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| January 24
No Classes Teacher Work Day
Note: Students who do not elect to take the AP Biology Exam are required to do the following report Alternate Assignment for Students not Taking AP Biology Exam
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January 25
Start 2nd Semester New Seating Chart Assign Ch 22 and Ch 25.6 and 23 (read Ch 25.1-25.3 -( chapter 25 is switched with 26 in the 7th edition) for background information) due 1/31 Fall Final Test Corrections Darwin and Hardy-Weinberg Bring AP Lab
8 tomorrow... read through introduction
The Hypertension Hypothesis Rebutted (good science/bad science)
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January 26 AP Lab 8 Hardy-Weinberg Article and Background (pdf) Hardy-Weinberg download activities. EvoDots (download and use online manual, located under "help".) Allele A1(download and use with the following pdf files: AlleleAI Manual, Tutorial I Selection/Mutation, Tutorial 2 Migration/Drift
Populations and Quantitative Genetics
Toxoplasma needs Cats and Rats to Reproduce how do Cat Owners fit in? |
January 27
Links to using DNA/nucleotides to look at Evolutionary Relationships
Evolution "Gems" from Nature Magazine Nova: Dover Trial : Defining Science; Darwin's Predications; Fossil Evidence
Tracking Evolutions Footprints in the Human Genome
Extra Credit Book Report (due by the end of 3rd Quarter)
Your Inner Fish articles: A Devonian tetrapod-like fish and the evolution of the tetrapod body planThe pectoral fin of Tiktaalik roseae and the origin of the tetrapod limbOldest footprint on terrestrial Earth (Extra Credit Article see me for copy) |
January 28 (Note: start bean seeds for AP Lab 9)
Reading Quiz Monday
or Intro to Phylogenetics and other links within UCMP
Confounding issues in phylogenetics: Jumping Genes in Plants horizontal transfer article
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January 31 Reading Quiz today AP Lab 8 handwritten word problems due absent on lab day requirements Introduction to
protein gels (info on SDS/PAGE gels; protein
analysis) DO NOT PRINT OUT JUST READ Complete Student Manual (do not print out use for reference only) Prelab Day 1 due tomorrow Assign Ch 24 (includes Chapter 25.4-25.5) , and Chapter 26 (25 in 7th ed) plus Pgs on Primates (Chapter 34.7-34.8) due 2/7 Extra Credit Articles: Gene Swapping drives Evolution in Prokaryotes Biased Gene Conversion (may be responsible for accelerated evolution) Extra Credit Articles Review due 2/12 |
February 1 Post Lab Analysis Help HBB FASTA list Bring standard curve paper (see page 3 of post lab Analysis help pdf above) absent on lab day requirements FYI: Early Whales Gave Birth on Land, Fossils Reveal Cryptic Variation between Species and the Basis of Hybrid Performance |
February 2 Fish Evolution Lab day 2Lab write up due 2/9 Assign Fish Protein lab , see rubric for detail Fish RUBRIC HBB FASTA list How to do linear regression on calculator
FYI: Evolution of Skin Color (TED talk) Ken Miller on chromosomes on chimp and human Chromosome breakpoint areas lead to speciation Genetic Mismatches Between Nuclei and Mitochondria Make Yeast Hybrids Sterile |
February 3 Lab Assignment: Walruses, Whales, Seals (direct link to online tutorial) Analysis questions and pasted trees and matrices due 2/15 (typed)
The following activities are available for extra credit: Bears and Pandas (old version) Bears and Pandas (new version) Primate Activity (new version) (help tutorial) Which human genes have been hotspots for positive selection? Extra Credit Analysis questions due 2/15 (typed) Phylogenetic Tree Background Help on Parsimony (slideshow) Phylip (free program for determining phylogeny) 1)Using Sequence to determine Phylogenetic Trees Video: Mind's Big Bang (Evolution Series PBS)
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February 4 Assign Ch 24 (includes Chapter 25.4-25.5) , and Chapter 26 (25 in 7th ed) plus Pgs on Primates (Chapter 34.7-34.8) due today Video: Becoming Human Science Article on altered sex ratios (ask for article) |
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February 7 Evolution of Man and more Evolution of Man (Smithsonian) continued Wolbachia and Intragenomic Conflict Slide Show (an alternative version of natural selection) Toxoplasma gondii another parasite that changes behavior in mammals; linked to alteration in sex-ratio in humans, more Comparative Hominid Skull Lecture Did Climate Change Trigger Human Evolution? New "Hobbit" Human Bones Add to Evidence, Oddity
Millions of Men May Be Descended From Irish King, Study Says Or Genghis Khan and more Article Link: Modern Human Origins and Neanderthal Extinctions in the Levant |
February 8 Reading Quiz Ch 24,26 + Primate/Man reading Slide Show Shape of Life: Bones, Brawn, and Brains or Journey of Man (check out the atlas on the web site) They Don't Make Humans Like They Used To and Duffy Blood Group Advantage (Duffy article available for Extra Credit) |
February 9 Lab write up due today , cladogram section, Post Lab Analysis Help references) Fish RUBRIC Finish 2nd hour of What Darwin Never Knew
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February 10 Speaker Dr. Caroline Kane/ Topic TBA
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February 11
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February 14 Unit Test (Ch 22-26 + pages) Assign Chapter 27 due 2/17 :
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February 15 Extra Credit: Phyla Presentation 18: (Allison & Julie) Lab Assignment: Walruses, Whales, Seals (direct link to online tutorial) Analysis questions and pasted trees and matrices due 2/15 (typed) Go over test Origin of Life and Diversity Recommended Parade thru the Kingdoms Alternation of Generations, Asexual and Sexual Reproduction/
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February 16 Cyanobacteria Switch Metabolism at Night Begin Helms 18,19 and 20 (This is Helms 22,23,24 located in the School Loop Locker Folder) Helms 18 Read B, Do A, C, D (selected slides) |
February 17 Quiz Ch 27 Assign Ch 28, 29 due 2/23 Start Helms 19 Read D, Do A, B, C, F, G
Article Review #5 due 2/28, Topic: Prokaryotes Start Helms 20, selected slides Pictures for Lab (under construction) |
February 18 District Furlough Day cancelled school today Fall Final
Test Corrections Finish Helms 20 (all review questions due 2/25) |
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February 21 President's Day
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February 22 (Extra Credit Phyla Presentation 19: Erin & Sarah B)
Slime mold set up (postponed supplies haven't arrived yet) Assign Ch 30,31 due 2/26 Helm's catch up day (This is Helms 22,23,24 located in the School Loop Locker Folder) 6 ways fungi can save the world (TED talk) |
February 23
Fungi Life Styles/ Video (The Rotten World) Flesh Eating Fungi (Cordyceps mind controlling fungi-YouTube) |
February 24
Review |
February 25 Rally Schedule (optional after school- classes end 2:05) (Extra Credit Phyla Presentation 20: Melody & Morgan )
Ants, Parasitic Fungi, and Streptomyces (coevolution and mutualism) Extra Credit article review
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February 28 Practicum (covering slides from Helms 18-20). Unit Test . Plant Unit Take home test due 3/17- covers chapters 35-39 |
March 1 How can you measure transpiration in a bean plant... hw... think of ways to meaure. -Intro to Slime Inquiry Lab -Lab Design Slime |
March 2 (Fine Arts Assembly- class 45 minutes) Slime Setup: Descriptive titles, procedural design and Observations; anecdotal, measurements (including drawings) and conclusion, references due typed 3/10 Pre lab AP Lab 9 due Thursday Plant Morphology New class of Plants Hormones found (9/08) (good for extra credit) Plant Hormones and More |
March 3 Stem Morphology/ AP Lab 9 Assign Ch 35-36 due 3/8
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March 4
Plant Structure and Growth Tutorial/ The Biology Place
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March 7 Private Life of Plants: Its a Jungle Out There Intro to BioRad GMO PCR lab (full lab) Plant Hormones (link on bottom of page to other hormones) |
March 8 (High School Exit Exam) Period 1 meets from after lunch from 12:05 PM to 1:04 PM Day 1 BioRad GMO PCR lab Ch 35,36 due Plant's continued
Assign Ch 37-39 due 3/15
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March 9 (High School Exit Exam) no class today
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March 10 Slime Lab due today AP Lab 9 due today (see 3/4) Day 2/ Day 3 (run and stain gels) BioRad GMO PCR lab Video: Botany of Desire continued |
March 11 Day 3 BioRad GMO PCR lab continued... Write up Abstract, Background, Results- draw gel and interpret results (in a paragraph) Standard curve, data table with band size, See Lesson 4 Analysis and Questions 1-6 and a paragraph on the pros and cons of GMO, 2 references. due 3/16 RUBRIC More of Botany of Desire |
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March 14 Tree of Life and Overview of Animalia Assign Ch 32-34 due 3/24 (no quiz just unit test) Reminder Take home due Thursday! (Remember if you don't return the test with your scantron, no credit!!!) Video: Private Life of Plants: Branching Out
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March 15 Ch 37-39 due Overview of Kingdom Animalia Tour of Animal Kingdom (some links broken) Overview of Kingdom Animalia Shape of Life: The First Hunters (platyhelminthes)
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March 16 GMO lab due today Animalia Galore (the bottles) Helms 21-23 (new Helms 25-27 located in the School Loop Locker Folder) (Porifera through Chordata due 3/24 Animalia Galore (the bottles) |
March 17 (Late Start Schedule) Plant Unit FRQ in class to day Plant Unit Take home test due today (Ch 35-39) Animalia Galore (the bottles) Assign Ch 32-34 due 3/24 (no quiz just unit test) |
March 18 Article Review #6 due next Friday on Evolution Mechanisms Animalia Galore (the bottles) Helms Questions due 3/24 Attack of the Sea Slugs (nudibranchs) Algae and Animals living together: Going Green (endosymbiosis and mutualism) |
| March 21 District Inservice Day No School |
March 22
Unit wrap-up Video: Shape of Life: Conquerers March Article Review Due (topic: mechanism of evolution) Lice and Man (co-evolution) from the NY Times Helms 21-23 (new Helms 25-27 located in the School Loop Locker Folder) (Porifera through Chordata due tomorrow
Video: Shape of Life: Survival Game |
March
23 (Mrs. Groch might be absent for TVSEF)
Review |
March 24
Unit Test Ch 32-34 Helms 21-23 (new Helms 25-27 located in the School Loop Locker Folder) (Porifera through Chordata due Helms Questions due today |
March
25 test corrections due 4/16 Animal Structure/ Function Unit (the final stretch) Homeostasis Assign Ch 40, 41,42 due 4/11 Animal Structure/ Function Unit (the final stretch) Homeostasis The Biology Place: The Heart Part I: The Heart Part II AP Lab 10 at the Biology Place (AP Lab 10)Summary only due 4/14 |
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28
Unit Test April 20th Homeostasis and Feedback Mechanisms, Examples; Animated Example Ch 40-42 due Monday 4/11 Assign Ch 43-45 due 4/15
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March 29
Extra Credit Article Review: Regulation of Embryonic Development by Prion Proteins (yes the protein that causes mad cow disease) |
March
30
Student work on projects (meet here first then go to the library) |
March 31 Article Review #6 due on Evolution Mechanisms Student work on projects (meet here first then go to the library)
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April 1
AP Lab 10 at the Biology Place (AP Lab 10)Summary only due 4/13 Student work on projects (meet here first then go to the library) Note: Students who do not elect to take the AP Biology Exam are required to do the following report Alternate Assignment for Students not Taking AP Biology Exam
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| April 4
Spring Break
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April 5
Spring Break
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April 6
Spring Break |
April 7
Spring Break |
April 8
Spring Break |
| April
11
Ch 40-42 due Presentations Begin Topic #1: Basic Principles of animal form and function J Topic #2: Digestion and Nutrition
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April
12
Topic #3: Circulatory and Gas Exchange Respiratory
Topic #4: Osmoregulation and Excretion All about Kidney and toxicity
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April
13
AP Lab 10 at the Biology Place (AP Lab 10)Summary only due 4/13 Topic #5: Immune Topic #6: Endocrine
Immune Presentation Immune overview T-cell Article |
April
14
Topic #7: Sensory/ Motor mechanisms Topic #8: Nervous Senses Galore Movement/ Skeletal and Muscle Poison Dart Frogs: Neurotoxins Channeling Evolution and the Nervous System Article |
April
15
Animal unit test corrections due 4/15 Ch 43-45 due California
State Framework (detailed standards) PDF (see pages 36-66 of the pdf
document) Note: Students who do not elect to take the AP Biology Exam are required to do the following report Alternate Assignment for Students not Taking AP Biology Exam |
| April
18
Assign Ch 46-49 due 4/22 Topic #9: Reproduction
Topic #10: Development presentations (including HOX genes)
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April 19
Great Links for Embryology and Organogenesis EVO-DEVO Rap from Stanford (from Autumn) Imprinting Article (genetic) G-coupled receptors and Development Article
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April
20 State Testing: English Language Arts: Periods 1,2,6 meet (classes 66-67 min)
Final Exam coming up next week Good place for quick review Biology Place: Biocoach tutorials; All 12 required AP Biology Labs |
April
21
State Testing: End of Course Science Periods 3,4,5, A meet (classes 63-64 minutes) no class today |
April
22
Assign Ch 46-49 due WARNING: Final starts the 4/26 Review for last unit test Please note: if you have to miss any of the final exam days (4/26-4/29) please make arrangements well in advance. Yes, you can use A period if you don't have a regularly scheduled class at that time. |
| April
25 Review for final exam |
April
26 State Testing: Mathematics: Period 1, 2, 6 meet (class 66 minutes today) Final Unit Test Today: Day 1 you need 80 minutes total. (100 questions) Day 1: Multiple Choice (80 minutes- minutes in class and into lunch if you haven't finished) |
April
27 Senior Picnic
State Testing: 10th grade History/Social Sciences Periods 3,4,5,A meet (classes 63-64 minutes long no class today
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April
28 State Testing: 10th grade: NCLB life science test: 11th grade US History/ all classes meet, class length 38 min) AP Biology Final Day 2: Essay 1
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April 29 (LAST DAY TO TURN IN ANY LATE, REDONE OR EXTRA CREDIT) AP Biology Final Day3: Essay 2 Note: Students who do not elect to take the AP Biology Exam are required to do the following report Alternate Assignment for Students not Taking AP Biology Exam
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| May 2
AP Chemistry and AP Environmental Sci (Note: if here is AP testing in the classroom anytime in the next 2 weeks; go to the lab room ) (only AM scheduled exams listed) AP Final Analysis for strengths and weaknesses; final test corrections due Friday
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May 3
AP Computer AP Spanish Language AP Final Analysis for strengths and weaknesses
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May 4
AP Calculus AB AP Calculus BC
AP Final Analysis for strengths and weaknesses
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May 5
AP English Literature Review Site for the AP Biology Lab Exam AP Final Analysis for strengths and weaknesses |
May 6
AP U.S. History Extra Credit Article Review due today (topic: your choice)
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| May 9
AP Biology and Alternate Assignment for Students not Taking AP Biology Exam due today Exam in the morning. Good Luck |
May
10
AP Gov't & Politics "AP biology photo scavenger hunt" (bring your digital cameras) for next Thursday. |
May
11
AP English Language (11th) History of HIV/AIDS (Frontline) Selection of Project due (students who do not take the AP Biology exam are going to present first). determine your project subject by Monday. Here are some links that might inspire you… this project is designed to share new discovers not historic information in your textbook. Each journal magazine has different items, look through all of them before picking something.
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May
12
AP Macroeconomics "AP biology photo scavenger hunt" (bring your digital cameras) List of links to research journals online a. Nature News: |
May
13
AP Spanish Lit Wednesday and Friday next week: Fetal Pig-A-Rama Including Eyes and Brains.... (Please bring your own disposable gloves ) AP scavenger hunt PPT due today. |
| May
16 Student work on projects (meet here first then go to the library to work on ap project) |
May
17
Student work on projects (meet here first then go to the library to work on ap project) |
May
18
Fetal Pig-A-Rama
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May 19
Miranda Harmon-Smith Speaker from Joint Genome Center, Walnut Creek
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May
22
Fetal Pig-A-Rama |
| May
23
(3rd / 4th) Presentation #1: Presentation #2:
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May
24
Presentation #3: Presentation #4: |
May
25
Assign: Video Suggestions, includes justification due 6/1 Presentation #5: Presentation #6: |
May
26 (Late Start Schedule) AP Project Presentations Presentation #7: Presentation #8:
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May
27 (Renaissance Assembly- classes 45 minutes)
AP Project Presentations
Presentation #10: |
| May
30
Memorial Day No School
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May 31
AP Project Presentations Presentation #11:
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June 1
Video Suggestions due AP Project Presentations Presentation #12: Presentation #13 |
June 2
AP Project Presentations Presentation # 14 Presentation #15 |
June 3 Aloha Rally Schedule (optional after school- classes end 2:05)
AP Project Presentations Presentation # 16 |
| June 6 Class Picture
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June 7 Final Class | June 8 | June 9
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June
10 Graduation
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Review
(Unit Test chapters 22-26 + pages) unit test on Monday with FRQ
Review for final exam