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| January 23
No Classes Teacher Work Day
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January 24
Start 2nd Semester New Seating Chart Fall Final Test Corrections Helms 14 (#15 in download locker) need for tomorrow Chapter 14 & 15 due 1/31 Introduction to Genetics Good Place to practice genetics problems Preview of Genetics
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January 25 The flies are here Phyla Day 1 (Archaea: Mrs. Groch) -Introduction to Diversity (DKPCOFGS) The Domains and Kingdoms (Phyla days)Helms #14( #15 in download file) 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).
Prezi Presentations: Mendelian Genetics |
January 26 Finish Helms 14 (#15 in download file), Just the Lab review questions for Helms 14 (handwritten) . due Monday
Print out corn activity for Tomorrow Lecture: Epistasis, Pleiotrophy and Epigenetics, Epigenetics News
Cystic Fibrosis Gene Defect Article Drugs and Epigenetics Jumping Genes and MRSA infections Time
Magazine article on epigenetics Jumping Genes in Plants horizontal transfer article |
January 27 (Note: start bean seeds for AP Lab 9) Start Fly Lab AP Lab 7 Hand out Fly Cultures (may be postponed if adults haven't emerged) absent on lab day requirements start on corn activity X-linked, co-dominance and more pedigrees Okay here is the murky truth about heterozygotic inheritance (complete, incomplete, and codominant) Corn Genetics Background Information Article
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January 30 Corn Activity (problems only due , handwritten) Sex-linked 1, and 2Pre-Lab
PV92 Student Manual (all the info)
Background Article on PV92 and Evolution
Intro to PCR animation
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January 31 Chapter 14/15 due Genetics Quiz/test (20 questions and word problems) Bring Population Genetics Evolution Simulation tomorrow... read through introduction for Thursday/Friday... have to fit in around PV92 Extra Credit. Computational Version (note the word problems at the end are the same as the regular assignment... just need to turn in the spreadsheet and the section questions). |
Darwin and Hardy-Weinberg Assign Ch 22 and Ch 25.6 and 23 (read Ch 25.1-25.3 - due 2/6 PV92 Student Manual (all the info) ( do the harvest of PV92 Student Manual (all the info) ( do the harvest ofcheek cells today, Set up PCR reaction run overnight) absent on lab day requirements PV92 Student Manual (all the info) absent on lab day requirements PV92 Student Manual (all the info) Remove F1 flies |
February 2 (Phyla Day 2: Sammi/Lauren D. ) AP Lab 8 run gels for PV92 AP Lab 8 due tomorrow Hardy-Weinberg download activities for fun... believe it or not. 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
Sytematics/Cladistics Extra Credit due by unit test |
February 3 Hardy Weinberg AP lab 8 wrap-up. Just turn in word problems (handwritten) due Wednesday...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 for Hardy Weinberg to help shape summary of results and conclusions) + min 2 references absent on lab day (additional write-up requirements) Due 2/10
Links to using DNA/nucleotides to look at Evolutionary Relationships
Evolution "Gems" from Nature Magazine 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) |
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February 6 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 2/15 In class: What Darwin Never Knew (hour 1) 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 7 (Phyla Day 3: Bridget/Rachel Presenters ) AP Lab 8 start Fish lab postponed absent on lab day requirements Introduction to
protein gels (info on SDS/PAGE gels; protein
analysis) DO NOT PRINT OUT JUST READ Please Complete Student Manual (do not print out use for reference only) Prelab Day 1 due tomorrow |
February 8 AP Lab 8 questions? word problems due tomorrow Fish Evolution Lab day 1 (postponed)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: |
February 9 (Late Start Day) AP Lab 8 handwritten word problems due (Phyla Day 4: Presenters Meredith/Roxie ) Fish Evolution Lab day 2 (postponed) Lab write up due 2/16 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) Back to Africa 12,000 years ago article -2012 |
February 10 Remove F1 flies PV 92 write up due today Flies: Start counting F2 generation
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February 13 count flies (A period, lunch or afterschool through Thursday) Introduction to BlastBlast Human vs Chimp DNA- using HBB |
February 14 (Phyla Day 5: Darlene, Katie ) Lab Assignment: Walruses, Whales, Seals (direct link to online tutorial) Analysis questions and pasted trees and matrices due 2/23 (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? Phylip (free program for determining phylogeny) Video: Mind's Big Bang (Evolution Series PBS)
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February 15 Assign Ch 24 (includes Chapter 25.4-25.5) , and Chapter 26 plus Pgs on Primates (Chapter 34.7-34.8) due today Video: Becoming Human Science Article on altered sex ratios (ask for article) |
February 16 Evolution of Man and more Evolution of Man (Smithsonian) continued Comparative Hominid Skull Lecture Finish 2nd hour of What Darwin Never Knew\New Homind Species Red Deer Cave People? Primates & Humans: War Archives: How Some Primates Fought Off Ancient Viruses |
February 17 No School Today
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February 20 President's Day
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February 21 Count last flies (clean up culture vials)(Phyla Day 6: Presenters: Aman/Megan ) 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 22 (Phyla Day 7: Presenters: Page/Carter )Fly Analysis today see Rubric for details Fly data Assign AP Lab 7. (Formal lab) Due 2/29 Lab write up due today , cladogram section, Post Lab Analysis Help references) Fish RUBRIC Brain Gene Duplications may have lead to Human Traits |
February 23 Lab Assignment: Walruses, Whales, Seals (direct link to online tutorial) Analysis questions and pasted trees and matrices due 2/15 (typed)  Review
(Unit Test chapters 22-26 + pages) unit test on tomorro with
FRQ |
February 24 Rally Schedule Unit Test (Ch 22-26 + pages) Assign Chapter 27 due 2/29 Assign Ch 28, 29 due 3/5Assign Ch 30,31 due 3/7
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February 27 (phyla day 8: Presenters: Tim/Anna ) Go over test Origin of Life and Diversity The Straight Poop: a novel approach to curing digestive disease Oh the things people can do with slime mold |
February 28 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) New Version of Survey (good study guide) Bacterial Evolution (diarrhea) TED talks |
February 29 (Phyla day 9: Presenters: Katia/Elizabeth ) Quiz Ch 27 fly lab due 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) |
(Phyla Day 10: Claire/Evie ) Slime mold set up 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)
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March 2 (Phyla Day 11: Lauren D'/Kimmie ) Fungi Life Styles/ Video (The Rotten World) Flesh Eating Fungi (Cordyceps mind controlling fungi-YouTube) |
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March 5 Slime Setup: Descriptive titles, procedural design and Observations; anecdotal, measurements (including drawings) and conclusion, references due typed 3/12
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March 6
Review/ short answer quiz/test tomorrow Absolutely GREAT overview of Eukarya |
March 7
Quiz/test (short answer) today Ants, Parasitic Fungi, and Streptomyces (coevolution and mutualism) Extra Credit article review
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March 8 No Classes (Staff Development Day) |
March 9 No Classes (School Recess Day) |
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March 12 Hand out take home test and scantron due 3/28 Pre lab AP Lab 9 due tomorrow How can you measure
transpiration in a bean plant... hw... think of ways to meaure.
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March 13 (High School Exit Exam) Period 1 meets from after lunch from 12:05 PM to 1:04 PM Set up plant lab (runs until Friday) Stem Morphology/ AP Lab 9 Assign Ch 35-36 due 3/21 |
March 14 (High School Exit Exam) |
March 15 Plant Morphology New class of Plants Hormones found (9/08) |
March 16 AP
Lab 9Results/ Semi-Formal Title, Abstract, Results (summary
table, summary graph, trend paragraph), conclusion and references. due
3/22 RUBRIC (
AP Lab 9 help) |
| March 19 (Phyla day 12: Adam/Sam Z) Plant Structure and Growth Tutorial/ The Biology Place
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March 20 (Phyla day 13: Presenter Mrs. Groch) Private Life of Plants: Its a Jungle Out There Intro to BioRad GMO PCR lab (full lab) |
March
21 Day 1 BioRad GMO PCR lab Ch 35,36 due Plant's continued
Assign Ch 37-39 due 3/27
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March 22 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
23
(phyla day 14 & 15: Presenters: Ian/Cody and Jack ) Article Review #6 due next Friday on Evolution Mechanisms 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 3/30 RUBRIC More of Botany of Desire |
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26 (Phyla Day 16 & 17: Presenters: Julia/Kevin and Grant/Gi ) Tree of Life and Overview of Animalia Assign Ch 32-34 due 3/24 (no quiz just unit test) Reminder Take home due Wednesday! (Remember if you don't return the test with your scantron, no credit!!!) FRQ on Thursday Video: Private Life of Plants: Branching Out |
March
27 (Phyla Presentation 18: Molly/Elise ) Ch 37-39 due Overview of Kingdom Animalia Shape of Life: The First Hunters (platyhelminthes) |
March 28 Plant Unit FRQ in class to day Plant Unit Take home test due today (Ch 35-39) Introduction to 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 29 ( Phyla Presentation 19: Quinn ) Animalia Galore (the bottles) Assign Ch 32-34 due 4/4 (no quiz for this short unit just unit test) |
March 30 (Phyla Presentation 20:Trevor/Ryan) GMO lab due today Article Review #6 due on Evolution Mechanisms Animalia Galore (the bottles) Helms Questions due 4/4 Attack of the Sea Slugs (nudibranchs)
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| April 2 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 4/4
Video: Shape of Life: Survival Game Poison Dart Frogs: Neurotoxins
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April 3 Evolutionary Evidence that birds descended from dinosaurs
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April 4 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 |
April 5 lab practicum today Sign up for Body System Presentation test corrections due 4/26 Body Systems Unit Test April 26 Extra Credit Article Review: Regulation of Embryonic Development by Prion Proteins (yes the protein that causes mad cow disease) Animal Structure/ Function Unit (the final stretch) Homeostasis and Feedback Mechanisms, Examples; Animated Example Ch 40-42 due Monday 4/16 Ch 43-45 due 4/20 |
April 6 The Biology Place: The Heart Part I: The Heart Part II AP Lab 10 at the Biology Place (AP Lab 10)Summary only due 4/20 Heart Activity Background Info Sign up for Body System Presentation Online Lecture source: |
| April 9 Spring Break |
April
10 Spring Break |
April
11 Spring Break |
April
12 Spring Break |
April 13 Spring Break |
| April
16 Body Systems Unit Test April 26 Sign up for Body System Presentation Ch 40-42 due Topic #1: Basic Principles of animal form and function (reschedule to Tuesday, Cody, Ian, Jack) Topic #2: Digestion and Nutrition (Kevin, Gi, Grant, Aman) Topic #3: Circulatory and Gas Exchange Respiratory (Darlene, Katie, Sam, Julie)
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April
17 Topic #4: Osmoregulation and Excretion All about Kidney and toxicity (Rio and Quinn) Former AP students hormone you tube presentation Immune Presentation Immune overview T-cell Article |
April 18
Topic #5: Immune (Paige, Carter, Katia, Elizabeth) Body Systems Lab Activity
Poison Dart Frogs: Neurotoxins
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April 19 Topic #6: Endocrine (Kimmie, Sammie, Lauren x 2) Topic #7: Nervous Senses Galore (Adam, Rachel, Bridget) Topic #8: Sensory/ Motor mechanisms Movement/ Skeletal and Muscle (Tim, Anna, Ryan, Trevor) |
April
20 AP Lab 10 at the Biology Place (AP Lab 10)Summary only due Body Systems Activity Development Activity Animal unit test corrections due Ch 43-45 due Assign Ch 46-49 due 4/26 Aman's Fall Final review through PS
California State Framework (detailed standards) PDF (see pages 36-66 of the pdf document) |
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23 Topic #9: Reproduction (Claire, Megan, Evie, Molly) Topic #10: Development (including HOX genes) (Meredith, Elise, Roxie) |
April
24 Ch 46-49 due Last Unit Test (Immune, Endocrine, Nervous, Reproduction/Development) Good place for quick review Biology Place: Biocoach tutorials; All 12 required AP Biology Labs Great Review Site for Molecular Genetics and Evolution
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April
25 WARNING: Final starts the 4/30 Review for last unit test Please note: if you have to miss any of the final exam day... please make arrangements well in advance. Yes, you can use A period if you don't have a regularly scheduled class at that time. AP Biology Spring Final Study Guide |
April
26 Review for final exam
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April
27 Review for final exam AP Biology Spring Final Study Guide Don't forget to use the Podcasts to review (requested info on C4 & CAM) Aman's Fall Final Review Thru Mitosis & Meiosis |
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April 30
(LAST DAY TO TURN IN ANY LATE, REDONE OR EXTRA CREDIT) 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)
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May 1
AP Biology Final: Day 2 FRQ 1 & 2
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May 2 CST Testing Science: Period 1: 10:10-11:12 AM Go over exam begin reviewing for national exam AP Final Analysis for strengths and weaknesses; final test corrections due Friday May 11
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May 3 CST ELA: no class today
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May 4 |
| May 7 CST: 10th grade Life Science Period 1: 10:10-10:44 AM AP Chemistry and AP Environmental Sci (only AM scheduled exams listed) |
May 8 CST: Math No class today AP Computer AP Spanish Language AP Final Analysis for strengths and weaknesses |
May 9 CST: History/ 11th grade History Period 1: 10:10-11:12 AM AP Calculus AB AP Calculus BC AP Final Analysis for strengths and weaknesses
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May
10 AP English Literature Review Site for the AP Biology Lab Exam AP Final Analysis for strengths and weaknesses
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May
11 AP U.S. History Extra Credit Article Review due today (topic: your choice) |
| May
14 AP Biology and Music Theory Exam in the morning. Good Luck |
May
15 AP Gov't & Politics "AP biology photo scavenger hunt" (bring your digital cameras) for next Friday. |
May
16 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
17 AP Macroeconomics List of links to research journals online a. Nature News:
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May 18 AP Spanish Lit AP biology photo scavenger hunt" (bring your digital cameras) AP scavenger hunt |
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21 Student work on projects (meet here first then go to the library to work on ap project)
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May
22 Student work on projects (meet here first then go to the library to work on ap project) Post AP Exam Project Rubric |
May
23 AP scavenger hunt PPT due today. |
May
24
If you have a laptop or ipad bring to work on project in class
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May
25
Presentation #1: Aman/Grant Presentation #2: Trevor/Ryan |
| May 28
Memorial Day No School
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May 29 Presentation #3: Katie/Sam Z Presentation #4: Julia/ Darlene |
May 30 Presentation #5: Rachel Presentation #6: Gi/ Kevin |
May 31 Assign: Video Suggestions, includes justification due 6/6 Presentation #7: Jack/ Quinn Presentation #8: Megan |
June 1 AP Project Presentations Presentation #9: Katia/ElizabethPresentation #10: Page/Carter |
| June 4 AP Project Presentations AP Project Presentations Presentation #11: Ian/CodyPresentation #12: Bridget/Meredith |
June 5 AP Project Presentations Presentation #13 Elise/Roxie Presentation # 14: Sammi/Lauren D |
June 6 Video Suggestions due AP Project Presentations Presentation #15: Anna E/Tim A Presentation # 16: Rio |
June 7 AP Project Presentations Presentation #17: Claire/ Evie Presentation # 18: Kimmie/ Lauren D' |
June 8
10 Aloha Rally Schedule (optional after school- classes end
2:05)
Presentation #19: Adam Presentation # 20: Molly
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| June 11 Class Picture | June 12 Final Class | June 13 | June 14 Last Day of Classes | June 15 Graduation |
Review for final exam