade point sheet and your portfolio folder of written up experiments and projects.
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8. As projects or experiments are completed, they will be put on display and their content discussed with the class.
SAMPLE EXPERIMENT TITLES—see Globe Biology Textbook if G pages, Study of Life Textbook if S pages.
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How does a human baby change during development? G 446
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How can a model be used to illustrate recombinant DNA technology? G543
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How do adaptations help an organism survive in its environment?
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How is a bird’s body adapted to its way of life? G 310
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How similar are grandparents to grandchildren?
Major experiments
using a variety of types of Fast Plants that last the whole marking period and involves plant breeding. Also we should have round worms to experiment with to trace genetic variation in offspring.
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How do you read a pedigree chart? G 530
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How can one make a realistic model of DNA? G 525 or S 533
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Make a model of the movements of Chromosomes in making sex cells. S 423
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What genetic variations exist in this class of students? S 562.
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How useful is a thumb? G 585 or S 772
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How does the stress of birth prepare babies for life? S 494 (also visit a hospital).
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How similar is a human skeleton to other mammals? In what way is it modified to life in trees or on the plains?
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Does the size the human skull correspond with school grades?
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How similar is a chicken wing compared to a human arm? S 266
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How is the relative age of a fossil determined ? G 574
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How do fossils form? G 570
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How does a chicken develop? Hatch a chicken using an incubator and describe the stages of its development using drawings.
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How do plants have sex? Dissect a flower and make drawings of its parts.
PROJECTS IN GLOBE BIOLOGY see Globe biology book pages 519, 535. 547, 565, 581 and 595.
PROJECTS IN STUDY OF LIFE see College biology text pages 415, 439, 471, 491, 515, 547, 565, 597 and 625.