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  • Unit 1: Chemistry of Life
  • Unit 2: Cell Structure and Function
  • Unit 3: Cellular Energetics
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    • Unit 1: Chemistry of Life
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    • Unit 3: Cellular Energetics
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Unit 3: Cellular Energetics

Monday October 27th

Essential Understanding- 3.1 Enzymes

1) QUICK INTRO: How Enzymes Work (1 min animation) 

2) Enzymatic BioMan Game - Play the first two games (What are Enzymes and Specificity)

3) WATCH BOZEMAN: Enzymes (video worksheet)  12 minutes 

4) Cut Out Enzyme Activity (each shape page has double the components a group needs) 

Homework: Chapter 8 Book Work- due Thursday 10/30

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Tuesday 10/28th

1) Check Cut Out Enzyme Activity 

2) Read Intro to Enzymes (read and annotate)

  • What are the four distinct types of specificity? make sure you look over that part

3) HOW do enzymes lower activation energy? (notes)  (13 min) 

4) Section 3.1 Progress Check 

Chapter 8 Book Work due Thursday

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Wednesday 10/29th

  1. Watch this review video 3.1 Lecture Review (15 min) - take notes

  2. Section 3.1 Quizzes will be tomorrow

  3. Enzymes and Cellular Regulation POGIL (teacher key) (key)

  • do page 5 verbally (not printed) 

Essential Understanding- 3.2 Environmental Impacts on Enzyme Function

  1. AK Lecture Videos

Video: Factors Affecting Enzyme Activity Video (wkst) (12 min)

Video: Competitive vs Noncompetitive Inhibitor Video (wkst) (16 min) 

  1. Time to work on Chapter 8 Book Work

Homework: Chapter 8 Book Work due tomorrow

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Thursday 10/30

TURN IN Chapter 8 Book Work 

  1. Remember we have seen Bozeman Acids, Bases and pH (9 min); if you do not remember this, rewatch it on your own time

  2. Video: Allosteric Regulation of Enzymes (notes) (11 min) 

  3. Page 3 and Page 7 of Sinking Feeling Enzyme Catalysis Lab 

  4. AP Biology Lab 2: Enzyme Catalysis (7 min) 

Homework, finish page 2, 3 and 7 of Sinking Feeling Enzyme Catalysis Lab 

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Friday 10/30 (Half Day)

  1. Prep for Monday's Lab:  Sinking Feeling Enzyme Catalysis Lab

  • MAKE DILUTIONS (will they go bad?)

    • List of Materials (for teacher) 
    • How to make Catalase from Potatoes (for teacher)
  • Remember doing Toothpickase or Pennyase Lab in Honors Biology?

  • you will  be writing a lab report for this! (due Monday 11/10)

  1. Grade Mitosis Projects

  2. Fall Foliage Activity

  • Why do Leaves Change Colors (not just in Oklahoma) 

Homework: BE SAFE tonight and this weekend. No official homework, lab Monday!

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Monday 11/3

  • Check Prelab homework questions

Sinking Feeling Enzyme Catalysis Lab Day 1 

  • Class Lab Data 

... skim this version and pick a variable to test Enzyme Catalysis LAB  for Day 2 (Wednesday) of Lab

HWK: Complete Post Lab Questions

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Tuesday 11/4- NO SCHOOL (Election Day)

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Wednesday 11/5

Sinking Feeling Enzyme Catalysis Lab with YOUR variable

  • Lab Rubric (rough draft due Friday 11/7)

  • Sample General Lab Rubric

How do you find a good source?

SDST Library Resource

  1. Go to the SDST High school page

  2. on the left side select library

  3. on the left side select databases

  4. school down and select EBSCO

Optional SOURCES: 

    • Cold Active Enzymes and their Potential Industrial Applications 

    • Regulation of enzyme activity in the cell: effect of enzyme concentration 

    • The Catalase-Hydrogen Peroxide System (Kinetics of Catalatic Action at High Substrate Concentrations

    • Why do bacteria use so many enzymes to scavenge hydrogen peroxide?

    • Effect of pH on the Electrochemical Behavior of Hydrogen Peroxide in the Presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    • Effect of pH Upon the Reaction Kinetics of the Enzyme-Substrate Compounds of Catalase

Homework: Find one peer reviewed source. Will be checked on tomorrow for a grade

** make them annotate it next year 

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Thursday 11/6

  1. Check Peer Reviewed Paper

  2. Skim Essential Understanding- 3.2 Environmental Impacts on Enzyme Function

  3. 3.2 Progress Check

  4. Talk about Statistical Analysis of the data from the enzyme lab 

  • Statistics for Dummies 

      • Complete Statistical Testing for Dummies Table (digitally)

  1. Write Up/Type Up Statistical Analysis and Background for this lab

  • data table with averages

  • calculate standard error of the mean (SEM) for data points, put those on graph

  • complete your statistical analysis using the appropriate statistical test


  1. work on lab report (rough draft due tomorrow) 

  • Lab Rubric

  • Sample General Lab Rubric

Homework: 

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Friday 11/7

  1. Section 3.2 Quiz

Understanding- 3.3 Cellular Energy

  1. Video: BOZEMAN: Life Requires Free Energy Video Review Sheet  (video worksheet) (12 min) 

  2. ATP POGIL (key)

  3. Time to work on your lab report

Homework: Work on your lab report (rough draft due PRINTED Monday)

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Monday 11/10

  1. Watch: ATP and Photosynthesis (Google Drive download) 6 min

  • worksheet: ATP Analogy and Diagram

  1. Skim Understanding- 3.3 Cellular Energy

  2. Section 3.3 Progress Check

  3. Peer Edit Lab Report and time to fix

  4.  Time to work on Chapter 10 Book Work with Ch 10 Lecture Video (39 mi) 

  • Optional Resources:

  • Outline
  • Power Point 
  • Book Power Point
  • Clicker Power Point

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Tuesday 11/11

  1. Turn in Lab Report

  2. Section 3.3 QUIZ

  3. Review Photosynthesis Diagram from Honors Biology (Power Point)

  4. Watch: Bozeman- Photosynthesis (13 min) (not using: video sheet)

  5. Watch: Photosynthesis Light Reaction, Calvin Cycle, Electron Transport 3D Animation (7 min)

  6. Photosynthesis POGIL packet  (key)

  7. REVIEW LAB: Floating Discs Lab 

              • Complete Pre-Lab Questions While you watch the Bozeman Walkthrough

              • VIDEO: Bozeman- Photosynthesis Lab Walkthrough and part 2:30-4:45

              • Practice Sinking Disks

HMK: 

  • Read page 1 and 3 of  Floating Discs Lab and complete the prelab on page 2

  • questions 1-16 on Photosynthesis POGIL packet 

  • Chapter 10 Book Work due 11/20

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Wednesday 11/12

Essential Understanding- 3.4 Photosynthesis

  1. Day 1 of Floating Discs Lab  

    • Class Data

    • Set Up and Start Lab

    • Discuss factors that can be manipulated

  1. Start planning for Day 2

    • What is your sample size?

Class Data for First part of Lab

Photosynthesis Lab (Floating Disk) Report Rubric

Homework: Complete Floating Discs Lab pages (stop on last page before doing #6) AND  Photosynthesis POGIL packet up to the next stop sign (end of page 8, questions 1-24)

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Thursday 11/13

1) Floating Discs Lab  

  • What factors are you going to test?

              • The Effect of Light Intensity on Rate of Photosynthesis 

              • The Effect of Light Color on Rate of Photosynthesis

              • The Effect of Temperature on Rate of Photosynthesis

Homework: Finish Photosynthesis POGIL packet and create data tables and graphs for your lab report

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Friday 11/14

  1. VIDEO: Bozeman- The Importance of Oxygen (video sheet) (10 min) 

  2. Photosynthesis Unleashes Chemical Superweapon: Oxygen (5 min)

  3. Write your title, background, materials and method, and start your results section 

  4. Time to find peer edited relevant sources to references in your introduction

  • Photosynthesis Lab (Floating Disk) Report Rubric

Homework: Finish writing your Title, Background, Materials and Method (which MUST include two peer reviewed sources that are PRINTED) 

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Monday 11/17- substitute

1) Write your title, background, materials and method, and start your results section 

  • what statistical methods will you use to analyze your data?

Homework: Your printed lab needs to be here in class tomorrow for us to peer edit. One printed lab per group

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Tuesday 11/18

REMIND MUSETTI to germinate peas!!!!

  1. Section 3.4 Progress Check 

  2. peer edit your labs (15 minutes)

  3. Time to make fixes to lab (final copy will be due tomorrow) (20 minutes)

  4. AP Bioloy 3.4- Photosynthesis  (23 min) 

Homework: Section 3.4 Progress Check, STUDY, and Lab reports due tomorrow- Printed

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Wednesday 11/19

  1. Turn in your Lab Report

  2. Section 3.4 Quiz

  3.  Teacher Resource 

Essential Understanding- 3.5 Cellular Respiration

  1. Watch VIDEO: Bozeman- Photosynthesis and Respiration (video worksheet) 15 min  

  2. Board Diagram of Aerobic Respiration (Respiration Diagram with presentation) 

  3. VIDEO: Bozeman- Cellular Respiration (video sheet) 15 min 

  4. Cellular Respiration Worksheet POGIL (key) 


HWK: Chapter 10 Book Work due tomorrow and STUDY

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Thursday 11/20 *Musetti's Birthday!

Turn in: Chapter 10 Book Work 

  1. Watch and Discuss Old Lab... we will be doing a respiration lab on Monday 

  • Cellular Respiration AP Lab *Old Version... Skim

    • VIDEO: Bozeman- Lab 5 - Cellular Respiration (worksheet) 

    • VIDEO: Bozeman- Cellular Respiration Lab Walkthrough

  1. Read Lab: Cellular Respiration of Peas (we will be doing this tomorrow)

  2. Fun Bio time: Minute to Win It Games


Homework: Start working on: Chapter 9: Cellular Respiration and Fermentation and finish: Cellular Respiration Worksheet POGIL (key)


  • Chapter 9 Book Work  (Due 12/3)

  • Optional Resources:

OutlineLecture PresentationBook Power PointClicker Power Point

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Friday 11/21- HALF DAY

Turn in Cellular Respiration Worksheet POGIL (key)

1) Cellular Respiration of Peas

  • Read Over Lab, Discuss Procedure

  • Do lab

  • during downtime, work on Glycolysis and the Krebs Cycle POGIL (key)  

Homework: finish Cellular Respiration of Peas Lab


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Monday 11/24 HALF DAY

1) Watch BOZEMAN: Anaerobic Respiration video- TAKE notes (8 min) 

Introduce: 

2) Yeast Fermentation Lab (of your own design)

  • Yeast Fermentation Lab Structured Fill In

3) If any time remains, finish: Glycolysis and the Krebs Cycle POGIL (key)  

Homework: Glycolysis and the Krebs Cycle POGIL (key)  


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Tuesday 11/25 HALF DAY

cushion day... do we need to redo either the germination pea respiration or Yeast Lab?

design your own take on the yeast fermentation lab to complete after Thanksgiving break

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THANKSGIVING BREAK

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Monday 12/1

Turn in: Glycolysis and the Krebs Cycle POGIL (key)  

1) Yeast Fermentation Lab (of your own design)

  • Yeast Fermentation Lab Structured Fill In

During Down time: 

  • 1) ETC Simulation Video (7 min) 

  • 2) PRACTICE: Oxidative Phosphorylation worksheet (print version) (key)

Homework: Section 3.6 Progress Check and Yeast Fermentation Lab (of your own design)

  • Yeast Fermentation Lab Structured Fill In

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Tuesday 12/2

Check and Collect Respiration of Peas Lab

1) Check and meet with your fermentation group (submit copy of your fermentation lab on Google Classroom) 

2) Watch: A Trusted Pill Turned Deadly. How Tylenol Made a Comeback | Retro Report (9 min)  

3) The Mystery of the Seven Deaths (converted to Google Doc) not printing, complete together as a class verbally


Skipping- 2) Exercise and Cellular Respiration Lab

4) PRACTICE: Oxidative Phosphorylation worksheet (print version) (key) due Friday 

  • project page 5 on board

5) Practice Essays  (Not printing) 

Homework: Oxidative Phosphorylation worksheet (due tomorrow) and Chapter 9 Book Work  (due 12/3)

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Wednesday 12/3

Oxidative Phosphorylation worksheet  and Chapter 9 Book Work 

  1. Section 3.6 Quiz

  • After Quiz: Read through Practice Essays 

  1. Look over Unit 3 Overview as a class 

  2. Unit 3 Progress Check

  3. Answers to Practice Essays (Key)

TEST tomorrow


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Thursday 12/4

UNIT 3 TEST- essay

UNIT 3 TEST- multiple choice

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