Second nine weeks AP Biology -
tentative updated every Sunday morning.
Monday, October 21
Talk about fermentation
Article "Where does the fat go?"
Bread making
AP Classroom: M/C and FRQs
Cellular Respiration POGIL optional
Home: Study for exam Wednesday and Thursday
Cellular Respiration and Fermentation presentation
AP Classroom
Tuesday, October 22
Yeast Bubbles Lab - new
next year: Use low molarities of sucrose also.
Home: Study for exam Wednesday and Thursday
Wednesday, October 23
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Exam. M/C
Home:
Thursday, October 24
FRQs
Go over M/C Photosynthesis/Cellular Respiration exam - top missed
1
Friday, October 25
INTRODUCTORY LAB - CELL TO CELL Communication
Grade FRQs
Go over M/C Photosynthesis/Cellular Respiration exam
Monday, October 28
I am out sick, so looks like everything originally planned will shift ahead to Thursday.
Watched "Osmosis Jones" as requested.
Tuesday, October 29
Cell Communication POGIL and Sketchnotes.
Wednesday, October 30
Cell Cycle POGIL
Thursday, October 31
worksheets - Cell Communication 2,3,4,10,12,13
Friday, November 1
Haunted Hallway video.
Catch up on work assigned this past week that wasn't done.
Cell Communication POGIL
Cell Cycle POGIL
Cell Communication pack - finish today
Home:
Finish worksheets - Cell Communication pack - rest of pages -
Everything from this past week is due Monday
Monday, November 4
Turn in all of your work from last week.
Quiz on last week's work
CELL COMMUNICATION WITH BONNIE BASSLER TEDX VIDEO;
Bozeman - Signal Transduction Pathway - Dora
Short discussion - Cell Communication flipchart
Cell Communication Basics Worksheet -
Home:
Finish Cell Communication Basics if you did not today
Tuesday, November 5
Email 1, then overview of how things work. Email 2, then overview of how things work.
Case Study MY Dog is Broken.
Supporting paper for My Dog is Broken.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2964902/
also Part I of Hedgehog Case Study
Wednesday, November 6
Flipchart discussion of Nervous System - Action Potential
Overview of neuron design model
Thursday, November 7
Discussed Cell Cycle - large fill in diagram - blank/label
Flipchart discussion Cell Cycle
Rat Endocrine Dissection Lab
AP Classroom Unit 4 M/C
AP Classroom Nervous System Qs
Friday, November 8
Discuss Yeast and Pheromones
Yeast lab day 2 - mating pheromones
Next year - if cultures available - have 4 hour plus mixed sample available only for viewing and monitoring
Cell communication project - Skip this year.
Monday, November 11 - Veteran's Day - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, November 12
Finish up a few discussions for the Unit
Specific immunity discussion
Examples of Cell Communication: Plant Immune Response, Ethylene Gases - ripening , Apoptosis. Morphogens in Embryonic development, Lactation in mammals, Onset of labor in childbirth, SRY gene , HOX genes
Blood Sugar Regulation by insulin and glucagon, Homeostasis (negative and positive feedback)
Any questions about exam tomorrow?
Wednesday, November 13
Unit 4 Exam - Cell Cycle and Cell Communication
Thursday, November 14
ELISA lab - It's fun, let's do it!
Friday, November 15
I'll be out for professional development:
2019 FALL MINI MEDICAL SCHOOL
Precision Medicine and Pharmacogenomics
University of Florida Health Science Center
This has to do with personalized medicine based on your genetic code. (We are going into Genetics next)
Class:
You will watch "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" (It is part of our mitosis/cancer topics)
Home:
Answer Investigation 7 Part 3 Case 1 questions or do the Webquest: Hela WebQuest - Part 3 of Investigation
I recommend you read this book on your own.
Monday, November 18 - I have to get your Unit 5 notes copied. I'll give you the notebook divider today - Homecoming Alter Ego Day
GO OVER TEST QUESTIONS - CELL COMM AND CYCLE
Discuss Mitosis
Picture cards - plant cells and animal cells - Mitosis
Sock Mitosis - Investigation 7 (Investigation 7 has 4 parts) This is Part I.
Home:
NONE
Tuesday, November 19 - Twin Day
nvestigation 7: Part 2: Use new Carolina Control and Lectin cards. Chi-Square, etc. - Collect large group data and do Chi-Square analysis, etc.
(Have old data or APAC Lectin Data if no time to count)
HOME: NONE - FINISH CALCULATIONS IF DIDN'T TODAY
Wednesday, November 20 - Meme Day
HHMI Small Intestine animation
Wasp and Cancer Cells article and questions
Short discussion Cancer
Fill in Mitosis diagram together and eliminate misconceptions
Hmwk:
Investigation 7: Part 3 Pre-lab questions
Philadephia Chromosome animation - view and answer the following questions.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21 - Teacher Take Over Day - Deli Lunch - Throwback Thursday
FridAY, NOVEMBER 22 - EARLY RELEASE SCHEDULE - Viking Day - Blue and Gold
Meiosis diagram filled in together to eliminate misconceptions
Begin Meiosis conversation
Hmwk:
Monday, November 25 - clean Up from HOCO - tomorrow Friendsgiving
Finish discussion Meiosis
Talk about chromosomal abnormalities - non-disjunctions, insertions, deletions, etc
Karyotyping activity - abnormalities mentioned today and normal
AP Insight Cell Cycle Activity - Mitosis DNA, Cell Cycle Cyclin, Meiosis - do all graphs
Home:
Tuesday, November 26 - FRiendsgiving
Start with video clip from The Fly Room - 1950s genetics
Then fun facts about fruit fly naming of genes.
Sordaria video - Figure the map location
Sordaria card lab activity for Meiosis, Crossing Over, Recombination Frequency, Map Units; Investigation 7 part 5; we won’t make squashes, but I have great cards. Excel spreadsheet data collection.
Bozeman video on Genetic recombination - mapping genes. Map the Gene
IWe then did Chi Square testing because our count and ending map units seemed really off.
Hmwk: none
Wednesday, November 27
Thursday, November 28
Friday, November 29
Monday, December 2
Pool Noodle Meiosis activity (investigation7 part 4)
Begin Mendelian Inheritance - discussion/flipchart
Begin Punnett square work togethr
Home:
Unit 5 AP Classroom M/C and FRQs - assigned and open for you to begin
Tuesday, December 3
Finish Mendelian Inheritance and Punnett Squares - flipchart discussion
Beads and pipe cleaners Mitosis, Meiosis, Independent Assortment and Law of Segregation, also non-disjunction
Home:
Unit 5 AP Classroom M/C and FRQs
Wednesday, December 4
Bozeman probability video
The Statistics of Inheritance POGIL - hard copy given in class.
Home:
Unit 5 AP Classroom M/C and FRQs
Thursday, December 5 - substitute so didn't go as planned.
Watch The Making of the Fittest: Natural Selection in Humans.
Begin HHMI Mendelian Genetics, Probability, Pedigrees, and Chi-Square statistics - Sickle Cell
HHMI Mendelian Genetics, Probability, Pedigrees, and Chi-Square Statistics - hard copy provided
Home:
Finish assignment if didn't today.
Friday, December 6
Watch "The Making of the Fittest: Natural Selection in Humans"
Non-Mendelian Inheritance and disorders - flipchart discussion
Non-nuclear inheritance
Pedigree Analysis - hard copy provided
Work time on HHMI assignment.
Home: Study for Exam Monday
Did you get your AP Classroom done?
Monday, December 9
AP CLASSROOM IS DUE BEFORE THE TEST.
Genetics Exam - Mitosis, Cancer, Meiosis, Mendelian and non-Mendelian chromosomal Inheritance -
Exam today. Includes the following:
Dominant/Recessive relationships within P, F1, F2
Expectations of ratios in monohybrid and dihybrid crosses
Epistasis
Reading pedigrees with understanding of autosomal recessive and dominant inheritance, as well as sex-linked
Cell cycle - what happens in Interphase and Mitosis
Cell Cycle - cancer
Figuring Probability of inheritance
Genetic variation - independent assortment and crossing over
Gene linkage - recombination frequencies less than 50%
Inheriting genetic disorders - autosomal dominant, etc.
Karyotyping - Kleinfelters, Downs, Turner
Calculate Chi-Square - determining expectations based on inheritance patterns
Sample FRQ question on Pedigrees for new exam style will be added to exam
I graded everything - no student grading on new FRQ
Tuesday, December 10
Go over exam M/C and FRQ
Wednesday, December 11 - early dismissal
Watch video DNA - Secret of Photo 51
Thursday, December 12
Strawberry DNA Extraction - super fun!
Friday, December 13
Fill in DNA modeling warm up
Discuss DNA Structure and Replication -
Flipchart - talk about the structure of DNA, replication, (review topics from video)
Monday, December 16 - Crazy Sweater Day
DNA Structure and Replication Review for a few moments - 10
video - Topoisomerase
Distribute DNA Structure Notes - 5
New Style DNA Structure FRQ - 10
GRade it!
Paper Replication Model - new
Home: AP Classroom - M/C get started. Unit 6 is open
Tuesday, December 17 - Holiday Hat Day
Distribute DNA Replication Notes
DNA Replication Short FRQ - AP sample
Short practice M/C exam for Semester Grade - 15 Qs
Replication Model finished?
Home: AP Classroom - M/C get started
Wednesday, December 18 - SENIOR COOKIE SWAP
Pick up Review Book from Media Center? 20 minutes
Begin GATTACA (at least 40 minutes today)
Home: AP Classroom - M/C get started
Thursday, December 19
Finish GATTACA - 80 minutes
Home: AP Classroom - M/C get started
Over the break:
Remember: Holiday money: You need a review book for AP Bio (school has Cliff Notes, but get the below if you can)
Order on Amazon - an exam preparation book.
Latest version you can get: Pearson Education Test Prep Series for AP© BIOLOGY, Holtzclaw, Holtzclaw Preparing for the Biology AP* Exam
www.amazon.com/Preparing-Biology-School-Pearson-Education/dp/0133458148/ref=dp_ob_title_bk
Also, Grad Bash will be due soon after we return (mid FEb) If you haven't paid for it already, make a plan.
Prom tickets also need to be purchased.
Mayo Video 2014 - I made this one.
2017 trip - Student created.
tentative updated every Sunday morning.
Monday, October 21
Talk about fermentation
Article "Where does the fat go?"
Bread making
AP Classroom: M/C and FRQs
Cellular Respiration POGIL optional
Home: Study for exam Wednesday and Thursday
Cellular Respiration and Fermentation presentation
AP Classroom
Tuesday, October 22
Yeast Bubbles Lab - new
next year: Use low molarities of sucrose also.
Home: Study for exam Wednesday and Thursday
Wednesday, October 23
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Exam. M/C
Home:
Thursday, October 24
FRQs
Go over M/C Photosynthesis/Cellular Respiration exam - top missed
1
Friday, October 25
INTRODUCTORY LAB - CELL TO CELL Communication
Grade FRQs
Go over M/C Photosynthesis/Cellular Respiration exam
Monday, October 28
I am out sick, so looks like everything originally planned will shift ahead to Thursday.
Watched "Osmosis Jones" as requested.
Tuesday, October 29
Cell Communication POGIL and Sketchnotes.
Wednesday, October 30
Cell Cycle POGIL
Thursday, October 31
worksheets - Cell Communication 2,3,4,10,12,13
Friday, November 1
Haunted Hallway video.
Catch up on work assigned this past week that wasn't done.
Cell Communication POGIL
Cell Cycle POGIL
Cell Communication pack - finish today
Home:
Finish worksheets - Cell Communication pack - rest of pages -
Everything from this past week is due Monday
Monday, November 4
Turn in all of your work from last week.
Quiz on last week's work
CELL COMMUNICATION WITH BONNIE BASSLER TEDX VIDEO;
Bozeman - Signal Transduction Pathway - Dora
Short discussion - Cell Communication flipchart
Cell Communication Basics Worksheet -
Home:
Finish Cell Communication Basics if you did not today
Tuesday, November 5
Email 1, then overview of how things work. Email 2, then overview of how things work.
Case Study MY Dog is Broken.
Supporting paper for My Dog is Broken.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2964902/
also Part I of Hedgehog Case Study
Wednesday, November 6
Flipchart discussion of Nervous System - Action Potential
Overview of neuron design model
Thursday, November 7
Discussed Cell Cycle - large fill in diagram - blank/label
Flipchart discussion Cell Cycle
Rat Endocrine Dissection Lab
AP Classroom Unit 4 M/C
AP Classroom Nervous System Qs
Friday, November 8
Discuss Yeast and Pheromones
Yeast lab day 2 - mating pheromones
Next year - if cultures available - have 4 hour plus mixed sample available only for viewing and monitoring
Cell communication project - Skip this year.
Monday, November 11 - Veteran's Day - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, November 12
Finish up a few discussions for the Unit
Specific immunity discussion
Examples of Cell Communication: Plant Immune Response, Ethylene Gases - ripening , Apoptosis. Morphogens in Embryonic development, Lactation in mammals, Onset of labor in childbirth, SRY gene , HOX genes
Blood Sugar Regulation by insulin and glucagon, Homeostasis (negative and positive feedback)
Any questions about exam tomorrow?
Wednesday, November 13
Unit 4 Exam - Cell Cycle and Cell Communication
Thursday, November 14
ELISA lab - It's fun, let's do it!
Friday, November 15
I'll be out for professional development:
2019 FALL MINI MEDICAL SCHOOL
Precision Medicine and Pharmacogenomics
University of Florida Health Science Center
This has to do with personalized medicine based on your genetic code. (We are going into Genetics next)
Class:
You will watch "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" (It is part of our mitosis/cancer topics)
Home:
Answer Investigation 7 Part 3 Case 1 questions or do the Webquest: Hela WebQuest - Part 3 of Investigation
I recommend you read this book on your own.
Monday, November 18 - I have to get your Unit 5 notes copied. I'll give you the notebook divider today - Homecoming Alter Ego Day
GO OVER TEST QUESTIONS - CELL COMM AND CYCLE
Discuss Mitosis
Picture cards - plant cells and animal cells - Mitosis
Sock Mitosis - Investigation 7 (Investigation 7 has 4 parts) This is Part I.
Home:
NONE
Tuesday, November 19 - Twin Day
nvestigation 7: Part 2: Use new Carolina Control and Lectin cards. Chi-Square, etc. - Collect large group data and do Chi-Square analysis, etc.
(Have old data or APAC Lectin Data if no time to count)
HOME: NONE - FINISH CALCULATIONS IF DIDN'T TODAY
Wednesday, November 20 - Meme Day
HHMI Small Intestine animation
Wasp and Cancer Cells article and questions
Short discussion Cancer
Fill in Mitosis diagram together and eliminate misconceptions
Hmwk:
Investigation 7: Part 3 Pre-lab questions
Philadephia Chromosome animation - view and answer the following questions.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21 - Teacher Take Over Day - Deli Lunch - Throwback Thursday
FridAY, NOVEMBER 22 - EARLY RELEASE SCHEDULE - Viking Day - Blue and Gold
Meiosis diagram filled in together to eliminate misconceptions
Begin Meiosis conversation
Hmwk:
Monday, November 25 - clean Up from HOCO - tomorrow Friendsgiving
Finish discussion Meiosis
Talk about chromosomal abnormalities - non-disjunctions, insertions, deletions, etc
Karyotyping activity - abnormalities mentioned today and normal
AP Insight Cell Cycle Activity - Mitosis DNA, Cell Cycle Cyclin, Meiosis - do all graphs
Home:
Tuesday, November 26 - FRiendsgiving
Start with video clip from The Fly Room - 1950s genetics
Then fun facts about fruit fly naming of genes.
Sordaria video - Figure the map location
Sordaria card lab activity for Meiosis, Crossing Over, Recombination Frequency, Map Units; Investigation 7 part 5; we won’t make squashes, but I have great cards. Excel spreadsheet data collection.
Bozeman video on Genetic recombination - mapping genes. Map the Gene
IWe then did Chi Square testing because our count and ending map units seemed really off.
Hmwk: none
Wednesday, November 27
Thursday, November 28
Friday, November 29
Monday, December 2
Pool Noodle Meiosis activity (investigation7 part 4)
Begin Mendelian Inheritance - discussion/flipchart
Begin Punnett square work togethr
Home:
Unit 5 AP Classroom M/C and FRQs - assigned and open for you to begin
Tuesday, December 3
Finish Mendelian Inheritance and Punnett Squares - flipchart discussion
Beads and pipe cleaners Mitosis, Meiosis, Independent Assortment and Law of Segregation, also non-disjunction
Home:
Unit 5 AP Classroom M/C and FRQs
Wednesday, December 4
Bozeman probability video
The Statistics of Inheritance POGIL - hard copy given in class.
Home:
Unit 5 AP Classroom M/C and FRQs
Thursday, December 5 - substitute so didn't go as planned.
Watch The Making of the Fittest: Natural Selection in Humans.
Begin HHMI Mendelian Genetics, Probability, Pedigrees, and Chi-Square statistics - Sickle Cell
HHMI Mendelian Genetics, Probability, Pedigrees, and Chi-Square Statistics - hard copy provided
Home:
Finish assignment if didn't today.
Friday, December 6
Watch "The Making of the Fittest: Natural Selection in Humans"
Non-Mendelian Inheritance and disorders - flipchart discussion
Non-nuclear inheritance
Pedigree Analysis - hard copy provided
Work time on HHMI assignment.
Home: Study for Exam Monday
Did you get your AP Classroom done?
Monday, December 9
AP CLASSROOM IS DUE BEFORE THE TEST.
Genetics Exam - Mitosis, Cancer, Meiosis, Mendelian and non-Mendelian chromosomal Inheritance -
Exam today. Includes the following:
Dominant/Recessive relationships within P, F1, F2
Expectations of ratios in monohybrid and dihybrid crosses
Epistasis
Reading pedigrees with understanding of autosomal recessive and dominant inheritance, as well as sex-linked
Cell cycle - what happens in Interphase and Mitosis
Cell Cycle - cancer
Figuring Probability of inheritance
Genetic variation - independent assortment and crossing over
Gene linkage - recombination frequencies less than 50%
Inheriting genetic disorders - autosomal dominant, etc.
Karyotyping - Kleinfelters, Downs, Turner
Calculate Chi-Square - determining expectations based on inheritance patterns
Sample FRQ question on Pedigrees for new exam style will be added to exam
I graded everything - no student grading on new FRQ
Tuesday, December 10
Go over exam M/C and FRQ
Wednesday, December 11 - early dismissal
Watch video DNA - Secret of Photo 51
Thursday, December 12
Strawberry DNA Extraction - super fun!
Friday, December 13
Fill in DNA modeling warm up
Discuss DNA Structure and Replication -
Flipchart - talk about the structure of DNA, replication, (review topics from video)
Monday, December 16 - Crazy Sweater Day
DNA Structure and Replication Review for a few moments - 10
video - Topoisomerase
Distribute DNA Structure Notes - 5
New Style DNA Structure FRQ - 10
GRade it!
Paper Replication Model - new
Home: AP Classroom - M/C get started. Unit 6 is open
Tuesday, December 17 - Holiday Hat Day
Distribute DNA Replication Notes
DNA Replication Short FRQ - AP sample
Short practice M/C exam for Semester Grade - 15 Qs
Replication Model finished?
Home: AP Classroom - M/C get started
Wednesday, December 18 - SENIOR COOKIE SWAP
Pick up Review Book from Media Center? 20 minutes
Begin GATTACA (at least 40 minutes today)
Home: AP Classroom - M/C get started
Thursday, December 19
Finish GATTACA - 80 minutes
Home: AP Classroom - M/C get started
Over the break:
Remember: Holiday money: You need a review book for AP Bio (school has Cliff Notes, but get the below if you can)
Order on Amazon - an exam preparation book.
Latest version you can get: Pearson Education Test Prep Series for AP© BIOLOGY, Holtzclaw, Holtzclaw Preparing for the Biology AP* Exam
www.amazon.com/Preparing-Biology-School-Pearson-Education/dp/0133458148/ref=dp_ob_title_bk
Also, Grad Bash will be due soon after we return (mid FEb) If you haven't paid for it already, make a plan.
Prom tickets also need to be purchased.
Mayo Video 2014 - I made this one.
2017 trip - Student created.