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B1 Calendar 2010-11

 

 

1st Semester Biology

 

 

AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY

 

Changes may be made to daily assignments!

 

2010

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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2010

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1 2 3
6 7 8 9 10

 
13 14 15 16 17

20 21 22 23 24

INTERIMS
P-T Conference SHS

 

P-T Conference SJHS

 
27 28 29 30  

 

 

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2010

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1
4 5 6 7 8

11 12 13 14 15

Professional Development

END OF FIRST 9 WEEKS
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25 26 27 28 29

 

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2010

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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8 9 10 11 12
15 16 17 18 19
22 23 24 25 26
 
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2010
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1 2 3

6 7 8 9 10
13 14 15 16 17
TEST REVIEW
Proficient-Advanced Students Out
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Proficient-Advanced Students Out		 SEMESTER TEST
Proficient-Advanced Students Out		 SEMESTER TEST
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Out		  

SEMESTER TEST
Proficient-Advanced Students
Out
END OF 2ND 9 WEEKS

 

Enjoy Your Christmas Vacation December18, 2010 – January 4, 2011!

 

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2011

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 3 4 5 6 7

10 11 12 13 14
17 18 19 20 21

MLK DAY!

 
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31

 

 

 

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2011

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1 2 3 4

P-T Conference SJHS

P-T Conference SHS

 
7 8 9 10 11

 
14 15 16 17 18
President’s Day
21 22 23 24 25

 
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2011

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1 2 3 4
Continue Darwinian Evolution ppt and ppt Questions
7 8 9 10 11

Literacy Test

Literacy Test
14 15 16 17 18

END OF 3rd 9 WEEKS

 
21 22 23 24 25
BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK
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2011

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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4 5 6 7 8
11 12 13 14 15
18 19 20 21 22
EOC GEOMETRY EOC GEOMETRY
25 26 27 28 29
EOC BIOLOGY EOC BIOLOGY

 

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2011

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 2 3 4 5 6
9 10 11 12 13
16 17 18 19 20
  • Insect Collection DUE
23 24 25 26 27
30 31

 

 

 

  2011

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1 2 3

 

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B1 Calendar 2009

 

 

1st Semester Biology

 

 

AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY

2010 Biology I & PreAP Biology
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
16 17 18 19 20
  • Safety & Equipment Test 
23 24 25 26 27
30 31

 

 

 

2010 Biology I & PreAP Biology
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1 2 3
6 7 8 9 10
13 14 15 16 17
20 21 22 23 24
P-T Conference SHS P-T Conference SJHS
27 28 29 30  

 

 

 

 

2010 Biology I & PreAP Biology
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1
4 5 6 7 8
11 12 13 14 15
18 19 20 21 22
25 26 27 28 29

 

 

 

2010 Biology I & PreAP Biology
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1 2 3 4 5
8 9 10 11 12
15 16 17 18 19
22 23 24 25 26
TEACHERS ONLY!
 TEACHERS ONLY!
29 30

 

 

 

2010 Biology I & PreAP Biology
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1 2 3
6 7 8 9 10
13 14 15 16 17
END OF 2ND 9 WEEKS

Enjoy Your Christmas Vacation!

 

2nd Semester Biology

 

 

2011 Biology I & PreAP Biology
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 4 5 6 7 8
11 12 13 14 15
18 19 20 21 22

MLK DAY!
19 29 21 22 23
25 26 27 28 29

 

 

 

2011 Biology I & PreAP Biology
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1 2 3 4 5
P-T Conference SHS P-T Conference SJHS
8 9 10 11 12
15 16 17 18 19
President’s Day
22 23 24 25 26

 

 

 

2011 Biology I & PreAP Biology
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1 2 3 4 5
8 9 10 11 12
Literacy Test Literacy Test END OF 3rd 9 WEEKS
15 16 17 18 19
22 23 24 25 26
BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK
29 30 31

 

 

 

2011 Biology I & PreAP Biology
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1 2
5 6 7 8 9
12 13 14 15 16
19 20 21 22 23
EOC Geometry EOC Geometry
26 27 28 29 30
EOC Biology EOC Biology

 

 

 

2011 Biology I & PreAP Biology
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 3 4 5 6 7
10 11 12 13 14
17 18 19 20 21
GRADUATION
24 25 26 27 28
31

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bacteria

Bacteria & Virus Study Guide

1. What were the earliest known living organisms?

2. Name 3 ways bacteria can be classified.

 

3. Name two structures found around the outside of ALL bacterial cells.

4. What is the shape of these bacteria — coccus, spirilla, & bacillus?

5. What is the only non-membrane bound organelle found in the cytoplasm of bacteria?

6. Bacteria have how many chromosomes?

7. Other than the cell membrane, name one thing that bacteria and eukaryotes have in common.

8. What is a pathogen?

9. Name 3 places where archaea can be found.

10. Viruses are only active when?

11. What can some bacteria form to survive harsh environmental conditions?

12. What two things make up a virus?

13. What color do Gram + bacteria stain?  Gram -?

14. Why are bacteria considered prokaryotes?

15. Give 3 reasons bacteria are considered nonliving.

 

16. What is the protective protein coat of a virus called?

17. Name 3 things used to classify viruses.

 

18. Do viruses have cellular parts?

19. Which are smaller, a bacterial cell or A VIRUS?

20. Can viruses be crystallized for study?

21. What virus did Wendell Stanley study & what plant did it attack?

22. What makes up the coat of a virus?

23. What makes up the core of a virus?

24. If viruses are too small to be seen with a light microscope, why did early scientists begin to study them?

25. What do you call viruses with the enzyme reverse transcriptase?

26. What makes up a viroid?

27. Describe the chromosome of a bacterial cell.

28. When a bacteriophage attacks a bacterium, what is injected into the cell? what remains outside the cell?

29. In what life cycle does viral DNA become integrated into the host cell’s DNA?

30.What human activity is responsible for the outbreak of many new viruses?

31. Viruses know which host cell to attack because of ___________ on the surface of the host cell.

32. Did viruses appear before or after living cells?

33. What structures are used by some bacteria for movement?

34. List a variety of conditions in which bacteria can live.

 

35. What are prions made of?


Semester I Calendar 2001

AP Calendar 2006

 

week topics text chapters/activities supplemental readings/URLs
see you in late August!!

 

week 1

Aug 24-26

  • intro to AP Bio
  • summer assignments   
  • bonding
  • buffers, acids and bases
  • element cycles
  • homeostasis
  • chemical basis of life: carbon, water and life
  • elements for life

 

 ch 1, 50-55-due Aug. 24-your first day back!!**check study guide (SG) and question set (QS)

powers of ten see the size of everything!

ch 2

 

 

handouts/AP website

  

scientific method -The Biology Project

size and biology -The Biology Project

 

 

 

dissociation of water

acid-base explained

water movement click on animations

water movement ions, simulations of pH solutions

 

 

 

week topics text chapters/activities supplemental readings/URLs
week 2

Aug 29-Sept 2
  • biomolecules
    • organic compounds
    • carbohydrates, fats, proteins and nucleic acids
 ch 3

 

BBC guru condensation and structure of molecules

 

 central dogma animation

molecules -animated (rotate)

dehydration synthesis -animation

the biological basis of life for condensation
week 3

Sept 6-9

Sept 5 off-Labor Day

  

  • metabolism
  •  enzyme kinetics t
  • test over ch 2, 3, and 6 on Friday…be ready!!

 

 

 ch 6 interactives catalysis, enzyme inhibition

BBC guru this is the enzyme site we used in class

 
week 4

CAMP KERN (but you are responsible for everything!!)

Sept 12-16
  • ecology and geography
  • human ecology
  • population ecology 

 

 population clock population estimation

climate graphs/biomes

dissolved O2 lab 

 

 

 Nova-The World in Balance  Human Numbers/Time               The Earth in  Peril      Be a Demographer         Population Trend quiz

nitrogen cycle -animation

 
week 5

Sept 19-23

 
  • community ecology
  • ecosystems and the biosphere

 

 

  

 

 

 interesting ecology simulations, including:     biomass succession

biomass succession 2

 

 

week topics text chapters/activities supplemental readings/URLs
week 6

Sept 26- 30

 

 

 
  • early evolution of life
  

 

ch 20

 burgess shale -resources

early life  -Burgess Shale

geologic time scale

the Origins Game

Aliens in the Milky Way?
week 7

Oct 3-7
  • prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
  • viruses and bacteria

 

 

 

 

 

 ch 4 

 

ch 7 

 

 

Military Medicine through Time
evolution

microbe clock

 microscopy  -CellsAlive

eukaryotic vs pro, quizzes on plant and animal cell

show big is? (cell biology) -CellsAlive

microbe world

microbiology

binary fission movie

lysogenic cycle -animation

micro sites
week 8

Oct 10-14

Oct 11 off

-teacher inservice
  • plant vs animal cells
  • subcellular organization
 ch 4

these are the links that we used in class-

virtual cell -virtual cell textbook

cell comparison -check yourself

flagella and cilia movement

the cell -ThinkQuest

 

 

 

 

 inside the cell -NIH/NIGMS

cell parts -cells.de link of the month

drop/drag organelles

plant and animal cells -structure and function

endoplasmic reticulum

problem sets and tutuorials -The Biology Project, includes: studying cells tutorial  and cytoskeleton  among others-best site

cell similarity -GeoCities-fun stuff

click on animations -HHMI
week 9

Oct 17-21

Oct 22-end of Q1

 

  • biological membranes

 

  • transport across membranes

 

 

 ch 5

membrane structure  -simple

pathways in and out of the cell 

antibiotic resistance

BBC guru

 drop/drag membrane ZeroBio

membrane structure power point tutorial-advanced

cell signaling Access Excellence

osmosis tutorial Cornell BioG101-104

osmosis simulation Colorado

osmosis simulation2  UMV

osmosis animation Oklahoma State

osmotic pressure sanger

reverse osmosis gearfiltration

ion channels (cell biology, myocyte) CellsAlive

membrane animation HHMI

cell transport animation

Na/K pump Brookscole

membrane tutorial The Biology Project
week 10

Oct 24-28

 

 
  • test over eukaryotic cells and transport
    • aerobic respiration
  

ch 7

 

 

not active….

cell respiration -tutorial

overview  -respiration

electron transport chain and ATP synthesis -movies

glycolysis and fermentation -excellent molecular animations

 glucose catabolism U. Alberta-overview

intro to metabolism animation

metabolic process location animation

citric acid cycle animation

oxydative phosphorylation electron transport chain animation

cellular respiration -Kimball’s pages

cellular respiration -showing molecular models

glycolysis explained in animations

oxydative phosphorylation explained inanimations

 

week topics text chapters/ activities supplemental readings/URLs
week 11

Oct 31-Nov 4

 

 

 
  • photosynthesis
  • test over respiration and photosynthesis

 

  

 

ch 8

 

 

 

 photosynthesis light rxn -The Biology Project

photosynthesis carbo formation -The Biology Project

photosynthesis sites -Arizona State University

interactives

photosynthesis animation

oxygenic photosynthesis animation U. Alberta

photosynthesis -Maricopa bio181

 
week 12

Nov 7-11
  • The cell cycle

 

  • chromosomes

 

  • mitosis, meiosis/ gametogenesis, cell cycle

 

  

ch 9

Online Onion Tips  -The biology Project

more animations -BSC Courseware

BBC guru

 cell cycle  -The Biology Project

cell cycle animation, myocyctes, cytoskeleton, apoptosis (cell biology, cell models, cell gallery)  -CellsAlive

human genome size

mitosis review -Nebraska Wesleyan

interactive mitosis (cell biology)-CellsAlive

mitosis -The Biology Project

modeling mitosis -Cornell BioG101-104  click either random or assignment……

mitosis/meiosis animations -About: homework help

mitosis and meiosis tutorial -Cornell BioG101-104

meiosis vs mitosis -WGBH (PBS)

cancer growth -WGBH (PBS)

metastasis -animation
week 13

Nov 14-18

 
  • principles of heredity
  • inheritance patterns

 

  

ch 10, 15

Dogs Around the World

 mendelian genetics  -The Biology Project

human karyotyping  -The Biology Project

genetics -University of Utah

harlequin chromosomes -J. Kimball

drop/drag genetic cross ZeroBio
week 14

Nov 21-22

 

  • RNA and DNA structure and function

 

  

 

Nov 23-25 off Thanksgiving!

 

 ch 11

http://ull.chemistry.uakron.

edu/genobc/animations/

 

BBC guru

  

Central Dogma animation

Anatomy of photo 51

DNA movies*

nucleic acids  -The Biology Project

Hershey/Chase -AccessExcellence

DNA basics -The Biology Project

DNA animations*

DNA replication animation

Cracking the code   (PBS)

DNA structure -subunit animation

 

 

 

week topics text chapters/ activities supplemental readings/URLs
week 15

 

 Nov 28-Dec 2

 

 

 

  

  • RNA and DNA structure  and function
  • mutations
ch  12
DNA structure/function

 		 transformation movie

translation animation ZeroBio

protein synthesis animation

Beginner’s Guide to Molecular Biology -Molecular Biology Notebook

DNA from the Beginning -DNA from the Beginning
 

week 16

Dec 5-9

 
  • gene regulation
  • molecular genetics
  • genes and development

 

 

 

 

 

  

ch 13, 16

 

 gene regulation -Indiana State University

RNA splicing -movie

cloning animation

developement  -The Biology Project

gene expression  -The Biology Project

gene expression in prokaryotes  -The Biology Project

signal transduction animation
week 17

Dec 12-16

 
  • DNA technology
 ch 14

build a family tree

 

Sequence for Yourself      Create a DNA fingerprint

 Blackett family  -The Biology Project

DNA profiling  -The Biology Project

Western Blot  -The Biology Project

recombinant DNA  -The Biology Project

PCR animation

human genome project -National Human Genome Research Institute

bacterial genetics/recombinant DNA tutorial -Cornell BioG101-104

forensics  -The Biology Project

genetic engineering

 
 

Dec 21

Winter Vacation starts at end of day

 

 ch 17 are yours for the break–Happy Holidays!! (you would be bored without this work….

End of First semester

 

 

week topics text chapters/activities supplemental readings/URLs
week 18

Jan 3-7

 

 
  • Darwinian evolution
  • evolutionary changes in populations

 

 ch 17–18

Evolution

 

The Shape of Life

 dating techniques -Geology Labs on-line

Darwin’s life and works -Cal. State University, Dr. C. Urbanowicz

population drift -simulation

genetic drift -simulation
week 19

Jan 10-14

Jan 14-end of Sem I

  

semester I final exam week

 

 

  

AP sample exam

 

 

 

 

 

Semester I Calendar 2001

AP Calendar 2006

 

week topics text chapters/activities supplemental readings/URLs
see you in late August!!

 

week 1

Aug 24-26

  • intro to AP Bio
  • summer assignments   
  • bonding
  • buffers, acids and bases
  • element cycles
  • homeostasis
  • chemical basis of life: carbon, water and life
  • elements for life

 

 ch 1, 50-55-due Aug. 24-your first day back!!**check study guide (SG) and question set (QS)

powers of ten see the size of everything!

ch 2

 

 

handouts/AP website

  

scientific method -The Biology Project

size and biology -The Biology Project

 

 

 

dissociation of water

acid-base explained

water movement click on animations

water movement ions, simulations of pH solutions

 

 

 

week topics text chapters/activities supplemental readings/URLs
week 2

Aug 29-Sept 2
  • biomolecules
    • organic compounds
    • carbohydrates, fats, proteins and nucleic acids
 ch 3

 

BBC guru condensation and structure of molecules

 

 central dogma animation

molecules -animated (rotate)

dehydration synthesis -animation

the biological basis of life for condensation
week 3

Sept 6-9

Sept 5 off-Labor Day

  

  • metabolism
  •  enzyme kinetics t
  • test over ch 2, 3, and 6 on Friday…be ready!!

 

 

 ch 6 interactives catalysis, enzyme inhibition

BBC guru this is the enzyme site we used in class

 
week 4

CAMP KERN (but you are responsible for everything!!)

Sept 12-16
  • ecology and geography
  • human ecology
  • population ecology 

 

 population clock population estimation

climate graphs/biomes

dissolved O2 lab 

 

 

 Nova-The World in Balance  Human Numbers/Time               The Earth in  Peril      Be a Demographer         Population Trend quiz

nitrogen cycle -animation

 
week 5

Sept 19-23

 
  • community ecology
  • ecosystems and the biosphere

 

 

  

 

 

 interesting ecology simulations, including:     biomass succession

biomass succession 2

 

 

week topics text chapters/activities supplemental readings/URLs
week 6

Sept 26- 30

 

 

 
  • early evolution of life
  

 

ch 20

 burgess shale -resources

early life  -Burgess Shale

geologic time scale

the Origins Game

Aliens in the Milky Way?
week 7

Oct 3-7
  • prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
  • viruses and bacteria

 

 

 

 

 

 ch 4 

 

ch 7 

 

 

Military Medicine through Time
evolution

microbe clock

 microscopy  -CellsAlive

eukaryotic vs pro, quizzes on plant and animal cell

show big is? (cell biology) -CellsAlive

microbe world

microbiology

binary fission movie

lysogenic cycle -animation

micro sites
week 8

Oct 10-14

Oct 11 off

-teacher inservice
  • plant vs animal cells
  • subcellular organization
 ch 4

these are the links that we used in class-

virtual cell -virtual cell textbook

cell comparison -check yourself

flagella and cilia movement

the cell -ThinkQuest

 

 

 

 

 inside the cell -NIH/NIGMS

cell parts -cells.de link of the month

drop/drag organelles

plant and animal cells -structure and function

endoplasmic reticulum

problem sets and tutuorials -The Biology Project, includes: studying cells tutorial  and cytoskeleton  among others-best site

cell similarity -GeoCities-fun stuff

click on animations -HHMI
week 9

Oct 17-21

Oct 22-end of Q1

 

  • biological membranes

 

  • transport across membranes

 

 

 ch 5

membrane structure  -simple

pathways in and out of the cell 

antibiotic resistance

BBC guru

 drop/drag membrane ZeroBio

membrane structure power point tutorial-advanced

cell signaling Access Excellence

osmosis tutorial Cornell BioG101-104

osmosis simulation Colorado

osmosis simulation2  UMV

osmosis animation Oklahoma State

osmotic pressure sanger

reverse osmosis gearfiltration

ion channels (cell biology, myocyte) CellsAlive

membrane animation HHMI

cell transport animation

Na/K pump Brookscole

membrane tutorial The Biology Project
week 10

Oct 24-28

 

 
  • test over eukaryotic cells and transport
    • aerobic respiration
  

ch 7

 

 

not active….

cell respiration -tutorial

overview  -respiration

electron transport chain and ATP synthesis -movies

glycolysis and fermentation -excellent molecular animations

 glucose catabolism U. Alberta-overview

intro to metabolism animation

metabolic process location animation

citric acid cycle animation

oxydative phosphorylation electron transport chain animation

cellular respiration -Kimball’s pages

cellular respiration -showing molecular models

glycolysis explained in animations

oxydative phosphorylation explained inanimations

 

week topics text chapters/ activities supplemental readings/URLs
week 11

Oct 31-Nov 4

 

 

 
  • photosynthesis
  • test over respiration and photosynthesis

 

  

 

ch 8

 

 

 

 photosynthesis light rxn -The Biology Project

photosynthesis carbo formation -The Biology Project

photosynthesis sites -Arizona State University

interactives

photosynthesis animation

oxygenic photosynthesis animation U. Alberta

photosynthesis -Maricopa bio181

 
week 12

Nov 7-11
  • The cell cycle

 

  • chromosomes

 

  • mitosis, meiosis/ gametogenesis, cell cycle

 

  

ch 9

Online Onion Tips  -The biology Project

more animations -BSC Courseware

BBC guru

 cell cycle  -The Biology Project

cell cycle animation, myocyctes, cytoskeleton, apoptosis (cell biology, cell models, cell gallery)  -CellsAlive

human genome size

mitosis review -Nebraska Wesleyan

interactive mitosis (cell biology)-CellsAlive

mitosis -The Biology Project

modeling mitosis -Cornell BioG101-104  click either random or assignment……

mitosis/meiosis animations -About: homework help

mitosis and meiosis tutorial -Cornell BioG101-104

meiosis vs mitosis -WGBH (PBS)

cancer growth -WGBH (PBS)

metastasis -animation
week 13

Nov 14-18

 
  • principles of heredity
  • inheritance patterns

 

  

ch 10, 15

Dogs Around the World

 mendelian genetics  -The Biology Project

human karyotyping  -The Biology Project

genetics -University of Utah

harlequin chromosomes -J. Kimball

drop/drag genetic cross ZeroBio
week 14

Nov 21-22

 

  • RNA and DNA structure and function

 

  

 

Nov 23-25 off Thanksgiving!

 

 ch 11

http://ull.chemistry.uakron.

edu/genobc/animations/

 

BBC guru

  

Central Dogma animation

Anatomy of photo 51

DNA movies*

nucleic acids  -The Biology Project

Hershey/Chase -AccessExcellence

DNA basics -The Biology Project

DNA animations*

DNA replication animation

Cracking the code   (PBS)

DNA structure -subunit animation

 

 

 

week topics text chapters/ activities supplemental readings/URLs
week 15

 

 Nov 28-Dec 2

 

 

 

  

  • RNA and DNA structure  and function
  • mutations
ch  12
DNA structure/function

 		 transformation movie

translation animation ZeroBio

protein synthesis animation

Beginner’s Guide to Molecular Biology -Molecular Biology Notebook

DNA from the Beginning -DNA from the Beginning
 

week 16

Dec 5-9

 
  • gene regulation
  • molecular genetics
  • genes and development

 

 

 

 

 

  

ch 13, 16

 

 gene regulation -Indiana State University

RNA splicing -movie

cloning animation

developement  -The Biology Project

gene expression  -The Biology Project

gene expression in prokaryotes  -The Biology Project

signal transduction animation
week 17

Dec 12-16

 
  • DNA technology
 ch 14

build a family tree

 

Sequence for Yourself      Create a DNA fingerprint

 Blackett family  -The Biology Project

DNA profiling  -The Biology Project

Western Blot  -The Biology Project

recombinant DNA  -The Biology Project

PCR animation

human genome project -National Human Genome Research Institute

bacterial genetics/recombinant DNA tutorial -Cornell BioG101-104

forensics  -The Biology Project

genetic engineering

 
 

Dec 21

Winter Vacation starts at end of day

 

 ch 17 are yours for the break–Happy Holidays!! (you would be bored without this work….

End of First semester

 

 

week topics text chapters/activities supplemental readings/URLs
week 18

Jan 3-7

 

 
  • Darwinian evolution
  • evolutionary changes in populations

 

 ch 17–18

Evolution

 

The Shape of Life

 dating techniques -Geology Labs on-line

Darwin’s life and works -Cal. State University, Dr. C. Urbanowicz

population drift -simulation

genetic drift -simulation
week 19

Jan 10-14

Jan 14-end of Sem I

  

semester I final exam week

 

 

  

AP sample exam