Thursday:
Autism and Dad's Age Discussion
Finish Macromolecule Notes
Lab Report Hand Back
Potato Experiment Start

Friday:
-Chimps in Space Experiment with NASA, homeostasis and Skin
-4 Square which molecule is which based on the cards passed from one group to another.
-Macromolecule Review ppt.
-Macromolecule Pyramid
-Listen to Mars Curiousity Rover News (30-44 minutes) http://ec.libsyn.com/p/9/2/e/92e647628a584480/BiPiSci12-08-13.mp3?d13a76d516d9dec20c3d276ce028ed5089ab1ce3dae902ea1d01cc8231d9cf5ab06f&c_id=4821712
-Mars Rover

Monday:
Whiteboarding Answers from Homework
Hydrogen Peroxide Demo (H2O2) Explanation of what it does to cells.

Tuesday:
Toothpickase for Reaction Rate Calculation

Wednesday:
Determining Reaction Rate for Peroxidase, Devise next experiment for Peroxidase experiment

Thursday:
Complete Next Experiment for peroxidase experiment.

Friday:
Whiteboard Poster Session of Enzyme Reactions, give back lab reports, new rubric, new guidelines, study guide for next test.

Monday: Off

Tuesday:
-Intro to Universal Characteristics of Cells Whiteboarding.
Review school year so far/Connect to Essential Knowledges to this point, print out all the big ideas and a binder for them.

Wednesday: Test

Thursday:
Unit 3 Driving Question: Evolution and Information Transfer...
What is the genetic material?  How does the genetic material work?
Cell Reproduction, DNA Evidence Start, Genetic Material Prior Knowledge Whiteboarding, Get to Mendel's Experiments

Friday: Cell Comparison? DNA Evidence continued. Other observations and rules of thumb from observations.

Monday
Am I a psychic? If I am a not a psycic, then ________
(Hypothesis testing with Chi-Square).  Dice and Card Game Testing.

Tuesday
Apply Chi-Square to Mendel Experiments.  If the punnett square is accurate, then _______

Wednesday
Are the stages of Mitosis the same length?
If the stages of mitosis are the same length, then _______
Mitosis Stages Activity? Relative Time-Graphing.  How do we know the stages exist?  Why do we think this process is important?

Start to 2012-2013

8/13
Quick going over introduction powerpoint.

Student white-boarding big ideas and scientific practices.

8/14
White-boarding answers to specific summer reading questions. Helicopter Experimental Design.

8/15
Edmodo.com  Group Code: snk7ya, sign up for text alerts
Beginning of school survey.


Start AP unit on Intro to Biology, Testing Hypothesis of helicopters.

8/16
Review DNA, mRNA, to Protein. Lick a rat-epigenetics

8/17
Finish two groups of helicopter seeds.
Constructing a cladogram based on vertebrates.

8/20
AP Practice Test?

8/21
Go into macromolecules? Review DNA, mRNA to protein

Other Options
SWBAT: demonstrate prior knowledge regarding AP Biology.
1.) Notecard Fill Out?  Phospholipid card creation and spontaneous bubbles with cards.
a.) Show molecular shape of phospholipid and detergent.
2.) Collecting data on dilute vs. concentrated bubble size.
3.) Start AP Practice Test
4.) Pass out and go over syllabus
5.) Lick a rat review of epigenetics

SWBAT: determine if averages between concentrated and dilute bubble sizes were significant.
1.) Standard deviation exploration/explanation with two data sets.
2.) Complete standard deviation with your own bubble data.
3.) Whiteboard genetics portion of summer reading.
4.) Quiz over summer reading from later chapter of the book.

SWBAT: Relate evolution to maple seed size.
1.) Introduce 4 Big Ideas in AP Biology.
2.) Dive into Two groups of maple seeds experiment. (Students create two groups of maple seeds and whiteboard their procedure)
3.) Complete their procedure.
4.) Data analysis, standard deviation.

SWBAT:  Relate evolution to transpiration rate.