ADV BIOLOGY
5/11

Warm up: How are fungi different from plants
and protists and bacteria?

Question 2/exit: What ecological niche do
most fungi fill?
Today’s activity
Project : Kingdom Fungi (Mon/Tues)
Read Chapter 31 , reading notes/concept check due THURS
Video: (crash course)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4DUZhnNo4s
Video: (science scrapbook):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5rluxtABGA
Upcoming events:
Project Fungi due Thurs
Chapter 31 reading notes
Chapter 31 concept check
questions
ADV BIOLOGY
5/8

Warm up: no warm up

Question 2/exit: no question #2 today
Today’s activity
Upcoming events:
Notes: Worksheet
Vocabulary quiz Monday
May 4th
Read Chapter 29 , reading notes/concept check
Chapter 29 reading notes
First life: 6:35
Chapter 29 concept check
questions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR-yMiyquG4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_3PFfMdZ9c
ADV BIOLOGY
5/7

Warm up: Which adaptations allowed plants
to survive on land?

Question 2/exit: What advantages were
gained by colonizing land?
Today’s activity
Upcoming events:
Notes: Kingdom Plantae
Vocabulary quiz Monday
May 4th
Read Chapter 29 , reading notes/concept check
Chapter 29 reading notes
First life: 6:35
Chapter 29 concept check
questions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR-yMiyquG4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_3PFfMdZ9c
ADV BIOLOGY
5/6

Warm up: Which characteristics do plant cells
have that make them different from bacteria
and fungi?

Question 2/exit: What cell part allows
photosynthesis to take place?
Today’s activity
Upcoming events:
Notes: Kingdom Plantae
Vocabulary quiz Monday
May 4th
Read Chapter 29 , reading notes/concept check
Chapter 29 reading notes
First life: 6:35
Chapter 29 concept check
questions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR-yMiyquG4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_3PFfMdZ9c
ADV BIOLOGY
5/5

Warm up: No warm up today

Question 2/exit: No exit today
Today’s activity
Project work time: Plant characteristics poster (95 points)
due WED
Read Chapter 29 , reading notes/concept check
Upcoming events:
Vocabulary quiz Monday
May 4th
Chapter 29 reading notes
Chapter 29 concept check
questions
ADV BIOLOGY
5/4

Warm up: What makes plants different from
bacteria and protists?

Question 2/exit: What substance is the main
ingredient in the formation of the plant cell
wall?
Today’s activity
1st
period: Review vocab words for quiz (Protists)
Upcoming events:
Vocabulary quiz Monday
May 4th
1st period: vocab quiz (CH 28 protists)
Chapter 28 reading notes
Project work time: Plant characteristics poster (95 points)
Chapter 28 concept check
questions
Notes: Plantae, intro to chapter 29 vocab
Read Chapter 29 , reading notes/concept check
ADV BIOLOGY
4/30

Warm up: What is the name of the process that
protists use for asexual reproduction?

Question 2: Why is it important to be able to
make an identical copy of the cell if it is a
unicellular organism?
Today’s activity
Notes: protista, intro to chapter 28 vocab
Review vocab words for quiz
Read Chapter 28 , reading notes/concept
check
Upcoming events:
Vocabulary quiz Friday May 1st
Chapter 28 reading notes
Chapter 28 concept check
questions
ADV BIOLOGY
4/29

Warm up: What is endosymbiosis?

Question 2: What do scientists think is the
cause of such a diversity in many protists?
Today’s activity
Notes: protista, intro to chapter 28 vocab
Upcoming events:
Chapter 28 reading notes
Chapter 28 concept check
questions
Read Chapter 28 , reading notes/concept
check
ADV BIOLOGY
4/28

Warm up: What is a mixotroph?

Question 2: Give an example of secondary
symbiosis?.
Today’s activity
Notes: protista, intro to chapter 28 vocab
Upcoming events:
Chapter 28 reading notes
Chapter 28 concept check
questions
Read Chapter 28 , reading notes/concept
check
ADV BIOLOGY
4/27

Warm up: Which characterisitics make the
kingdom protista different from the bactera
kingdoms?

Question 2: List the major groups of protists.
Today’s activity
Notes: protista, intro to chapter 28 vocab
Print: Bacteria/ Archaebacteria project
Protista project work time at the end.
Read Chapter 28
Upcoming events:
Chapter 25 reading notes
Chapter 25 concept check
questions
ADV BIOLOGY
4/16

Warm up: What characteristics do scientists
use to separate kingdoms?

Question 2: What makes bacteria different
from the other kingdoms ?
Today’s activity
Upcoming events:
Chapter 25 reading notes
Bacteria/ Archaebacteria project
Chapter 25 reading notes and CC due WED
Chapter 25 concept check
questions
ADV BIOLOGY
4/15

Warm up: Why are fossils useful in studying
past organisms? What are some drawbacks to
fossils?

Question 2: What kind of rock are fossils found
in?
Today’s activity
Bacteria/ Archaebacteria project
Upcoming events:
Chapter 25 reading notes
Chapter 25 concept check
questions
Chapter 25 reading notes and CC due WED
ADV BIOLOGY
4/14

Warm up: Why can’t a single stem cell
develop into an embryo?

Question 2: What is apoptosis and why is it
helpful for the development of the embryo?
Today’s activity
Chapter 21 quiz
Video about development/stem cells
Reading notes for Chapter 25 reading notes
Upcoming events:
Due today:
Chapter 21 reading notes
Chapter 21 concept check
questions
Review worksheet packet
ADV BIOLOGY
4/10

Warm up: What does it mean if a cell is
called “differentiated”?

Question 2: What does a cytoplasmic
determinant do?
Upcoming events:
Today’s activity
Chapter 21 quiz
After quiz: Video about development/stem
cells
Reading notes for Chapter 25 reading notes
Due today:
Chapter 21 reading notes
Chapter 21 concept check
questions
Review worksheet packet
ADV BIOLOGY
4/9

Warm up: If there is a major mutation in the segmentation
process, what usually happens? (see page 423)

Exit: What is the name of the chemicals that establish the
embryo’s symmetry axes and cause other features to
form from these axes? (see page 424)
Upcoming events:
Today’s activity
Chapter 21 notes
Chapter 21 reading notes
Chapter 21
Assignments due Friday 10th
CH 21 quiz 4/10
Review for quiz
ADV BIOLOGY
4/7

Warm up: What do cytoplasmic determinants
do for stem cells? (see page 420)

Exit: How does induction guide
differentiation? (see page 420)
Upcoming events:
Today’s activity
Chapter 21 notes
Chapter 21 reading notes
Chapter 21
Assignments due Friday 10th
CH 21 quiz 4/10
ADV BIOLOGY
4/6

Warm up: List at least 3 sources of stem cells.

Exit: Which sources do think should be outlawed
and explain why. Use at least three sentences
in your answer.
Upcoming events:
Today’s activity
Chapter 21 notes
Chapter 21 reading notes
Chapter 21
Assignments due Friday 10th
CH 21 quiz 4/10
ADV BIOLOGY
3/16-4/2

3/16- 3/18 OAKS practice and testing
3/19-3/29 Spring break
3/30-4/3 OAKS testing and computer project (stem cells)

Reading notes for Chapter 21 will be due 4/10


ADV BIOLOGY
3/13

Warm up: Which variables are being
controlled in your experiment?

Exit: Which variable are you changing in your
experiment?
Upcoming events:
Today’s activitity
Chapter 20 reading notes
Chapter 20
Assignments due Friday 13 th
ADV BIOLOGY
3/11
Warm up: What is gel electrophoresis used for?
 (See page 392)


Exit: When would gel electrophoresis not be
useful?
Upcoming events:
Today’s activitity
Chapter 20 reading notes
Chapter 20
Assignments due Friday 13 th
DNA THERAPIES/ TECHNOLOGIES
Research a practical application of DNA
technology.
 Explain the problem that it solves
 Explain how the technology/therapy works
 Explain any side effects/costs/risks or the
technology/therapy
 Explain the developmental progress that the
technology is currently in. (is it in full use?)

ADV BIOLOGY
3/10
Warm up: Why is it helpful to be able to
produce clone cells?
 (See page 386)


Exit: What is the next step in the experiment?
Upcoming events:
Today’s activity
Chapter 20 reading notes
NEW Quiz Friday 13th
Chapter 20
Assignments due Friday 13 th
ADV BIOLOGY
3/9
Warm up: What does a restriction enzyme
do?
 (See page 386)


Exit: What is the next step in the experiment?
Upcoming events:
Today’s activity
Chapter 20 reading notes
NEW Quiz Friday 13th
Chapter 20
Assignments due Friday 13 th
ADV BIOLOGY
3/6
Warm up: What does the ras gene do?
 (See page 371)


Exit: What is the next step in the experiment?
Upcoming events:
Today’s activitity
procedures for bacterial experiment
Chapter 19 quiz notes
NEW Quiz Friday 6th
Chapter 19
Assignments due Friday 6th
ADV BIOLOGY
3/5
Warm up: What does the p53 gene do?
 (See page 373)


Exit: What is the next step in the experiment?
Upcoming events:
Today’s activity
procedures for bacterial experiment
Chapter 19 quiz notes
NEW Quiz Friday 6th
Chapter 19
Assignments due Friday 6th
ADV BIOLOGY
3/4

Warm up: Why does DNA need to be
wrapped around proteins?

Exit: What is the next step in the experiment?
Upcoming events:
Today’s activities:
Discuss procedures for bacterial
experiment.
Prepare refrigerator, incubator.
Chapter 19 notes
NEW Quiz Friday 6th
Chapter 19
Assignments due Friday 6th
ADV BIOLOGY
3/3

Warm up: Why is it important to document
everything that is done in experiment each
day?

Exit: What is the next step in the experiment?
Upcoming events:
Today’s activities:
Discuss procedures for bacterial
experiment.
Prepare refrigerator, incubator.
Chapter 19 notes
NEW Quiz Friday 6th
Chapter 19
Assignments due Friday 6th
ADV BIOLOGY
3/2

Warm up: Why is it important to be concerned about
contamination during a bacteria experiment?

Exit: What are some ways to prevent bacterial
contamination during collection and transfer of
bacterial samples?
Upcoming events:
Today’s activities:
Discuss procedures for bacterial
experiment.
Prepare refrigerator, incubator, and
autoclave.
NEW Quiz Friday 6th
Chapter 19
Assignments due Friday 6th
ADV BIOLOGY

Warm up:None

Exit:none
2/20-2/27
Upcoming events:
Today’s activities:
2/20-2/25 computer lab work time
2/26 -2/27 sub (book work) Chapter 19
reading notes
ADV BIOLOGY
2/19

Warm up: What is the name for the DNA-protein
complex that is found in the nucleus of
eukaryotes?

Exit: Why does DNA have to condense so much
in Eukaryotes?
Upcoming events:
Today’s activities:
Introduction to CH 19 topics
Brainstorming experiment ideas
After the quiz: Read CH 19, RN 19, CC 19
NEW Quiz Wednesday 25th
Chapter 19
Assignments due Wed 25th
ADV BIOLOGY
2/18

Warm up: How does a retrovirus work?

Exit: Explain how antiviral medications fight
viral infections.
Upcoming events:
Today’s activities:
QUIZ
Due today: Chapter 18 RN and CC
After the quiz:
Read CH 19, RN 19, CC 19
NEW Quiz Wednesday 25th
Chapter 19
Assignments due Wed 25th
ADV BIOLOGY
2/17

Warm up: What is a “host range”? What
determines the “host range? (p.337)

Exit: What is it about the virus that allows it
get into a cell?
Upcoming events:
Today’s activities:
Notes
Read CH 18, RN 18, CC 18
Review worksheet
NEW Mini Quiz Wednesday!
Chapter 18
Assignments due Wed
ADV BIOLOGY
2/12

Warm up: Describe the general structures
found in viruses.

Exit: What is a “host range”? What
determines the “host range? (p.337)
Upcoming events:
Today’s activities:
Notes
Read CH 18.1., RN 18.1, CC 18.1
NEW Mini Quiz next Wednesday!
Chapter 18
ADV BIOLOGY
2/10

Warm up: In a prokaryote, how does the RNA
polymerase find the location to start transcribing a
gene? (Appendix A 17.2 question #3)

Exit: In a eukaryote, how does the RNA polymerase
find the location to start transcribing a gene?
(Appendix A 17.2 question #3)
Upcoming events:
Today’s activities:
QUIZ: Chapter 17
Next assignment:
Read CH 18.1., RN 18.1, CC 18.1
NEW Mini Quiz next Wednesday!
Chapter 18
Due TODAY (so far)
-Warm up/Exit (this week)
-Notes
-Reading notes/concept check 17.1
-R.N. 17.2, CC. 17.2
-RN 17.3 CC 17.3
-Worksheet
ADV BIOLOGY
2/9

Warm up: What happens during the process
of translation of mRNA?

Exit: Why are proteins important to cells?
Upcoming events:
Today’s activities:
Worksheet (transcription and translation)
Work time on assignments due TUESDAY
Reading notes (RN) Chapter 17.1,
Concept check (CC) 17.1
R.N. 17.2, CC. 17.2
RN 17.3 CC 17.3
Due Tuesday
NEW Mini Quiz Tuesday!
Chapter 17
Due Tuesday (so far)
-Warm up/Exit (this week)
-Notes
-Reading notes/concept check 17.1
-R.N. 17.2, CC. 17.2
-RN 17.3 CC 17.3
-Worksheet
ADV BIOLOGY
2/6

Warm up: Which nucleotides are found on
mRNA?

Exit: No exit today
Upcoming events:
Today’s activities:
Quiz Reattempt Opportunity
Work time on assignments due TUESDAY
Reading notes (RN) Chapter 17.1,
Concept check (CC) 17.1
R.N. 17.2, CC. 17.2
RN 17.3 CC 17.3
Due Tuesday
NEW Mini Quiz next Tuesday!
Chapter 17
Due Tuesday (so far)
-Warm up/Exit (this week)
-Notes
-Reading notes/concept check 17.1
-R.N. 17.2, CC. 17.2
ADV BIOLOGY
2/5

Warm up: What happens during DNA
transcription?

Exit:How is mRNA different from DNA?
Upcoming events:
Today’s activities:
Mini Quiz next Tuesday!
NOTES
Work time on assignments due TUESDAY
Reading notes (RN) Chapter 17.1,
Concept check (CC) 17.1
R.N. 17.2, CC. 17.2
Due Tuesday
Due Tuesday (so far)
-Warm up/Exit (this week)
-Notes
-Reading notes/concept check 17.1
-R.N. 17.2, CC. 17.2
ADV BIOLOGY
2/4

Warm up: What did the one gene-one
polypeptide hypothesis state? (see page
310)

Exit: What does mRNA do?
Upcoming events:
Today’s activities:
Mini Quiz next Tuesday!
Work time on assignments due FRIDAY
Reading notes (RN) Chapter 17.1,
Concept check (CC) 17.1
R.N. 17.2, CC. 17.2
Due Tuesday
Due Tuesday (so far)
-Warm up/Exit (this week)
-Notes
-Reading notes/concept check 17.1
-R.N. 17.2, CC. 17.2
ADV BIOLOGY
2/2
 Warm up: What is the natural selection
advantage of sexual reproduction over asexual
reproduction?

Exit: Why are some traits “linked” ?
Upcoming events:
Today’s activities:
Mini quiz Tuesday!
Review for QUIZ TUESDAY
Work time on assignments due TUES.
Due TUES: (so far)
Warm up/Exit questions
Reading notes Chapter 15.3, Concept check 15.3
DueTUES
Chapter 15.2, reading notes
Concept check 15.2
Notes
ADV BIOLOGY
1/30

Warm up: Why is colorblindness more
common in men?

Exit: No exit question today.
Upcoming events:
Today’s activities:
Mini quiz Tuesday!
Gender adaptation presentations
Due Friday: (so far)
Warm up/Exit questions
Work time on assignments due today.
Reading notes Chapter 15.3, Concept check 15.3
Due next week
Chapter 15.2, reading notes
Concept check 15.2
Notes
ADV BIOLOGY
1/29

Warm up: Why would it be helpful for a remote
school of fish to be able to change sexes?

Exit: What are some disadvantages of sexual
reproduction?
Upcoming events:
Today’s activities:
Mini-Quiz Friday
Gender adaptation presentations
Due Friday: (so far)
Warm up/Exit questions
Work time on Reading notes Chapter 15.3,
Concept check 15.3
Chapter 15.2, 15.3 reading
notes
Concept check 15.2, 15.3
Notes
ADV BIOLOGY
1/28

Warm up: What does sexual reproduction do for
the overall fitness of the population compared
to asexual reproduction?

Exit: Why is genetic diversity good for a
population?
Upcoming events:
Today’s activities:
Mini-Quiz Friday
Gender adaptation presentation
Due Friday: (so far)
Warm up/Exit questions
Work time on Reading notes Chapter 15.3,
Concept check 15.3
Chapter 15.2, 15.3 reading
notes
Concept check 15.2, 15.3
Notes
ADV BIOLOGY
1/27
 Warm up: What chromosome arrangement
makes humans male or female?

Exit: Describe one other chromosomal sex
system. How is the sex determined?
Today’s activities:
Notes: Chapter 15 chromosomal basis of inheritance
Gender adaptation presentation
Work time on Reading notes Chapter 15.3, Concept
check 15.3
Upcoming events:
Mini-Quiz Friday
Due Friday: (so far)
Chapter 15.2, 15.3 reading notes
Concept check 15.2, 15.3
Notes
ADV BIOLOGY
1/26
 Warm up: Whatare linked genes?. See
Chapter 15 (p.277)

Exit: Give an example of traits that are linked
because they are caused by linked genes.
Today’s activities:
Revisit the quiz
Notes: Chapter 15 chromosomal basis of inheritance
Work time on Reading notes Chapter 15.2, Concept
check 15.2
Upcoming events:
Mini-Quiz Friday
Due Friday: (so far)
Chapter 15.2 reading notes
Concept check 15.2
Notes
ADV BIOLOGY
1/22
 Warm up: What does the law of independent
assortment say?. See Chapter 15 (p.275)

Exit: Why does colorblindness occur most
often in males?
Today’s activities:
Notes: Chapter 15 chromosomal basis of inheritance
Upcoming events:
Work time on Reading notes Chapter 15
Mini-Quiz Friday
Due Friday:
Chapter 15 reading notes
Worksheet
Notes
ADV BIOLOGY
1/21

Warm up: Describe something (besides temperature)
that the human body must keep in balance. Explain
what the body does to correct the balance.

Exit: Describe the specific role that DNA plays in cells.
(exactly what does the cell use the genetic code for?)
Today’s activities:
Notes: Chapter 15 chromosomal basis of inheritance
Upcoming events:
Writing task (due today): Writing about your
understanding (law of segregation, law of independent
assortment)
Work time on Reading notes Chapter 15
Chapter 15 reading notes