Standards Review for Biological Sciences for the State of California: How to Write in Biology PPT, Statistics PPT (xp version)
What is a Pre-lab? Phyla Presentation Worksheet Template Phyla Background and Phyla Presentation Assignments Lab Writing PPT Tree of Life
Concept Mapping and Virtual Glossary and Scientific Root Words and Taking Lecture Notes How to get an A+ on a lab write-up How a data table looks in Word
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AP Biology Calendar (August 23 -September 24, 2010)
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August 23 (buy M&Ms and green peppers) First Day of School Minimum Day All Summer work due
Signature and Donation due tomorrow Calling all pillbugs* or sowbugs please bring in as many as you can, leave no rock unturned Purpose of Education (speech) -Introduction to Diversity (DKPCOFGS) The Domains and Kingdoms (Phyla days)
(Note order Bio rad kits) |
August 24 HW: Assign
Policy, Safety (Safety Video on You tube) Introduction to Themes Saving Life on Earth E O Wilson (TED Talk) Safety Contract print out and sign (print out the last two pages to turn in). due tomorrow |
August 25 Policy, Donations, safety contract due Academic Honesty and Responsibility -Intro to Scientific Method Pop. Ecology Population Growth Activity: (Write up due 8/31) absent on lab day requirements Lecture Behavior Population Systems and Mutualism Extra Credit Article Review |
August 26
Statistics PPT (xp version) Prelab: M&M statistics lab Ant Colonies/ Community Behavior (TED talk) First Comes Global Warming and Then an Evolutionary Explosion |
August 27 Welcome Back Rally Phyla Day 1 (Archaea: Mrs. Groch) HW: Prelab AP Lab 11 Sowbugs (What's in a prelab) and Brine Shrimp (if available) What is the difference between kinesis and taxis behavior Reminder: there are consequences for being absent on lab day (additional write-up requirements)
M&M statistics lab (write up due 9/1ECA: Proteins and Enzyme |
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August 30 (Early Lab Day) Chapter 1 due today Reminder: Book Review due by the end of September if you are going to do that extra credit assignment AP Lab 11 Sowbugs and Brine Shrimp absent on lab day requirements Amusing article from Harvard about animal behavior *Isopods and Pillbugs
HANDOUT: Setting up a Lab |
August 31 Pepper Write up due Data Day Chi-Square Statistic test for sowbugs and brine shrimnp (Chi-square tutorial ) AP Lab 11 Formal Lab Due 9/7 (Title, Abstract, Background/Intro, Procedure (short paragraph), Results( data, graph, paragraph, Chi Square calculations), Conclusion paragraph, references (2) Rubric Questions and procedures to consider in an Inquiry Lab Report How to get an A+ on a lab write-up |
September 1 (Back to School Night) M&M statistics lab (write up due) Group Reading Quiz Tomorrow (m/c up to 22 questions) peer review of lab; redo due ASAP.... hopefully next Wednesday Lecture: Energy Cycles Lecture: Population Ecology Helpful Links: How to generate graphs of:
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September 2
Practice Essay Review/Lecture Introduction to ECAs Post Take home Essay due Tuesday (same day as Unit Test) |
September 3 District Furlough Day No School Ch 1, 51-56 multiple choice in class on Tuesday, take home essay due Tuesday after Labor Day
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September 6 Labor Day No School Ch 1, 51-56 multiple choice today, take home essay due tomorrow Assign Ch 2, 3, read only look at focus questions Basic Chemistry Tutorial (Biology Project) Acids and Bases (Biology Project) |
September 7 AP Lab 11 Formal Lab due today
Take home essay due today Chemistry of Life Unit Lecture Functional groups and macromolecules (scroll down) Basics of Large Molecules (Biology Project) pH buffering (Biology Project) |
September 8 (Phyla Day 2: Presenters: Chelsea and Nicole Lab 11 redo due ASAP Animation of Protein Structure Folding Site Basics of Energy and Enzymes (Biology Project) Molecular Shapes/enantiomers info Chemistry of Amino Acids (Biology Project University of Arizona)
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September 9 Assign Ch 4,5 due 9/17 (Mrs. Groch Absent) Test corrections (1/4 pt per corrected question) due 9/18 or work on
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September10 Early lab day AP Lab 2 Setup 2C Do 2B, 2DECA: Proteins and Enzyme OR Biorad Biofuel Cellobioase Enzyme Toothpickase Demo (New Biofuel/ Biorad Cellobioase Kit or Titration Demo Lab Technique HW: Prelab AP Lab 2 due OR Biofuel lab due Monday BioFuel Cellobioase Quick Guide Background BioFuel Enzyme Lab+Activity One
absent on lab day requirements (see me on Wednesday if you are going to be absent today) HW: Prelab AP Lab 2/ Biofuel Enzyme Activities 2-5 (Tables 1-2=Activity 2; Tables 3-4= Activity 3; Tables 5-6=Activity 4; Tables 7-8= Activity 5) |
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September 13 (buy mushrooms)
absent on lab day requirements (see me on Wednesday if you are going to be absent today) HW: Prelab AP Lab 2/ Biofuel Enzyme Activities 2-5 (Tables 1-2=Activity 2; Tables 3-4= Activity 3; Tables 5-6=Activity 4; Tables 7-8= Activity 5)
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September 14 absent on lab day requirements Do Titration of Control Data Wrap-up Intro to Inquiry Lab #2: Biorad BioFuel Cellobioase Enzyme/Mushroom Extension lab or AP Lab 2 extension Where else can you find catalase (other kingdoms?) Do all cells make similar amounts of catalase?
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September 15 Inquiry Lab #2 continued absent on lab day requirements
HW: Assign Ch 8 due 9/20 Inquiry con't absent on lab day requirements
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September 16 AP Lab 2/ Biorad Biofuel Cellobioase Enzyme Lab due 9/23 Use this Rubric this year BioFuel/Enzyme Rubric
How to get an A+ on a lab write-up (not assigned this year AP Lab 2 RUBRIC) |
September 17 (Phyla Day 3: Presenters Julie and Lulu)
test corrections due
Next Chapter Reading Assignment is Chapter 8 2nd Law of Thermodynamics All you'd ever want to know Don’t forget to check out
the other chapter readings/ figures.
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September 20 Ch
8 Quiz Ch 8 due Lecture: Enzyme applications, Digestion |
September 21 (Phyla Day 4: Presenters
Erin and Sarah )
FYI: Digestion, Pancreas, Why Beans Give You Gas (for fun). Carbohydrate Regulation Insulin Lecture and Review |
September 22 AP Lab 2 semi formal due today (see 9/18 for info) late after 9/24
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September 23 Assign Ch 6,7 (in 8th and 7th Edition... Ch 7,8 in 6th Edition) due 10/4 Don’t forget to look through the Case Study from the CD for Chapter 7 (7th Ed) or Chapter 8 (6th Ed) and I know lots of extra stuff…on water in plants, excretion, nerve membranes… but they’re just pictures. |
September 24 Last day to turn in Bio-fuel/enzyme lab for full credit Basics of Cell Membranes (Biology Project) ATP/Transport Rap (2009 from Autumn) Size of Cells Article (extra credit) Proteasome Article (extra credit) Types of Life and Cells (Biology Projects) CELLS II: CELLULAR ORGANIZATION Scientific Method and the Study of Cells (Biology Project) |
AP Biology Calendar (September 27- October 29, 2010)
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September 27: Bring AP Lab 1 to class tomorrow HW: Prelab AP Lab 1 Part B/C Due tomorrow Demo AP Lab 1 absent on lab day requirements Are all potatoes equal? H2O Potential Lecture and Cell Organelles -Demo Part A
H2O Potential Lecture
Water Potential Link
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another link
(if you really want to know how psi is measured physically)
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September 28 (Early Lab Day: 9 AM) absent on lab day requirements AP Lab 1 Part B Setup Part C More on Membranes and Transport
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September 29
absent on lab day requirements AP Lab 1 Part C measurements/ Results/ Calc. (help with calculations: notes on water potential) |
September 30 (Phyla Day 5: Sara O and Allison) Extra Credit Book Review Due Today Short Unit test Monday (includes organelles) Lab Write-up due 10/7 ( AP Lab 1)
Includes: title, abstract, background (must cite references), results (data tables- class data, graphs-try
and combine 1B/C one graph, statistics, trend paragraph see Pg 7, & molarity of sucrose), brief
conclusion, references and the questions Pgs 13-16 includes one graph at the
end of the AP lab, min 2 references AP Lab 1
Rubric |
October
1 Lecture: Links to Excretion and Digestion (membranes) great animation Kidney Aquaporins- Movement of water through the cell membrane (animation) Excretory System/ Digestive (enzymes/absorption)
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October 4 Ch 6, 7 due HW: Assign Ch 9 due 10/12 |
October
5 Bring AP Lab 5, demo respiration lab Pre-lab due tomorrow... Lecture: Cell Respiration Metabolism/ Cellular Respiration Basics (Biology Project) |
October 6 (Phyla Day 6: Presenter: Cyrus and Raveesh)
Demo procedure to AP lab 5 Change ups: different types of seeds, different temperatures
ATP Synthase Sites for Biochemistry ETC Song 1 (go down to the ETC song)
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October 7 Early Lab Day (check schedule for time) AP Lab 5 absent on lab day requirements AP Lab 1 Write-up due today (see 9/30)
Cool Animation of Mitochondria Amazing info about how vesicles move with dynein and kinesin |
October 8 Homecoming Rally and Parade (short classes) Results Day Formal Lab (skip procedure and materials) include Q10 calculations for your group and the class data- you should use data from both classes' means. (Title, Intro/Background, Results (min 1 data table, min 2 graph), trend/result paragraph, discussion/conclusion, min 2 references ..due 10/18 How to get an A+ on a lab write-up Q10 calculator (for fun q10 diatribe) Lab Rubric AP lab 5
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October 11 finish going over Q10 Wrap up Results if necessary Lecture continued Krebs/ Oxidative Phosphorylation Step by Step in the Mitochondria Step by Step Glycolysis and Fermentation
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October 12 Assign Ch 10 due 10/18 Ch 9 due Finish lecturing on CR, Start Basics of Photosynthesis Part I, Part II with C4 Plants (Biology Project) Photosynthesis doesn't occur in the dark article Arsenic Photosynthetic Bacteria |
October 13 (Phyla Day 7: Presenters: Noelle, Megan Cable )
Read thru introduction information on the use of a Spec 20 on Helms Lab #4 Demo AP Lab 4 (found in zip file, AP Lab folder) procedures Spectrophotometer demo Lecture continued Changing up the experiment... wavelengths, different colored lights, distance to light, other plants besides spinach
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October 14 (Late Start Schedule)
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October 15 (Early Lab Day)
Assign Ch 11 due 10/22 Prelab due for AP Lab 4 AP Lab 4(May have to repeat after school if problems). part 1 chromatography and part II |
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October 18 AP Lab 5 formal lab due today Ch 10 due Assign Ch 11 due 10/22 Basics of Cell Signaling (Biology Project) AP Lab 4 Results/ Discussion Assign Semi Formal (Title, Abstract, Results (Rf, class data, , graphs, trend paragraph), Discussion/Conclusion use questions at the end of lab for guidance , and references 2 min.) due 10/25 AP Lab 4 Rubric How to get an A+ on a lab write-up
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October 19 Cell Signaling/ Neurons Lecture Basics of Cell Signaling (Biology Project) How Bacteria Talk to Each Other (TED talk) |
October 20 Quiz
Extra Credit Article Review: Apoptosis due next Friday
Good Review for Cell Communication Great Animations of Cell Signaling Caspases and Programmed Cell Death Structure of Signaling Enzyme Reveals How Calcium Turns It On (2010) |
October 21 (phyla day 8: Presenters: Regina and Julie W.) Neurons and muscles and cell signaling
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October 22 (End 1st Qtr) Assign Ch 12 due 11/2
Intro to AP Lab 12 Demo Titration of dissolved O2 Prelab AP Lab 12 |
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October 25 (Early Lab Day) Ch 11 Due AP Lab 4 due (see 10/18) absent on lab day (additional write-up requirements) Set up bottles for AP Lab 12 AP Lab 12 Dissolved Oxygen and Primary Productivity absent on lab day requirements |
October 26 (Early Lab Day) The flies are here absent on lab day (additional write-up requirements) Titration of bottles (Winkler Method)
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October 27 Chapter 11 Quiz AP Lab 12 Semi Formal Lab write-up due 11/4 Rubric Results/Discussion (title, abstract, results (graphs only) + trend paragraph, calculate the carbon fixed in the average light bottle handwritten in results section, analysis questions from formal lab lists and include questions at the end of lab AP Lab 12, (direct link to part C) discussion/conclusion, and references) due 11/3 How to get an A+ on a lab write-up
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October 28 (Phyla day 9: Presenters: Catalina & Lauren) (okay to turn in AP Lab 4 today) Start Fly Lab AP Lab 7 Hand out Fly Cultures (may be postponed if adults haven't emerged) absent on lab day requirements |
October 29 Lecture: Cell Cycle Photosynthesis Article Review Due today (see summer letter) see article link on front web page) Lecture: Cell communication/ cell cycle cool mitosis computer animation Basics of Cell Cycle and Mitosis (Biology Project) |
AP Biology (November 1- November 26, 2010)
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November 1
Animations: (this link contains animations on p53 and Cell Cycle and Telemers and Proto oncogenes and Signal Transduction How Normal Cells Can Win the Battle for Survival Against Cancer Cells |
November 2 Chapter 12 due absent on lab day requirements AP Lab 3A: Mitosis (both sets analysis questions 5 questions and one pie chart), data table from onion, and analysis questions only from 3A lab (in download file) absent on lab day (additional write-up requirements) due 11/8 Beautiful Animation of Mitosis (short version) Long version Silly YouTube Mitosis Video |
November 3
Remove F1 flies AP Lab 12 due Catch up/Review Day Animations: Good Review for Cell Communication Extra Credit Article: The nature of cell-cycle checkpoints: facts and fallacies |
November 4
AP Lab 3A: Mitosis due (see 11/3) Assign Chapter 13 and 16 due 11/15 Assign Chapter 20 and 21 due 11/18 Bring AP Lab 3B for Monday
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November 5
No School: District Furlough Day |
November 8
Demo Sordaria AP Lab 3B
Meiosis absent on lab day requirements Basics of Meiosis (Biology Project) Shugosin 2 (not just a cool name) Why is DNA the main nucleic acid for information storage instead of RNA? Review Meiosis/
Short Sordaria (AP Lab 3B) Count asci:
AP Lab 3B Write-up due 11/18: (use copy of lab from zipfile) Title, Background info, investigation and analysis questions p. 39-40, includes tables 3.2, 3.3 and Analysis of results on page 44, references. absent on lab day (additional write-up requirements) How to get an A+ on a lab write-up | November 9 (Phyla Day 10: Presenters: Kayla & Andrea)
Flies: Start counting F2 generation
funny YouTube video: Meiosis Square Dance
More DNA sites:
Lecture DNA DNA Structure and Replication and More; Nucleotide Synthesis Pseudogenes no longer vestigial? Genetic Mismatches Between Nuclei and Mitochondria Make
Yeast Hybrids Sterile | November 10
DNA Forensics Part I and Part II (Biology Project)
count flies
Print out a copy for
Assign Ch 20 & 21
CH
20
Due 11/18
Types of Chromosomal Abnormalities
YouTube DNA Replication Song to backstreetboys Origins of Gene Regulation (2010) good extra credit article review The Role of Nucleosome Positioning in the Evolution of Gene Regulation
| November 11 Veteran's Day No School | November 12
No School Today Chapter 13 and 16 due Monday Chapter 20 and 21 due 11/18 (day of unit test) |
November 15
count F2 flies lunch or after school Assign Ch 20 & 21 CH 20 Due 11/18
Set up restriction (dry lab this year) Data for Restriction Mapping Dry Lab CarolinaBiological Practice Restriction Mapping Problems
2009 Restriction Mapping Lab Semi-log Graph help
Prelab:
due tomorrow Why is DNA the main nucleic acid for information storage instead of RNA?
DNA interactive from Cold Spring Harbor (click on copying the code to get to the general site then "putting it together" to see the animations) Overview of Central Dogma all three types Violation of Central Dogma???? Non-ribosomal peptide synthesis | November 16absent on lab day requirements Lab 3B due (see 11/7) Fly Analysis today see Rubric for details Assign AP Lab 7. (Formal lab) Due 12/6 BioRad Restriction Mapping Practice #1 BioRad Restriction Mapping Practice #2
run gels (doing dry lab this year) Helpful Links for Ch 18 Microbial Mutations and Genetic Recombination Explanations with tons of Animations | November 17
absent on lab day requirements Fly data and review for unit test tomorrow | November 18
Ch 20 and 21 due
FYI: Whole Restriction Digest Lab Mapping Problems Protein Transport Movie
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Extra Credit Article Review Due Assign Ch 17,18 in 8th Edition (19 in the 7th Edition) due Video
Intro to Central Dogma Central Dogma Sites:
Hunt Activity
STD and Viruses Lecture Transformation
Sterile Techniques
Working with DNA from DNA Interactive
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Thanksgiving | November 23 Thanksgiving | November 24 Thanksgiving | November 25 Thanksgiving | November 6
Thanksgiving |
November 29 - December 24, 2010
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November 29 Assign Ch 19 due 2009 Restriction Mapping Lab Rubric on lab due today (see 11/15 for details) Assign AP Lab 6 Summary (read thru link Part I only) Bacterial Recombination Summary 1 page due 12/6 Central Dogma and DNA Technology Continued (old school VNTRs, RFLPs, Southern Blots; STR "new school") RFLP Tutorial Part I STR Tutorial Part II Active RNA Polymerases: Mobile or Immobile Molecular Machines? |
November 30 (Phyla Day 11: Presenters: Sarah F. & Emily )
Assign Ch 17,18 in 8th Edition (19 in the 7th Edition) due Assign Ch 19 (Viruses) due 12/8
Lecture Central Dogma continued |
December 1 ( Mrs. Groch Absent)
Unit ECA (Central Dogma-Gene Expression)
Hot Topic: Micro RNA control of Eukaryotic Gene Expression
Hot Topic: RNAi silencing expression |
December 2 (Mrs. Groch Absent)
Assign Ch 17,18 in 8th Edition (19 in the 7th Edition) coming up next Tuesday
Intimate Universe video part 2A Assign AP Lab 6 Summary (read thru link Part I only) Bacterial Recombination Summary 1 page due Helms 42 (if time)
Animations of oogenesis in various organisms
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December 3 (Mrs. Groch absent)
Helms 42 (if time)
EVO-DEVO Rap from Stanford (from Autumn)
Time Magazine article on epigenetics Jumping Genes Reveal Kangaroos' Origins (2010) |
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December 6 Fly Analysis today see Rubric for details (Formal lab)
Assign AP Lab 6 Summary (read thru link Part I only) Bacterial Recombination Summary 1 page due 12/6
Pre-Lab for lab next Monday PV92 Student Manual (all the info)
Intro to PCR animation
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December 7 PCR, absent on lab day requirements
PV92 Student Manual (all the info) ( do the harvest of absent on lab day requirements PV92 Student Manual (all the info)
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December 8
Assign Ch 17,18 in 8th Edition (19 in the 7th Edition)
Ch 19 due Run gels
Helms Lab 42 con't (if time) Search for Emerging Viruses (TED talk)
Humorous NPR animation of viral infections Search for Emerging Viruses (TED talk)
Humorous NPR animation of viral infections Eukaryote Gene Regulation vs (prokaryotic regulation)
Transposons (historical) Pseudogenes Alu article (extra credit article)
HHMI: RNAi tutoria |
December 9 (Phyla day 12: presenters: Minari & Sumudu)
PCR resultsPV92 Student Manual (all the info)
Background Article on PV92 and Evolution
(Use this link to get to additional information on Alu at DNALC read background and then click on "exercises" for instructions) Title, 1 page summary of results, picture or drawing of gel, relate results to Allele Server ( use doing Exercises 1 thru 4 to help shape summary of results and conclusions) + min 2 references absent on lab day (additional write-up requirements) Due 12/16 |
December 10
PCR Lab due today (see 12/5)
Video: From Butterflies to Humans HHMI Lecture (lecture 4 online)
OR
HHMI: On Sex and Gender (Lecture 4)
Lecture Four—Sexual Evolution: From X to Y, by David C. Page, M.D. (see
the talk click on the link)
Ch 17-19 Wednesday
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December 13
Catch up Day
Dosage Compensation in the Mouse Balances Up-Regulation and Silencing of X-Linked Genes (Extra Credit Article) due after break |
December 14 Review and Unit ECA (Central Dogma-Gene Expression)
Ch 17-19
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December 15
In class FRQ
Ch 14, Chapter 15 due 1/3/11 |
December 16 (Phyla day 13:
Presenter Mrs. Groch)
PV92 lab due today (see 12/9)
Codominance and Variations on 1st law |
December 17 Introduction to Genetics and Blood Types, Color Blindness Epistasis, more Epistasis
XY Females, Evolution of the Y chromosome Human Genetics Tutorials
School Resumes Jan 3, 2011 |
| December 20 Winter Break | December 21 Winter Break | December 22 Winter Break | December 23 Winter Break | December 24 Winter Break |
A. P. Biology Calendar December 27, 2010- January 21, 2011
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January 3 Ch 14 and 15 due absent on lab day requirements
Helms #14( #15 on CD) Karyotyping Background info for Part A (click through the 3 pages) ; Karyotyping Activity (use this for part A of the lab). Lab due Friday- Just the Lab review questions (handwritten) absent on lab day (additional write-up requirements).
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January 4 Helms #14 con't absent on lab day requirements
Finish Helms 14 (#15 in download file), Just the Lab review questions for Helms 14 (handwritten) absent on lab day (additional write-up requirements). due Friday
Okay here is the murky truth about heterozygotic inheritance (complete, incomplete, and codominant) |
January 5
Print out corn activity for Tomorrow Lecture: Epistasis, Pleiotrophy and Epigenetics, Epigenetics News
Corn Genetics Background Information Article
Corn Transposons (simple) Transposon silencing
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January 6 (phyla day 14 & 15: Presenters: Morgan & Melody/ Jessie)
GENE ARTICLE REVIEW DUE TOMORROW
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January 7
GENE ARTICLE REVIEW DUE TODAY Helms 14 (#15 in download locker) (handwritten). due X-linked, co-dominance and more pedigrees Types of Chromosomal Abnormalities
start on corn activity absent on lab day requirements
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January 10 AP Bio Fall Final Study Guide Corn Activity (problems only due , handwritten) absent on lab day (additional write-up requirements) Last Day to turn in Lab Redos and any other work Dihybrid Crosses Animated Dihybrid Animated Pedigrees Pedigree symbols Sex-linked 1, and 2 |
January 11 AP Bio Fall Final Study Guide
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January 12 (Phyla Day 16 & 17: Presenters: Eric & Kevan/ Chelsea,
Nicole EXCR) AP Bio Fall Final Study Guide
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January 13
(Late Start Schedule) AP Bio Fall Final Study Guide
Fall Final Review Classic Biology Place: Biocoach (tutorials on major topics) LabBench (AP lab reviews) |
January 14 AP Bio Fall Final Study Guide Fall Final Review |
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January 17
Martin Luther King's Birthday/Holiday No Classes
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January 18 6th Period Final
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January 19
1st and 2nd Period Finals
Final Exam Chapter 1-21, 50-55 Appx. 90 M/C 2 Essays
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January 20
3rd and 4th Period Finals
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January 21 5th and A Period Finals
2nd Semester Begins Tuesday January 25
Extra Credit Phyla Days (18 -20) next semester 18 Lulu & Julie 19 Erin & Sarah B 20 Melody & Morgan |