5/26 - Work on your BioEthics Project!
College Board Terms and Conditions
Read these before May 10th (or whenever your first AP Exam is.
You'll be asked to sign stating that you've read and understand these in the testing room.
Cell Resp Test Revision and Grading Standards
Get them back to me by Friday 4/21 and I'll try to get grades updated before I leave for break!
Cell Resp Learning Sequence....
4/10 - 4/11
Cell Resp Lab
Cell Resp Learning Sequence
Clean Up Fast Plants
4/12
CELL RESP TEST
4/13
*Okay folks, you're on your own today! Whether you have a sub or not you need to complete Part 1 of "The Senses A Project By You". You'll present tomorrow....Yes, I said tomorrow 4/14 with whoever is present from your group. Read through part 1 so that you know what is expected to be in your presentation and then scroll down to the "Groups for Part I" Table to find your partners. If you have a sub complete the presentation and then tour the new learning sequence. If you don't have a sub and the send you to cafe get with your partners before you leave and get your presentation together.
Nervous System Kick Off (this is the link for the learning sequence)
Sensory Self Design Part 1 Complete Today.
The Senses: A Project by You….In two parts……
Explore the new learning sequence.
4/14
Sensory Self Design Part 1 Presentations
Prep for Part 2
Nervous System Learning Sequence
4/3
Tour New Learning Sequence
Meter Stick Thing (Finish up today)
2x SEM distracted vs. baseline
Cellular Respiration/Photosynthesis Compare/Contrast
Plan Experiment
4/4
Cell Respiration Self Design Lab Day 1 (Sat )
15 lentils, swapped out each trial, 10 min trials
Wait time?
2x SEM graphing of Meter Stick Drop Data
Fast Plant Data Collection
4/5
Cell Respiration Learning Sequence Work
2xSEM Meter Stick Drop Graphing and Reaction
Fast Plant Data Collection
4/6
Cellular Respiration Self Design Lab Day 2 (Monday Lentels)
4/7
Cell Respriation Lecture (if your interested!)
Work on Learning Sequence
Homework:
Get the readings done, come with questions.
UPDATE for Thursday 3/30:
I'll be out today, sorry! You get an extra day to work on the Essay and iPSC project. We will touch base on Friday but I imagine you will largely be done with both projects and we will start to transition to a quick nervous system break on Friday/Monday.
3/27
Completion of Learning Sequence Activites
Start AAA Essay - Outline it Today
Work on IPSC Project
3/28
Complete Learning Sequence Activities
Flesh out AAA Essay
Completion of iPSC Project
3/29 and 3/30
Fast Plant Data Collection and Clean Up!!?
Finishing work on Learning Sequence
3/31
Nervous System Break......
First 45 minutes of class....Finish iPSC.
Here Comes the Review!!!!
Catch the Meter Stick
Warm Up First!!!! There's a learning curve.....
Record Baseline DATA (Hopefully Today)
Dis-aggregate the data.
Compare texting to non-texting distances.
Compare some (be creative here) group to another.
Create a 2xSEM graphs to help explain if your data is significant or not.
3/20-3/23
pGLO Labs Final Draft Due Thursday by 2:20
Gene Control Learning Sequence (twoish weeks)
Monday
pHET Lac Operon Simulation
Talk about the essay....Questions?
Learning Sequence Work
Tuesday
Bicoid?
Ghost?
Wednesday
Repressible Operon Slideshow - Get Started
What Will You Cure with IPSC Project - Kick Off
Thursday
Work Time on anything from the Learning Sequence
3/13-3/17
3/13
pGLO Intrepret Results
Do the Mathing explained in the pGLO Procedure to determine Transformation Efficiency
Record your Groups TE Here
Questions on 8-10 Tuesday AAA
Paper Plasmid
Meiosis Presentations
Replant Fast Plants This Week
3/14 -15
AAA 8-10
pGLO Lab Rough Draft Due Thursday
Graphs
2xSEM comparing transformation efficiency between mod 1 and mod 4
Photograph of a graphic representation (Drawing) of your plates.
3/16 and 3/17
Gene Control Learning Sequence for when you're ready.
Clean up the any work from the learning sequence.
Water your fastplants
Retakes on Genetic Concepts 1-10
Tour the new learning sequence and get started.
The pHET simulation isn't a bad place to start.....
3/8-3/10
3/8 (Starter Plates 24-36 hrs prior)
Today:
Sterile Technique/Starter Plates/ Disposal for Tomorrow
Concepts 8-10
CHI Practice and Clarification (for mod 1)
Need to use #'s of m&m's for expected and observed.......
Onion Chi Practice (learning sequence)
Pre Read pGLO procedure (Through Page 13)
Sometime this week maybe today.....:
Meiosis Presentations....Lets get started.
Paper Plasmid Engineering... Let's get started.
3/9
pGLO Start
pGLO lab day one
Sterile Technique - DON"T FORGET
Waste Procedures - REALLY IMPORTANT
READ THE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY AND KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING BEFORE YOU DO IT!!!
3/10
Genetics Concept Test 1-7
Analyze pGLO Results - Mathing on Monday
Count colonies on each plate
Draw each plate in your Lab Notebook
Meiosis Presentations
2/20-2/24
TEST REVISION FRQ CODES - Revisions Due Friday
Lab Synopsis Revisions Due Friday as well.....
2/20 I'll be out:
Complete CSI WIldlife
2/21
Genetics Presentations
Questions 'bout Concepts 1-6?
Meiosis?
Get ready for AAA Concept Test Concepts 1-7 Friday
Book Problems from learning sequence.
See me to check your answers
2/22
CHI
Talk about 8-10 - Pretty easy second AAA coming soon......
2/23 and 2/24
Replant
Water
Finish Meiosis Presentations (after break?)
Work through Concepts 8-10
Answer sheets should be on my desk. (Also, Mr. Colgrove can help, he's really smart)
Paper Plasmid Engineering
Learning Sequence:
Have you done the Onion Chi Squared problem yet?
AAA-FRIDAY Concepts 1-7?
2/13-2/17
2/13
Studying, questions, etc
Mopping up the unit.
Shareing Website
PA - That isn't really a PA....
Lab Synopsis
2/14
Gene to Protein Test
Rough Draft Enzyme Lab Due Tomorrow
2/16 - 2/17
Pedegree Presentations Tuesday
See me for your assigned Topic
Genetics Problems
Chi Squared Fun Next Week
Onion?
2/6-2/10
TEST MOVED FROM MONDAY 2/13 to Tuesday 2/14 LAB Rough Draft Due 2/15 by the end of the day(But no time to work on it in class.)
2/6 -2/8
Restriction Enzyme Lab - Rough Draft Due....Friday...?
Photograph your Gel
Upload and measure bands and travel distances in mm for each.
Make a standard curve......use the data in #1 below....
Interpolate # of base pairs in each band using your standard curve.
Reverse the Log by 10^x your answer and then.....
Populate the data sheet.
*BTW...Standard Curves are a Big Deal...We Should Talk about them......
2/10 and 2/13
Share/Review Website With Partner - Digital Sheet available on the learning sequence, forms in google classroom.
The PA that isn't a PA........Call it a study aid!
Restriction Enzyme Lab Synopsis (Due Wednesday 2/15 if you want revision options.)
Replant Fast Plants
Test Prep 2/14
1/30-2/3
Agenda:
1/30
Dyephoresis Demo - Real Deal Next Week....
Learning Sequence Activities
Restriction Enzyme Summary might be good here!
Replanting - Maybe.....
1/31
Dyephoresis - This lab is to get you ready for the real thing....
Run Gels
Photograph and upload
Measure Gels
Questions?
Website Work (now and during wait time)
Learning Sequence
2/1
Upload and measure gels
Learning Sequence
2/2
Website Work
Replanting if you haven't yet....eh..maybe tomorrow...
2/3
Complete Website by Monday
Paper Plasmid Engineering - Wait.......We'll do this next unit!
Replant - Plain water only!!!!
Make sure your soil is damp before adding seeds.........
Where are you in the readings and other learning sequence activities
Pre-Read Restriction Enzyme Digest Student Section
YOU WILL BE TOTALLY LOST IF YOU DON"T LOOK OVER AND MAKE SOME SENSE OF THIS BEFORE MONDAY!
Homework:
Get the readings done, come with questions.
1/24-1/27
Agenda:
1/24 - 1/25
Wait…a pig heart….what about rejection? Let's talk about it.....
Immune System Implications?
Ethical Implications?
Heart in a Box?
Learning Sequence Orientation
Jump in.
Wednesday
18 Ways (Probably)
Take notes (Focus on the science and it's implications)
Discussion? (probably next time)
1/26 - 1/27
18 ways discussion
Watson and Crick Website
Lets Chat on Friday to make sure were on the same page.
HMM/HC Website work
Mutations Activity?
1/9-1/13
Only because someone asked for it!
Monday:
Third Line of Defense
Retrospective Introduction
Tues-Friday
Cell Cycle Stop Motion
Retrospectve Work
Bring to Mid-Term
1/3-1/6
1/3-1/5
Biochem Tests
Revisions Due Friday 1/6
70% of points lost up to an 85% overall on the test.
Cell Membrane Model - Present Friday
Stop Motion
I'll interupt you with info on the Immune System from time to time.....
12/19-12/22
12/19
Intro Activity
12/20 and 12/21
Design your own osmosis lab Mod 4
Lab Notebook
Procedure
Hypothesis (General)
Show Me BOTH!
Jump In
During Wait Time:
Procedure for Part II
How can you verify the identiy of one of the colored solutions?
You can't choose 1M!
Water Potential Problems
Clean out fast plant containers
Get all dirt out.
Wash thoroughly
Soak in bleach overnight......
12/22
Trouble in Paradise Film Festival
Bring Food If You'd Like!
12/12 - 12/16 The workflow for this week is largely up to you,
12/12
Enzyme Lab Questions?
Trouble in Paradise
Last chance to work as a group, due on Saturday 12/18
12/13
Enzyme Lab Synopsis Due Tomorrow!
Chemzyme PA
Learning Sequence
12/14
Digestive Separation Essay
Learning Sequence Completion
Study.....
12/15
Importance of Water (Did you leave that for last? Seriously?)
Learning sequence
Study....What will you do to get more ready than you were last time?
12/16
AAA Biochemistry
The Future!
12/5 -12/9
Biochemistry and Nutrition Learning Sequence
12/5 - TURN IN YOUR TEST CORRECTIONS
Protein Folding Activity -Instructions Linked to the Learning Sequence
What else do you need to work on from the learning sequence?
Make sure your Biological Molecules Presentation is ready to go.....
12/6
Biochem Basics Lecture (If you'd like)
Toothpickase (if you didn't do it already)
Learning Sequence
12/7
Biological Macromolecules Quick Presentations (Tuesday Instead?)
Macromolecules PA - Questbase
12/8 Enzyme Lab Baseline Data Collection
See Learning Sequence for Details
12/9 Enzyme Lab Experimental Manipulation
See learning sequence for details.
Synopsis Rough Draft Due 12/12
Homework:
Read the stuff, watch the things.
11/28 - 12/2
Do Now:
Drain your fast plants if you haven't already!!! We're going to let them dry
Agenda:
Biochemistry and Nutrition Learning Sequence
11/28 and 11/29
Biochem Intro.....
Enzyme Lab (If Carolina Comes Through Otherwise we'll jump to Digestive Divide and Conquer and Trouble in Paradise for Today!)
Test Corrections (70% of points lost up to 87% overall on the test) (Returned Tomorrow)
11/30
Biological Macromolecules Presentation Kickoff (presenting a week from today)
Trouble in Paradise Time
Life's Origins/Origins of Macromolecules
12/1
Trouble in Paradise Filming - All Day- DUE A FORTNIGHT FROM SATURDAY
Toothpickase if you get done early (It'll help you with the enzyme lab!)
12/2
Digestive Divide and Conquer Presentations
Toothpickase/Trouble in Paradise/Learning Sequence General
Homework:
Read the stuff, watch the things. (Over the course of the couple of weeks)
11/14-11/18
Evolution Learning Sequence - Check Google Classroom, What do you have left to turn in?
Birds
Apple Maggot
Teddy Graham's?
Other things that you haven't finished?
Evolutionary Big Ideas- Happy to go over any or all of this...it's up to you....
Trouble in Paradise Video Planning/Production - Twoish days this week.
Check the assignment to make sure all of the necessary elements will be included in your final product.
EVOLUTION TEST ON FRIDAY!!
11/7-11/11
H-W Figure it out day....Monday
Critters Presentations Tuesday/Wednesday
Teddy Grahms Number Crunching/Data Dump
Make a graph of class data that is comparable to your individual data, turn in a compare and contrast in Google Classroom
H-W Prep for AAA Concept Style Test - Wednesday
TIP - If we haven't talked about it yet
Planning this week
You'll have some work days next week.
Birds - Intro (Probably Thurs or Friday)
Just for planning purposes Evolution Test is looking like 11/18
10/31-11/4
Check on your Fast Plants, Water..., Pollinate...., e'ery day....until further notice! Make sure to use the correct Bee Sticks and DON"T FORGET TO BUZZ! We're close to the end for this cycle but keep pollinating until you don't have any flower petals left on your plants!!
Agenda:
Evolutionary Big Ideas-We'll do this together Wednesday...ish.
Critters (Monday/Tuesday/Part of Thurs and Friday)
Trouble in Paradise Planning (Late in the week or early next week)
Retake of Questbase PA Evolution 2
H-W Intro/Problems (Monday/Tues?)
Don't try the paper problems until you've followed the link to the pig problems in the learning sequence!
Critters Introduction - Learning Sequence will bring you through downloading the program, use some time this week to play with the simulation, it's powerful but a little clunky!
Make sure to read 'Using it" and the "Student Guide" from the AAA section of the learning sequence.
Trouble in Paradise Intro? Yeah...Probably Should...Probably Friday....
Questbase PA on Learning Sequence Section 2 by Friday
Teddy Grahms (we need to do this one together but after we've all figured out at least a little about H-W!)
10/25-10/28
Do Now:
Check on your Fast Plants, Water..., Pollinate...., e'ery day....until further notice! Make sure to use the correct Bee Sticks and DON"T FORGET TO BUZZ!
Ecology Test Return
Evolutionary Example 2 - Tuesday
Evolutionary Example 3 - Thursday
Finish Super Bug Case Study
Start Questbase 1 (Really PA2) Thursday or Friday - Section 1 reading should be done.
Critters Intro and Download Wednesday or Thursday
Read Using it on the link from the learning sequence...It'll help
Yes I know it's clunky, but there isn't a better sim out there for this.
Student Manual.....Lot's of information here, you don't need it all but some of it is pretty useful especially around page 13....
10/24
Do Now:
Hi Folks, Sorry I can't be with you today check the agenda below, I think your work should be relativly self-explainatory.
Check on your Fast Plants, Water..., Pollinate...., e'ery day....until further notice! Make sure to use the correct Bee Sticks and DON"T FORGET TO BUZZ!
Agenda:
Try to complete Caminicules Today.
Jump into Superbug Case Study if you have time.
10/21
Evolutinary Example 2
Caminicules, if your ready.....
Taxonomy of the Living first.....
Then Onto Evolutionary Classification
Caminicuules Analysis?
10/20
Evolutionary Example 1 (Paper)
Caminicules
Taxonomy of the Living first.....
Then Onto Evolutionary Classification
10/18-10-19
Do Now:
Check on your Fast Plants, Water..., Pollinate...., e'ery day....until further notice! Make sure to use the correct Bee Sticks and DON"T FORGET TO BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!
New Seats......
With your new table consider this link:
Come up with an explanation that includes treatment of the following points:
Who does this?
Why?
Who cares?
Agenda:
Ecology Test Return
Evolution Tour......this video
Evolutionary Example 1 Thursday? Friday?
First reading by then....
Dichotomous Key Activity
Caminicules, if your ready.....
Taxonomy of the Living first.....
Then onto Evolutionary Classification
Ecological Relationships Film Festival on Friday 10/21
Make sure you've turned in your film!
Homework:
Read the stuff, watch the things. (Over the course of the next week or so.)
10/17
Ecology Test
10/11-10/14
QuestBase Retakes
Pollinate? Culling? Recording Initial Data
Special pollination training required......
Final Draft Ecology Field Study due Friday 10/14
Learning Sequence...Where are you? Take stock and get it done for test revision access!
Ecological Relationships Skits.....Make um....
Getting Ready for the test on....10/14 or 10/17 TBD
Study Groups?
Small Lectures?
Whatever You Need!
10/3-10/6
Do Now:
Check on your Fast Plants, Water.... e'ery day....we'll switch to miracle grow solution.
General Agenda:
QuestBase Ecology 1 - First round or retake.
QuestBase Ecology 2 - First Round
QuesBase Ecology 3 - First Round (GET THAT READING DONE!)
Logistic Math
Ecological Relationships Skits - See me in small groups (4-5)
Make sure everyone is included or I'll remake the groups!
Specifics
Wolves and Rabbits Presentations 10/3 and 10/4
Lab Synopsis for Ecology Field Study Due Thurs 10/6
9/26-9/30
Do Now:
Check on your Fast Plants, Water.... e'ery day....towards the end of the week we'll switch to miracle grow solution.
Agenda:
Questbase 1: General and Population Ecology
What is your focusing question?
What are you trying to find out about our forest here? Can you compare it to any of the data that I've provided?
9/26 Planning for the forest survey. This is important.....
...Let's Talk about it!
9/27 Solidifying your plan:
What data will you collect?
How will you collect it?
To what will you compare your data?
How will you know if it is statistically significant?
Plan to be outside at the end of this week or beginning of next week for at least two days!
9/28 Wolves and Rabbits Presentations
On to the Learning Sequence
Rabbits and Wolves Presentations - On or about the end of the week.
Questbase PA 1? Probably should start....
9/19-9/23
9/19
PHOTOSYNTHESIS TEST!!!!
Preview the Ecology Learning Sequence
HW:
Photosynthesis Lab Report Revisions Due on Wednesday
9/20-9/23
Test Make Up - Corrections/FRQ Retakes Due Monday ? by 2:20
Multiple Guess:
85% of points lost up to 95%
FRQ:
100% of points up to a 95%
Tree ID day will be in here somewhere (Friday Maybe?).
Tree ID Guide as a group.
Ecological Relationships Part 1: Spoiler Alert.....Find and turn in on Classroom?
Big Idea Summary posters. (Are they done?)
Set up Fast plants (I'll demo this first, perhaps Thursday.......)
General Learning Sequence Work
Choose your own adventure....
First try on first Questbase Ecology 1 Quiz (first two readings)
9/12-9/16
Agenda:
Let's populate the Photosynthesis Data Dump
Photosynthesis Learning Sequence - Take Stock...What do you have left?
Focus on Lab Report Writing early this week - Rough Draft due Wednesday (if you want feedback!)
Presentations Tues/Wednesday
Photosynthesis Lecture? Any day you'd like...just let me know.
See me for your password before you take it the first time.
You can take it twice but the retake must be at least 24hrs after the initial taking
Study in-between to understand what you missed!
Test Friday or Monday...Leaning Monday.
HW:
Readings Done? Video Notes In? Where are you in the learning sequence?
Sept 9/7-9/9
Photosynthesis Lab - Probably Friday
For Now....What's your null hypothesis? Your alternative hypothesis? You should probably write them....
Lab notebook - You'll need this for our experiment this week, yes, you'll actually need this.....
Must be a bound book.
Name and contact information on the front cover
Use black or blue INK
Date all entries
Reserve 3 pages for a table of contents (at the beginning if this is the only class this is for, make a new table of contents after other class' material, but put an entry in that class' table of contents indicating the presence of the new class)
All non-table of contents pages should be numbered
Cross out mistakes with a single line through the entry, then initial.
Draw a diagonal line through unused portions of a page
Do not skip pages
The start of each experiment should begin on a new page, but ALL information should be entered chronologically
All data should be entered directly into the notebook (we'll tape in electronically collected data)
Entries should be neat orderly, and complete.
Your Lab Notebook Must Include Record of Every Activity That You Manipulate Variables or Record Data For....NOT JUST "LABS"!!
Photosynthesis Lab Report Writing
Summary section can be tricky, you can write it before you comlete the lab...maybe you should try it out today.....
You could outline your lab synopsis so that you basically just need to fill in the blanks....
Lecture? Up to you....
Sept 6
Photosynthesis Lab
Define Procedure - As a group?.....
HW:
Are your Readings and Video Notes done?
September 2
Do Now:
Something Graphy...... It's in google classroom....
Agenda:
Here we go....
Today I'm introducing you to the AP Bio FRQ...Woah....
Debriefing the FRQ
What you need to know!
Fishy Business....
Cell Parts Test Wrapper/Test Return...(Lets go over the rest of today first!)
Summer Data and Graphing
Retry Summer Fish Data Analysis if you need to!
Photosynthesis Learning Sequence
Lets go over the first one!
HW:
Think about photosynthesis, what variables could you realistically test outside on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Should we all do the same experiment and compile data? Advantages?
Sept 1
Do Now:
Study for your test.
Agenda:
Details that we still need to cover: Before or after test? After...Okay...
Firedrill
Clear the Halls
Internship?
Anything else I forgot yesterday.
Questions for Me?
Cell Parts Test
Get Biology in Focus Text - See me so that I can record your number.
Data from Last class, but before you graph it.....
Open up your Anemone Fish Vocalization summer assignment
Let's talk about what this means. (Yes you should take notes!)
If you really messed up your 2xSEM fish data....fix it now or in the next 24 hrs!
Create 2xSEM error bar graph for your data
Some thoughts about studying
It isn't reading....
Reorganization is necessary...
Homework:
Complete and SQ3R of 8.0-8.2 (that includes 8.2) in the Biology in Focus text. (Photosynthesis-intro, overview and light dependent reactions)
Be thinking about photosynthesis and variables that you might test regarding photosynthesis.
Update your Fish Data 2xSEM to reflect you new understanding of the concept, before I grade them this weekend!
Wednesday August 31 -
Agenda:
Do Now:
Join our Google Classroom
Mod 1: 2n7u2ey
Mod 4: cra4lh5
Check your summer work to be sure you turned in the work that you did....That's a different google classroom....
Complete "Who are you and why are you here?" aka Getting to know you! (Google Classroom)
Who am I and why I hope you're here.
Details
Wednesday, May 11th, it'll be here sooner than you can possibly imagine.
How this class is different from others you've taken here.
Intro to ideas.
You've got to be motivated enough to fill in the blanks.
Welcome to the University of Colchester!
Learning Opportunities and Revision
All work must be completed and up to date by the time a AAA is due/on or you will not have an opportunity to revise/redo work.
Cell Phones
I should never see them, unless I ask you to use them.
Lab safety in general.
Summer Data:
Choose something that was a part of what you did this summer that you can:
Collect numerical data about the degree to which your classmates did that thing.
Determine two subgroups within the class to compare the averages of the doing of that thing to one another.
Create a graph with 2xSEM bars to show your data.
Explain what your graph means in terms of 2xSEM bars.
Cell Part Questions
You've got a test tomorrow....
HW:
Signed Syllabus and Safety Contract
Cell Parts Test
Sept 2