Lesson 1
Weds. Sept. 8, 2010
Announcements: Welcome!
(Also please see board)
Today:
Introduction to Course
Distribute and review documents:
Syllabus
Greetings letter home
Student information sheet
Text Distribution:
Fill out textbook cards
Discuss “
Distribute “Language of science” vocabulary table
HW: Due Monday!
1. Complete
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2. Complete and bring back student information sheet
3. For pre lab, read Sect. 1.1 & answer Sect. 1.1 questions, p. 9, #’s 1,2 & 5.
4. Complete “Language of science” worksheet
Next class:
Discuss and turn in homework
Discuss Scientific Method and lab guidelines
Perform “What Is Life” Lab: gathering data, making observations
Lesson 2
Mon. Sept. 13, 2010
Announcements: Welcome! (Also please see board)
Please turn in your student information sheets!
Today:
Discuss/turn in “
Discuss /turn in Sect. 1.1 questions, p. 9, #’s 1,2 & 5.
(list characteristics of the living...)
Review/turn in “Language of science” worksheet
Discuss Scientific Method
Distribute Lab guidelines handout
Start “What Is Life?” Lab report: follow guidelines and include answers to the questions on the reverse of the observation table.
HW: Due Weds!
1.
2. Sect. 2.1
Qs, #1-5.
Lesson 3
Weds. Sept. 16, 2009
Announcements: Welcome!
Business: add forms, class contracts, emergency cards: see Chrisy in the front office.
Please turn in your student
information sheets to me (in basket)!
Return graded work. Some comments:
- Please write the date on your assignments
- Nice work on the 1st passes (Rubrics/grading
evaluations)
- First Passes, follow template for full credit!
- My cryptic notes: please ask if you cannot read
my writing!
“C/S” means not exactly a complete sentence
- Please ask questions in class, even of each
other. Chances are you share many
and could consult each other to fill in the gaps on worksheets or problem
sets where you may just not get
the instructions. Talking it out
helps and is completely allowed and encouraged.
- That said, revisit your graded work, look for
green ink, any questions?
- Sect 1-1#2, p. 9, tell HOW the theme relates
specifically to a harp seal.
- Remember you can resubmit the next class.
Please turn in your first
passes of chap 2 (chemistry of life) as well as of chap 1, and chap 1’s
homework (sect 1.1, Qs 1,2 and 5)
Questions on the HW due
today?
Sect. 2.1 Qs, p.
#1-5.
Today: Rough out our first lab report on the “What Is Life?” Lab
Distribute and review lab report guidelines and rubrics
Complete the Data Lab, p.42 Enzyme Activity Graph
HW: Due Mon., Sept. 21
1. Complete “What Is Life?” Lab write up:
follow guidelines and include answers to the questions on the reverse
of the observation table. Also attach your completed self graded rubric.
2. Read Ch 2, sect
2.2 thru 2.4 and answer all sect Qs: #1-5
3. Complete two
coloring sheets: for full credit , make sure you color the image the same as
it’s vocabulary term (they are coded with the same very small letters)
Sizes of
things
Water’s
properties
4. Bugs in Guts
or Microbial Wardrobe or Who Knew? article response: see handout for guidelines (3-2-1 OK)
Due Mon., Sept. 28:
1.
2. Vocabulary: Etymologies of 10 terms, p. 67: Please pick 10 terms from the key terms listed on p. 67 (Ch. 3) and record their prefixes, roots and suffixes some may not have all three parts). Then look up and record the language of origin, the original term, and the meaning of each word part. (see table handout)
Due Weds., Sept. 30:
1. Low tech model of a macromolecule (consult guidelines
handout)
2.
3. Math Lab, p.56 Volume
& Surface area to volume ratio: make sure you can follow all 3 steps of
calculations and do all 3 analysis questions.
Mon., Sept. 21 No class
Weds., Sept 23
HW due: Questions?
1. Complete “What Is Life?” Lab write up:
follow guidelines and include answers to the questions on the reverse of
the observation table. Also attach your completed self graded rubric.
2. Read Ch 2, sect
2.2 thru 2.4 and answer all sect Qs: #1-5
3. Complete two
coloring sheets: for full credit, make sure you color the image the same as
it’s vocabulary term (they are coded with the same very small letters)
Sizes of
things
Water’s
properties
4. Bugs in Guts
or Microbial Wardrobe or Who Knew? article response: see handout for guidelines (3-2-1 OK)
Today: Math Lab, p.56 Volume & Surface area to volume ratio: make sure you can follow all 3 steps of calculations and do all 3 analysis questions.
The concert or ballgame analogy as to why this is important to a cell...
Ch 2: Introduction to the
chemistry of living organisms:
Water is our solvent
Big molecules (macromolecules) made up of
little subunits (called monomers) hooked together is the stuff we are made of
(polymers), mostly of the elements CHONPS.
Vocabulary of solutions:
solutes, solvents, solutions
“Like Dissolves Like”, polar vs. nonpolar
Molecular Structure: Electronegativity
of atoms, ions, see Periodic table
Bonds: from covalent
to ionic
Properties like
magnets: dipoles
The marriage/divorce analogy to bonds
Acids, bases, the pH scale
Energy and chemical reactions
New work: Due Mon., Sept. 28:
1.
2. Vocabulary: Etymologies of 10 terms, p. 67: Please pick 10 terms from the key terms listed on p. 67 (Ch. 3) and record their prefixes, roots and suffixes some may not have all three parts). Then look up and record the language of origin, the original term, and the meaning of each word part. (see table handout)
Due Weds., Sept. 30:
1. Low tech model of a macromolecule (consult guidelines
handout)
2.
Weds., Sept. 30:
Begin Macromolecule Model Presentations
Grab a table and fill out to help guide your own presentation. Remember to use the table to guide your presentation and actively listen to others. (You will be able to use these tables on the test.)
HW due Mon:
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Microscope Qs #1-20,
handout and text, p.1040-1041 |
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Chap 4 |
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Current Event # 1 and
response: student choice |
Mon. Oct. 5, 2009
Announcements:
Welcome! Congratulations! You’ve made it through month 1!
Month 2 begins today. Late work is accepted, but will now realize a 10% penalty per class late. Please remember that some points is always better than zero points, so turn it in! Also remember that the course is cumulative, meaning your grade will always be better if you turn in your old missing work, but please make your current work your number one priority!
Return graded work: some comments...
Please title and date assignments with page number (if out of the text)
Submit any incomplete/revised work for more credit
Distribute and discuss assignment lists for grading period/month 1
Policy: If after turning your work in today, your percentage is less than 70% (C-), a referral will be sent to your IST so that we can work together as a team to support your success in class. If after turning your work in today, your percentage is less than 80%, I expect your parent or guardian to sign your assignment list as an indication that they are aware of your performance so far in class. Please return the signed list to me the next class.
Finish the Macromolecule Model Presentations
Grab another blank table and fill out to help guide your own presentation if you have not presented yet. Remember to use the table during your presentation and during others’. (You will be able to use these tables on the test.)
Distribute bio pictionary pages
Extra credit concept map: Macromolecules!
HW due Weds.:
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Ch 4,p.88,#1:Homeostasis concept map, consult p.1028-30 for reference |
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biology pictionary for 11 terms,p. 74. please draw a sketch to help define or help you remember the meaning for the six terms, not just write the book definition |
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CW: Solutions Data lab, p. 79 |
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Before you Begin #1-3 Mscope lab, p. 70 |
Lesson 9
Weds. Oct. 1, 2008
Announcements: Welcome!
Discuss extra credit: ideas…PLEASE CLEAR YOUR PROPOSAL THROUGH
BEFORE PROCEEDING!
Collages bridging disciplines, connections to art, history, “real life,”….
Examples: 101 ways to reuse a “?”.for example, a newspaper. Sequences and nature…(connection to math); What makes a living thing alive?; Cellular 101: cell collage. Be creative, persuasive, remember our audience: students of all ages, parents. Seek to EDUCATE!
Please keep your work! You do not need to tote it every class, but you will have the opportunity to use it when taking the semester final in January, again OPEN NOTES.
Please Turn in HW due today:
1. Chap 4
2. Ch 4 Review, p. 88, #1: Construct a concept map (Refer to p.1028-1030 in the back of our text.)
Today:
Perform the pH lab: use handouts for data recording.
HW: due Mon.
1. Current Event #2 and 1 page response-see guidelines (can be 3-2-1)
2. Read section 4.1 and complete the biology dictionary for the 11 terms on p. 74.
3. Do Solutions Data lab, p. 79
4. Read Sect. 4.2
5. Make sure you have passed the microscope quiz (12/20 or better) or you cannot use the microscopes for lab next week!
HW: due next Weds:
1. Formal report for the pH lab
2. Sect. 4.2 vocabulary: complete the biology dictionary for the 6 terms on p. 81.
Lesson 10
Mon. Oct. 6, 2008
Distribute grades for month 1
Discuss any questions on the HW:
1. Current Event #2 and 1 page response-see guidelines (can be 3-2-1)
2. Read section 4.1 and complete the biology dictionary for the 11 terms on p. 74.
3. Do Solutions Data lab, p. 79
4. Read Sect. 4.2
5. Make sure you have passed the microscope quiz (12/20 or better) or you cannot use the microscopes for lab next week!
Turn in HW.
Start the Egg Lab (Handouts)
Proper use of the electronic balance
HW due Weds:
1. Formal report for the pH lab
2. Sect. 4.2 vocabulary: complete the biology dictionary for the 6 terms on p. 81.
3. 3 Colorings: Color code term to image for full credit.
Osmosis
Fluid Mosaic Model of cell membranes
Evidence of membrane structure
Lesson 11
Weds. Oct. 8, 2008
Today:
Any questions on the HW due today:
Discuss and turn in!
Check out your egg. Record observations in table and return egg to the tray. (We will re-mass next week.)
To Prepare for the Microscope Lab:
1. Make sure you have taken and passed (12/20) the microscope quiz (handout, #1-20).
2. Do #1-3 on p. 70 under “Before You Begin”
For lab:
Follow instructions, but start with the plant cells instead (they are easier to draw).
Ask me or our wonderful TA for assistance with the microscopes.
Make three drawings of each slide, at 40x, 100x and 400x.
(Do not use 1000x, need oil-maybe next time.)
Please note the organism you are drawing and the magnifications.
For the plant cells, we are using the aquatic plant, Elodea, from out in the water garden.
For animal cells, you will have the opportunity to stain your own cheek epithelial cells to see and draw under the microscope as representative animal cells.
To complete the lab, you will need to:
- label your drawings as instructed in the text,
- answer the “Analyze and Conclude” questions #1-6 on p. 71.
- Write a brief formal report according to the guidelines, including all sections.
What we do not get done today, you will have next week to complete, along with the egg lab.
HW due Monday:
Response to the National Geographic article “Who Knew?”
Chap 4 Qs, p. 88-89, #2-11, 22 and 23.
Lesson 12
Mon. Oct. 13, 2008
Today:
Any questions on the HW due today:
Discuss and turn in!
Response to the National Geographic article “Who Knew?”
Chap 4 Qs, p. 88-89, #2-11, 22 and 23 (nOT #33, which I wrote on the board and does not really exist!!)
Return graded work, some comments:
· great current events:
Honeybees and our future, Meteor metals, saving turtles from extinction at SSU, the crush and the weather, counting butterfly populations, treatments for anxiety and depression, water once on Mars, Falcon 1:just pay to orbit Earth, protecting cetacean populations.
· First passes: follow the template!
Distribute month 1 grades and Month 2 assignment lists
Warn of referrals for missing work
Check out your egg. Record observations in new data table, or next to the old data table (OK to add a column). Egg may be ready to re-mass.
To Prepare for the Microscope Lab:
1. Make sure you have taken and passed (12/20) the microscope quiz (handout, #1-20).
2. Do #1-3 on p. 70 under “Before You Begin”
For lab:
Follow instructions, but start with the plant cells instead (they are easier to draw).
Ask me or our wonderful TA for assistance with the microscopes.
Make three drawings of each slide, at 40x, 100x and 400x.
(Do not use 1000x, need oil-maybe next time.)
Please note the organism you are drawing and the magnifications.
For the plant cells, we are using the aquatic plant, Elodea, from out in the water garden.
For animal cells, you will have the opportunity to stain your own cheek epithelial cells to see and draw under the microscope as representative animal cells.
To complete the lab, you will need to:
- label your drawings as instructed in the text,
- answer the “Analyze and Conclude” questions #1-6 on p. 71.
- Write a brief formal report according to the guidelines, including all sections.
No HW (:P) but the next assignment is Ch.5 First Pass!
Lesson 13
Weds. Oct. 15, 2008
Announcements: Welcome!
Finish The Egg Lab
Check out your egg. Record observations in new data table, or next to the old data table (OK to add a column). Egg should be ready to re-mass.
For Microscope lab (p. 70-71):
To Prepare for the Microscope Lab:
1. Make sure you have taken and passed (12/20) the microscope quiz (handout, #1-20).
2. Do #1-3 on p. 70 under “Before You Begin”
Follow text book instructions, but start with the plant cells instead (they are easier to draw).
Ask me or our wonderful TA for assistance with the microscopes.
3 slides to prepare, view and draw:
Live Elodea (live plant cells)
Stained Elodea (dead plant cells)
Stained Cheek cells (Your dead animal cells)
Make three drawings of each slide, at 40x, 100x and 400x.
(Do not use 1000x, need oil-maybe next time.)
Please note the organism you are drawing and the magnifications.
For the plant cells, we are using the aquatic plant, Elodea, from out in the water garden.
For animal cells, you will have the opportunity to stain your own cheek epithelial cells to see and draw under the microscope as representative animal cells.
To complete the lab, you will need to:
- label your 9 drawings as instructed in the text, with cell parts visible labeled
- answer the “Analyze and Conclude” questions #1-6 on p. 71.
- Write a brief formal report according to the guidelines, including all sections.
HW due Monday:
Ch.5
p. 111: 19 terms: your choice: record definitions or do biology dictionary for all
HW due next Weds:
Egg Lab
Microscope Lab
Lesson 14
Mon. Oct. 20, 2008
Announcements: Welcome!
End of month 2 is this Friday!
Distribute Month 2 assignment lists (all work due this Weds; yes, THIS WEDS.!)
HW due today:
Ch.5
p. 111: 19 terms: your choice: record definitions or do biology dictionary for all
Qs on HW due Weds?
Egg Lab: Handout, any extra observations sheets, formal report. (You can use what I wrote , but you can probably do better.)
Microscope Lab: in book. DO all parts on p. 70-71, including 9 drawings (see previous agenda and book for details), the Before You Begin #1-3, answers to the analyze and conclude questions on p. 71, #1-6, and a formal report.
Today:
Act like cell-resist equilibrium! Strive to maintain homeostasis!
Catch up and get ahead!
HW due Weds:
1. Collect at least 5 labels with nutrition info and bring to class Weds.
2. Sect: 5.1, p.96,# 3,4,5; Sect.5.2, p.103, # 5
3.
4. Chloroplast Coloring
5. Mitochondrion Coloring
Weds: Nutrition Panel Lab
No HW Weds, but to collect 6 different kinds of fall leaves to bring to class on Monday.
Lesson 15
Weds. Oct. 22, 2008
Announcements: Welcome!
End of month 2 is this Friday!
Distribute Month 2 assignment lists (all work due Friday at latest!)
Nutrition Panel Lab:
Make a prediction (can use as your hypothesis) of which of your foods you believe has the highest calories, or energy value.
Use the enlarged table for your data rather than the microscopic version on the handout, or if you have a laptop. get the excel spreadsheet from the web site to make easy work of multiple calculations. Then use Chart option in Excel to create a bar graph. Otherwise you will need a calculator and some patience, and maybe some colored pencils.
Start with info on nutrition panels
Table: Fill in table
Graph: Make a bar graph of calories in 100 grams food (y axis) for 6 types of foods (across x axis)
Answer the questions
No new HW except to collect 6 different kinds of fall leaves to bring to class on Monday.
Lesson 16
Mon., Oct. 27, 2008 First day of grading period 3
Return graded work:
- Ch 5, p. 96 #5
Matter recycles, but what about energy? (This is really important for us as individuals and as a planet...) Check out all the circles in ch. 5...where is the matter, where is the energy going?
Biogeochemical cycles
Materials (elements: C,H,O,N,P,S; compounds: H2O, CO2) recycling
Energy one way flow: in as sunlight, eventually out as heat (kinetic energy of molecules).
- Nutrition Panel Lab: careful of the calculation: you may need to do the graph anew! (I tried to warn you!)
To get “calories per gram” you need to divide “calories per serving”(the second column) by “grams per serving” (the third column), NOT the other way around. (If you did it backwards, just take the reciprocals of the numbers in the 4th column and enter and multiply these by 100 to get what you need to graph (the 5th column).
Calories per serving = Calories Not the other way around!!!!!!
grams per serving gram
Again, I tried to warn you...
- Egg Lab:
Uncertainty and qs #5 and 6: did the control eggs really gain mass?
How does water get thru the shell?
Did the water leak in thru the exposed membrane or did the vinegar? Consider water is an H and 2 Os (small molecule) and vinegar is acetic acid, which has the formula CH3COOH (larger molecule).
- Current Events: will be assigned next week, so keep your eyes open for cool articles. Didja hear the one about algae as biofuel?
Tags (colored post-its): please read and respond accordingly, may be questions I have to help you or I may be asking to borrow your work to copy for training purposes.
Today:
Do Dichotomous Key Lab, refer text p. 334-5, using the leaf specimens brought.
First: DO BYB #1-2 and
Pencil Rub at least 6 leaves through paper to attach as samples.
Only After Finishing Key Lab, cut/tear your leaves into tiny pieces and put into provided beakers,separated by predominant plant pigment (green, yellow/orange, red, purple).
HW due Weds.: (Dichotomous Key Lab Report is due next Monday-incl A&C #1-6)
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Lesson 17
Weds. Oct. 29, 2008 Welcome!
Discuss, turn in HW due today:
1st Pass Ch 6 Cell Division
3 "Study Tip: Ready?" Qs p. 117
Return graded work: some comments...
Remember you can always re-submit lab reports for more credit, and most other assignments, but not for lateness deductions.
Today:
- Perspective Check:
Please List images under their hierarchal levels of organization and scale from the Matter & Energy coloring.
- Develop a dichotomous key, as a class for shoes (in less than 5 minutes) so that you get what you need to do in Part B!
- Finish the Dichotomous Key Lab (p. 334-5), using the leaf specimens.
- First: DO BYB #1-2 and
- Imaging: Pencil Rub at least 6 leaves through paper to attach as samples and use in Part B..
- Do Part A using the pictured leaves on p. 334.
- Do Part B using the leaves you brought. You do not need to actually identify the species, but you do need to create an original key that can separate out, one at a time, each of your six leaves, from each of the others. See example we did in class.
- You will also have another lab team test your key. If it does not work, your team must redesign it and have another group re-test it.
- Answer Analyze and Conclude #1-6 on p. 335.
- Write up final report according to guidelines.
Only After Finishing Key Lab, cut/tear your leaves into tiny pieces and put into provided beakers, separated by predominant plant pigment (green, yellow/orange, red, purple).
HW due Mon:
1. Dichotomous Key Lab Report (Use guidelines)
2. Matter & Energy coloring and table : fill in table and color code image with vocabulary term according to their matching capitol letter subscripts.
3. Do Quick Lab on p. 124, but using words instead to model chromosomal mutations. Be prepared to share your examples in class.
4. Extra credit vocabulary assignment: research definitions and etymologies for these two terms: abscission and senescence.
HW due next Weds:
5. Complete “Before You Begin” #1-4 on p. 136 to prepare for lab next Weds.
6. Do Math lab on. p. 129, using the calculations as a guide for answering “analysis” questions #1-3.
Lesson 18
Mon., Nov. 3
Any questions on the HW due today:
1. Dichotomous Key Lab Report (Use guidelines)
2. Matter & Energy coloring and table : fill in table and color code image with vocabulary term according to their matching capitol letter subscripts.
3. Do Quick Lab on p. 124, but using words instead to model chromosomal mutations. Be prepared to share your examples in class.
4. Extra credit vocabulary assignment: research definitions and etymologies for these two terms: abscission and senescence.
Today:
Distribute grades from month 2
Begin the mitosis microscope lab, p. 132.
HW due Weds:
Complete “Before You Begin” #1-4 on p. 136 to prepare for Mitosis Modeling lab
Do Math lab on. p. 129, using the calculations as a guide for answering “analysis” questions #1-3
Lesson 19
Weds., Nov. 5
Any questions on the HW due today:
“Before You Begin” #1-4 on p. 136 to prepare for Mitosis Modeling lab
Math lab on. p. 129, using the calculations as a guide for answering “analysis” questions 1-3
Today:
Continue mitosis microscope lab, p. 132 (No formal report required)
Mitosis Modeling and the Dance Card
Refer to p. 130-1 in your text, and to live performance by models
Complete the mitosis section of the Dance Card
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If finished with mitosis microscope lab, p. 132, prepare wet mount of live onion root tip cells
OR proceed to Modeling Mitosis Lab on p. 136-7
HW due Monday, Nov. 10:
Current event response
Lesson 20
Mon. Nov. 10, 2008
Word Mutant Posters
HW due Mon., Nov. 17
Sect. 6.1 #s 1-6, 6.2 #s 1-4, 6.3 #s 1-4
Mitosis Section only of the Dance Card (Handout)
Lesson 21
Weds., Nov. 12, 2008
End of month 3 is a week from Friday, Nov. 21st. Plan for all your work on the month 3 assignment list to be completed and turned in by next Weds.
Something to look forward to: Thanksgiving Holiday is Weds., Thurs. and Friday: no classes Nov. 26-28th and the center will be closed.
Return graded work, some comments:
Distribute Assignment Lists for month 3 (referrals fly out next Monday evening, after class so your ISTs and families can better support you in accomplishing your assignments promptly.)
Today:
Cool mitosis videos
Complete poster evaluations (please do all 4 posters!) (handout)
Modeling Mitosis Lab, p. 136-7 Some background:
Mitosis= basic cell replacement/identical copies/ clones
Can work in pairs or threes(But submit individual reports and dance cards)
Got your dance card?
Get approval for your model before proceeding with “the Lonely Dance” of mitosis:
Be prepared to show how you will model 2 replicated chromosomes.
Build your model
Use your model to
proceed through all the steps of mitosis WHILE
filling out your dance card as you
proceed.
Predict what your model will show to answer the 3 questions in Part B
Example, for #1: My hypothesis is that the measure of my model daughter cells’ circumference (and/or area) will be smaller after the model of the parent cell divides.
Include your answers to questions #1-5 under “Analyze and Conclude” and your formal report.
HW due Mon., Nov. 17
1. Sect. 6.1 #s 1-6, 6.2 #s 1-4, 6.3 #s 1-4
2. Mitosis Section only of the Dance Card (Handout)
3. Etymologies for 6 terms of choice from p. 133.
4. Biological definitions or Biology “Pictionary” for the 19 terms on p. 133.
5.
Lesson 22
Mon., Nov. 17, 2008
End of month 3 is this Friday, Nov. 21st. Plan for all your work on the month 3 assignment list to be completed and turned in by the day after tomorrow.
Something to look forward to: Thanksgiving Holiday is Weds., Thurs. and Friday: no classes Nov. 26-28th and the center will be closed.
Qs/Discuss HW due today:
Sect. 6.1 #s 1-6, 6.2 #s 1-4, 6.3 #s 1-4
Mitosis Section only of the Dance Card (Handout)
Etymologies for 6 terms of choice from p. 133.
Etymology : Please pick 6 terms from the key terms listed on p. 133 and record their prefixes, roots and suffixes. Then look up and record the language of origin, the original term, and the meaning of each piece. Please share any cool online resources (dictionary.reference.com. is OK)
Biological definitions or Biology “Pictionary” for the 19 terms on p. 133.
Finish Mitosis Lab
MTV (Mitosis videos, sorry...)
If finished, prepare wet mount of onion cells: leaf and root tip
Handout: Study Tip Ready p. 141, #1-5 for oral pre-lab quiz in partners to prepare for lab
Start Meiosis Lab (p. 155-56)
HW due Weds:
1. Response to “The Skinny on Aging”
2. Before You Begin on p. 156, #1-4 to prepare for the Meiosis Lab
3. Formal report on mitosis lab (p. 135-6)
HW due next Monday (since there is no class next Weds.):
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Lesson 22
Weds., Nov. 19, 2008
End of month 3 is this Friday, Nov. 21st. All work turned in today will show up on the month 3 grade reports.
Something to look forward to: Thanksgiving Holiday is Weds., Thurs. and Friday: no classes Nov. 26-28th and the center will be closed.
Return Graded work, some comments:
Cool current events: 16 yr old mouse cells revived (Wired Science online), how stress and/or tasers can cause heart attacks, germicidal fabric dyes from pigments made by marine bacteria, deadly bacteria that stick to blood vessel walls, amphibians may become endangered species before you turn legal drinking age, aggressive babies become the bullied, tigers’ roars can paralyze prey, the effects of maternal diabetes on babies, and producing xrays from Scotch tape.
What makes them cool is the response of the writer is thoughtful and organized.
Finish Mitosis Lab
MTV (Mitosis videos, sorry...)
If finished, prepare wet mount of onion cells: leaf and root tip
Have completed Handout (Study Tip Ready p. 141, #1-5) out and handy
Start Modeling meiosis Lab (p. 155-56)
Remember to fill out your dance card!
Discuss and turn in HW due today:
1. Responses to “The Skinny on Aging”
2. Before You Begin on p. 156, #1-4 to prepare for the Meiosis Lab
3. Formal report on mitosis lab (p. 135-6)
HW due next or NEXT NEXT Monday (since there is no class next Weds.):
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No other homework will be assigned next Monday.
Lesson 23
Mon., Nov. 24, 2008
Today is the first day of month 4!
Return graded work, some comments:
Homologous pairs: need 2 copies (need to be diploid, like you, me or any other former zygote), so only half of the pair is present in a gamete! (6.1, p. 124, #6)
Independent Assortment of chromosomes during meiosis (Up to chance how they line up in Metaphase One) (p. 144)
BYB, p. 156: careful: there are 6 terms to define!
Go over grade book for missing assignments
Modeling meiosis Lab (p. 155-56)
- Use your models to perform the dance of meiosis for me
- Remember to fill out and hand in your
dance card!
- Remember to do Part B, #5-8 with your model on p. 157 ,and also
- Analyze and Conclude Qs #1-7, as well as
- Write a formal report
- All due Weds after we come back from Thanksgiving holiday.
HW due next or NEXT NEXT Monday (since there is no class Weds.):
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Lesson 25-30
Monday, December 1, 2008 to Weds., Dec 17, 2008
Welcome back!
No Graded work to return; will be available Weds.
Discuss, turn in HW due today:
1.
2.
Distribute and discuss December assignment list: note due dates and bold for in class work
Last day of class before the Winter Holiday is Weds., Dec. 17th. Please have all your work turned in by then for this 4th month grading period.
HW due next class:
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Pea Plant trait tables worksheet |
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Monohybrid cross: Is There a Black Sheep in the Family? (WS) |
Notes on assignments:
Collect class data for Dominant and Recessive trait Quick Lab p. 166
The Diploid Flip Lab
Read the handout.
Develop and record a hypothesis (let’s discuss options...)
Obtain a coin.
Find a partner to flip coins with to create an offspring. You each will flip a coin to represent your individual haploid contribution to the gene pool. Together you and your lab partner will determine the genotype of your “offspring.” Follow the steps in the handout and record your results (data) on the handout chart.
Use your data to interpret your ‘offspring’s” phenotype and make a drawing of your “product.” Each student must attempt an accurate rendition or convince a willing classmate or family member or friend to do it for you. You can check out this site to design a composite sketch online: http://flashface.ctapt.de/ and print it out and add the rest yourself. I am sure there are better sites: find one and email it to me!
Congratulations! It’s a …..? Do a good job, because the baby pictures will be posted!
DNA Structure lab on
p. 202-3
Use post its and paper or materials suggested in text to build your DNA models.
Lesson 31
Monday, Jan. 5, 2009
Welcome back!
Today is the beginning of month 5, the final month of the Fall 2008 semester, which ends on Jan. 30th.
Spring Pathways classes Registration information is included in the schedule. The add/drop form is also posted to the site below the schedule. Registration begins January 21st at 9am.
Online Pathways Schedule for Spring Classes:
Go to http://pathwayscharter.org
From the top menu bar select Sonoma/Marin
From the left-hand side vertical menu select course catalogue spring 2009
From that screen click on 2009
The plan for this month:
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Survey of DNA Structure and
Replication (Handout) |
Due Weds, 1-7 |
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Base Pairing WS (Handout) |
Due Weds, 1-7 |
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Amino acids from mRNA codons WS
(Handout) |
Due Weds, 1-7 |
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Due
Weds, 1-7 |
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Quick Lab p. 216 Introns and Exons |
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"Nearly There" 3-2-1/response
(Handout) |
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Your name in DNA |
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Protein Synthesis Lab, p. 222-3 |
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“Smoking Out the Truth” |
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Ch10, p.220, #3-11, 18-22,25,26 OR
#27 |
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Current
event #1 and response |
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Data Lab, p. 235: DNA Fingerprint, #1-4 |
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1st |
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Timeline Lab, p. 272-3 (And Handout) |
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Response to “Origins of Life Thru Chem”
(Handout) |
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Time worksheet (Handout) |
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Extra Credit: Radio Carbon dating
exercise (Handout) |
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The Exponential Decay (Penny) Lab (Handout) |
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We will have an in class final fo r chap 1-12.
Weds.,
Jan. 14, 2009
Transcription
and translation animations
Protein
data bank
Nobel
Prize in chemistry this year awarded for the isolation of fluorescent green
fish protein used to tag macromolecules to study metabolism more easily.
Weds.,
Jan. 21, 2009
In
class Final next week on Weds.
Return
graded work, some comments:
Concept maps have evaluations attached-see
me if you do not understand how to read it!
Cool
current events:
Difference between memories in older and
younger human brains
Parthenogenetic sharks
Embryonic marine fossils found that were
formed with the help of bacteria
Sugar overconsumption’s effect on sex
hormones and fat storage
Pharmaceuticals (human medicines) in creeks, waterways, ocean
and their effects on fish and other wildlife.
Conservation efforts to protect African
elephants
Assembling the wooly mammoth’s genome
Middle schoolers in
Butterfly mimicry to fool predators
Sponges used as tools to get food by
dolphins
Epigenetic factors
Garage (DIYbio) biotechnology
Correlating cancer risk with defects in
DNA repair genes
The effects of Light Pollution
The revised
plan for this month and end of the semester:
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Survey of DNA Structure and
Replication (Handout) |
Due Weds, 1-7 |
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Base Pairing WS (Handout) |
Due Weds, 1-7 |
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Amino acids from mRNA codons WS
(Handout) |
Due Weds, 1-7 |
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Due Weds, 1-7 |
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Quick Lab p. 216 Introns and Exons |
Done in class, due |
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"Nearly There" 3-2-1/response
(Handout) |
Due |
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Your name in DNA |
Due |
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Protein Synthesis Lab, p. 222-3 |
Done in class, due |
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Extra credit “Smoking Out the Truth”
Reading Guide (Handout) |
Extra credit, due 1-26 |
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Ch10, p.220, #3-11, 18-22,25,26 OR
#27 |
Due 1-26 |
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Due 1-26 |
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Current event #1 and response |
Due 1-26 |
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Data Lab, p. 235: DNA Fingerprint, #1-4 |
Done in class, due |
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Due 1-26 |
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1st |
Due 1-26 |
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Timeline Lab, p. 272-3 (And Handout) |
Due 1-26 |
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Nest semester |
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Response to “Origins of Life Thru Chem”
(Handout) |
Nest semester |
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Nest semester |
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Time worksheet (Handout) |
Due 1-26 |
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Extra Credit: Radio Carbon dating
exercise (Handout) |
Nest semester |
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The Exponential Decay (Penny) Lab (Handout) |
Nest semester |
