Science Explorations Life Fall 2025 Assignments
- Instructor
- Teacher Elizabeth Pierson
- Term
- 2025-2026 School Year
- Department
- Science
Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
Due:
Inheritance Test Corrections
1) For each multiple choice question you got incorrect, select a new answer choice. Explain in one *complete* sentence how you now understand your new answer choice to be the correct one.
2) For each Punnett square or pedigree problem you got incorrect, redo the Punnett square and explain your new answer choice.
2) For each Punnett square or pedigree problem you got incorrect, redo the Punnett square and explain your new answer choice.
Due:
Ch 15.1 Reading Guide
https://bodell.mtchs.org/OnlineBio/BIOCD/text/chapter15/concept15.1.html
Due:
Natural Selection Model
Do not forget to save your progress!
Each person writes their own answers, but you need three people to track the three different birds/environments. The division of labor will be explained in class. See me if absent.
Each person writes their own answers, but you need three people to track the three different birds/environments. The division of labor will be explained in class. See me if absent.
Due:
Ch 14.1 Reading Guide
https://bodell.mtchs.org/OnlineBio/BIOCD/text/chapter14.html
Due:
Inheritance Study Guide
These are the only notes that you will be allowed to use on the exam. Resources for filling out your study guide are attached.
Due:
Genetic Counseling Project Part 3
Due:
Inheritance Exam
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Genetic Counseling Project Part 3
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Genetic Counseling Project Part 2
Due:
Genetic Counseling Project Part 1
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Punnett Square Quiz
Open-note.
Will have:
Monohybrid (1 trait) Mendelian Squares
Dihybrid (2 traits) Mendelian Squares
Sex-linked Squares
Will have:
Monohybrid (1 trait) Mendelian Squares
Dihybrid (2 traits) Mendelian Squares
Sex-linked Squares
Due:
Group Pedigree Construction
To be completed on large poster paper in groups.
Due:
Monohybrid and Dihybrid Punnett Squares
Due at the END of the period Tuesday.
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Genotype versus Phenotype
See handout. Skip 7 and 8.
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SEL Probability Lab
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Meiosis Digital Tutorial
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Inheritance Survey Lab
If absent, see me for class data.
Due:
Cells Exam
You will be allowed to use your study guide on this exam.
Due:
Edpuzzle - Mitosis/Meiosis
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Cell Cycle Stages and Cancer Data Exploration
Due:
Ch 9.1-9.3 Reading Guide
https://bodell.mtchs.org/OnlineBio/BIOCD/text/chapter9.html
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Cell Cycle Lab
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Osmosis Formal Lab Write-Up
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6.1-6.3 Quiz
Open note.
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Osmosis Formal Lab In-Person
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Osmosis and Diffusion Practice
Due:
Ch 6.3 Reading Guide
Read chapter 6.3 and complete the attached reading guide.
Ch 6.3: https://bodell.mtchs.org/OnlineBio/BIOCD/text/chapter6/concept6.3.html
Ch 6.3: https://bodell.mtchs.org/OnlineBio/BIOCD/text/chapter6/concept6.3.html
Due:
Human Impact Project Presentation
See attached instructions.
Due:
Cell Size Lab
Will be completed in class.
Due:
Ch 6.1-6.2 Reading Guide
Read Chapters 6.1-6.2 and complete the attached reading guide.
Ch 6.1: https://bodell.mtchs.org/OnlineBio/BIOCD/text/chapter6/concept6.1.html
Ch 6.2: https://bodell.mtchs.org/OnlineBio/BIOCD/text/chapter6/concept6.2.html
Ch 6.1: https://bodell.mtchs.org/OnlineBio/BIOCD/text/chapter6/concept6.1.html
Ch 6.2: https://bodell.mtchs.org/OnlineBio/BIOCD/text/chapter6/concept6.2.html
Due:
Unit 1 Test Corrections
Multiple Choice:
Write your new answer choice (A, B, C or D)
In one FULL SENTENCE, explain EITHER why your first answer was incorrect OR why your new answer is correct.
Example: "10. D. I realized the sparrow eats the grasshopper, making it a tertiary consumer, not a secondary consumer."
Free Response:
Rewrite a new answer. See feedback on exam.
No credit will be given for "I forgot, I didn't know, I guessed," or similar responses.
Write your new answer choice (A, B, C or D)
In one FULL SENTENCE, explain EITHER why your first answer was incorrect OR why your new answer is correct.
Example: "10. D. I realized the sparrow eats the grasshopper, making it a tertiary consumer, not a secondary consumer."
Free Response:
Rewrite a new answer. See feedback on exam.
No credit will be given for "I forgot, I didn't know, I guessed," or similar responses.
Due:
Human Impact Project Research
Be sure to include links to your resources. If you are working with a partner, you both turn in research even though you'll create a single project.
Turn in research digitally.
Turn in research digitally.
Due:
Unit 1 Exam
Due:
Ecology Study Guide
These will be the only notes you can use on the exam.
Due:
36.3-36.4 Quiz
Open-note.
Due:
36.4 Reading Guide
Digital Textbook Link: https://bodell.mtchs.org/OnlineBio/BIOCD/text/chapter36/concept36.4.html
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Ch 36.3 Reading Guide
Read chapters 36.3 and complete the attached reading guide.
36.3:
https://bodell.mtchs.org/OnlineBio/BIOCD/text/chapter36/concept36.3.html
36.3:
https://bodell.mtchs.org/OnlineBio/BIOCD/text/chapter36/concept36.3.html
Due:
36.1-36.2 Quiz
Open note. Will be taken in class.
Due:
Energy Flow Calculations
This assignment will be completed together during class.
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Food Chain and Food Web Construction
To be completed in groups on the large poster paper in class. We will have more time on Thursday.
1st: Create a food chain.
You need one example plant or animal (organism) for each trophic level.
Write the name of the organism AND draw a picture.
2nd: Create a food web.
You need two examples of organisms per trophic level.
Write the name of the organism AND draw a picture.
Each consumer should have more than one arrow pointing to it.
1st: Create a food chain.
You need one example plant or animal (organism) for each trophic level.
Write the name of the organism AND draw a picture.
2nd: Create a food web.
You need two examples of organisms per trophic level.
Write the name of the organism AND draw a picture.
Each consumer should have more than one arrow pointing to it.
Due:
Ch 36.1 and 36.2 Reading Guide
Read chapters 36.1 and 36.2 and complete the attached reading guide.
36.1:
https://bodell.mtchs.org/OnlineBio/BIOCD/text/chapter36/concept36.1.html
36.2:
https://bodell.mtchs.org/OnlineBio/BIOCD/text/chapter36/concept36.2.html
36.1:
https://bodell.mtchs.org/OnlineBio/BIOCD/text/chapter36/concept36.1.html
36.2:
https://bodell.mtchs.org/OnlineBio/BIOCD/text/chapter36/concept36.2.html
Due:
Introduction to Life
You will need the stations in class in order to complete. If absent, see Ms. Pierson