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Basics of Biology (These notes are for your use)
Basics of Biology (These notes are for your use)
What is Biology?
What is Biology?
Assignment 1a: Read the following section to learn the characteristics that all living things have in common. Complete the review questions.
Assignment 1a: Read the following section to learn the characteristics that all living things have in common. Complete the review questions.
1b. What do all living things have in common? Watch the powerpoint on organization - please take notes to be checked.
1b. What do all living things have in common? Watch the powerpoint on organization - please take notes to be checked.
levels of organization.pptxAssignment 2: Activity: Use the reading and notes from Assignment 1a/b to help you complete the following assignment:
Assignment 2: Activity: Use the reading and notes from Assignment 1a/b to help you complete the following assignment:
Assignment 3: Watch the video on Microorganisms. Weird Science: Read the article - Ancient Microorganisms Ate Each others Corpses
Assignment 3: Watch the video on Microorganisms. Weird Science: Read the article - Ancient Microorganisms Ate Each others Corpses
Assignment 4: Principles of Biology
Assignment 4: Principles of Biology
Read the following passage and complete the questions.
Read the following passage and complete the questions.
Interdependence of Living Things: Please use the Cornell note sheet for notes on the reading and video on Interdependence of Living Things.
Assignment 5: Click on the Venn-diagram below to watch the video for eukaryotic/prokaryotic cells.
Assignment 5: Click on the Venn-diagram below to watch the video for eukaryotic/prokaryotic cells.
Assignment 5: Types of Cells - Eukaryotic vs. Prokaryotic
Assignment 5: Types of Cells - Eukaryotic vs. Prokaryotic
Read about Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells. You will then complete the review questions.
Activity - Microscope Investigation: Complete the microscope lab. You may work with a partner.
Online Interactive microscope - you will complete the lab assignment using the interactive. It would be best to print out the assignment if possible.
Performance Task Guiding questions:
Performance Task Guiding questions:
What is the purpose of your project?
What is the purpose of your project?
What do you want others to learn from your project or presentation?
What do you want others to learn from your project or presentation?
How can you apply/use the information or skills you learned in your life?
How can you apply/use the information or skills you learned in your life?
Bank of Experiment Examples (or you may choose one of your own).
Caffeine and Heart Rate: The goal of this project is to test whether caffeine has an effect on heart rate, using the freshwater crustacean, Daphnia magna, as an experimental model system.
Memory Mnemonics: To determine if using mnemonics can improve peoples' ability to remember a list of words.
Spending Habits: Tightwads vs. Spendthrift - The goal of this project is to determine how people manage their money using analysis of survey data that you collect.
**Biome Project: Research the different biomes and the organisms that live within that area. Attached is a template - this is a basic level template. You may add additional slides per biome to increase your scores. A works cited page is required.
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