AP BiLogy Assignments
Lab
Last updated July 2008
Week of August 18 assignments:
Read Chapters 1 & 2; Abstracts assigned; Lecture on biological themes & organization; ASSIGN WILDFLOWER COLLECTION
Week of August 25 assignments:
Read chapters 3 & 4; Lecture: Water’s Properties/Importance of carbon & functional groups
Lab: Wildflower Identification
Week of September 1 assignments:
Lecture: Carbohydrates & lipids; Diet and Primate Evolution ABSTRACT DUE 9/2
Lab 2: Constructing Organic models
Week of September 8 assignments:
Notes on proteins & nucleic acids; TEST over unit 1 – Chemistry & Biochemistry (chapters 1-5)
UNIT 1 REVIEW NOTEBOOK DUE 9/9
Lab 1: Osmosis & Diffusion
Week of September 15 assignments:
Read Chapters 7 & 8; Lecture: Cell organelles & Cytoskeleton
Lab: Complete lab 1 & work on write up
Week of September 22 assignments: Interims !
Read Chapters 11 & 12; Lecture cell membrane movement & cell communication
Lab 1- Osmosis Write up DUE
Parent-Teacher Conference on Tuesday 3 to 7 pm
Week of September 29 assignments:
Read chapters 13 & 6; lecture on cell cycle & division
WILDFLOWER COLLECTIONS DUE!!! Tuesday, september 23
Week of October 6 assignments:
UNIT 2 TEST ON – CELLS!! (chapters 7, 8, 11, 12, 13)
Read chapter 9; Lecture: Metabolism & cellular respiration; Aquaporin Water Channels ABSTRACT DUE 10/2
Lab 3: Mitosis & Meiosis
Week of October 13 assignments:
Read chapter 10; Lecture: Photosynthesis
UNIT 2 REVIEW NOTEBOOK DUE 10/14
Lab 4: Plant pigments
End of First Nine Weeks
Week of October 20 assignments:
Begin reading Cry of the Kalahari; video; Complete cellular energetics lecture
UNIT 3 TEST over Cellular Energetics! (chapters 6, 9, & 10)
Lab 5: Cellular Respiration; Lab 4 write up due!
Tuesday & Wednesday, October 21 & 22 — Teachers Only!
Week of October 27 assignments:
Lecture: Mendelian genetics; ; Video: Gregor Mendel
Friday, October 31 | 1st CRY quiz |
Lab 5 write up due!
Week of November 3 assignments:
Homework on Genetic Crosses; Read Chapter 15; Video: Eternal Enemies; Lecture Chromosomes
Week of November 10 assignments:
Read Chapter 16; Lecture: History of DNA
UNIT 4 TEST on Heredity!! (chapters 14 & 15)
UNIT 3 REVIEW NOTEBOOK DUE 11/11
Friday, November 14 | 2nd CRY quiz |
Week of November 17 assignments: Happy Turkey Day!
Read chapter 17and 18; Lecture: DNA & its Structure; Replication & repair; Read chapter 19; Lecture: protein Synthesis
Interims !
Week of December 1 assignments:
Read chapter 19; Lecture: transcription
Lab 6: DNA Fingerprinting
Week of December 8 assignments:
Read chapters 20 & 21; Lecture: eukaryotic genomes, DNA cloning, DNA technology, & gene expression
Friday, December 12 | 3rd CRY quiz |
Week of December 15 assignments:
Read chapters 20 & 21; Lecture: eukaryotic genomes, DNA cloning, DNA technology, & gene expression; UNIT 5 TEST ON Molecular Genetics !! (chapters16-21)
UNIT 4 REVIEW NOTEBOOK DUE 12/9
Tuesday December 16 | CRY paper DUE! |
Semester tests Wednesday 12/19, Thursday 12/20, & Friday 12/21
End of First Semester
Merry Christmas!