Table of Contents for Biology Notebook Check #3
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Syllabus
Lab Safety Contract
NCSCOS (Standard Course of Study)
Notes: abiotic, biotic, characteristics of living things
Levels of Organization of Living Things
Notes: microscopes
Notes: producer, consumer, autotroph, heterotrophy
Journal response to: 1) How do food chains, food webs, and pyramids of energy show the flow of energy
through an ecosystem? 2) What kind of predictions could you make with them?
Kelp Forest Energy Pyramid
Notes: Invasive Species – characteristics that increase the likelihood that a non-native species will
become invasive
Carbon Cycle Questions
Warm-up: what is the difference between niche and habitat?
Notes: habitat, niche, succession
Notes: scientific method, experimental design
HW: Explain how
Drawing of Nitrogen Cycle
Phosphorous Cycle drawing, notes on eutrophication
Notes: competition, predators
Notes: Symbiosis – mutualism, commensalism, parasitism
Graphs of population growth [This can go in spiral notebook (notes) or Toolbox]
HW: Summarize what you learned about population growth. [This can go in spiral notebook (notes) or
Toolbox]
[Optional] Population Growth Questions #1-7
Carbon Compounds Chart (with colored paper boxes)
Carbon Compounds Concept Map
Case Study 1 Malaria p. 13-16
Disease Information Sheet – Malaria
Drawings of plant, animal and bacterial cells
Venn Diagrams for (1) Plant & Animal Cells (2) Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic Cells
Cells Questions (2 questions plus a table on cell structures)
Drawing of a cell membrane
Case Study: Diabetes
Disease Information Sheet – Diabetes
Paragraph on enzymes including what kind of organic compounds they are, what their function is, how they do
that, and what affects how well they will function
Review for Test on Organic Compounds and Cells (2 pages)
Questions on Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration, and Anaerobic Respiration
Graphic organizer for Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration , and Anaerobic Respiration
Mitosis (colored diagrams on short sheet)
(Optional) Mitosis Paper Model with yellow and green chromosomes
Meiosis Study Template (colored diagrams on full page)
Venn Diagram for Mitosis and Meiosis
Double Bubble Map of DNA vs. RNA
Summary about DNA structure and DNA replication
Explanation of what your assigned molecule does (mRNA, rRNA, or tRNA)
Summary of transcription and translation (protein synthesis)
The Story of King DNA
Codon Chart
Venn Diagram for DNA Replication and Transcription
Venn Diagram for Transcription and Translation
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Warm-Ups/Journal in Spiral Notebook
o Warm-up: What variables (both biotic and abiotic factors) could cause a population of fish to grow
in number? What could cause the fish population to shrink? [This can go in spiral notebook or
Activities]
o [Optional] Population Growth Questions #1-7
o What is the same about the 4 types of organic compounds (carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, nucleic
acids)? What is different about them? How does the structure of an organic molecule relate to its
function?
o Summarize how you test for (1) simple sugars (monosaccharides), (2) complex sugars
(polysaccharides like starch) (3) lipids (4) proteins.
o Predict which molecules will pass through the model membrane (dialysis tubing): glucose, iodine, or
starch.
o How is the bubble soap model similar to a cell membrane?
o How are a balloon, dialysis tubing, and bubble are soap all models for a cell membrane? What are
the limitations of each model?
o (1) If you set a small beaker of food coloring in a large beaker of water, what would occur: diffusion
or osmosis? Explain. (2) What is the difference between a solute and a solvent?
o (a) Which requires energy: passive or active transport? (b) In active transport, molecules move from
an area of _____concentration to an area of _____ concentration.
o Why do cells need to divide (why can’t they just keep growing bigger)? How does the genetic
information get distributed to each cell?
o What do you already know about cancer? How might it relate to mitosis?
o (a) How is DNA polymerase involved in DNA replicaion? (b) How is RNA polymerase involved in
transcription? (c) What kinds of proteins are they?
o What is one area of biotechnology we should or should not research/fund/support.
o What is one area of biotechnology we should or should not research/fund/support.
o What are some applications of gel electrophoresis?
o How is gel electrophoresis done?
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Notes in Spiral Notebook
o Graphs of population growth [This can go in spiral notebook (notes) or Toolbox]
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HW: Summarize what you learned about population growth. [This can go in spiral notebook (notes)
or Toolbox]
Write equations for photosynthesis and cellular respiration in symbols and words List reactants. List
products. (This could be in Notes or Activities section.)
[Optional ] Health issues: PKU, Cystic Fibrosis, Sickle Cell Anemia, Diabetes, Malaria
Activities
Microscope Use
Practice Quiz on HW Reading #1
SGI 6 p. 47 #1-4
Duckweed Population Prediction Graph
Ecosystem Event Chart
HW: Describe the experiment by Pasteur and its significance.
HW: Explain how “biological magnification” (bioaccumulation) of pesticides or toxins works.
Warm-up: What are some sources of experimental error in the Elodea and BTB experiment? How could
we improve it if we did it again?
Warm-Up: What happens to atmospheric carbon if you decrease the number of producers? Explain.
Warm-Up: What causes animals to compete? Do plants compete? How can you tell?
Trials of Life video on Symbiosis /Good Buddies Symbiosis Activity sheet
Warm-up: What variables (both biotic and abiotic factors) could cause a population of fish to grow in
number? What could cause the fish population to shrink? [This can go in spiral notebook or Activities]
Ecology Review for Unit Test #1-35
Essay on one group of organic molecules (take on 1 of 4 roles)
SGI Cells 2 Analysis p. 11-12 #1-6
Write equations for photosynthesis and cellular respiration in symbols and words List reactants. List the
products. (This could be in Notes or Activities section.)
SGI Cells 3 p. 21-22 #1-5
Paragraph comparing a cell and its organelles to a town, city, or county
SGI Cells 7 Analysis p. 40-41 #1-6
SGI Cells 6 Analysis p. 36 #1-4
SGI Cells 8 Analysis p. 48 #1-5
SGI Cells 9 Membrane Structure and Function p. 52-57
SGI Cells 9 Analysis p. 58 #1-6
Article: Gamers Solve Stubborn Viral Mystery: the Shape of a Key Enzyme
Osmosis Problems
What influences Enzyme Activity?
Cells, Enzymes, Receptor Proteins, Hormones/Protein analogies, etc.
Review questions in text p. 237 #1-6, 9-14, 17-19, 22, 25-28
SGI 13 Cancer p.79-81 and Disease Information Sheet
Comparing Mitosis and Meiosis
Cell Division, Energy, Enzymes, and Organic Compounds Test Review
DNA Structure Model (made of cut-outs colored with colored pencils0
DNA Replication Practice Sheet
Transcription and Translation Practice Sheet
Replication, Transcription, and Translation Review Sheet (18 ?s)
Creative product for protein synthesis (cartoon, rewrite of Story of King DNA, bullet points, etc)
Replication, Protein Synthesis, and Genetic Engineering Test Review (40 ?s)
Making Recombinant DNA
Labs/Projects
Field Study Behind School
Microscope Letter “e” Lab
Plankton Slides
Elodea and BTB Experiment
County Fair Project rubric, ecology topics, timeline
HW: List of ideas for the County Fair Project
Testing for Organic Molecules Lab
SGI Cells 2 – Cells and Disease Lab (with drawings of blood cells)
SGI Cells 3 Microscope Slides Lab (8 drawings)
Edible Cell Lab Sheet
SGI Cells 8 – Cell Membrane Lab (includes drawings of cups and graduated cylinders with dialysis tubes)
Properties of Enzymes lab
Fermentation Lab
Mitosis Microscope Slides (3 drawings)
DNA Fingerprinting scenario (1 of 3 cases)
DNA Goes to the Races
Gel Electrophoresis Lab
Tests/Quizzes
Quiz 1 – Ecology
Unit Test on Ecology
Quiz 2
Quiz 3 – Organic Compounds to Enzymes
Test 2 – Cells Unit
Quiz 4 - Mitosis and Meiosis
Quiz 5 – DNA and Protein Synthesis