AP Biology 2017-2018 Assignments
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Genetics powerpoints. Please go over the powerpoints. Take notes on your own.
Linkage and genetic disorders - last topic on genetics to be discussed on Friday
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Please review the ppts
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For those who want to do revision on the FRQ of the properties of water, see the attached file (Question #3).
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1.) Unit test on Evolution- Multiple Choice
2.) FRQ - Evolution & Ecology
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Be part of my google classroom (email me if you forget the code to get [email protected]). I posted the rationale of the test today and your homework is to go over those. Write the rationale in your test questions and turn it in tomorrow.
The microevolution is the 1st part and then continue with the macroevolution.
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1.) FRQ on SEEDs and Antibiotics
2.) Flinnprep review: Unit 6,7 and 8
Video notes that should be in your NOTEBOOK/Binder: (Bozeman)
1.) Abiogenesis
2.) Endosymbiosis
3.) Natural Selection
4.) Genetic Drift
5.) Ecological Succession
6.) Ecosystem Ecology
7.) Communities
8.) Populations
9.) Exponential Growth
10.) Logistic Growth
11.) r and K selection
12.) Animal Behavior
Attached are the powerpoints for Evolution for your review
- Macroevolution Part III Sympatric Speciation.ppt
- Macroevolution Part IV Origin of Life (1).ppt
- 01 Microevolution Unique Gene Pools and Genetic Variation (1).ppt
- 02 Microevolution Changing Allelic Frequencies (1).ppt
- Macroevolution Part II Allopatric Speciation.ppt
- Macroevolution Part I Phylogenies (1).ppt
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1.) FRQ: Endosymbiosis and Universal Ancestor
2.) Presentation of Graphic Organizer
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a.) Do Unit 6 on Flinnprep
b.) Do the take home test on Ch. 25 - I attach it here
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1.) Notes: Chapter 26
Homework:
1.) Do the Reading Guide on Ch 25-26
2.) Watch and takes notes of Bozeman videos on Abiogenesis and Endosymbiosis (Links are
posted on yesterday's agenda)
3.) Do the quia quiz on Chapter 26 (part 1 and Part 2)
4.) Make sure you are ready for your GRAPHIC ORGANIZER to present to your team on MONDAY
Fall break Homework
1.) Take notes of the powerpoint attached here. I will also give reading guides for those students who wants to use instead of the powerpoints
2.) Listen to these videos for a review:
a.) Evolution and Diversity of Plants: http://www.screencast.com/t/nwwZNtJvCg
b.) Gymnosperms and Angiosperms: http://www.screencast.com/t/udCKWoYajB
c.) Plant Tissues: http://www.screencast.com/t/JdlmTwJrkGo
d.) The Shoot System: http://www.screencast.com/t/CxtRBRaS
e.) Plant Nutrition and Soil: http://www.screencast.com/t/hFauvuRXbkJj
f.) Transport System in Plants: http://www.screencast.com/t/Rv8ii7PeRdS
g.) Control of Growth Responses: http://www.screencast.com/t/7dfiJX4etnK
h.) Reproduction in Plants: http://www.screencast.com/t/0fuZ5aENh
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3.) DO the FRQ
4.) STUDY....STUDY...because there is a UNIT test on all of these when you come back from the fall break
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1.) FRQ: 2009 Cladogram/Phylogenetic Tree
2.) Notes- Ch 24
3.) Phylogenies ppt
4.) Test-Chapter 24
Homework: Watch the videos and write your notes:
a.) Abiogenesis - https://youtu.be/W3ceg--uQKM
b.) Endosymbiosis- https://youtu.be/-FQmAnmLZtE
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1.) SIT with your GROUP. Then get your computer and go to the website below. Read and understand about the phylogenetic tree.
In the above tutorial, you will learn:
- How to read an evolutionary tree
- How to classify organisms based on evolutionary trees
- How to reconstruct an evolutionary tree
- How evolutionary trees are used
2.) Watch this video as a REVIEW and as reinforcement of concepts: http://www.screencast.com/t/a3htVCpgO
3.) When everyone is done in your GROUP, do the test that is attached here (if the hardcopy is NOT available). You may divide the questions within your group. BUT make sure you report to the group your choice of the answer and explain why you choose that answer. You may also asked the help of the members in your group.
THEN, SEND ME YOUR GROUP's ANSWER with the NAMES of the MEMBERS (either email or text).
I will check your group's answer tonight and send you the result right away ( I know how you all are when it comes to TEST grade :) )
NOTE: I also attached a powerpoint here for phylogenies.
HOMEWORK: STUDY Chapter 24 (Read the book and do your reading guide). Read the notes that I gave to class as well then do the quia. When there is time today, do the quia below in class so you will have less homework.
Chapter 24 Part 1: https://www.quia.com/quiz/6501905.html
Chapter 24 Part 2: https://www.quia.com/quiz/6501913.html
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1. Team building: What Prevents the Species from Interbreeding?
2. Notes: Ch 24 (Sympatric Speciation) - I attached the notes here for those who were not able to catch up today.
Homework:
1.) Watch this video: Speciation: An Illustrated Introduction https://youtu.be/8yvEDqrc3XE then answer the worksheet on it.
2.) Read the article on "Polyploidy" and answer the questions on the worksheet.
3.) Watch this video to help you with your lab on BLAST: https://youtu.be/OSKwuOccAak
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DUE on Monday: Reading Guide on Ch 24; Vocab for Ch 22, 23, 24
DUE on Tuesday: Quia on Ch 24
Due on Thursday : Study for the Ch 24 TEST
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1. FRQ-Diversity
2. Test: Ch 23- Evolution of Population
3. LAB: BLAST - (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) - Bioinformatics
a.) To find the genes: http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/bio-manual/Bio_Lab3-ComparingDNA.pdf
b.) Lab on BLAST - Please see the attached word doc file on how to find your GENE of INTEREST
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a.) Finish the lab report
b.) Do the Vocab on Evolution
c.) Go over the Graphic organizer
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1.) FRQ on Microevolution - Hardy Weinberg
2.) Chapter 22 Test
3.) Activity: Mutation and Evolution - Amino Acid Sequences and Evolutionary Relationships
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Video notes by Bozeman: (Notes on video should be in your notebook)
1.) Natural selection--> https://youtu.be/R6La6_kIr9g
2.) Genetic Drift --> https://youtu.be/mjQ_yN5znyk
3.) Study for Ch 23 Test by READING your book and practice the QUIA questions Part 1 and Part on Chapter 23
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1.) FRQ-Microevolution
2.) Hardy-Weinberg and CH-Squared Test
3.) Evolution Lab- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/labs/lab/evolution/
Homework: Study for Ch 22 test tomorrow.
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Organize:
1.) Homework: lab on Hardy-Weinberg
2.) Questions on Hardy-Weinberg à practice and some of these questions will be on grid in
3.) Multiple Choice on Ch 22à Take home test. Answer this after you do your reading guide
Agenda: Lab on Hardy-Weinberg (Genetic drift) and Notes on Microevolution
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Quiz: Ch. 22
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Quiz: Ch. 23 – Hardy -Weinberg
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Check you Rock Pocket Mouse Activity- The correct sequence is 2, 4, 3, 1
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a.) Finish the worksheet on Rock Pocket Mouse Activity
b.) Do the Natural Selection Practice worksheet that you picked up from the back table yesterday.
c.) Do not forget to turn the activity that we did on beans with graphs - I need those data so we can do more statistics on it :)
d.) Read and review your notes on Evolution. Next class is a long class. I will continue with the lesson and I will do an activity on Hardy-Weinberg. You can start this b watching a video about Hardy_Weinberg and takes notes in your notebook. Here is the link: https://youtu.be/oEBNom3K9cQ
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1.) Biomes report: Lakes, Pelagic, Intertidal zone
2.) Natural Selection: Prey-Predator
3.) Notes: Evolution
Homework: Study for ecology test tomorrow
Take the ecology unit exam on ecology (QUIA) --> http://www.quia.com/quiz/4343108.html
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Test: Community Ecology
Presentation on Biomes
Homework: Finish the Energetics packet: Due Monday
Study for the Ecology unit test on Tuesday
Read the attached test file. Your job is to understand why is that the correct answer.
NOTE: Attach here is the answer key to population ecology test. Do you test corrections by justifying the answers instead of your chosen answer.
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1.) FRQ on Biomes
2.) Energy Transfer
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a.) Study the Community ecology chapter. Take the quia quizzes (Part1 and Part 2)
b.) Watch the following videos and writes notes in your notebook
Ecological Succession : https://youtu.be/V49IovRSJDs
Ecosystem Ecology:https://youtu.be/FhaldPmkoNE
c.) Use the masteringbiology.com website for additional study tool
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1.) Biome presentation
2.) Species Diversity
3.) Predator-Prey energetics
4.) Introduction to Mastering Biology website
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a.) Review your answers and the explanation to Practice quiz
b.) Do ecosystems part 1 and Part 2 on quia.
c.) Continue to study Community Ecology Part 1 and 2 - Quiz on Friday
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1.) Test - Populations
2.) FRQ - Biodiversity
3.) Meet with your group and assign the slides for the Biome project
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1.) Do your BIOME project- check the rubric - DO THIS on Fri, Sat, and Sun for about 30 minutes
2.) Do the Community Ecology Part 1 and Part 2 - Do this on Monday (1 hour)
3.) Do the Biogeohemical worksheet --> Do this on Tuesday (1 hour)
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1.) FRQ on Population
à Check your notebook for video notes
2.) Community Ecology:
3.) Keystone species vs. Invasive species : compare and contrast
4.) QUIZ: Ecology (AP test) with grid in
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Additional notes for population ecology.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Aloha students: Please find your new username and password. Use this for all the assigned quizzes starting today.
Due Tonight: Chi Square worksheet and watch videos on
a.) Communities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOp-qLLTMso&t=147s
b.) Populations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFViSog6ZJw&t=109s
Due Wednesday: Ecology Math Problems and Keystone Species
Due Thursday: QUIA on Population Ecology: Part 1 and Part 2
Friday: Test on Population Ecology
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Agenda: August 25, 2017
1.) Chapter 50 Test - Intro to Ecology
2.) Logistic and Exponential growth rate problems - You may watch these videos for tutorial
Exponential growth: https://youtu.be/c6pcRR5Uy6w
Logistic growth: https://youtu.be/rXlyYFXyfIM
r and K selection: https://youtu.be/Bu6ouKt9zhs
Homework Due on Monday: a.) Population growth rate problems worksheet; b.) Population Estimate and Growth Simulation (BEANS); c.) Study the Chapter on Animal Behavior (Read the book)
Homework Due on Tuesday: Lab report on Animal Behavior (MEALWORMS)
Homework Due on September 6. BIOME mini project
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1.) FRQ - Behavior of Sea Slugs
2.) Notes on Population Ecology
3.) Random Sampling
4.) Population Estimation and Growth Simulations
Homework: Finish the back of Population Estimation and Growth Simulations activity, Study for the Chapter 50 Tests tomorrow.
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Purpose: Be able to design the Animal Behavior Lab
1.) Do the Survival Values wkst
2.) Continue your lab on Animal Behavior
3.) Clean up
4.) Group report: WATER Bottle
5.) Focus lecture: Ecology: Animal Behavior
Homework: Do Animal Behavior by Bozeman and Video Analysis (Link to the video will be posted online). Do Animal Behavior quia
Link to Bozeman (Animal Behavior): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hREwakXmAo
Video Analysis:Just choose 4
Lion: https://youtu.be/V4rcZCf10Xw
Flying lizard: https://youtu.be/JvqTxb1LKWA
Frogs: https://youtu.be/aLj5Zk3YsSM
Flamingos: https://youtu.be/x3P3MxMy9vk
Great Crested Grebe: h
Hippos: https://youtu.be/0-decVlRWhw
Whales: https://youtu.be/OfcI4bYxyz8
Hydra: https://youtu.be/zkF_1r6ll54
Planaria: https://youtu.be/H1uRBq5pT6Q
Cnidarians: https://vimeo.com/37443347
Bird of Paradise: https://youtu.be/nWfyw51DQfU
Bowerbirds:https://youtu.be/1XkPeN3AWIE
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1.) Notes on Ecology
2.) Notes on Chi Square
3.) Do Question #1: 2013 AP Bio FRQ
3.) CHi Square analysis using M&Ms
Homework: Write a lab report (Rubric is found below) and rewrite your answers to the FRQ
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Purpose: Be able to analyze data for normal distribution curve and standard deviation
1.) Checking of homework
2.) PPT – Normal distribution and standard deviation
3) QUIZ – 25 multiple choice and 1 standard deviation
4.) Presentation
5.) Data GatheringHomework: Do the quia quiz on Chapter 50 (Ecology Unit) - BEST WORK is recorded
Link to Chapter 50, Part 1- https://www.quia.com/quiz/4343188.html
Link to Chapter 50, Part 2: https://www.quia.com/quiz/4343189.html
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Purpose: Be able to process analyze data using standard deviation and standard error of the mean
1.) Practice worksheet: Standard deviation and standard error of the mean
2.) Gather data of plants--lab
3.) Presentation - summer assignment on ecology pictures/ Case study
4.) Feedback on quia quiz
For those who did not take the quia quiz, click below for the links:
a.) Part 1-https://www.quia.com/quiz/4343181.htm
b.) Part 2 - https://www.quia.com/quiz/4343185.html
HOMEWORK: Do the worksheet on "Practice with Normal Distribution and Standard Deviation".
Since this is just a lot of data, you may use excel program to calculate for your mean.
1.) Open an excel spreadsheet and input your data on the 1st column. Then calculate the average by simply clicking on =, type average, then type the range of cells that you have data.
=average (A1:A100) ---> This command should give you the average
2.) On the second column, you can calculate the (Xi-Mean)2 by having this command. If your first data on A1 and your last data is on A100, then your mean appears on A101. Go to B1 and type this command:
= (A1-A101) * (A1-A101); then press enter
Then drag your cursor all the way to B100 and that should calculate everything.
To find the SUM on the B Column, click on B101 and use this command:
=Sum(B1:B100) then press enter
Once you have those, the rest is easy by following the formula of standard deviation. For any questions, just email me.
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Purpose: Be familiar with the steps of scientific method and scientific inquiry
1.) Read the FRQ, then go to letter c and answer it (2014 FRQ question#1)
2.) Notes: Scientific method, Standard deviation and Standard error of the mean
3.) Go back to the FRQ and answer a and b
4.) Presentation: Summer homework pictures and case study
Homework: Crickets and the Writing Hypothesis wkst. Check your quia username and password and take the quiz posted on site.
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Purpose: Be able to be familiar with the scientific method
1.) DDT- Case Study
2.) Notes: AP Biology and Scientific Method
3.) Setting up the planter (water bottle) - Introduction to Science Inquiry
Homework: Introduction to Experimental Design - Watch the video and answer the questions "Activity: Introduction to Experimental Design"
Link to the video: https://mediaplayer.pearsoncmg.com/assets/secs-bio-intro-to-experimental-design
Link to Cricket's activity: http://webapp.gccaz.edu/academic/biology/scientific_method/
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1.) AP Biology Course Description
2.) FRQ on Animal Behavior
Homework: Prepare your presentation for the 25 concepts/pictures and the assigned case study
Case Study Analysis
Per group : Discuss the pictures that you took this summer and be ready to present those pictures/concepts to class
Open the assigned case study, read it then discuss it to your group. Be ready to compose your responses and present it to the class.