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
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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

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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.