Zoology: White Days - 5th &6th period     

  • Week #3:  Chap 23: Sponges and Cnidaria
  • Exam Monday - Jan. 28 
  • Remember to dress appropriately for labs!

Chemistry: Purple and White Days - 7th & 8th period
  •  Week #3:  Read Chap 3: Measurements
  •  Remember  to dress appropriately for labs!                                                            

 

zoology syllabus:

                        ZOOLOGY

                        Spring Semester          

                        Dr. V. I. Cook

 

Materials:         Notebook

                        Colored Pencils

                        Metric Ruler opt.

                        Dissection kit opt.

 

Rules:               1)         Do not talk if I am speaking!

2)                  If you are wondering if you should, then you shouldn’t.

3)                  Turn assignments in on time and keep up with work.

4)                  It is your responsibility to get assignments from me or make up labs if you are absent, no matter the reason.

5)                  If you are jacking around in the lab area, you will be permanently removed from the class.

6)                  I am not your mother! Clean up your own trash

7)                  This class will adhere to a classical grading scale (ie. 90-100 = A, 89 – 80 = B, etc.)

8)                  Must be sitting in desk when each bell rings.

 

Week 1:           Chapter 18 – Classification

                        Inquiry activity – page 446

                        Cladogram construction page 453

                        Lab manual A – Using & Constructing a Dichotomous key

                        Quiz

 

Week 2:           Chapter 26 – Sponges & Cnidarians

                        Inquiry activity – page 656

                        Quick Lab – page 662

                        Analyzing data – page 674

                        Lab manual A – Comparing Sponges and Hydra

                        Responses of Hydras to External Stimuli – page 676

                        Exam

 

Week 3:           Continue Chapter 26

 

Week 4:           Chapter 27 – Worms

                        Planaria

                        Flatworms

                        Roundworms

                        Dissections

 

 

Week 5:           Annelids

                        Quick lab – page 695

                        Chapter 27 - Mollusks

                        Analyzing Data – page 707

                        Lab manual A – Observing Structure of Squid

                        Investigating Land Snails – page 709

                        Exam

 

Week 6:           Chapter 28 – Arthropods

                        Inquiry Activity – page 714

                        Quick Lab – page 718

                        Analyzing Data – page 724

                        Dissections

 

Week 7:           Chapter 28 - Insects

                        Lab Manual A – Investigating Insect Metamorphosis

                        Insect film

                        Dissections

 

Week 8:           Chapter 28 - Echinoderm

                        Starfish Dissection

                        Exam

 

Week 9:           Chapter 29 – Comparing Invertebrates

                        Inquiry Activity – page 744

                        Problem Solving – page 750

                        Quick Lab – page 753

                        Lab Manual A – Comparing Invertebrate Body Plans

                        Investigating Invertebrate Responses – page 759

                        Midterm Exam

 

Week 10:         Chapter 30 - The Chordates

                        Inquiry Lab – page 766

                        Fishes

                        Quick Lab – page 775

 

Week 11:         Amphibians

                        Analyzing Data – page 787

                        Lab Manual A – Investigating Frog Anatomy

                        Dissections

                        Investigating Homeostasis in fishes and amphibians – page 790

                        Exams

 

Week 12:         Chapter 31 – Reptiles

                        Inquiry Activity – page 796

                       

Week 13:         Birds

                        Quick Lab – page 811

                        Owl Pellets

                        Dissections

                        Examining Bird Bones – page 815

                        Exam

 

Week 14:         Chapter 32 – Mammals

                        Inquiry Activity – page 820

                        Lab Manual A – Observing Animal Behavior

                        Rat Dissections

                        Exam

 

Week 15:         Primates and Human Origins – page 833

                        Using Fibers as Forensic Evidence – page 842

                        Lab Manual A – Comparing Primates

                        Exam

 

Week 16:         Neuroscience

                        Sheep Brain Dissections

                        Lab Manual A – Observing Nervous Responses

                        Practicum

 

Week 17:         Chapter 33 – Comparing Chordates

                        Inquiry Activity – page 848

                        Analyzing Data – page 855

                        Quick Lab – page 861

                        Comparing Chordate Family Trees – page 865

                        Exam

 

Week 18:         Chapter 34 – Animal Behavior

                        Observing Behavior of Fish – page 883

                        Final Exam

 

 

Chemistry Syllabus

                        Chemistry

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                        Dr. V. I. Cook

 

Materials:         paper

                        Calculator

                        Colored Pencils

                        Metric Ruler

 

Rules:               1)         Do not talk if I am speaking!

2)                  If you are wondering if you should, then you shouldn’t.

3)                  Turn assignments in on time and keep up with work.

4)                  It is your responsibility to get assignments from me or make up labs if you are absent, no matter the reason.

5)                  If you are jacking around in the lab area, you will be permanently removed from the class.

6)                  I am not your mother! Clean up your own trash

7)                  This class will adhere to a classical grading scale (ie. 90-100 = A, 89 – 80 = B, etc.)

8)                  Must be sitting in desk when each bell rings.

 

 

Week 1:           Chapter 1 – Introduction to Chemistry

                        Inquiry Activity – page 6

                        Quick Lab – page 23

                        Chapter review

                        Lab Manual - #1 Observing & Inferring

                        Chapter Exam

 

Week 2:           Chapter 2 – Matter & Change

                        Inquiry Activity – page 38

                        Quick Lab – page 45

                        Small Scale Lab – page 56

                        Lab Manual #2 – physical & chemical change

                        Lab Manual #3 – Observing a Chemical Change

                        Chapter Exam

 

Week 3:           Chapter 3 – Scientific Measurement

                        Inquiry Activity – page 62

                        Conversion Problems

                        Quick Lab – page 72

                        Quick Lab – page 87

                        Small Scale Lab – page 94

                        Lab Manual #4 – Mass, Volume and Density

Week 4:           Chapter 4 - Defining the Atom

                        Inquiry Activity – page 100

                        Quick Lab – page 108

                        Lab Manual #5 – Atomic Structure

                        Chapter Exam

 

 

Week 5:           Chapter 5 – Models of the Atom

                        Inquiry Activity – page 126      

                        Lab Manual #6 – Flame Tests for Metals

                        Lab Manual #7 – Energies of electrons

                        Library – view orbitals

                        Small Scale Lab – Atomic Emission Spectra

                        Chapter Exam

 

Week 6:           Continuation of Chapter 5

 

Week 7:           Chapter 6 – The Periodic Table

                        Inquiry Activity – page 154

                        Small Scale Lab – page 179

                        Library – view alternative periodic tables

                        Element shadow box

                        Lab Manual #9 – Periodic Properties

                        Chapter Exam

 

Week 8:           Chapter 7 – Ion and Metallic Bonding

                        Inquiry Activity – page 186

                        Quick Lab – page 199

                        Lab Manual – < xml="true" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" prefix="st1" namespace="">Crystal Structures

                        Chapter Exam

 

Week 9:           Chapter 8 – Covalent Bonding

                        Inquiry Activity – page 212

                        Small Scale Lab – page 245

                        Lab Manual #11 – Molecular Models

 

MIDTERM EXAM

 

Week 10:         Chapter 9 – Chemical Names and Formulas

                        Inquiry Activity – page 252

                        Small Scale Lab – page 267

                        Quick Lab – page 279

                        Chapter Exam

 

Week 11:         Chapter 10 – Chemical Quantities

                        Inquiry Activity – page 286

                        Small Scale Lab – page 304

                        Quick Lab – page 308

                        Lab Manual #13 – Empirical Formula Determination

                        Chapter Exam

 

Week 12:         Chapter 11 – Chemical Reactions

                        Inquiry Activity – page 320

                        Quick Lab – page 326

                        Small Scale Lab – page 345

                        Lab Manual # 14 – Types of Chemical Reactions

                        Lab Manual #15 – Reactivity of Metals

                       

Week 13:         Continuation of Chapter 11

                        Lab Manual #16 – Identification of anions & cations in solution

                        Lab Manual #17 – Precipitation Reactions

                        Lab Manual #18 – Qualitative Analysis

                        Chapter Exam

 

Week 14:         Chapter 12 – Stoichiometry

                        Inquiry Activity – page 352

                        Small Scale Lab – page 367

                        Quick Lab – page 372

                        Lab Manual #19 – Quantitative Analysis

 

Week 15:         Continue Chapter 12

Lab Manual #20 – Balanced Chemical Equation

Chapter Exam

 

Week 16:         Chapter 13 – States of Matter

                        Inquiry Activity – page 384

                        Small Scale Lab – page 400

                        Quick Lab – page 402

                        Lab Manual #21 – Allotropic Forms of Sulfur

 

Week 17:         Continue Chapter 13

                        Lab Manual #22 – Changes of Physical State

                        Chapter Exam

 

Week 18:         Finals