BASIC COURSE INFO:
Biology 2019-20 Course Expectations and Syllabus Overview | |
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- COURSE TEXT Link: Openstax Concepts of Biology
- Concepts of Biology Textbook HQ PDF
- Concepts of Biology Textbook LQ PDF (use on phone/handheld device)
- Mr. Johnston's YouTube playlist of podcasts for each section of the course
- Supplemental Course Text Resource: ck-12 CAHS Biology Concepts
- CONTACT ME by email for the GOOGLE CLASSROOM CODE
CLASS EVENTS:
4th Quarter Assignments and Resources:
Refer to CCS Quarter 4 grading policy.
Due Soon:
- DUE by 5/13 at 3pm: Edpuzzle: Impact of Sea Otters
- DUE by 5/17 at 3pm: Edmentum: Conserving Biodiversity
- DUE by 5/20 at 3pm: Edmentum: Factors that Affect Biodiversity
Past Due: SUBMIT ALL BY FRI 5/8 3pm for full credit. Submit by 5/20 for late credit.
- DUE by 4/29: OPTIONAL Quarter 3 Journals (submit picture of your most completed page for this assignment in Google Classroom). Being Optional, this will not count against your Quarter 4 grade entry.
-DUE by 4/22 at 3pm: Quizizz - Patterns and Rate of Evolution (https://join.quizizz.com #278482)
-DUE by 4/22 at 3pm: Quizizz - Selective Pressures, Reproductive Isolation and Speciation (https://join.quizizz.com #313145)-
-DUE by 4/22 at 3pm: Edmentum: Environmental Impacts on Evolution
-DUE by 4/9: Edmentum: The Process of Evolution
-DUE by 4/10: Quizizz - Mechanisms, H-W Equilibrium. Use this link to go to the LabBench activity, then Quizizz (https://join.quizizz.com #413958)
-DUE by 4/10: Quizizz - Evolutionary Mechanisms and Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium (https://join.quizizz.com #285754)
- DUE by 4/26 at 3pm: Quizizz #490439 (new code!)- Classification
For Support:
WATCH Podcast: Classification; Organizing Life on Earth
WATCH Pocast: 3 Domains and 6 Kingdoms
Link to text (ch.17) and text outline on Google Classroom
- DUE by 4/26 at 3pm: Edpuzzle Cladistics and Cladograms (Link to join Edpuzzle)
- DUE by 5/4 at 3pm: Quizizz #238866 Classification pt.2
For Support:
Link to text (Ch.17) and text outline on Google Classroom
READ Khan Academy: Phylogenetic Trees or WATCH the video
WATCH Amoeba Sisters: Dichotomous Keys
WATCH Species Concepts and Characters
WATCH Cladistics and Cladograms
- DUE by 5/4 at 3pm: Edmentum: Cycles in Ecosystems
- DUE by 5/10 at 3pm: Edmentum: Carrying Capacity of Ecosystems
- DUE by 5/10 at 3pm: Edpuzzle: Population Ecology
***PLEASE enter both your FIRST AND LAST NAME for a Quizizz to earn credit
How to get on Edmentum:
WEEKLY RESOURCES:
4/26 - end of the school year: Ecology
Ecological Interactions:
2.1 Podcast: Intro to Ecology
2.1.2 Podcast: Intro to Eco Interactions (Community and population interactions)
2.2 Podcast Energy of Ecology
2.3 Podcast: Nutrient Cycles
Community Ecology:
Symbiosis Review
Interspecific relationships: predation and symbiosis
3.1 Podcast: Community Ecology
3.2 Podcast: Terrestrial Biomes
Crash Course Community Ecology
Crash Course Community Ecology - pt. II (predators)
Bozeman Science Ecological Succession
Climatograms
Crash Course: Rules for Living on Earth
3.1 Podcast: Community Ecology
Population Ecology:
4.1 Podcast: Population Dynamics
4.1.2 Podcast: Pop Dynamics pt. 2
Biodiversity and Human Impact:
5.1 podcast: Biodiversity
5.2 Podcast: Extinctions
5.2.2 Podcast: Threats to Biodiversity
5.3 Conservation and Restoration
Khan Academy: Human Activities that threaten Biodiversity
Crash Course Human Population Growth
SciShow The Science of Overpopulation
(NPR) 7 billion: How did we get so big so fast?
SciShow: Climate Change
Climate Change: Oh, it's Real. TED Talk Series
TedTalk: A secret weapon against Zika
Frogs and Fungus
Private Life of Plants (v.6)
ODNR Invasive Species in Ohio
USDA Invasive Species info
Bozeman Science Biodiversity
Amoeba Sisters: Biomagnification
Ted Talk: How can we fight antibiotic resistant superbugs?
TED-Ed Why is Biodiversity so important?
Wildlife Corridors
SciShow: Why do more species live near the equator?
TedTalk: Why bees are disappearing
Chemistry World: neonicotinoids
Weeks of 4/6-4/26 Classification and Evolutionary Relationships:
CAHS Lectures:
Classification; Organizing Life on Earth
3 Domains and 6 Kingdoms
Species Concepts and Characters
Cladistics and Cladograms
Resources by Section:
Text/General:
Read Ch. 17 Classification in text packet (linked on Google Classroom)
Classification of life:
Podcast: Classification; Organizing Life on Earth
Podcast: 3 Domains and 6 Kingdoms
Crash Course: Taxonomy - The science of classifying
Amoeba sisters: Classification
Bozeman Science: Three Domains of life
Ricochet Science: Domains and Kingdoms
Cladistics/Phylogeny, Cladograms and Dichotomous Keying:
Podcast: Species Concepts and Characters
Podcast: Cladistics and Cladograms
Bozeman Science: Phylogenetics
Bozeman Science: Cladograms
Khan Academy: Phylogenetic Trees
Using Evolutionary Trees site
Article: Feathered dinosaur tail found in amber
Article: Did velociraptors have feathers?
Amoeba Sisters: dichotomous keying video
3/16-4/10: Evolutionary Mechanisms, Patterns and Rate
CAHS Lectures:
Podcast - The Hardy-Weinberg Principle
Podcast - Microevolution; the other mechanisms
Podcast - Macroevolution; Speciation
Podcast - Adaptations and Sexual Selection
Resources by Section:
Text/General:
Read Ch. 15.3 Shaping Evolutionary Theory text packet (linked below as well)
Evolution text PDF
Note Outline for Chapter 15 Evolution (PDF)
Chapter 11 in OpenStax (Supplemental text)
Genetics and Evolution Note Supplement
Mechanisms of Evolution, Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium:
Podcast - The Hardy-Weinberg Principle
Podcast - Microevolution; the other mechanisms
Podcast - Adaptations and Sexual Selection
Amoeba Sisters Genetic Drift (good review over this mechanism of evolution!)
TED-Ed Five Fingers of Evolution
Why Sex? part 2 clip
Crash Course - Natural Selection
CNN Article about the low variation of the Icelandic population (not much gene flow!) and some research about a genetic defense against Alzheimer's.
Crash Course - Population Genetics (Hardy Weinberg)
Penguin Prof - watch your p's and q's
Bozeman Science: Hardy Weinberg equation
LabBench H-W Lab (pig calculations)
Khan Academy H-W Practice questions and video review
Khan Academy Hardy-Weinberg review guide
Ant Virtual Lab - How Natural Selection affects allele frequencies
National Geographic: White Rhino
Selective Pressures, Reproductive Isolation and Speciation:
Podcast - Macroevolution; Speciation
Amoeba Sisters: Speciation
Bozeman Science: Selection
Crash Course - Natural Selection
Convergent v. Divergent Evolution
Bozeman Science: Coevolution
ASAP Science - chicken or egg?
SciShow: What makes a species a species
Crash Course: Speciation (of Ligers and Men)
Patterns and Rate of Evolution
Podcast - Macroevolution; Speciation
Amoeba Sisters: Speciation
Gradualism v. Punctuated Equilibrium
…………………………………………………………………Where we left off before the big break...………………………………………...……...........
Week of 3/9: Evolution Evidences (Biology packet Ch. 15.2)
READING HW this week: Biology Ch. 15 (packet!)
WATCH Podcasts:
15.2 Podcast Fossil and Anatomical evidence for evolution
15.2.2 Podcast More Evidence for Evolution
Mon: Classwork (15.2 Study Guide); Optional HW Due (https://join.quizizz.com #901496)
HHMI The Origin of Species
Crash Course - Natural Selection
Tues: MANDATORY HW (Evolution lab Questions); Evidences for Evolution
Crash Course -Evidence for Evolution
Wed: Evidences for Evolution
Stated Clearly: What is the Evidence for Evolution?
Khan Academy: Evidence for Evolution
Bozeman Science: Evidence for evolution
Thurs: We will review the principles of natural selection and antibiotic resistance; We will discuss 15.3 content with respect to types of sections/graphical representations of selective advantages.
Fri: QUIZ 8 (15.1-15.2 Evolution. The last quiz of the Quarter and Exempted if the score does not improve your grade %!)
DUE by MONDAY 3/16: Optional HW (https://join.quizizz.com #262558)
CDC Antibiotic resistance
Antibiotic resistance
Week of 3/2: Evolution basics (Biology packet Ch. 15.1)
SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES List
READING HW this week: Biology Ch. 15 (packet!)
WATCH Podcasts:
15.1 Podcast Darwin and the Evolution Idea
15.1.2 Podcast Darwin and Evolution by Natural Selection
Mon: (HW: Have read Cane Toad/Snake Article); Classwork Due: Evolution and Selection packet
Tues:(HW: Have read/watched 15.1); Discuss Darwin and the principles of Natural Selection (Ch.15.1); Watch HHMI The Origin of Species
HHMI The Origin of Species
Stated Clearly: What is Evolution?
Stated Clearly: What is Natural Selection?
Wed: Natural Selection lab (Lab analysis due by 3/9. If absent, be sure to pick up the lab packet and get the data from a classmate)
Amoeba Sisters: Natural Selection
Thurs: Discuss Natural Selection, Fitness and Adaptations (Ch.15.1); Finish discussing HHMI The Origin of Species and scientists' contributions to the theories of evolution.
HHMI The Origin of Species
Fri: Optional HW Due (15.1 Study Guide); QUIZ 7 (History of Life/Evolution)
Planet Earth 2: Iguanas v. snake; Struggle for survival
Peppered moth simulation
Optional HW Due MONDAY 3/9(https://join.quizizz.com #901496)
MANDATORY HW Due MONDAY 3/9 (Evolution lab Questions)
Week of 2/24: Discuss Evidence for Early Earth and History of Life (Biology packet Ch. 14)
SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES List
READING HW this week: Biology Ch. 14 (packet!)
WATCH Podcasts:
Podcast: Spontaneous Generation
Podcast: Fossils
Podcast: History of Earth
Podcast: Endosymbiosis
Mon: Classwork DUE (articles; epigenetics)
SciShow: Epigenetics
Tues:Optional HW Due (DNA Mutations Practice); Discuss history of life on Earth and evidence
SciShow: 3 world-changing experiments
Stated Clearly: What was the Miller-Urey experiment
How to date a dead thing
How do Fossils Form?
Wed: Discuss history of life on Earth and evidence; Discuss geologic events/timeline
Scientific American: How does radiometric dating work
History of the Entire World
Geologic time music video
Geologic Eras animated
Evolving Planet: The Field Museum
Thurs: Discuss the evolution of eukaryotes (we already did this when we discussed them earlier!): Endosymbiosis
Amoeba Sisters: Endosymbiosis
Endosymbiotic Theory
Bozeman Science: Endosymbiosis
Endosymbiotic Theory in Plain English (lack of science terminology but a good, basic overview!)
Fri: OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com #268181); QUIZ 6 (Protein Synthesis, Mutations / History of Life)
Crash Course: The History of Life on Earth
TedEd Myths and Misconceptions about Evolution
Week of 2/17: DNA to Protein (OS Ch.9)
SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES List
READING HW this week: Openstax Ch. 9.3-9.5
WATCH Podcasts:
9.3 Podcast - Central Dogma of Transcription
9.4 Podcast - Translation/Protein Synthesis
9.5 Podcast Regulation, Expression and Mutation
Mon: NO SCHOOL
Tues: OPTIONAL HW DUE (Genetics and Biotechnology); Discuss the path from DNA to RNA to Protein, Transcription and Translation
OPTIONAL HW DUE FRIDAY 2/21: DNA to Protein Review
What make a firefly glow (watched in class)
Introns v. Exons: From pre-mRNA to mRNA (viewed in class)
Crash Course - Transcription and Translation
Wed: Discuss and practice transcription and translation
Milk and the mutants who love it (watched in class)
Amoeba Sisters: How to Read a Codon Chart
Amoeba Sisters - Protein Synthesis
Khan Academy - Replication, Transcription and Translation (Great comprehensive review!)
Bozeman Science - Transcription/Translation - Also Great Review!
Thurs: Practice transcription and translation; Discuss gene mutations
Transcription and Translation Interactive
Practice Transcription and Translation (great resource to go through entire process!)
Bozeman Science: Mutations
A Mutation Story: Sickle Cell Anemia
Fri: OPTIONAL HW DUE (DNA to Protein Review); OPTIONAL HWs DUE (https://join.quizizz.com #293973 and #830357); Quiz 5 (DNA Technology/DNA to Protein)
TedEd: How I discovered DNA - James Watson
Harvard U: An Introduction to the human genome
Week of 2/10: DNA Technologies (OS Ch.10, Packet Ch.13)
SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES List
READING HW this week: Openstax Ch. 10, Ch. 13 packet
WATCH Podcasts:
9.2 Podcast: DNA Replication
Podcast: DNA Technologies (Genetic engineering and DNA fingerprinting)
Podcast: Selective Breeding and Hybridization
Podcast: Genetics engineering (transgenic organisms, cloning)
Mon: OPTIONAL HW DUE by Mon. 2/10: (Bozeman Science DNA Fingerprinting Worksheet); Review DNA replication, fingerprinting technologies
Bozeman Science - DNA Fingerprinting (for optional HW!)
TedEd: How does DNA fingerprinting work? (watched in class)
Bozeman Science - DNA Replication
Virtual Gel Electrophoresis lab
Tues: Discuss selective breeding and hybridization
NOVA: Dogs and More Dogs
Wed: OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com #102516); Quiz 4 (Pedigrees, DNA Structure, Replication, and Technology)
Sci Show: The terrifying Truth about Bananas (watched in class)
Thurs: Discuss GMOs and genetic engineering
MITK12: Genetic engineering (Excellent Review over GM via plasmid - watched in class)
How are Gmo's Created (starring the Hawaiian Rainbow Papaya)
Scientific American Instant Egghead #45 - What is a Genetically Modified Food?
Genetic engineering basics animation
NY Times 1986 Tobacco Plant with Firefly Gene Implant Grows
Fri: CLASSWORK DUE (DNA Technology - Plasmids); OPTIONAL HW DUE (DNA Technology); Discuss cloning (Gene/DNA, Therapeutic, Reproductive) and DNA editing methods in development
SciShow - Why are GMOs bad?
Bozeman Science: Molecular Genetics (Great review)
SciShow: CRISPR A Gene Editing superpower
NOVA Next: genetically engineering almost anything (CRISPR gene drive)
Week of 2/3: DNA Structure, Replication and Technologies (Ch. 9.1-9.2, 10.1)
READING HW this week: Openstax Ch. 9.1-9.2, 10.1
WATCH Podcasts:
9.1 Podcast - DNA is Genetic Material
9.1.2 Podcast - Structure of DNA
9.2 Podcast: DNA Replication
10.1.2: DNA Technologies
Mon: Discuss DNA structure
Interactive to practice knowledge of the DNA Base Pairing Rules
The DNA Double Helix Discovery (HHMI)
Tues: Discuss DNA Replication
Crash Course - DNA Structure and Replication (watched in class)
Bozeman Science - DNA Replication
Amoeba Sisters - DNA Replication
MIT Lecture - DNA Replication (some details are beyond our level, but interesting if you want to see what a college lecture looks like!)
Wed: Discuss machinery of DNA replication and use of DNA Fingerprinting Analysis
MITK12 video- PCR
MITK12 video - Gel Electrophoresis
Bozeman Science - DNA Fingerprinting (for optional HW!)
10.1.2: DNA Technologies
Thurs and Fri: Meet in CAHS Library for DNA Analysis lab!
Virtual Gel Electrophoresis lab - try this if you are absent!
Another DNA fingerprinting "how to" video
Week of 1/27: Pedigrees and DNA History and Structure (Pedigrees,Ch. 9.1)
READING HW this week: Note supplements over linkage and pedigrees; Openstax Ch. 9.1
WATCH Podcasts:
8.3.4 Podcast: Pedigrees
9.1 Podcast - DNA is Genetic Material
9.1.2 Podcast - Structure of DNA
Mon: OPTIONAL HW DUE (Pedigree Practice); Practice pedigrees
Khan Academy: Pedigrees
Amoeba Sisters: Pedigrees
Tues: Discuss the structure of DNA
Stated Clearly: What is DNA?
Khan Academy: DNA
Wed: Discuss the structure of DNA; Discuss the History of DNA discoveries
Interactive to practice knowledge of the DNA Base Pairing Rules
The DNA Double Helix Discovery (HHMI)
Khan Academy: History of DNA
Thurs: Discuss the structure of DNA; Discuss the History of DNA discoveries
Fri: OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com #157028); OPTIONAL HW DUE (DNA Review); QUIZ 3 (8.3 Sex-linkage/Pedigrees, 9.1 DNA structure)
Week of 1/20: Non-Mendelian Genetics and Pedigrees (Ch. 8.3)
READING HW this week: Openstax Ch.8.3; Note supplements over linkage and pedigrees
PEDIGREE NOTE SUPPLEMENT (Khan Academy)
WATCH Podcasts:
8.3.3 Podcast: Sex Determination and Sex Linkage
8.3.4 Podcast: Pedigrees
Mon: NO SCHOOL
Tues: Discuss and practice sex-linkage
Khan Academy: Sex-linked Traits
Amoeba Sisters: Sex-linkage
The genetics of calico cats
Wed: Practice sex-linkage; Discuss pedigrees
PEDIGREE NOTE SUPPLEMENT (Khan Academy)
How to solve a pedigree
Khan Academy: Pedigrees
Amoeba Sisters: Pedigrees
Bozeman Science: Advanced Genetics
Thurs: Practice sex-linkage problems (turn in the Sex-Linked Traits Introduction classwork today)
Fri: Sex-linkage OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com #401836); QUIZ 2 (Ch. 8 Genetics - Codominance, Sex-linkage/Pedigrees)
Week of 1/13 - FIRST WEEK OF QUARTER 3: Non-Mendelian Genetics and Pedigrees (Ch. 8.3)
READING HW this week: Openstax Ch.8.3
WATCH Podcasts:
8.2.2 Podcast: Punnett Squares
8.3 Podcast: Incomplete and Codominance
8.3.3 Podcast: Sex Determination and Sex Linkage
8.3.4 Podcast: Pedigrees
Mon: OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com #365000); Review Uses of Fermentation (substitute; classwork due)
Tues: Discuss non-Mendelian patterns of inheritance: Incomplete Dominance, Codominance, Multiple alleles
Amoeba Sisters Complex Patterns of Inheritance
Wed: NO SCHOOL!
Thurs: Review Codominance; Discuss linkage of genes and chromosomal inheritance of sex determination
Linked Genes
Bozeman Science: Linked Genes
Bozeman Science: Genetic recombination and gene mapping (AP Bio prep!)
Fri: OPTIONAL HW DUE (Genetics Review); OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com 212172); QUIZ 1 (Ch. 8.1-8.2 Genetics/8.3 Genetics); Discuss sex-linkage
Amoeba Sisters: Punnett Squares and Sex-linkage
Khan Academy: Sex-linked Traits
Week of 1/6: Welcome Back to LAST WEEK of Qtr. 2! Genetics(Ch. 8.1-8.2)
READING HW this week: Openstax Ch.8.1-8.3
WATCH Podcasts:
8.1 Podcast: Gregor Mendel and Heredity
8.2 Podcast: Laws of Genetics
8.2.2 Podcast: Punnett Squares
8.3 Podcast: Incomplete and Codominance
8.3.2 Podcast: Multiple Alleles and Epistasis
Mon: MANDATORY HW DUE (Cell Cycle Details and Genetics Intro); OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com 489897);
Review Mendelian genetics and phenotypic/genotypic ratios
Bozeman Science: Mendelian genetics
Tues: Discuss Mendel's research, practice monohybrid crosses, probability ratios
TEDed How Mendel's pea plants helped us understand genetics
Wed: Discuss test crosses and dihybrid crosses;
Bozeman Science: A beginners guide to Punnett Squares (Includes Dihybrids!)
Thurs: Practice with dihybrid crosses and phenotypic ratios; Discuss Polygenic traits, Multiple Alleles and Epistasis.
Amoeba Sisters: Dihybrid Crosses
Fri: QUIZ 7 (Ch. 7 Meiosis and Ch. 8.1-8.3 Heredity); Review Polygenic Inheritance and Epistasis
8.3.5 Polygenic Inheritance
Week of 12/16: Cell Division(Ch.6+7) and Heredity(Ch.8.1)
READING HW this week: Cell Cycle Text Supplement Packet - pt. 2, Openstax Ch.7, 8.1
Podcast Cell cycle regulation - (we will not get into this much detail)
Podcast: Cancer, apoptosis and stem cells
Podcast: Meiosis
7.3 Podcast:Meiosis mistakes; non-disjunction and using karyotypes
8.1 Podcast: Gregor Mendel and Heredity
8.2 Podcast: Laws of Genetics
8.2.2 Podcast: Punnett Squares
Mon: Discuss the checkpoints of the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle and Cancer; Discuss how the events of meiosis ensure genetic variation in the resulting cells
Crossing over (watched in class)
Tues: Discuss how the events of meiosis ensure genetic variation in resulting cells and eventual offspring; Discuss chromosomal abnormalities and use of Karyograms/Karyotypes;
Bozeman Science: Mitosis and Meiosis simulation (watched in class)
Wed: Review homologous chromosomes and the events of meiosis; Practice crossing over problems; Overview Ch. 8.1 Mendelian Genetics terminology
Crash Course Meiosis
Bozeman Science Phases of Meiosis
Thurs: Overview Ch. 8.1 Mendelian Genetics terminology
Bozeman Science: Mendelian genetics
Friday: EXTRA CREDIT DUE (Turn in Cell Cycle Details and Genetics Intro early!); Practice Mendelian Genetics
TEDed How Mendel's pea plants helped us understand genetics
Crash Course Heredity
Week of 12/9: Cell Division (Ch.6)
READING HW this week: Cell Cycle Text Supplement Packet (Ch.6 Openstax)
Podcast: Cell Size
Podcast: The Cell Cycle
Podcast: Mitosis and Cytokinesis
Podcast: Chromosome info
Mon: Discuss the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle; a look at chromosome numbers
Bozeman Science video - Why cells are small
(Middle school review)Amoeba sisters Mitosis
(Middle school review)Khan Academy: Mitosis
(Middle school review)Crash Course Mitosis
(Middle school review)Actual Mitosis video
Tues: Discuss the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle and Mitosis vs. Meiosis versions of cell division; a look at chromosome numbers
ALUMNI DAY SURVEY
SciShow Stem Cells
MIT OpenCourseWare lecture on Stem Cells (well above what you need for this class, but a good look into college lecture!)
Wed: Optional HW DUE (6.2 Review); Discuss the phases of Interphase and the Mitosis.
Khan Academy: Interphase
Twilight Mitosis - a look at mitosis phases under a microscope
PenguinProf: Cell cycle and mitosis review video
Thurs: Discuss the phases of Interphase and the Mitosis
Friday: OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com 341799); QUIZ 6 (4.2-4.4 Cellular Respiration; Ch. 6 Cell Cycle)
CNN Surgeons grow a nose on a man's forehead for transplant
Week of 12/2: Cellular Respiration
READING HW this week: Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Text Supplement Packet (Ch.4.1-5.3 Openstax)
4.2-4.4 Cellular Respiration
Mon: Optional HW DUE (When Cells Stop Working article questions); Discuss the details of cellular respiration: aerobic and anaerobic processes
Article about mitochondrial diseases (Cleveland Clinic)
Amoeba Sisters: Cellular Respiration
Tues: Optional HW DUE (Cellular Respiration Practice); Discuss the details of cellular respiration: aerobic and anaerobic processes
Crash Course ATP and Respiration video
Amoeba Sisters: Fermentation
Wed: Wrap up cellular respiration with a closer look at fermentation; Discuss the endosymbiotic theory - the data supporting the evolution of compartmentalized eukaryotic cells from prokaryotic life.
Thurs: Discuss the endosymbiotic theory - the data supporting the evolution of compartmentalized eukaryotic cells from prokaryotic life.
TedEd How we Think Complex Cells Evolved
Bozeman Science: Endosymbiosis
Fri: QUIZ 5 (5.1-5.3 Photosynthesis/4.2-4.4 Cellular Respiration); OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com 189065) Explore why cells divide
Bozeman Science video - Why cells are small
Crash Course Animal Development - We're Just Tubes
MITK12 Why we can re-grow a liver
Week of 11/25: Cellular Respiration
READING HW this week: Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Text Supplement Packet (Ch.4.1-5.3 Openstax)
4.2-4.4 Cellular Respiration
Mon: QUIZ 4 (4.1 Reactions and Enzymes/5.1-5.3 Photosynthesis); OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com 337417); Discuss the relationship between photosynthesis and cellular respiration
SciShow: 3 amazing photosynthetic animals
SciShow: Darwin's darlings - meat eating plants
SciShow: Is there less oxygen in the winter?
Tues: Explore the need for cellular respiration
The Carbon Cycle - video by TED-Ed
Week of 11/18: ATP and Photosynthesis
READING HW this week: Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Text Supplement Packet (Ch.4.1-5.3 Openstax)
4.1.3 Podcast: Cellular Energy
5.1-5.2 Light Dependent Reaction of Photosynthesis (is a little too detailed)
5.3 Calvin Cycle (light independent reactions) of Photosynthesis (is a little too detailed)
Mon: MANDATORY HW DUE (Enzymatic Reaction Lab Packet); Discuss energy in a reaction and analyze enzymatic graphs
Tues: Discuss ATP generation and uses; Discuss the basics of photosynthesis
Wed: Discuss details of photosynthesis
Bozeman Science: Photosynthesis (though more detailed than you are required to know!)
Thurs: Wrap up photosynthesis
Ameoba sisters: Photosynthesis
Crash Course Photosynthesis (though more detailed than you are required to know!)
Fri: Optional HW DUE (Photosynthesis Overview); Optional HW DUE (Photosynthesis Practice); Discuss the basics of cellular respiration
Crash Course ATP and Respiration video
Week of 11/11: Enzymes
READING HW this week: Ch. 4.1 Openstax
4.1.1 Podcast: Chemical Reactions
4.1.3 Podcast: Cellular Energy
4.1.2 Podcast: Enzymes
Mon:OPTIONAL HW DUE (4.1 Practice: Energy..); OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com code:256801 - 3 chances; score 85% or higher); Discuss energy in a reaction and enzymes
Amoeba Sisters: Enzymes (Pac-Man)
Tues: Enzyme practice
Factors that affect an enzymatic reaction simulation
Enzyme reaction rate video
Wed: Enzyme Lab
Enzyme Lab Make up Pictures
Thurs: OPTIONAL HW DUE (Enzymatic Reactions Overview/Enzyme Practice); QUIZ 3 (Ch. 4 preview Matter and Energy/4.1 Reactions and Enzymes)
Fri: OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com 238809); Explore venom
Week of 11/4: Discuss the Flow of energy and cycling of matter
READING HW this week: Ch. 4 Preview Packet; 4.1 Note Supplement; Ch. 4.1 Openstax (pg. 92-94)
Podcast: The Energy of Ecology (this should be mostly review from middle school)
Podcast: Nutrient Cycling (focus on Cabon Cycle!)
4.1.1 Podcast: Chemical Reactions
Mon: Discuss the flow of energy and the cycling of matter
Tues: NO SCHOOL!!
Wed: HW DUE (Pre-4.1 (3.1) Practice; Mandatory if 75% or less on Q1)); Continued discussion on the flow of energy and cycling of matter, focus on carbon cycling
The Carbon Cycle - video by TED-Ed
Cycles of Matter and Transfer of Energy review (elementary-high school) video by Bozeman Science
Energy Flow in Ecosystems - a review video by Bozeman Science
Crash Course: Hydrologic and Carbon cycles
Thurs: Wrap up the flow of energy and cycling of matter; Discuss chemical reactions
4.1.1 Podcast: Chemical Reactions
Fri: OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com 229891);QUIZ 2 (3.4-3.6 Membrane/Ch. 4 preview matter and energy)
4.1.3 Podcast: Cellular Energy
Week of 10/28: Membrane Function, Transport
READING HW this week: Openstax Concepts of Biology 3.5 Passive Transport, 3.6 Active Transport
3.4 Podcast The Plasma Membrane
3.5 Podcast Passive Transport
3.5..2 Podcast : Osmosis
3.6 Podcast: Active Transport
Mon: Optional HW DUE (3.4 Study Guide);Review membrane structure and Discuss membrane transport
Crash Course: In Da Club (membrane transport)
Amoeba Sisters: Osmosis
Tues: Discuss passive and active transport
Paramecium Exploding! What happens if a paramecium's contractile vacuole stops working?
Kahn Academy: Osmosis
Kahn Academy: Endocytosis
Khan Academy: Exocytosis
Wed: Investigate transport
Onion epidermis osmosis lab
Membrane transport simulator
Thurs: More Osmosis discussion; Mechanisms to combat osmosis transport (how do living things fight physics?) including "contractile vacuoles"
Egg Osmosis demonstration
Fri: OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com 229891); QUIZ 1 (3.2-3.3/3.4-3.6)
SciShow: Do fish drink?
TEDTalk: How we can make crops survive without water
TED Talk: Cell Membranes are way more complicated than you think
Week of 10/21: Cells
READING HW this week: Openstax Concepts of Biology 3.3 Eukaryotic Cells, 3.4 Membrane
3.3.2 Endomembrane System and Organelle Review
3.4 Podcast The Plasma Membrane
Mon: Optional HW Due (3.3 Study Guide); OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com code:789065 3 chances. Score 85% or higher); QUIZ 7 (3.1/3.2, 3.3)
Tues: Practice comparing Proks v. Euks and Plant v. Animal cells; one more look at the endomembrane system
Crash Course: Eukaryopolis (Animal cells)
Crash Course: Plant Cells
Wed: NO SCHOOL
Thurs: Discuss membrane structure and function
TEDED: The Cell membrane
Fri Discuss membrane structure and function
PenguinProf: Meet the Cell Membrane
Week of 10/14: Cells
READING HW this week: Openstax Concepts of Biology 3.3 Eukaryotic Cells
3.3 Podcast: Eukaryotic Cell Structure
3.3.2 Endomembrane System and Organelle Review
Mon: Explore the differences between Prokaryotic cells and Eukaryotic cells
Prokaryotes v. Eukaryotes
Tues: Optional Classwork Due (Daily Journal); Discuss Eukaryotic cells
Crash Course: Eukaryopolis (Animal cells)
Crash Course: Plant Cells
Wed: PRACTICE TESTING - No Biology class!
Thurs: Practice with eukaryotic cell structures and their functions (Classwork DUE)
Fri: NO SCHOOL!
Week of 10/7: Cells!
READING HW this week: Openstax Concepts of Biology 3.1 How Cells are Studied (and 3.1 Supplement Packet), 3.2 Comparing Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells
3.1 + 3.2 Podcast: Microscopes, Cell Theory and Types
Podcast: Cell Size
Mon: Discuss Cell Discovery, The Cell Theory and classifications of life based on cellular arrangement
The Wacky History of the Cell Theory
Prokaryotes v. Eukaryotes
Tues: Optional HW Due (Microscope lab questions); Microscope Lab (make a wet mount; view living organisms)
How to make a wet mount
SciShow - Inside the world's powerful new microscopes
Wed:Discuss cell classifications: Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic
Bozeman Science A Tour of the Cell
Thurs: Optional HW Due (Structure and Function of the Cell); Discuss cell size - why are cells small?
Why cells are small demo
Podcast: Cell Size
Bozeman Science video - Why cells are small
Fri: Optional HW Due (3.2 Review); QUIZ 6 (2.3, 3.1/3.2) Wrap up cell size
TedTalk: Lifesaving scientific tools made of paper
TedTalk: 50 cent Origami microscope
Week of 9/30: How we study cells (microscopes!)
READING HW this week: Openstax Concepts of Biology 3.1 How Cells are Studied, 3.1 Supplement Packet
3.1 + 3.2 Podcast: Microscopes, Cell Theory and Types
Mon: Classwork Due (Lipids for Life); Review Lipids
Tues: NO SCHOOL!
Wed: NO SCHOOL!
Thurs: Discuss microscopy
TedEd How to Use a microscope and parts of a microscope
SciShow - Microscope: The tube that changed the world
Fri: Mandatory HW Due (Intro to the Microscope Practice); Microscope Lab (use compound light microscope to view a fixed specimen)
How to use a microscope
Virtual Microscope (does not work well with Chrome)
Week of 9/23: Biological Molecules (The Chemistry of Carbon!)
READING HW this week: Openstax Concepts of Biology 2.3 Biological Molecules
2.3 Carbon and Macromolecules
2.3.2 Carbohydrates and lipids
2.3.3 Nucleic Acids and Proteins
Chapter 2 Support notes for Openstax (textbook )
Mon: Discuss organic v. inorganic molecules; Discuss the properties of carbon and the ways in which carbon is critical to life.
Crash Course: Biological Molecules
Tues: Discuss the structures and functions of the major types of biological (organic) molecules: Carbohydrates and Lipids
Amoeba Sisters: Biomolecules
Bozeman Science: The Molecules of Life
Wed: Optional HW DUE (Macromolecules Article Questions); Discuss Lipids, Nucleic Acids, and Proteins
Thurs: Classwork Due (Macromolecule Chart);Review organic molecules
Fri: Mandatory HW DUE (2.3 Practice; ONLY MANDATORY if scored 14 or less on Quiz 4); OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com code:752765 3 chances. Score 85% or higher); QUIZ 5 (Ch. 2.2/2.3)
Week of 9/16: Bonding and the Properties of Water
READING HW this week: Openstax Concepts of Biology 2.1: The Building Blocks of Molecules, 2.2 Water
2.1 Basic Chemistry review
2.1.2 Chemical Reactions
2.2 Water
Mon: Discuss Bonding and Water specifically
Bozeman Science: Water-A Polar Molecule (watched in class)
Tues: Investigate the properties of water
Amoeba Sisters: Properties of Water
Wed: Mandatory CW/HW DUE (Properties of Water); Investigate properties of water
Thurs: Wrap up properties of water
TEDeD How polarity makes water behave (watched in class)
Crash Course: Water - Liquid Awesome
TedEd Why don't oil and water mix
The dangers of Dihydrogen Monoxide
Fri: Mandatory Lab Questions DUE; Optional HW Due (https://join.quizizz.com code: 819277 3 chances. Score 85% or higher); QUIZ 4 (Ch. 2.1/2.2); Discuss pH (wrap up 2.2)
2.2 Mixtures and pH (watched in class)
Week of 9/9: The Process of Science and Basic Chemistry
READING HW this week: Openstax Concepts of Biology Ch.1.2 The Process of Science, 2.1: The Building Blocks of Molecules
1.2.2 Podcast: Experimental Design
1.2.3 Experimental Data
2.1 Basic Chemistry review
Mon: Discuss/Practice Data Analysis
Tues: OPTIONAL HW DUE; Discuss/Practice Experimental Design
Bozeman Science: Beginning Graphing
Bozeman Science: graphing data by hand
Wed: OPTIONAL HW DUE (Graphing); Discuss 2.1 Basic Chemistry (Matter and Energy)
Bozeman Science: Covalent v. Ionic Bonds
Khan Academy: Elements and Atoms
Thurs: Practice with Experimental Design and Basic Chemistry concepts
Today's Quizizz for quiz practice (https://join.quizizz.com code: 179136)
Fri: OPTIONAL HW DUE (2.1 Practice); QUIZ 3 (Ch. 1.2/2.1)
Crash Course: Water - Liquid Awesome
Week of 9/3: The Process of Science
We will discussing the process of science.
READING HW this week: Openstax Concepts of Biology Chapter 1 (1.2 The Process of Science)
1.2.1 Podcast: What is Science?
1.2.2 Podcast: Experimental Design
Mon: NO SCHOOL!
Tues: OPTIONAL HW DUE; Discuss the nature of science
Wed: Discuss the process of science
Thurs: Discuss the process of science
Fri: QUIZ 2 (Ch. 1.1/1.2); Discuss the process of science
Week of 8/26: What is Biology, Science?
We will discussing the process of science and the scientific study of life.
READING HW this week: Openstax Concepts of Biology Chapter 1 (1.1 Themes and Concepts in Biology)
1.1 Podcast: What is Biology?
Mon: HW Due: summer work if haven't already
CW DUE: Complete the "Introduction to Biology!" assignment posted on Google Classroom
CW DUE: Complete the Student Information sheet provided in class
We will access class resources, including the textbook,
Tues: Discuss science as a way of knowing and the study of, characteristics of life
Wed: Discuss the characteristics of life
Thurs: Discuss the nature of science
TEDEd: At what moment are you dead?
Fri: OPTIONAL HW DUE (1.1 Practice), QUIZ 1 (Ch. 1.1)
Week of 8/22 and 8/26: Welcome!
In these first days, we will get to know each other and prepare for the year
READING HW this week: Expectations and Syllabus Overview provided on first day
Thurs: Summer work due; Go over course expectations
Fri: Pre-Test
Refer to CCS Quarter 4 grading policy.
Due Soon:
- DUE by 5/13 at 3pm: Edpuzzle: Impact of Sea Otters
- DUE by 5/17 at 3pm: Edmentum: Conserving Biodiversity
- DUE by 5/20 at 3pm: Edmentum: Factors that Affect Biodiversity
Past Due: SUBMIT ALL BY FRI 5/8 3pm for full credit. Submit by 5/20 for late credit.
- DUE by 4/29: OPTIONAL Quarter 3 Journals (submit picture of your most completed page for this assignment in Google Classroom). Being Optional, this will not count against your Quarter 4 grade entry.
-DUE by 4/22 at 3pm: Quizizz - Patterns and Rate of Evolution (https://join.quizizz.com #278482)
-DUE by 4/22 at 3pm: Quizizz - Selective Pressures, Reproductive Isolation and Speciation (https://join.quizizz.com #313145)-
-DUE by 4/22 at 3pm: Edmentum: Environmental Impacts on Evolution
-DUE by 4/9: Edmentum: The Process of Evolution
-DUE by 4/10: Quizizz - Mechanisms, H-W Equilibrium. Use this link to go to the LabBench activity, then Quizizz (https://join.quizizz.com #413958)
-DUE by 4/10: Quizizz - Evolutionary Mechanisms and Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium (https://join.quizizz.com #285754)
- DUE by 4/26 at 3pm: Quizizz #490439 (new code!)- Classification
For Support:
WATCH Podcast: Classification; Organizing Life on Earth
WATCH Pocast: 3 Domains and 6 Kingdoms
Link to text (ch.17) and text outline on Google Classroom
- DUE by 4/26 at 3pm: Edpuzzle Cladistics and Cladograms (Link to join Edpuzzle)
- DUE by 5/4 at 3pm: Quizizz #238866 Classification pt.2
For Support:
Link to text (Ch.17) and text outline on Google Classroom
READ Khan Academy: Phylogenetic Trees or WATCH the video
WATCH Amoeba Sisters: Dichotomous Keys
WATCH Species Concepts and Characters
WATCH Cladistics and Cladograms
- DUE by 5/4 at 3pm: Edmentum: Cycles in Ecosystems
- DUE by 5/10 at 3pm: Edmentum: Carrying Capacity of Ecosystems
- DUE by 5/10 at 3pm: Edpuzzle: Population Ecology
***PLEASE enter both your FIRST AND LAST NAME for a Quizizz to earn credit
How to get on Edmentum:
- Visit Clever
- Enter your CCS Username (CCS Student ID number and CCS domain)
- Enter your CCS Password (same password that you use to log in to a computer at school)
- Click the ‘E’ or Edmentum link on the Clever page, which will take you to your classes.
WEEKLY RESOURCES:
4/26 - end of the school year: Ecology
Ecological Interactions:
2.1 Podcast: Intro to Ecology
2.1.2 Podcast: Intro to Eco Interactions (Community and population interactions)
2.2 Podcast Energy of Ecology
2.3 Podcast: Nutrient Cycles
Community Ecology:
Symbiosis Review
Interspecific relationships: predation and symbiosis
3.1 Podcast: Community Ecology
3.2 Podcast: Terrestrial Biomes
Crash Course Community Ecology
Crash Course Community Ecology - pt. II (predators)
Bozeman Science Ecological Succession
Climatograms
Crash Course: Rules for Living on Earth
3.1 Podcast: Community Ecology
Population Ecology:
4.1 Podcast: Population Dynamics
4.1.2 Podcast: Pop Dynamics pt. 2
Biodiversity and Human Impact:
5.1 podcast: Biodiversity
5.2 Podcast: Extinctions
5.2.2 Podcast: Threats to Biodiversity
5.3 Conservation and Restoration
Khan Academy: Human Activities that threaten Biodiversity
Crash Course Human Population Growth
SciShow The Science of Overpopulation
(NPR) 7 billion: How did we get so big so fast?
SciShow: Climate Change
Climate Change: Oh, it's Real. TED Talk Series
TedTalk: A secret weapon against Zika
Frogs and Fungus
Private Life of Plants (v.6)
ODNR Invasive Species in Ohio
USDA Invasive Species info
Bozeman Science Biodiversity
Amoeba Sisters: Biomagnification
Ted Talk: How can we fight antibiotic resistant superbugs?
TED-Ed Why is Biodiversity so important?
Wildlife Corridors
SciShow: Why do more species live near the equator?
TedTalk: Why bees are disappearing
Chemistry World: neonicotinoids
Weeks of 4/6-4/26 Classification and Evolutionary Relationships:
CAHS Lectures:
Classification; Organizing Life on Earth
3 Domains and 6 Kingdoms
Species Concepts and Characters
Cladistics and Cladograms
Resources by Section:
Text/General:
Read Ch. 17 Classification in text packet (linked on Google Classroom)
Classification of life:
Podcast: Classification; Organizing Life on Earth
Podcast: 3 Domains and 6 Kingdoms
Crash Course: Taxonomy - The science of classifying
Amoeba sisters: Classification
Bozeman Science: Three Domains of life
Ricochet Science: Domains and Kingdoms
Cladistics/Phylogeny, Cladograms and Dichotomous Keying:
Podcast: Species Concepts and Characters
Podcast: Cladistics and Cladograms
Bozeman Science: Phylogenetics
Bozeman Science: Cladograms
Khan Academy: Phylogenetic Trees
Using Evolutionary Trees site
Article: Feathered dinosaur tail found in amber
Article: Did velociraptors have feathers?
Amoeba Sisters: dichotomous keying video
3/16-4/10: Evolutionary Mechanisms, Patterns and Rate
CAHS Lectures:
Podcast - The Hardy-Weinberg Principle
Podcast - Microevolution; the other mechanisms
Podcast - Macroevolution; Speciation
Podcast - Adaptations and Sexual Selection
Resources by Section:
Text/General:
Read Ch. 15.3 Shaping Evolutionary Theory text packet (linked below as well)
Evolution text PDF
Note Outline for Chapter 15 Evolution (PDF)
Chapter 11 in OpenStax (Supplemental text)
Genetics and Evolution Note Supplement
Mechanisms of Evolution, Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium:
Podcast - The Hardy-Weinberg Principle
Podcast - Microevolution; the other mechanisms
Podcast - Adaptations and Sexual Selection
Amoeba Sisters Genetic Drift (good review over this mechanism of evolution!)
TED-Ed Five Fingers of Evolution
Why Sex? part 2 clip
Crash Course - Natural Selection
CNN Article about the low variation of the Icelandic population (not much gene flow!) and some research about a genetic defense against Alzheimer's.
Crash Course - Population Genetics (Hardy Weinberg)
Penguin Prof - watch your p's and q's
Bozeman Science: Hardy Weinberg equation
LabBench H-W Lab (pig calculations)
Khan Academy H-W Practice questions and video review
Khan Academy Hardy-Weinberg review guide
Ant Virtual Lab - How Natural Selection affects allele frequencies
National Geographic: White Rhino
Selective Pressures, Reproductive Isolation and Speciation:
Podcast - Macroevolution; Speciation
Amoeba Sisters: Speciation
Bozeman Science: Selection
Crash Course - Natural Selection
Convergent v. Divergent Evolution
Bozeman Science: Coevolution
ASAP Science - chicken or egg?
SciShow: What makes a species a species
Crash Course: Speciation (of Ligers and Men)
Patterns and Rate of Evolution
Podcast - Macroevolution; Speciation
Amoeba Sisters: Speciation
Gradualism v. Punctuated Equilibrium
…………………………………………………………………Where we left off before the big break...………………………………………...……...........
Week of 3/9: Evolution Evidences (Biology packet Ch. 15.2)
READING HW this week: Biology Ch. 15 (packet!)
WATCH Podcasts:
15.2 Podcast Fossil and Anatomical evidence for evolution
15.2.2 Podcast More Evidence for Evolution
Mon: Classwork (15.2 Study Guide); Optional HW Due (https://join.quizizz.com #901496)
HHMI The Origin of Species
Crash Course - Natural Selection
Tues: MANDATORY HW (Evolution lab Questions); Evidences for Evolution
Crash Course -Evidence for Evolution
Wed: Evidences for Evolution
Stated Clearly: What is the Evidence for Evolution?
Khan Academy: Evidence for Evolution
Bozeman Science: Evidence for evolution
Thurs: We will review the principles of natural selection and antibiotic resistance; We will discuss 15.3 content with respect to types of sections/graphical representations of selective advantages.
Fri: QUIZ 8 (15.1-15.2 Evolution. The last quiz of the Quarter and Exempted if the score does not improve your grade %!)
DUE by MONDAY 3/16: Optional HW (https://join.quizizz.com #262558)
CDC Antibiotic resistance
Antibiotic resistance
Week of 3/2: Evolution basics (Biology packet Ch. 15.1)
SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES List
READING HW this week: Biology Ch. 15 (packet!)
WATCH Podcasts:
15.1 Podcast Darwin and the Evolution Idea
15.1.2 Podcast Darwin and Evolution by Natural Selection
Mon: (HW: Have read Cane Toad/Snake Article); Classwork Due: Evolution and Selection packet
Tues:(HW: Have read/watched 15.1); Discuss Darwin and the principles of Natural Selection (Ch.15.1); Watch HHMI The Origin of Species
HHMI The Origin of Species
Stated Clearly: What is Evolution?
Stated Clearly: What is Natural Selection?
Wed: Natural Selection lab (Lab analysis due by 3/9. If absent, be sure to pick up the lab packet and get the data from a classmate)
Amoeba Sisters: Natural Selection
Thurs: Discuss Natural Selection, Fitness and Adaptations (Ch.15.1); Finish discussing HHMI The Origin of Species and scientists' contributions to the theories of evolution.
HHMI The Origin of Species
Fri: Optional HW Due (15.1 Study Guide); QUIZ 7 (History of Life/Evolution)
Planet Earth 2: Iguanas v. snake; Struggle for survival
Peppered moth simulation
Optional HW Due MONDAY 3/9(https://join.quizizz.com #901496)
MANDATORY HW Due MONDAY 3/9 (Evolution lab Questions)
Week of 2/24: Discuss Evidence for Early Earth and History of Life (Biology packet Ch. 14)
SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES List
READING HW this week: Biology Ch. 14 (packet!)
WATCH Podcasts:
Podcast: Spontaneous Generation
Podcast: Fossils
Podcast: History of Earth
Podcast: Endosymbiosis
Mon: Classwork DUE (articles; epigenetics)
SciShow: Epigenetics
Tues:Optional HW Due (DNA Mutations Practice); Discuss history of life on Earth and evidence
SciShow: 3 world-changing experiments
Stated Clearly: What was the Miller-Urey experiment
How to date a dead thing
How do Fossils Form?
Wed: Discuss history of life on Earth and evidence; Discuss geologic events/timeline
Scientific American: How does radiometric dating work
History of the Entire World
Geologic time music video
Geologic Eras animated
Evolving Planet: The Field Museum
Thurs: Discuss the evolution of eukaryotes (we already did this when we discussed them earlier!): Endosymbiosis
Amoeba Sisters: Endosymbiosis
Endosymbiotic Theory
Bozeman Science: Endosymbiosis
Endosymbiotic Theory in Plain English (lack of science terminology but a good, basic overview!)
Fri: OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com #268181); QUIZ 6 (Protein Synthesis, Mutations / History of Life)
Crash Course: The History of Life on Earth
TedEd Myths and Misconceptions about Evolution
Week of 2/17: DNA to Protein (OS Ch.9)
SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES List
READING HW this week: Openstax Ch. 9.3-9.5
WATCH Podcasts:
9.3 Podcast - Central Dogma of Transcription
9.4 Podcast - Translation/Protein Synthesis
9.5 Podcast Regulation, Expression and Mutation
Mon: NO SCHOOL
Tues: OPTIONAL HW DUE (Genetics and Biotechnology); Discuss the path from DNA to RNA to Protein, Transcription and Translation
OPTIONAL HW DUE FRIDAY 2/21: DNA to Protein Review
What make a firefly glow (watched in class)
Introns v. Exons: From pre-mRNA to mRNA (viewed in class)
Crash Course - Transcription and Translation
Wed: Discuss and practice transcription and translation
Milk and the mutants who love it (watched in class)
Amoeba Sisters: How to Read a Codon Chart
Amoeba Sisters - Protein Synthesis
Khan Academy - Replication, Transcription and Translation (Great comprehensive review!)
Bozeman Science - Transcription/Translation - Also Great Review!
Thurs: Practice transcription and translation; Discuss gene mutations
Transcription and Translation Interactive
Practice Transcription and Translation (great resource to go through entire process!)
Bozeman Science: Mutations
A Mutation Story: Sickle Cell Anemia
Fri: OPTIONAL HW DUE (DNA to Protein Review); OPTIONAL HWs DUE (https://join.quizizz.com #293973 and #830357); Quiz 5 (DNA Technology/DNA to Protein)
TedEd: How I discovered DNA - James Watson
Harvard U: An Introduction to the human genome
Week of 2/10: DNA Technologies (OS Ch.10, Packet Ch.13)
SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES List
READING HW this week: Openstax Ch. 10, Ch. 13 packet
WATCH Podcasts:
9.2 Podcast: DNA Replication
Podcast: DNA Technologies (Genetic engineering and DNA fingerprinting)
Podcast: Selective Breeding and Hybridization
Podcast: Genetics engineering (transgenic organisms, cloning)
Mon: OPTIONAL HW DUE by Mon. 2/10: (Bozeman Science DNA Fingerprinting Worksheet); Review DNA replication, fingerprinting technologies
Bozeman Science - DNA Fingerprinting (for optional HW!)
TedEd: How does DNA fingerprinting work? (watched in class)
Bozeman Science - DNA Replication
Virtual Gel Electrophoresis lab
Tues: Discuss selective breeding and hybridization
NOVA: Dogs and More Dogs
Wed: OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com #102516); Quiz 4 (Pedigrees, DNA Structure, Replication, and Technology)
Sci Show: The terrifying Truth about Bananas (watched in class)
Thurs: Discuss GMOs and genetic engineering
MITK12: Genetic engineering (Excellent Review over GM via plasmid - watched in class)
How are Gmo's Created (starring the Hawaiian Rainbow Papaya)
Scientific American Instant Egghead #45 - What is a Genetically Modified Food?
Genetic engineering basics animation
NY Times 1986 Tobacco Plant with Firefly Gene Implant Grows
Fri: CLASSWORK DUE (DNA Technology - Plasmids); OPTIONAL HW DUE (DNA Technology); Discuss cloning (Gene/DNA, Therapeutic, Reproductive) and DNA editing methods in development
SciShow - Why are GMOs bad?
Bozeman Science: Molecular Genetics (Great review)
SciShow: CRISPR A Gene Editing superpower
NOVA Next: genetically engineering almost anything (CRISPR gene drive)
Week of 2/3: DNA Structure, Replication and Technologies (Ch. 9.1-9.2, 10.1)
READING HW this week: Openstax Ch. 9.1-9.2, 10.1
WATCH Podcasts:
9.1 Podcast - DNA is Genetic Material
9.1.2 Podcast - Structure of DNA
9.2 Podcast: DNA Replication
10.1.2: DNA Technologies
Mon: Discuss DNA structure
Interactive to practice knowledge of the DNA Base Pairing Rules
The DNA Double Helix Discovery (HHMI)
Tues: Discuss DNA Replication
Crash Course - DNA Structure and Replication (watched in class)
Bozeman Science - DNA Replication
Amoeba Sisters - DNA Replication
MIT Lecture - DNA Replication (some details are beyond our level, but interesting if you want to see what a college lecture looks like!)
Wed: Discuss machinery of DNA replication and use of DNA Fingerprinting Analysis
MITK12 video- PCR
MITK12 video - Gel Electrophoresis
Bozeman Science - DNA Fingerprinting (for optional HW!)
10.1.2: DNA Technologies
Thurs and Fri: Meet in CAHS Library for DNA Analysis lab!
Virtual Gel Electrophoresis lab - try this if you are absent!
Another DNA fingerprinting "how to" video
Week of 1/27: Pedigrees and DNA History and Structure (Pedigrees,Ch. 9.1)
READING HW this week: Note supplements over linkage and pedigrees; Openstax Ch. 9.1
WATCH Podcasts:
8.3.4 Podcast: Pedigrees
9.1 Podcast - DNA is Genetic Material
9.1.2 Podcast - Structure of DNA
Mon: OPTIONAL HW DUE (Pedigree Practice); Practice pedigrees
Khan Academy: Pedigrees
Amoeba Sisters: Pedigrees
Tues: Discuss the structure of DNA
Stated Clearly: What is DNA?
Khan Academy: DNA
Wed: Discuss the structure of DNA; Discuss the History of DNA discoveries
Interactive to practice knowledge of the DNA Base Pairing Rules
The DNA Double Helix Discovery (HHMI)
Khan Academy: History of DNA
Thurs: Discuss the structure of DNA; Discuss the History of DNA discoveries
Fri: OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com #157028); OPTIONAL HW DUE (DNA Review); QUIZ 3 (8.3 Sex-linkage/Pedigrees, 9.1 DNA structure)
Week of 1/20: Non-Mendelian Genetics and Pedigrees (Ch. 8.3)
READING HW this week: Openstax Ch.8.3; Note supplements over linkage and pedigrees
PEDIGREE NOTE SUPPLEMENT (Khan Academy)
WATCH Podcasts:
8.3.3 Podcast: Sex Determination and Sex Linkage
8.3.4 Podcast: Pedigrees
Mon: NO SCHOOL
Tues: Discuss and practice sex-linkage
Khan Academy: Sex-linked Traits
Amoeba Sisters: Sex-linkage
The genetics of calico cats
Wed: Practice sex-linkage; Discuss pedigrees
PEDIGREE NOTE SUPPLEMENT (Khan Academy)
How to solve a pedigree
Khan Academy: Pedigrees
Amoeba Sisters: Pedigrees
Bozeman Science: Advanced Genetics
Thurs: Practice sex-linkage problems (turn in the Sex-Linked Traits Introduction classwork today)
Fri: Sex-linkage OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com #401836); QUIZ 2 (Ch. 8 Genetics - Codominance, Sex-linkage/Pedigrees)
Week of 1/13 - FIRST WEEK OF QUARTER 3: Non-Mendelian Genetics and Pedigrees (Ch. 8.3)
READING HW this week: Openstax Ch.8.3
WATCH Podcasts:
8.2.2 Podcast: Punnett Squares
8.3 Podcast: Incomplete and Codominance
8.3.3 Podcast: Sex Determination and Sex Linkage
8.3.4 Podcast: Pedigrees
Mon: OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com #365000); Review Uses of Fermentation (substitute; classwork due)
Tues: Discuss non-Mendelian patterns of inheritance: Incomplete Dominance, Codominance, Multiple alleles
Amoeba Sisters Complex Patterns of Inheritance
Wed: NO SCHOOL!
Thurs: Review Codominance; Discuss linkage of genes and chromosomal inheritance of sex determination
Linked Genes
Bozeman Science: Linked Genes
Bozeman Science: Genetic recombination and gene mapping (AP Bio prep!)
Fri: OPTIONAL HW DUE (Genetics Review); OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com 212172); QUIZ 1 (Ch. 8.1-8.2 Genetics/8.3 Genetics); Discuss sex-linkage
Amoeba Sisters: Punnett Squares and Sex-linkage
Khan Academy: Sex-linked Traits
Week of 1/6: Welcome Back to LAST WEEK of Qtr. 2! Genetics(Ch. 8.1-8.2)
READING HW this week: Openstax Ch.8.1-8.3
WATCH Podcasts:
8.1 Podcast: Gregor Mendel and Heredity
8.2 Podcast: Laws of Genetics
8.2.2 Podcast: Punnett Squares
8.3 Podcast: Incomplete and Codominance
8.3.2 Podcast: Multiple Alleles and Epistasis
Mon: MANDATORY HW DUE (Cell Cycle Details and Genetics Intro); OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com 489897);
Review Mendelian genetics and phenotypic/genotypic ratios
Bozeman Science: Mendelian genetics
Tues: Discuss Mendel's research, practice monohybrid crosses, probability ratios
TEDed How Mendel's pea plants helped us understand genetics
Wed: Discuss test crosses and dihybrid crosses;
Bozeman Science: A beginners guide to Punnett Squares (Includes Dihybrids!)
Thurs: Practice with dihybrid crosses and phenotypic ratios; Discuss Polygenic traits, Multiple Alleles and Epistasis.
Amoeba Sisters: Dihybrid Crosses
Fri: QUIZ 7 (Ch. 7 Meiosis and Ch. 8.1-8.3 Heredity); Review Polygenic Inheritance and Epistasis
8.3.5 Polygenic Inheritance
Week of 12/16: Cell Division(Ch.6+7) and Heredity(Ch.8.1)
READING HW this week: Cell Cycle Text Supplement Packet - pt. 2, Openstax Ch.7, 8.1
Podcast Cell cycle regulation - (we will not get into this much detail)
Podcast: Cancer, apoptosis and stem cells
Podcast: Meiosis
7.3 Podcast:Meiosis mistakes; non-disjunction and using karyotypes
8.1 Podcast: Gregor Mendel and Heredity
8.2 Podcast: Laws of Genetics
8.2.2 Podcast: Punnett Squares
Mon: Discuss the checkpoints of the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle and Cancer; Discuss how the events of meiosis ensure genetic variation in the resulting cells
Crossing over (watched in class)
Tues: Discuss how the events of meiosis ensure genetic variation in resulting cells and eventual offspring; Discuss chromosomal abnormalities and use of Karyograms/Karyotypes;
Bozeman Science: Mitosis and Meiosis simulation (watched in class)
Wed: Review homologous chromosomes and the events of meiosis; Practice crossing over problems; Overview Ch. 8.1 Mendelian Genetics terminology
Crash Course Meiosis
Bozeman Science Phases of Meiosis
Thurs: Overview Ch. 8.1 Mendelian Genetics terminology
Bozeman Science: Mendelian genetics
Friday: EXTRA CREDIT DUE (Turn in Cell Cycle Details and Genetics Intro early!); Practice Mendelian Genetics
TEDed How Mendel's pea plants helped us understand genetics
Crash Course Heredity
Week of 12/9: Cell Division (Ch.6)
READING HW this week: Cell Cycle Text Supplement Packet (Ch.6 Openstax)
Podcast: Cell Size
Podcast: The Cell Cycle
Podcast: Mitosis and Cytokinesis
Podcast: Chromosome info
Mon: Discuss the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle; a look at chromosome numbers
Bozeman Science video - Why cells are small
(Middle school review)Amoeba sisters Mitosis
(Middle school review)Khan Academy: Mitosis
(Middle school review)Crash Course Mitosis
(Middle school review)Actual Mitosis video
Tues: Discuss the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle and Mitosis vs. Meiosis versions of cell division; a look at chromosome numbers
ALUMNI DAY SURVEY
SciShow Stem Cells
MIT OpenCourseWare lecture on Stem Cells (well above what you need for this class, but a good look into college lecture!)
Wed: Optional HW DUE (6.2 Review); Discuss the phases of Interphase and the Mitosis.
Khan Academy: Interphase
Twilight Mitosis - a look at mitosis phases under a microscope
PenguinProf: Cell cycle and mitosis review video
Thurs: Discuss the phases of Interphase and the Mitosis
Friday: OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com 341799); QUIZ 6 (4.2-4.4 Cellular Respiration; Ch. 6 Cell Cycle)
CNN Surgeons grow a nose on a man's forehead for transplant
Week of 12/2: Cellular Respiration
READING HW this week: Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Text Supplement Packet (Ch.4.1-5.3 Openstax)
4.2-4.4 Cellular Respiration
Mon: Optional HW DUE (When Cells Stop Working article questions); Discuss the details of cellular respiration: aerobic and anaerobic processes
Article about mitochondrial diseases (Cleveland Clinic)
Amoeba Sisters: Cellular Respiration
Tues: Optional HW DUE (Cellular Respiration Practice); Discuss the details of cellular respiration: aerobic and anaerobic processes
Crash Course ATP and Respiration video
Amoeba Sisters: Fermentation
Wed: Wrap up cellular respiration with a closer look at fermentation; Discuss the endosymbiotic theory - the data supporting the evolution of compartmentalized eukaryotic cells from prokaryotic life.
Thurs: Discuss the endosymbiotic theory - the data supporting the evolution of compartmentalized eukaryotic cells from prokaryotic life.
TedEd How we Think Complex Cells Evolved
Bozeman Science: Endosymbiosis
Fri: QUIZ 5 (5.1-5.3 Photosynthesis/4.2-4.4 Cellular Respiration); OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com 189065) Explore why cells divide
Bozeman Science video - Why cells are small
Crash Course Animal Development - We're Just Tubes
MITK12 Why we can re-grow a liver
Week of 11/25: Cellular Respiration
READING HW this week: Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Text Supplement Packet (Ch.4.1-5.3 Openstax)
4.2-4.4 Cellular Respiration
Mon: QUIZ 4 (4.1 Reactions and Enzymes/5.1-5.3 Photosynthesis); OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com 337417); Discuss the relationship between photosynthesis and cellular respiration
SciShow: 3 amazing photosynthetic animals
SciShow: Darwin's darlings - meat eating plants
SciShow: Is there less oxygen in the winter?
Tues: Explore the need for cellular respiration
The Carbon Cycle - video by TED-Ed
Week of 11/18: ATP and Photosynthesis
READING HW this week: Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Text Supplement Packet (Ch.4.1-5.3 Openstax)
4.1.3 Podcast: Cellular Energy
5.1-5.2 Light Dependent Reaction of Photosynthesis (is a little too detailed)
5.3 Calvin Cycle (light independent reactions) of Photosynthesis (is a little too detailed)
Mon: MANDATORY HW DUE (Enzymatic Reaction Lab Packet); Discuss energy in a reaction and analyze enzymatic graphs
Tues: Discuss ATP generation and uses; Discuss the basics of photosynthesis
Wed: Discuss details of photosynthesis
Bozeman Science: Photosynthesis (though more detailed than you are required to know!)
Thurs: Wrap up photosynthesis
Ameoba sisters: Photosynthesis
Crash Course Photosynthesis (though more detailed than you are required to know!)
Fri: Optional HW DUE (Photosynthesis Overview); Optional HW DUE (Photosynthesis Practice); Discuss the basics of cellular respiration
Crash Course ATP and Respiration video
Week of 11/11: Enzymes
READING HW this week: Ch. 4.1 Openstax
4.1.1 Podcast: Chemical Reactions
4.1.3 Podcast: Cellular Energy
4.1.2 Podcast: Enzymes
Mon:OPTIONAL HW DUE (4.1 Practice: Energy..); OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com code:256801 - 3 chances; score 85% or higher); Discuss energy in a reaction and enzymes
Amoeba Sisters: Enzymes (Pac-Man)
Tues: Enzyme practice
Factors that affect an enzymatic reaction simulation
Enzyme reaction rate video
Wed: Enzyme Lab
Enzyme Lab Make up Pictures
Thurs: OPTIONAL HW DUE (Enzymatic Reactions Overview/Enzyme Practice); QUIZ 3 (Ch. 4 preview Matter and Energy/4.1 Reactions and Enzymes)
Fri: OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com 238809); Explore venom
Week of 11/4: Discuss the Flow of energy and cycling of matter
READING HW this week: Ch. 4 Preview Packet; 4.1 Note Supplement; Ch. 4.1 Openstax (pg. 92-94)
Podcast: The Energy of Ecology (this should be mostly review from middle school)
Podcast: Nutrient Cycling (focus on Cabon Cycle!)
4.1.1 Podcast: Chemical Reactions
Mon: Discuss the flow of energy and the cycling of matter
Tues: NO SCHOOL!!
Wed: HW DUE (Pre-4.1 (3.1) Practice; Mandatory if 75% or less on Q1)); Continued discussion on the flow of energy and cycling of matter, focus on carbon cycling
The Carbon Cycle - video by TED-Ed
Cycles of Matter and Transfer of Energy review (elementary-high school) video by Bozeman Science
Energy Flow in Ecosystems - a review video by Bozeman Science
Crash Course: Hydrologic and Carbon cycles
Thurs: Wrap up the flow of energy and cycling of matter; Discuss chemical reactions
4.1.1 Podcast: Chemical Reactions
Fri: OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com 229891);QUIZ 2 (3.4-3.6 Membrane/Ch. 4 preview matter and energy)
4.1.3 Podcast: Cellular Energy
Week of 10/28: Membrane Function, Transport
READING HW this week: Openstax Concepts of Biology 3.5 Passive Transport, 3.6 Active Transport
3.4 Podcast The Plasma Membrane
3.5 Podcast Passive Transport
3.5..2 Podcast : Osmosis
3.6 Podcast: Active Transport
Mon: Optional HW DUE (3.4 Study Guide);Review membrane structure and Discuss membrane transport
Crash Course: In Da Club (membrane transport)
Amoeba Sisters: Osmosis
Tues: Discuss passive and active transport
Paramecium Exploding! What happens if a paramecium's contractile vacuole stops working?
Kahn Academy: Osmosis
Kahn Academy: Endocytosis
Khan Academy: Exocytosis
Wed: Investigate transport
Onion epidermis osmosis lab
Membrane transport simulator
Thurs: More Osmosis discussion; Mechanisms to combat osmosis transport (how do living things fight physics?) including "contractile vacuoles"
Egg Osmosis demonstration
Fri: OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com 229891); QUIZ 1 (3.2-3.3/3.4-3.6)
SciShow: Do fish drink?
TEDTalk: How we can make crops survive without water
TED Talk: Cell Membranes are way more complicated than you think
Week of 10/21: Cells
READING HW this week: Openstax Concepts of Biology 3.3 Eukaryotic Cells, 3.4 Membrane
3.3.2 Endomembrane System and Organelle Review
3.4 Podcast The Plasma Membrane
Mon: Optional HW Due (3.3 Study Guide); OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com code:789065 3 chances. Score 85% or higher); QUIZ 7 (3.1/3.2, 3.3)
Tues: Practice comparing Proks v. Euks and Plant v. Animal cells; one more look at the endomembrane system
Crash Course: Eukaryopolis (Animal cells)
Crash Course: Plant Cells
Wed: NO SCHOOL
Thurs: Discuss membrane structure and function
TEDED: The Cell membrane
Fri Discuss membrane structure and function
PenguinProf: Meet the Cell Membrane
Week of 10/14: Cells
READING HW this week: Openstax Concepts of Biology 3.3 Eukaryotic Cells
3.3 Podcast: Eukaryotic Cell Structure
3.3.2 Endomembrane System and Organelle Review
Mon: Explore the differences between Prokaryotic cells and Eukaryotic cells
Prokaryotes v. Eukaryotes
Tues: Optional Classwork Due (Daily Journal); Discuss Eukaryotic cells
Crash Course: Eukaryopolis (Animal cells)
Crash Course: Plant Cells
Wed: PRACTICE TESTING - No Biology class!
Thurs: Practice with eukaryotic cell structures and their functions (Classwork DUE)
Fri: NO SCHOOL!
Week of 10/7: Cells!
READING HW this week: Openstax Concepts of Biology 3.1 How Cells are Studied (and 3.1 Supplement Packet), 3.2 Comparing Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells
3.1 + 3.2 Podcast: Microscopes, Cell Theory and Types
Podcast: Cell Size
Mon: Discuss Cell Discovery, The Cell Theory and classifications of life based on cellular arrangement
The Wacky History of the Cell Theory
Prokaryotes v. Eukaryotes
Tues: Optional HW Due (Microscope lab questions); Microscope Lab (make a wet mount; view living organisms)
How to make a wet mount
SciShow - Inside the world's powerful new microscopes
Wed:Discuss cell classifications: Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic
Bozeman Science A Tour of the Cell
Thurs: Optional HW Due (Structure and Function of the Cell); Discuss cell size - why are cells small?
Why cells are small demo
Podcast: Cell Size
Bozeman Science video - Why cells are small
Fri: Optional HW Due (3.2 Review); QUIZ 6 (2.3, 3.1/3.2) Wrap up cell size
TedTalk: Lifesaving scientific tools made of paper
TedTalk: 50 cent Origami microscope
Week of 9/30: How we study cells (microscopes!)
READING HW this week: Openstax Concepts of Biology 3.1 How Cells are Studied, 3.1 Supplement Packet
3.1 + 3.2 Podcast: Microscopes, Cell Theory and Types
Mon: Classwork Due (Lipids for Life); Review Lipids
Tues: NO SCHOOL!
Wed: NO SCHOOL!
Thurs: Discuss microscopy
TedEd How to Use a microscope and parts of a microscope
SciShow - Microscope: The tube that changed the world
Fri: Mandatory HW Due (Intro to the Microscope Practice); Microscope Lab (use compound light microscope to view a fixed specimen)
How to use a microscope
Virtual Microscope (does not work well with Chrome)
Week of 9/23: Biological Molecules (The Chemistry of Carbon!)
READING HW this week: Openstax Concepts of Biology 2.3 Biological Molecules
2.3 Carbon and Macromolecules
2.3.2 Carbohydrates and lipids
2.3.3 Nucleic Acids and Proteins
Chapter 2 Support notes for Openstax (textbook )
Mon: Discuss organic v. inorganic molecules; Discuss the properties of carbon and the ways in which carbon is critical to life.
Crash Course: Biological Molecules
Tues: Discuss the structures and functions of the major types of biological (organic) molecules: Carbohydrates and Lipids
Amoeba Sisters: Biomolecules
Bozeman Science: The Molecules of Life
Wed: Optional HW DUE (Macromolecules Article Questions); Discuss Lipids, Nucleic Acids, and Proteins
Thurs: Classwork Due (Macromolecule Chart);Review organic molecules
Fri: Mandatory HW DUE (2.3 Practice; ONLY MANDATORY if scored 14 or less on Quiz 4); OPTIONAL HW DUE (https://join.quizizz.com code:752765 3 chances. Score 85% or higher); QUIZ 5 (Ch. 2.2/2.3)
Week of 9/16: Bonding and the Properties of Water
READING HW this week: Openstax Concepts of Biology 2.1: The Building Blocks of Molecules, 2.2 Water
2.1 Basic Chemistry review
2.1.2 Chemical Reactions
2.2 Water
Mon: Discuss Bonding and Water specifically
Bozeman Science: Water-A Polar Molecule (watched in class)
Tues: Investigate the properties of water
Amoeba Sisters: Properties of Water
Wed: Mandatory CW/HW DUE (Properties of Water); Investigate properties of water
Thurs: Wrap up properties of water
TEDeD How polarity makes water behave (watched in class)
Crash Course: Water - Liquid Awesome
TedEd Why don't oil and water mix
The dangers of Dihydrogen Monoxide
Fri: Mandatory Lab Questions DUE; Optional HW Due (https://join.quizizz.com code: 819277 3 chances. Score 85% or higher); QUIZ 4 (Ch. 2.1/2.2); Discuss pH (wrap up 2.2)
2.2 Mixtures and pH (watched in class)
Week of 9/9: The Process of Science and Basic Chemistry
READING HW this week: Openstax Concepts of Biology Ch.1.2 The Process of Science, 2.1: The Building Blocks of Molecules
1.2.2 Podcast: Experimental Design
1.2.3 Experimental Data
2.1 Basic Chemistry review
Mon: Discuss/Practice Data Analysis
Tues: OPTIONAL HW DUE; Discuss/Practice Experimental Design
Bozeman Science: Beginning Graphing
Bozeman Science: graphing data by hand
Wed: OPTIONAL HW DUE (Graphing); Discuss 2.1 Basic Chemistry (Matter and Energy)
Bozeman Science: Covalent v. Ionic Bonds
Khan Academy: Elements and Atoms
Thurs: Practice with Experimental Design and Basic Chemistry concepts
Today's Quizizz for quiz practice (https://join.quizizz.com code: 179136)
Fri: OPTIONAL HW DUE (2.1 Practice); QUIZ 3 (Ch. 1.2/2.1)
Crash Course: Water - Liquid Awesome
Week of 9/3: The Process of Science
We will discussing the process of science.
READING HW this week: Openstax Concepts of Biology Chapter 1 (1.2 The Process of Science)
1.2.1 Podcast: What is Science?
1.2.2 Podcast: Experimental Design
Mon: NO SCHOOL!
Tues: OPTIONAL HW DUE; Discuss the nature of science
Wed: Discuss the process of science
Thurs: Discuss the process of science
Fri: QUIZ 2 (Ch. 1.1/1.2); Discuss the process of science
Week of 8/26: What is Biology, Science?
We will discussing the process of science and the scientific study of life.
READING HW this week: Openstax Concepts of Biology Chapter 1 (1.1 Themes and Concepts in Biology)
1.1 Podcast: What is Biology?
Mon: HW Due: summer work if haven't already
CW DUE: Complete the "Introduction to Biology!" assignment posted on Google Classroom
CW DUE: Complete the Student Information sheet provided in class
We will access class resources, including the textbook,
Tues: Discuss science as a way of knowing and the study of, characteristics of life
Wed: Discuss the characteristics of life
Thurs: Discuss the nature of science
TEDEd: At what moment are you dead?
Fri: OPTIONAL HW DUE (1.1 Practice), QUIZ 1 (Ch. 1.1)
Week of 8/22 and 8/26: Welcome!
In these first days, we will get to know each other and prepare for the year
READING HW this week: Expectations and Syllabus Overview provided on first day
Thurs: Summer work due; Go over course expectations
Fri: Pre-Test
image from ck-12
Themes of the course:
The course themes incorporated into every unit are modeled after IB and AP course objectives to ease the transition into these college-level introductory courses.
- Evolution and Interdependence
- Unity and Diversity
- Structure and Function
- Energy Flows and Matter Cycles
- Homeostasis
- Emergent Properties
Bonus Term: "Homeostasis" :)