Biology Schedule
2008-2009 Schedule
Mr. Rosenoff’s Class
Welcome to Biology class. I
am excited about the new school year for two reasons: (1) our class will be live-feed Internet.
Unlike some Internet courses that require you to send in assignments, which I
would score then return, you and I will be communicating directly with each
other on at least a weekly basis. This
arrangement gives us greater opportunity to interact and learn from each other
because we will be together for ninety minutes each week; (2) our curriculum
will be challenging and exhilarating.
Sixteen major topics will be covered during the course of this year. These units are all outlined in the following
schedule and in the book Exploring Creation
with Biology, 2nd Edition,
by Dr. Jay Wile and Marilyn F. Durnell, which will
also be our classroom text. As a former
medical and industrial research scientist, you can be certain I will bring a
depth of knowledge to the topics we will study together. I am eager to share my experience with you in
a tutorial capacity.
This document in conjunction with stated requirements, the Assignment Supplement handout, and the Parent Agreement handout outline and
detail the requirements for the Biology Course.
Schedule:
FIRST SEMESTER
Module 1: Biology, The Study of Life
Class discussions: Week of 9-8, Week of 9-15
For the first class meeting (Week of 9-8), you need to have read up to and
including the section called
"Biological Classification."
For the second class meeting (Week of 9-15), you need to have finished reading
Module 1.
Experiment report to be turned in to Mr. Rosenoff:
None
(All required experiments in the textbook are to be completed as
they are encountered. Experiment reports
are to be handwritten in the informal format provided at the front of your
textbook, completed on notebook paper, and kept in a 3-ring binder. I will ask each parent at the end of each
semester for a count of the number of experiments completed during the
semester. Failure to complete the all
the required experiments may keep your student from continuing on into the next
semester of science.)
Assignments Due:
Module Study Guide: Due by 9-22
Required Experiment: Due
by 9-29: Experiment 1.1
Online Module Test:
Due by 9-29
Module 2: Kingdom Monera
Class discussions: Week of 9-22, Week of 9-29
For the first class meeting (Week of 9-22), you need to have read
up to and including the section called
"Endospore Formation."
For the second class meeting (Week of 9-29), you need to have finished reading
Module 2.
Experiment report to be turned in to Mr. Rosenoff:
Experiment 2.1, Part A Draft
Formal Report
Assignments Due
Module Study Guide: Due by 10-6
Required Experiment: Due
by 10-13: Experiment 2.1, Part A Draft Formal
Report
Online Module Test:
Due by 10-13
Module 3: Protista
Class discussions: Week of 10-6, Week of 10-13
For the first class meeting (Week of 10-6), you need to have read
up to and including the section called "Phylum Sporozoa."
For the second class meeting (Week of 10-13), you need to have finished reading
Module 3.
Experiment report to be turned in to Mr. Rosenoff:
None.
Assignments Due:
Module Study Guide:
Due by 10-20
Required Experiments: None
Online Module Test:
Due by 10-27
Module 4: Kingdom Fungi
Class discussions: Week of 10-20, Week of 10-27
For the first class meeting (Week of 10-20), you need to have read
up to and including the section called "Other Members of Phylum
Ascomycota."
For the second class meeting (Week of 10-27), you need to have finished reading
Module 4.
Experiment report to be turned in to Mr. Rosenoff:
Experiment 2.1A Corrected
Formal Report
Assignments Due:
Module Study Guide: Due
by 11-3
Required Experiment: Due
by 11-10: Experiment 2.1A Corrected Formal Report
Online Module Test:
Due by 11-10
Module 5: The Chemistry of
Life
Class discussions: Week of 11-3, Week of 11-10 Thanksgiving Break: 11/22 thru 11/30
For the first class meeting (Week of 11-5), you need to have read
up to and including the section called "Chemical Change."
For the second class meeting (Week of 11-10), you need to have finished reading
Module 5.
Experiment report to be turned in to Mr. Rosenoff:
None
Assignments Due:
Module Study Guide:
Due by 11-17
Required Experiments: Due
by 12-1: Experiment 5.1, Experiment 5.2,
and Experiment 5.3
Online Module Test:
Due by 12-1
Module 6: The Cell
Class discussions: Week of 11-17, Week of 12-1
For the first class meeting (Week of 11-17), you need to have read
up to and including the section called "How Substances Travel In and Out
of Cells."
For the second class meeting (Week of 12-1), you need to have finished reading Module
6.
Experiment report to be turned in to Mr. Rosenoff:
None
Assignments Due:
Module Study Guide:
Due by 12-8
Required Experiments:
None
Online Module Test:
Due 12-15
Module 7: Cellular Reproduction
Class discussions: Week of 12-8, Week of 12-15 Christmas Break: 12/20 thru 1/4/2008
For the first class meeting (Week of 12-8), you need to have read
up to and including the section called "Mitosis: Eukaryotic Asexual
Reproduction."
For the second class meeting (Week of 12-15), you need to have finished reading
Module 7.
Experiment report to be turned in to Mr. Rosenoff:
Experiment 7.1 Draft Formal
Report: Due 1-14
Assignments Due:
Module Study Guide: Due
by 1-5
Required Experiment: Due
by 1-12: Experiment 7.1 – Draft Formal Report Required
Online Module Test:
Due by 1-12
Module 8: Genetics
Class discussions: Week of 1-5, Week of 1-12
For the first class meeting (Week of 1-5), you need to have read up
to and including the section called
"Experiment 8.1: Making Your Own Earlobe Pedigree."
For the second class meeting (Week of 1-12), you need to have
completed Module 8.
Experiment report to be turned in to Mr. Rosenoff:
Experiment 7.1 Corrected
Formal Report
Assignments Due:
Module Study Guide:
Due by 1-19
Required Experiments:
Due by 1-26: Experiment 7.1 Corrected formal Report, Experiment 8.1,
Experiment 8.2, Experiment 8.3, and Experiment 8.4
First Semester Exam: Due
by 1-26 (Online: Exam will cover Modules
1 thru 8 information)
Parent Notebook Summary -- Due 01/30/2009
SECOND SEMESTER (Order your dissection specimens now!!!!!)
Module 9: Evolution – Part Scientific Theory, Part Unconfirmed
Hypothesis
Class discussions: Week of 1-19, Week of 1-26
For the first class meeting (Week of 1-19), you need to have read up to and
including the section called
"The Details of the Fossil Record: Evidence against
Macro-evolution."
For the second class meeting (Week of 1-26), you need to have finished reading
Module 9.
Experiment report to be turned in to Mr. Rosenoff:
None
Assignments Due:
Module Study Guide: Due by 2-2
Required Experiment: None
Online Module Test:
Due by 2-9
Module 10: Ecosystems
Class discussions: Week of 2-2, Week of 2-9, Winter Break: 2/14 thru 2/22
For the first class meeting (Week of 2-2), you need to have read up
to and including the section called
"The Physical Environment."
For the second class meeting (Week of 2-9), you need to have finished reading
Module 10.
Experiment report to be turned in to Mr. Rosenoff:
None
Assignments Due:
Module Study Guide: Due by 2-23
Required Experiment: Due
by 3-2: Experiment 10.1
Online Module Test:
Due by 3-3
Module 11: The Invertebrates of the Kingdom Animalia
Class discussions: Week of 2-23, Week of 3-2
For the first class meeting (Week of 2-23), you need to have read
up to and including the section called
"Feeding Habits of the Earthworm."
For the second class meeting (Week of 3-2), you need to have finished reading
Module 11.
Experiment report to be turned in to Mr. Rosenoff:
Experiment 11.3/Earthworm
Dissection Draft Report
Assignments Due:
Module Study Guide: Due
by 3-9
Required Experiment: Due
by 3-16: Experiment 11.3/Earthworm Dissection Draft Report
Online Module Test:
Due by 3-16
Module 12: Phylum Arthropoda
Class discussions: Week of 3-9, Week of 3-16
For the first class meeting (Week of 3-9), you need to have read up
to and including the section called
"Experiment 12.1: Crayfish Dissection."
For the second class meeting (Week of 3-16), you need to have finished reading
Module 12.
Experiment report to be turned in to Mr. Rosenoff:
Experiment 11.3/Earthworm
Dissection Corrected Report
Assignments Due:
Module Study Guide:
Due by 3-23
Required Experiments: Due
by 3-30: Experiment 11.3/Earthworm Dissection Corrected Report,
Experiment 12.1, and Experiment 12.2
Online Module Test:
Due by 3-30
Module 13: Phylum Chordata
Class discussions: Week of 3-23, Week of 3-30, Spring Break: 4/4 thru 4/12
For the first class meeting (Week of 3-23), you need to have read up to and
including the section called
"Class Chondrichthyes."
For the second class meeting (Week of 3-30), you need to have finished reading
Module 13.
Experiment report to be turned in to Mr. Rosenoff:
Experiment 13.2/Frog Dissection Draft Report
Assignments Due:
Module Study Guide:
Due by 4-13
Required Experiments: Due
by 4-20: Experiment 13.1 and Experiment 13.2/Frog Dissection Draft
Report
Online Module Test:
Due by 4-20
Module 14: Kingdom Plantae – Anatomy and Classification
Class discussions: Week of 4-13, Week of 4-20
For the first class meeting (Week of 4-13), you need to have read
up to and including the section called "Roots."
For the second class meeting (Week of 4-20), you need to have finished reading
Module 14.
Experiment report to be turned in to Mr. Rosenoff:
Experiment 13.2/Frog
Dissection Corrected Report
Assignments Due:
Module Study Guide:
Due by 4-27
Required Experiments: Due
by 5-4: Experiment 13.2/Frog Dissection
Final Report, Experiment 14.1,
and Experiment 14.2
Online Module Test:
Due by 5-4
Module 15: Kingdom Plantae – Physiology and Reproduction
Class discussions: Week of 4-27, Week of 5-4
For the first class meeting (Week of 4-27), you need to have read
up to and including the section called
"Experiment 15.1: Flower Anatomy."
For the second class meeting (Week of 5-4), you need to have finished Module
reading 15.
Experiment report to be turned in to Mr. Rosenoff:
None
Assignments Due:
Module Study Guide:
Due by 5-11
Required Experiments: Due
by 5-18: Experiment 15.1 and Experiment
15.2
Online Module Test:
Due by 5-18
Parent Experiment Summary -- Due 05/22/2009
Module 16: Reptile, Birds, and Mammals
Class discussions: Week of 5-11, Week of 5-18
For the first class meeting (Week of 5-11), you need to have read
up to and including the section called "Class Aves."
For the second class meeting (Week of 5-18), you need to have
finished reading Module 16.
Experiment report to be turned in to Mr. Rosenoff:
None
Assignments Due:
Module Study Guide:
Due by 5-25
Required Experiments: None
Final Exam:
Review: During class week of 5-25 (Optional
attendance)
Second Semester Exam: Due by
6-1 (Exam will cover Module 9 thru 16
information)
To you, the parent, I promise that I will make every effort
possible to keep in close contact with you; however, in order to do that, I
need to be able to find you! Please keep
the school and me advised of a daytime phone number where you can be reached,
and provide me with an e-mail account address to which only you have access. I do not make evening or weekend phone calls
or answer or send e-mails on the weekends. (My family needs my time during
these hours.) Therefore, it is
imperative that I be able to contact you during daylight hours. If you have any questions or concerns, please
feel free to contact me at 765-608-3280 during my school year office hours,
which are Noon – 3:00 PM, Pacific Time, Monday, Wednesday, or Friday or e-mail
me at rosenon@apologia.com .
God Bless your efforts this year and always,
Steve Rosenoff
Biology Instructor
