Mr. Hooker's AP Assignment Page
AP Biology :
Mon., Aug 28, 2006:
Go
over Lab Safety & signoff sheet
Biology
in the news this summer
AP
Program goals
Distribute
books/CD register
Tues., Aug 29:
Princeton Review Orders?
Monarch Project extra credit
Metric
Lab
collect
safety sheets
Biology
in the news
Wed., Aug. 30:
M &
M Lab
Safety
Sheets?, Monarchs?
Biology
in the news
Read
half of Ch 1 for HW
Thurs. Aug. 31:
Safety Sheets?, Monarchs?
Pirate
Graph
Graphing WS
Fri., Sept. 1:
Safety
Sheets?, Monarchs?
Princeton
Review Orders?
Peanut
Lab
Biology in the news
Read
rest of Ch 1
Mon., Sept. 4
Labor Day.....no school
Tues. Sept. 5:
Begin
Ch 1 discussion...themes #1 - 3
CD Activities....Levels of
Org. Card Game ………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Ch 1
with themes #8 - 10, exp. design, Sci. & Soc.
Assign
Ch 2 reading
Wed., Sept. 6:
Finish
Themes 9-10
CD
Activities 1A and 1F
Ch
2 WS do front for HW, Isotope sheet and Atomic Model WS as well
Thurs., Sept 7:
Begin
Ch 2 discussion
Go
over matter, elements, cpds., atoms., hierarchy, Model WS, value of isotopes in
Bio., valence and bonding
Why
Carbon?
Fri., Sept. 8:
Finish
bonding, H bonding, Van der Waals forces, molecular shapes, mimics, reactions
VHS Case of the Frozen
Addicts ………….………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
HW:
read Ch 3
Mon., Sept. 11:
Water
properties demos (surface tension, cap. Action, imbibition)
Ch
3 notes
Tues., Sept. 12:
discuss:
specific heat, heat of vap., stability of water temp., freezing
water, solvent,
hydrophobic, hydrophilic, molarity, dissociation, pH,
buffers, acid
precip.
(early
release day……50 min. class)
Wed., Sept. 13:
Review
for Test on everything so far
Release
more Monarchs (43!)
Thurs., Sept. 14:
Test on Chapters 1,2 and 3, etc.
Monarch
release?
HW:
Read Ch 4 and fill in Study Guide
Do I feel a song coming on
…..?
Fri., Sept. 15:
Why
Carbon?
isomers
functional
groups
Functional
groups Quiz on Mon.
Mon., Sept 18:
Carbohydrates
Locust foraging
Read first half of Ch. 5
WS of
Chapter 5 (fill in p. 1)
Open House tonight
Tues., Sept. 19:
Polymers,
Carbohydrates
Wed., Sept. 20:
Return,
discuss Ch 1,2,3 Test
Lipids
Thurs., Sept 21:
Proteins
CD of Ch 5 Activities
finish WS for HW
Fri., Sept. 22:
Today
is the Autumnal Equinox!...and....EBD! (Song? Aquarius)
3-D molecular models (student CD and Critical Shapes)
Mon., Sept 25:
Locust
Roast!
Lab
5....Pre lab
Tues., Sept. 26:
Lab 5.....organic molecules
and basic tests
Wed., Sept. 27:
Lab 5.....organic
molecules, Unknowns
labs due Thurs.
Thurs., Sept. 28:
Team
time to complete questions
New!...."What I did, What I learned"...1 page
addendum to
lab report!...all labs this
year.
collect
labs
Schedule
Ch 4/5 Test for
Mon.
Fri., Sept. 29:
Return Labs?
Review Ch 4 & 5
"Monomer, polymer maker boxes demo"!
Read
first half of Ch. 6 for Tues.
Mention
proteins and lab test results as possible essays
Mon., Oct. 2:
Chapter 4 & 5 Test
begin
Ch 6 WS for HW (try Act. 6A - 6D)
Tues., Oct 3:
Enzyme FS #1,
Cover front of WS (metabolism,
energy, open systems, ex/endergonic, disequilibrium, ATP)
Read
rest of Ch 6
Wed., Oct. 4:
Enzyme FS #2
ATP/ADP
cycle, Act. En graphs, specificity of enzymes, cofactors, etc.)
hand
out pre lab for
Thurs.
Thurs., Oct 5:
Enzyme
Catalysis lab (liver, KMnO4, H2O2)
Fri., Oct. 6:
Enzyme Catalysis lab (liver,
KMnO4, H2O2).....cont.
labs
due Mon.
Ext./App.
"Enzymes at Work" for HW
discuss
PKU, MSUD and porphyria
add
illus. of cofactors, inhibitors etc. to notes
Mon., Oct. 9:
collect
all labs
intro to Ch 7
label
microscope diagram
schedule quiz for Tues. on m-scope
Tues., Oct. 10:
microscope Quiz
Cell structures with WS of
descriptions….add to these tonight in spaces provided
Wed., Oct. 11:
Finish
Cell structures with WS of descriptions….add to these tonight in spaces
provided
Label
plant and animal cell diagrams
Thurs., Oct. 12:
Shar-a-thon
of “additions”
Build
a Room-sized Cell!
Fri., Oct. 13:
Begin
Cell Variation Lab (Onion, Cheek, Potato, Elodea, Cork)
Mon., Oct. 16:
Cell Variation Lab
continued
Tues., Oct. 17:
Review
for Chapter 6/7 Test on Monday, 10/23
***Did you know....?
that increasing the substrate
concentration in an enzyme reaction could actually overcome competitive
inhibition? (There is safety in numbers, I guess!)
***and did you know....
that the most common route for
production and insertion of new membranes (membrane flow) starts on the rough
ER, moves to vesicles, then to the Golgi apparatus then on to join the plasma
membrane and let the cell stretch to a new size???(.........hmmmm, extra
credit?)
Parent Conferences
Wed., Oct. 18:
Parent Conferences
Thurs., Oct. 19:
Teacher Convention
Fri., Oct 20:
Teacher Convention
........................Teacher
Convention Break...........................
Mon., Oct. 23:
Test of Chapters 6 & 7
Begin reading Ch 8 for HW (pp. 138
– 143)
Tues., Oct. 24:
Set
up Potato slice demo at start
Membrane
structure, history of models, freeze-fracture, roles of carbs and proteins
Diffusion demos...carmine powder, food coloring, coffee,
potato slices, etc.
Read
rest of chapter tonight.
Wed., Oct. 25:
“Traffic
across the membrane” with WS
Thurs., Oct. 26:
SUB
Diffusion/Osmosis
Quiz
Video
Fri., Oct. 27:
SUB
Video
Mon., Oct. 30:
Return
Tests
Intro
to Respiration
Tues., Oct. 31:
Respiration
w. Flow Chart and Text diagrams
Wed., Nov. 1:
Intro
to Fermentation and the Training Effect
Thurs., Nov. 2:
Fill
in WS notes for Ch 9\ Use
CD Activities from Ch 9
Fri., Nov. 3:
CO2 Lab
Announce
Quiz for Mon. on Flow Chart
Begin
germinating Peas
Mon., Nov. 6:
Flow Chart Quiz
2
Fermentations
Summary
sheet of all metabolism
Read
over Lab Five for tomorrow
Tues., Nov. 7:
Respiration Lab…combo of real and CD versions
Collect
data, finish lab for HW
Wed., Nov. 8:
Finish
Lab discussion
Review
for Test
Misc.
trivia re: diffusion (Doe in heat article)
Thurs., Nov. 9:
Chapter 9 Test
Read
Ch 10, pp. 176 to 191, fill in Flow Chart in pencil
Fri., Nov. 10:
NoSchool....VeteransDay
Mon., Nov. 13:
Magical
introduction to Photosynthesis!
Fill
in Flow Chart
Tues., Nov. 14: 50 minute classes!
Stomata
Lab (w. WIDWIL)
Announce
Flow Chart Quiz for Wed.
Wed., Nov. 15:
Collect
Labs
Quiz
on Flow Chart
Discuss:
C3 vs C4 vs CAM photosynthesis, Krantz anatomy leaves, final notes w.
handouts
Pass out/go over ROYGBIV Lab?
Thurs., Nov. 16:
ROYGBIV Lab (video of intensity results?)…………………… ………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Fri., Nov. 17:
Notes,
Review, Lab tweek, Video
Reminder:
Test on Monday!
Mon., Nov. 20:
Chapter
10 Test
Chapter 10 Test Tips......Remember: plants cells have
BOTH mitochondria and chloroplasts!
The special internal features of
C4 leaves (XL mesophyll cells and XL bundle sheath cells) has its own name: it
is called Kranz anatomy!
And, because C4 is so much more
efficient at grabbing CO2 with PEP carboxylase
rather than rubisco, C4 runs at a net rate of 2 - 3x faster than C3!
Good luck on the test!
Tues., Nov. 21:
Science
Fair Planning w. Libr. Resources….idea due Monday!
Wed.........Sun.: Go away, now! 
Mon., Nov. 27:
Collect Science Fair Project Proposals
Agar Lab
Tues., Nov. 28:
Collect Labs
Mitosis film loop (1st time)
Wed., Nov. 29:
View film loop (2nd time)
Thurs., Nov. 30:
Fri., Dec. 1:
Mon., Dec. 4:
Science
Fair interviews
Tues., Dec. 5:
Interviews,
if time
Wed., Dec. 6:
Thurs., Dec. 7:
Fri., Dec. 8:
Mon., Dec. 11:
Tues., Dec. 12:
(Short
classes …50 minutes)
Wed., Dec. 13:
Thurs., Dec. 14:
?
Fri., Dec. 15:
Science
Fair board orders
Science
Fair board orders
Tues., Dec. 19:
Science
Fair board orders
Wed., Dec. 20:
Science
Fair Interviews
Thurs., Dec. 21:
DNA
Extraction Lab! (cheek cells, detergent, meat tenderizer and rubbing
alcohol!)
Fri., Dec. 22:
NO SCHOOL!
**********************CHRISTMAS BREAK***********************
Thurs., Jan. 4:
Science Fair Project progress?
Boards
have arrived…payment/pickup instructions
Fri., Jan. 5:
Mon., Jan. 8:
Tues., Jan. 9:
Mid Year Exam Review
Wed., Jan. 10:
8-10
am
A Block Exam
Collect Notebooks ; Video: Oprah on Twins (w. RHS grad Amy Frankiewicz)]
10:30 -
12:30pm B Block Exam
1-3pm
E Block Exam
Thurs., Jan 11:
8-10
am
C Block Exam
10:30 -
12:30pm D Block Exam
1-3pm
Make up Exams
Fri., Jan. 12:
Make up Exams
Mon., Jan 15:
Martin
Luther King Day (No School!)
Tues., Jan. 16:
Great Molasses Disaster! (hermits to commemorate)
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……………………………………. 2006-07…………………………¯
2005-06……………………………………………..
“8
ways…” WS
Diffusion Lab (agar cubes)
Read Agar Lab tonight
Thurs., Nov. 3:
Agar
Lab
Fri., Nov. 4:
Collect Labs
Begin Ch 9 w. WS
Mon. Nov. 7:
CO2
Lab……..(Jerry Lee!?)
WIDWIL tonight
prep for Lab on
Mon/Tues. with CD from NeoScience and real equipment……..………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Fri., Nov. 11:
Mon.,
Nov. 14:
Quiz on diagram
Begin Lab on Resp. with CD from NeoScience
Tues., Nov. 15:
Finish Lab on Resp. with CD from
NeoScience due Thurs.
Review for Ch 9 Test
Do you know why the Kreb's Cycle occurs twice?
Because there are 2 pyruvates
to be processed from glycolysis, therefore 2 acetyl groups for Kreb's. There
are 2 b/c at step 4*, two 3-carbon molecules were produced by the splitting
of a product of glucose, each one an isomer of the other. One continues on
through steps 5 - 9 producing the first pyruvate. Moments later, using the
enzyme isomerase, the cell converts the other 3-carbon molecule into its
isomeric form, sending that through steps 5 - 9, producing a second
pyruvate. Therefore, to correctly express the results of the complete
breakdown of 1 molecule of glucose, we have to consider Kreb's twice and
follow all its products to completion!!
*oohhh...and of course you know the value of step 3 in the
regulation of glycolysis (phosphofructokinase as an allosteric enzyme
responding to AMP and ADP to go faster [pos. feedback]....while responding to
ATP to slow down [neg. feedback])!!
Wed., Nov. 16:
Chapter
9 Test
Intro to Ch 10 w. Magic Trick!
HW: Read Chapter 10
Thurs., Nov. 17:
Collect Labs
Ch. 10 notes: feeding styles, leaf
structure, formula, overview of light
rxns and
Calvin cycle
Fri., Nov. 18:
"God is in
the details!": Photosystems I and II,
Calvin....book diag.,
Label my diagram of
Photosystems I and II and Calvin
plus
products
Variations
on a theme: Cyclic vs. non cyclic electron
flow
announce Stomata Lab for Mon.
Mon., Nov. 21:
Stomata Lab………………………………………..………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Prep for Quiz on Diagram
Tues., Nov. 22:
Quiz
on Diagram
Collect Stomata Lab w. WIDWIL
Mon., Nov. 28:
C4 and CAM
plants with Act. 10F on CD
Fill in C4 Flow chart and distr. Kranz Anatomy
Announce
Test for Wed.
SciFair Proposals
Tues., Nov. 29:
Hand
out C3/C3/CAM comparison notes
Spinach/Black light demo
Review/ check
website!
SciFair Proposals
Wed., Nov. 30:
Chapter 10 Test
Intro to Mitosis with filmloop
Read Ch 12 tonight
Thurs., Dec.1:
Junior
Fisheries Program
Review Mitosis filmloop
Hand out/ fill in Mitosis & Cytokinesis of Animal Cells WS
Announce Quiz on filmloop for Fri.
Brief overview of
Cell Cycle and handout
Fri., Dec. 2:
Quiz on filmloop
Go over Cell Cycle and G0
Hand out Graphing WS of DNA/Protein levels of dividing cells
Mon., Dec. 5:
Return Quizzes
Mitosis Lab with Allium slides
………………………………………………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Tues., Dec. 6:
Collect Labs
Highlights:
kinetochores, motor proteins in anaphase, cleavage vs. cell
plates, prokaryotic DNA division=
theta replication)
Regulation of cell cycle: checkpoints, cyclins, Cdks, MPF,
internal
and external factors (density
dependent and anchorage dependent
inhibitors)
Cancer cells: characteristics re: controls of cycle, tumors
(benign vs.
malignant), metastisis, HeLa cells
(and articles), P53 gene, aspirin,
lycopene in tomatoes, etc.
Wed, Dec. 7 :
Begin Ch 13 with Handouts of Mitosis and Meiosis to be
colored in
Read Ch 13 tonight
Thurs., Dec. 8:
Meiosis
and....sexual vs asexual repro., sporophytes and gametophytes, alternation of
generations, somatic vs germ cells, haploid vs diploid, fertilization, zygote,
Meiosis I and II, tetrads, synapsis, chiasmata (crossing over).
Use CD animation
……………………………………………………………….………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Tonight....when did Mendel publish? When did Darwin put out On the Origin of Species?
Read pp. 247 - 252 of Ch 14
Fri., Dec. 9:
Vocab: autosomes, sex chromosomes, karyotype, alleles, dominant,
recessive, segregation, gametes, genotypes, phenotypes, Punnett square,
monohybrid cross
Practice sheet of crosses for HW
Mon., Dec. 12:
Go over practice problems
Demo/practice dihybrid crosses
Announce Quiz for Tues.
Tues., Dec. 13:
Mono-Dihybrid cross Quiz
Incomplete dom., Codom., Pleiotropy, Epistasis,
Wed., Dec. 14:
Multiple alleles, Polygenic Inher……………………………..………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Nature vs. Nurture
Human disorders
PTC Test paper! (yuck!? Nah…not me!!!)
Thurs., Dec. 15:
Tests for disorders (Amniocentesis, Chorionic Villi Sampling
Examples of human traits (Dom/Rec/Sex Influ.)……………………… ………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Review for Test on Ch 12, 13, 14
*****Secret Test Tips*****
Oooooo...ya gotta love those
Practise Quizzes on the Study CD! Especially # 45 and #48 on the the big Ch.
Quiz, as they are quite tricky!
And
remember, "syngamy" is the same as fertilization. And
remember how we
pictured mitosis by tracking DNA in a graph?
Well, try to
envision Meiosis, graphically: (think about this tonight... can you find
the "S" phase?...what's all this downhill stuff at the end?) More
good stuff below graph!
1 Extra point on the test for each and every one
who emails me after reading this before Thursday's Test! (just go back to the
Science Faculty page and double click next to my name: sign your name, email
addresses aren't very informative)
Fri., Dec. 16:
Test on Ch 12, 13, 14…….OOPS!…SNOW
DAY!
Mon., Dec. 19:
Test on Ch 12, 13, 14!
Read Ch 15 tonight and fill in WS
Tues., Dec. 20:
Chapter 15 discussion:
chromosome theory, Morgan and choice
of fruit flies, white eyed male
and sex chromosomes, …………………………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
gene linkage, indep. assortment
and crossing over,
genetic
recombinations, mapping using freq. of
crossovers, sample mapping
problems, linkage
maps/Sturtevant,
Sex chromosome plans (XY, XO, ZW,
haploid/diploid),
sex-linked disorders, Barr bodies (X inactivation),
aneuploidy (monosomy, trisomy),
polyploidy, deletion,
duplication, substitution, inversion, translocation,
human disorders, genomic imprinting, fragile X,
extranuclear DNA mutations (mito., chloro.).
Wed., Dec. 21:
DNA Extraction Lab
Tues., Jan. 3:
Reminder: Science Fair in 4 weeks!
Intro to Ch
16: Fill in WS in class alone, then, as group go over:
Griffith,
Avery, Hershey/Chase, Chargoff Experiments and value to Watson and
Crick...Franklin's Picture! ………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Finish Part 2 notes for HW
Wed., Jan. 4:
Discuss
replication, three possibilites, Messelson/Stahl experiment, Replication
bubbles, forks,
Thurs., Jan. 5:
DNA Polymerase, Helicase, Ligase, Okazaki
fragments, origin of replication and proofreading by polymerase.
Telomeres
and aging!
Fri., Jan. 6:
Model building
Eureka!...Model building pays off!
Eagle
Pub Celebration
Mon., Jan. 9:
Review with Princeton Review Books (came in
Sat.)..Ch 2 and 3
Tues., Jan. 10:
Review with Princeton Review Books…Ch 4,5, ½
of 6, 7.8
Wed., Jan. 11:
8
-10 am.................A block Exams
10:30 - 12:30..........B block Exams
1:00 - 3:00 pm........E block Exams
Thurs., Jan 12:
8 -10 am.................C block Exams
10:30 - 12:30..........D block Exams
1:00 - 3:00 pm........Make up Exams
Fri., Jan 13:
8:00
- 12:30........Make up Exams
End of 2nd Quarter!
Mon., Jan. 16:
Martin Luther King Day (No
School!)
Tues., Jan. 17:
Great Molassas Disaster!
(Hermits to commemorate?)
Return/ go over Exams
Discuss Scifair boards with videos
Hand out Ch 17 WS for HW
Wed., Jan. 18:
2 HOUR DELAY
Thurs., Jan 19:
Garrod, Beadle, Tatum, transcription and players: pre m-RNA, RNA
polymerase, 5' cap, 3' polyA tail, introns, exons, SnRPS, spliceosomes,
initiation, elongation, termination,
First viewing of video of protein synthesis………………………….………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Fri., Jan. 20:
CD
of transcription (Activity 17B), modification, translation (17C and D)………. ………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Fill
in protein synthesis WS, go over using “wheel” of codons
Mon., Jan. 23:
Finish
Ch 17; polysomes, inserts, deletes, frameshifts
Read
Ch 18 tonight
Tues., Jan. 24:
Ch
18 notes: virus characteristics, cycles, retroviruses, vaccines
Wed., Jan. 25:
Edward
Jenner and vaccines (story w. slides), emerging viruses, viroids, prions, Mad
Cow, plasmids, F+ and F-, pili
Announce
Ch 17/18 Test for Fri.
Thurs., Jan. 26:
Finish
Ch 18; R plasmids, operons, bacterial mutation rates, transformation,
transduction, conjugation
Fri., Jan. 27:
Ch
17/18 Test
Mon., Jan. 30:
Ch
19 Notes: “Eukaryotic Chromosomes”
Tues., Jan. 31:
Ch
27 Notes: “Prokaryotes”
Wed., Feb. 1:
Inoculate
plates and incubate for Mon.
“Typhoid
Mary” story
RHS Science Fair....6 pm
Thurs., Feb. 2:
Science Fair Project Class Reports
Fri., Feb. 3:
Science Fair Project Class Reports
Mon., Feb. 6:
Bacteriology
Lab (aseptic technique, slide making
technique, colony and cellular ID)… ………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
(I
feel another song coming on !!...)
Tues., Feb.7:
Science
Fair Grades
Slides
of Bacteria from ASCP
Pass
out Ch 20 WS
Wed., Feb. 8:
Ch
20 Notes/discussion
Thurs., Feb. 9:
YES
Plan registration
Ch
20 Notes continued
Fri., Feb. 10:
Finish
Ch 20 Notes
San Diego Rape/Murder Case Video……………………………..………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Gel
Electrphoresis Activity (DNA fingerprinting lab)
Vermont
case as precedent (Sunday, 2/12= Darwin's Birthday!)
Mon., Feb. 13:
Ch
22 Notes on Darwin and Evolution
Pas
out Valentine/Heart Cards
Tues., Feb. 14:
Valentine’s Day
Finish
Ch 22
Review
Ch 19, 20, 22, 27 for Test
Wed., Feb. 15:
Peppered Moth Lab
Thurs., Feb. 16:
Molecular Biology Lab 6 CD Simulation…………………………..………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Extra Credit hint: the most common control point for gene expression is the
initiation of transcription! But it would be a good idea to have a grasp of all
the others as well!
Fri., Feb. 17:
Ch
19, 20, 22, 27 Test
Ch
23 WS; due Mon. after vacation
…………………………………………
V A C A
T I O
N………………………………………………..
Mon., Feb. 27:
Return/go
over Tests
Ch
23 Notes
Pass
out Hardy-Weinberg problems for HW
Tues., Feb. 28:
Hardy-Weinberg
problems…analyze
Hardy-Weinberg Lab
Wed., Mar. 1:
Collect
Lab
Ch
23 Notes
Thurs., Mar. 2:
Jelly Bean (Selection
Pressures) Lab
Labs
due at end of class
Fri., Mar. 3:
Finish
Ch 23 Notes
Hand
out/fill in Ch 24 Notes
Ch
25 WS for HW due Mon.
Mon., Mar. 6:
Ch
25 Notes on Classification
Dichotomous Key
Activity ( Pine needles; Salamanders)
Ch
26 WS for HW
Tues., Mar. 7:
Ch
26 (Early Earth & Origin of Life) notes (Toilet Paper Timeline, spontaneous
generation exp., Miller-Urey)
Wed., Mar. 8:
Videos: Dive to the Abyss; The Origin of Life;
Researching the Possibilities………….………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Thurs., Mar. 9:
Coacervate Lab ………………………..………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Fri., Mar. 10:
Protozoan
Lab…………………………………….………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Ch 23, 24, 25, 26 Test on Tues, 3/14
Mon., Mar. 13:
Review
Plush Germ Lab
Tues., Mar. 14:
Ch 23, 24, 25, 26 Test
Wed., Mar. 15: (Caesar! Beware Brutus!)
Short
class; 12:30-1:10
Ch
28 Notes briefly (Protozoan) with 1 page handout and Princeton
Review (bring this from now on!)
Thurs., Mar. 16:
NO
CLASS
Fri., Mar. 17:
Parent Conferences.......no school!
Mon., Mar. 20
Spring
Equinox! Try balancing an egg!
Finish Protozoan Notes?
Fungi
notes using B/L Ch 21 handout
Tues., Mar. 21:
Return
tests, go over
Show
Algae pics from desktop………………………………….………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Video: Fungi; The Rotten World About Us…………………..………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Wed., Mar. 22:
Animal
Kingdom notes using B/L Ch 26 handout
Bilateral symmetry activity
Thurs., Mar. 23:
Sponge
notes…label sponge diagram
Sponge
video clip………………………………………………………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Cnidarian
notes…label Hydra diagram
Fri., Mar. 24:
Cnidarian
video clip………………………………………..………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Hydra/Daphnia Feeding demo Lab……………………….………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Mon., Mar. 27:
Embryology
Read
Princeton Review, pp. 121, 183-185..note good
stuff
Show
part of NOVA: How Babies get Made…………….………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Tues., Mar. 28:
Finish
NOVA: How Babies get Made
Discuss
Hox genes and homeoboxes
Wed., Mar. 29:
Class Pictures (buddy shots!)
Recap
Animal Kingdom
Annelids
w. filmstrip and pics………………………..………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Thurs., Mar. 30:
Label
Earthworm diagram
Distribute
Mollusk outline
Fri., Mar. 31:
Discuss Mollusks
Clam
diagram
Squid
diagram
Squid Lab…………………………………………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Mon., April 3:
Giant
Squid film………………………………..………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Museum
of Natural History Trip announcement for May 12
Intro
to Arthropods
Tues., April 4:
Guest
Arthropod lecturer!
Pass
around preserved arthropods
Echinoderms….starfish
diagram….starfish dissection
Intro
to Chordates
Wed., April 5:
Thurs., April 6:
Amniote
Egg…insert into Princeton Review
Life on Earth: Victors of the Dry Land (Reptiles)………..………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Life on Earth: Lords of the Air (Birds)Archaeopteryx………..………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Fri., April 7:
Characteristics
of Mammals
Life on Earth: The Rise of the Mammals………..………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Characteristics
of all chordates
Life on Earth: Conquest of the Waters (Fish)………..………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Life on Earth: Invasion of the Land (Amphibians) ……….………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Review for Test on
Animal Kingdom
Mon., April 10:
Animal Kingdom Test
Pass
out Botany WS for possible extra credit
Tues., April 11:
Grade
extra credit
Go
through Botany packet
Wed., April 12:
Review
of pinecones with samples, local and exotic
Finish
Botany packet
Video: Green Machine………………………………………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Thurs., April 13:
Return/go
over Animal Kingdom Test
Review
for Botany Test
Fri., April 14:
Botany Test
Flower Lab
…………………………………………
V A C A
T I O
N………………………………………………..
Mon., April 24:
The
Human Body!
Digestive
System (filmstrip and Princeton Review, pp.
144-148).. ………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Respiratory
System (filmstrip and Princeton Review, pp.
149-151).. ………LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Tues., April 25:
Pre-admin.
of Exam paperwork
Circulatory
System (Princeton Review, pp. 151-156, transp.
From Curtis and Campbell).. LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Wed., April 26:
Lymphatic
System (Princeton Review, pp. 157-158, transp.
From Curtis and Campbell).. LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Immune
System (Princeton Review, pp. 158-159, transp.
From Curtis and Campbell).. LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Excretory
System..the Kidney! (Princeton
Review, pp. 159-163, transp. From Curtis and Campbell).. LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Thurs., April 27:
Endocrine
System (Princeton Review, pp. 174-179, transp.
From Curtis and Campbell).. LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Nervous
System (Princeton Review, pp. 163-169, transp.
From Curtis and Campbell).. LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Muscular
System (Princeton Review, pp. 170-173, transp.
From Curtis and Campbell).. LCD/Ken-a-Vision
(Honor
Society Lecture format!)
Fri., April 28:
Action
Potential graph for nerves, muscles, plants!
Reproductive
System (menstrual cycle!).. (Princeton Review, pp.
179-182, transp. From Curtis and Campbell)..
LCD/Ken-a-Vision
Mon., May 1:
Begin
12 Labs review
1.
Osmosis & Diffusion (dialysis tubing, potatos)… LCD/Ken-a-Vision (Princeton
Review, pp. 228)
2.
Enzyme Catalysis………………………………..
LCD/Ken-a-Vision (Princeton Review, pp. 228)
3.
Mitosis & Meiosis (root tips, blastula, Sordaria).. LCD/Ken-a-Vision (Princeton
Review, pp. 229-230)
4.
Plant Pigments A (chromatography)…………… LCD/Ken-a-Vision (Princeton
Review, pp. 230)
5.
Cell Respiration (germinating peas) …………… LCD/Ken-a-Vision
(Princeton Review, pp. 231)
Tues., May 2:
4B.
Simulation …………………..…………………. LCD/Ken-a-Vision (Princeton
Review, pp. 231)
6.
Molecular Biology…………………..………. LCD/Ken-a-Vision (Princeton
Review, pp. 231-32)
7. Genetics of
Drosophila…………………..……… LCD/Ken-a-Vision (Princeton
Review, pp. 232)
Wed., May 3:
Finish
Lab 6
8.
Population Genetics & Evolution ..…………………. LCD/Ken-a-Vision
(Princeton Review, pp. 233)
10.
Physiology & the Circ. System…..…………………. LCD/Ken-a-Vision
(Princeton Review, pp. 233-34)
11.
Habitat Selection…………………..…………………. LCD/Ken-a-Vision
(Princeton Review, pp. 234)
Thurs., May 4:
9.
Transpiration…………………..…………………. LCD/Ken-a-Vision (Princeton
Review, pp. 233)
12. Dissolved Oxygen & Prim. Prod. …………………..…. LCD/Ken-a-Vision
(Princeton Review, pp. 234)
Fri., May 5:
Blood
Pressure; Theory and Practise
Good
Luck Monday!
Mon., May 8:
AP
Exam….Grace Congo…8am
Tues., May 9:
Process
reactions to Exam
Begin Video: Dreamscape
Announce Final Exam (in class) for Thursday
Wed., May 10:
SUB
(LSB Meeting)
Finish
Video: Dreamscape
Reminder: Final Exam Thursday
Thurs., May 11:
Final Exam
Fri., May 12:
SUB
(NYC Trip)
NOVA: What Smells?
Mon., May 15:
Final Exam Make-ups
Announce
T-shirt project (24 hours: Tues. am to Wed. am)
Phineas Gage Video
Tues., May 16:
Begin
T-shirt project
Uncontrollable Foot Lab
Ruler/Reflex
Lab
Personality
Survey/Test
Wed., May 17:
T-Shirt
Lab
Thurs., May 18:
Trace the Stars Lab
Fri., May 19:
SUB
(UVM visit)
Video: Star Trek Episode #61: Spock’s Brain
Mon., May 22:
Begin Video: Time After Time
Tues., May 23:
Finish
Video: Time After Time
Wed., May 24:
Closing
Ceremonies (collect books, CD’s, Essay folders)
Thurs., May 25:
8 -10 am.................A block Exams
10:30 - 12:30..........B block Exams
1:00 - 3:00 pm........E block Exams
Fri., May 26:
8 -10 am.................C block Exams
10:30 - 12:30..........D block Exams
1:00 - 3:00 pm........Make up Exams
Mon, May 29:
………………NO
SCHOOL, MEMORIAL DAY!……………………
Tues.,
May 30:
…………………..Make
up Exams
End of 4th Quarter!
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……………………..PAST IDEAS………………………..
-Video: Oprah on Twins
-Royal family, hemophelia, Anastasia, Rasputin!
-Brave New World assignment
-Planarian Lab.....design
to test phototaxism?
-Field Trip for early spring botany (golden rod
galls,
fiddleheads, spirogyra, False Hellabore,
Marsh Marigolds,
etc.)
-Lobster Casserole for lunch
-Dandelion wine
-Paramecium and Carmine Red Lab
-Outdoors to pick dandelions for Menastra! and more
botany lessons
-Menastra for lunch!
-"Lets Talk About Sex" by Salt N Pepa
menstrual cysle
-Hand out Coll. Board Desc.
-Go over Test
Scoring
Good Luck!....the fate of the Free World
is in YOUR
hands!!! (no pressure...)
(7:45 Mon., @ Grace Church!)
-HW: Read Chapter 1 of Whole
Brain Thinking
Read and take test from Chapter 2
of Whole Brain
Thinking
-HW: look up Senoi; the dream
people