Name________________________
Period: ________
Cycle 4 March 27 – May 19
IntegratedScienceStudyGuide(7th)
(Weeks1&2)
I'm obsessed with insects, particularly insect flight. I think the
evolution of insect flight is perhaps one of the most important
events in the history of life. Without insects, there'd be no
flowering plants. Without flowering plants, there would be no
clever,fruit-eatingprimatesgivingTEDTalks.
---MichaelDickinson
The fate of nations is intimately bound up with their powers of
reproduction. All nations and all empires first felt decadence
gnawingatthemwhentheirbirthratefelloff.
---BenitoMussolini
Overview
Reproduction passes information from parent to offspring.
Asexual reproduction requires one parent and produces nearly
identical offspring. Sexual reproduction requires two parents,
and provides variety in a species. This variety may allow the
species to adapt to changes in the environment and help the
species survive. A species may change due to the passing of
traitsnaturallyorbytechniquesusedanddevelopedbyscience.
Geneticinformationispassesoninapredictablemanner.
Essentialquestions:
o Howisthepredictionoftraitsinoffspringrelevanttoyou,yourfamily,yourspecies?
o Howisanorganism’sstructuralfeaturesrelatedtoitsfunction?
Week1:DueMarch31
__________1.Readtheoverviewandquoteswiththeclassandmarkthemup.
__________2.Makevocabularycardsorfilloutvocabularysheetsforthefollowingwords:acquiredtrait,
inheritedtrait,asexualreproduction,sexualreproduction,genetics,gene,allele,mitosis,
meiosis,homozygous,heterozygous,binaryfission,(asexual)budding.
__________3.Participateinandtakenotesonthelesson:LevelsofOrganization
__________4.ReviewOrgansandOrganSystems;completetheOrganSystemsGraphicOrganizer
Name________________________
Period: ________
Cycle 4 March 27 – May 19
__________5.Watchthefollowingvideocliponsexualandasexualreproduction:http://goo.gl/pzrf3s
__________6.Completetheworksheetthatgoestheabovecliponasexualv.sexualreproduction:Asexual
vs.SexualReproductionworksheet.
__________7.Participateinandtakenotesonthelesson:CellularReproduction:Mitosis.
__________8.CompletetheGraphicOrganizer:PhasesofMitosis
__________9.Completethelabactivity:ObservingMitosisLab(OnionRootTips)
Week2:DueApril14
__________10.Participateinandtakenotesonthelesson:GregorMendel,Inheritance,andthePunnett
Square.
__________11.Readandtakenotesonpp.110-115ofthePrenticeHallLifeSciencetextbook.
__________12.CompletetheAssessmentquestions1-2onp.115ofthePrenticeHallLifeSciencetextbook. __________13.Participateinandtakenotesonthelesson:SomeHumanDominantandRecessiveTraits
__________114.CompletetheFamilyAlbumworksheet.
__________15.ParticipateinandcompletetheActivity:TakeaClassSurvey.
Name________________________
Period: ________
Cycle 4 March 27 – May 19
IntegratedScienceStudyGuide(7th)
(Weeks3,4,&5)
Overview
Reproduction passes information from parent to offspring. Asexual reproduction requires one parent and
producesnearlyidenticaloffspring.Sexualreproductionrequirestwoparents,andprovidesvarietyinaspecies.
This variety may allow the species to adapt to changes in the environment and help the species survive. A
species may change due to the passing of traits naturally or by techniques used and developed by science.
Geneticinformationispassesoninapredictablemanner.
Essentialquestions:
o Howisthepredictionoftraitsinoffspringrelevanttoyou,yourfamily,yourspecies?
o Howisanorganism’sstructuralfeaturesrelatedtoitsfunction?
Week3:DueApril21
__________12.Participateinandtakenotesonthelesson:Inheritedvs.AcquiredTraits.
__________13.Completetheworksheet:BikiniBottomGenetics.
__________3.PersonalProject:Begincreatingafamilypedigreechartforarecessivegenethrough3
generationsofyourownfamily(seeworksheet)[DueApril15!].
Week4:SAGE
Name________________________
Period: ________
Cycle 4 March 27 – May 19
Week5:DueMay5
__________16.Participateinandtakenotesonthelesson:Traits,Adaptation,andSelectiveBreeding.
__________17.Participateinthein-classactivity:BattleoftheBeaks.
__________18.Completetheactivityworksheet:BattleoftheBeaks.
Name________________________
Period: ________
Cycle 4 March 27 – May 19
IntegratedScienceStudyGuide(7th)
(Weeks6&7)
Overview
Reproductionpassesinformationfromparenttooffspring.
Asexual reproduction requires one parent and produces
nearly identical offspring. Sexual reproduction requires
twoparents,andprovidesvarietyinaspecies.Thisvariety
may allow the species to adapt to changes in the
environment and help the species survive. A species may
change due to the passing of traits naturally or by
techniques used and developed by science. Genetic
informationispassesoninapredictablemanner.
Essentialquestions:
o Howisthepredictionoftraitsinoffspringrelevant
toyou,yourfamily,yourspecies?
o Howisanorganism’sstructuralfeaturesrelatedto
itsfunction?
Week6&7:DueApril22
__________12.InClass,watchthedocumentaryfilm:
DogsDecoded.
__________13.Completethehandoutandquestionsfromthefilm:DogsDecoded
__________19.Participateinthein-classactivity:TheMatingGame
__________20.Completetheactivityworksheet:TheMatingGame
__________21.CompletetheAdaptationsFold-upDirections:Ontheoutsideofthefoldable,drawa
pictureofanexampleoftheadaptation.Ontheinside,writehowthatadaptationhelpsspecific
organisms.
Week8:DueApril29
__________22.Reviewforandtaketheunittest.
__________23.TaketheSAGEtest!
Name________________________
Period: ________
Cycle 4 March 27 – May 19
__________24.Watchthein-classdocumentaryfilm:TheBotanyofDesire(Apples)
__________25.Completethereadingguideandquestionson:TheBotanyofDesire(Apples)