Great source for supports on all the OPTIONAL activities and Labs for Biology.

If you are looking for a template to assist with any of the first semester labs or activities:

Biology Activities

Biology Fields Activity

Measuring Heights and Human Shapes Labs

These two activities are very closely connected. Please make sure you understand the expectations for Measuring Heights before completing Human Shapes.

Measuring Heights Support

Human Shapes Support

STILL NEED MORE ASSISTANCE WITH HUMAN SHAPES LAB?

Ms. Perkins did this AWESOME STEP-BY-STEP SUPPORT that goes through this lab in even more detail.

I know that there has been lots of difficulty with these activities, everything from using the pdf, submitting the document, finding tools to complete the activity to understanding how to write a hypothesis for the prompt for an experiment.

Need assistance with Resources and Tools?

• iRuler.net is a great resource for success in this lab if you do not have a ruler or a tape measure handy.

• Struggling with the pdf and do not have a printer? Viewable google doc 

  • To edit, remember to make your own copy

  • Also, PLEASE make sure I have permission to view when you upload the link or doc.

Homeostasis Discussion

Are you unsure what the expectations are for this assignment? Are you unsure what HOMEOSTASIS is? Here are some helpful ideas for this discussion activity:

1. Where can I learn more about homeostasis? Unit 1 Lesson 9 has a good introduction and the Amoeba Sisters video above is also useful. Just remember to put what you learned into your own words (or give credit to the source)

2. What do I need to add to this discussion? Show me that you understand what homeostasis is by completing the following:

   1. describing it - SENTENCE STARTER: "Homeostasis is a biological process that...."

   2. providing an example - SENTENCE STARTER: "One example of homeostasis in ..... organism, is.... where this happens..."

   3. explaining if it is important or not and why - SENTENCE STARTER: "Homeostasis IS/IS NOT important for an organism's survival because..."

Biology Activities

Activity - Permeability

I know that there has been some difficulty with this lab either with gaining the materials or understanding how the provided video relates to the suggestions for an experiment.

Remember you have options in this lab and can modify these experiments but need to clearly indicate what YOUR lab looked like (even if it is a video) so that I can evaluate work accurately.

Dominant and Recessive Trait Activity

Opinion Essays - 

In this Unit, you have 2 Essay Activities, one over how the first cells came into being, and the second is expressing your ideas about evolution.

For each essay I just ask that you give your best and write what you think. They are both about your opinions, not about right versus wrong answers. If you tell me what you think, then you will get a good score:)

Just remember if you are using an outside source, please CITE it and also provide your opinion about why you think this resource is reliable or true (Avoiding Plagiarism)

Essay First Cell

Are you struggling to get started?

 View the Template

You might also want to view and consider some of the things in the cool video about how the first cell might have come into existence 

Essay Opinion of Evolution

Are you struggling to get started? 

View the Template

Want to view some videos for explanations of our evolutionary past?

It's Okay to be Smart - There was no first human

Where do humans come from?

Diagram a Typical Bacteria, Binary Fission, and Bacterial Conjugation

Diagram 3 Types of Bacteria

Essay - Viruses

Essay - H1N1 Viruses

Pond Scum

In this activity you are going to investigate the microscopic organisms that live in two different samples of water. If you have access to water samples and a microscope and can safely collect water, I highly recommend doing this, if not, you are welcome to watch videos and make comparisons between the two samples. HERE is an outline of a possible lab write up for this assignment. If you missed the LIVE SESSION from 1/6/2021, you can view it HERE!

What is expected?

1. This is a lab write up so you will need to follow those expectations:

   1. Write an introductory paragraph.

      1. What are you investigating (looking at/comparing)?

      2. Do you think both samples will have the same organisms? Why or why not?

      3. Do you expect both samples will have the same number of each organism? Why or why not?

      4. Do you think one sample has more organisms? Why or why not? was there something about that sample?

   2. Show your scientific data and analysis:

      1. Make observations of the organisms and count their occurrences(numbers) in each sample:

• Draw or describe organism

• • 1. • 1. How does it moves?

         2. Does it respond to stimuli?

         3. Is it eating?

         4. Can you identify what it is?

    2. Create a data table comparing AT LEAST 4 different organisms

    3. Use the data table to create a bar graph comparing the 4 organisms in each

  • Write a conclusion.

    1. What did you observe and find?

    2. Which sample had more living organisms? Why do you think it had these?

    3. What errors might have occurred? Did you always know what the organisms were? Could you count them easily?

Do you need some video options? Remember you only need two and there is one in the lesson you can use as well

• Here is a video from Richard Seel that shows Life in Water

• Here is a video from 2012 where you can watch students like you performing this experiment and observe their data.

• Here is an option from Microbehunter where you can observe how he collects his data and he explains some of the organisms he observed.

• Here is an option from Jam's Germs where you can even watch microscopic organisms eat.

• Here is a vimeo from BioQuest Studios that looks at The Hidden Life in Pond Water.