Course Information and Goodies:
1. AP Biology Syllabus
2. AP Biology Practice Exam Booklet
3. AP Biology Course and Exam Description (College Board)
4. Online Textbook and other resources www.campbellbiology.com
5. Online Reading Guides (in PDF or Word formats) https://sites.google.com/a/svvsd.org/chou/home/apbio/campbell-reading-guides, Thank you Mrs. Chou!
6. Bozeman Science -- AP Biology Video Clips
7. Test Rescore Form- must print out and hand write (i.e., can't type/print)
Course Calendar: Updated February 13, 2014
September 2013
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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2
3
4
5
6
7
Alien Invasion Activity
Team Build Survey
Debrief Water Lab
Assigned:
- Finish Alien Invasion
Debrief
- Make sure Water Lab is
done
Water Lab Part 2
Finish Water notes
8
Notes on Water Part 1 and Water Vocabulary and
Part II
Foldable
Assigned:
- Read article, Air is Dry,
Water is Wet
- Watch Bozeman Biology
YouTube Video on Water
- Finish Water Lab - Revisit
Water Chapter (Ch 3)
Due:
- Both water labs (summer
and in class)
- Finish Water Vocabulary
Foldable on article, Air is
Dry, Water is Wet
12
13
9
10
11
Meet Study Teams!
Evaporative Cooling and
Water wrap up (foldable,
article)
What's a FRQ?
Group FRQ: Water
Score FRQs (their's... our's) Carbohydrates Quiz!
Prior Knowledge Test
Notebook Set Up and
Course Description
Assigned:
- Revisit Ch 4 and 5 (5 in
more depth)
Review Carbohydrates
Assigned:
- Bozeman Biology
YouTube on Biological
Molecules
Protein
Flipped Classroom
Short FRQ: Carbs
Discussion
Assigned:
Review Lipids
- Read article on Fish
Adaptation and Antifreeze.
1. Write down (or highlight)
Foldables
new vocab terms that you
Assigned:
- Let's try this again! Watch don't know and define them.
2. Paraphrase sections.
this Flipped Classroom
video and this one Flipped What is the main idea, if
you had to sum it up into
Classroom cartoon and
respond to questions (small one sentence?
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handout)
3. Come up with 3
- Read about Proteins (find questions you have on the
in Ch 5). Take notes.
article.
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16
17
18
19
20
Molecules Review Activity
Debrief Arctic Fish article
Assigned
FRQ on molecules
Miller Urey Experiment
(video, animation)
Score FRQ
Review
TEST
Introduction to All Things
Prokaryote
Prokaryote Metabolism and
Gene Recombination Skit
Preparation
Assigned
Complete Unit Planner
22
23
Skits, notes, competition!
24
Biochemistry and the Origin
of Life
What are they? How do
they do things?
Unit Planner: All Things
Due
Prokaryote
Unit Planner and Self
Assigned
Reflection with Evidence Read Ch 27 and complete
reading guide provided in
class. Also! To prepare for
your skit, read 9.2, 9.5, and
18.3
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26
27
Discuss Bonnie Bassler
The Challenge of Antibiotic Genetic Engineering,
Create a Plasmid!
Lecture on Quorum Sensing Resistance discussion
Plasmids, and Restriction
Prokaryote Communication:
Enzymes
Debrief/Discussion
Quorum Sensing
Operons: Prokaryote Gene
Regulation
DNA Scissors
Assigned
Return Test: Biochemistry
Get to Know this Lab:
and the Origin of Life +
Operon Processing Activity
Assigned
Bacterial Transformation
Distribute Test Rescores
Watch these videos on
(due Monday 9/30)
restriction enzymes, genetic
engineering and this last
one if you need/want more
Assigned
- Read article, The
clarification
Challenge of Antibiotic
Resistance and write a
summarizing sentence for
each paragraph (discussing
on Weds)
- Review Transcription and
Translation (p.330-331)
- Read Section 18.4 on
Operons and take notes
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30
DNA Goes to the Races
Plasmid Mapping
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28
Assigned
Complete "Get to Know this
Lab" Pre-Lab WS (use p. 35 of this packet) and
Flowchart Lab (use p. 6-9
of this packet)
October 2013
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
2
3
4
5
Walk thru Bacterial Tx Lab Run Tx Lab!
steps
Set up tubes
Revisit plasmid maps. Try
out a few!
Check Plasmid Map keys
Plating transformed (we
hope!) bacteria
Score FRQs
This may help too.
Use newer vocabulary to
practice concepts
Here's a Plasmid Mapping
practice packet if you want
to try a few more. Scroll to
problems. See the key in
the AM to know if you have
the skill.
9
10
Assigned
Complete one challenge
plasmid map (easy,
medium, or hard)
6
7
8
Discuss Tx Efficiency
Design Tx lab extension
Discuss Experimental
Questions
13
Results, Tx Efficiency
Group /Solo FRQ on
Plasmid Map
11
Run Tx lab extension (set Results
NO SCHOOL Teacher
up tubes; plate; incubate)
Work Day
Vet procedures with peers
Begin lab presentation slide
Have you been completing
Extra Credit Opp for
your Unit Planner, reading
Prokaryote Unit
textbook sections/chapters,
etc, and watching videos?
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15
16
17
18
Updates to ppt slide?
Lab Presentations
Finish Lab Presentations
TEST
All Things Prokaryote
Introduction to Eukaryotic
Cell Evolution
Review for Test (10/17)
12
Due
- Transformation Lab
Packet (Pre-labs, Tx
Goodies
-Study Packet with review Efficiency Packet,
questions from gallery walk Evaluating Results, data
- Article on Quorum
sheet)
Complete Unit Planner for
All Things Prokaryote
Due
Unit Planner and evidence
for All Things Prokaryote.
Make sure your calendar is
updated on your unit
Cell Size: Does size
matter? Surface area to
volume ratios
Assigned
19
Sensing by Bonnie Bassler - Emailed PPT slide by
7:30am to
stemplora@everettsd.org
20
- Read section 6.1 and take
notes
- View this cool animation
on the Scale of the
Universe
25
21
22
23
24
Lesson continued due to
fire "drill"!
Lab, Limits Cell Size
Lecture: Eukaryotic Cell
Structures and Functions
Cell Structures Processing Presentations on Organelle
Activity
Malfunction
Assigned
- Surface Area to Volume
calculations WS
- Read about Cell
Organelles, Sections 6.26.7
27
planner.
28
Assigned
Reading Guide, Ch 6
29
Short answer practice and Cell Membranes and
review of Cell Organelles - membrane transport
Jigsaw
Due
Cell Processing Activity
(worst-case scenario of
malfunctioning organelle)
Assigned
- Read Sections 7.3, 7.4,
7.5 and take notes
-Pre-Lab and flowchart for
Diffusion Osmosis Lab
Assigned
- Begin Cell Membranes
Read Sections 7.1, 7.2 and Processing Questions
take notes
- [Optional if you're
struggling with transport]
Membrane Animations
Packet
November 2013
Worst-Case scenario
Organelle Jigsaw
Quiz, Eukaryotic Cell
Structures and Functions
Assigned
- Take Self Quiz at end of
Chapter 6
- Self correct using
Appendix A, and for all
questions missed, write
justification of correct
answer
.
Due
- Cell Races Packet and
Practice (SA:V Math WS)
- Self Quiz, Ch 6
Assigned
- Finish Cell Structures
Processing Activity
30
31
Intro to Lab: Diffusion and
Osmosis (Part 1)
Determining Mystery
Solutions
Water Potential Class data
for Mystery Solutions
Assigned
- Finish entire part 1 of Lab:
Osmosis and Diffusion
(data table,graph, and
analysis questions)
- Begin Water Potential
Problem Set 1
- Continue work or finish
Cell Membranes Packet
26
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
2
Debrief Osmosis Diffusion
Lab Part 1
Revisit Water Potential
Quiz, Cell Membranes,
transport
Due
- Osmosis Diffusion lab,
Part 1 (data, graph, analysis
Qs)
Assigned
- Read Section 36.1, take
notes, and answer concept
check questions on p.744)
- Finish Water Potential
Practice Set 1
- Read and Flowchart
Osmosis Lab Part 2
("Exercise 1C")
3
4
5
7
8
Diffusion, Osmosis Lab,
Lecture, Transport in
Part 2 Results and Analysis Plants, transpiration, water
potential
Assigned
Assigned
Diffusion Osmosis
Finish Diffusion Osmosis Share data with peers for
Challenge (Design your
Lab Exercise 1D (due
Diffusion Osmosis Lab
own lab), due Friday 11/8 at Friday)
Poster
7:30am to
stemplora@everettsd.org
Assigned
- Revisit Ch 36 and
complete Self Quiz
questions (p. 754)
1,2,3,4,10. Make
corrections and justify.
- Read through
Transpiration Lab in
preparation for tomorrow.
- Continue Water Potential
Practice Set 2
6
Transpiration Experiment
- Set-up, research
background info and form
hypotheses
Quiz, Water Potential
Endosymbiotic Theory
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12
13
14
15
NO SCHOOL
Veteran's Day
Collect Data for
Transpiration Lab
Collect Data for
Transpiration lab
TEST
Eukaryotic Cell Evolution
FRQs Eukaryotic Cell
Evolution
Diffusion, Osmosis Lab,
Part 2 Set Up
10
9
Assigned
Finish Diffusion Osmosis
Lab Packet and Poster
16
(Chapters 6,7,36)
Review
Review
Due
Unit Planner for Eukaryotic
Cells: Is Bigger Always
Better?
Study Guide for Eukaryotic
Cell Evolution Test
Due
- Diffusion Osmosis Lab
Packet
- Diffusion Osmosis Lab
Poster at 7:30 AM to
stemplora@everettsd.org
17
18
19
20
21
22
Mid-Semester Reflection
and Feedback
Presentations: Diffusion
Osmosis Lab
(Potatoes/Apples)
Introduction to Cell
Energetics
Lecture, Enzymes
FRQ: Enzymes
Transpiration Data
23
Assigned
Lecture, Intro to Metabolism Cattle-ist Story and
and Energetics
Graphing Question
Assigned
Finish reading Chapter 8,
Assigned
Read Chapter 8 (Enzymes) and complete Self Quiz at Unit Planner for Cell
and answer Concept Check end - make corrections and Energetics
Qs at ends of each section justify
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25
26
Lab: Enzyme Actvity,
Procedure 1 (setting up a
baseline)
Lab: Enzyme Actvity,
Review Game!
Procedure 2 (your own
manipulation
Work time to finish lab
Assigned
Formal Lab Report on
Formal Lab Report
Procedure 2. Use this to set Guidelines
up your formal lab report
and the scoring rubric (in Assigned
syllabus packet) to selfRead all of Ch 10
assess before final
Photosynthesis
submission (Due Mon, Dec.
2)
Over-the-break Extra
Credit Opportunities:
1. Learn about Free
Energy!
2. Learn about ATP in
painful detail!
3. Learn about Cell
Respiration!
4. Jell-O Lab
Due
Transpiration Lab
27
All due Monday, Dec 2.
No exceptions
28
Happy Thanksgiving! What
are you thankful for?
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30
December 2013
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Due: Formal Lab Report,
Enzyme Activity
Photosynthesis
9
10
11
12
13
Lab: Photosynthesis
(Student-designed)
Cell Respiration
Processing Activity
Presentations for Lab:
Photosynthesis
Lab: Cell Respiration,
"Yeastie Beasties"
Lab Slide due at 7am,
emailed to
stemplora@everettsd.org
Email me your data!
19
20
Lecture, Photosynthesis PS Processing Activity
Lab: Photosynthesis
Assigned
- Learn about C4 and CAM Assigned
Share formal lab reports Assigned
Plants WS (front and back) - Pre-lab for Photosynthesis
and dissect to make "super - Retry Pre-quiz on
- Come up with variables
report" for shared grade
photosynthesis
that may affect rate of PS.
- Complete pages 4-6 in PS
Most interesting variable
wins prize! And no repeats.
pH
packet
- Watch demo of lab set up
Assigned
Begin Photosynthesis
packet, pages 1-3
8
15
Assigned
- FRQ: Photosynthesis
- Finish PS Packet
Assigned
- Read Chapter 9
- Worksheet on Cell
Respiration
16
17
18
Review for Test
TEST
Cell Energetics
Assigned
Begin reading Chapter 11
"Cell Communication"
FRQs
Cell Energetics
Guest Speaker, Cell
Communication
Assigned
Unit Planner for Cell
Cell Signaling Gone Wrong
Energetics
(Disease and Cell
Intro to Cell Communication Communication Project) Assigned
Choose partner and
Reading Packet for Ch 11 diseases
Update for Disease Project
for those who haven't
signed up: Tinley, Calvin,
Kristin, Jinzheng, Indira,
Rachel, John-Robert, See
the Disease Sign Up List
and email me with your
topic choice. First come,
first served. We still present
Monday after break so
spread the word.
Link to Scientific American John-Robert and Kristin,
pick one that hasn't been
Article, Cell
Communication: The Inside chosen from this list (will
Story
update 12/20/13) Due
Due (Monday 1/6)
Sunday, January 5, 2014 Yeastie Beasties Lab
emailed to
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21
stemplora@everettsd.org
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23
24
25
26
27
28
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
2
3
4
Winter Break!
Winter Break!
Winter Break!
NO SCHOOL Happy winter
break!
29
30
31
January 2014
Bill Doyle: Treating Cancer...
Sunday
5
12
19
Monday
Tuesday
6
7
8
9
10
Presentations, Cell
Communication and
Disease Project
Assigned
- Finish Cell Comm Study
Packet
- Prepare for quiz on Ch 11
tomorrow
Partner quiz, Ch 11 (Cell
Comm)
Assigned
Packet, Cellular
Communication and
Crossword Puzzle
Presentations, Cell
Communication and
Disease Project
Due
Test Rescores for Cell
Energetics
Presentations
Cell Comm Processing
Activity (yeast mating
factors)
13
14
Assigned
Packet, Signal Transduction
Assigned
- Cholera Research Debrief
Worksheet
- Read Chapter 12, Cell
Cycle and begin packet,
The Cell Cycle and Cell
Division
15
16
Cell Cycle and Mitosis
Lecture, Cell Cycle
videos
Video, William Li: Can We
Eat To Starve Cancer?
Pre-and Post- video
questions WS
Video, Bill Doyle: Treating
Cancer...
Due
Cholera WS
Cell Cycle Regulation
HeLa Cells Workshop and FRQ
Presentation
Cell Communication and
Cell Cycle
Study the cell signaling of
insulin and glucagon
pathway.You will need to
know about the molecules
involved, target cells,
organs, and action for
regulation of the blood
glucose levels.
20
21
22
NO SCHOOL
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Day
TEST
Final Exams
Cell Communication and Per 1,2
Cell Cycle (multiple choice)
Cell Cycle Animation
Class Quiz!
11
17
23
24
Final Exams
Per 3,4
FRQ Forgiveness Day,
Final Exams
Per 5,6
18
25
Due
Unit Planner for Cell
Communication and Cell
Cycle
26
FRQ Forgiveness Day,
12:30-2pm
1. Bring in bad FRQ
2. Pick new FRQ (random)
3. Do new FRQ
4. Keep better score
29
12:30-2pm
1. Bring in bad FRQ
2. Pick new FRQ (random)
3. Do new FRQ
4. Keep better score
27
28
30
31
NO SCHOOL Teacher
Work Day
Chi Square
Mitosis Lab and Chi Square Intro to DNA Structure and Plan Day for DNA
Replication – Notes
Replication
Skits/Presentations
Assigned
Modeling DNA Replication
Challenge
Tuesday
Wednesday
February 2014
Sunday
2
Monday
Thursday
Saturday
1
8
3
4
5
6
7
Presentations
Transcription and RNA
Processing
- Notes Sheet
HHMI Video on Gene
Switches
- Video Questions
Translation
Video, Ghost in Your Genes
Lecture, Eukaryotic Gene
Control
Assigned
- Watch video on RNAi (part
of eukaryotic gene control)
- Go thru lecture (above)
and complete notes sheet
given in class
- Create DNA and histone
model (packet)
Quiz, DNA Structure and
Replication
Due
Gene Expression:
Transcription Packet
Assigned
- Gene Expression:
Translation Packet
- Begin reading and
studying sections 17.7
(mutations), 18.1, 18.2
(genetics of viruses) and
reviewing 18.3, 18.4
(reproduction and variation
in bacteria)
9
Friday
10
11
12
13
14
Intro to PCR
- Video Clip
PCR Lab
- Extracting and purifying
DNA
PCR Lab
- Set Up tubes;
thermocycler!
PCR Lab
- Run gels
- Prediction sheet
PCR Lab
- Analyze gel
- Discuss formal lab report
15
- Lab
17
Assigned
Finish Flowchart (Day 3)
and complete pre-lab
questions
Extra Credit Opp!
Find out the size of CamV
DNA and the length of the
promoter. This may help
you make predictions on
your gel. Bring these
numbers in with printed
evidence from your source.
Quiz, Gene Expression
(Transcription and
Translation)
Assigned
- Option 1 or Option 2
Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic
Genome Regulation
requirements
Due
- Option 1 or Option 2
Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic
Genome Regulation
18
19
20
21
22
NO SCHOOL
President's Day
NO SCHOOL
Mid-Winter Break
Review for Test
TEST
Molecular Genetics
Intro Genetic Disorder
Project
Assigned
- PCR-GMO Formal Lab
Report
23
Due
Formal Lab Report for PCRGMO Lab
24
25
26
27
28
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
March 2014
Sunday
2
9
17
24
31
Monday
3
10
18
25
4
11
19
26
5
12
20
27
6
13
21
28
Friday
Saturday
7
14
22
29
1
8
15
23
30