AP BIOLOGY PERIOD 6
AP BIOLOGY
Thursday – Sunday, April 1 – 4:
Enjoy time with your family over the long weekend! If Easter celebrations are in your plans, enjoy those as well. This is task #1.
Somewhere in the extended weekend find some time to:
1. Read about reproduction in your prep books. Concentrate on the steps of embryonic development.
2. Look at pages 989 and 991 in your text regarding fertilization of an egg by a sperm. How are the membrane structures involved with the process? What kinds of cellular transport are needed? How are proteins involved in the process? What about cell communication in this process of fertilization? You do NOT need to know all the particular vocabulary words in the diagrams. You’ll figure out which ones you’ll need.
3. Put the following words in order of occurrence:
a. blastula b. fertilization c. first cleavage
d. zygote e. organogenesis f. gastrulation
4. Define gastrulation. Identify the 3 germ layers and 2 structures that are formed from each layer.
5. How does OOGENESIS (One of my favorite words. Worthy of a place on the book cover, Ben.) differ from SPERMATOGENESIS. Text: p. 973, first 2 paragraphs of 46.4 and the diagram on pp. 974-5?
6. Answer the review packet chapter 9 questions on animal physiology.
DONE WITH ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY
(except muscle contraction and maybe an eye diagram)
UNIT: PLANT STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION starts Monday, April 5.
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Mon - Thurs 3.29 through 4.1.10
Active Reading and Writing
THE PLAN FOR THE WEEK: Read the Animal Structure and Function units in your prep books. Answer the questions.
Monday:
• Finish Nervous System neurotransmitter release, pP. 1022, 1019 fig. 48.13 OWN IT!
• Endocrine system intro- p. 946, pp. 202-9. Recall signal transduction pathway processes.
• Pink packet - plan 45.1 for Wednesday
Tuesday:
• Immune system intro – OWN the process in your prep books
• What is clonal selection? What is the difference between active and passive immunity? What are B cells and T cells? How does this system regulate homeostasis?
• Pink packet – plan 43.1 for Wednesday
Wed:
• Show me the models for 43.1 and 45.1
• Loose ends – muscle contraction and the nervous system
Thurs:
• 2 AP essays on animal structure and function
THURSDAY 3.25..10
Active Reading and Writing
1. Read the honeybee article. How do they achieve homeostasis?
2. What is countercurrent exchange and why do organisms do this?
3. Complete the MC handout for the systems on Energy and Metabolism; digestion, circulation and respiration. Finish the handout for to theme of Homeostasis on the excretory system and osmoregulation.
What are aquaporins? How might they be involved with osmoregulation?
4. Know at least one organism that uses different structures to accomplish the functions of the systems we have studied so far. Animal comparison charts should be up to date.
5. Draw, label, color a NEURON. What is an Action Potential? What kind of transport is involved?
6. We will briefly go over the remaining systems; immune, endocrine, reproductive and nervous. However, you will need to use your prep books for some self teaching.
It's off to a new unit on PLANTS by the end of next week!
TUESDAY 3.15..10
Active Reading and Writing
1. On the Intro to Bioenergetics handout:
(a) answer the questions on p.1 directly on the sheet, (note: the themes are on p. 27 in your text) (b) answer all parts of p.2, (c) color the heart of the daphnia and read the background on p.3
2. With help from reading chapters 40 and 41 answer the Activity Packet sections 40.1 and 41.1
3. Color the animal comparison booklet for the digestive system. Read the background.
NOTES:
~We have no class on Wednesday, so you should be able to handle the work above.
~Our goal is to cover approximately one body system per day through next week.
~The expectation will be to "own" the functions and structures of each system and to be able to address the major component necessary for survival.
~The order of systems will be: digestion - respiration - circulation - excretion - nervous - immune.
The Plan:
If all goes well, I plan to give you a take home test on the animal systems on Thursday, March 25th. We have a drop day on the 26th, so you will have 3 days to be able to complete it.
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3.4.10
We have finished the basics of how evolution occurs. Now it's time to determine what the first organism was to inhabit our planet. When we are together on Monday, we will spend one class period figuring out how we went from non-existence to the current day.
We have only 35 class periods before your AP exam. Each one is extremely important and your preparation for the classes is crucial. It's going to be a lot of work on both of our parts, but I'm ready and you are more than capable. The payoff is on May 10 when you know you are ready for AP exam and you walk away feeling like you nailed it. This WILL happen.
So, to get you ready for Monday here is what you need to do. Try to spread it out over a couple of days and don't cram it all in on Sunday night!
1. Read section 26.1 and answer the concept check questions 1-3 on p. 516
2. Read section 26.2 and answer the concept check questions 1-2 on p. 520
3. Look up the meanings of endosymbiont hypothesis and the heterotroph hypothesis and explain them in your own words by writing that in your notebook
4. What characteristics did the first "original ancestral organism" possess?
5. As life evolved from this first ancestral organism, what 3 domains took shape?
(a) name the domains (b) what characteristics are unique to each (c) which domain gave rise to the animal kingdom?
6. Do Review packet #7 if you have not done so.
7. Draw and label all the parts of an amniotic egg. Write the functions of each part. Why is it called an amniotic egg and not just an egg?
It's not as bad as it looks. Hang in there! Remember, in the end, the satisfaction of having learned so much is the real payoff. Your performance on the exam will be a bonus.
FRIDAY 1.29.10
Active Reading and Writing
-Go to the PHSchool website and DO Lab 6-II on Electrophoresis and Restriction enzymes. If it is possible, print the pages with your answers.
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AP BIOLOGY 1.27.10
- Describe the differences between the lac operon and the trp operon.
- What is a transposon? Why is it significant?
- Read/notes 351-6.
- Answer the Scientific Inquiry question on p. 358.
- After reading packet 11.1 describe how and why the process of gene expression in a prokaryote and a eukaryote differ.
- Read packet 13.1, then answer the self check questions at the end of that section.
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FRIDAY 1.22.10
Active Reading and Writing
-Draw and label a virus and a bacterium.
-There are many causes of genetic variation. Some causes are unique to prokaryotes. Create a three column chart and list how bacteria undergo
a) transformation b) transduction c) conjugation
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THURSDAY 1.14.10
Active Reading and Writing
-Chapter 17 addresses the concept of how a gene on a segment of DNA instructs the cell to make a particular protein. Making proteins is simply known as protein synthesis. There are two necessary steps to protein synthesis (3 steps in eukaryotes); transcription and translation. These steps occur within each cell.
-Use the CD that goes with your text and go through the activities for 17.1 - 17.4. In your notebook, define any new term that you encounter while doing the activities. The vocabulary terms are highlighted in blue. Many terms you already know. Only write out the ones you are unfamiliar with. If you click on the blue word, the glossary will give you its definition.
-Go through the activities a couple of times. We will be doing protein synthesis and genetic engineering lab work by the end of the week.
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TUESDAY 1.5.10
Active Reading and Writing
AP BIOLOGY
GENETICS LAB #7 with Drosophila melanogaster
1. What are the sex differences between male and female fruit flies?
2. How can you anaesthetize flies so as to study them?
3. What are some common mutations seen in D. melanogaster?
4. What is the null hypothesis?
5. What is the usual value scientists use as the standard by which results are deemed to occur by chance? What does p = .05 mean?
6. Is eye color in D. melanogaster a sex-linked trait? Explain.
7. Why are D. melanogaster good organisms to use for genetics study?
8. Why is performing a Chi Square analysis helpful?
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I. Go through PHSchool lab #7. Answer all the questions above and answer all the questions in the lab activity as you encounter them.
II. Complete the M&M Chi Square exercise.
III. Complete all the end of chapter self quiz questions for chs. 13-15. Complete all packet questions.
IV. Come to class on Thursday with specific problems you would like to go over.
Use this table for calculating the Chi Square value in the lab if your computer does not allow you to see the table.
phenotype o e (o-e) (o-e)2 (o-e)2 / e
Red eye
Sepia eye
Χ2 = (nearest ten-thousandth)
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TUESDAY 12.15.09
Active Reading and Writing
- complete the blue genetics packet
- draw and label the parts of a flower. Which are the male/female parts?
- What is the probability that the following parents, Aa BB cc Dd X aa Bb Cc DD, will produce an offspring with the genotype aa BB Cc dd?
-complete the reading of chapter 14.3 and 14.4
- Answer ?s 12-17 on p. 272 in your text.
- In pedigree charts, what do the following represent: boxes, circles, colored in shapes, horizontal lines, vertical lines
FRIDAY 11.13.09
Active Reading and Writing
-Read 188-192
-Draw a photosystem, label its parts
-Define photosystem. What is the difference between PSI and PSII?
-Answer concept check ?s 1-3 on p.193
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MONDAY 11.9.09
Active Reading and Writing
-Write the answers the to the practice Cell Resp. multiple choice in your notebook.
You will want to complete these before the test on cell resp and photo. The sooner you answer these, the better for your learning. Do not write on the handouts, I will need to collect them back.
-Be sure to have read all of ch. 9 including the summary section, by Wed.
-Answer the self quiz, evolution connection and scientific inquiry in your notebook.
We will use your answers in class on Thursday. Leave space to write in class discussion notes about these questions.
-We will be heading into chapter 10 on photosynthesis on Thursday. Start a new page in your notebook and title it PHOTOSYNTHESIS.
-Read 10.1 and refresh your memory about the basics of photosynthesis.
-In your notebook describe the chlorophyll molecule. Describe what the difference is between chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b and the other pigment molecules.
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MONDAY 11.2.09
Active Reading and Writing
-Reread sections 9.3 and 9.4
-Be sure your lab handouts are completed up to the point previously instructed
-Own the products of each of the phases of aerobic cellular respiration
-We will prep for lab on Wed. and DO AP lab #5 on Thursday.
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TUESDAY 10.20.09
Active Reading and Writing
-Finish reading ch. 7. Concentration on the section about active transport.
-Answer the self quiz questions.
-Prepare for a test on chs. 6 and 7 on Thursday.
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TUESDAY 10.13.09
Active Reading and Writing
-Read and notes on sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3.
-Create index cards for the 6 endomembranous organelles discussed in 6.4.
-Cards are to have a labeled diagram and name of the organelle on one side, and bulleted characteristics about the organelle on the opposite side.
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.09 FRIDAY 10.9.09
Active Reading and Writing
-Read the Summary for sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.5,
then read these sections in the text.
-Create a two column chart that compares and contrasts prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
-Create a two column chart that compares and contrasts mitochondria and chloroplasts. Draw and label a diagram of each of these organelles.
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.09 THURSDAY 10.8.09
Active Reading and Writing
-Test on ch. 5, 8.4,8.5 and ATP tomorrow
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.09 WEDNESDAY 10.7.09
Active Reading and Writing
-Read the last section in ch. 5 about nucleic acids.
-Answer the self quiz questions
-Prepare for a test on ch. 5 and 8.4 and 8.5 on FRIDAY
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MONDAY 9.28.09
Active Reading and Writing
-"OWN" the carbohydrate characteristics.
-Reread about lipids. Check your notes.
-Be ready with any questions about either of those two macromolecules.
-We will finish lipids and move on to proteins tomorrow.
Don't forget, your AP exam money is due Wednesday!!
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FRIDAY 9.25.09
Active Reading and Writing
-This chapter is the foundation chapter of all the macromolecules we will study throughout the course. Take your time and read carefully. Remember to start by reading the summary sections.
-Read/Notes on sections 5.1 - 5.3.
-Make a bulleted list of all the characteristics of carbohydrate you can find in the reading
-Make a bulleted list of all the characteristics of lipids you can find in the reading
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THURSDAY 9.24.09
Active Reading and Writing
-***NO need to answer #'s 8 and 9 in the lab packet.
WEDNESDAY 9.23.09
Active Reading and Writing
-Finish the questions for Lab 1C
-Study for chs 2-4 test. Be sure to read the summary section, the objectives and practice the self quiz questions.
-You may want to try out the CD that goes with your text.
BUSINESS:
-Parent Night is Thursday
-Remember $86 for AP exam by Oct. 1
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TUESDAY 9.22.09
Active Reading and Writing
-Finish reading ch. 4
-Answer the self quiz questions.
-Read the summary
-Learn the functional groups by memory.
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THURSDAY 9.17.09
Active Reading and Writing
-Reread the text info about pH and buffers
-Read the lab 1B procedures. Be ready to go as soon as you come to class.
-We will begin chapter 4 tomorrow
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WEDNESDAY 9.16.09
Active Reading and Writing
-Complete the lab questions for Lab 1A
-Complete the molar solution making sheet
-Create a 3 column chart in your notebook. List all the characteristics you can find about glucose, sucrose and starch.
We will be making solutions in class tomorrow.
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MONDAY 9.14.09
Active Reading and Writing
~Read the introductions for Lab 1A and 1B. "OWN" the info in those intros
-Do the handout for molar solution making
FRIDAY 9.11.09
Active Reading and Writing
-Read ch. 3.
-Make notes on the material you would not otherwise remember
-Answer the self quiz questions in your notebook
-Be ready with questions from the reading for class
-Sign and return the safety contract
Enjoy your weekend
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WEDNESDAY 9.9.09
Active Reading and Writing
-Go to the Summary section of chapter 2 on p. 45. Read each section.
-Now, read through chapter 2. Some of this willl be familiar to you and some of it will be new.
-Take notes on the information that is new to you and that you think you would not remember if you did not have your notes to refer to.
-We will begin class with questions on material that you did not understand. Be ready to ask something!
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WELCOME TO AP BIOLOGY! The year will be full of fun, facts, hard work, but most of all it will be full of lots of learning. So, ready or not, here we go...
Your first assignment has been completed. You have found the quia site where most of your homework assignments will listed. We will also use this site for other communications and occasionally some evaluations.
Next assignment: Scroll to the bottom of the page and notice the links. Go to the URL that says phschool. Once there you will have a choice of labs to view.
-Go to lab 12 about Dissolved Oxygen.
-Click on the Key Concepts on the left margin. Read this.
-Click on Key Concepts 1 and 2.
Be sure to know this info for class tomorrow. We will be doing our first lab.
Next:
-cover your textbook with a heavy protective cover, like a paper bag.
-read pages 21-4 about the snake experiments. Be sure to read the captions.
-Read p. 27 about the themes in biology which we will encounter throughout the year.
FYI: We will complete ch.2 and be into ch.3 by Friday.
BUSINESS: You may find this info helpful later in the year.
~The Biology AP Exam is scheduled for Monday, May 10, 2010
~Two good study aides that go with our text are:
Preparing For the Biology AP Exam with Biology, Seventh Edition, Campbell/Reece
ISBN 0-8053-7187-7
Student Study Guide for Campbell/Reece Biology, Seventh Edition, by Martha R. Taylor ISBN 0-8053-7155-9
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