AHS AP Biology: July 2011

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Zangle

Student Connection
Parent Connection
Teacher Connection

Friday, July 22, 2011

Article Summaries

2 article summaries will be collected at the end of each marking period. You have the opportunity to do a 3rd for extra credit. They should pertain to curriculum covered during those 10 weeks.

Requirements

Useful websites:
ScienceNews
ScienceDaily
Science News - The New York Times
FirstScience
e! Science News
Discover
Scientific American
Popular Science
Science on msnbc
Yahoo science

By topic:
Genes
Epigenetics
Biotechnology (Human Growth Hormone made by bacteria)
Stem Cells
Health and Medicine
Diabetes
Environment
Living World
Human Origins
Evolution (first shark hybrid)
Evolution (Extinct Galapagos Tortoise Reappears)
Animal Behavior (dolphins)
Symbiotic Ants
Quadriplegic Moves Fingers After Nerve Surgery
Delayed Drowning
Gray Whales
Parkinson's Disease
Brain tapeworms 1
Brain tapeworms 2

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Notes

*Be sure to watch the Bozeman Biology clips listed under assignments per chapter/unit, these also serve as notes!

UNIT 1 - BIOCHEMISTRY (ch.1-5)
Ch.1-2 Overview
Podcast on Water
Powerpoint (ch.3 - Water)
Importance of Water for Life
Powerpoint (ch.4 - Carbon)
Chapter 4 Notes
Powerpoints(ch.5 - Structure and Function of Macromolecules)
Carbs
Lipids
Proteins
Nucleic Acids
More info on DNA
Chapter 5 Notes
More notes on Proteins

UNIT 2 - THE CELL AND CELL DIVISION (ch.6-8, 12-13)
Powerpoint (ch.6 - A Tour of the Cell)
Powerpoint (ch.7 - Cell Membrane)
Lab 1 - Water Potential Powerpoint
Powerpoint (ch.8 - Metabolism/Enzymes)
Powerpoint (ch.12 - Cell Cycle/Mitosis)
Powerpoint (ch.12 - Regulation)
Powerpoint (ch.13 - Meiosis)

UNIT 3 - CELLULAR RESPIRATION & PHOTOSYNTHESIS (ch.9-10)
Powerpoint (ch.9 - Cell Respiration)
Glycolysis PP (ch.9 - Cell Respiration)
Kreb's Cycle PP (ch.9 - Cell Respiration)
ETC PP (ch.9 - Cell Respiration)
Light Reactions PP (ch.10 - Photosynthesis)
Lab 4 part B Notes
Calvin Cycle PP (ch.10 - Photosynthesis)
C4 vs. CAM plants PP 3 (ch.10 - Photosynthesis)

UNIT 4 - MENDELIAN GENETICS & CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE (ch.14-15)
Powerpoint 1 - Mendelian Genetics
Powerpoint 2 - Probability
Chi Square Examples
Powerpoint 3 - Beyond Mendel
Genetics Problems Examples
Ch.15 Notes (includes fly crosses)
Lab 7 Class Data (for Chi Square Analysis)
Chromosome Disorder Notes

UNIT 5 - DNA STRUCTURE/REPLICATION & PROTEIN SYNTHESIS (ch.16-17)
Discovery of the Structure of DNA - history
Powerpoint 1 - DNA Introduction
Chapter 16 Notes
Powerpoint 2 - DNA Replication
Powerpoint 3 - Protein Synthesis
Chapter 17 Notes
Modification of mRNA transcript
Powerpoint 4 - Mutations
Review sheet

UNIT 6 - GENE REGULATION (ch.18-19)
Viruses and Bacteria
Viruses
Mechanisms of gene transfer in bacteria
Operons
Chapter 19 Notes
Gene Regulation Pretzi
Review sheet

UNIT 7 - DNA TECHNOLOGY (ch.20-21)
Powerpoint - Chapter 20
Powerpoint - Electrophoresis and PCR (more ch.20)
Plasmid Mapping
Powerpoint - Developmental Genetics (ch.21)
Biotechnology
Recombinant DNA Worksheet Answers
Recombinant DNA Activity Answers
Types of Stem Cells

UNIT 8 - EVOLUTION (ch.22-25)
Powerpoint - Introduction to Evolution (ch.22)
Powerpoint - Natural Selection (more ch.22)
Microevolution notes (ch.23)
Powerpoint - Evolution of Populations/Mechanisms of Evolution (ch.23)
Powerpoint - Origin of Species (ch.24)
Powerpoint - Phylogeny and Systematics (ch.25)

UNIT 9 - AN INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY: PROKARYOTES, PROTISTS & FUNGI (ch.26-28, 31)
Abiogenesis
Powerpoint - Origin of Life (ch.26)
Chapter 26 Notes
Powerpoint - Prokaryotes (ch.27)
Chapter 27 Notes
Powerpoint - Protists (ch.28)
Powerpoint - Fungi (ch.31)
Chapter 31 Notes

UNIT 10 - PLANTS PART 1: HOW PLANTS COLONIZED LAND, THE EVOLUTION OF SEED PLANTS & ANGIOSPERM REPRODUCTION (ch.29-30, 38)
Chapter 29 Notes
Chapter 29 Class Quiz
Chapter 30 Class Quiz
Angiosperm Life Cycle
Double Fertilization

UNIT 11 - PLANTS PART 2: PLANT FORM AND FUNCTION, TRANSPORT IN VASCULAR PLANTS, PLANT NUTRITION & PLANT HORMONES (ch.35-37, 39)
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 39

UNIT 12 - ANIMAL KINGDOM - INTRODUCTION TO ANIMAL DIVERSITY, INVERTEBRATES & VERTEBRATES (ch.32-34)
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Animal Phylum - Wikipedia
Animal Facts (there is a search option - very helpful website)
Chapter 34
Shape of Life website

UNIT 13 - BODY SYSTEMS PART 1 (ch.40-44)
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
24 Hours: Your Food on The Move
Blood Pressure changes
Chapter 43 (Mr. Donaghy's notes)
Chapter 44

UNIT 14 - BODY SYSTEMS PART 2 (ch.45-49)
Chapter 45
The Endocrine System
Calcium Regulation (ch.45)
What causes Diabetes Type 1? (ch.45)
Chapter 46-49 - review tutorials listed under assignments
Chapter 49

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Important Documents

Intro to AP Bio
Syllabus
Tentative Course Outline (including test dates)
Safety contract
Info on the AP Biology Exam
Scientific Root Words
End of Year Review
BIO 111 Syllabus (Oakland University)
BIO 111 Syllabus (2)
BIO 111 Syllabus (3)
Oakland AP Equivalencies
MSU AP Equivalencies (best school :)
U of M AP Equivalencies
Central AP Equivalencies
Eastern AP Equivalencies
Western AP Equivalencies
Wayne State AP Equivalencies
Northern Michigan AP Equivalencies
AP Policy Search (for other schools not listed above)
Pop Quiz - unit 2 (ch.6-7)

Useful Websites

Campbell Biology - 7th Edition (Ebook, practice quizzes, lab bench, word study, activities, videos)
Campbell Biology - 7th Edition
(slides)
Campbell Biology - 7th Edition
(outlines)
Collegeboard AP Biology Website
AP Credit Policy Information
(Find college and universities with AP credit policy info)
AP Biology Exam Format Information (includes example questions)
Previous Free Response Questions on AP Exam
Past Essay Questions (1968-2000)
Pearson Lab Bench (info on 12 AP labs)
Bozeman AP Biology on Youtube
(useful videos)
Bozeman AP Biology Labs on Youtube
(useful videos)
Biology by Crash Course
(useful videos)
KhanAcademy
(useful videos)
Wolfram Alpha
Quizlet (vocabulary help with flashcards)
Biology Tutorials
BioInteractive
The University of Arizona - the biology project
McGraw-Hill Virtual Labs
Biology Online Dictionary
4 Tests (Practice Test Questions)

SparkNotes Test Center (Practice Test Questions) - must create a free account
AP Biology Exam Review (flashcards by topic)
CliffsNotes Science
CliffsNotes AP Tests
AP Biology Test Calculator
Great AP Bio Exam Review Sites
Biology Corner
Order a Cliff's for AP Bio from Amazon (highly recommended)
Order Cracking the AP Biology Exam 2013 (Princeton Review)
Order Kaplan AP Biology 2013-2014 (not available until 12-28-12)

Monday, July 18, 2011

Assignments

CALENDAR
COUNTDOWN TO AP BIOLOGY EXAM

SEMESTER 1

1ST MARKING PERIOD

WEEK 1

(due Thursday, 9-8-11)
1. Fill in the AP Biology About Me form
2. Register for online book access using student access code SSNAST-JEHAD-OBEYS-SIDED-GUSTO-ROVES here

(due Friday, 9-9-11)
1. Read chapters 1 & 2 (pgs. 2-45)
2. Complete the ch.1-2 Reading guide
3. Watch Bozeman biology clip on Chemical Basis of Life

WEEK 2

(due Tuesday, 9-20-11)
1. Read chapters 3-5 (pgs. 47-90)
2. Complete the ch.3-4 Reading guide
3. Complete the ch.5 Reading guide
4. Watch Bozeman biology clip on Water
5. Watch Properties of Water
6. Watch Bozeman biology clip on Molecules of Life
7. Watch Crash Course in Biology #1 (carbon)
8. Watch Crash Course in Biology #2 (water)
9. Watch Crash Course in Biology #3 (macromolecules)

(due Friday @ 3:30, 9-16-11)
1. Complete the ch.2-5 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
2. Read Cliffs pgs. 11-22 (stop at Chemical Reactions in Metabolic Processes)

WEEK 3

(due Thursday, 9-22-11)
Free Response Practice 2009 #1 (2.5 minutes to read, 22.5 minutes to write)

(due Friday, 9-23-11)
Brine Shrimp Lab Report Requirements
Brine Shrimp Lab

(due Friday, 10-14-11)
1. Read chapter 6
2. Complete the chapter 6 Reading guide
(answer key)
3. Watch Bozeman Biology clip on cells
(after you watch this, post a comment on the blog telling me how much you loved the podcast:)
4. Eukaryotic Cell Tour Tutorial
5. Watch Crash Course in Biology #4 (animal cell)
6. Watch Crash Course in Biology #6 (plant cell)

WEEK 4

(due Friday, 10-14-11)
1. Read chapter 7
2. Complete the chapter 7 Reading guide
3. Watch KhanAcademy clip on Diffusion and Osmosis
4. Watch Crash Course in Biology #5 (cell membrane)

(due Friday, 9-30-11)
1. Lab 1 Diffusion and Osmosis (1A-1E need to be completed)
2. Review LabBench (lab 1)
Lab 1 Powerpoint - Water Potential
1E - Onion Cell Plasmolysis (video)
1E - Elodea Plasmolysis (video)
3. Do Osmosis Tutorial

WEEK 5

(due Friday, 10-14-11)
1. Read chapter 8 - pgs. 141-143, 146-157 only
2. Complete the chapter 8 Reading guide
3. Watch Bozeman Biology clip on enzymes
4. Do the Enzymes virtual lab
5. Enzyme Catalysis Tutorial
6. Allosteric Regulation Tutorial

(due Wednesday, 10-5-11)
Take Post Unit 1 Survey

(due Friday, 10-7-11)
1. Lab Toothpickase
2. Online Lab 2 Enzyme Catalysis
Go to site
3. Watch Catalase Demo (with liver)
4. Watch Catalase Demo - elephant toothpaste (with yeast)
5. Complete the ch.6-8 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website

WEEK 6

(due Thursday, 10-13-11)
1. Complete the ch.12-13 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
2. Watch Bozeman biology clip on Mitosis
3. Watch Bozeman biology clip on Meiosis
4. Watch Bozeman biology clip on Mitosis/Meiosis Simulation
5. Watch Sex Determination video (very interesting!)

(due Friday, 10-14-11)
1. Read chapter 12
2. Complete the chapter 12 Reading guide
3. Read chapter 13
4. Complete the chapter 13 Reading guide
5. Lab 3 Mitosis and Meiosis
6. Review Lab Bench (lab 3)
7. Watch Bozeman Biology clip on Lab 3
8. Mitosis Virtual Lab
9. Meiosis Virtual Lab
10. Visit NOVA website
11. Watch Treating Cancer with Electric Fields (very interesting!)
12. Read Cliffs pgs. 22-24, 33-39, 73-81
13. Watch Crash Course in Biology #12 (mitosis)
14. Watch Crash Course in Biology #13 (meiosis)

WEEK 7

(due Monday, 10-17-11)
Biochemistry Extra Credit (up to 15 points) - both parts must be printed and turned in
Part 1
Part 2

(due Thursday, 11-3-11)
1. Read chapter 9
2. Complete the chapter 9 Reading guide
3. Watch Bozeman biology clip on Respiration
4. Watch Crash Course in Biology #7 (cell respiration)

WEEK 8

(due Wednesday, 10-26-11)
1. Lab 5 Respiration
2. Review Lab Bench (lab 5)
3. Watch Bozeman biology clip on Lab 5
4. ETC and ATP Synthesis Tutorial
5. Watch Crash Course in Biology #8 (photosynthesis)

(due Thursday, 11-3-11)
1. Read chapter 10
2. Complete the chapter 10 Reading guide
3. Watch Bozeman biology clip on Photosynthesis
4. Complete the ch.9-10 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
5. Lab 4 Photosynthesis (Chromatography & Floating Leaf Disks)
6. Review Lab Bench (lab 4)
7. Watch Bozeman clip on Lab 4
8. Watch video on Sinking discs
9. Watch Tressel youtube clip on Photosynthesis
10. Review notes on lab 4 Part B
11. Read Cliffs pgs.45-50, 57-63

(due Friday, 11-4-11)
3 Science Article Summaries
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2ND MARKING PERIOD

WEEK 1

(due Wednesday, 11-9-11)
Unit 3 Free Response Practice (and grade yourself)

(due Tuesday, 11-22-11)
1. Read chapter 14
2. Complete the chapter 14 Reading guide
3. Work on Lab 7 (Fruit flies)
4. Watch Bozeman clip on Mendelian Genetics
5. Watch Bozeman clip on Genotypes & Phenotypes
5. Do the Punnett Squares virtual lab
6. Do Virtual Fruit Fly Lab Activity (use guest entrance)
7. Read this article (about environmental triggers on genes)
8. Watch Crash Course in Biology #9 (heredity)

WEEK 2

1. Review the Chi Square Tutorial
2. Chi Square Analysis (Skittles) Lab
3. Watch Bozeman Clip on Chi Square

(due Tuesday, 11-22-11)
1. Read chapter 15
2. Complete the chapter 15 Reading guide
3. Watch Bozeman clip on Chromosomal Inheritance
4. Do the Sex-linked virtual lab
5. Try these genetics problems (1, 2, 4, 5-7, 8ac, 10, 11, 13, 17, 19 - look up epistasis, 20)
6. Try these dihybrid cross problems

WEEK 3

(due Tuesday, 11-22-11)
1. Complete the ch.14-15 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
2. Watch Punnett Square Fun
3. Watch video clip on Epigenetics
4. Read Cliffs pgs.89-98

WEEK 4

(due Tuesday, 11-29-11)
Lab 7- Fruit Flies
Lab 7 Class Data (for Chi Square Analysis)

(due Tuesday, 12-6-11)
1. Read chapter 16
2. Complete the chapter 16 Reading Guide
3. Read chapter 17
4. Complete the chapter 17 Reading Guide
5. Do the DNA Replication Tutorial
6. Watch and answer questions about the following video clips:
DNA Packaging
Chemical Structure of DNA
DNA Pair Strands
Chargaff's Ratio
Watson Constructing Base Pair Models
Coding Sequence in DNA
DNA Replication
7. Watch Crash Course in Biology #10 (DNA structure & replication)
8. Complete the Protein Synthesis tutorial - 1
9. Complete the Protein Synthesis tutorial - 2
10. Watch clip on RNA splicing
11. Watch clip on translation
12. Watch Crash Course in Biology #11 (protein synthesis)

WEEK 5

(due Tuesday, 12-6-11)
1. Complete the ch.16-17 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
2. Watch Bozeman clip on DNA/RNA part 1
3. Watch Bozeman clip on DNA/RNA part 2
4. Watch Bozeman clip on Transcription & Translation
5. Watch Bozeman clip on the Central Dogma
6. Study for test using review sheet
7. Transcription/Translation worksheet 1
8. Transcription/Translation worksheet 2 (challenge - extra credit?)
9. Read Cliffs pgs.107-116

(due Wednesday, 12-14-11)
1. Read chapter 18
2. Complete the chapter 18 Reading Guide
3. Watch Bozeman clip on Viral Replication
4. Watch Bozeman clip on Gene Regulation
5. Read chapter 19
6. Complete the chapter 19 Reading Guide
7. Watch Bonnie Bassler on how bacteria "talk" (very interesting!!!)

WEEK 6

(due Wednesday, 12-14-11)
1. Complete the ch.18-19 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
2. Watch clip on Lac Operon
3. Do the Lac Operon tutorial
4. Watch clip on Trp Operon
5. Do the Trp Operon tutorial
6. Build model of prokaryotic operon (lac or trp - your choice)
7. Watch clip on control of gene expression in eukaryotes
8. Study for test using review sheet
9. Read Cliffs pgs. 117-119

(due Thursday, 12-15-11)
1. Prelab/Review Lab Bench (lab 6)
2. Watch streaking technique clip

(due Friday, 1-6-12)
1. Read chapter 20
2. Complete the chapter 20 Reading guide
3. Read chapter 21
4. Complete the chapter 21 Reading guide
5. Watch plasmid clip
6. Watch growing bacteria plate (gross!)
7. Read article about bacteria making human growth hormones (article summary?)
8. Watch clip on restriction enzymes (ECORI)
9. Restriction Enzymes: How is DNA Manipulated?
10. Recombinant Plasmid Activity
11. Complete the restriction enzyme digestion tutorial
12. Review the DNA fingerprinting tutorial (review from biology class)
13. Complete the DNA fingerprinting tutorial and problems
14. Watch Bozeman clip on DNA fingerprinting
15. Complete PCR Animation
16. Read info on cloning
17. Clone a mouse (review from biology class)
18. Stem cell tutorial 1
19. Stem cell tutorial 2
20. Read article on stem cells (article summary?)
21. Read Cliffs pgs.119-120

WEEK 7

(due date TBD)
Lab 6

(due Friday, 1-6-12)
1. Read chapter 22
2. Complete the chapter 22 Reading guide
3. Watch Bozeman clip on Evidence for Evolution
4. Complete the ch.20-22 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website (OPTIONAL)
5. Read article on evolution (first shark hybrid)

WEEK 8

(due Tuesday, 1-17-12)
1. Read chapter 23
2. Complete the chapter 23 Reading guide
3. Watch Bozeman clip on Evolution of Populations/Microevolution (includes Hardy Weinberg)
4. Do activity: An Intro to Population Genetics and Hardy-Weinberg
5. Read chapter 24
6. Complete the chapter 24 Reading guide
7. Watch Bozeman clip on Origin of Species
8. Read chapter 25
9. Complete the chapter 25 Reading guide
10. Complete the ch.23-25 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
11. Watch Bozeman clip on Macroevolution/History of Life on Earth
12. Lab 8 (answers to 1-6 Hardy-Weinberg Problems)
13. Review Lab Bench (lab 8)
14. Read article on Extinct Galapagos Tortoise Reappearing
15. Read Cliffs pgs. 129-140

WEEK 9
(due Tuesday, 1-17-12)
3 Science Article Summaries
EXAM WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Info on Exam
Exam Review Sheet

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SEMESTER 2

3RD MARKING PERIOD

WEEK 1

(due Friday, 1-27-12)
1. Life Origins Activity
Links:
Arrogant Worms
Investigators
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIjDAbY8tDQ
Ribozyme vs. Ribosome
Abiogenesis
http://www.livescience.com/24-volcanic-origin-life.html
Entantiomer
Chirality
http://www.astrobio.net/exclusive/3083/how-life-shatters-chemistrys-mirror
http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/science_blog/110401.html
Did Life Evolve in Ice?
http://discovermagazine.com/2010/nov/31-deep-sapce-birthplace-life-cosmos
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110107145634.htm
2. Watch Bozeman clip on Abiogenesis
3. Synthesis of Prebiotic Molecules Tutorial

(due Thursday, 2-2-12)
1. Read chapter 26
2. Complete the chapter 26 Reading guide
3. The Evolution of the Three Domains Tutorial
4. Read chapter 27
5. Complete the chapter 27 Reading guide
6. Watch Bozeman clip on Classification
7. Watch Bozeman clip on Tracing Evolutionary History

WEEK 2
(due Thursday, 2-2-12)
1. Read chapter 28
2. Complete the chapter 28 Reading guide
3. Family Tree of Chloroplasts Tutorial (endosymbiosis)
4. Read chapter 31
5. Complete the chapter 31 Reading guide
6. Bacteria/Protist/Fungi Lab
7. Watch Bozeman clip on Prokaryotes and Protists
8. Read Cliffs pgs. 139-140, 149-153
9. Complete the ch.26-28, 31 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website

(due Monday, 2-13-12)
1. Read chapter 29
2. Complete the chapter 29 Reading guide
3. Watch Bozeman clip on Plants, Fungi and Land! (good review of fungi)
4. Life Cycle of a Moss Tutorial

WEEK 3
(due Monday, 2-13-12)
1. Ch.29 and 30 online activities
2. Life Cycle of a Conifer Tutorial
3. Fruit and flower dissection online prelab
4. Do the Angiosperm Life Cycle Tutorial
5. Do the Double Fertilization Tutorial
6. Fruit and flower dissection lab
7. Read chapter 30
8. Complete the chapter 30 Reading guide
9. Read chapter 38
10. Complete the chapter 38 Reading guide
11. Complete the ch.29-30 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
12. Read Cliffs pgs. 154-157, 167 (table only)

WEEK 4
(due Thursday, 3-1-12)
1. Read chapter 35
2. Complete the chapter 35 Reading guide
3. Watch Bozeman Clip on Plant Structure
4. Secondary Growth Tutorial
5. Read chapter 36
6. Complete the chapter 36 Reading guide
7. Watch Bozeman clip on AP lab 9
8. Transpiration lab (AP lab 9) - using summer data :(
9. Ch.35-36 online activities
10. Review Lab Bench (lab 9)
11. Transpiration Virtual Lab
12. Pressure Flow Model Tutorial
13. Watch Bozeman clip on Plant Transport

WEEK 5
(due Thursday, 3-1-12)
1. Read chapter 37
2. Complete the chapter 37 Reading guide
3. Nitrogen and Iron Deficiencies Tutorial
4. Nitrogen Cycle Tutorial
5. Read chapter 39
6. Complete the chapter 39 Reading guide
7. Tropisms Tutorial
8. Went's Experiment Tutorial
9. Auxin Affects Cell Walls Tutorial
10. Watch Bozeman clip on Plant Control
11. Complete the ch.35-37, 39 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
12. Read Cliffs pgs. 167-178
13. Read Pearson review packet pgs. 207-222 (you have already been tested on ch.38)

WEEK 6 (due Thursday, 3-15-12)
1. Read chapter 32
2. Complete the chapter 32 Reading guide
3. Read chapter 33
4. Complete the chapter 33 Reading guide
5. Visit PBS website - Shape of Life
6. Gastrulation tutorial
7. Online dissections:
    Earthworm
    Grasshopper
    Crayfish
    Clam
Starfish
Salmon (vertebrate - just for fun)
8. Invertebrate Dissections
9. The Life Cycle of Cnidarians Tutorial

WEEK 7 (due Thursday, 3-15-12)
1. Animal Phyla Matching Part 1
Part 2
2. Read chapter 34
3. Complete the chapter 34 Reading guide
4. Complete the ch.32-34 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
5. Read Cliffs pgs. 157-160
6. Read Pearson review packet pgs. 186-197

(due Friday, 3-16-12)
Study for Unit 1 (topic 1) Review Quiz:
     - Read over Pearson packet pgs. 27-36
     - Read over Cliffs pgs. 11-22 (stop at Chemical Reactions in Metabolic
       Processes)
     -Take a cumulative practice quiz (ch.2-5) on the Campbell website

WEEK 8 (due Thursday, 3-29-12)
1. Read chapter 40
2. Complete the chapter 40 Reading guide
3. Read chapter 41
4. Complete the chapter 41 Reading guide
5. Watch Bozeman clip on the Digestive System
6. Digestion and Absorption of Fats Tutorial
7. Read chapter 42
8. Complete the chapter 42 Reading guide
9. Watch Bozeman clip on the Respiratory System
10. Airflow in Mammals Tutorial
11. Watch Bozeman clip on the Circulatory System
12. The Cardiac Cycle Tutorial
13. AP Lab 10
14. Review Lab Bench (lab 10)
15. Watch Bozeman clip on lab 10 (we use daphnia, not goldfish)

(due Friday, 3-23-12)
Study for Unit 2 (topic 2) Review Quiz:
- Read over Pearson packet pgs. 43-64
- Read over Cliffs pgs. 22-24, 33-39, 73-81
- Take a cumulative practice quiz (ch.6-8, 12) on the Campbell website

WEEK 9 (due Thursday, 3-29-12)
1. Read chapter 43
2. Complete the chapter 43 Reading Guide
3. Read chapter 44
4. Watch Bozeman clip on the Immune System
5. Cells of the Immune System Tutorial
6. Complete the chapter 44 Reading Guide
7. Watch Bozeman clip on Osmoregulation/ The Excretory System
8. Mammalian Kidney Tutorial
9. Complete the ch.40-44 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
10. Read Cliffs pgs. 185-193, 198-200
11. Read Pearson review packet pgs. 231-251

(due Friday, 3-30-12)
1. 2 Science Article Summaries (3rd one is 10 points e.credit)
2. Study for Unit 3 (topic 3) Review Quiz:
     - Read over Pearson packet pgs.75-89
     - Read over Cliffs pgs. 45-50, 57-63
     - Take a cumulative practice quiz (ch.9-10) on the Campbell website

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4th MARKING PERIOD

WEEK 1

(due Friday, 4-13-12)
Study for Unit 4 (topic 4) Review Quiz:
     - Read over Pearson packet pgs. 97-111
     - Read over Cliffs pgs. 76-81, 89-98
     - Take a cumulative practice quiz (ch.13-15) on the Campbell website

(due Thursday, 4-19-12)
1. Read chapter 45
2. Complete the chapter 45 Reading Guide
3. Watch Bozeman clip on the Endocrine System
4. Read chapter 46
5. Complete the chapter 46 Reading Guide
6. Watch Bozeman clip on the Reproductive System
7. Ovarian and Uterine Cycles tutorial
8. Read chapter 47
9. Complete the chapter 47 Reading Guide
10. Fertilization in a Sea Urchin tutorial
11. Gastrulation tutorial (look familiar?)

WEEK 2

(due Thursday, 4-19-12)
1. Read chapter 48
2. Complete the chapter 48 Reading Guide
3. Watch Bozeman clip on the Nervous System
4. The Resting Membrane Potential Tutorial
5. The Action Potential Tutorial
6. Synaptic Transmission Tutorial
7. Information Processing in the Spinal Cord Tutorial
8. Read chapter 49 - no reading guide
9. Molecular Mechanism of Muscle Contraction Tutorial
10. Watch Bozeman clip on the Muscular System
11. Complete the ch.45-48 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
12. Read Cliffs pgs. 194-197, 201-202, 211-217
13. Read Pearson review packet pgs. 251-275
     (chapters are a little different, don't panic)

(due Friday, 4-20-12)
Study for Units 5-7 (topic 5) Review Quiz:
     - Read over Pearson packet pgs. 117-139
     - Read over Cliffs pgs. 107-120
     - Take a cumulative practice quiz (ch.16-21) on the Campbell website

WEEK 3

(due Friday, 5-4-12)
1. AP Lab 11/Termite Lab
2. Watch Bozeman clips on lab 11 and Chi Square Analysis
3. Review Lab Bench (lab 11)
4. Read chapter 50
5. Complete the chapter 50 Reading guide
6. Biomes Tutorial
7. Read chapter 51
8. Complete the chapter 51 Reading guide
9. Foraging Behavior Tutorial
10. Read animal behavior article (dolphins)
11. Watch Imprinting (goose) video clip
12. Watch Monarch Butterfly migration video clip
13. Watch Kin selection in bees
14. Read chapter 52
15. Complete the chapter 52 Reading guide
16. Watch Bozeman clip on Populations
17. Exponential Growth Tutorial
18. Logistic Growth Tutorial
19. Predator-Prey Tutorial

(due Friday, 4-27-12)
Study for Unit 8 (topic 6) Review Quiz - LAST ONE:
     - Read over Pearson packet pgs. 151-163
     - Read over Cliffs pgs.129-140
     - Take a cumulative practice quiz (ch.22-25) on the Campbell website

WEEK 4

(due Friday, 5-4-12)
1. AP Lab 12
2. Review Lab Bench (lab 12)
3. Read chapter 53
4. Complete the chapter 53 Reading guide
5. Watch Bozeman clip on Communities
6. Primary Succession Tutorial
7. Read chapter 54
8. Complete the chapter 54 Reading guide
9. Watch Bozeman clip on Ecosystems
10. Global Carbon Cycle Tutorial
11. Global Nitrogen Cycle Tutorial
12. Complete the ch.50-54 chapter quizzes on the Campbell website
13. Read Cliffs pgs. 225-229, 235-247
14. Read Pearson review packet pgs. 291-304
***THERE WILL BE NO UNIT TEST ON ECOLOGY ***

Extra Credit Opportunity (15 points) - go see the movie Chimpanzee
Turn in your ticket stub and write a brief movie review (1 page typed maximum) including a summary of the rain forest biome and animal behaviors that you observed.

WEEK 5

(due Friday, 5-11-12)
1. AP Biology Practice Test 1
2. Watch Bozeman clip on the AP Bio test
3. Take online practice AP Bio test (m.c.)
4. Preview old free response questions
5. Review the 12 AP Bio labs
6. Read Cliffs book - take 2 additional practice tests in the Cliffs book, if you don't have it, ask me for copies
7. Review AP Biology Exam flashcards (by topic)
8. Take online quizzes (same as Pearson site)
9. Great AP Bio Exam Review Sites
STUDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WEEK 6
1. Take the online survery
2. Think about your research topic

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