Life Science Explorations (Period 1) Assignments
- Instructor
- Ms. Diana Yang
- Term
- 2024-2025 School Year
- Department
- Science
- Description
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Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
Due:
Chapter 4 Work
This is due at the start of the class period. Work turned in after collection will be considered late.
1. Chapter 4 Reading Guide
2. Chapter 4 Practice Test
3. Chapter 4 Vocab (optional)
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Happy New Year
Good tidings to all.
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Merry Christmas
Ho, ho, ho.
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1st Night of Hanukka
12/25-1/2
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Semester Final
4. Study Guides were collected earlier, so if you didn't turn them in, you may not use them on the final.
Finals Schedule:
Wednesday, Dec 18
Period 1: 8:30a - 10:30a
Period 3: 10:50a - 12:50p
Period 7: 1:30p - 3:30p
Thursday, Dec 19
Period 2: 8:30a - 10:30a
Friday, Dec 20
Period 6: 10:50a - 12:50p
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Bring Science Textbook
We will be returning textbooks during class. If you forget to bring your book, you'll have to do it on your own time.
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Finals Study Guide Part 2 Due
Part 2 only: This is due by the end of the class period. If you didn't turn it in by the deadline, you won't be able to use it on the final.
**Staple Half Lives Chart to the back of this.
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Evolution Unit Test
1. Bring your Chromebook
2. Evolution Unit Homework Packet Due
3. Evolution Unit Notes + Half Lives Chart due
If you're absent during the last class period, you're still responsible for taking the test. The only exception made must be PRE-ARRANGED with the teacher before the test day.
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Finals Study Guide Part 1 Due
Part 1 only: This is due by the end of the class period. If you didn't turn it in by the deadline, you won't be able to use it on the final.
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Evolution Study Guide
This is due at the start of the class period. Get your work checked before turning in your homework packet.
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Evolution Unit Day 7 Classwork
This is due by the end of the class period. Work turned in after you leave class is considered late.
1. Dating the Fossil Record: Parts 2+3 (use information from Part 1 table)
2. Evolution Concepts WS
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Evolution Quiz 1
Study Fossil Record, Fossil Types, Half Lives
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Chapter 14 Worksheet #2
This is due by the end of the class period. Work turned in after you leave class today will be considered late.
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Happy Thanksgiving
Enjoy your break!
Due:
Unit 4 Day 4 Classwork
This is due during class time. If you leave class without getting your work checked, it will be considered late.
1. Half Lives Chart - you'll need this to do the Half Lives Problems
2. Half Lives Problems
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Evolution Unit Day 2 Assignments
This is due by the start of the class period. If you turn this in after collection time, it will be considered late.
1. Fossil Types WS
2. Fossil Record WS
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Unit 4 Day 2 Classwork
This is due during class time. If you leave class without getting your work checked, it will be considered late.
1. Comparative Anatomy Activity: Parts B & C
2. Dating the Fossil Record: Part 1 only
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Finals Study Guide Part 2 Due
Part 2 only: This is due by the end of the class period. If you didn't turn it in by the deadline, you won't be able to use it on the final.
Due:
Chapter 14 Worksheet #1 Due
This is due at the start of the class period. Work turned in after collection time will be considered late.
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Unit 4 Day 1 Classwork
This is due during class time. If you leave class without getting your work checked, it will be considered late.
1. Comparative Anatomy Activity
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Inheritance Unit Test
1. Bring your Chromebook
2. Inheritance Unit Homework Packet Due
3. Inheritance Unit Notes due
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Inheritance Study Guide
This is due at the start of the class period. Get your work checked before turning in your homework packet.
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Chapter 10 WS #2 Due
This assignment is optional, and is due at the start of class. It will go into your homework packet.
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Veterans Day Holiday
Happy Veterans Day
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Unit 3 Day 7 Assignment
This is due at the start of the class period. Work turned in after collection time will be counted as late.
1. Inheritance Class Survey - finish Analysis & Conclusion Questions only (#1-6)
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Inheritance Quiz #2
Study the following assignments:
- Probabilities #1, #2
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Unit 3 Day 7 Classwork
This is due during class time. Work turned in after you leave class will be counted as late.
1. Probabilities #2
2. Inheritance Class Survey - get data only
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Inheritance Quiz #1
Study the following assignments:
- Alleles
- Genotype vs Phenotype
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Unit 3 Day 5 Assignments
This is due by the start of class. Work turned in after collection time will be counted as late.
1. Genotype vs Phenotypes
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Unit 3 Day 6 Classwork
This is due during class time. Work turned in after you leave class will be counted as late.
1. Genotype vs Phenotype
2. Probabilities #1
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Chapter 10 WS #1 Due
This is due at the start of the class period. Work turned in after it's collected is considered late.
1. LS Ch10 WS1
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Happy Halloween
Have a safe Halloween.
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Chapter 9 WS #2 Due
This is due by the start of the class period. Work turned in after collection time is considered late.
1. LS Ch9 WS2
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Unit 3 Day 4 Classwork
This is due during class time.
1. Alleles Worksheet
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Unit 3 Day 4 Classwork
This is due during class time.
1. Cell Cycle Activity (Microscopes)
- Draw a single cell in each of the phases that you see under the microscope, EXACTLY as you see them (not what you think they look like).
- If you're absent, you must come into class to make this up.
Due:
Cell Cycle Quiz
Study pictures & events from Cell Cycle Pix worksheet
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Unit 3 Day 3 Classwork
This is due during class time.
1. Cell Cycle Activity. Go to this link: Arizona Education Onion Root Tip Cell Cycle
- Calculate percentages of each phase
- Graph percentages of each phase
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LS: Chapter 9 WS #1
This is due at the start of class. Please check that you didn't leave blanks. It'll be considered late if you turn it in after it's collected.
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Unit 3 Day 2 Classwork
This is due during class time.
1. Cell Cycle Activity. Go to this link: Arizona Education Onion Root Tip Cell Cycle
- Online activity to categorize the cells only
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Cells Unit Test
1. Bring your Chromebook
2. Cells Unit Homework Packet Due
3. Cells Unit Notes due
Makeup Test 10/21 (see teacher to confirm)
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Cells Unit Study Guide (optional)
This is optional work, but you still must finish it completely by the start of class in order to get credit for it.
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Cells Unit Day 6 Classwork
This is due by the end of the class period. Work turned in after the class period is considered late.
1. Mystery Sea Monster Identification
- Each person is assigned a different Sea Monster to identify. If you're absent, see teacher for sea monster assignment during office hours.
- use the Sea Monster Decoder & Amino Acids Codons sheet
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Macromolecules Quiz
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Cells Unit Day 5 Classwork
This is due by the end of the class period. Work turned in after the class period is considered late.
1. Amino Acids WS - use the Amino Acids Codons Chart
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Cells Unit Day 4 Assignment
This is due by the end of the class period.
1. Organelles & Macromolecules WS
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Microscpope Activity
This is class work. See teacher for handout.
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Cells Unit Day 4 Assignment
This is due at the start of the class period. Work turned in after collection time is considered late.
1. Macromolecules WS #2
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Building Molecules Activity
This is class work.
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Chapter 5 Worksheet Due
This is due at the start of class. Work turned in afterwards will be counted as late. You will need your textbook.
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Cells Unit Day 4 Classwork
This is due in class. If you leave class without getting it stamped, it'll be considered late.
1. Cell City WS
2. Macromolecules #1
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Chapter 6.1 Worksheet
This is due by the start of class. Be sure to check that you've completed all of it.
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Organelles Quiz
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Cells Unit Day 3 Classwork
Get this started today. Finish next class.
1. Macromolecules WS #1
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Ecology Unit Test Make-up
Makeup during lunch time only. This is the only makeup date. If you miss it, your test score will be a zero.
1. Bring your Chromebook
2. Bring your lunch.
3. Ecology Unit Notes due: includes Characteristics of Living Things notes
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Cells Unit Day 2 Classwork
This is due in class. If you leave class without getting it stamped, it'll be considered late.
1. Organelles Functions WS #15-34
2. Cell Types WS
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Ecology Unit Test
1. Bring your Chromebook
2. Ecology Unit Homework Packet Due
3. Ecology Unit Notes due: includes Characteristics of Living Things notes
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Ecology Quiz #2
Study:
- Ecology Notes: Nutrient Cycles sections
- Nutrient Cycles WS
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Lab Skills Packet Due - Last Chance!
1. Score your packet according to the score sheet attached.
2. Organize your papers in the numbered order (#1 goes on top, #4 is on the bottom)
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Backyard Biodiversity
This is due at the start of class. You'll need an app, such as iNaturalist or Seek, to help you identify organisms. Your job is to find as many different species (not individuals) as you can for each category. We'll calculate the Biodiversity Index during class time.
Due:
Ecology Day 5 Assignments
This is due at the start of the class period. If you turn it in after it's collected, it'll be considered late. Try your best and please check that you completed all questions.
1. Nutrient Cycles WS #1
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Lab Skills Packet Due
1. Score your packet according to the score sheet attached.
2. Organize your papers in the numbered order (#1 goes on top, #4 is on the bottom)
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Ecology Day 6 Classwork
This is due during class time. If you bring it back later, it will be considered late.
1. Nutrient Cycles WS #2
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Ecology Quiz #1
Study:
- Ecology Notes: Energy Flow section only
- Energy Transfer WS #1 & #2
- Ecosystems WS
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Ecology Day 3 Homework
This is due at the start of class time. If you bring turn it in after collection time, it will be considered late.
1. Ecosystems WS
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Ecology Day 4 Classwork
This is due during class time. If you bring it back later, it will be considered late.
1. Energy Transfer WS #3
2. Species Relationships WS
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Ecology Day 3 Classwork
This is due during class time. If you bring it back later, it will be considered late.
1. Energy Transfer #2
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Labor Day
Happy Labor Day
Due:
Ecology Day 2 Classwork
This is due during class time. If you bring it back later, it will be considered late.
1. Groups: Food Webs Activity
2. Energy Transfer WS #1
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Lab Skills Quiz #1 - Measuring
You will show your ability to measure:
- lengths (cm, mm, m) using rulers
- volumes: regular shapes, irregular shapes
- mass: solids, liquids
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Chapter 36.1-36.2 WS
This is due by the end of the class period.
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Graphing Practice
This assignment is due during class time. Work turned in after you leave is considered late.
- Graphing Data WS
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Lab Safety EdPuzzle
You must get a 100% for full credit.
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Mass & Volume Activity Day 2
- Part B
- Finish Density section
- This is class work. If you're absent, see teacher for makeup.
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Characteristics of Living Things
1. Activity & Notes in class. If you're absent, see teacher during office hours for the handout and to catch up.
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Identifying Variables
This is due during class time:
Identifying Variables WS
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Class Agreement
Student and parent signatures required
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Mass & Volume Activity Day 1
- Parts A, C
- This is class work. If you're absent, see teacher for makeup.