August 2013
SUNDAY
The topic of study
for each week will
be listed in this
column with any
recommended
websites that have
proven usefulness
and required
textbook readings
MONDAY
Monday through
Friday we will meet
during 5th hour for
47 minutes.
TUESDAY
ADV will be used to
indicate days that
we will also meet
during advisory.
WEDNESDAY
Each day is
comprised of
activities that can be
rearranged or
juggled as needed.
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
Videos for the week
will be listed in this
column. Most of
these can be
accessed on youtube
and I will have links
on my school
website.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
*Is it Alive?
*Two-column notes
27
*Quiz Chaps 1-3
*Covalent Molecules
*Hydrogen Bonding
*Distribution of
Books, and calendar.
*Introduction to AP
Biology/Goal Setting
28
*Lab – Comparing
Bond Properties
ADV
*Scientific Process
*Writing a Free
Response (FR) Essay
2012 #1
30
*Isomers and
Enatiomers
*Functional Groups
Watch videos on
elements, bonding,
and molecular
interactions
31
Watch videos on
enzymes and energy
changes in a
chemical reaction.
The Chemistry of
Life (Review):
Chapter 1
25
The Chemistry of
Life (Review):
Chaps 2 & 3
Website:
*Fold It – play a
game to fold real
proteins
26
*Atoms
*Ionic Molecules
*FR on
Radioisotopes
29
*Making Solutions
*Review of pH
*FR 2008 #1a
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AP* Biology Daily Lesson Plans
September 2013
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
1
The Chemistry of
Life (Review):
Chaps 4 & 5
Website
SumanasInc.com
watch Heat Changes
Protein Structure
video
8
The Cell: Cell
Components
Chapter 6
Website
Cells Alive
U of Utah, Learn
Genetics Size and
Magnification
2
Labor Day
No School
3
*Quiz Chaps 4 & 5
*Energy
*Enzymes
*FR Enzymes
4
*Pre-Lab Quiz
*Lab 13 (Enzyme
Activity)
5
*Organic Molecules
ADV
6
*Organic Molecules
ADV
7
Watch Lorenzo’s Oil
and discuss the role
of lipids and the use
of the scientific
process as a method
used to guide
research.
9
*Test over The
Chemistry of Life
*FR 2000 #1
*FR 2009 Form B,
#3
10
*Test results
*Unit 1 selfevaluation
11
*Intro to Cells
*Review of
Microscope
Technique
*FR Cell Size
12
*Model Building,
Prokaryotic Cells
*Grade a FR
FR 2011 #1
13
*Eukaryotic cells
*Endomembrane
System
14
Watch videos on
prokaryotic and
eukaryotic cells.
15
The Cell: Cell
Components,
Membrane Traffic
Chapter 7
Website
The Biology Place
BioCoach
16
*Quiz Chaps 6 & 7
*Cell Mobility
*Review of Cell
Parts
*Identify and
Defend homologous
cellular features.
*FR 2006 #1
17
*Pre-Lab Quiz
*Lab 4 (Diffusion &
Osmosis)
ADV
18
*Fluid Mosaic Model
*FR 2002 #4
19
*Active Transport
Simulation
ADV
20
11:20 Dismissal
No Class
21
Watch videos on cell
membrane
transport.
22
The Cell: Cellular
Energy
Chaps 8 & 9
Website
www.johnkyrk.com
23
*Review for Test
24
*Test – Cell Parts
and Membrane
Traffic
25
*Step-wise Energy
Use
*Redox Reactions
*Practice a timed FR
FR 2001 #4
26
*Glycolysis
27
*Krebs Cycle
28
Watch videos on cell
respiration.
29
The Cell: Cellular
Energy
Chapter 10
30
*Electron Transport
System
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AP* Biology Daily Lesson Plans
October 2013
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
1
*Quiz Chaps 8 & 9
*Cellular
Respiration
Simulation
*Fermentation
*FR 2012 #2
WEDNESDAY
2
*Pre-Lab Quiz
*Lab 6 (Cellular
Respiration)
THURSDAY
3
*Lab 6 continued
ADV
FRIDAY
4
*Leaf Structure
ADV
SATURDAY
5
Watch videos on
photosynthesis
12
6
7
8
9
10
11
The Cell:
Photosynthesis
Chapter 11
*Light Capture
*FR 2010 Form B #1
*Quiz Chaps 10 &
11
*Light Reactions
*Pre-Lab Quiz
*Lab 5
(Photosynthesis)
ADV
*Lab 5 continued
ADV
13
The Cell:
Communication
and Mitosis
Chaps 11 & 12
Website
Nobelprize.org
Control of Cell Cycle
Game
14
No School
Columbus Day
15
*Test on Cell
Respiration and
Photosynthesis
*FR 2004 #3
*Dark Reactions
*Photorespiration
*CAM
Photosynthesis
*FR CAM/C4
16
*Cell Signals –
Reception
(PSAT)
17
*Cell Signal
Analogies
ADV
18
*Share Cell Signal
Analogies
19
Watch Bonnie
Bassler’s TED talk
on cell signals
between bacteria at
www.TED.com
20
The Cell:
Communication
and Mitosis
21
*Pre-Lab Quiz
*Lab 7
ADV
22
*Haploid/Diploid
Life Cycles
*Group FR 2004 #1
ADV
23
*Test on Cell Signals
and Cell Division
*FR 2011 #3
24
No School
P/T Conferences
25
No School
P/T Conferences
26
Watch Part I: What
Females Want and
Part II: What Males
Will Do on
www.pbs.org
27
28
*Quiz Chaps 13,14
*Mendels Laws
*Monohybrid
Crosses
29
*Pre-Lab Quiz
*Lab 1 (Artificial
Selection)
ADV
30
*Lab 1 continued
ADV
31
*Finish Lab 1
ADV?
(Explore, Plan,
ASVAB)
11/1
*Gene Expression
*Genetic Problems
FR 2005 #2
11/2
Genetics:
Meiosis and Mendel
Chaps 13 & 14
Website
*DNA from the
Beginning
*U. of Utah Learn
Genetics,
Neurofibromin
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AP* Biology Daily Lesson Plans
November 2013
SUNDAY
3
Genetics:
Inheritance
Chaps 15 & 16
Website
Nobelprize.org
DNA Games
MONDAY
4
*Pedigrees and
Inheritance Patterns
TUESDAY
5
*Quiz Chaps 15,16
*Gene Linkage
*Sex Linkage
*FR 2010 #3
WEDNESDAY
6
*Karyotyping
THURSDAY
7
*Chi-Squared
*Poster
Presentations
*Discuss ethics of
genetics testing
prior to conception
and prior to birth
*FR 2003 #1
14
FRIDAY
8
11:20 Dismissal
Veterans Day
Assembly
SATURDAY
9
Watch Gattaca to
discuss ethics of
genetic testing
10
11
12
13
15
16
Genetics: Gene
Expression
Chapter 17
Websites
The Biology Project
U of Utah, Learn
Genetics, Genetic
Disorders Library
No School
Veterans Day
*Quiz Chapter 17
*Protein and DNA
*Model DNA
Replication
*FR in class 1999 #4
*Transcription and
Translation
*FR 2002 Form B #3
*Making Proteins
*Review Game
*FR 2010 Form B #2
ADV
Watch Cracking the
Code on
www.pbs.org
17
Genetics:
Viruses/Bacteria
and Eukaryotic
Genome
Chaps 19 & 21
Website: U. of Utah,
Learn Genetics,
Epigenetics
18
*Test - Genetics
Part A
FR 2009 #4
ADV
19
*Quiz Chaps 19,21
*Viruses
*Begin Poster
Presentations
*FR 2002 Form B #1
ADV
20
*Operons
*FR 2003 Form B #1
21
*Gene Control
*Epigenetics –
Website: U. Of Utah,
Learn Genetics
*FR 2012 #3
22
*Pre-Lab Quiz
*Lab 8 (Bacterial
Transformation
ADV
23
Watch Ghost in Your
Genes by Nova at
www.pbs.org
24
Genetics: Gene
Regulation
Chapter 18
Website: U. of Utah,
Learn Genetics,
Microarray
25
*Lab 8 Continued
ADV
26
*Cancer
*Poster
Presentations
*FR 2003 #4
ADV
27
*Quiz Chapter 18
*Debate
government
regulation of
carcinogens
28
No School
Thanksgiving
29
No School
30
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AP* Biology Daily Lesson Plans
December 2013
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Genetics: DNA
Technology
Chapter 20
Website: U. of Utah,
Learn Genetics, Pus
Popping Frogs
Nobelprize.org, PCR
Method
*DNA Biotechnology
*FR 2002 #1
*Pre-Lab Quiz
*Lab 9
ADV
*Lab 9 Continued
*Review for
Genetics Part B Test
ADV
*TestB – Genetics
Part B
Watch Secrets of Life
video on
www.pbs.org
8
9
*King Corn
*FR 2013 #1
10
*King Corn
*FR 2013 #3
11
*King Corn
*FR 2013 #5
13
11:20 Dismissal
No class
14
15
16
*Semester Exam
Prep
17
*Semester Exam
Prep
18
*Semester Exam
Prep
12
*1st Semester Self
Evaluation
*FR 2013 #7
19
Semester Exams
20
Semester Exams
21
22
23
No School
24
No School
25
No School
26
No School
27
No School
28
29
30
No School
31
No School
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AP* Biology Daily Lesson Plans
January 2014
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
1
2
3
4
No School
No School
No School
Watch videos on the
formation and
changes of the
planet
11
Watch videos on the
origin of life and the
early earth
5
Evolution: Review
Chaps 22-25
Websites
U. of Utah, Learn
Genetics, Rock
Pocket Mice
12
Evolution:
Review/Taxonomy
Chapter 26
Website
Education.berkeley.
edu, Evolution 101
6
No School
7
*Quiz – Chapter 22
*Anticipation Guide
Chapter 23
8
*Idea Survivor
Chapter 24
*FR 2004 #2
9
*Anticipation Guide
Chapter 25
10
*Hardy-Weinberg
bean simulation
activity and
discussion of ethics
ADV
13
*Pre-Lab Quiz
*Lab 2
ADV
14
*Quiz Chapters
23,24,25
*Lab 2 Continued
15
*Evolution
Gameshow
*FR 2001 #2
16
*Evolution
Gameshow
*FR 2008 B #3
17
*Presentation of
phylogenic
hypothesis from
mammal skull study
*FR 2009 #3
18
Watch video on
protists
19
Evolution:
Taxonomy
Chapter 26
Website
U. of Utah, Learn
Genetics, Old Genes,
New Tricks
20
No School
MLK Jr Day
21
*Quiz Chapter 26
*Protein and DNA
Data Bases
22
*Pre-Lab Quiz
*Lab 3
23
*Lab 3 cont.
FR 2004 B#1
ADV
24
*Debate on the
origin of the three
Domains (including
the Endosymbiont
Theory)
ADV
25
Watch video on
invertebrates
26
Evolution:
Animals
Chaps 27, 40
Website
SumanasInc.com
Watch Human
Embryonic Stem
Cells video
27
*Invertebrates
28
*Quiz Chapter 27
*Phylogeny Team
Scramble
29
*Test – Evolution
*FR 2011 Form B #4
ADV
30
*Basic Principles of
Animal Form and
Function
31
*Tissue
Identifiacation Lab
ADV
2/1
Watch videos on
form and function
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AP* Biology Daily Lesson Plans
February 2014
SUNDAY
MONDAY
3
*Nerve Conduction
*FR 2002 B #1
TUESDAY
4
*Quiz – Chaps
48,49, 50
*CNS Stimulation
Exercises
WEDNESDAY
5
*Sensory Perception
*FR 2008 B #4
THURSDAY
6
*Muscle Contraction
Models
FRIDAY
7
*Sensory Organ
Presentations
ADV
SATURDAY
8
Watch videos on the
nervous system
9
Animal Form and
Function
Chaps 44,45
Website
HHMI Holiday
Lecture Making You
Mind
10
*Guest Speaker –
Neurologist or
Neurosurgeon
*FR 2002 #2
*Begin Food Journal
ADV
11
*Quiz – Chaps 44,45
*Water Balance and
Nitrogenous Wastes
*FR 2005 B #4
12
*Tracking Endocrine
Signals
*Analysis of a FR
*FR 2002 #2
ADV
13
*Dissection to
Compare
Homeostatic and
Nervous Systems
*Discussion of
adaptations due to
environmental
pressure
14
11:20 Dismissal
We do have class!
*Guest Speaker –
Endocrinologist
*FR 2010 #1
15
Watch videos on the
endocrine system
and homeostasis
16
Animal Form and
Function
Chaps 41,42
Website
Nobelprize.org A&P
Games
17
No School
*Begin Digestion
Self Study
18
*Quiz – Chaps 41,42
*Lab on Digestive
Enzymes
*FR 2011 #2
ADV
19
*Lab on Respiration
Rates and
Temperature
20
*Student designed
lab on energy and
matter exchange
with the
environment.
ADV
21
*Continue Lab
*ADV
22
Watch Videos on
digestion and gas
exchange
23
Animal From and
Function
Chaps 46,47
Website
U. of Utah, Learn
Genetics, Go, Go,
Stem Cells, Click and
Clone
24
*Mating Strategies
Game
*FR Endocrine
Disruptors
25
*Fetal Pig Dissection
*Circulation and
Reproductive
Organs
ADV
26
*Quiz – Chaps 46,47
*FR 2009 B #4
*FR 2009 #1
27
*Pre-Lab Quiz
*Lab – Sea Urchin
Fertilization and
Development
*FR 2009 Form B #4
ADV
28
*Begin Preparation
for Third Line of
Defense Play
3/1
Watch the Living
Body video by
National Geographic
2
Animal Form and
Function
Chaps 48, 49, 50
Websites:
U. of Utah, Learn
Genetics, Mouse
Party, Addiction,
Brain games and
videos
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AP* Biology Daily Lesson Plans
March 2014
SUNDAY
MONDAY
2
Animal Form and
Function
Chapter 43
3
*First and Second
Lines of Defense
*Rehearsal of Third
Line of Defense Play
*FR 1999 #2
9
Plant Form and
Function
Chapter 35
10
*Test – Animal
Form and Function
*FR 2004 Form B #3
16
Plant Form and
Function
Chapter 36
23
30
Plant Form and
Function
Chapter 37
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
4
*Quiz – Chapter 43
*Performance of
Third Line of
Defense Play
*FR 2005 #4
ADV
11
*Fungi
Presentations
5
*Guest Speaker –
Immunologist
*FR 2002 #3
6
*Review of Animal
Form and Function
7
*Animal Form and
Function Game
8
Watch videos on the
immune system
12
*Quiz – Chapter 35
*Fungi
Presentations
*Begin Plant
Scavenger Hunt
ADV
13
*Hike to find
samples of the
major divisions of
plants
*FR Evolutionary
Obstacles of Land
Plants
ADV
14
*Plant Scavenger
Hunt Due
*Major Divisions
Dissections
15
Watch videos of
fungi and early
plants
17
*Transport in Plants
*Review of Water
Potential
18
*Quiz – Chapter 36
*Stomata and Water
Regulation
*FR 2001 #4
19
*Pre-Lab Quiz
*Lab 11
(Transpiration)
20
*Lab 11
ADV
21
*Lab 11
ADV
22
Watch The Botany of
Desire by Michael
Pollan on
www.pbs.org
24
25
26
27
28
29
No School
No School
No School
No School
No School
31
*Soil Chemistry
*Root Symbionts
*FR Root Symbionts
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AP* Biology Daily Lesson Plans
April 2014
SUNDAY
MONDAY
Plant Form and
Function
Chaps 38, 39
TUESDAY
1
*Quiz – Chapter 37
*Plant Stress
Factors Lab
*FR 2006 Form B #3
ADV
WEDNESDAY
2
*Plant Hormones
Labs
*FR 2003 Form B #2
THURSDAY
3
*In class FR 2003 B
#3
FRIDAY
4
*Test – Plant Form
and Function
*FR 2005 #3
ADV
Nipper Wildlife
Sanctuary Trip
SATURDAY
5
Watch videos on
plant nutrition
6
Ecology
Chaps 52, 53, 54
7
*Planetary Motion
*Global Climate
*Begin Biome
Dioramas
*FR 2007 #3
8
*Quiz - Chaps 52,
53, 54
*Population
Dynamics Game
*Human Population
Growth Calculations
*FR 2003 #3
9
*Distribution of Life
on Earth
*FR 2011 B #2
10
*Biodiversity
*Succession
*FR Island
Biogeography
*FR 2010 #4
*FR 2011 B #3
ADV
11
*Species
Interactions
Scavenger Hunt
*FR 2004 #4
ADV
12
Watch Lord of the
Ants on
www.pbs.org
13
Ecology
Chapter 55
14
*Energy Flow in
Ecosystems
*Food Webs
*FR 2006 #2
*FR 2010 B #3
15
*Quiz –Chaps 55and
lab 10
*Lab 10 (Energy
Dynamics)
ADV
16
*Lab 10
*FR 2006 B #4
17
*Lab 10
*FR 2008 #2
ADV
18
No School
19
Watch Cane Toads:
An Unnatural
History video
20
Ecology
Chapter 56
21
No School
22
*Quiz - Chapter 56
*Nutrient Cycles
*FR 2003 B #3
*FR 2012 #4
23
ACT/PSAE
24
ACT/PSAE
25
*CLC Case Studies
26
Watch People
Bombvideo by CNN
27
Ecology
28
*Pre-Lab Quiz
*Lab 12 (Fruit Fly
Behavior)
ADV
29
*Lab 12
ADV
30
*Lab 12
*FR 2004 Form B #2
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AP* Biology Daily Lesson Plans
May 2014
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
1
*Lab 12
FRIDAY
2
*Test – Ecology
*FR 2004 B #2
SATURDAY
3
4
Review
5
*Review for AP
Exam
*FR 2000 #4
*FR 2001 #3
*FR 2002 B #2
*FR 2002 B #4
6
*Review for AP
Exam
*FR 2003 B #4
*FR 2005 #1
*FR 2005 B #1
*FR 2012 #2
7
*Review for AP
Exam
*FR 2006 B #1
*FR 2006 B #2
*FR 2007 #1
*FR 2012 #4
8
*Review for AP
Exam
*FR 2007 B #4
*FR 2008 #1
*FR 2008 #3
*FR 2012 #6
9
11:20 Dismissal
No Class
10
11
12
AP TEST (8:00 am)
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
No School
Memorial Day
27
28
Semester Exams
29
Semester Exams
30
31
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AP* Biology Daily Lesson Plans