AP Evolution Style

F: Test.  

M: SWBAT: Describe patterns in fossil record, explain origins theories, Miller Urey Experiment.

T: SWBAT: Describe evidence for theories of origins of life on earth.


W: SWBAT: Describe evidence for theories of origins of life on earth.

R: SWBAT: Evaluate evidence for theories of life on earth. Warm-up, build your own microbes online activity, presentations and voting.

F: SWBAT: Introduce Heterozygote Advantage Story Project-Due next Wednesday and my example. Phylogenetic Tree Simulation.

M: SWBAT: Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium description, introduction. Analyze Data from Phylogenetic tree simulation in parsimonous tree, Tuesday after Thanksgiving is biology pairs project.

T: SWBAT: Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium description, introduction. Miller Urey Simulation. (Following the chalkboard). Review each other's heterozygote advantage story. 

W: SWBAT: Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium description, Turn in heterozygote advantage story.

M: SWBAT: Use Darwin's observations to explain the process natural selection and evolution with finches and Monkey chimp data.

T: SWBAT: Vocabulary Pairs Due.
Evolution Lab Play around.
Describe how we know evolution is occuring.
Brainstorm ways to measure evolution. Introduction Hardy-Weinberg

W: SWBAT Complete Hardy Weinberg Simulation
-PTC Taste Testing.
-Hardy Weinberg Simulation with cards.

R: Computer Simulation with Hardy Weinberg on Excel.

F: Hardy Weinberg Problems

F: SWBAT:
Explain the formation of vertebrate phylogeny.

Determine the evolutionary importance of plants containing different chlorophyll molecules. 

Evolution AP Style, Photosynthesis and Respiration

Generate Domains of Life Cladogram from Textbook. 

*Sunny Day Photosynthesis Spinach Experiment.

M: SWBAT: describe the photosynthesis light and dark reaction animation, essential knowledges, notes.

Whiteboard: How do plants make make oxygen and glucose?

HW: Complete powerpoint with images from field trip.

T: SWBAT: describe the photosynthesis light and dark reaction animation, essential knowledges, notes.

Dot Experiments

W: SWBAT: describe the process of glucose breakdown from glycolysis to Krebs Cycle.

Carbon dioxide probe work and experimental rates.

R: SWBAT: describe the process of glucose breakdown from glycolysis to Krebs Cycle.

Rate worksheet determining oxygen production rate, carbon dioxide production rate.

M: SWBAT: Describe the steps to photosynthesis and respiration.

-Whiteboard how glucose is broken down. (multiple steps)
-Whiteboard respiration experiments for tomorrow.

T: SWBAT: complete experiment to test variable related to cellular respiration.
Complete experiment gather data?
VENN Diagram Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis.

W: SWBAT: analyze data related to cellular respiration experiments.

Warm-up-relationship glucose generation and glucose breakdown (Whitb

Compare data from yesterday's experiment.

R: SWBAT: diagram the function of cell membrane based on data.
Study Guide for next Test (Essential Knowledges:
Essential knowledge 2.A.1: All living systems require constant input of free energy.
Essential knowledge 2.A.2: Organisms capture and store free energy for use in biological processes.
All the details of cellular respiration and photosynthesis.
Essential knowledge 2.A.3: Organisms must exchange matter with the environment to grow, reproduce and maintain organization.
Essential knowledge 2.B.1: Cell membranes are selectively permeable due to their structure.
Diagrams and details.
Essential knowledge 2.B.2: Growth and dynamic homeostasis are maintained by the constant movement of molecules across membranes.
Essential knowledge 2.B.3: Eukaryotic cells maintain internal membranes that partition the cell into specialized regions.
Essential knowledge 4.A.1: The subcomponents of biological molecules and their sequence determine the properties of that molecule.
Essential knowledge 4.A.2: The structure and function of subcellular components, and their interactions, provide essential cellular processes.
Essential knowledge 1.B.1: Organisms share many conserved core processes and features that evolved and are widely distributed among organisms today.

F: SWBAT: conduct a poster session of their results in cellular respiration Experiments.

M: SWBAT: work in groups to complete review of cellular respiration and photosynthesis

M and T: SWBAT: diagram the function and homeostatic function of the cell membrane.

W: SWBAT: describe and connect the compartmentalization of the eukaryotic cell with efficient offices.

R: Pyramid warm-up. Evolution Start. Fossil Record Data and Whiteboard a Step in between each. Show the data and students make a description of what happened.  Generate a timeline of animal evolution and environmental changes that occurred.

F: Test.  Evolution start, Speciation, Fossil Record.

M: SWBAT: Use Darwin's observations to explain the process natural selection and evolution with finches and Monkey chimp data.

T: SWBAT: Introduce Heterozygote Advantage Story Project-Due on Friday and my example. Phylogenetic Tree Simulation.

W: SWBAT: Analyze Data from Phylogenetic tree simulation in parsimonous tree.

R: SWBAT: Evolution Lab Play around.
Describe how we know evolution is occuring.
Brainstorm ways to measure evolution. Introduction Hardy-Weinberg

F: SWBAT Complete Hardy Weinberg Simulation
-PTC Taste Testing.
-Hardy Weinberg Simulation with cards.

M: Computer Simluation with Hardy Weinberg on Excel.

T: Hardy Weinberg Problems

W: Origin of Life Hypothesis Jigsaw Positives and Negatives.

F: SWBAT:
Explain the formation of vertebrate phylogeny.

Finishing DNA Structure, Function, Cell Cycle, History of Life on Earth

Friday:
Finish Vocabulary,
Finish Link Genes,
Unlinked Genes,
Sex Linked

Monday-Friday: Cell Cycle and Genetics Essential Knowledges that have gone uncovered, Use last year's slideshow and cyclin stuff.  Delving into DNA Replication deeper.
DNA Structure and DNA Replication Details. (DNA polymerase, ligase, RNA polymerase, helicase and topoisomerase)

Review for next test:
History of Genetic Theory and Experiments (Mendel, Avery MacLeod McCarty, Griffith, Hershey Chase)
Mitosis and Meiosis-Steps and Vocab
Genetics Problems: Mendelian, Linked, Sex Linked
Chi-Square Testing of Hypothesis
DNA replication (enzymes and steps)
Calculating Rate and Standard Deviation

Tuesday: Socratic Seminar of NPR Articles relating to genomics.
DNA Replication Role Play with 3' and 5'  stickers.
Finish DNA Structure, 3' to 5'
DNA Replication on video, Meselson Stahl

Wednesday: Going over all of the details of BI #1 and BI #3 that we have already gone over.

Thursday: Genetics Review Problems. Transpiration Rate Experiment #1.

Friday: Transpiration: Calculate Transpiration rate for two different situations.

Monday: Test (Because this is date of testing)


Tuesday:

Theories on the Origin of Life?
Miller-Urey Experiments



Leading to all of evolution...

Growth Hormone and root tips for growth,

History of Information Transfer Unit

Friday:
Finishing up potato osmosis graphing and activity, cell membrane review,

Monday
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

Tuesday: DNA Evidence continued. Other observations and rules of thumb and why from observations.

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

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

Friday
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?

Thursday:
Beneson Data Anaylsis
Griffith Experiment Discussions

Friday:
Griffith Experiment Whiteboard
Avery MacLeod McCarty
Spongebob Homework

Monday:
-Mice in two different scenarios (alone and with leaves), lights on and lights off.  What could we experiment with here? Variables?
-DNA Doubling worksheet
-Dihybrid Cross Group Work,
-Reading Homework


Tuesday:
What are the characteristics of the genetic material?  How do you know?
or
How do we know DNA is the Genetic material?  Provide evidence from at least three different experiments to support this position.
Dihybrid Cross but Linked Genes, Reading Homework
Finish the Story with rest of presentation and the Watson Crick Paper

Wednesday:
Dihybrid Group Work: Chi-Square, Finish the History of Genes.
Link vs. Unlinked Genes Data
Link and Crossing Over Data

Thursday:
Crossing Over %'s
Using hand held chromosomes for review of mitosis vs. meiosis.
Notes on Meiosis and Mitosis, Extra Vocab Words for formality.

Friday:
Finish Vocabulary,
Finish Link Genes,
Unlinked Genes,
Sex Linked

Monday-Friday: Cell Cycle and Genetics Essential Knowledges that have gone uncovered, Use last year's slideshow and cyclin stuff.

Tuesday: Socratic Seminar of NPR Articles relating to genomics.

Random:
Transpiration: Calculate Transpiration rate for two different situations.

Genetics Review Problems.

Hardy Weinberg with Cards?

Growth Hormone and root tips for growth,

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.

Finishing 2011-2012

Monday:
SWBAT: Dice rolling and bubble making post AP test.

Tuesday: Dice rolling and Chi-Square Testing, and Mendel 3:1 Ratio dihybrid cross.

Wednesday: Filling Coin and Chi-Square Test.

Thursday: Bubble Size, Types, and Annova Testing.

Friday: Height difference, Annova Testing.

Monday: