Fetal Pig Dissection
Nervous System Resources
Regions of the brain video (Hank Green of Crash Course)
The re-enactment of Phineas Gage’s accident.
Brain Dissection vocabulary.pdf
Nervous system exam Monday May 11
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4-13
In Class: check ecosystem, evolution survey, population genetics, variations in a kidney bean population
4-14/15
In Class: Quiz on part I, adaptation vs acclimation, flies in the barn, selection and peppered moths
Homework: Outline Part II
4-16/17
In Class: Quiz on part II, adaptation vs acclimation sort, breeding bunnies lab, artificial selection video
Homework: Outline Part III
4-20
In Class: Quiz on part III, convergent, divergent and coevolution sort, survival of the sneakiest
4-21/22
In Class: Quiz on part IV, V, environmental adaptations lab, take-home portion of individual test
Homework: Outline Part VI, VII
4-23/24
In Class: Quiz on part VI, VII, evidence for evolution station lab, station 4 video
Homework: Study guide, evolution study guide answers 2015.pdf, take-home portion of test
4-27/28
In Class: take-home portion of test is due, group exam, individual exam
Homework: relax! :)
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3-17/18
In Class: Persuasive essay due! Life or Death Food Chain Decision, ecology terms, A Model Microcosm
Homework: Outline Part I and II
3-23
In Class: Quiz on part I and II, model microcosm vocabulary, ecosystem design
Homework: Outline Part III, begin to gather materials for ecosystem
3-24/25
In Class: Quiz on part III, population dynamics and carrying capacity (carrying capacity student handouts.pdf)
Homework: Outline Part IV, alter 2 liter bottle if necessary (use aquarium glue only to glue cut bottles together)
3-26/27
In Class: Quiz on part IV, predator prey lab
Homework: Outline Part V and VI and finish the lab
3-30/31
In Class: Quiz on part V and VI, succession, symbiosis, seal ecosystem and start journal entry, review for test
Homework: Study Guide ecology study guide answers.pdf
finish the predator prey lab if you have not already done so
4-1/2
In Class: Check ecosystem, collect work, group exam, ecology exam
Homework: Happy Easter!
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2-23
In Class: Persuasive Essay project, essay rubric, “What is genetic engineering?” Reading and discussion, abe student guide.pdf
Homework: Watch this video and this video take the online quiz
2-24/25
In Class: Word Wall, if the classroom was a cell
Homework: Watch this video and take the online quiz
2-26/27
In Class: Micropipette practice, create agarose gels, read “who told you you could sell my spleen?”
Homework: choose a bioethics topic from this form, watch this video and take the online quiz
3-3/4
In Class: Summarize the process of the labs, load gels with dyes and run gels, paper plasmid model and discussion, analyze the gels, research for persuasive essay, essay outline format
Homework: Research and outline your essay
3-5/6
In Class: Restriction enzymes, APA citations and APACheatSheet.pdf, essay check in and edits, check gels at the end of the period
Homework: work on your essay
3-9
In Class: Run gels, EtBr bath, photograph gels and analyze
Homework: Research and write your essay, print your first draft!
3-10/11
In Class: Check DNA gel pics here, transformation lab, once plates are incubating, work on paper/review cycle
Homework: Edit, research, and write your essay, watch this video and take this quiz
3-12/13
In Class: analyze plates, summary: how did we make bacteria express a gene that it didn’t have before?
Homework: Research and write your essay, print your second draft for Monday/Tuesday class!
3-16
In Class: Peer review edit cycle
Homework: Final essay revisions! Use the rubric to check your own progress and print your essay to turn in tomorrow.
3-17/18
In Class: Persuasive essay due! Begin Ecology unit.
Homework: Outline Part I
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1-15/16
In Class: new schedule, Gregor Mendel: father of genetics, parts of a flower lab flower information.pdf, Mendel’s data
1-20
In Class: Quiz on pt I, update Greek and Latin roots, finish Mendel’s data, monohybrid crosses with PTC paper
Homework: Test family members to see if you are heterozygous or homozygous for traits
1-22/23
In Class: “you are a genetic counselor” and mid-year survey
Homework: Outline Part II, finish genetic counseling lab, medical text.pdf, medical records.pdf
1-26
In Class: Quiz on part II, incomplete, co-dominance and sex linked traits jigsaw
Homework: Outline Part III
1-27/28
In Class: Quiz on part III, baby making lab,variations of the human face.pdf
Homework: finish baby lab (draw both babies!)
1-29/30
In Class: Baby lab due! Paternity test case, sex-linked traits, test cross, dihybrid cross
Homework: Outline Part IV
2-3/4
In Class: Quiz on part IV, probabilities, the blue Fugates and the royal pedigree, pedigrees
Homework: Outline Part V
2-5/6
In Class: Quiz on part V, review, heredity vocab
Homework: Study Guide
2-9
In Class: review for exam
Homework: Study Guide, genetics answer key 2015.pdf due tomorrow: study guide, outline, vocabulary chart
2-10/11
In Class: Group and Individual Genetics Exams
Homework: relax :)
2-12/13
In Class: bioethics survey and discussion, strange case of henrietta lacks, intro to modern genetics
Homework: have an amazing break!
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1-5/6
In Class: New year and new beginnings, chromosomes match-up, meiosis card sort, greek and latin roots, tetrads and crossing over
Homework: Outline Part I and II
1-7/8
In Class: Quiz on part I and II, mitosis and meiosis on the table, non-disjunction card sort
Homework: Outline Part III and IV
1-12
In Class: Quiz on part III and IV, non-disjunction, review for test with unit organizer (you can use this on the exam! fill it out yourself)
Homework: Study guide, meiosis study guide answers.pdf
1-13/14
In Class: Outline due, group test, meiosis test, begin genetics unit
Homework: relax :)
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11-11/12
In Class: Binder check, Rosalind franklin, Chargaff’s Data
Homework: DNA coloring sheet
11-13/14
In Class: Make a model of DNA, DNA replication foldable
11-17
In Class: Quiz on part I, DNA replication video, replication/DNA and chromosomes coloring sheet, model replication
Homework: Outline Part II, replication/DNA and chromosomes coloring sheet
11-18/19
In Class: Quiz on part II, virtual DNA extraction, DNA extraction lab
Homework: Chromosomes Worksheet
11-20/21
In Class: Human Karyotypes, chromosomes, mitosis sequencing
Homework: Outline part III
11-24/25
In Class: Quiz on Part III, BioQuest: cell cycle and mitosis (bioquest mitosis answer key.pdf), mitosis cards
Homework: Outline Part IV
12-1
In Class: Quiz on Mitosis, mitosis video, mitosis Lab
Homework: Finish mitosis lab
12-2/3
In Class: Modeling mitosis, exit quiz on mitosis (no notes!)
Homework: Cell division review worksheet
12-4/5
In Class: Enzyme Bubble demo, is it a protein? card sort, macromolecules foldable
Homework: Outline part V and VI
12-8
In Class: Quiz on part V, VI, DNA vs RNA, where are proteins made? protein synthesis video
Homework: Outline Part VII
12-9/10
In Class: Quiz on part VII, protein synthesis worksheet, PB&J mutations
Homework: Outline Part VII, finish protein synthesis worksheet
12-11/12
In Class: Quiz on protein synthesis (no notes!), review for test
Homework: cell reproduction, mitosis, protein synthesis review sheet
cell function and reproduction review answers.pdf
12-15/16
In Class: Turn in review sheet, outline 4 & protein synthesis handouts, unit 4 exam
Homework: Merry Christmas!
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10-2/3
In Class: Where does the mass of plants come from?, plant coloring sheet, observe spinach discs, http://www.ebiology.com/labtools/LeafDisc.html
Homework: Outline Part I, plant coloring sheet
10-6
In Class: Quiz part I, Greek/Latin Roots, Leaf Structure Lab part I (leaf cross section under the microscope) Watch this video first
Homework: Outline Part II, Finish leaf structure lab part I
10-7/8
In Class: Quiz Part II and leaf structure, Greek and Lain roots, part II of leaf structure lab, assemble shrinky dink cells, photograph if time
Homework: Outline Part III, finish leaf structure lab part II
10-9/10
In Class: Quiz on part III, chlorophyll snowball activity, leaf pigments lab
Homework: Finish leaf pigments lab
10-14
In Class: Collect leaf pigments lab, carbohydrates BioQuest, testing for carbohydrates demo
Homework: Outline Part IV
10-16/17
In Class: Quiz on part IV apple tree snowball, carbohydrates card sort, carbohydrates inquiry lab.pdf: where are carbs in plants and what types are they?
Homework: Outline Part V
10-20
In Class: Quiz on part V, functions of living things, Autotroph Inquiries: do plants respire? planning
Homework: Outline Part VI
10-21/22
In Class: Quiz on pat VI, autotroph inquiry set up, “walk through” respiration
Homework: Outline Part VII
10-23/24
In Class: Quiz on Part VII, autotroph inquiry data collection and analysis, photosynthesis/respiration coloring sheet, light and dark snowball, the case of the flea bath
Homework: Outline Part VIII, photosynthesis and respiration coloring sheet
10-28/29
In Class: Quiz on Part VIII, carbon and water cycle posters, Journey of a carbon atom
Homework: Journey of a Carbon atom
10-30/31
In Class: Autotroph inquiries: building organic molecules, review water and carbon cycle, Photosynthesis and Respiration practice quiz.docx
Homework: Journey of a carbon atom
11/3
In Class: The mystery of the campfire, where does the mass of plants come from?
Homework: Journey of a carbon atom
11/4/5
In Class: Journey of a carbon atom DUE, photosynthesis and respiration card sort, review for the test, test prep strategies
Homework: Study guide, energy for life study guide answer key.pdf
11-6/7
In Class: Turn in study guide, outline, unit 4 exam and group exam
Homework: relax :)
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9-8
In Class: “is it alive?” Alive or not card sort, Andromeda Strain, Characteristics of Life
9-9/10
In Class: Quiz on Part I, Andromeda Strain, Greek and Latin Roots, binder check(thursday during the lab), cell function sort, prokaryote vs. eukaryote BioQuest, Microscope rules, cork and critter observations
Homework: Outline Part II
9-11
In Class: Quiz on Part II, Onion and Cheek Cell microscope lab, binder check during the lab, shrinky dink cells assignment
Homework: Outline Part III, shrinky dink cells (due thursday/friday, 9-25/26)
9-15
In Class: Quiz on Part III, Lipids BioQuest, fluid mosaic model video clip, organelle diseases and function analogy
Homework: Outline Part IV, finish bioquest, work on Shrinky Dink cells
9-16/17
In Class: Quiz on Part IV, plants vs animal cells Venn diagram, Xenobiology and the Alien transmission!
Homework: Outline Part V Section 1, work on Shrinky Dink cells
9-17/18
In Class: Quiz on Part V, sec 1, Nobel Prize, Diffusion demo, Cell Size Lab
Homework: Outline Part V Section 2, work on Shrinky Dink cells
9-22
In Class: Quiz on Part V sec 2, Greek and Latin roots, hyper- hypo- iso-tonic worksheet, potato and carrots lab
Homework: work on Shrinky Dink cells!
9-23/24
In Class: Quiz on Part VI, potato and carrots lab set up, binder check, plasmolysis lab
Plasmolysis lab analysis questions:
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1. Describe the appearance of the cell before and after adding salt water. What happened to the cell membrane? What is this called?
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2. Is the salt solution hypertonic, isotonic or hypotonic compared to the cytosol of the onion cell?
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3.In which direction did osmosis occur when you added the salt water?
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4.Do plants prefer to be in a hypotonic, isotonic or hypertonic solution?
Homework: Outline Part VI, work on Shrinky Dink cells (due next class!!!)
9-25/26
In Class: Shrinky Dink Cells are due! potato and carrots lab results, Active/passive transport, ATP model, Active or Passive Transport practice problems, passive and active transport answers.pdf
Homework: Study Guide
9-29
In Class: Organelle card sort, review for the test
Homework: Study Guide, watch these great review videos: animal cells, plants cells, membranes and transport
9-30/10-1
In Class: study guide and outline packet due, Individual and group exams!
Homework: Relax :)
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8-18
In Class: Syllabus, Course Organizer, Outline, Personal Profile, How to use a screencast to do your homework
Homework: Outline Part I, Sign syllabus
8-19/20
In Class: Outline I quiz/hw check, collect syllabus, Monty Python, Observations v Inferences, BioQuest: Experimental Design
Homework: Outline Part II
8-22/23
In Class: Quiz on Part II, Hypotheses: from bad to good, BioQuest: intro to graphs, “stupidity” in science
Homework: Outline Part III
8-25
In Class: Quiz on Part III, Gummy Bear Protocol
Homework: Outline Part IV
8-26/27
In Class: Quiz on Part IV, Metric system practice postponed for odd classes thursday,
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•Gummy Bear Lab Analysis (day two) BE VERY CAREFUL when you get the bears out of the water, you may want to pour them gently into your hands or pull them out with a spoon. They will fall apart very easily, make sure you have a plan to deal with pieces of gummy bears that break.
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•Type up your gummy bear lab report using this format
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•Read this article (the importance of stupidity in scientific research.pdf) and discuss it in small groups. Answer these questions:
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•Why did the author’s friend drop out of graduate school?
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•Why do people like subjects they are good at? How does doing well on an assignment or test make you feel?
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•What realization did the author have after being told Nobel Prize winner Henry Taube didn’t know the answer to a question?
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•What is the difference between “productive stupidity” and “relative stupidity”?
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•How did making mistakes and feeling “stupid” impact you during the gummy bear lab?
Homework: Technology Survey, finish writing gummy bear lab report Generic Lab Format.pdf
8-28/29
In Class: Brown out lab implementation, Feedback on Gummy Bear Lab, Stupidity in science,Turn in Gummy Bear lab at the end of the period
Homework: Work on Brown Out Lab Report
9-2/3
In Class: Brown Out Lab Analysis, What will the test be like? Review for test
Homework: Finish Brown Out Lab Report, Review for the test
9-4/5
In Class: Outline and Brown Out Lab due, Nature of Science Unit Test, Pulse Lab Practical
Homework: Relax :)
