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Welcome to Biology
Life Science with Ms. Wiggen
Our Biology Class textbook:
.:Class Announcements:.
A Day:
B-Day
Maryland Bird of the Week:
Welcome Back Eagles!!
To be successful in biology,
students are expected to study
at least 15-20 minutes each night!
Scroll down for daily warm-ups, objectives & *assignments
*For hard copies & details please see the absentee binder in class.
Biology
Warm-ups & Objectives
B-Day. June 7.
2B Final: Wednesday 6/13
Warm-up: What phase of the cell cycle do cells grow, copy DNA and carry out cell functions?
Objective: Students will review and create study guides for the biology final
A-Day. June 6.
1A Final: 1A Final Tuesday 6/12
2A Final: Thursday 6/14
Warm-up: What phase of the cell cycle do cells grow, copy DNA and carry out cell functions?
Objective: Students will review and create study guides for the biology final
B-Day. June 5.
2B Final: Wednesday 6/13
Warm-up: When it comes to genes, what does 'dominant' & 'recessive mean'?
Objective: Students will examine pedigrees.
A-Day. June 4.
1A Final: 1A Final Monday 6/12
2A Final: Thursday 6/14
Warm-up: The reason that water molecules stick to each other is due to what two factors?
Objective: Students will explore Mendelian genetics and predict outcomes of crosses.
A-Day. May 31.
1A Final: 1A Final 6/12
2A Final: Thursday 6/14
Warm-up: When it comes to genes, what does 'dominant' & 'recessive mean'?
Objective: Students will examine how traits are carried from parent to offspring
A-Day. June 4.
Warm-up:
Objective: Students will
A-Day. May 29.
Warm-up: A cell is observed through a microscope. The cell is found to have a cell wall, a cell membrane, and numerous ribosomes. The cell does not have a nucleus. This cell is most likely from a
- bacterium
- fungus
- plant
- protist
Objective: Students will examine how traits are carried from parent to offspring
B-Day. May 25.
2B Final: Monday 6/11
Warm-up: South American honeybees are resistant to the mites. Scientists believe that the North American honeybees may also become resistant to the mites in another ten years.
Which of these processes will cause the honeybee population to become resistant to the mites?
- natural selection
- chemosynthesis
- aerobic respiration
- succession
Objective: Students will explain the mechanisms for evolution.
A-Day. May 22.
Warm-up: An Olympic gold medalist in cross-country skiing has a gene which causes him to produce 50% more hemoglobin than the average person. Which of these most likely caused this trait?
- a special diet designed for the skier
- the climate where the skier lives
- the training routine of the skier
- a mutation carried by the skier
Objective: Students will review evolution and natural selection
A-Day. May 18.
Warm-up: South American honeybees are resistant to the mites. Scientists believe that the North American honeybees may also become resistant to the mites in another ten years.
Which of these processes will cause the honeybee population to become resistant to the mites?
- natural selection
- chemosynthesis
- aerobic respiration
- succession
Objective: Students will explain the mechanisms for evolution.
B-Day. May 11.
Rabbits that live in warm climates have larger ears than rabbits that live in cold climates. Larger ears allow rabbits to cool themselves by releasing body heat. Which term describes this characteristic?
- alteration
- mutation
- adaptation
- recombination
Objective: Students will explain the mechanisms for evolution.
A-Day. May 10.
Rabbits that live in warm climates have larger ears than rabbits that live in cold climates. Larger ears allow rabbits to cool themselves by releasing body heat. Which term describes this characteristic?
- alteration
- mutation
- adaptation
- recombination
Objective: Students will explain the mechanisms for evolution.
B-Day. May 9.
Warm-up: What is an adaption? What is evolution?
Objective: Students will explain the mechanisms for evolution.'
A-Day. May 8.
Warm-up: What is an adaption? What is evolution?
Objective: Students will explain the mechanisms for evolution.
B-Day. May 7.
Warm-up: What is an objective on a microscope? When can you use the course focus?
Objective: Students will explain how to use a microscope (quiz) and demonstrate proper care.
A-Day. May 4.
Warm-up: Which one(s) of the following allows you to change the lighting in the microscope?
Objectives, Arm, slides, Rheostat, diaphram
Objective: Students will practice using the microscope and create wet mount slides.
B-Day. May 3.
No warm up.
A-Day. May 2.
Warm-up: What is an objective on a microscope? When can you use the course focus?
Objective: 1A) Students will explain how to use a microscope (quiz) and demonstrate proper care.
2A) Students will demonstrate proper care of microscope and slides.
B-Day. May 1.
Warm-up: What is the proper technique for carrying a microscope?
Objective: Students will explore and explain how to carry and use a microscope.
A-Day - April 30.
Warm-up: What is the proper technique for carrying a microscope?
Objective: Students will explore and explain how to carry and use a microscope.
B-Day. April 27.
Warm-up: Structure 4 in the diagram represents a
- ribosome
- mitochondrion
- protein
- tRNA
Objective: Students will explain how DNA and RNA are related (test) and finish identifying parts of the microscope.
A-Day - April 26.
Warm-up: Structure 4 in the diagram represents a
- ribosome
- mitochondrion
- protein
- tRNA
Objective: Students will explain how DNA and RNA are related (test) and finish identifying parts of the microscope.
B-Day. April 25.
Test Fridayday April 27 on protein synthesis and DNA
Warm-up: Structure 2 in the diagram represents a
- ribosome
- mitochondrion
- protein
- chloroplast
Objective: Students will review for the test (next class!) on protein synthesis and identify the major parts of a microscope.
A-Day - April 24.
Test Friday April 26 >> Next class! on protein synthesis and DNA
Warm-up: Structure 2 in the diagram represents a
- ribosome
- mitochondrion
- protein
- chloroplast
Objective: Students will review for the test (next class!) on protein synthesis and identify the major parts of a microscope.
A-Day - April 20.
Test Friday April 26 on protein synthesis and DNA
Warm-up: What is a mutation?
Objective: Students will review protein synthesis and the structure & history of DNA.
B-Day. April 19.
Test monday April 27 on protein synthesis and DNA
Warm-up: What are the steps to go from a DNA to a protein?
Objective: Students will identify the key players that the body uses to make proteins (RNA) and predict traits based on those sequences.
A-Day - April 18.
Warm-up: What are the steps to go from a DNA to a protein?
Objective: Students will identify the key players that the body uses to make proteins (RNA) and predict traits based on those sequences.
B-Day. April 17.
Maryland Bird: The Towhee
Looking for answers on your warm ups!
Warm-up: What are two key differences between DNA and RNA.
Objective: Students will explore processes of protein synthesis (virtual lab).
A-Day - April 16.
Maryland Bird: The Towhee
Looking for answers on your warm ups!
Warm-up: What are two key differences between DNA and RNA.
Objective: Students will explore processes of protein synthesis (virtual lab).
B-Day. April 13.
Looking for answers on your warm ups!
Warm-up: What are the four nitrogenous bases and which link together?
Objective: Students will identify the key players that the body uses to make proteins (RNA) and predict traits based on those sequences.
A-Day - April 12.
Maryland Bird: The Towhee
Looking for answers on your warm ups!
Warm-up: What are the two main phases of protein synthesis (making a protein from the genetic code of DNA)
Objective: Students will identify the key players that the body uses to make proteins (RNA).
B-Day. April 11.
Maryland Bird: The Towhee
Looking for answers on your warm ups!
Warm-up: What are the two main phases of protein synthesis (making a protein from the genetic code of DNA)
Objective: Students will identify the key players that the body uses to make proteins (RNA).
A-Day - April 10.
Maryland Bird: The Towhee
Looking for answers on your warm ups!
Warm-up: What are the three parts to a Nucleotide?
What are the four bases involved in coding DNA?
Objective: Students will identify the processes that make proteins.
B-Day. April 9.
Maryland Bird: The Towhee
Looking for answers on your warm ups!
Warm-up: What are the three parts to a Nucleotide?
What are the four bases involved in coding DNA?
Objective: Students will identify the processes that make proteins.
B-Day. March 28.
Maryland Bird: The Towhee
Late work no longer accepted.
Warm-up: What are the four enzymes involved in DNA replication?
Objective: Students will identify the parts that make up DNA.
A-Day - March 27.
Maryland Bird: The Towhee
Late work no longer accepted.
Warm-up: What were the names of the scientists involved in finding the structure of DNA?
Objective: Students will identify the parts that make up DNA.
B-Day. March 26.
Maryland Bird: The Towhee
Warm-up: What were the names of the scientists involved in finding the structure of DNA?
Objective: Students will identify the parts that make up DNA.
A-Day - March 23.
Maryland Bird: The TowheeLast day to turn in acceptable late work: Friday 3/23
Warm-up: student wants to perform an investigation to determine the heart rate of a rabbit. The teacher tells her the heart rate should be about 100 beats per minute. How could this information affect the investigation?
- It could introduce bias.
- It could remove experimental error.
- It could increase the accuracy of the data.
- It could reduce the number of measurements needed.
Objective: Students will identify the components of DNA and how they lead to the current structural model.
B-Day. March 20.
Maryland Bird: The TowheeLast day to turn in acceptable late work: Wednesday 3/21
Warm-up: student wants to perform an investigation to determine the heart rate of a rabbit. The teacher tells her the heart rate should be about 100 beats per minute. How could this information affect the investigation?
- It could introduce bias.
- It could remove experimental error.
- It could increase the accuracy of the data.
- It could reduce the number of measurements needed.
Objective: Students will identify the components of DNA and how they lead to the current structural model.
A-Day - March 19.
Maryland Bird: TowheeLast day to turn in acceptable late work: Wednesday 3/21
Warm-up: Scientists have recently discovered a new species that lives attached to the side of a tree. An organism from this new species
- is multicellular
- has cell walls
- has vascular tissues
- makes its own food
- has structures that absorb moisture from the air
The scientists put the organism in a sealed glass container and placed it in the sunlight for several hours. Which of these increased inside the container?
- water
- nitrogen gas
- oxygen gas
- carbon dioxide gas
Objective: Students will construct their food webs.
Homework: Food Web Poster. Due Friday 3/23
B-Day. March 16.
Maryland Bird: TowheeLast day to turn in acceptable late work: Wednesday 3/21
Warm-up: Scientists have recently discovered a new species that lives attached to the side of a tree. An organism from this new species
- is multicellular
- has cell walls
- has vascular tissues
- makes its own food
- has structures that absorb moisture from the air
The scientists put the organism in a sealed glass container and placed it in the sunlight for several hours. Which of these increased inside the container?
- water
- nitrogen gas
- oxygen gas
- carbon dioxide gas
Objective: Students will construct their food webs.
Homework: Food Web Poster.
A-Day - March 15.
Maryland Bird: Carolina Wren
Last day to turn in acceptable late work: Wednesday 3/21
>>Turn in Owl Virtual lab
Warm-up: What is a limiting factor?
Objective: Students will find or draw animals and factors for their food web and start food web construction.
B-Day. March 14.
Maryland Bird: Carolina Wren
Last day to turn in acceptable late work: Wednesday 3/21
>>Turn in Owl Virtual lab
Warm-up: What is a limiting factor?
Objective: Students will find or draw animals and factors for their food web and start food web construction.
A-Day - March 13.
Maryland Bird: Carolina Wren
Last day to turn in acceptable late work: Wednesday 3/21
>>Turn in Owl Virtual lab
Warm-up: What molecules control the reaction rate of photosynthesis?
- sugars
- enzymes
- fatty acids
- nucleic acids
Objective: Students will examine the predator and prey relationship of owls and rodents.
B-Day. March 12.
Maryland Bird: Carolina Wren
Warm-up: What molecules control the reaction rate of photosynthesis?
- sugars
- enzymes
- fatty acids
- nucleic acids
Objective: Students will explore the events that lead up to the discovery of heredity.
A-Day - March 9.
Maryland Bird: Carolina Wren
Warm-up: The scientists learned that an organism produces a special protein that prevents it from freezing in cold weather. Which of these contains the information for making this protein?
- a vacuole
- a lipid
- a vitamin
- a gene
Objective: Students will examine the predator and prey relationship of owls and rodents.
B-Day. March 8.
Maryland Bird: Carolina Wren
Warm-up: The scientists learned that an organism produces a special protein that prevents it from freezing in cold weather. Which of these contains the information for making this protein?
- a vacuole
- a lipid
- a vitamin
- a gene
Objective: Students will examine the predator and prey relationship of owls and rodents.
A-Day - March 7.
If you have not taken the SLO post test, please see Ms. WiggenProject Announcement today. Extra copies online are available under Biology projects menu.
Warm-up:
Which of these describes the role of the sanderling in the marine food web?
- producer
- herbivore
- carnivore
- omnivore
Objective: Students will analyze different biomes.
B-Day. March 6.
If you have not taken the SLO post test, please see Ms. WiggenProject Announcement today. Extra copies online are available under Biology projects menu.
Warm-up:
Which of these describes the role of the sanderling in the marine food web?
- producer
- herbivore
- carnivore
- omnivore
Objective: Students will analyze different biomes.
B-Day. February 28.
Maryland Bird: Carolina Wren
If you have not taken the SLO post test, please see Ms. Wiggen
Project Announcement today. Extra copies online are available under Biology projects menu.
Warm-up: using words (or tiny pictures) and arrows show a food chain with the following animals elk, grass, sun, wolves, mushroom
Objective: Students will analyze different biomes.
A-Day February 27.
Global warming causes an increase in coastal water temperatures. Increased coastal water temperature causes a decrease in reproduction of krill. Which of these would most likelyexperience an increase in population?
- gull
- herring
- anchovy
- phytoplankton
Objective: Students will complete the SLO test. Points for taking, bonus points for improving.
B-Day. February 26.
Warm-up:
Global warming causes an increase in coastal water temperatures. Increased coastal water temperature causes a decrease in reproduction of krill. Which of these would most likelyexperience an increase in population?
- gull
- herring
- anchovy
- phytoplankton
Objective: Students will complete the SLO test. Points for taking, bonus points for improving.
A-Day February 23 .
Maryland Bird: Carolina Wren
1A:Warm-up: What is a biome?
Objective: Students will explore different biomes in the world.
2A:Warm-up: Which cell division results in cells that are all the same ?
Objective: Students will analyze the different relationships between organisms.
B-Day. February 22.
Maryland Bird: Carolina Wren
Warm-up: What is a biome?
Objective: Students will analyze different biomes.
A-Day February 21 .
Maryland Bird: Carolina Wren
Warm-up: What is ecology?
Objective: Students will analyze energy flow inside of an ecological system.
B-Day. February 20.
Maryland Bird: Carolina Wren
Warm-up: What are 4 levels of an energy pyramid?
Objective: Students will analyze energy flow inside of an ecological system.
A-Day February 16 .
Maryland Bird: Carolina Wren
Warm-up: What is Ecology?
Objective: Students will identify key relationships between organisms and their environment.
B-day February 15
Maryland Bird: Carolina Wren
Warm-up: What is Ecology?
Objective: Students will identify key relationships between organisms and their environment.
A-Day February 14 .
Meiosis Quiz today!
Warm-up A sperm cell of an orange bulldog that has adventures in a magical land of Ooo has 112 chromosomes. How many chromosomes are in the dogs tail cells?
A) 66
B) 112
C) 224
D) 448
Objective: Students will identify the components of meiosis and explain how meiosis leads to genetic variation.
B-day February 13
Warm-up Define Homeostasis
Objective: Students will identify the components of meiosis and explain how meiosis leads to genetic variation.
A-Day February12.
Maryland Bird: Mourning DoveWarm-up:(Write out your answer!!)Corals are marine animals that often live in tropical seas. Many types of corals have unicellular algae living in their tissues. The algae provide up to 98 percent of the corals' food. The corals provide protection and inorganic nutrients for the algae. Some coral cells undergo meiosis. Which of these would not occur during meiosis? A) formation of a zygoteB) chromosomes crossing-overC) production of gametesD) reduction in number of chromosomes
Objective: Students will explore the role of meiosis in cell division
Notes,
Meiosis Foldable, study the steps to meiosis compare to mitosis
B-Day. February 9.
Maryland Bird: Mourning DoveWarm-up:(Write out your answer!!) A sperm cell of an orange bulldog that has adventures in a magical land has 112 chromosomes. How many chromosomes are in the dogs tail cells?
A) 66
B) 112
C) 224
D) 448
Objective: Students will explore the role of meiosis in cell division
Amoeba Sisters,
Meiosis Foldable, study the steps to meiosis compare to mitosis
B-Day. February 8.
Maryland Bird: Mourning DoveWarm-up:(Write out your answer!!)Corals are marine animals that often live in tropical seas. Many types of corals have unicellular algae living in their tissues. The algae provide up to 98 percent of the corals' food. The corals provide protection and inorganic nutrients for the algae.
Some coral cells undergo meiosis. Which of these would not occur during meiosis?
A) formation of a zygote
B) chromosomes crossing-over
C) production of gametes
D) reduction in number of chromosomes
Objective: Students will explore the role of meiosis in cell division
Notes,
Meiosis Foldable, study the steps to meiosis compare to mitosis
A-Day February 7.
Maryland Bird: Mourning DoveWarm-up: A certain rainbow pony has 48 chromosomes in her wing cells. How many does she have in her egg cells?
A: 8
B: 48
C: 96
D: 24
Objective: Students will explore how meiosis results in genetically different gamete cells.
Notes,
Meiosis Foldable, study the steps to meiosis compare to mitosis
B-Day. February 6.
Maryland Bird: Mourning DoveWarm-up: A certain rainbow pony has 48 chromosomes in her wing cells. How many does she have in her egg cells?
A: 8
B: 48
C: 96
D: 24
Objective: Students will explore how meiosis results in genetically different gamete cells.
Notes,
Meiosis Foldable, study the steps to meiosis compare to mitosis
A-Day February 5.
Maryland Bird: Mourning DoveWarm-up: Maryland white oak trees make their own food. Their cells contain structures that capture energy from the sun. What are these structures?
- chloroplasts
- nuclei
- mitochondria
- ribosomes
Objective: Students will explore the role of meiosis in cell division
Notes,
Meiosis Foldable, study the steps to meiosis compare to mitosis
B-Day. January 31.
Warm-up: Maryland white oak trees make their own food. Their cells contain structures that capture energy from the sun. What are these structures?
- chloroplasts
- nuclei
- mitochondria
- ribosomes
Objective: Students will explore the roll of meiosis in cell division
Notes,
Meiosis Foldable, study the steps to meiosis compare to mitosis
B-Day. January 29.
Quiz next class!
Warm-up: The ability of the human body to regulate the level of blood glucose is an example of
- osmosis
- homeostasis
- binary fission
- aerobic respiration
Objective: Students will identify the last major steps of mitosis & explore some of the vocabulary for meiosis.
A-Day January 24.
Quiz today!
Warm-up: The ability of the human body to regulate the level of blood glucose is an example of
- osmosis
- homeostasis
- binary fission
- aerobic respiration
Objective: Students will begin picking apart the stages of meiosis and comparing it to mitosis.
B-Day. January 23.
Note: Today 1/23 is the last day to turn in late work!
-Closed note quiz next class! 1/25
Maryland Bird- Dark-Eyed Junco (winter only!)Warm-up: One species of aquatic plant found in the lake has 84 chromosomes in each cell. As nutrient levels increased, the population of this species increased through vegetative reproduction using mitosis. How many chromosomes were in the cells of the offspring?214284168Objective: Students will organize the steps of mitosis and explain that they make up identical daughter cells to the parent cell.
Exit Ticket:
What are the steps of mitosis called?
Which step of mitosis do the chromosomes line up?
Does mitosis produce genetically different cells, or cells that are the same?
What is cytokinesis?
A-Day January 22.
Note: Today 1/21 is the last day to turn in late work!
-Closed note quiz next class! 1/24
Maryland Bird- Dark-Eyed Junco (winter only!)Warm-up: One species of aquatic plant found in the lake has 84 chromosomes in each cell. As nutrient levels increased, the population of this species increased through vegetative reproduction using mitosis. How many chromosomes were in the cells of the offspring?
- 21
- 42
- 84
- 168
Objective: Students will organize the steps of mitosis and explain that they make up identical daughter cells to the parent cell.
Exit Ticket:
What are the steps of mitosis called?
Which step of mitosis do the chromosomes line up?
Does mitosis produce genetically different cells, or cells that are the same?
What is cytokinesis?
A-Day January 18.
Note: This Friday 1/18 is the last day to turn in late work!
-Amoeba sisters video and quiz next class
Maryland Bird- Dark-Eyed Junco (winter only!)Warm-up: Maryland white oak trees make their own food. Their cells contain structures that capture energy from the sun. What are these structures?
- chloroplasts
- nuclei
- mitochondria
- ribosomes
Objective: Students will explain how the steps of mitosis lead two copies "Daughter Cells" from one parent cell.
Exit Ticket:
What are the steps of mitosis called?
Which step of mitosis do the chromosomes line up?
Does mitosis produce genetically different cells, or cells that are the same?
What is cytokinesis?
A-Day January 16.
Maryland Bird- Dark-Eyed Junco (winter only!)Warm-up:
Which of these structures in Cell 3 releases energy for use in cell processes?
- nucleus
- cell wall
- chloroplast
- mitochondrion
Objective: Students will identify cell structures during the stages of mitosis
Homework: Complete mitosis worksheet with labels!
Classwork: Mitosis Illustrations
Draw the 6 stages of mitosis (starting with prophase) Include:
Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, cytokinesis
Drawings in order
Labeled structures
Description of what is happening at each step
Glossary of structures (definitions of structures in your own words):
mitosis, cytokinesis, chromosomes, chromatids, centromeres, interphase, cell cycle, prophase, centrioles, spindle, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, cytokinesis
A-Day January 9.
Maryland Bird- Dark-Eyed Junco (winter only!)Warm-up: A protein called p53 can keep cells from dividing. To prevent cell division, this protein most likely stops
- osmosis
- mitosis
- respiration
- mutation
Objective: Students will identify the stages of mitosis and associated vocabulary.
B-Day. January 8.
Warm-up: What is mitosis and meiosis? How are they different and similar?
Objective: Students will explore and unpack the process of the cell cycle.
A-Day January 3.
Warm-up: What is mitosis and meiosis? How are they different and similar?
Objective: Students will explore and unpack the process of the cell cycle.
A-Day December 22.
Warm-up Research: What is biodiversity? Your opinion: Why is biodiversity important?
Objective: Students will observe the biodiversity of plants and identify the relationships between them.
B-Day. December 21
Warm-up Research: What is biodiversity? Your opinion: Why is biodiversity important?
Objective: Students will observe the biodiversity of plants and identify the relationships between them
A-Day December 20.
Warm-up: What type of cell has membrane bound organelles?: Objective:Students will finalize their cell parts and analyze the key differences between mitosis and meiosis.
B-day December 19.
Quiz Today!12/18
What are nucleic acids made up of?: Students will finalize their cell parts and analyze the key differences between mitosis and meiosis.
Quiz Today!12/18
Warm up:Objective
A-Day December 18.
What are nucleic acids made up of?: Students will finalize their cell parts and analyze the key differences between mitosis and meiosis.
Quiz Today!12/18Warm up:ObjectiveA-Day December 14.
Maryland Bird: The Downy WoodpeckerQuiz Monday 12/18Warm up: What part of the cell produces the cells energy? What cells have these structures; prokaryotes, eukaryotes, animal and/or plant cells?Objective: Students will compare plant cells to animal cells and single out similarities and differences.
B-day December 13.
Maryland Bird: The Downy WoodpeckerQuiz Tuesday 12/19Warm up: What part of the cell produces the cells energy? What cells have these structures; prokaryotes, eukaryotes, animal and/or plant cells?Objective: Students will compare plant cells to animal cells and single out similarities and differences.
A-Day December 12.
Maryland Bird: The Downy WoodpeckerQuiz Next class! Monday 12/18Warm up: What is the difference between the cell membrane and the cell wall?Objective: Students will finish creating their cells and compare their cells with that of another cell type.
B-day December 11.
Maryland Bird: The Downy WoodpeckerQuiz Next class! Teusday 12/12
Warm up: What is the difference between the cell membrane and the cell wall?Objective: Students will finish creating their cells and compare their cells with that of another cell type.
A-Day December 8.
Maryland Bird: The Downy Woodpecker
Warm up: What is the difference between the cell membrane and the cell wall?Objective: Students will finish creating their cells and compare their cells with that of another cell type.
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