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January 21-25	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Agriscience	Introductions; Intro to Proficiency Applications	Begin Proficiency Applications Instructions	Work time - Proficiency Applications	Finish Proficiency Applications	Opportunities in FFA
Advanced Leadership	Welcome! Intro's & Policies	Ceiling Tiles and Course Expectations	Definitions of Leadership Paper	Worktime on Leadership Paper	Finish Leadership Paper
Biotechnology & Bioenergy	Welcome! Intro's & Policies	Ceiling Tiles and Course Expectations	Lab Safety Notes & Notesheet	Finish Lab Safety Notes & Notesheet	Lab Safety Test
Ag Coop	Contract Signature	Contract Signatures	Contract Signatures	Contract Signatures	Contract Signatures
FFA
Other

January 28-Feb 1	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Agriscience	Intro to Genetics - Smiley Face Genetics	Mendelian Genetics Notes & Notesheet	Mendelian Genetics Worksheet	Goat Mendelian Genetics Lab	Review & Quiz - Punnett Squares
Advanced Leadership	Intro to Habit 1	Habit 1 Notes & Notesheet	Skype Session - Kevin King, Peace Corps	Habit 1 Review and Assessment	Intro to the 5D Project
Biotechnology & Bioenergy	Intro to Fuel	Why Biofuels: Notes & Notesheet	Fuel Combustion Lab	Finish Fuel Combustion Lab	Review & Quiz: Biofuels
Ag Coop
FFA
Other

Feb 4-8	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Agriscience	Incom/Co Dominance Notes & Notesheet	Incom/Co Dominance Notes & Notesheet	Goat Dihybrid Inheritance Worksheet	Co-Dom, Inc. Dom, and Epistasis Worksheet	Incom/Co Dominance Review & Quiz
Advanced Leadership	Intro to Habit 2	Habit 2 Notes & Notesheet	Skype Session Leadership Radar Map	Habit 2 Review and Assessment	5D Project Proposals
Biotechnology & Bioenergy	Paper vs. Plastic?	Life Cycle Analysis Notes and Notesheet	Bioenergy Farming Game	Bioenergy Farming Game	Farming Game Form - see below
Ag Coop
FFA
Other

Feb 11-15	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Agriscience	Review of Genetics - Partridge Family Tree	Genetics Jeopardy!	Genetics Test!	Intro to the FFA	FFA Notes & Notesheet
Advanced Leadership	Intro to Habit 3	Habit 3 Notes & Notesheet	Skype Session	5D Project Worktime	Habit 3 Review and Assessment
Biotechnology & Bioenergy	Biodiesel Notes & Notesheet	Biodiesel Lab; Finish Biodiesel Notes & Notesheet	Biodiesel Lab Filtration & Washing	Biodiesel Lab Bottling, Cleanup. Lab Inventory	Biodiesel Review & Quiz
Ag Coop
FFA
Other					Mr. Kohn w/ WDNR

Feb 18-22	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Agriscience	FFA Notes & Notesheet	FFA Creed	FFA Opportunities	FFA Jeopardy!	No School - Teacher Inservice
Advanced Leadership	Intro to Habits 1-3 Reflection	Habits 1-3 ReflectionWorktime	Habits 1-3 Reflection Worktime	Habits 1-3 Reflection Class Discussion	No School - Teacher Inservice
Biotechnology & Bioenergy	Biodiesel from Waste Veg. Oil	Biodiesel from Waste Veg. Oil	Biodiesel from Waste Veg. Oil	Finish lab; Peer Review (bit.ly/wuhs-peer-review)	No School - Teacher Inservice
Ag Coop					No School - Teacher Inservice
FFA
Other

Feb 25-March 1	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Agriscience	Intro to DNA - Spiderman	Edible DNA Modeling	Donald Armstrong Kid's Book	Intro to DNA; DNA Video; Video 2	No School
Advanced Leadership	Habit 4 Book Discussion	Habit 4 Notes & Notesheet	Skype Session	Habit 4 Review & Quiz	No School
Biotechnology & Bioenergy	Biofuel Jeopardy	Biofuels Unit Test	Quality Testing of Biodiesel	Biodiesel Marketing	No School
Ag Coop
FFA
Other

March 4-8	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Agriscience	DNA Notes & Notesheet	Finish Notes & Notesheet	DNA Worksheet	DNA Extraction	DNA Review & Quiz
Advanced Leadership	Habit 5 Book Discussion	Habit 5 Notes & Notesheet	Skype Session	Habit 4 Review & Quiz	5D Project Worktime
Biotechnology & Bioenergy	Finish Biodiesel Marketing; Intro to Biodiesel Challenge	Biodiesel Challenge: Titration of Waste Oil	Biodiesel Challenge: Transest.	Biodiesel Challenge: Washing & Drying	Biodiesel Challenge: Bottling & Wrap-up
Ag Coop
FFA
Other

March 11-15	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Agriscience	Intro to Proteins	Proteins Notes and Notesheet	Pipecleaner Proteins Lab	Pipecleaner Proteins Lab	Review & Quiz: Proteins
Advanced Leadership	Habit 6 Book Discussion	Skype Session	Habit 6 Notes & Notesheet	Habit 6 Review & Quiz	5D Project Worktime
Biotechnology & Bioenergy	Finish Biodiesel Challenge; Intro to Ferm	Ethanol Notes and Notesheet	Review & Quiz: Ethanol	Ethanol Combustion Lab	Ethanol Combustion Lab
Ag Coop
FFA
Other			Mr. Kohn in mtg 3-4 hrs

March 18-22	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Agriscience	Newspaper Natural Selection	Ag Genetics Notes and Notesheet	Sire Summaries Genetics Lab	Sire Summaries Genetics Lab	Review & Quiz: Ag Genetics
Advanced Leadership	Habit 7 Book Discussion	Skype Session	Habit 7 Notes & Notesheet	Thank you's to speakers	Habit 7 Review & Quiz
Biotechnology & Bioenergy	Intro to fermentation	Fermentation Notes & Notesheet	Fermentation in a Bag	NOVA Car of the Future	Review & Quiz
Ag Coop
FFA
Other			Late Start		Early Release

March 25-29	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Agriscience	Grade quiz; Agriscience Practice Exam	Agriscience Essay Questions	Agriscience Midterm	Agriscience Essay Midterm	No School
Advanced Leadership	Grade quiz; Intro to Habits 4-7 Reflection	Habits 4-7 ReflectionWorktime	Habits 4-7 ReflectionWorktime	Habits 4-7 ReflectionWorktime	No School
Biotechnology & Bioenergy	Grade quiz; Biotech Practice Exam	Biotech Essay Questions	Biotech Midterm	Biotech Essay Midterm	No School
Ag Coop
FFA
Other				Mr. Kohn gone

April 1-5	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Agriscience	Spring Break	Spring Break	Spring Break	Spring Break	Spring Break
Advanced Leadership	Spring Break	Spring Break	Spring Break	Spring Break	Spring Break
Biotechnology & Bioenergy	Spring Break	Spring Break	Spring Break	Spring Break	Spring Break
Ag Coop
FFA
Other

April 8-12	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Agriscience	Video - Secret of Photo 51	Biotech Notes & Notesheet	Animal Pharm Pt 1, Pt 2, Pt 3	Biotech in Society project	Review & Quiz
Advanced Leadership	John Adams Movie	John Adams Movie	Review of the 7 Habits	7 Habits Assessment Worktime	7 Habits Assessment Presentation
Biotechnology & Bioenergy	Finish Car of the Future	Intro to Fermentation Challenge	Fermentation Challenge Hypothesis Development	Fermentation Challenge - Hypoth. Testing	Fermentation Challenge - Data Analysis
Ag Coop
FFA
Other

April 15-19	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Agriscience	No School - Fire	Genomics Notes & Notesheet	Finish Notes; Sanger Video	Review & Quiz	Genomic Simulation
Advanced Leadership	No School - Fire	Field Trip Project	Field Trip Project	Field Trip Project	Field Trip Project Presentation
Biotechnology & Bioenergy	No School - Fire	Alcohol Physiology Notes & Notesheet	Finish Notes & Notesheet	Alcohol Physiology Review & Quiz	Alcohol Physiology Discussion
Ag Coop
FFA
Other
			Late Start		Community Day - Early Release. Roadside Cleanup

April 22-26	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Agriscience	Intro to Genetic Engineering	Genetic Engineering Notes & Notesheet	Finish Notes	Genetic Engineering Review & Quiz	NOVA Genomics Video
Advanced Leadership	Field Trip Project	Field Trip Project	Field Trip Project	Field Trip Project	John Adams Part II
Biotechnology & Bioenergy	TED Video: Bioprospecting (YouTube: TED Bioprospecting)	Bioprospecting Notes & Notesheet	Yogurt Bioprospecting	Review & Quiz - Bioprospecting; check yogurt results	Bioprospecting Products Paper
Ag Coop
FFA	FFA Banquet				State FFA CDEs
Other

April 29-May 3	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Agriscience	PCR Notes & Notesheet; YouTube Video	Finish notes; intro to Case-it	Case-It: Forensics (Instructions)	Case-It: Sickle Cell Anemia	Review & Quiz - PCR
Advanced Leadership	Finish John Adams Episode II; discussion	5th Day Project - Project Selection	5th Day Project - Worktime	5th Day Project - Worktime	5th Day Project - Presentations
Biotechnology & Bioenergy	Bioprospecting Sampling - Around School	Bioprospecting Pre-reading; Bioprospecting lab setup	Bioprospecting Sampling - Env't Center	Bioprospecting Lab - Incubation	Microbe Bioprospecting - Community Method; Course Survey
Ag Coop
FFA
Other

May 6-10	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Agriscience	ELISA & Southern Blotting Notes & Notesheet	Case-It - Southern Blotting	Case-It - ELISA	Field Trip to ABS or Alt. Assignment	Make-up & Movie Day
Advanced Leadership	5th Day Project - Worktime	5th Day Project - Worktime	5th Day Project - Worktime	5th Day Project - Worktime	5th Day Project - Worktime
Biotechnology & Bioenergy	Results - Bioprospecting & Comm. Method	MicroSynBio Notes & Notesheet	Finish MicroSynBio Notes. Finish Bioprospecting Results	MicroSynBio Future Products Paper	Review and Quiz: MicroSynBio
Ag Coop
FFA
Other

May 13-17	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Agriscience	Jeopardy Review	Biotechnology Unit Test	Cloning Notes & Notesheet	Cloning Notes & Notesheet	Review & Quiz - Cloning
Advanced Leadership	5th Day Project - Worktime	5th Day Project - Worktime	Field Trip - Madison	5th Day Project - Worktime	5th Day Project - Worktime
Biotechnology & Bioenergy	Intro to BioGas;BioGas Notes & Notesheet	BioGas Web Assignment	Fuel documentary	BioGas Review & Quiz	Intro to BioGas Challenge
Ag Coop
FFA
Other			Late Start

May 20-24	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Agriscience	Intro to Stem Cells; Video 1; Video 2	Stem Cells Notes & Notesheet	Stem Cell Debate Video	Review & Quiz - Stem Cells	Make-up & Movie: The Island
Advanced Leadership	Final Exam Challenge	Final Exam Challenge	Final Exam Challenge	Final Exam Challenge	Final Exam Challenge
Biotechnology & Bioenergy	BioGas Challenge	Cheese Making	Rootbeer Production	BioGas Challenge	Make-up & Movie: Fuel documentary
Ag Coop
FFA
Other

May 27-31	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Agriscience	Memorial Day - No school	Make-up & Movie Day	Practice Mult. Choice Final	Final Exam Essay Questions	Final Exam Essay Questions
Advanced Leadership	Memorial Day - No school	Final Exam Challenge	Final Exam Challenge	Final Exam Challenge	Final Exam Challenge
Biotechnology & Bioenergy	Memorial Day - No school	Make-up & Movie Day	Practice Mult. Choice Final	Final Exam Essay Questions	Final Exam Essay Questions
Ag Coop
FFA
Other

June 3-7	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Agriscience	Last day of class.	Final Exams	Final Exams	Final Exams	Teacher Inservice
Advanced Leadership	Last day of class.	Final Exams	Final Exams	Final Exams	Teacher Inservice
Biotechnology & Bioenergy	Last day of class.	Final Exams	Final Exams	Final Exams	Teacher Inservice
Ag Coop
FFA
Other

June 10-14	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Agriscience
Advanced Leadership	State FFA Conv.	State FFA Conv.	State FFA Conv.	State FFA Conv.
Biotechnology & Bioenergy
Ag Coop
FFA
Other

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"Classrooms should be engaging and living laboratories engendering curiosity and critical thinking. Classrooms must be inclusive and reflect real-world applications in a manner that is relevant to the lives of students. All students should leave a classroom better prepared to be responsible, problem-solving citizens." Department Teaching Philosophy

Instructor: Mr. Craig Kohn ~ 262-534-3189 x 7309 ~ ckohn@waterforduhs.k12.wi.us ~ 100 Field Drive, Waterford, WI 53185

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