AP+Biology+(gamma)


 * Homework assignments**

//Due Thurs May 21//
 * Final presentations (may still tweak afterward)



//Due Thurs May 14//
 * Decide on a biology topic you'd like to teach about/present on

//Due Mon May 11//
 * // Be at Latin no later than 7:30 am //
 * // SLEEP WELL //
 * // EAT A NUTRITIOUS BREAKFAST //
 * // Relax...everything will be alright //

//Due Thurs May 7//
 * Keep studying
 * Use an app
 * [|Videos]

//Due Wed May 6//
 * Study at least a half hour each night // . //

//Due Mon May 4//
 * STUDY! I emailed you the answer key for the practice exam.

//Due Wed April 29//
 * Transpiration lab repo rt



//Due Mon April 27//
 * Study quiz on endocrine systems, feedback back loops, signal transduction, etc.

//Due Wed April 22//
 * Negative and positive feedback worksheet

//Due Mon April 20//
 * Complete Transpiration in Plants worksheets



//Due Fri April 17//
 * Make experiment plan (outline form) to test the affect of different environmental conditions of the transpiration rate of pansies.

//Due Thurs April 16//
 * Watch Bozeman's [|Cell Communication video] and complete outline on front of page.



//Due Wed April 15//
 * [|Ch. 11: Cell Communication reading guide]

//Due Mon April 13//
 * Watch [|Endocrine System Bozeman Science video]
 * Complete "Control of Blood Glucose" worksheet
 * Summarize [|"How the Pill works"] (PBS)





//Due Fri March 27//
 * Discuss the following: (typed and printed, or shared if will be absent)
 * What is it? How does it work?
 * What are restriction enzymes? What do they do?
 * What is gel electrophoresis used for?
 * What have you done in this lab (pg. 11)? I have given you headings below. Please elaborate.
 * 1. Digestion of lambda DNA by restriction enzymes
 * 2. Prepare and fill gel; run gel
 * 3. Stain, destain, and visualize

//Due Thurs March 26//
 * Go through [|electrophoresis explanation/animation]

//Due Wed March 25//
 * Study for neurons/action potential/reflex arcs assessment
 * Animations:
 * [|Neuromuscular junction]
 * [|Arc reflex (short)]
 * [|Arc reflex (long)]

//Due Mon March 23//
 * Complete Ch. 45 [|Hormones and Endocrine System reading guide]

//Due Mon March 16//
 * Complete models of neurons/action potentials
 * Complete "Exploring the New Science of Addiction" using the Utah Genetics website.

//Due Fri March 13//
 * Study for virus and immune system assessment

//Due Wed March 11//
 * Watch and take notes on [|Bozeman Science video on the nervous system]

//Due Mon March 9//
 * [|Ch. 48 Neuron Reading Guide]

//Due Wed March 4//
 * Finish in-class work, if didn't in class:
 * Concept check 43.1 questions 1, 2, 3
 * Concept check 43.2 question 2
 * Concept check 43.3 question 1
 * Concept check 43.4 question 2, 3
 * Self-quiz questions 4, 5, 6, 7


 * Complete evolution and Immune System FRQ



//Due Mon March 2//
 * Complete all of Ch. 43 Immune System reading guide

//Due Fri Feb 27//
 * Complete at least half of [|Ch. 43 Immune System reading guide]

//Due Thurs Feb 26//


 * Finish worksheet for HHMI's [|Cells of the Immune System interactive]



//Due Wed Feb 25//
 * "Racing Extinction" Reflection



//Due Mon Feb 23//
 * Reminder: Bring $5 for "Racing Extinction" field trip 2/24
 * Watch and answer questions for [|Bozeman Science Immune System video]



//Due Fri Feb 20//
 * Virus Presentation



//Due Thurs Feb 19//
 * Ch. 18 self-quiz (start pg. 379) # 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 11
 * Check answers. If wrong, write explanation for why the correct answer is right.

//Due Wed Feb 18//
 * Ch. 18 questions



//Due Fri Feb 13//
 * Ch. 19 (Viruses) reading guide

//Due Mon Feb 9//
 * Study for assessment on Mon Feb 9 on regulation of prokaryotic gene regulation (//lac// and //trp// operons as well as positive control - Ch. 18) and bacterial transformation (in Ch.20)

//Due Fri Feb 6//
 * [|Mini poster] on bacterial transformation lab



//Due Wed Feb 4//
 * Complete the predictions chart (page five of Monday's handout - attached below) for the bacterial transformation results. If you need to do more research, do so! (Note your sources.)



//Due Mon Feb 2//
 * Control of Gene Expression in Prokaryotes POGIL

//Due Thurs Jan 29//
 * Activity 18.2: Modeling the //lac// and //trp// operon systems... (given in class)

//Due Wed Jan 28//
 * [|Ch. 18 reading guide]

//Due Fri Jan 23//
 * Finish Mutation Presentations (be ready to teach 3-5 min tomorrow)
 * Practice MC and short FRQ on mutations



// Due Wed Jan 21 //
 * Study for replication, transcription, and translation quiz
 * Animations:
 * [|DNA replication]
 * [|Transcription]
 * [|Splicing]
 * [|Translation]
 * Crash Course Biology
 * [|DNA structure and replication]
 * [|Transcription and Translation]
 * Bozeman Videos
 * [|DNA structure and experiments]
 * [|DNA replication and the central dogma]
 * [|Central Dogma Song]

//Due Fri Jan 16//
 * Finish Translation POGI L

//Due Thurs Jan 15//
 * DNA structure and replication worksheet



//Due Wed Jan 14//


 * [|Ch. 17 reading guide]. Skip questions 2-10 // . //

//Due Thurs Jan 8//


 * Watch Bozeman Science [|DNA replication] and complete worksheet



//Due Wed Jan 7//
 * [|Ch. 16 reading guide]

//Due Fri Dec 19//
 * Respiration rate (change in volume) in seeds lab report



//Due Thurs Dec 18//
 * Study for cellular respiration and photosynthesis quest

//Due Mon Dec 15//
 * Complete data table (have to do calculations) and all the laboratory questions! (If lost paper, see link below)

// Due Thurs Dec 11 //
 * Read [|background information and procedures] for Cellular Respiration Lab
 * Songs:
 * [|Photosynthesis] (to T Swift's I Knew You Were Trouble)
 * [|Oxidate it or Love it /Electron to the Next One] (to 50 Cent's Hate it or Love it)

//Due Wed Dec 10//
 * Answer short FRQ (Trees and carbon dioxide)
 * Read first sample answer to absorption FRQ
 * Note: Assessment on CR and P on Wed Dec 17



//Due Mon Dec 8//
 * Complete Floating Disk Lab packet
 * Complete Photosynthesis POGIL
 * Complete Absorption Free-Response Question







//Due Thurs Dec 4//
 * Complete four-square of photosynthesis and cellular respiration
 * Watch and take notes on [|Photosynthesis: Light reaction, Calvin cycle, and Electron Transport [3D Animation]]



//Due Wed Dec 3//


 * [|Ch. 10 Photosynthesis Reading Guide] (until question 27)

//Due Mon Nov 23//


 * Complete Oxidative Phosphorylation POGIL



//Due Fri Nov 21//


 * Complete Glycolysis and Kreb Cycle POGIL



//Due Thurs Nov 20//


 * Reflect on quiz and describe areas that you did not understand/think you got mixed up etc.
 * Watch [|ATP & Respiration Crash Course]

//Due Wed Nov 19//


 * [|Ch. 9 (Cellular Respiration) reading guide]

//Due Mon Nov 17//


 * Study for Ch. 7 Cell Transport Test on Monday
 * Watch [|Bozeman Science Photosynthesis and Respiration] and answer questions



//Due Fri Nov 14//


 * Dialysis tube/osmosis inquiry lab report



//Due Mon Nov 10//


 * Write procedures and hypothesis for your dialysis tube/osmosis inquiry lab



//Due Wed Nov 5//


 * Watch and take notes on "[|In Da Club - Membranes and Transport]"
 * Watch "[|Flu Attack! How a virus invades your body]"

//Due Mon Nov 3//


 * [|Ch. 7 reading guide]

//Due Fri Oct 31//


 * Triple Venn diagram comparing and contrasting the structure of plant vs animal vs bacterial cell. Can use "Cells Alive" website as resource // . //

//Due Thurs Oct 30//


 * Take at least 15 min to write down and categorize all the words/concepts related to cells you can think of without using resources. (Let's see what you remember!)

//Due Wed Oct 29//


 * Catalase efficiency lab report (see rubric below)

//Due Mon Oct 27//
 * Phylogenetic Trees POGIL

//Due Fri Oct 24//


 * Have typed hypothesis, procedures, and data table for enzyme activity lab
 * Lab report due Wed Oct 29



//Due Thurs Oct 23//


 * Define all words from Origin of Life concept map that did not know well/at all. Suggestion: add a picture to help you remember more.



//Due Wed Oct 22//
 * Complete phylogeny free-response question. Written or typed in complete sentences. Cite all sources.



//Due Mon Oct 20//


 * Questions based on Ch. 25



//Due Fri Oct 17//


 * Watch the following three videos. Complete the questions for the first two (see handout).


 * 1) [|What Darwin Never Knew (PBS)]
 * 2) [|Origins: How Life Began with Neil Tyson DeGrasse (PBS)]
 * 3) [|Origin of Life Episode One with David Attenborough (BBC)]




 * If done early start reading //The Survival of the Sickest// (green and yellow cover on counter closest to Nigel's tank

//Du////e Wed Oct 8//


 * Finish wrap-up questions on Monday's worksheet
 * Construct a cladogram



//Due Mon Oct 6//


 * Visit, read, and take notes on all 16 pages of the Berkeley Evolution page "Phylogenetic systematics, a.k.a. evolutionary trees": http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/phylogenetics_01

//Due Thurs Oct 2//


 * Read over the handout with answers for test questions 19 & 20

//Due Wed Oct 1//


 * Write down question or trend you observed from data and map given in class on Monday
 * Read Malaria booklet

//Due Mon Sept 29//


 * Read, annotate and give a sentence summary of "'Instant' Evolution Seen in Darwin's Finches"(http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/07/060714-evolution.html)

//Due Fri Sept 26//


 * Ch. 25 reading guide (http://www.biologyjunction.com/chapter%2024%20origin%20of%20evolution.pdf)

//Due Wed Sept 24//


 * Complete guiding questions for Thursdays assessment



//Due Mon Sept 22://


 * Complete rest of Selection and Speciation POGIL

//Due Fri Sept 19://


 * Selection and Speciation POGIL pages 1-4

For reference: Ch. 24 concept map

//Due Thurs Sept 18://
 * Complete Hardy Weinberg Test Questions Practice worksheet



//Due Wed Sept 17://


 * Ch. 24 reading guide// ( // http://www.biologyjunction.com/chapter%2024%20origin%20of%20evolution.pdf // ) //

//Due Mon Sept 15://


 * Put in goldfish lab data into Google spreadsheet (https://docs.google.com/a/latinpcs.org/spreadsheets/d/1V6GlwyiMlJRlay7kDA1o-tOZ_ePG4JnS3uTNQxZFGs0/edit?usp=sharing )
 * Watch both Bozeman science Hardy-Weinberg videos (http://www.bozemanscience.com/hardy-weinberg-equation/ and http://www.bozemanscience.com/solving-hardy-weinberg-problems/ )

//Due Fri Sept 12://


 * Finish calculating Hardy-Weinberg from goldfish lab
 * Complete Hardy-Weinberg practice problems



//Due Thurs Sept 11://


 * Write a paragraph summary of Time's article "Darwin Lives! Modern Humans Still Evolve" http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1931757,00.html

//Due Wed Sept 10://


 * Study for Ch. 22 & 23 quiz (no Hardy-Weinberg, at least for now...)

//Due Mon Sept 8://


 * Complete Chapter 23: Evolution of Populations reading guide (http://www.biologyjunction.com/chapter%2023%20population%20evolution.pdf )

//Due Thurs Sept 4://


 * Complete concept word with "Evolution" at the center and the following words. Be sure to write connection on the arrows.
 * Natural selection
 * Adaptation: inherited characteristic of an organism that enhances its survival and reproduction in specific environments
 * Environment
 * Genetic variation
 * Mutation
 * Species
 * Population

//Due Wed Sept 3//:


 * Complete Chapter 22: Descent with Modification reading guide (http://www.biologyjunction.com/Chapter%2022%20darwin.pdf)

//Due Fri Aug 29//:


 * Signed syllabus and Flinn safety contract



http://www.flinnsci.com/media/396480/safety_contract_ms.pdf


 * Effervescent tablet lab report. Must be typed and printed.