B-Day: May 8 AP BIO

Warm-up: What is taxonomy?

Objective: Students will identify blood types [Lab] and begin notes on biodiversity!

B-Day: May 7 AP BIO

Warm-up: What are the different blood types? What kind of dominance is expressed within blood typing?

Objective: Students will identify blood types [Lab]!

B-Day: May 3 AP BIO

Warm-up: What is mendels law of independent assortment?

• Turn in dragon genetics lab!!

Objective: Students will identify how scientists classify organisms.

A-Day: April 8 AP BIO

Warm-up: What is another word for a protein?

Objective: Students will finish their RNA practice (Snurfles) and begin Mendelian Genetics.

B-Day: April 11 AP BIO

Warm-up: Who is considered the "father of genetics"?

Objective: Students will identify how scientists determine genetic crosses (Mendelian Genetics).

B-Day: April 5 AP BIO

Warm-up: What are the three types of RNA? What do they do?

Objective: Students will review how DNA uses RNA to express a given trait in an organism

B-Day: March 22 AP BIO

Warm-up: What do genes code for?

Objective: Students will complete bozeman lecture series on phenotype and genotypes.

B-Day: March 22 AP BIO

Warm-up: What are the three types of RNA? What do they do?

Objective: Students will explain how RNA is made from DNA & how proteins are synthesized from RNA.

B-Day: March 20 AP BIO

Warm-up: What are okazaki fragments? Why are they there?

Objective: Students will explain the steps of meiosis (quiz) and begin identifying key players in DNA & RNA complexes in the body.

A-Day: March 19 AP BIO

Warm-up: What are the four bases of DNA?

Objective: Students will explain the steps of meiosis (quiz) and begin identifying key players in DNA & RNA complexes in the body.

B-Day: March 13 AP BIO

Warm-up: What is non-disjunction? Why is it a problem?

Objective: Students will make a model of meiosis.

Meiosis Notes:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rcBrivcvRG4p4iB0o8mUeo81A3LScbh2/view?usp=sharing

B-Day: March 12 AP BIO

Warm-up: What is "crossing over" when it comes to meiosis? What's its point?

Objective: Students will explore the phenomenon of meiosis

Meiosis Notes:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rcBrivcvRG4p4iB0o8mUeo81A3LScbh2/view?usp=sharing

March 7, 2019.

Warm-up: What are the names of the resulting divided cells in mitosis and meiosis?

Objective: Students will explore meiosis.

March 5, 2019.

Warm-up: What general type of cell (scientific term) undergoes mitosis? What type of cell does not undergo mitosis?

Objective: Students will explain how mitosis occurs in cells (quiz)

February 28, 2019.

Warm-up: What general type of cell (scientific term) undergoes mitosis? What type of cell does not undergo mitosis?

Objective: Students will explain how mitosis occurs in cells (quiz)

February 27

Warm-up: What is the finals step after telophase?

Objective: Students will compare mitotic index of onion root tips.

February 26, 2019

Warm-up: What phase does a cell spend most of its time in? What is it doing during this phase?

Objective: Students will explain how cells divide and compare plant cells to animal cells.

February 25, 2019

Monday's Homework: Watch the video below & Take notes

Any notes you take can be used with the quiz! They must be YOUR notes and hand written. Good luck!

AP BIO Warm-Ups and Objectives:

Warm-up: What should eventually make the plant discs float again?

Objective: Students will investigate the rates of photosynthesis of various plants.

• video of process
• Excel spreadsheet

Happy New Year!

Warm-up: How are photosynthesis and cell respiration related? Can plants do both?

Objective: Students will investigate the rates of photosynthesis of various plants.

• video of process
• Excel spreadsheet

December 20th:

Warm-up: What does DNA stand for? What are the first letters of the four bases in DNA?

Objective: Students will explore bioethics of the topics of genetics and DNA.

December 18th:

Warm-up: What does the isopropyl alcohol do for the extraction of DNA?

Objective: Students will perform a DNA extraction and view the polymers under the microscope.

Today's portion of the lab:

Prepare a wet mount of the polymers from a Strawberry or Banana (make sure you have access to viewing both).

Draw what you see under each magnification.

Strawberry & Banana microscope questions:

• slides are at the top of this page (the bottom slide is of banana)

1. Compare slides of a banana DNA extraction with that of a strawberry at high magnification.
2. Hypothesize about why one might be easier to see than the other.
3. DNA cannot be using our light microscopes. Why can't you see DNA under a light microscope?
4. Do you think that you could see DNA if we had a greater magnification? Research and support your answer of why or why not in your own words.
5. What are you seeing under the microscope?
6. How do you know that might be DNA? (What indicators or what parts process that you completed might rule out other possible substances besides?)

December 17th:

Warm-up: What is a polymer? What are the monomers for DNA? Give the 4 types (bases)

Objective: Students will extract perform a DNA extraction.

Please see Announcements above regarding the Cells test!

B-Day December 11th:

Warm-up: Turn in cells trifold

Objective: Students identify the structure and function of cells (exam).

B-Day December 7th:

Warm-up: What is ATP? What does it stand for?

Objective Review for the test. Kahoot posted above, list of topics covered posted below.

On the exam:

• Cell Structures & Function
• Be able to identify structures within a cell
• Prokaryotes Vs. Eukaryotes
• Animal Vs Plant Cells
• Cell Fractionation
• Microscopes (Scanning vs Electron etc)
• Some History of Cells
• ATP vs ADP
• Compare and contrast the function of Mitochondria (plants and animals) to Chloroplasts (plant only)

A-Day November 16th:

Warm-up: Name 4 parts of a cell (any cell).

Objective: Students will explore cell structure.

• read 6.1 & 6.2
• complete make connections p96 (cell fractonation)
• Concept check 6.1 (p 97)
• Scientific Skills exercise (p 99)
• Concept check 6.2 (p102)

B-Day November 14th:

• Kahoot Link
• Quizlet For the exam
• Good Luck!

Warm-up: The molecular formula for glucose is C₆H₁₂O₆. What would be the molecular formula for a molecule made by linking three glucose molecules together by dehydration reactions?

A) C₁₈H₃₆O₁₈ B) C₁₈H₃₂O₁₆

C) C₆H₁₀O₅ D) C₁₈H₃₀O₁₅

Objective: Students will review macromolecules.

A-day November 8th:

Warm-up: What are some properties of fatty acids?

Objective: Students will create and examine chemical models of carbohydrates and lipids.

B-day November 7th:

Warm-up: What is the main difference between carbohydrates and lipids?

Objective: Students will review their macromolecules and get ready for their exam on Friday on macromolecules.

B-day November 2nd:

Warm-up: What are functions of enzymes? What kind of macromolecule are they?

Objective: Students will explore how enzymes work.

A-day November 1st:

Warm-up: What are the monomers of Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, and Nucleic Acids?

Objective: Students will explore how enzymes work.

B-day October 29th:

Warm-up :How much does the pH scale change by?

Objective: Students will take the properties of water exam.

A-day October 26th:

Warm-up : What is a polymer? What is a monomer? Give an example of each.

Objective: Students will review for the exam

B-day October 25th:

Warm-up : What is a buffer?

Objective: Students will explore identify macromolecules (Carbohydrates, Lipids, sugars, & Proteins) and identify their cellular functions.

A-day October 24th:

Warm-up : what is plasmolysis?

Objective: Students will explore pH in terms of [H]+ concentrations (Acids and bases).

B-day October 23rd:

Warm-up : What is cohesion and adhesion? How does this apply to water?

Objective: Students will identify key structures in plant cells and view how varying tonicities affect plant cells (elodea).

A-day October 22nd:

Warm-up : What is the difference between Osmosis and Diffusion? Give an example of each.

Objective: Students will identify key structures in plant cells and view how varying tonicities affect plant cells (elodea).

A-day October 19th:

Warm-up : A red blood cell is placed in salt water. Explain what will happen to the cell referencing tonicities in your explanation.

Objective: Students will identify the parts and functions of a compound microscope.

B-Day - October 18th:

Warm-up : What is hydrogen bonding? Draw it on your paper!

Objective: Students will identify the different properties of water

A Day - October 15th:

Warm-up : What are some properties of water?

Objective: Students will take notes and organize the different properties that water has.

Homework Questions:

• 1) What step must you do immediately when you get in?
• 2) What is diffusion?
• 3) Give your own example of diffusion
• 4) What is osmosis? (compare with diffusion)
• 5)Give your own example of osmosis
• 6) In your own words, what is the driving force of osmosis?
• 7)What is active transport? Is that osmosis or diffusion, how do you know?
• 8) What is passive transport? Is that osmosis or diffusion, how do you know?
• Complete amoeba sisters quiz

A Day - October 11th:

Warm-up : [NO ELECTRONICS OR NOTES] on a separate sheet of paper

write this table and answer

Location in atom // charge // Mass

Protons

Electrons

Neutrons

What is an isotope:

What is an ion:

Objective: Students will explore the properties of water

A Day - October 9th:

Warm-up - What is a valence electron? Where is it located?

Objective: Students will explain the chemical context of life.

A Day - October 8th:

Warm-up - What does "organic" mean?

Objective: Students will explain how atomic structure affects molecules.

October 5th:

Warm-up - What is the difference between atomic mass and mass number?

Objective: Students will explain how covalent bonds form.

B-day- October 4th:

Warm-up - What is the structural shape of water?

Objective: Students will explain how isotopes are differentiated and used in biology.

October 3rd:

Warm-up - Draw a picture of water. Include all charges. Due to these charges what kind of molecule is water considered? Why?

Objective: Students will draft how chemical reactions make and break bonds to reach a chemical equilibrium.

September 27th:

Warm-up - What elements have the atomic numbers 20, 7, and 2? What does the atomic number tell you?

Objective: Students will review subatomic particles and atoms and explain how isotopes are used in biology.

September 26th:

Warm-up - How many of each type of atom are in the following compound: H2SO4 ?

Objective: Students will identify the components that make an atom and build an atom.

September 25th:

Warm-up - What is an atomic number? What does it tell you?

Objective: Students will complete and start writing up their goldfish labs (Scientific Method)

A-day- September 24th:

Warm-up - What is chemistry? What is a subatomic particle (hint what does subatomic particle directly translate to?)

Objective: Students will explain how the parts of the atom are

Due Wednesday 9/24

HW: Read p30-32

Create a 4+ panel comic explaining figure 2.2 "Devil's Gardens"

What is the chemical connection to biology?

Explain how compound, element , essential elements & Trace elements are interrelated.

Are all natural elements good? Give examples.

September 14:

Warm-up - What is homeostasis? How do we maintain homeostasis?

Objective: Students will review for the exam on Monday.

B-day- September 12th:

Warm-up - Warm water carries more /less ? dissolved gas than cold water.

Objective: Students will design and carry out an experiment.

September 11th:

Warm-up:

What are the levels of organization? Give all of them in proper order.

Objective: Students will design and carry out an experiment.

September 10th:

Warm up: What are the steps of the scientific method?

Objective: Students will design and carry out experiments.

September 7th:

Warm-up: Give 8 major themes from the book (and this class!) Turn in safety Contracts if you have not done so yet.

Objective: Students will organize the introductory information into chunks that they understand and do not understand to study for the upcoming exam next week Wednesday 9/12 (Chapter 1 only) . Welcome to AP!

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