Semester I Calendar 2001

AP Calendar 2006

 

weektopicstext chapters/activitiessupplemental 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

 

 

 

weektopicstext chapters/activitiessupplemental 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 6interactives 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

 

 

weektopicstext chapters/activitiessupplemental 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

 

weektopicstext chapters/ activitiessupplemental 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

 

 

 

weektopicstext chapters/ activitiessupplemental 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

 

 

weektopicstext chapters/activitiessupplemental readings/URLs
week 18

Jan 3-7

 

 

  • Darwinian evolution
  • evolutionary changes in populations

 

ch 1718

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