AP Biology 2nd Semester Calendar 2015
Quick Links: January February March April May June
How to Study- Guide Test your brain Tree of Life How to Write in Biology PPT Statistics PPT How to write a reflection Basics to working with Spreadsheets
Phyla Assignment for Cladebook page I can statements (Essential Knowledge) ; General Rubric for Lab Write-Ups Study Strategy Web Help
Phyla Background and Phyla Presentation Assignments Tree of Life Vernier Lab Pro Instructions
NOTE: Reading and Focus Questions are Assigned and Due on the Dates indicated.
LAST DAY TO TURN IN LATE, RED0NE, EX CR IS THE DAY OF THE AP BIOLOGY NATIONAL EXAM Monday 5/11/2015).
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Teacher Work Day: No Classes
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January 27 Start 2nd Semester New Seating Chart Assign Chapter 13, 14, 15 due on day of quiz 2/4 Course Policy signature sheet Parent signatures and email addresses Genetic ECAs introduction to Genetics Fall Final Test Corrections (regular Quiz assignment, due 2/28 ) you can come in A period or lunch or after school Sordaria Pictures Sordaria Practice Meiosis Rubric due 2/4 Karyotyping Background info for Part A (click through the 3 pages) ; Karyotyping Activity FYI Introduction to Genetics Good Place to practice genetics problems Preview
of Genetics |
flies introduction Mendel was totally lucky he didn't see linked genes Whiteboard problems FYI: Practice Meiosis Rubric due 2/4 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 Pericarp
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January 29 Fly Epigenetics Lab (fly manual) Fly Epigenetics Lab (set up today) (scheme) Statistic Modeling Probability (read and practice if necessary) corn activity (class activity) FYI: Practice Sex-linked 1, and 2 Prezi
Presentations: Mendelian Genetics What is non-nuclear inheritance??? |
January 30 Course Policy signature sheet Parent signatures and email addresses due Lecture: Epistasis, Pleiotrophy and Epigenetics, Epigenetics News EVO-DEVO Rap from Stanford (from Autumn) Cystic Fibrosis Gene Defect Article Drugs
and Epigenetics Time
Magazine article on epigenetics
Jumping Genes in Plants horizontal transfer article
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February 2 (Note: start bean seeds for transpiration lab) Set up Fly lab
Case Study: Pretzel Syndrome, Introduction PPT Worksheet (html link)
Epigenetics and Plasmodium (Malaria) article from 2010 (more recent extra credit article) |
February 3 New Investigation 7B Meiosis Meiosis Rubric due today Case Study: PKU & Hardy-Weinberg Why is the Y chromosome so small now?
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February 4 Chapter 13/14/15 due
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) These fins were made for fingers? News article Original Research Article (suitable for March required article) |
February 5 Watch A1 Youtube video for tomorrow's activity (starts out blurry, but then is okay) Link to download Allele program Assign Ch 22 and Ch 25.6 and 23 (review 4.1) due 2/10 and quiz Assign Ch 24 (includes Chapter 25.1-4) , and Chapter 26 plus Pgs on Primates (Chapter 34.7-34.8) due 2/20-Quiz 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 HHMI: How the Stickleback fish lost spines in the fresh water populations (genes) Original Article (good for extra credit) Cichlid Fish Evolution article Rapid sympatric ecological differentiation of crater lake cichlid fishes within historic times |
February 6 Actual Lab for Hardy-Weinberg (write-up binder paper notes + typed discussion due 2/13 see last page of lab) (link to computer program A1 you will need this on your own computer to complete the lab at home) New Investigation #2: Hardy Weinberg (background info) Darwin and Hardy-Weinberg Misconceptions about Evolution List read through introduction for PPT and other and sample and more advanced modeling Deme 1.0 & 2.0 (need free account) or Allele A1 or PopGen |
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manual 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
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February 9 Diversity (pick a kingdom) (Extra Credit) Article Review #5 due 2/28, CER: Host-Parasite Articles in class, post to blog HHMI: Shells HHMI: Natural Selection & Adaptation (pocket mice) short video HHMI: Natural Selection in Humans Learning Evolution Using Phylogenetic Analysis (PPTX) Student Worksheet (DOCX) Data sets for Phylogenetic Analysis AminoAcidsB1 AminoAcidsPartB2 PartC Part D Using use the one click on the http://www.phylogeny.fr/ site with cast from Mr. Knuffke on an example of how to do the project using phylogeny.fr). |
February 10 Ch 22 and Ch 25.6 and 23 due Quiz today
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 2/21 Case Study: Evolution of Skin Color or Case Study: Tree Thinking/Whale Evolution or Case Study: Fly Speciation Fly Evolution: 40 generations and they can count
or Case Study: Evolution of Skin Color or Case Study: Tree Thinking/Whale Evolution or Case Study: Fly Speciation
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February 11 Assembly Schedule Introduction to Phylogenetics and Bioinformatics Updated Phylogenetics Activity (how to read a phylogenetic tree) rubric
Is there a limit to brain evolution and intelligence? Evolutionary Evidence that birds descended from dinosaurs Dinosaur skulls, heterochrony and birds (extra credit article)
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February 12 (buy bean seeds)
Updated Phylogenetics Activity due on blog on 2/25 (how to read a phylogenetic tree)
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February 13 Updated Phylogenetics Activity (how to read a phylogenetic tree) Actual Lab for Hardy-Weinberg (write-up binder paper notes + typed discussion due 2/13, see last page of lab) (link to computer program A1 you will need this on your own computer to complete the lab at home)
Phylip (free program for determining phylogeny) Video: Mind's Big Bang (Evolution Series PBS) |
Bioinformatics: New Lab 2: Blast
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February 16 President's Day No School
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February 17 (plant bean seeds)
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February 18 Finish up phylogenetic FYI:
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February 19 Video |
February 20 Rally Schedule Fly data update Diversity (pick a kingdom) (Extra Credit) Article Review #5 due 2/28, |
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February 23 They Don't Make Humans Like They Used To and Duffy Blood Group Advantage (Duffy article available for Extra Credit) Comparative Hominid Skull Lecture Finish 2nd hour of What
Darwin Never Knew\ |
February 24 Review (Unit Test chapters 22-26 + pages) unit test on tomorrow with FRQ Shape of Life: Bones, Brawn, and Brains or Journey of Man (check out the atlas on the web site Video: Becoming Human Which human genes have been hotspots for positive selection? Slide Show Evolution of Man and more Evolution of Man (Smithsonian) continued Evolution of Skin Color (TED talk) Back to Africa 12,000 years ago article -2012 Brain Gene Duplications may have lead to Human Traits |
February 25 Due today Updated Phylogenetics Activity due on blog (how to read a phylogenetic tree) rubric
Unit Test (Ch 22-26 + pages) Evolution Unit Test |
Assign Chapter 27.1-27.2 & 28.1, 31.1 due March 6 -Introduction to Diversity (DKPCOFGS) The Domains and Kingdoms Diversity (pick a kingdom) (Extra Credit) Article Review #5 due 2/28, |
February 27 slime mold set up Slime Setup:
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March 2 fly lab check up... Overview of the 3 domains Cyanobacteria Switch Metabolism at Night The Straight Poop: a novel approach to curing digestive disease You won't believe how much bacteria is in your living environment |
March 3
Blog post for partners (1 post per pair) includes: Descriptive titles, procedural design and Observations; anecdotal, measurements (you might consider Image J (including drawings or time lapse video; free apps Splice for iPhone; Magisto for Android) and How to write a reflection conclusion, references and 2 comments on other posts due typed 3/16 (slime mold blog grading rubric) More Videos: TED talk what is left to explore? |
March 4 Slime mold data? Ants, Parasitic Fungi, and Streptomyces (coevolution and mutualism) Extra Credit article review Fungi Life Styles/ Video (The Rotten World) Flesh Eating Fungi (Cordyceps mind controlling fungi-YouTube) 6 ways fungi can save the world (TED talk) Absolutely GREAT overview of Eukarya
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March 5 Fly data? Done?... short period tomorrow. Discuss fly lab requirements http://www.csun.edu/plunk/documents/poster_presentation.pdf Introduction to Transpiration TED TALK: Plant intelligence HHMI: Popped Corn origin of corn (17 min) Pre lab New Investigation 11: Transpiration due tomorrow Measuring Surface area of leaves How to use Image J to measure surface area (youtube) Written Instructions for using Image J (pdf) How can you measure transpiration in a bean plant... hw... think of ways to meaure. |
March 6 (Fine Arts Assembly double 3rd period) Chapter 27.1-27.2,28.1, 31.1 due Quiz Chapter 27/28
Assign Chapter 36 due 3/12
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Slime Mold: creating patterns |
March 9 Set up plant lab (runs until Thursday) stomata counting ( New Investigation 11: Transpiration ) |
March 10 Plant Morphology Private Life of Plants: Its a Jungle Out There Video: Botany of Desire |
March 11 Private Life of Plants: Its a Jungle Out There OR Video: Botany of Desire continued Slime mold Descriptive titles, procedural design and Observations; anecdotal, measurements (including drawings) and How to write a reflection conclusion, references due TOMORROW (slime mold blog grading rubric) AP Lab 9/New Investigation 11: Transpiration Results/ Semi-Formal Title, Abstract, Results (summary table, summary graph, trend paragraph relate to stomata density), conclusion and references. due 3/19 RUBRIC ( AP Lab 9 help) |
March 12 Ch 36 due last measurement of plants Slime mold Descriptive titles, procedural design and Observations; anecdotal, measurements (including drawings) and How to write a reflection conclusion, references due (slime mold blog grading rubric) Will be graded on Monday... Plant Structure and Growth Tutorial/ The Biology Place Fly Mini-Posters presentations coming... next Thursday... wrap up your data working on posters on March 19th. http://www.csun.edu/plunk/documents/poster_presentation.pdf
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March 13 (Staff Development Day-No Classes)
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Transpiration Lab (rates, stomata, surface area) |
March 16 Assign Ch 32-34 due 3/30 (just a quiz no unit test) (Phyla day Kingdom Animalia Presenter Mrs. Groch) Start: Work on Fly posters and data... Write up: Mini-Posters for flies; personal typed How to write a reflection of your project... presentation on Thursday (peer review rubric, just in case you lose the copy I gave you) (teacher rubric) |
March 17 (High School Exit Exam) Work on Fly posters and data... Write up: Mini-Posters for flies; personal typed How to write a reflection of your project... presentation on Thursday (peer review rubric, just in case you lose the copy I gave you) (teacher rubric) |
March 18 (High School Exit Exam) no class today???
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March 19 AP Lab 9 due today (see 3/12) New Investigation 11: Transpiration Results/ Semi-Formal Title, Abstract, Results (summary table, summary graph, trend paragraph), conclusion and references. due RUBRIC ( AP Lab 9 help) Presentation of fly results, Speaking and Listening Guidelines don't forget to staple your typed personal How to write a reflection of your fly project to the peer review rubric, just in case you lose the copy I gave you teacher rubric |
March 20 Guest Speaker: Autumn Albers (former AP Biology
Student)
Cool video on nemerteans and echinoderms Cnidarians Triploblastic, really |
GMO |
March 23 (reserve cart) (Check have fish samples) Article Review #6 due on Evolution Mechanisms due Friday Finish Poster Presentations Introduction to protein gels (info on SDS/PAGE gels; protein analysis) DO NOT PRINT OUT JUST READ Please make a check list procedure.
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March 24 Complete Student Manual (do not print out use for reference only) Group Lab Fish Evolution Lab day 1 Post Lab Analysis Help HBB FASTA list Bring standard curve paper (see page 3 of post lab Analysis help pdf above) |
March 25 (BYOD) Fish lab: Dry Lab Data analyze last year's lab results and this years
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March 26 (BYOD) Lab write up due 4/3 (late after 4/3) Assign Fish Protein lab , see rubric for detail: must include a How to write a reflection page and labeled picture of gel. Fish RUBRIC HBB FASTA list blog rubric Dry Lab Data How to do linear regression on calculator Lab write up due April 4 , cladogram section, Post Lab Analysis Help references) Fish RUBRIC (post on Blog rubric, turn in personal How to write a reflection typed)
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March 27 (Mrs. Groch at CCCSEF all day) Video: Shape of Life: Conquerers Attack of the Sea Slugs (nudibranchs)
FYI: Evolutionary Evidence that birds descended from dinosaurs
Overview of Kingdom Animalia Animal
Tree of Life Shape of Life: The First Hunters (platyhelminthes) |
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Ch 32-24 Test
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March 31 Required Article Review #6 due on Evolution Mechanisms Animal Structure and Function vs Plant Structure and Function Extra Credit Article Review: Regulation
of Embryonic Development by Prion Proteins (yes the protein
that causes mad cow disease) Homeostasis and Feedback Mechanisms, Examples; Animated Example Homeostasis and Oxygen & Carbon Dioxide in the Blood, Bohr Shift and Oxygen Dissociation (YouTube)
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April 1 Ch 40& 43 +39.5 due Monday 4/13 Ch 44-45 due 4/17 Ch 48 & 49 due 4/20 Endocrine systems |
April 2 Case Study: Boy or Girl or Immune System Building Antibodies: http://pdb101.rcsb.org/learn/resource/antibody-activity-page includes: Exploring Antibodies Visualizing Antibodies Model Instructions Activity Questions
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April 3 Fish Lab blog rubric (must include How to write a reflection) late after today)
Boy or Girl Case Study How to write a reflection (with handwritten notes + references) due 4/17 or build a model |
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April 6 Spring Break Want a review packet of the whole course? Click Here |
April 7 Spring Break |
April 8 Spring Break |
04/09/14 Spring Break |
April 10 Spring Break |
Body Systems Learning Objectives
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April 13 Body Systems Unit Test April 21 Ch 40 & 43 due Article: Close Reading: The mealybug suppresses plant defense responses... Plant immune system One of the following case studies Case Study: HIV Immune System |
April 14 Fish Bowl Discussion on Plant Defense Crash Course: Immune System Immune Presentation Immune overview T-cell Article H1N1 Evolution from bird to human Mice Harm their own RBC to protect against malaria (news brief) (full article) |
April 15 General Animation of neurotransmission HHMI: Neurons & Synapses Click & Learn Neuronal Activity HHMI Blocking Neurons HHMI (cabal acts like a taser) Cephalopod intelligence and camouflage video Hive minds Case Study Escape from Planet Soma microRNA can turn somatic cells into neurons Very cool pictures of neurons from Clarity technique (Brains as clear as jello) |
April 16 (iPad cart) Body Systems Lab Activity Modeling neurotransmission activity Educreations (peer rubric) Link to cool illustrations and animations Case Study Escape from Planet Soma Poison Dart Frogs: Neurotoxins |
April 17 (iPad cart) Brain, Handedness & Schizophrenia (article) Educreations due 4/20 (peer rubric) Boy or Girl Case Study How to write a reflection (with handwritten notes + references) due Chapter 44-45 due |
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April 20 (regular schedule) Nerve Transmission Educreations Presentations due Ch 48-49 due Last Unit Test tomorrow (Overview, Immune,
Endocrine, Nervous 40,
43,
44,
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48&49
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April 21 CAASSP Testing (Per. 1 8:30-10:25 AM Per. 2 10:40-12:35 PM) Last Unit Test Begin Review for Final Exam Want a review packet of the whole course? Click Here Diagnostic Study Guide (see what you know and don't know to narrow down what to study) (by Jeremy Conn) WARNING: Final starts the 4/27 AP Words... Grid in practice 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. |
April 22 Class Does not meet today
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April 23 CAASSP Testing (Per. 1 8:30-10:25 AM Per. 2 10:40-12:35 PM) Review for final exam Want a review packet of the whole course? Click Here Diagnostic Study Guide (see what you know and don't know to narrow down what to study) (by Jeremy Conn) I can statements (Essential Knowledge) AP Biology Spring Final Study Guide Don't forget to use the Podcasts to review (requested info on C4
& CAM)
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April 24 class does not meet today
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April 27 CAASSP Testing (Per. 1 8:30-10:25 AM Per. 2 10:40-12:35 PM) (LAST DAY TO TURN IN ANY LATE, REDONE OR EXTRA CREDIT by 4//30 Final Unit Test Today: Hour 1 & 2 Multiple Choice and Calculation questions (4) and Short Answer (3) You need 4 function & square root calculator and orange sheet for the test. |
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April 29 (regular schedule) Final Exam Hour 3 FRQ Day (2 long FRQ) (LAST DAY TO TURN IN ANY LATE, REDONE OR EXTRA CREDIT |
April 30 CAASSP Testing (Per. 1 8:30-10:25 AM Per. 2 10:40-12:35 PM) Go over exam begin reviewing for national exam Review for national exam AP Final Analysis for strengths and weaknesses; final test corrections due Friday May 8 Want a review packet of the whole course? Click Here Diagnostic Study Guide (see what you know and don't know to narrow down what to study) (by Jeremy Conn) |
May 1 class does not meet today |
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May 4 (only AM scheduled exams listed) |
May 5 AP Computer AP Spanish Language AP Final Analysis for strengths and weaknesses |
May 6 AP Calculus AB AP Calculus BC AP Final Analysis for strengths and weaknesses |
May 7 Review Site for the AP Biology Lab Exam AP Final Analysis for strengths and weaknesses |
May 8 AP English Language (11th) Extra Credit Article Review due today (topic: your choice) |
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May 11 Exam in the morning. Good Luck
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May 12 BYOD please "AP biology photo scavenger hunt" (bring your digital cameras) for next Friday. Selection of Project due (students who do not take the AP Biology exam are going to present first). Suggested topics: What makes us human, why do we have diseases like diabetes (are there any advantages to deleterious genes?); memes... 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. |
May 13 BYOD please Selection of Project due (students who do not take the AP Biology exam are going to present first). Suggested topics: What makes us human, why do we have diseases like diabetes (are there any advantages to deleterious genes?); memes... 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. |
May 14 BYOD please List of links to research journals online (some links might be out of date)
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May 15 AP biology photo scavenger hunt" (bring your digital cameras) AP scavenger hunt
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May 18 Student work on projects
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May 20 Student work on projects
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May 21 AP (Assembly Schedule) scavenger hunt PPT due today. Watch hunts...
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May 22 May Extra Credit Article Review due today (topic: bioethics) Post AP Exam Project Rubric final work day |
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May 25 Memorial Day No School
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May 26
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May 27 Presentations
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May 28 Assign: Video Suggestions, includes justification due 6/3 Presentations |
May 29 AP Project Presentations Presentations |
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AP Project Presentations Presentations
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June 2 AP Project Presentations Presentations |
June 3 Video Suggestions due AP Project Presentations Presentations |
June 4 AP Project Presentations Presentations |
June 5 Aloha Rally Schedule (optional after school- classes end 2:05) Presentations |
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June 8 Final presentations??? |
June 9 |
06/10/14 |
June 11 |
June 12 |