Biology 1 Assignments & Online Resources 2016-2017

May 23: Here are the URLs to watch the discover of Ardipithecus and the comparisons with chimps and Homo sapiens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfjAch2ucFQ

http://www.epcc.edu/Biology/Documents/Evolution%202015/Lab3_Skeletons_reveal_evolution.pdf (this is a worksheet. The URL is listed on this document.

May 15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toWK0fIyFlY Take notes

MAY 12: Finish the questions from the Rock Pocket Mouse activity. Turn in Monday.

May 5: Work on your essay this weekend. You will have some time to write on Monday, but we will also start the Evolution unit.

May 1: We will continue to write and edit a 3-5 paragraph response to the Gene therapy vs. enhancement or Destiny Test topic for the next few days.

We will also be reviewing for a quiz on the Central Dogma Friday.

Movie: Cracking Your Genetic Code - Watch if you have been absent or need to see again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_zBGB2r8Wc

April 13

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5mJbP23Buo -Amoeba sisters help you with your transcription and translation questions.

April 12: Review your notes about the chemistry of DNA. We will continue to build our DNA molecule tomorrow and Friday.

April 10: We will finish the video and turn in the worksheet on Tuesday. Then some demos!

April 7: Answer the six questions (separate paper) on your DNA handout page 5 about DNA replication. Turn in your DNA experiment packet today or Monday at the latest.

April 6: Watch this vodcast in preparation for tomorrow:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3b9ArupXZg

Don't worry about the details. Just get the main idea of what mRNA is and what it does.

April 3: No HW tonight. A reminder that some of you need to finish up projects. The quarter ends this week.

Mar 29: Great work on your games and books! Let's plan on a short quiz Friday on mitosis. Thursday: a quick review and then intro to DNA synthesis.

Mar 28: You are finishing up your mitosis projects. Tomorrow you let us play your game or demonstrate your creation!

Mar 25: in class video on mitosis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-ldPgEfAHI

Mar 23-24: in class videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpAa4TWjHQ4

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/how-cancer-grows.html

http://media.hhmi.org/biointeractive/click/p53/08.html

Mar 22: Study your cell cycle for a short quiz tomorrow.

Mar 21: See assignment for 3/20. Take notes. Also, finish your analysis of the potato lab so we can discuss tomorrow.

Mar 20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5vAO_f2LDQ Nice explanation of the cell cycle by Dr. Khan (5 minutes). Analogy to the four seasons.

Mar 15: Study your Cells Alive worksheet on the Cell Cycle. Be able to generally describe the steps of the cell cycle, in order. Be able to explain why a cell goes through a cell cycle. Website: cellsalive.com

Mar 13: Study for a practice quiz on antibiotics and resistance to abx.

Mar 9: No HW tonight. Your new agar plates' 48 hour appearance are now available for viewing. The .jpgs are listed at the bottom of this page.

Mar 2:

HW tonight: Check your responses from the film you watched on Monday against mine (Linked at the bottom of this page "Annenberg_Video") to be sure that we have similar answers.

We will use this site to learn how to gram stain.

learn.chm.msu.edu/vibl

Mar 1: We will hold up on the Feb 28 assignment so we can begin the "handwashing experiment."

Feb 28: For students not going on the Career Center trip, there will be a handout and activities to do on the topic of antimicrobial resistance. You will serve as experts for your classmates when they return Wednesday to do the same assignment.

The first URL you will need is http://antibioticguardian.com. Listen for the main ideas.

The next URL you need is

http://www.e-bug.eu/test89/young/young_sub.aspx?cc=ind&ss=11&t=Antibiotic%20animation

Watch all four clips, then use what you have learned to answer the questions on Student Worksheet 1.

Feb 27: In class today you will watch video called "The Unity of Living Systems" which discusses bacteria and viruses. You will have a worksheet to help you key in to the important ideas. If you are absent you can access the video at this URL:

http://www.learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid=1364

Feb 16: Study your bacterium structures and functions. You should be able to label a picture and describe the function of each part of the bacterium.

This is the URL for the Physics Slam 2015 that featured "Do bacteria care about physics?"

http://media.uoregon.edu/channel/archives/9432

Source for poster info, plus what else you find on line. Be sure you cite your sources on your poster or with your 3-D project. Due at the end of class tomorrow.

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/microbiome/symbiosis

Feb 14-15: Poster or 3-D project work - in class. After today you will have to find other times to finish. We move on to growth and reproduction of microbes.

Feb 6: Reorganize your microbe info by function (as opposed to location.)

Will be shown in class. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9bYKd_Ffgc (Helping people restore their beneficial microbes.)

Feb 3: HW: Review all microbiome notes from this week.

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/microbiome/friends/

Feb 2: http://www.learner.org/resources/series121.html#

This is a movie that runs about 25 minutes. If you can watch at least 5-10 minutes tonight, that would be good. You don't need to take notes if you pay good attention. But if you want to take notes, I recommend using the Cornell notes style

Feb 1: Study the rest of the one page handout on the microbiome.

Jan 31: Study your notes about the link between malaria and sickle cell trait. Short quiz tomorrow.

Jan 30 (Mon): On a separate piece of paper, summarize the relationship between malaria and sickle cell disease. It's a good way to check that you understood today's lesson and it's a great study strategy.

Jan 27 (Fri): (1) Watch this vodcast on line and take Cornell notes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CsgXHdWqVs

(2) Review & reorganize notes you took in class today. I will show you how.

Jan 26 (Thurs): (1) Study your handouts about lab safety. Your quiz is tomorrow. It is multiple choice & true/false. You must make at least an 80% to be allowed to do experiments.

http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/making-fittest-natural-selection-humans

(This is the movie we will watch on Jan 27, in case you want to rewatch)