AP Biology Daily Agenda
2019-2020
Tuesday Feb 18, 2020
Go over Chi-square practice question
Thursday Feb 13, 2020
Complete Chi-square practice question
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
Finish Chi-square POGIL
Tuesday Feb 11, 2020
Chi-square POGIL
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Go over Punnett square practice
Probability
Friday Feb 7, 2020
Finish going over Meiosis & Mendel's Law of Segregation packet
Punnett square practice
Thursday Feb 6, 2020
Go over Meiosis & Mendel's Law of Segregation packet
Wednesday Feb 5, 2020
Request Advanced Opportunities Fast Forward funding for the AP exam
present Mitosis vs. Meiosis whiteboard drawings
Meiosis & Mendel's Law of Segregation packet
Tuesday Feb 4, 2020
Mitosis vs. Meiosis whiteboard drawings
draw stages of mitosis & meiosis using 5 pairs of chromosomes, and explain the answer to one of the first 3 objectives
Monday Feb 3, 2020
Chromosome/Mitosis/Meiosis drawn notes
Friday Jan 31, 2020
complete Mitosis & Meiosis on the Table
Thursday Jan 30, 2020
Mitosis & Meiosis on the Table
Wednesday Jan 29, 2020
Unit 4 Exam
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
EXAM POSTPONED UNTIL WEDNESDAY!
Sorry, all, I have a sick kiddo and will be staying home with him Tuesday.
Study for Unit 4 Exam Wednesday.
Monday Jan 27, 2020
Unit 4 overview presentation - highlights of what will be on the exam
UNIT 4 PRESENTATION
unit 4_lecture_animation_ppt.pptFriday Jan 24, 2020
Signal transduction pathway project presentations
Thursday Jan 23, 2020
Signal transduction pathway project presentations
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Signal transduction pathway project presentations postponed to Thursday 1/23
Complete HHMI Click & Learn Cell Cycle
Tuesday Jan 21, 2020
Signal transduction pathway project presentations postponed to Wednesday 1/22
Complete HHMI Click & Learn on The Eukaryotic Cell Cycle and Cancer:
Click on link to right
Click Launch Interactive
Read and complete activity while filling out worksheet
HHMI CLICK & LEARN CELL CYCLE
HHMI CLICK & LEARN CELL CYCLE WORKSHEET
HHMI Click and Learn Cell Cycle-Worksheet.pdfThursday Jan 16, 2020
Finish signal transduction pathway example project - due to present Tuesday 1/21
Wednesday Jan 15, 2020
Continue working on signal transduction pathway example project
Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
Begin signal transduction pathway example project
HOMEWORK: notes 13.3 and 26.1 due Wed 1/15
SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAY EXAMPLE PROJECT
Monday Jan 13, 2020
Finish TedTalk Bonnie Bassler Quorum Sensing
Watch Bozeman Science Signal Transduction Pathways video
Pathways with Friends activity
HOMEWORK: notes 13.3 and 26.1 due Wed 1/15
BOZEMAN SCIENCE SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAYS VIDEO
Friday Jan 10, 2020
Review answers to objectives for topic 4.1 in INB
Watch TedTalk Bonnie Bassler Quorum Sensing
HOMEWORK: notes 13.3 and 26.1 due Wed 1/15
BONNIE BASSLER QUORUM SENSING TED TALK
Thursday Jan 9, 2020
Finish Cellular Communication POGIL
Write out and answer objectives for topic 4.1 in INB
HOMEWORK: notes 13.3 and 26.1 due Wed 1/15
Wednesday Jan 8, 2020
Watch membrane structure and function video to review ch 5
Begin Cellular Communication POGIL
HOMEWORK: notes 13.3 and 26.1 due Wed 1/15
SCIENCE MUSIC VIDEOS CELL MEMBRANE STRUCTURE & FUNCTION
Tuesday Jan 7, 2020
Begin Unit 4 - Cellular Communication & Cell Cycle
AP Classroom - PPC 4 MCQ - due by Wed 1/8
HOMEWORK: notes 13.3 and 26.1 due Wed 1/15
Friday Dec 20, 2019
Practice AP Exam - FRQ
Wednesday Dec 18, 2019
Practice AP Exam - MCQ
Tuesday Dec 17, 2019
Practice AP Exam - MCQ
Monday Dec 16, 2019
Independent work day
Friday Dec 13, 2019
Unit 3 Exam
Thursday Dec 12, 2019
Review for Unit 3 Exam Friday
Wednesday Dec 11, 2019
Finish presentations to Ms. Billinge
Complete questions 1-5 based on Fermentation & Cellular Respiration model if not done Tues
Work on PPC #3 MCQ
Tuesday Dec 10, 2019
Complete questions 1-5 based on Fermentation & Cellular Respiration model
Begin presentations to Ms. Billinge
Monday Dec 9, 2019
Look at results of Cellular Respiration Lab
Finish Fermentation & Cellular Respiration model & PRACTICE presenting
Friday Dec 6, 2019
Cellular Respiration Lab - Vernier CO2 sensors & germinating mung beans
Thursday Dec 5, 2019
Continue modeling Fermentation & Cellular Respiration
Wednesday Dec 4, 2019
Continue modeling Fermentation & Cellular Respiration
Tuesday Dec 3, 2019
Begin modeling Fermentation & Cellular Respiration
MODELING CELLULAR RESPIRATION
modeling cellular respiration H&G.pdf
Friday Nov 22, 2019
Leaf disk lab
Wednesday Nov 20, 2019
Continue annotating Calvin Cycle diagram.
Tuesday Nov 19, 2019
Bloody Chlorophyll lab
Annotate Calvin Cycle diagram.
BLOODY CHLOROPHYLL LAB INSTRUCTIONS
Bloody Chlorophyll Lab Instructions link
CALVIN CYCLE REACTIONS DIAGRAM
photosynthesis calvin cycle diag for notes.pdfMonday Nov 18, 2019
Finish annotating Light Dependent Reaction diagram.
Friday Nov 15, 2019
Begin annotating Light Dependent Reaction diagram.
LIGHT DEPENDENT REACTIONS DIAGRAM
photosynthesis light dep diagram for notes.pdfThursday Nov 14, 2019
Hand back Exam 1 and Exam 2. Time to process errors.
Wednesday Nov 13, 2019
Finish Photosynthesis POGIL!
Tuesday Nov 12, 2019
Photosynthesis POGIL
Monday Nov 11, 2019
Photosynthesis POGIL
Friday Nov 8, 2019
Photosynthesis POGIL
Thursday Nov 7, 2019
Begin Photosynthesis POGIL
Wednesday Nov 6, 2019
ATP in Cells worksheet
Tuesday Nov 5, 2019
Finish Enzyme Paperclipase Lab
HOMEWORK: chapter 8 notes due Wednesday Nov 6
Monday Nov 4, 2019
Enzyme Paperclipase Lab
HOMEWORK: chapter 8 notes due Wednesday Nov 6
Friday Nov 1, 2019
Discuss strategies for answering Free Response Questions
HOMEWORK: chapter 8 notes due Wednesday Nov 6; Choose one of the posters and rewrite the answer to the prompt on your own paper - due Mon 11/4
Thursday Oct 31, 2019
Command Terms/Power Words matching
HOMEWORK: chapter 8 notes due Wednesday Nov 6.
Wednesday Oct 30, 2019
Carousel Activity on Enzymes
Brainstorm ideas about enzymes on 4 poster prompts, rotating to work on each one
When you have given feedback on each poster, create a new poster for one of the prompts, incorporating your classmates' ideas and using your notes and textbook
HOMEWORK: chapter 8 notes due Wednesday Nov 6.
Tuesday Oct 29, 2019
AP Classroom - PPC 3 MCQ
HOMEWORK: chapter 8 notes due Wednesday Nov 6.
MADER READING GUIDE CH 8
Chapter 8 Reading Guide - Mader 11th.pdfMonday Oct 28, 2019
Complete Unit 2 Exam
HOMEWORK: chapter 7 notes due Tuesday Oct 29.
Thursday Oct 24, 2019
Unit 2 Exam
HOMEWORK: chapter 7 notes due Tuesday Oct 29.
Wednesday Oct 23, 2019
Time to self-check/complete PPC 2 FRQ and study for test Thursday.
HOMEWORK: Unit 2 exam Thurs 10/24; chapter 7 notes due Tuesday Oct 29.
Tuesday Oct 22, 2019
AP Classroom PPC 2 MCQ & FRQ (in notebook). Finish FRQ for homework if not done in class.
HOMEWORK: Unit 2 exam Thurs 10/24; chapter 7 notes due Tuesday Oct 29.
Monday Oct 21, 2019
Presentation of Osmosis Unknowns Lab - Carrots & Colored Concoctions.
Unit 2 exam moved to Thursday Oct 24
HOMEWORK: chapter 7 notes due Tuesday Oct 29.
MADER READING GUIDE CH 7
Chapter 7 Reading Guide - Mader 11th.pdfThursday Oct 17, 2019
Osmosis Unknowns Lab - Carrots & Colored Concoctions - discuss water potential calculations; time to work on presentation
Presentation postponed - will be Monday 10/21
Unit 2 exam moved to Thursday Oct 24
HOMEWORK: chapter 6 notes due Monday Oct 21; Osmosis Unknowns Lab slides presentation due Monday Oct 21.
Wednesday Oct 16, 2019
PSAT
HOMEWORK: chapter 6 notes due Monday Oct 21; Osmosis Unknowns Lab slides presentation due Thurs Oct 17.
Tuesday Oct 15, 2019
Osmosis Unknowns Lab - Carrots & Colored Concoctions - work on Slides presentation; begin discussion of calculating water potential
HOMEWORK: chapter 6 notes due Monday Oct 21; Osmosis Unknowns Lab slides presentation due Thurs Oct 17.
Monday Oct 14, 2019
Osmosis Unknowns Lab - Carrots & Colored Concoctions - discuss hypotonic/hypertonic/graphing; work on Slides presentation
HOMEWORK: chapter 6 notes due Monday Oct 21; Osmosis Unknowns Lab slides presentation due Thurs Oct 17.
Friday Oct 11, 2019
Osmosis Unknowns Lab - Carrots & Colored Concoctions day 2 - collect data
HOMEWORK: chapter 6 notes due Monday Oct 21.
Wednesday Oct 9, 2019
Build-a-Membrane activity
HOMEWORK: chapter 6 notes due Monday Oct 21.
BUILD-A-MEMBRANE
BuildAMembrane.pdfTuesday Oct 8, 2019
Cell Membrane Bubble Lab!
HOMEWORK: chapter 6 notes due Monday Oct 21.
CELL MEMBRANE BUBBLE LAB
Cell-Membrane-Bubble-Lab.pdfMonday Oct 7, 2019
Finish Free Response Question (FRQ) practice on cell types/organelles
Watch Bozeman Science video on compartmentalization
Read bubble lab instructions in preparation for Tuesday
Hand out Learning Objective checklists for Units 1 and 2
HOMEWORK: chapter 6 notes due Monday Oct 21.
BOZEMAN SCIENCE COMPARTMENTALIZATION VIDEO
AP BIOLOGY UNIT CHECK LISTS
Friday Oct 4, 2019
Free Response Question (FRQ) practice on cell types/organelles
HOMEWORK: chapter 6 notes due Monday Oct 21.
Thursday Oct 3, 2019
Discuss What Is the Ideal Cell Size? Lab - problems & what results we should have gotten
Watch video on cell size lab
Complete Topic Question - calculation of surface area, volume & ratio
Complete Cell Size MCQ from Campbell
HOMEWORK: Cell Size lab packet due Friday 10/4; chapter 6 notes due Monday Oct 21.
CELL SIZE LAB VIDEO
Wednesday Oct 2, 2019
Complete What Is the Ideal Cell Size? Lab
Collect data and complete lab questions
HOMEWORK: Cell Size lab packet due Friday 10/4; chapter 6 notes due Monday Oct 21.
MADER READING GUIDE CH 6
Chapter 6 Reading Guide - Mader 11th.pdfTuesday Oct 1, 2019
What Is the Ideal Cell Size? experiment
Read through lab and set up potatoes/iodine
HOMEWORK: chapter 5 notes due Wednesday Oct 2.
WHAT IS THE IDEAL CELL SIZE? LAB
ideal_cell_size_lab.docxMonday Sept 30, 2019
Socratic seminar on The Importance of Stupidity in Scientific Research.
HOMEWORK: chapter 5 notes due Wednesday Oct 2.
Friday Sept 27, 2019
Kahoot over organelles and cell structures.
HOMEWORK: chapter 5 notes due Wednesday Oct 2.
Thursday Sept 26, 2019
Gallery walk of Cell Organelle Catalog pages.
Read The Importance of Stupidity in Scientific Research and complete discussion questions to prepare for a Socratic seminar.
HOMEWORK: chapter 5 notes due Wednesday Oct 2.
THE IMPORTANCE OF STUPIDITY IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ARTICLE
Importance of stupidity in scientific research article.pdfWednesday Sept 25, 2019
Continue working on Cell Organelle Catalog. Due at beginning of class Thursday.
HOMEWORK: chapter 5 notes due Wednesday Oct 2.
Monday Sept 23, 2019
AP Classroom - PPC 2 MCQ and look at FRQ.
HOMEWORK: chapter 5 notes due Wednesday Oct 2.
MADER READING GUIDE CH 5
Chapter 5 Reading Guide - Mader 11th.pdfFriday Sept 20, 2019
Unit 1 Exam.
HOMEWORK: chapter 4 notes due Monday 9/23.
Thursday Sept 19, 2019
Review PPC 1 MCQ & FRQ as a class.
Unit 1 Exam Friday 9/20; chapter 4 notes due Monday 9/23.
Wednesday Sept 18, 2019
AP Classroom PPC 1 MCQ & FRQ (in notebook). Finish FRQ for homework if not done in class.
Unit 1 Exam Friday 9/20; chapter 4 notes due Monday 9/23.
Tuesday Sept 17, 2019
Lecture - Proteins and lipids.
Unit 1 Exam Friday 9/20; chapter 4 notes due Monday 9/23.
Friday Sept 13, 2019
Lecture - intro to macromolecules and nucleic acids.
Unit 1 Exam Friday 9/20; chapter 4 notes due Monday 9/23.
MADER CH 3 PPT MODIFIED/PRESENTED
03_lecture_animation_ppt function of macromolecules.pptThursday Sept 12, 2019
Finish building edible molecules.
Register for BSU and request Fast Forward funding.
Unit 1 Exam Friday 9/20; chapter 4 notes due Monday 9/23.
Wednesday Sept 11, 2019
Continue building edible molecules.
Unit 1 Exam Friday 9/20; chapter 4 notes due Monday 9/23.
MADER READING GUIDE CH 4
Chapter 4 Reading Guide - Mader.docxTuesday Sept 10, 2019
Continue building edible molecules.
HOMEWORK: Read/take notes on chapter 3 from Mader using the format of your choice - due Wednesday 9/11.
Monday Sept 9, 2019
Begin Edible Molecules - model monomers and polymers of carbs, proteins and a triglyceride using food products and toothpicks.
HOMEWORK: Read/take notes on chapter 3 from Mader using the format of your choice - due Wednesday 9/11.
EDIBLE MOLECULES LAB
edible molecule lab.pdfEDIBLE MOLECULES REFERENCE SHEET
edible molecules reference pages from Campbell.pdfFriday Sept 6, 2019
Present properties of water demos.
HOMEWORK: Read/take notes on chapter 3 from Mader using the format of your choice - due Wednesday 9/11.
Wednesday Sept 4, 2019
Gallery walk of posters
Log in to AP Classroom - complete Personal Progress Check (PPC) 1 - Multiple Choice Questions
HOMEWORK: Read/take notes on chapter 3 from Mader using the format of your choice - due Wednesday 9/11.
Tuesday Sept 3, 2019
Chapter 2 review poster - create a poster illustrating one section from chapter 2. Include the answers to the Progress Check question(s).
HOMEWORK: Read/take notes on chapter 3 from Mader using the format of your choice - due Wednesday 9/11. "Pillbug" lab due Wednesday 9/4.
Friday Aug 30, 2019
Finish "Pillbug" Lab - due Wed 9/4
Name adjective activity
HOMEWORK: Read/take notes on chapter 2 from Mader using the format of your choice - due Tuesday 9/3. "Pillbug" lab due Wednesday 9/4.
Thursday Aug 29, 2019
"Pillbug" Lab part 2 - using mealworms, test for a behavioral preference of your choice
HOMEWORK: Read/take notes on chapter 2 from Mader using the format of your choice - due Tuesday 9/3.
Wednesday Aug 28, 2019
Chi-square calculations
Watch Bozeman Science video on chi-square
Walk through calculation of chi-square using "Pillbug" Lab data from one group
HOMEWORK: Read/take notes on chapter 2 from Mader using the format of your choice - due Tuesday 9/3.
CHI-SQUARE VIDEO - BOZEMAN SCIENCE
Tuesday Aug 27, 2019
Introduction to Bell Ringers
"Pillbug" Lab part 1 - using mealworms, test for a wet vs. dry preference in environment
HOMEWORK: Read/take notes on chapter 2 from Mader using the format of your choice - due Tuesday 9/3.
Monday Aug 26, 2019
Complete Safety First POGIL
Read "Pillbug" Lab
HOMEWORK: Read/take notes on chapter 2 from Mader using the format of your choice - due Tuesday 9/3.
"PILLBUG" LAB
2014 AP BIO pillbug lab withgraph.docxMADER READING GUIDE CH 2
Chapter 2 Reading Guide - Mader.docxFriday Aug 23, 2019
Begin Safety First POGIL
HOMEWORK: Get syllabus signed & return ASAP. Read/take notes on chapter 1 from Mader using the format of your choice - due Monday 8/26.
SAFETY FIRST POGIL DOCUMENT
POGIL Safety First.pdfThursday Aug 22, 2019
Complete Pooh Bear Inventory
Set up INB
HOMEWORK: Get syllabus signed & return ASAP. Read/take notes on chapter 1 from Mader using the format of your choice - due Monday 8/26.
Wednesday Aug 21, 2019
Syllabus presentations
Pooh Bear Inventory
HOMEWORK: Get syllabus signed & return ASAP. Read/take notes on chapter 1 from Mader using the format of your choice - due Monday 8/26.
MADER READING GUIDE CH 1
Chapter 1 Reading Guide - Mader.docxTuesday Aug 20, 2019
Norms/Expectations
Syllabus (see AP Bio Home page for this document)
HOMEWORK: Bring composition notebook Wed. Get syllabus signed & return ASAP. Check out a copy of our textbook from the library by tomorrow (Wed) & bring to class.
Monday Aug 19, 2019
Welcome - About Me & Introductions