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Student Connection
Parent Connection
Teacher Connection
Monday, September 10, 2012
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Pearson Packets (8th edition)
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*updated version
Unit 1 (ch.2-5 only)
Unit 1 (ch.8)
Unit 2 (ch.6-7, 11-13)
Unit 3 (ch.9-10)
Unit 4 (ch.14-15)
*Unit 5 (ch.16-17)
*Unit 6 (ch.18-20) - warning: chapters numbered differently
*Unit 7 (ch.22-26)
*Unit 8 (ch.29-30, 35-36)
*Unit 9 (ch.32-34)
*Unit 10 (Body Systems, emphasis on 45-Endocrine, 48-Nervous and 43-Immune Systems)
Article Summaries
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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:
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
4 Stranded DNA
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
Notes
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UNIT 1 - CHEMISTRY (ch.1-5, 8)
Chapter 2
Chapter 3 Powerpoint
Chapter 4 Powerpoint
Chapter 5 Notes
Protein Notes
Chapter 5 Powerpoints:
Carbs
Lipids
Proteins
Nucleic Acids
Chapter 8 - see tutorials and lab
Toothpickase Data
UNIT 2 - CELLS (ch.6-7, 11-13)
Chapter 6 PP
Chapter 7 PP
Lab 1 Powerpoint (on water potential)
Chapter 12 PP- Cell Cycle and Mitosis
Chapter 12 PP- Regulation
Cancerquest
Chapter 13 PP
UNIT 3 - CELL RESPIRATION AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS (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
Light Reactions PP (ch.10 - Photosynthesis)
Calvin Cycle PP (ch.10 - Photosynthesis)
C4 vs. CAM plants PP 3 (ch.10 - Photosynthesis)
UNIT 4 - MENDELIAN GENETICS & CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE (ch.14-15)
Powerpoint 1 - Mendelian Genetics
Powerpoint 2 - Probability
Chi Square Example - 9:3:3:1
Chi Square Examples
Powerpoint 3 - Beyond Mendel
Genetics Problems Examples
Ch.15 Notes (includes fly crosses)
Lab 7 Class Data (for Chi Square Analysis)
Chromosome Disorder Notes
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
UNIT 6 - CONTROL OF GENE EXPRESSION & DNA TECHNOLOGY (ch.18-20)
WE ARE SKIPPING CHAPTER 21
Chapter 18 - Operon Notes
Chapter 18 - Viruses
Chapter 18 - Bacteria Genetic Variation/Gene Transfer (3 ways)
Chapter 19 - Eukaryotic Gene Expression
UNIT 7 - EVOLUTION (ch.22-26)
Evolution (ch.22-26) KAPLAN PACKET
Evidence for Evolution
Chapter 23 (Microevolution and Hardy-Weinberg)
UNIT 8 - PLANTS (ch.29,30,35-36)
Chapter 29 Notes
Chapter 30 - Angiosperm Life Cycle
Chapter 35 - Plant Structure and Growth
Chapter 36 - Plant Transport
UNIT 9 - ANIMAL DIVERSITY (ch.32-34)
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Animal Facts (there is a search option - very helpful website)
Chapter 34
Shape of Life website
UNIT 10 - BODY SYSTEMS
Chapter 43 (Mr. Donaghy's Notes)
UNIT 11 - ECOLOGY
Use 4th edition Cliff's packet
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Useful Websites
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Campbell Biology - 7th Edition (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 (includes example questions)
Previous Free Response Questions on AP Exam
Bozeman clips (by AP Biology Practices and Big Ideas)
Crash Course videos
Pearson Lab Bench (info on 12 AP labs)
Mini-posters Biology by Crash Course
(useful videos)
KhanAcademy
(useful videos)
Wolfram Alpha
Quizlet (vocabulary help with flashcards)
Biology Tutorials
BioInteractive
The University of Arizona - the biology project
McGraw-Hill Virtual Labs
Biology Online Dictionary
4 Tests (Practice Test Questions)
SparkNotes Test Center (Practice Test Questions) - must create a free account
AP Biology Exam Review (flashcards by topic)
CliffsNotes Science
CliffsNotes AP Tests
AP Biology Test Calculator (based on old test format)
Great AP Bio Exam Review Sites
Biology Corner
Order a Cliff's for AP Bio from Amazon (highly recommended)
Order Kaplan AP Biology 2013-2014
SIGN UP TO GET YOUR AP SCORES HERE!!!
Important Documents
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Syllabus/Audit
Safety contract
Info on the AP Biology Exam
Course and Exam Description
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)
Assignments
SEMESTER 1
1ST MARKING PERIOD
WEEK 1
(due Friday, 9-7-12)
1. Fill in the AP Biology About Me form
2. Get syllabus and safety contract signed
3. Register for online book access using student access code
SSNAST-ACCAD-SULCI-MEWED-NADIR-NOISE here
(Choose Campbell, Biology 5e/7e AP* Edition as the textbook and use the Class ID: CM116052)
4. Watch Bozeman biology clip on Introduction to AP Biology - 4 big ideas introduced
(due Thursday, 9-20-12)
1. Read chapters 1 & 2 (pgs. 2-45)
2. Complete the ch.1-2 Reading guide
3. Chemical Bonds Tutorial
WEEK 2
(due Monday, 9-24-12)
Brine Shrimp Lab Report Requirements
Brine Shrimp Lab
(due Thursday, 9-20-12)
1. Read chapters 3-5 (pgs. 47-90)
2. Complete the ch.3-4 Reading guide
3. Complete the ch.5 Reading guide
4. Watch Bozeman biology clip on Water
5. Watch Properties of Water
6. Watch Bozeman biology clip on Biological Molecules
7. Watch Crash Course in Biology #1 (carbon)
8. Watch Crash Course in Biology #2 (water)
9. Watch Crash Course in Biology #3 (macromolecules)
10. Macromolecules Tutorial
WEEK 3
(due Friday, 9-21-12)
1. AP Lab 2: Enyzme Catalysis
Data
2. Review Online AP Lab 2: Enzyme Catalysis
3. Watch Catalase Demo - elephant toothpaste (with yeast)
(due Thursday, 9-20-12)
1. Read chapter 8 - pgs. 141-143, 146-157 only
2. Toothpickase - we will do this in class
3. Watch Bozeman Biology clip on enzymes
4. Do the Enzymes virtual lab
5. Enzyme Catalysis Tutorial
6. Allosteric Regulation Tutorial
(due Thursday, 9-20-12)
1. Complete the ch.2-5 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
2. Read Cliffs pgs. 11-24- A GREAT WAY TO STUDY FOR THE TEST!!!!!!!!!!
(due Monday, 9-24-12)
Take Post Unit 1 Survey
WEEK 4
(IN CLASS - Monday, 9-24-12)
Free Response Practice 2009 #1 (2.5 minutes to read, 22.5 minutes to write)
(due Thursday, 10-18-12)
1. Read chapter 6
2. Complete the chapter 6 Reading guide
3. Watch Bozeman Biology clip on Tour of a Cell
4. Eukaryotic Cell Tour Tutorial
5. Watch Crash Course in Biology #4 (animal cell)
6. Watch Crash Course in Biology #6 (plant cell)
7. Evolution of Organelles (Endosymbiosis Theory) Tutorial
8. Cell Structure and Function Tutorial
(due Thursday, 10-18-12)
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)
5. Passive Transport Tutorial
6. Active Transport Tutorial
7. Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis Tutorial
(due Wednesday, 10-3-12)
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. Do Osmosis Tutorial
5. Membrane Structure and Transport Tutorial
WEEK 5
(due Thursday, 10-18-12)
1. Read chapter 11 (Pearson 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. Signal Transduction Tutorial
7. Watch Bozeman biology clip on Signal Transduction
8. Watch the TED video on How Bacteria Talk
9. Visit the Bassler Lab website
10. Membrane Dynamics and Cell Communication Tutorial
(due Thursday, 10-18-12)
1. Read chapter 12
2. Complete the chapter 12 Reading guide
3. Mitosis Tutorial
4. Mitosis Tutorial 2
5. Mitosis Virtual Lab
6. Cancerquest
7. Read chapter 13
8. Complete the chapter 13 Reading guide
9. Meiosis Tutorial
10. Meiosis Tutorial 2
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!)
WEEK 6
(due Thursday, 10-18-12)
1. Lab 3 Mitosis and Meiosis
2. Review Lab Bench (lab 3)
3. Watch Bozeman biology clip on Lab 3
4. Complete the ch.6-7, 12-13 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
5. Read Cliffs pgs. 33-39, 73-81 (good review of ch.6-7, 12-13)
6. Review Pearson packet pgs. 57-60 (Chapter 11) - see your handout or the blog post
WEEK 7
(due Tuesday, 10-23-12)
Free Response on Water Potential
(due Friday, 11-9-12)
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. ETC and ATP Synthesis Tutorial
7. Watch Cell Respiration Song :)
(due Thursday, 11-1-12)
Respiration Lab
Lab Report Requirements
WEEK 8
(due Friday, 11-2-11)
2 Science Article Summaries (3rd for extra credit)
(due Friday, 11-9-12)
1. Read chapter 10
2. Complete the chapter 10 Reading guide
3. Watch Bozeman biology clip on Photosynthesis
4. Watch Crash Course in Biology #8 (photosynthesis)
5. Lab 4 Photosynthesis (chromatography only) and Floating Leaf Disks Lab
6. Watch Bozeman biology clip on Photosynthesis lab
7. Watch video on Sinking discs
8. Watch Tressel youtube clip on Photosynthesis
9. Photosynthesis Tutorial
10. Photosynthesis Tutorial 2
11. Photophosphorylation Tutorial (Light Reactions)
12. Tracing the Pathway of CO2 Tutorial (Dark Reactions)
WEEK 9
(due Friday, 11-9-12)
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.45-50, 57-63
2ND MARKING PERIOD
WEEK 2
(due Thursday, 11-29-12)
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 3
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, 5-7, 8ac, 10, 11, 13, 17, 19, 20)
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
WEEK 4
(due Thursday, 11-29-12)
1. Read chapter 15
2. Complete the chapter 15 Reading guide
3. Watch Bozeman clip on Chromosomal Inheritance
4. Tutorial on Alleles That Do Not Assort Independently
5. Linked Genes and Mapping Tutorial
6. Morgan Genetics Tutorial
7. Do the Sex-linked virtual lab
8. Sex-linked Inheritance Problem Set
9. Read info on Linked and Sex-linked Genes
10. Watch Bozeman clip on X Inactivation
11. Watch Bozeman clip on Advanced Genetics
12. Visualizing Nondisjunction
(due Thursday, 11-29-12)
1. Complete the ch.14-15 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
2. Read Cliffs pgs.89-98
WEEK 5
(due Friday, 1-4-13)
1. Lab 7- Fruit Flies
2. Do Virtual Fruit Fly Lab Activity (use guest entrance)
3. Data (6th and 7th hr combined)
(due Wednesday, 12-12-12)
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 Sequence in DNA
DNA Replication
9. Watch Crash Course in Biology #10 (DNA structure & replication)
10. Telomere Tutorial
WEEKS 6/7
(due Wednesday, 12-12-12)
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 - 1
6. Complete the Protein Synthesis tutorial - 2
7. Watch clip on RNA splicing
8. Watch clip on 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. Complete the ch.16-17 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
14. Read Cliffs pgs.107-116
(due Friday, 1-11-13)
1. Read chapter 18
2. Complete the chapter 18 Reading Guide
3. Watch Bozeman clip on Viral Replication
4. Watch How a Virus Invades Your Body
5. Watch clip on Lac Operon
6. Do the Lac Operon tutorial
7. Watch clip on Trp Operon
8. Do the Trp Operon tutorial
9. Build model of prokaryotic operon (lac or trp - your choice)
10. Watch streaking technique clip
11. Bacteria Transformation (pGLO) Lab
12. Genetic Transfer clip (conjugation and transduction)
13. Clip on conjugation
WEEK 7
(due Friday, 1-11-13)
1. Read chapter 19
2. Complete the chapter 19 Reading Guide
3. Watch Bozeman clip on Gene Regulation
4. Watch clip on control of gene expression in eukaryotes
5. Watch Crash Course on Epigenetics
WEEK 8
(due Friday, 1-11-13)
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. Complete PCR Animation
*15. Read info on cloning
*16. Clone a mouse (review from biology class)
*17. Stem cell tutorial 1 (even though I like Green and White)
*18. Stem cell tutorial 2
(due Friday, 1-11-13)
1. Complete the ch.18-20 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
2. Read Cliffs pgs. 116-120
WEEK 9
(due Friday, 1-18-13)
1. 2 Science Article Summaries (3rd for extra credit)
2. STUDY - EXAM WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Info on Exam
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2ND SEMESTER
WEEK 1
(due Friday, 1-25-13)
1. Which of the following versions of Abiogenesis sounds most likely in your opinion? (write a 1-2 page position paper)
Research:
Watch Ascent of Man - Abiogenesis
The Origin of Life
Synthesis of Prebiotic Molecules Tutorial
Campbell Website (go to ch.26 - Investigation: How Did Life Begin on Early Earth?)
Did Life Evolve in Ice?
Is Deep Space the Birthplace of Life?
Origin of Life on Earth: 'Natural Asymmetry of Biological Molecules May Have Come from Space'
The Volcanic Origin of Life
2. Watch Bozeman clip on Abiogenesis
(due Thursday, 2-7-13)
1. Read chapter 22
2. Complete the chapter 22 Reading guide
3. Watch Crash Course video on Evidence of Evolution
4. Watch Bozeman clip on Evidence for Evolution
5. Watch Bozeman clip on Natural Selection
6. Watch Bozemen clip on Examples of Natural Selection
7. Peppered Moth Tutorial
8. Peppered Moth video
9. Natural Selection Tutorial
10. What Darwin Never Knew (FYI)
(due Monday, 1-28-13)
1. Watch Bozeman clip on Selection
2. Begin Artificial Selection Lab on Monday
Artificial Selection Lab Requirements (due????)
WEEK 2
(due Thursday, 2-7-13)
1. Read chapter 23
2. Complete the chapter 23 Reading guide
3. Watch Bozeman clip on Solving Hardy Weinberg Problems
4. Do activity: An Intro to Population Genetics and Hardy-Weinberg
5. Hardy-Weinberg Animation
6. Read chapter 24
7. Complete the chapter 24 Reading guide
8. Speciation Tutorial
9. Speciation Mechanisms Tutorial
10. Watch Bozeman clip on Classification
11. Watch Bozeman clip on Speciation
12. Watch Bozeman clip on Speciation and Extinction
13. Watch Crash Course video on Speciation
14. Watch Five Fingers of Evolution (microevolution)
WEEK 3
(due Thursday, 2-7-13)
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 Thursday, 2-7-13)
1. Read chapter 26
2. Complete the chapter 26 Reading guide
3. Watch Crash Course video on Taxonomy
4. Pet Cemetary - DNA sequences
5. BLAST homepage
6. The Evolution of the Three Domains Tutorial
7. Complete the ch.22-26 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
8. Read Cliffs pgs.129-140 (skip 133)
WEEK 4
(due Friday, 3-8-13)
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. Life Cycle of a Moss Tutorial
6. Life Cycle of Moss vs. Fern
7. Ch.29 and 30 online activities
8. Life Cycle of a Conifer Tutorial
9. Fruit and flower dissection online prelab
10. Do the Angiosperm Life Cycle Tutorial
11. Do the Double Fertilization Tutorial
12. Fruit and flower dissection lab
13. Watch Crash Course on Vascular Plants
14. Watch Crash Course on Reproduction of Vascular Plants
15. Read chapter 30
16. Complete the chapter 30 Reading guide
WEEK 5
(due Friday, 3-8-13)
1. Read chapter 35
2. Complete the chapter 35 Reading guide
3. Watch Bozeman Clip on Plant Structure
4. Secondary Growth Tutorial
5. 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. Bozeman Clip on How to Find Stomata (we will try this in class)
14. Watch review clip on water potential
15. Complete the ch.29-30, 35-36 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
16. Read Cliffs pgs. 154-155, 167-175
WEEK 6 - ACT/MME MADNESS
(due Friday, 3-15-13)
1. EXTRA CREDIT (10 points) - chapter 37 & 39 Plant Tutorials - links:
Campbell website
Nitrogen and Iron Deficiencies Tutorial
Tropisms Tutorial
Went's Experiment Tutorial
Auxin Affects Cell Walls Tutorial
2. Study Unit 1 (ch. 2-5, 8-enzymes only) for Review Quiz on 3-15-13:
Read Pearson packet (unit 1)
Read Kaplan packet (unit 1)
Read Cliffs pgs. 11-24
Take a cumulative practice quiz (ch.2-5) on the Campbell website
WEEK 7
(due Tuesday, 3-26-13)
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
(due Friday, 3-22-13)
Study Unit 2 (ch.6-7, 11-13) for Review Quiz on 3-22-13:
Read Pearson packet (unit 2)
Read Kaplan packet (unit 2)
Read Cliff's pgs. 33-39, 73-81
Take a cumulative practice quiz (ch.6-7, 11-13) on the Campbell website
WEEK 8
(due Tuesday, 3-26-13)
1. Animal Phyla Matching Part 1
Part 2
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
8. Read Pearson review packet pgs. 186-197
(due Thursday, 3-28-13)
2 Science Article Summaries (3rd for extra credit)
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WEEK 1
(due Friday, 4-12-13)
Cliff's Lab Review Questions
Study for Unit 3 (ch.9-10) Review Quiz on 4-12-13:
Read Pearson packet (unit 3)
Read over Cliffs pgs. 45-50, 57-63
Take a cumulative practice quiz (ch.9-10) on the Campbell website
(due Thursday, 4-18-13)
* do 1-9 to review all systems other than Endocrine, Immune & Nervous
1. Watch Bozeman clip on Organ Systems
2. Watch Bozeman clip on the Digestive System
3. Digestion and Absorption of Fats Tutorial
4. Watch Bozeman clip on the Respiratory System
5. Airflow in Mammals Tutorial
6. Watch Bozeman clip on the Circulatory System
7. The Cardiac Cycle Tutorial
8. Watch Bozeman clip on Osmoregulation/ The Excretory System
10. Read chapter 45 - Endocrine System
11. Complete the chapter 45 Reading Guide
12. Watch Crash Course on the Endocrine System
13. Ovarian and Uterine Cycles tutorial
14. Read chapter 43 - Immune System
15. Complete the chapter 43 Reading Guide
*16. Watch Bozeman clip on the Immune System
*17. Cells of the Immune System Tutorial
18. Immune System Tutorial
19. Watch Crash Course video on the Immune System
WEEK 2
(due Thursday, 4-18-13)
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. Information Processing in the Spinal Cord Tutorial
8. Molecular Mechanisms of Muscle Contraction Tutorial
9. Complete the ch.43, 45, 48 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
10. Read NEW Cliffs pgs. 191-210
11. Read Pearson review packet pgs. 231-251
(due Friday, 4-19-13)
Study for Unit 4 (ch.14-15) Review Quiz on 4-19-13:
Read over Cliffs pgs. 89-98
Take a cumulative practice quiz (ch.14-15) on the Campbell website
WEEK 3
1. Watch Chimpanzee - HAPPY EARTH DAY!
2. Read chapter 51
3. Foraging Behavior Tutorial
4. Watch Imprinting (goose) video clip
5. Watch Monarch Butterfly migration video clip
6. Watch Kin selection in bees
7. Watch Bozeman clip on Animal Behavior
8. Animal Behavior Labs - Pillbugs and Termites
WEEK 4
1. Read chapter 52
2. Watch Bozeman clip on Populations
3. Watch Bozeman clip on R and k Selection
4. Exponential Growth Tutorial
5. Logistic Growth Tutorial
6. Predator-Prey Tutorial
7. Read chapter 53
8. Watch Bozeman clip on Communities
9. Watch Bozeman Clip on Succession
10. Primary Succession Tutorial
11. Read chapter 54
12. Watch Bozeman clip on Ecosystems
13. Watch Bozeman clip on Biogeochemical Cycling
14. Global Carbon Cycle Tutorial
15. Global Nitrogen Cycle Tutorial
16. Complete the ch.50-54 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
17. Read Cliffs pgs. 225-229, 235-247
18. Read Pearson review packet pgs. 291-304
***THERE WILL BE NO UNIT TEST ON ECOLOGY ***
(due Friday, 5-3-13)
Study for Units 5-6 (ch.16-20) Review Quiz on 5-3-13:
*Unit 5 (ch.16-17)
*Unit 6 (ch.18-20) - warning: chapters numbered differently
Read over Cliffs pgs. 107-120
*Unit 6 (ch.18-20) - warning: chapters numbered differently
Read over Cliffs pgs. 107-120
Take a cumulative practice quiz (ch.16-20) on the Campbell website
(due Monday, 5-6-13)
Read the following articles before the brain visit on Monday:
Criminal Minds are Different From Yours
Boston Psychiatrist Wants Accused Bomber's Brain Studied
CTE Detected in Living Ex-NFL Players
WEEK 5
1. AP Biology Practice Test 1
2. Take online practice AP Bio tests - AWESOME SITE!!!!!
(Register as a new user, then go to College Preparation, then to AP Preparation, etc.)
3. Preview old free response questions
4. Read Cliffs book - take 2 additional practice tests in the Cliffs book, if you don't have it, ask me for copies
5. Watch Bozeman clip on the AP Biology exam
6. Review AP Biology Exam flashcards (by topic)
7. Take online quizzes (same as Pearson site)
8. Great AP Bio Exam Review Sites
STUDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WEEK 6
1. Take the online survery
2. Think about your research topic - research paper due day of final exam
WEEK 7
RIVER FIELD TRIP PREPARATION
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