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Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Article Summaries
2 article summaries will be collected at the end of each marking period (1st-3rd). You have the opportunity to do a 3rd for 10 points extra credit. They should pertain to curriculum covered during those 10 weeks.
Requirements
Useful websites:
ScienceNews
ScienceDaily
Science News - The New York Times
FirstScience
e! Science News
Discover
Scientific American
Popular Science
Science on msnbc
Yahoo science
By topic:
Tracking a Parasite that Turns Bees into Zombies
Scientists have Improved the Vision of Blind Rats Using Gene Editing
Scientific American's Top 10 Science Stories of 2015
8 Ways to Maximize Telomere Length and Increase Life Expectancy
75 Percent of Animal Species Wiped Out in "Sixth Mass Extinction"
Vultures are Revolting. Here's Why We Need to Save Them.
Americans Love K-Cups, but Their Creator Regrets Inventing Them
Too Much Water Can Kill You
Absurd Creature of the Week: The Badass Snail that has a Shell Made of Iron
Why you should never make your bed
Millions of Genetically Modified Mosquitos Set to be Released
Small Yet Important Genetic Differences Between Highly Intelligent People and General Population
Bones in South African Cave Reveal New Human Relative
4 Ways Polar Bears Are Dealing With Climate Change
Do Bugs Sleep
A Tale of Two All-McDonald's Diets
Plastic Waste in Great Lakes creates many woes
Big-Box Retailer Phases Out Bee-Killing Pesticides
Flirty Female Spiders Use Silk to Capture a Male's Interest
How to Boost Your Immune System
Marijuana-like Chemicals in the Brain Calm Neurons
Sea World's New Ad is a Lie
Trail of Tools Reveals Modern Humans' Path out of Africa
Scientists Plan to Hunt for Alien Life on Europa
Filthy India Air Cutting 660 Million Lives Short by 3 Years
U.S. to allow genetically modified apples from Canada
Be my Biological Valentine
Flexible Moth Evolved Many Ways to Mate
DNA Reveals How Darwin's Finches Evolved
Green Sea Slug is Part Animal, Part Plant
Discovery of Bacteria that Hasn't Evolved in 2 Billion Years
Millions of GMO Insects Could Be Released in Florida Keys
GMO Alert: Top 10 genetically modified foods to avoid eating
80% of Americans Support Mandatory Labels on Foods Containing DNA.DNA!
Cause of ALS is Found, Northwestern Team says
See the tiny tank where this killer whale had been confined for 45 years
Mass Death of Seabirds in Western U.S.
Designer Babies Debate
New Genetic Clues Found in Fragile X Syndrome
Flu Activity Worsens Nationwide, CDC Reports
Influenza Virus RNA Genome
CDC: Flu shot less effective this year
More Room for Chickens Likely Means Costlier Eggs
Blamed for Bee Collapse, Monsanto Buys Leading Bee Research Firm
Audubon's Christmas Bird Count Turns 115: Why Does it Matter?
Wolves and Bears Stage Comeback in Crowded, Urban Europe
How Scientists Found Deepest-Ever Fish 5 Miles Down
This Drug Could be Promising in Extending Life
Telomeres in Disease
Billionaire's New Science Institute Plans "Google Maps" View of Cells
Why Backyard Birds are Getting Drunk on Fermentation
OKAZAKI: DNA Synthesis is Discontinuous
One Man's Trash
How Better Glass Can Save Hundreds of Millions Birds a Year
Death by Dirty Water: Storm Runoff a Risk for Fish
In female flies, sex is more complex than yes or no
Urban Algae Farm Gobbles Up Highway Air Pollution
Germany's First Waste-Free Supermarket
How Notorious HIV is Being Hijacked to Tackle Cancer
World's Longest Snake Has Virgin Birth
Why Rats, Mosquitoes and Water Don't Spread Ebola
Nobel Prize Winners stop bleeding with pork, make sausage from poop
DNA Analysis Shows That Native American Genealogy is One of the Most Unique in the World
Running is the Killer App of the Human Body
The dead trees and fallen leaves near Chernobyl aren't decaying
We May Have Figured Out What's Killing the Bees
Study: Smelling farts may be good for your health
19 Year Old Develops Machine to Clean up Oceans of Plastic
Taiji Dolphin Slaughter: Culture or Cruelty?
Cesarean Delivery May Cause Epigenetic Changes in Babies DNA
Five Simple Questions about Ebola Answered
Birds fall from sky in MI
Elephant poaching deaths reach tipping point in Africa
Three Person Babies
Humans Blamed for Extinction of Mammoths
Pink Dolphins Get Rescue Plan
7 Surprising Reasons You're Dehydrated
Drunken Trees: Dramatic Signs of Climate Change
Impulsivity Linked to Cocaine Addition
The Organisms That Make Us Who We Are
London Skeletons Reveal Secrets of the Black Death
Why You Don't Smell Like a Dog
America Must Kill This Fish
How a Boy's Pet Rodent Turned Deadly
Ancient Baby DNA Suggest Tie to Native Americans
Copenhagen Zoo Kills 4 Lions After Controversial Giraffe Death
Danish Zoo Kills Giraffe to Prevent Inbreeding
Female Lions Prefer Dark-Maned Males, Study Finds
'On' switches for cells
Stem Cell 'Major Discovery' Claimed
Opinion: Record Cold Doesn't Disprove Global Warning
4 Stranded DNA
Plants do math to control overnight food supplies
Naked Mole Rats Have Cancer Proof Goo
Eight Year Old Who Doesn't Age
How a Sea Squirt Could Help You Grow New Limbs
Illegal Exotic Pet Trade - poor sloths :-(
Death by a Thousand Cuts': Coal Boom Could Destroy Great Barrier Reef
India Bans Captive Dolphin Shows
Honeybees are Still Dying
Dogs and Humans Evolved Together, Study Suggests
New Carbon Dioxide Level Unseen in Human History
The Tragic Plight of Lions in Africa
Clues to Understanding How Stem Cells Produce Different Kinds of Cells
Criminal Minds are Different than Yours
Boston Psychiatrist Wants Accused Bomber's Brain Studied
CTE Detected in Living Ex-NFL Players
Toddler Born Without a Windpipe gets Artifical Trachea
Florida Battles Giant African Land Snail Invasion
Scientists Decode DNA of "Living Fossil" Fish
Big Brain Projects
Bidder Pays 6 Million for Crick DNA letter
Inspired by deep sea sponges: Creating Flexible Materials
Why Dolphins Wear Sponges
Bat Eating Spiders
Can the Prairie Dog be Saved?
Water Trapped for 1.5 Billion Years Could Hold Ancient Life
It's the Right time for Congress to Recognize Darwin
What is a Hox Gene?
Scientists Develop Hypo-Allergenic Apples
Hox Genes in Human Lung
Even Ancient Mummies had Clogged Arteries
Allergic Teen Dies After Eating Cookie
7 Steps to Cut Cancer Risk
5-Organ Transplant Patient Gives Birth
Aspirin Linked to lower risk of skin cancer
The Case for and Against the Soda Ban
Bee Venom Can Kill the HIV Virus
Mouse drop targets Guam's brown tree snake
Melting Permafrost: Scientists Warn of Dangers of Trapped Carbon
Allows you to Live without Breathing
Problem-solving Bacteria Crack Sudoku
Michigan State and the Wolverine Massacre
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Kills Seven in One Family
Death of the Dinosaurs: New Proof of Asteroid Impact
Supreme Court to Hear Major DNA Case
Genetically Modified Cells Could Prevent Death from HIV/AIDS
Texas BioLab Loses Deadly Virus
RePOOPulate
McDonalds Installing DNA Security Systems
DNA Cloning Expands into New Horizons
DNA Fingerprinting
DNA of Newtown Shooter to be Studied
Scientists make embryo using genes from 2 women and 1 man
Cell Communication - G protein coupled receptor discovery
Popcorn Lung
Beige Cells fight Obesity
Creating Gold (thank you for finding this article, Andrew - GO GREEN!)
Genes
Epigenetics
Biotechnology (Human Growth Hormone made by bacteria)
Health and Medicine
Cystic Fibrosis
Glowing Brain Tumors
Diabetes
Environment
Living World
Human Origins
Evolution (first shark hybrid)
Discovery of New Monkey
Rare Blue Lobster
Evolution (Extinct Galapagos Tortoise Reappears)
Animal Behavior (dolphins)
Plastic Chokes Oceans and Trashes Beaches
Giant Galapagos Tortoise Dies
Symbiotic Ants
Quadriplegic Moves Fingers After Nerve Surgery
Delayed Drowning
Gray Whales
Parkinson's Disease
Experimental Cancer Drug (Immune System)
Brain tapeworms 1
Brain tapeworms 2
Class Notes
UNIT 1 (ch.1-5, 8 enzymes only)
Chapter 2-3 PP
Chapter 4 PP
Grouping Activity (C, L, P, NA, H20) - ch.5 intro
Proteins Notes - ch.5
Toothpickase Data - ch.8 intro
UNIT 2 (ch.6-7, 11-13)
Chapter 6 PP
Chapter 7 PP
Lab 1 Powerpoint (on water potential)
Date Table 1.3 (dialysis bags)
Data Table 1.5 (potatoes)
Yeast cell signaling (schmoo formation)
Chapter 12 PP- Cell Cycle and Mitosis
Chapter 12 PP- Regulation
Cancerquest
Chapter 13 PP
Oogenesis vs. Spermatogenesis Diagram
UNIT 3 (ch.9-10)
Chapter 9 PP - overview
Glycolysis PP (ch.9 - Cell Respiration)
Kreb's Cycle PP (ch.9 - Cell Respiration)
ETC PP (ch.9 - Cell Respiration)
Comparing Photosynthesis and Cell Respiration (grouping activity)
Light Reactions PP (ch.10 - Photosynthesis)
Calvin Cycle PP (ch.10 - Photosynthesis)
C4 vs. CAM plants PP 3 (ch.10 - Photosynthesis) - tutorials cover this
UNIT 4 - MENDELIAN GENETICS & CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE (ch.14-15)
Chi Square Example - 9:3:3:1
Chi Square Examples
Powerpoint 1 - Mendelian Genetics
Powerpoint 2 - Probability
Powerpoint 3 - Beyond Mendel
Genetics Problems Examples
Pedigree Notes Website
Ch.15 Notes
Chromosome Disorder Notes
Sex Chromosome Abnormalities
Industrial and Systems Engineering site
UNIT 5 - NONMENDELIAN GENETICS (ch.16-17)
Chapter 16 PP - history, structure
Chapter 16 PP - DNA replication
Chapter 16 Notes
Chapter 16 - Enzyme matching key
Chapter 17 Notes
Chapter 17 - Mutations
Lab 7 Class Data (for Chi Square Analysis)
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2nd Semester
UNIT 6 - CONTROL OF GENE EXPRESSION & DNA TECHNOLOGY (ch.18-20)
WE ARE SKIPPING CHAPTER 21
Chapter 18 - Viruses
Chapter 18 - Operon Notes
Chapter 18 - Bacteria Genetic Variation/Gene Transfer (3 ways)
Chapter 19 - Eukaryotic Gene Expression
Nutrition and the Epigenome
UNIT 7 - EVOLUTION (ch.22-26)
Evolution (ch.22-26) KAPLAN PACKET
Cliffs pages
5 Types of Selection
Chapter 23 (Microevolution and Hardy-Weinberg)
Speciation
Graduated and Punctuated Equilibrium
UNIT 8 - PLANTS (ch.29-30, 35-36)
Pearson Packet
Chapter 29 Notes
Chapter 30 - Angiosperm Life Cycle
Chapter 35 - Plant Structure and Growth
Chapter 36 - Plant Transport
Phloem
UNIT 9 - ANIMAL DIVERSITY (ch.32-34) - YOU WILL NOT BE TESTED ON THIS UNIT
Pearson Packet
Chapter 32 Notes
Animal Phyla Grouping
ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
Cliffs packet
UNIT 10 - BODY SYSTEMS (ch.40-50)
Cliff's packet
Macro Notes - used to go over digestion, excretion, respiration and circulation
Test Review
UNIT 11 - ECOLOGY
Use 4th edition Cliff's packet
Useful Websites
Campbell Biology - 8th Edition, Mastering Biology (Ebook, practice quizzes, lab bench, word study, activities, videos)
Campbell Biology - 7th Edition
(slides)
Campbell Biology - 7th Edition
(outlines)
Collegeboard AP Biology Website
AP Credit Policy Information
(Find college and universities with AP credit policy info)
AP Biology Exam Format Information
College Board 2013 AP Exam Review
Previous Free Response Questions on AP Exam
Bozeman clips (by AP Biology Practices and Big Ideas)
Crash Course videos
NROC AP Biology Multimedia
Pearson Lab Bench (info on old 12 AP labs)
Wolfram Alpha
Quizlet (vocabulary help with flashcards)
Biology Tutorials
Biology Simulations
BioInteractive
The University of Arizona - the biology project
McGraw-Hill Virtual Labs
Biology Online Dictionary
4 Tests (Practice Test Questions)
AP Biology Test Calculator (based on old format)
SparkNotes Test Center (Practice Test Questions) - must create a free account
AP Biology Exam Review (flashcards by topic)
CliffsNotes Science
CliffsNotes AP Tests
Great AP Bio Exam Review Sites
Biology Corner
Order CliffsNotes from Amazon (highly recommended)
SIGN UP TO GET YOUR AP SCORES HERE!!!
Important Documents
Syllabus
Safety Contract
Info on the AP Biology Exam
Course and Exam Description
13 P Exam
14 P Exam
15 P Exam
Campbell Biology 7th Edition Correlation
Formula sheet
Advice from 2011-12 AP Bio students
Sample mini-poster
Scientific Root Words
End of Year Review (not updated to reflect curriculum changes)
BIO 111 Syllabus (Oakland University)
BIO 111 Syllabus (2)
BIO 111 Syllabus (3)
Oakland AP Equivalencies
MSU AP Equivalencies (the best school :)
U of M AP Equivalencies
Central AP Equivalencies
Eastern AP Equivalencies
Western AP Equivalencies
Wayne State AP Equivalencies
Northern Michigan AP Equivalencies
AP Policy Search (for other schools not listed above)
KITE Tutoring AP Bio Exam Course
Assignments
SEMESTER 1
1ST MARKING PERIOD
WEEK 1
(due Thursday, 9-10-15)
1. Fill in the AP Biology About Me form
2. Read syllabus (on blog under important documents) and get safety contract signed
3. Register for online book here using access using student access code
SSNAST-SUNUP-SKELF-TURVY-BEGUN-EANES
4. Watch Bozeman biology clip on Introduction to AP Biology - 4 big ideas introduced
(due Thursday, 9-24-15)
1. Read chapters 1 & 2 (pgs. 1-44)
2. Complete the ch.1-2 Reading guide
3. Watch Bozeman biology clip on 3 Domains of Life
WEEK 2
(due Friday, 9-25-15)
Brine Shrimp Lab Report Requirements
Brine Shrimp Lab
(due Thursday, 9-24-15)
1. Read chapters 3-5 (pgs. 46-90)
2. Complete the ch.3-4 Reading guide
3. Complete the ch.5 Reading guide
4. Watch Bozeman biology clip on Water
5. Watch Bozeman biology clip on Biological Molecules
6. Watch Crash Course in Biology #1 (carbon)
7. Watch Crash Course in Biology #2 (water)
8. Watch Crash Course in Biology #3 (macromolecules)
WEEK 3
(due Thursday, 9-24-15 )
1. Read chapter 8 - pgs. 142-143, 151-159 only
2. Toothpickase - we will do this in class
3. Watch Bozeman Biology clip on enzymes
4. Watch the Bozeman Biology clip 2 on enzymes
5. Watch the Animation How Enzymes Work
6. Do the All About Enzymes Tutorial
7. Do the Enzymes virtual lab
(due Thursday, 9-24-15)
1. Complete the ch.2-5 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
2. Read Cliffs pgs. 11-24 (3rd and 4th ed.) - A GREAT WAY TO STUDY FOR THE TEST!!!!!!!!!!
WEEK 4
(due Monday, 9-28-15)
1. Free Response Practice in Class
2. Watch Bozeman clip on the New AP Biology Exam
3. Take the post unit 1 Survey
(due Thursday, 10-15-15)
1. Read chapter 6
2. Complete the chapter 6 Reading guide
3. Watch Bozeman Biology clip on Tour of a Cell
4. Watch Crash Course in Biology #4 (animal cell)
5. Watch Crash Course in Biology #6 (plant cell)
6. Evolution of Organelles (Endosymbiosis Theory) Tutorial
7. Cell Structure and Function Tutorial
8. Cell size activity - in class
9. Watch Introduction to Cells
(due Thursday, 10-15-15)
1. Read chapter 7
2. Complete the chapter 7 Reading guide
3. Watch KhanAcademy clip on Diffusion and Osmosis
4. Watch Crash Course in Biology #5 (cell membrane)
(due Friday, 10-9-15)
1. Lab 1 Diffusion and Osmosis (1A-1E need to be completed)
2. Review LabBench (lab 1)
Lab 1 Powerpoint - Water Potential
1E - Onion Cell Plasmolysis (video)
1E - Elodea Plasmolysis (video)
3. Watch Bozeman Biology Clip on lab 1
4. Membrane Structure and Transport Tutorial
5. Watch Bozeman Clip on Cell Membranes
WEEK 5
(due Thursday, 10-15-15)
1. Read chapter 11 (Pearson or Cliffs packet only)
2. Cell Communication Activity - we will do this in class
3. Watch Bozeman biology clip on Cell Communication
4. Watch the 3D animation on Cell Signals
5. Do chapter 11 activities (4), then take the activity quiz on the Pearson site
6. Watch Bozeman biology clip on Signal Transduction
7. Watch the TED video on How Bacteria Talk
8. Visit the Bassler Lab website
9. Membrane Dynamics and Cell Communication Tutorial
(due Thursday, 10-15-15)
1. Read chapter 12
2. Complete the chapter 12 Reading guide
3. Watch Cell Cycle and Mitosis
4. Mitosis Tutorial 2
5. Watch Mitosis video
6. Mitosis Virtual Lab
7. Cancerquest
8. Read chapter 13
9. Complete the chapter 13 Reading guide
10. Meiosis Tutorial
11. Meiosis Virtual Lab
12. Visit NOVA website
13. Watch Treating Cancer with Electric Fields (very interesting!)
14. Watch Crash Course in Biology #12 (mitosis)
15. Watch Crash Course in Biology #13 (meiosis)
16. Watch Bozeman biology clip on the Cell Cycle, Mitosis and Meiosis
17. Watch Bozeman biology clip on Mitosis/Meiosis Simulation
18. Watch Sex Determination video (very interesting!)
19. Lab 3 Mitosis and Meiosis
WEEK 6
(due Thursday, 10-15-15)
1. Review Lab Bench (lab 3)
2. Watch Bozeman biology clip on Lab 3
3. Complete the ch.6-7, 12-13 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
4. Read Cliffs (3rd edition) pgs. 33-39, 73-81, 140 (endosymbiotic theory only) - good review of ch.6-7, 12-13. Read Cliffs (4th edition) pgs. 31-44, 73-93, 165-166 (endosymbiotic theory only), also includes ch.11 - cell communication
5. Tips for Unit 2 Test
WEEK 7
(due Thursday, 11-5-15)
1. Read chapter 9
2. Complete the chapter 9 Reading guide
3. Watch Bozeman biology clip on Respiration
4. Watch Crash Course in Biology #7 (cell respiration)
5. Cell Respiration Tutorial (aerobic vs. anaerobic)
6. Cell Respiration Tutorial 2
7. Watch Cell Respiration Song :)
8. Watch Cell Respiration Animation
(due Thursday, 10-29-15)
Respiration Lab
Lab Report Requirements
Watch Bozeman biology clip on Respiration lab
WEEK 8
(due Friday, 11-6-15)
2 Science Article Summaries - 3rd for 10 points extra credit - see requirements
(due Thursday, 11-5-15)
1. Read chapter 10
2. Complete the chapter 10 Reading guide
3. Watch the simple story of photosynthesis - cute ;-)
4. Watch Bozeman biology clip on Photosynthesis
5. Watch Crash Course in Biology #8 (photosynthesis)
6. Lab 4 Photosynthesis (chromatography only) and Floating Leaf Disks Lab
7. Watch Bozeman biology clip on Photosynthesis lab
8. Watch video on Sinking discs
9. Watch Tressel youtube clip on Photosynthesis
10. Photosynthesis Tutorial 1
11. Photosynthesis Tutorial 2
WEEK 9
(due Thursday, 11-5-15)
1. Complete the ch.9-10 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
2. Review Respiration and Photosynthesis at this site (click on revise for tutorial, then test for each topic)
3. Watch Bozeman Biology clip on Photosynthesis and Respiration
4. Read Cliffs pgs.45-73 (3rd edition)
Read Cliffs pgs. 45-72 (4th edition)
2ND MARKNIG PERIOD
WEEK 1
(due Monday, 11-23-15)
1. Read chapter 14
2. Complete the chapter 14 Reading guide
3. Watch Bozeman clip on Mendelian Genetics
4. Watch Bozeman clip on Genotypes & Phenotypes
5. Mendel's Experiments (go to animation)
6. Read over info on Mendel's Experiments
7. Independent Assortment Tutorial
8. Watch Bozeman clip on Punnett Squares
9. Do the Punnett Squares virtual lab
10. Punnett Square Tutorial
11. Watch Crash Course in Biology #9 (heredity)
WEEK 2
(due Monday, 11-23-15)
1. Watch Bozeman clip on Probability in Genetics
2. Review the Chi Square Tutorial
3. Chi Square Analysis (Skittles) Lab
4. Watch Bozeman clip on Chi Square
5. Try these genetics problems (1, 2, 4-7, 8ac, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17, 19, 20)
Watch out for answer key typos - 1) incomplete dominance and 11a) 1/4
6. Try these dihybrid cross problems
7. Watch video clip on Epigenetics
8. Read this article (about environmental triggers on genes)
9. Watch Crash Course on Epigenetics
10. Watch Understanding Pedigrees
11. Watch Pedigree Analysis
WEEK 3
(due Monday, 11-23-15)
1. Read chapter 15
2. Complete the chapter 15 Reading guide
3. Watch Bozeman clip on Chromosomal Inheritance
4. Do the Sex-linked virtual lab
5. Sex-linked Inheritance Problem Set
6. Read info on Linked and Sex-linked Genes
7. Watch Bozeman clip on Linked Genes
8. Watch Bozeman clip on X Inactivation
9. Watch Bozeman clip on Advanced Genetics
10. Visualizing Nondisjunction
(due Monday, 11-23-15)
1. Complete the ch.14-15 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
2. Read Cliffs pgs.89-106, 17-22 (3rd edition) or Cliffs pgs. 101-122, 18-22 (4th edition)
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
WEEK 4
(due Thursday, 12-17-15)
1. Read chapter 16
2. Complete the chapter 16 Reading Guide
3. Watch Bozeman clip on DNA/RNA part 1
4. Watch Bozeman clip on DNA/RNA part 2
5. Watch Bozeman clip on DNA Replication
6. Do the DNA Replication Tutorial
7. DNA Structure and Replication Tutorial 2
8. Watch and answer questions about the following video clips:
DNA Packaging
Chemical Structure of DNA
DNA Pair Strands
Chargaff's Ratio
Watson Constructing Base Pair Models
Coding Sequences in DNA
DNA Replication
9. Watch Crash Course in Biology #10 (DNA structure & replication)
10. Telomere Tutorial
11. Watch Telomeres and Aging TED talk
WEEK 5
(due Thursday, 12-17-15)
1. Read chapter 17
2. Complete the chapter 17 Reading Guide
3. Watch Bozeman clip on Transcription & Translation
4. Watch Bozeman clip on the Central Dogma
5. Complete the Protein Synthesis tutorial - 2
6. Watch clip on RNA splicing
7. Watch clip on translation
8. Do interactive tutorials on protein synthesis (includes awesome diagrams of translation)
9. Watch Crash Course in Biology #11 (protein synthesis)
10. Study for test using review sheet
11. Transcription/Translation worksheet 1
12. Transcription/Translation worksheet 2 (challenge)
13. Watch Bozeman clip on Mutations
14. Complete the ch.16-17 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
15. Read Cliffs pgs.107-116 (3rd edition) or pgs. 123-134 (4th edition)
16. Watch these great review videos of DNA replication and Protein synthesis
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2ND SEMESTER
WEEK 1
(due Thursday, 2-4-16)
1. Read chapter 18
2. Complete the chapter 18 Reading Guide
3. Watch Bozeman clip on Viruses
4. Watch Bozeman clip on Viral Replication
5. Watch How a Virus Invades Your Body
6. Watch clip on Lac Operon
7. Watch clip on Trp Operon
8. Build model of prokaryotic operon (lac and trp per group)
9. Watch streaking technique clip
10. Bacteria Transformation (pGLO) Lab
11. MRSA - When Good Bacteria GO Bad (transformation)
12. Genetic Transfer clip (conjugation and transduction)
13. Clip on conjugation
14. Clip on Exchange of Genetic Material
WEEK 2
(due Thursday, 2-4-16)
1. Read chapter 19
2. Complete the chapter 19 Reading Guide
3. Watch Bozeman clip on Gene Regulation
4. Watch Crash Course on Epigenetics (review from earlier unit)
5. Visit and read this site on Nutrition and the Epigenome
6. Watch clip on RNA interference
7. Watch Epigenetics video clip on twins and mice
WEEK 3
(due Thursday, 2-4-16)
1. Read chapter 20
2. Complete the chapter 20 Reading guide
3. Watch plasmid clip
4. Watch growing bacteria plate (gross!)
5. Read article about bacteria making human growth hormones (article summary?)
6. Watch clip on restriction enzymes (ECORI)
7. Restriction Enzymes: How is DNA Manipulated?
8. Recombinant Plasmid Activity
*9. Complete the restriction enzyme digestion tutorial
10. Restriction Mapping Tutorial
*11. Review the DNA fingerprinting tutorial (review from biology class)
*12. Complete the DNA fingerprinting tutorial and problems
13. Watch Bozeman clip on DNA fingerprinting
14. Watch Bozeman clip on Molecular Biology
*15. Complete PCR Animation
16. Read info on cloning
*17. Clone a mouse (review from biology class)
FYI only *18. Stem cell tutorial 1 (even though I like Green and White)
FYI only *19. Stem cell tutorial 2
(due Thursday, 2-4-16)
1. Complete the ch.18-20 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
2. Read Cliffs pgs. 116-120 (3rd edition)
pgs. 135-143 (4th edition)
WEEK 4
(due Wednesday, 2-10-16)
1. Which of the following versions of Abiogenesis sounds most likely in your opinion? (write a 1-2 page position paper)
Research:
The Origin of Life
Campbell Website (go to ch.25 - Investigation: How Did Life Begin on Early Earth?)
Did Life Evolve in Ice?
Is Deep Space the Birthplace of Life?
Origin of Life: The Panspermia Theory
Origin of Life on Earth: 'Natural Asymmetry of Biological Molecules May Have Come from Space'
The Volcanic Origin of Life
AP Biology book - pgs. 507-510 (chapter 25)
Cliffs book (4th ed) pgs. 164-166
Cliffs book (3rd ed) pgs. 139-140
2. Watch 5 Theories on the Origin of Life
3. Watch Greatest Discoveries: Origin and Evolution
4. Watch Bozeman clip on Abiogenesis
5. Watch Bozeman clip on Origin of Life - Scientific Evidence
6. Watch Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
(due Wednesday, 3-2-16)
1. Read chapter 22
2. Complete the chapter 22 Reading guide
3. Evidence of Evolution Webquest
4. Watch Crash Course video on Evidence of Evolution
5. Watch Bozeman clip on Evidence for Evolution
6. Watch Bozeman clip on Natural Selection
7. Watch Bozemen clip on Examples of Natural Selection
8. Natural Selection Tutorial
9. Peppered Moth Tutorial
10. Peppered Moth video
11. What Darwin Never Knew (FYI)
12. Watch clip on Sexual Selection
13. Watch Sexual Selection and Evolution
ENJOY YOUR MID-WINTER BREAK!
WEEK 5
(due Wednesday, 3-2-16)
1. Read chapter 23
2. Complete the chapter 23 Reading guide
*3. Watch Bozeman clip on Solving Hardy Weinberg Problems
*4. Watch clip on Hardy-Weinberg Principle: Watch Your Ps and Qs
*5. Hardy-Weinberg Sample Problems
*6. Hardy-Weinberg Animation
7. H-W Tutorial
8. Read chapter 24
9. Complete the chapter 24 Reading guide
*10. Speciation Tutorial
11. Watch Bozeman clip on Classification
*12. Watch Bozeman clip on Speciation
13. Watch Bozeman clip on Speciation and Extinction
14. Watch Crash Course video on Speciation
15. Watch Five Fingers of Evolution (microevolution)
WEEK 6
(due Wednesday, 3-2-16)
1. Read chapter 25
2. Complete the chapter 25 Reading guide
3. Watch Bozeman clip on Macroevolution/History of Life on Earth
4. Lab 8 (answers to 1-6 Hardy-Weinberg Problems)
5. Review Lab Bench (lab 8)
6. Read article on Extinct Galapagos Tortoise Reappearing
(due Wednesday, 3-2-16)
1. Read chapter 26
2. Complete the chapter 26 Reading guide
3. Watch Crash Course video on Taxonomy
4. Watch Bozeman clip on Cladograms
5. Pet Cemetary - DNA sequences
6. Watch Bozeman clip on Phylogenetics
7. BLAST homepage
8. Visit http://timetree.org/
*9. The Evolution of the Three Domains Tutorial
10. Complete the ch.22-26 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
11. Read Cliffs pgs.129-140 (skip 133) (3rd edition)
Read Cliffs pgs. 153-166 (4th edition)
WEEK 7
(due Monday, 3-21-16)
1. Read chapter 29
2. Complete the chapter 29 Reading guide
3. Watch Bozeman Clip on Land Plants
4. Watch Crash Course on Sex Lives of Nonvascular Plants
5. Ch.29 and 30 online activities
6. Life Cycle of a Conifer Tutorial
7. Fruit and flower dissection online prelab
8. Do the Angiosperm Life Cycle Tutorial
9. Do the Double Fertilization Tutorial
10. Watch clip on Double Fertilization
11. Fruit and flower dissection lab
12. Watch Crash Course on Vascular Plants
13. Watch Crash Course on Reproduction of Vascular Plants
14. Read chapter 30
15. Complete the chapter 30 Reading guide
WEEK 8
(due Monday, 3-21-16)
1. Read chapter 35
2. Complete the chapter 35 Reading guide
3. Watch Bozeman Clip on Plant Structure
4. Read chapter 36
6. Complete the chapter 36 Reading guide
7. Watch Bozeman clip on AP lab 9
8. Transpiration lab (AP lab 9) - using summer data :(
9. Review Lab Bench (lab 9)
10. Transpiration Virtual Lab
11. Pressure Flow Model Tutorial
12. Watch Bozeman clip on Plant Transport
13. Plant Hormones Tutorial (not on our test but could be on the AP Bio exam)
14. Bozeman Clip on How to Find Stomata
15. Watch review clip on water potential
16. Complete the ch.29-30, 35-36 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
17. Read Cliffs pgs. 154-155, 167-175 (3rd edition)
Read Cliffs pgs. 181-183 (4th edition) and review Pearson packet (ch.29-30, 35-36)
WEEK 9
(due Friday, 4-1-16)
Final Round of Science Article Summaries - 3rd for 10 points extra credit - see requirements
1. Read chapter 32
2. Complete the chapter 32 Reading guide
3. Read chapter 33
4. Complete the chapter 33 Reading guide
5. Visit PBS website - Shape of Life
6. Gastrulation tutorial
7. Online dissections:
Earthworm
Grasshopper
Crayfish
Clam
Starfish
Salmon (vertebrate - just for fun)
8. Invertebrate Dissections in class :-)
9. The Life Cycle of Cnidarians Tutorial
10. Watch Crash Course video on Simple Animals
11. Watch Crash Course video on Complex Animals
WEEK 10
1. Animal Phyla Matching Part 1
2. Watch Bozeman clip on Animals
3. Read chapter 34
4. Complete the chapter 34 Reading guide
5. Watch Crash Course video on Chordates
6. Complete the ch.32-34 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
7. Read Cliffs pgs. 157-160 (3rd edition)
8. Read Pearson review packet pgs. 186-197
WEEK 11
1. Watch Chimpanzee
2. Read chapter 51
3. Watch Imprinting (goose) video clip
4. Watch Monarch Butterfly migration video clip
5. Watch Kin selection in bees
6. Watch Bozeman clip on Animal Behavior
7. Animal Behavior Labs - Flies, Pillbugs and Termites
HAPPY SPRING BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4TH & FINAL MARKING PERIOD
WEEK 1
(due Friday, 4-22-16)
1. Read chapter 48 - Nervous System
2. Complete the chapter 48 Reading Guide
3. Watch Crash Course video on the Nervous System
4. The Resting Membrane Potential Tutorial
5. The Action Potential Tutorial
6. Synaptic Transmission Tutorial
7. Molecular Mechanisms of Muscle Contraction Tutorial
8. Watch Animation:Transmission across a synapse (this is helpful)
9. Read chapter 45 - Endocrine System
10. Complete the chapter 45 Reading Guide
11. Watch Crash Course on the Endocrine System
12. Ovarian and Uterine Cycles tutorial
WEEK 2
(due Friday, 4-22-16)
* do 1-10 to review all systems other than Endocrine, Immune & Nervous
1. Read paragraph and watch the animation on positive vs. negative feedback
2. Watch Bozeman clip on Organ Systems
3. Watch Bozeman clip on the Digestive System
4. Digestion and Absorption of Fats Tutorial
5. Watch Bozeman clip on the Respiratory System
6. Airflow in Mammals Tutorial
7. Watch Bozeman clip on the Circulatory System
8. The Cardiac Cycle Tutorial
9. Watch Bozeman clip on Osmoregulation/ The Excretory System
11. Read chapter 43 - Immune System
12. Complete the chapter 43 Reading Guide
13. Watch Bozeman clip on the Immune System
14. Cells of the Immune System Tutorial
15. Immune System Tutorial
16. Watch Crash Course video on the Immune System
17. Complete the ch.43, 45, 48 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
18. Read Cliffs pgs. 191-210
19. Read Pearson review packet
20. Look over test review
WEEK 3
1. Watch Bozeman clip on Populations
2. Watch Bozeman clip on Population Ecology
3. Watch Bozeman clip on R and k Selection
4. Watch Bozeman clip on Communities
5. Watch Bozeman Clip on Succession
6. Watch Bozeman clip on Ecosystems
7. Watch Bozeman clip on Biogeochemical Cycling
8. Read Cliffs pgs. 225-229, 235-247
***THERE WILL BE NO UNIT TEST ON ECOLOGY ***
WEEK 4
AP BIOLOGY EXAM INFO:
******Watch the Bozeman clip - Final Review (5o minute version) ******
******Watch the Bozeman clip - Final Review (3o minute version) ******
1. Sign up for a College Board account at apscore.org. You must have an account to access your exam score in July.
2. AP Biology Exam Test Format Info
3. Watch Bozeman clip on the AP Biology exam
4. Do the two practice tests in the Cliffs book
5. 13 P Exam
6. 14 P Exam
7. 15 P Exam
8. Go to mel.org for more practice tests (teens, college, college prep center, register for an account)
9. Take more online practice AP Bio tests (you must register to make an account)
10. Sample Free Response (green booklet) Answer Key
11. Preview old free response questions
12. Review Mr. Anderson review flashcards
13. Review AP Biology Exam flashcards (by topic)
14. Great AP Bio Exam Review Sites
STUDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2. Complete the chapter 32 Reading guide
3. Read chapter 33
4. Complete the chapter 33 Reading guide
5. Visit PBS website - Shape of Life
6. Gastrulation tutorial
7. Online dissections:
Earthworm
Grasshopper
Crayfish
Clam
Starfish
Salmon (vertebrate - just for fun)
8. Invertebrate Dissections in class :-)
9. The Life Cycle of Cnidarians Tutorial
10. Watch Crash Course video on Simple Animals
11. Watch Crash Course video on Complex Animals
WEEK 10
1. Animal Phyla Matching Part 1
2. Watch Bozeman clip on Animals
3. Read chapter 34
4. Complete the chapter 34 Reading guide
5. Watch Crash Course video on Chordates
6. Complete the ch.32-34 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
7. Read Cliffs pgs. 157-160 (3rd edition)
8. Read Pearson review packet pgs. 186-197
WEEK 11
1. Watch Chimpanzee
2. Read chapter 51
3. Watch Imprinting (goose) video clip
4. Watch Monarch Butterfly migration video clip
5. Watch Kin selection in bees
6. Watch Bozeman clip on Animal Behavior
7. Animal Behavior Labs - Flies, Pillbugs and Termites
HAPPY SPRING BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4TH & FINAL MARKING PERIOD
WEEK 1
(due Friday, 4-22-16)
1. Read chapter 48 - Nervous System
2. Complete the chapter 48 Reading Guide
3. Watch Crash Course video on the Nervous System
4. The Resting Membrane Potential Tutorial
5. The Action Potential Tutorial
6. Synaptic Transmission Tutorial
7. Molecular Mechanisms of Muscle Contraction Tutorial
8. Watch Animation:Transmission across a synapse (this is helpful)
9. Read chapter 45 - Endocrine System
10. Complete the chapter 45 Reading Guide
11. Watch Crash Course on the Endocrine System
12. Ovarian and Uterine Cycles tutorial
WEEK 2
(due Friday, 4-22-16)
* do 1-10 to review all systems other than Endocrine, Immune & Nervous
1. Read paragraph and watch the animation on positive vs. negative feedback
2. Watch Bozeman clip on Organ Systems
3. Watch Bozeman clip on the Digestive System
4. Digestion and Absorption of Fats Tutorial
5. Watch Bozeman clip on the Respiratory System
6. Airflow in Mammals Tutorial
7. Watch Bozeman clip on the Circulatory System
8. The Cardiac Cycle Tutorial
9. Watch Bozeman clip on Osmoregulation/ The Excretory System
11. Read chapter 43 - Immune System
12. Complete the chapter 43 Reading Guide
13. Watch Bozeman clip on the Immune System
14. Cells of the Immune System Tutorial
15. Immune System Tutorial
16. Watch Crash Course video on the Immune System
17. Complete the ch.43, 45, 48 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
18. Read Cliffs pgs. 191-210
19. Read Pearson review packet
20. Look over test review
WEEK 3
1. Watch Bozeman clip on Populations
2. Watch Bozeman clip on Population Ecology
3. Watch Bozeman clip on R and k Selection
4. Watch Bozeman clip on Communities
5. Watch Bozeman Clip on Succession
6. Watch Bozeman clip on Ecosystems
7. Watch Bozeman clip on Biogeochemical Cycling
8. Read Cliffs pgs. 225-229, 235-247
***THERE WILL BE NO UNIT TEST ON ECOLOGY ***
WEEK 4
AP BIOLOGY EXAM INFO:
******Watch the Bozeman clip - Final Review (5o minute version) ******
******Watch the Bozeman clip - Final Review (3o minute version) ******
1. Sign up for a College Board account at apscore.org. You must have an account to access your exam score in July.
2. AP Biology Exam Test Format Info
3. Watch Bozeman clip on the AP Biology exam
4. Do the two practice tests in the Cliffs book
5. 13 P Exam
6. 14 P Exam
7. 15 P Exam
8. Go to mel.org for more practice tests (teens, college, college prep center, register for an account)
9. Take more online practice AP Bio tests (you must register to make an account)
10. Sample Free Response (green booklet) Answer Key
11. Preview old free response questions
12. Review Mr. Anderson review flashcards
13. Review AP Biology Exam flashcards (by topic)
14. Great AP Bio Exam Review Sites
STUDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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