AP Calendar 2006
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see you in late August!!
week 1 Aug 24-26 |
| 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
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week 2 Aug 29-Sept 2 |
| 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 |
| ch 6 | interactives catalysis, enzyme inhibition BBC guru this is the enzyme site we used in class
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week 4 CAMP KERN (but you are responsible for everything!!) Sept 12-16 |
| 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
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week 5 Sept 19-23
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| interesting ecology simulations, including: biomass succession
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week 6 Sept 26- 30
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ch 20 | burgess shale -resources early life -Burgess Shale |
week 7 Oct 3-7 |
| ch 4
ch 7
| microscopy -CellsAlive eukaryotic vs pro, quizzes on plant and animal cell show big is? (cell biology) -CellsAlive binary fission movie lysogenic cycle -animation |
week 8 Oct 10-14 Oct 11 off -teacher inservice |
| ch 4 these are the links that we used in class- virtual cell -virtual cell textbook cell comparison -check yourself 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 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 |
| ch 5 membrane structure -simple pathways in and out of the cell antibiotic resistance | drop/drag membrane ZeroBio membrane structure power point tutorial-advanced cell signaling Access Excellence osmosis tutorial Cornell BioG101-104 osmosis simulation Colorado 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
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| 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 |
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week 11 Oct 31-Nov 4
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ch 8
| photosynthesis light rxn -The Biology Project photosynthesis carbo formation -The Biology Project photosynthesis sites -Arizona State University photosynthesis animation oxygenic photosynthesis animation U. Alberta photosynthesis -Maricopa bio181
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week 12 Nov 7-11 |
| ch 9 Online Onion Tips -The biology Project more animations -BSC Courseware | cell cycle -The Biology Project cell cycle animation, myocyctes, cytoskeleton, apoptosis (cell biology, cell models, cell gallery) -CellsAlive 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
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| ch 10, 15 | 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
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Nov 23-25 off Thanksgiving!
| ch 11 edu/genobc/animations/
| Central Dogma animation nucleic acids -The Biology Project Hershey/Chase -AccessExcellence DNA basics -The Biology Project DNA replication animation Cracking the code (PBS) DNA structure -subunit animation
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week 15
Nov 28-Dec 2
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| 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
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| 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
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| ch 14
| 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
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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
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week 18 Jan 3-7
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| ch 17–18
| 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 |