AP Biology Agendas

May 20
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Agenda

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  • AP Biology Final exam section 1: Molecular Genetics and Plant Physiology
  • 50 m.c. questions
  • Tomorrow: Section 2: Animal Physiology and Ecology (outline in Edmodo)
May 14
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Agenda

By | AP Biology
  • Semester Two Final exam next week on Monday and Tuesday:
  1. a.50 multiple choice questions each day
  2. b.Monday: Molecular Genetics and Plant Physiology
  3. c.Tuesday: Animal Physiology and Ecology
  • Submit daily objectives journal
  • Plickers review
Apr 23
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Agenda

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  • Submit Chapter 48/49 reading guide (Nervous system)
  • Submit Nervous system diagrams
  • Submit Reproduction/Muscle diagrams
  • Submit Embryology Concept map
  • Review requirements for Animal Behavior lab; due Friday April 26th by 7 pm submitted as a PPT or Keynote slide show via Edmodo
  • Complete Chapter 51 summary
Apr 22
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Mock AP exams

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You will have two opportunities for mock AP exams.  The first is this Saturday from 10:30-3:30.  The second will be on Wednesday May 1st from 3:15-7.  They will be different practice exams that you will be able to take the test, score, and analyze the results.  You may attend either or both to help you prepare for the actual exam on Monday May 13th from 8-12.

Apr 12
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Objective

By | AP Biology
  • The student is able to describe how nervous systems transmit information.
  • The student is able to describe how the vertebrate brain integrates information to produce a response.
  • The student is able to create a visual representation to describe how nervous systems detect external and internal signals.
Apr 12
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Agenda

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  • Complete Chapter 49 summary
  • Do Nervous system w.s.; due Tuesday April 23rd
  • Read Chapter 50
  • Complete Chapter 48/49 w.s.; due Tuesday April 23rd
Apr 11
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Objectives

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  • The student is able to construct an explanation, based on scientific theories and models, about how nervous systems detect external and internal signals, transmit and integrate information, and produce responses.
  • The student is able to describe how nervous systems detect external and internal signals.
Apr 10
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Agenda

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  • Reproduction summary
  • Embryology summary
  • Reproduction diagram, muscle diagram, and embryology concept map due Tuesday April 23rd
  • Begin Chapter 48 summary
Apr 08
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Agenda

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  • Submit Chapter 43 reading guide (make a copy for review)
  • Review Immune System information
  • Complete Chapter 44 and 45 summary
  • Animal Physiology #1 exam tomorrow
  • Tutoring today after school
Apr 04
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Agenda

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  • Discuss Osmoregulation and the Endocrine system (Chapters 44 & 45)
  • Chapter 43 reading guide due on Monday; brief survey
  • Circulatory System w.s. due tomorrow
  • Chapter 43 guide due Monday
Mar 20
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Agenda

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  • Plant lab due tomorrow
  • Begin Animals: use the template provided as well as your textbook to complete the table. Use the Porifera (sponges) as a guide
  • Plant exam make-up
  • Plant spot test tomorrow: be able to identify and label the structure and function of the plants from the lab; know the difference between a monocot and a eudicot
Mar 18
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Agenda

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  • Submit Flower Diagram w.s.
  • Seed plant lab; lab due Thursday
  • Chapter 39 summary due tomorrow
  • Plant exam tomorrow
  • Tutoring today after school from 3:15-4:15
Mar 12
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Agenda

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  • Plant Vocabulary quiz
  • Complete Chapter 35 summary
  • Begin Chapter 36
  • Gallery walk tomorrow for Transpiration lab; rubrics in lab folder in Edmodo
Mar 08
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Agenda

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  • Record mass of plant (Day 5 of 5)
  • Post group data
  • Plant stomata viewing; calculate surface area of leaves
  • Delegate and agree on roles
  • Continue Chapter 35 summary
  • Plant Vocabulary quiz on Tuesday
Feb 13
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Agenda

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  • Complete Killer Virus video; submit questions
  • Chapter 27 summary
  • Electrophoresis lab quiz tomorrow: know charge on DNA molecule and why, how does the gel function as a filter?; how do the fragments travel through the gel?; what is the buffer used for?; what factors cause the fragments to separate?
Feb 08
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Agenda

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  • Bacteria Lab; due Wednesday February 13
  • Draw 1 or 2 specimens for each bacteria type (3) on the paper provided
  • Drawings MUST be done in pencil; if you erase, it must be erased cleanly: no ghosting
  • Do NOT SKETCH, STIPPLE OR SHADE. Deductions will be made for each
  • Draw using smooth, continuous lines
Feb 05
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Agenda

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  • Begin Chapter 19
  • Calculate transformation efficiency from lab data
  • Transformation lab quiz tomorrow; know the following: function of plasmids, definition of transformation (hint use lab material or textbook), interpret and analyze the results of the lab, calculate transformation efficiency, do transformed cells have the ability to pass on their traits to their offspring?, what is the antibiotic used on the plates?