Aug. 20-24 (week 1)
Homework
Monday
Tuesday
Typical 1st day stuff....syllabus, safety contract, rules, etc.
Wednesday
Textbooks, Online access, AP Bio Big Ideas
read p. 46-55
Thursday
water play activities--questions due monday
read p. 58-66
Friday
ph, buffers, carbon, functional groups
read p. 68-74
Aug. 27-31 (week 2)
functional groups,Carbohydrates
read p. 74-86
Lipids, Proteins
read p. 86-89
Nucleic Acids
apply water properties
Prefix Quiz #1, Review organic compounds
Review Ch. 3, 4, 5/ read p. 94-102 by TUESDAY
Sept 3-7 (week 3)
no school
discuss review; cell structure
study
TEST CH 3, 4, 5
read. p. 102-122 & make flashcards about organelle basic structure & function BY Tuesday
AP Investigation#4: procedure 1 Cell Size
research real cell shapes to help you decide which cell model you will make for the inquiry portion of the lab on Monday
endomembrane system; organelles & cell membrane
Sept. 10-14 (week 4)
INQUIRY...cell size investigation #4
read p. 125-131
paired organelles; cell membrane structure; cell transport
read p. 132-139
QUIZ Ch. 6 organelle structure/ function; water potential
complete pre-lab for procedure 2
AP Investigation Procedure #2
analysis & graph
substitute: work on cell membrane study guide (ch 7) cell transport; water potential
Cell Communication Packet #1 due Tuesday
Sept 17-21 (week 5)
osmosis discussion; INQUIRY Procedure #3 lab design
Cell communication packet #1 due Wed (use/read p. 206-210 if needed)
2 hr delay: water potential
set up Procedure #3; cell communication discussion
Cell Communication Packet #2 due Monday(use/read p. 975-994 if needed); READ p. 223-225 by Friday
finish data collection; begin analysis
read p. 223-225; LAB BOOK DUE TOMORROW
cell communication...signal transduction/cascades
finish packet #2;
Sept. 24-28 (week 6)
apoptosis; when cell communication goes wrong Hormones/endocrine/homeostasis
Review
assembly for seniors 2nd per...study hall for the few that will be in class
TEST Ch. 6, 7, part of 11
Nature of science (THE BOX) observations/inferences/predictions
October 1-5 (week 7)
continumm...What is science; NOS/CONPTT
find components of NOS/CONPTT "the box" activity from last week
Theory, law, hypothesis, etc...how are they related?
bring in a question about the natural world
Packet over components in designing a controlled scientific experiment
Computer Lab...cricket virtual experiment; mini lab report
complete cricket experiment & lab report due TUE; read sections 1, 2, 3 of chapter 8
begin chapter 8 enzymes
complete report and study for assessments next week
October 8-12 (week 8)
no school...staff prof dev day
NOS Test
read sections 4, 5 of chapter 8
Vocab Quiz #2; Enzymes; pre lab discussion
pre lab in composition notebook
AP Investigation: Factors affecting enzyme activity
reaction rates; Inquiry experimental design
Lab Part 1 graph and reaction rates and question
October 15-19 (week 9)
Inquiry Investigation...Enzymes
complete analysis of experiment
discussion..more factors that affect enzyme function
Chapter 8 Quiz
read p. 278-237, 248-249
Ch 12 cell cycle/checkpoints
read p. 238-243
cell cycle/cancer
October 22-26 (week 1)
checkpoints/cancer/pre lab
pre lab parts 1 & 2; Read p. 373-377 (cancer)
AP Investigation: Cell Division part 1; begin part 2?
Lab Part 2
Read p. 250-260
Meiosis; lab part 3
pre lab parts 3 & 4
Lab part 3 & 4
pre lab part 5
October 29- Nov. 2 (week 2)
Lab part 5
read p. 297- top of 300
chromosomal abnormalities; mitosis vs meiosis
Ch. 52 questions
begin ecology..Thin Green Line
video analysis due Friday
Ch 51 questions & research pill bugs
Nov. 5-9 (week 3)
vocab quiz #3; experimental design...animal behavior (pill bugs)
bring in supplies for experiment
conduct experiment
lab report due monday; chapter 53 by thursday
computer lab
computer assignment due tomorrow
2 hour delay; discuss ch 53
Ch 54 questions
discuss Ch 54
lab report
Nov 12-16 (week 4)
Discuss ch 53
read ch 54 + questions
Discuss ch 54
read ch 55 + quesions
discuss ch 55
read ch 56 + questions
discuss ch 55 & 56
read part 2 of Animal Behavior lab (termites)
AP Investigation #12 Part 2...Termites
Nov. 19-20 (week 5)
review ecology unit
Test Ch 51-56
read & do questions Chapter 16 (p.305-319) by Monday
READ Ch 16 p.305-319 and complete reading guide by MONDAY
no school..Happy Turkey Day!
Nov. 26-30 (week 6)
DNA replication
finish replication/telomeres
read Ch 17 sections 1, 2 + reading guide
DNA replication quiz; transcription
ch 17 sections 3, 4 +reading guide
RNA processing/translation
Dec. 3-7 (Week 7)
vocab quiz #4; chapter 18 section 2, 3
finish sections 2 & 3
eukaryotic gene regulation
read ch 18 section 1
prokaryotic gene regulation
operon systems
Dec. 10-14 (week 8)
epigenetics
read ch 25, section 1 + questions
History of life on earth
Test Ch 16, 17, 18
Dec. 17-21 (Week 9)
finish timeline & analysis
January 3-4 (week 9)
Exam review
January 7-11 (week 10)
exam review
2nd period exam!
Read/complete Ch 22 reading guide by Monday
January 14-18 (Week 1)
Darwin, theory of natural selection, adaptations & evolution
Review the online interactives (University of Utah)
finish Ch 22 discussion
Watch PBS clips on evolution... videos 1, 2, 3, 4
Ch. 22, online interactives Quiz; Ch. 23
Ch 23 read + reading guide sections 1, 3, 4
Hardy Weinberg (section 2)
H-W practice problems ; read lab...background info and Case 1
AP Investigation: Case 1 & 2
January 21-25 (Week 2)
AP Investigation: Case 3
Chapter 26; AP Investigation: Cladograms part 1
parts 2, 3, 4
Chapter 24 + questions (no class time devoted to discussion of this, so be sure to ask questions if you have any!)
January 28- Feb. 1 (week 3)
lab analysis IN CLASS
evolutionary arms race
Penguin cladistics
Evolution test part 1 MC
Read. stomata p. 776-778; leaf structure p. 750-751; transpiration p. 773-776
Feb. 4-8 (week 4)
Evolution test part 2 (SA); lab experimental design
Set up Transpiration lab
read p. 185-189 packet #1-10, 18
Chloroplast structure; Photosystems & light reactions
read p. 190-199 packet #11-28
review light reactions; Calvin cycle
final masses for Transpiration lab; prelab
Transpiration lab analysis in notebook; prelab in notebook
February 11-15 (Week 5)
AP Investigation #5: Photosynthesis
read p. 200-203 packet #29-32
redo experiment
Read p.
discuss lab results; Photorespiration-- CAM, C4 plants
Lab analysis due Friday
Photosynthesis Quiz; Cellular respiration (glycolysis)
Vocab Quiz #5; Read p. 162-179 & do questions #1-38
February 18-22 (week 6)
Oxidation of pyruvate, krebs
electron transport chain/prelab
pre lab assignment
AP Investigation #6 Cellular respiration...set up respirometers
snow day
Feb. 25- Mar 1 (week 7)
crunch numbers/data analysis/ design inquiry experiment
ETC/ review
set up inquiry experiment
run inquiry experiment
March 4-8 ( week 8)
Ch. 9 & 10 Test
mini poster assignment
work on experiment analysis & mini poster
Hw read p. 262-top 271
Genetics problems 1,2
Genticts problems 3, 5, 11, 12, 10
March 11-15 (week 9)
Present mini posters
Genetics problems 3, 5, 6
Genetics problems 7, 8, 9; read p. 271-275
go over problems
Genetics problems 10-13
genetics popquiz
read skittles statistics
March 18-22 (week 10)
Skittles statistics; fruit fly genetics
read p. 292-296
Fruit fly genetics; problem 15
linked genes; problem 14
vocab quiz #6; go over problems
Genetics TEST
read p. 396-half of p. 400; p. 403 (PCR) to top of p. 409
April 1-5 (week 1)
biotechnology; restriction enzymes
pre lab in notebook
how to use pipettes; pre lab
AP Investigation #9: Restriction enzyme digestion
AP Investigation: Gel electrophoresis
measure bands/begin analysis
April 8-12 (week 2)
work on graph/analysis
finish lab nalysis
bacterial transformation/plasmids
read AP Investigation #8 procedure & info on pGlo/GFP
GFP/pGLO plasmid/ lab procedure
conduct AP Investigation #8
make predictions/lab results & analysis
work on analysis
April 15-19 (week 3)
Animal Form & function; homeostasis, etc.
Ch. 40 packet / study for test
Biotechnology Test
Finish packet
Immune System (Ch. 43)
Ch. 43 packet #1-10
2 hr delay--finish packet
Discuss acquired immunity
Endocrine Packet Ch. 44 #1-4
