Thursday, April 10th, 2014

*Geometry*

Announcements:

1. Chapter 10 Study Guide is Posted HERE 
2. Quarter 4 has four significant test grades:  Three more Chapter Tests and a Final Exam

Standards and Benchmarks (Geometry 9-12):

1. CC.9-12.A.SSE.1 - Interpret expressions that represent a quantity in terms of its context. 

Big Idea:

1. Basic properties of special geometric figures can be used to solve complex problems. 

Class Outline:

1. Attendance. 
2. Return Chapter 9 Test
3. Review: Sec 10-3; #s 2-20

Homework: (Click Here for Assignment List) (Click Here for Homework Answer Keys)

1. Sec 10-4; #s 1-12, 19

**Chemistry**

Announcements:  

1. Quiz Today

Standards and Benchmarks:

1. EALR4.9-11.PS2G:  Chemical reactions change the arrangement of atoms in the molecules of substances.  Chemical reactions release or acquire energy from their surroundings and result in the formation of new substances.  

Big Idea:

1. Molar conversions allow us to use our understanding of balanced chemical equations in real-world scenarios.

Class Outline:

1. Attendance
2. Entry Task 
3. Mole Conversions Worksheet #2
4. Class Time for Homework: Molar Conversions Worksheet #2

Homework:

1. Study for Quiz Tomorrow

***Biology***

Announcements:

1. 
   

Standards and Benchmarks (Biology 9-12):

1. EALR 4.9-11.LS1G:  Cells us the DNA that forms their genes to encode enzymes and her proteins that allow a cell to grow and divide to produce more cells, and to respond to the environment. 
2. EALR 4.9-11.LS1H:  Genes are carried on chromosomes.  Animal cells contain two copies of each chromosome with genetic information that regulate body structure and functions.  Most cells dived by a processes called mitosis, in which the genetic information is copied so that each new cell contains exact copies of the original chromosomes.  

Big Idea(s):

1. A strong defense of a Biblical view of creation requires deep knowledge key issues in genetics and heredity.

Class Outline:

1. Attendance
2. Entry Task
3. Review Yesterday's Homework
4. Video:  Icons of Science: Evolution

Homework:  

1. None. 

****Life Science****

Announcements:  

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Standards and Benchmarks (Life Science 6-8):

1. EALR 4.6-8.LS2A:  An ecosystem consists of all the populations living within a specific area and the nonliving factors they interact with. 
2. EALR 4.6-8.LS2C:  The major source of energy for ecosystems on Earth's surface is sunlight.  Producers transform the energy of sunlight into the chemical energy of food through photosynthesis.   This food energy is used by plants, and all other organisms to carry on life processes.  Nearly all organisms on the surface of Earth depend on this energy source.  

Big Idea:

1. 
   

Class Outline:

1. Attendance
2. Entry Task 
3. Check and Collect Homework
4. Video:  BBC Planet Earth: Deserts
5. As Time Allows:  BBC Planet Earth: Freshwater

Homework:

1. None.

****Trigonometry****

Announcements:

1. 
   

Standards and Benchmarks:

1. CCSS-GSRT.1
2. Understand that by similarity, side ratios in right triangles are properties of the angles in the triangle, leading to definitions of trigonometric ratios for acute triangles
3. CCSS-GSRT.7
1. Explain and use the relationship between sine and cosine of complementary angles.
4. CCSS-F-TF
1. Explain how the unit circle in the coordinate plane enables the extension of trigonometric functions to all real numbers, interpreted as radian measures of angles traversed counterclockwise around the unit circle.  

Big Idea:

1. Fundamental math skills are the building blocks upon which trigonometric skills are built.

Class Outline: 

1. Attendance
2. Return Quiz, and Review
3. Review: 8.4 Exercises Pgs 565-567 #'s 1-26, 32

Homework:  (Click Here for Assignment Pacing Guide)

1. 8.5 Example Problems #'s 1-4