Do this to review for the EOC

http://www.regentsprep.org/

then click on the zebra!

Merry Christmas!

Sub plan for 12-16

Congratulations to the Red Raider Football team!

Today you'll be learning about animal behavior and re-visiting ecology and evolution by watching this documentary about Edward O. Wilson aka "Lord of the Ants". He's a naturalist, an entomologist (peson that studies insects) and a pulitzer prize winning author.

Write out the questions below and aswer them as you go- yes- they should be in order!
Here are a couple of definitions of words you may have never heard of before:

Xenophobia is a dislike and/or fear of that which is unknown or different from oneself.

biophilia [ˌbaɪəʊˈfɪlɪə] n (Psychology) an innate love for the natural world, supposed to be felt universally by humankind

Here are the questions:
1. Where did E.O. Wilson grow up?
2. What led him to study small insects and not something else?
3. Why did he choose to study ants in particular?
4. What invasive species did he discover in Alabama at the age of 13?
5. How many species of the ant Genus “ Pheidole” did Wilson discover?
6. In the 50”s Wilson got a new boss, who was he and what was he famous for?
7. How do the ants communicate with each other?
8. What is “ Sociobiology”?
9. What is a biodiversity “hot spot”?
10. 50% of all species living on the Earth live on what percentage of the Earth?
11. What is the difference between Haiti and the Dominican Republic?
12. Biodiversity is another term coined by Wilson, what does it mean?

Hand in your questions and answers before you leave today.

Here's the link: http://video.pbs.org/video/980049632/

You may recognize the voice of the narrator, it's Han solo ,or maybe you recognize him as Indiana Jones, or maybe you're such young pups that you don't recognize him at all!

Have a great day.

NPR, anniversary of "On the Origin of Species"

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120692695

Bring index cards to class so you can get them done!

Window panes are due prior to the test on Friday, 12-4-09. (hand them in with your study guide)
window pane terms:
1. evolution- the concept that organisms change over time.
2.Abiogenesis- the concept that life arises from non-living organisms
3.Biogenesis- the concept that living things can only come from other living things.
4.biochemical evidence- using an organisms chemical make-up ( genetic code and proteins) to show how related they are to other organisms.
5. Homologous structures- when organisms have similar skeletal structures that have different physical functions ex., a bat wing and a whale's fin or a frogs foot and a chimps foot.
6.Vestigial organs- structures in our body that do not serve a purpose, remnants of our ancestors. ex. appendix and tailbone
7.acquired traits- traits that you obtain in your lifetime- these are not evolved traits- learning to play an instrument, or losing a limb.
8. natural selection- when organisms evolve as a result of who they chose to reproduce with, over time (millions of years) this results in a new species.
9. adaptive radiation (syn= divergent evolution) - When new species develop from one common ancestor as a result of some sort of isolation.
10.convergent evolution (ant= divergent evolution) - when organisms from different ancestors evolve to look similar because they are adapting to a similar habitat.
11.coevolution- when organisms evolve together, flowers and pollinators do this.
12.speciation - the process of developing into a new species
13.reproductive isolation- when two similar organisms cannot reproduce together due to physiological reasons or having different mating seasons
14. behavioral isolation - when two similar organisms don't reproduce together because of one having an inappropriate or different behavior.
15.Geographical isolation - when two similar organisms don't reproduce together because they are separated by some geological barrier.
16.disruptive selection (use the graph for your drawing)
17. stabilizing selection (use the graph for your drawing)
18. directional selection (use the graph for your drawing)
19. gradualism
20. punctuated equilibrium

HONORS Biology

complete the SAS #52 by Friday December 4th
I will stay late on Tuesday and Wednesday so you can use the school computers if necessary!

Evolution material

go here to watch or re-watch PBS (Nova) videos on evolution and to help you answer the questions on your study guide.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/educators/teachstuds/svideos.html

Here's another copy of the study guide ( for anyone absent or anyone who lost it), you will have to turn in your completed study guide, as well as your completed window panes on Friday prior to your test.

Nova:
Answer or define the following:
1. What is a theory?
2. What is an inference?
3. What is the theory of evolution?
4. Who developed the theory of evolution through natural selection?
5. What does a paleontologist study?
6. What did the common ancestor (that walked on 4 legs) of the whale look like?
7. What structures on the whale are similar ( aka -homologous structures) to structures on a chimp, frog and bird?
8. How does natural selection work (there are 4 points)?
9. What adaptations did the hummingbird have that made it more successful?
10. What evidence is there to support the theory of evolution?
11. Explain how using antibiotics leads to the evolution of new bacteria?
More things you need to know: ( use chapters 14 and 15 in your reading essentials to answer these questions)

1. What mechanisms (3) lead to the development of new species (aka-speciation)?
2. What did the first living organisms on earth look like?
3. What conditions existed on the earth when the first life forms existed?
4. Where the first organisms aerobic or anaerobic? Why?
5. What are:
Directional selection

Disruptive selection

Stabilizing selection

Artificial selection
6. What are homologous structures?
7. What are analogous structures?
8. What is divergent evolution?
9. What is convergent evolution?
10. What type of evolution is slow?
11. What type of evolution is fast?
12. What is the theory of abiogenesis?
13. What is the theory of biogenesis?
14. How do pesticides and herbicides lead to the evolution of new species?
15. Adaptations can be good or bad, give examples of both.
16. Who was Francesco Redi? Explain his experiment.
17. Who was John Needham?
18. Who was Lazzaro Spallanzani? How did he perfect Needham’s experiment and what did it prove?
19. Who was Louis Pasteur and what did he do differently to help lay the issue to rest permanently?
20. Give an illustration of what Pasteur’s experiment looked like?

genetics test

go to this site and review EOC questions goal 2 up to #17.
http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/docs/accountability/testing/eoc/sampleitems/bio/20080109biog3.pdf
know your blood typing, X-linked and regular punnett squares.

Blood typing giving you a headache?

try going here to get it all cleared up.

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/traits/blood/

Check out the 2009 nikon photomicrograph winners, this is a picture of ciliated protozoans.
What do you think the blue stuff is?

http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/

terms for quiz on Wednesday (WP terms)

WORD LIST- for DNA and some heredity
1. Complementary base pairs- The nucleotides that fit together to form the DNA double helix, adenine with thymine and cytosine with guanine . Here is a visual, if the original strand of DNA has the following bases: A T C G A T T C G A T (ORIGINAL OR TEMPLATE)
Then the complimentary bases would be: T A G C T A A G C T A (COMPLIMENT TO THE ORIGINAL)
2. Replication- the process of copying the original strand of DNA to form a new, IDENTICAL, strand of DNA so that when the cell divides the daughter cells have the same exact genetic information as the parent cell.
3. Mutation- any change in someone’s strand of DNA, it could be a few letters (bases) or just one base.
4. Protein synthesis- using a cells DNA to code for and then make a specific protein needed by the cell, three types of RNA are needed to do this.
5. Trait- a physical characteristic or feature of a person (ex; brown hair, tall, diabetic, blue eyes)
6. Genes- the segments of a person’s DNA that code for a certain trait.
7. Transcription- when mRNA copies a segment of DNA in order to take the message out of the nucleus and to a ribosome. It must be written in the RNA’s language which uses Uracil in place of thymine for a nitrogen base. The uracil still pairs up with Adenine.
8. mRNA- messenger RNA is the RNA responsible for sneaking into the nucleus of a cell and copying off a certain piece of DNA and then carrying that piece of the code out to a ribosome.
9. Codon- three letters of a mRNA strand that determine which amino acid is to be made by a ribosome.
10. Translation- when the code made by the mRNA gets turned into an amino acid in a ribosome.
11. rRNA- is ribosomal RNA, it’s what makes up the ribosome and turns a codon into an amino acid.
12. tRNA- is the type of RNA that puts all of the amino acids in the correct order to form the proper protein. It has a complimentary RNA code for the newly produced amino acid to hook on to.
13. Polypeptide bond- it’s what connects one amino acid to another to make a complete protein.
14. Non-disjunction- When the chromosomes are not pulled apart evenly during anaphase of meiosis. This is what leads to Down’s syndrome (aka: trisomy 21 which means three of the 21st chromosome).
15. Phenotype- the physical characteristic or trait of an individual, brown hair describes a person’s phenotype.
16. Genotype- the genetic code for a person’s trait(s). BB is a person’s genotype for Brown hair ( this genotype is homozygous – two of the same letters BB).
17. Homozygous-a person has the same letters (or alleles) for a given trait, BB or bb.
18. Heterozygous- a person has two different choices for a trait, Bb.
19. Zygote- forms when the egg and the sperm unite and make the first cell of a new organism.
20. Allele- a choice for a trait, you have two alleles for every trait in your body, one from mom and one from dad.

quizzes and re-take info.

Quiz Wednesday on Window pane terms - matching

Quiz Friday on Transcription and translation- you can use the DNA song as a guide ** don't have any extra writing on it.

If you no longer have your copy of the song- you must copy it off of a peer- I informed you earlier that I would not be giving out more copies.

Re-takes- If you have to re-take the mitosis/meiosis test, you must first complete some remediation work. You must complete chapter 10 in your reading essentials workbook -complete all sections- hand it in to me the day you come to re-take the test.

Your next test will be on transcription and translation ( protein synthesis) and it will be next Tuesday. If you need help, stay after school for tutoring and use your reading essentials workbook!

You should read through chapters 11-13 in your reading essentials by the end of next week!! It will help to supplement what we are learning in class.

protein synthesis links

protein synthesis
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/giannini/flashanimat/cellstructures/endomembrane%20protein%20synthesis.swf

transcription
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/giannini/flashanimat/molgenetics/transcription.swf

translation
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/giannini/flashanimat/molgenetics/translation.swf

mitosis and meiosis animations

Use this site to help you visualize both types of cell division:

http://www.cellsalive.com/mitosis.htm

It explains the stages below the animations

DNA and way more!

Check out this site to find out everything you need to know about genetics; your DNA, how you inherit it and what it really does in your body.

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/

The cell cycle

Use this site to check out the cell cycle

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072495855/student_view0/chapter2/animation__how_the_cell_cycle_works.html

Cell transport

check out this site for clarification on types of transport across a cell membrane
http://www.northland.cc.mn.us/biology/BIOLOGY1111/animations/active1.swf

Use this site to review sample EOC questions

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/testing/eoc/sampleitems/5

Cell parts and mitosis

Use this site to check out cell organelles and cell division
http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/3dcell.htm

Good info. on Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic cells

http://www.cod.edu/PEOPLE/FACULTY/FANCHER/ProkEuk.htm

Here comes the cell- AGAIN!

use this site for help on cell organelles as well as mitosis and meiosis:
http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/cell_model.htm

word list: cells and transport

plasma membrane, cell wall, nucleus, chromosome, ribosome, Endoplasmic reticulum, golgi body(or golgi apparatus), active transport, passive transport,vacuole, lysosome, centrioles, cytoplasm, nuclear membrane, endocytosis, exocytosis, pinocystosis, phagocytosis, vessicle,
protein channel(s).

Here's some helpful information about the cell (it's about transport and the organelles)
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Anatomy_and_Physiology_of_Animals/The_Cell#How_substances_move_across_the_Plasma_Membrane

upcoming quizzes and tests

QUIz tomorrow of course on organic compounds
Quiz tuesday on Bioenergetic reactions (photosynthesis, cellular respiration (aerobic) and the two types of fermentation (which are anaerobic). ***have your foldable to use during the quiz!!!
Window panes due Wednesday
TEST REVIEW ON WEDNESDAY (you won't be able to use your notes or foldables).
Test Thursday on material covered on the two previous quizzes.

HONOR'S STUDENTS : REMEMBER TO CHECK YOUR CALENDAR AND KEEP UP WITH YOUR ASSIGNMENTS!! NO SAS DUE NEXT WEEK- THIS GIVES YOU TIME TO GET AHEAD (HOPEFULLY) OR CATCH UP.

THE SAS ASSIGNMENTS CORRELATE DIRECTLY WITH THE CURRICULUM TO HELP YOU INCREASE YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONTENT AND TO ASSIST YOU IN GETTING THE HIGHEST EOC SCORE POSSIBLE----I DON'T EXPECT THAT YOU ARE IN AN HONOR'S CLASS TO JUST "GET BY". I EXPECT YOU WANT TO EXCEL, SO KEEP POSITIVE AND KEEP UP. I STAY LATE FOR YOU TO USE THE COMPUTER LAB--- TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT!!!

BUGFEST this SATURDAY 9-12 in Raleigh

HEY - If you are looking form something to do this weekend and have transportation you may be interested in this:

http://www.bugfest.org/evening.htm#plaza

It's a Bug Festival in Raleigh from 9am to 9pm

Word list 3 due 9-16-09

Word list 3: bioenergetic reactions

1.osmosis 2. diffusion 3.hypertonic 4.hypotonic 5.substrate 6. Active site 7.anaerobic respiration 8.alcohol fermentation 9.lactic acid fermentation 10. ATP 11.homeostasis 12. Nucleotide 13. Cellulose 14.starch 15. Chloroplast 16. Mitochondria 17.aerobic respiration 18. Activation energy 19. pH 20.organelle

also check out this link to see animation on hyper-, hypo- and isotonic solutions:

http://www.coolschool.ca/lor/BI12/unit4/U04L06/rbc.html

QUIZ FRIDAY ON ORGANIC COMPOUNDS- STUDY THE TABLE YOU COMPLETED IN CLASS!!!

organic compounds word list

Due 9-9-09
WORD LIST 2 organic compounds: Atom, element, compound, organic, carbohydrate, lipid, protein, enzyme, hormone, nucleic acid, monosaccharide, polysaccharide, peptide bond, hydrogen bond, catalyst, dehydration synthesis, insulin, polymer, monomer, double helix

carbon cycle

check this out:

http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/carbon_cycle_version2.html

NOVA:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0302/03.html

THE cycles

Here's a little help with the nitrogen cycle:

http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/tlw3/eBridge/Chp29/animations/ch29/1_nitrogen_cycle.swf

Honors biology class

here's the link; http://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/ProductEntrance/Login/login.jsp


Your first SAS in school assignment is due on Tuesday 9-1-09.
The quick launch number is 458- the activity is the human population growth.
your login is: spoint
print off and complete all handouts.
Read all material

First word list for window panes

1st Word list: Objectives 5.01 and 5.02
1.Ecology 2.Abiotic factor 3.Biotic factor 4.Carrying capacity 5. Symbiosis 6.Mutualism 7.Commensalism 8. Parasitism 9.limiting factors 10.J curve population 11. S curve population 12.population 13.community 14.ecosystem 15.observation 16.inference 17.models (as they relate to scientific study)18.food chain 19.food web 20.variables

Science is ALWAYS questioning!!

Just last semester I was teaching that your appendix is a vestigial (no longer serves a function) organ. Well, maybe not: http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090824/sc_livescience/theappendixusefulandinfactpromising

Ecology study guide

Study guide 1: Name_________________________ Block_______
Goal 5:Learner will develop an understanding of the ecological relationships among organisms.Objective 5:01 Investigate and analyze the interrelationships among organisms, populations, communities and ecosystems.
1. In the symbiotic relationship known as _________________________both organisms benefit from the relationship.
2. What are the other symbiotic relationships?
3. What would happen if predators didn’t exist in an ecosystem?
4. Explain the predator-prey relationship.
5. What abiotic factor is necessary for the survival of any animal?
6. What determines the “carrying capacity” of an ecosystem?
7. What is a limiting factor in your environment?
8. How do we determine the diversity of species of a given area?
Objective 5.03 Assess human population and its impact on local ecosystems and global environments
1. What is the term that describes how the suns rays are trapped within our atmosphere?
2. What do humans do to add to the problem of too much sun (or heat)being trapped in our atmosphere?
3. What natural processes release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?
4. Give an example of an invasive (or non-native) species and tell why it’s not a good thing for our environment?
5. What has led to an increase the population of human beings?
6. If there are more people on the planet, what is there less of?
7. When pesticide builds up in an organism that is consumed by another organism, we call the process of accumulating pesticide in a living organism ________________________________.
8. Who suffers the most from an accumulation of pesticide in the environment?________________________
9. Give an example of a sustainable practice as it relates to the environment.
10. What can you do to be a good steward for the environment?
Objective 5:02 Analyze the flow of energy and the cycling of matter through the ecosystem
1. Describe or draw the carbon cycle, be sure to include photosynthesis and cellular respiration in the description/drawing.
2. Now do the water cycle ( be sure to include transpiration in the cycle).
3. Now it’s time for the nitrogen cycle (draw it out and include bacteria twice!).
4. What are trophic levels and how much energy is passed from one level to another?

Window Panes

Directions for WINDOW PANES ( due every Wednesday):
1.Divide an index card into quarters.
2.place the term your are describing in the middle.
3.In the top left square describe the term using your own words.
4.In the top right square use the term in a sentence, a grammatically correct sentence.
5.In the bottom right square give an illustration of the term, anything you picture when you think of the term. An example would be drawing a ruler or calculator for the term "data". If you are not comfortable with drawing, you can create a multiple choice question for the term. You need to have 3 answer choices per question.
6.In the bottom left square give a synonym or antonym for the term. Any word that has a similar ( or opposite) meaning or use as the one you are working on.

DON'T PUT THIS OFF UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE, THEY TAKE MORE TIME THAN YOU THINK.

ALWAYS CARRY EXTRA NOTE CARDS WITH YOU TO CLASS JUST IN CASE YOU GET TIME TO WORK ON THEM!

EOC RESULTS GOOD

CONGRATULATIONS TO MY 2nd BLOCK HONORS BIOLOGY CLASS!!!!!

you all PASSED your biology EOC! There were 13 level 4's!

For my 4th block students, I'll see you Monday! Keeping practicing the questions online, review the transcription stuff and interactive labs on the genetics at Utah site!

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/


GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU ON THE EOC'S YOU HAVE LEFT TO TAKE!

TEST PREP QUESTIONS

Biology
USE THIS SITE TO HELP YOU STUDY FOR THE EOC! http://regentsprep.org/Regents/biology/biology.cfm



This site has sample North Carolina EOC questions
http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/accountability/testing/eoc/sampleitems/5

window panes due by the end of the day Friday (15th)

Here is the latest list, just in case you didn't get one during class: ( use chapters 33 and 39 in your reading essentials for the definitions)

Innate behavior, instinct, circadian rhythm, hibernation, estivation, habituation, imprinting, pathogens, “Germ theory”, phagocyte, macrophage, Pus, Interferon, acquired immunity, passive immunity, vaccine, antigen, lymphocyte, T cells, B cells.

Germ theory: The theory that germs ( microorganisms) make us ill.

You will have time in class today after your test as well as Friday to finish your window panes.

REMEMBER: your book is due to me on Friday!!!

Quiz Wednesday ( white sheet- Individual)

Since our test was early (tuesday) Thursday will be a work day- work on your books &/or window panes ( I may even send a few of you to the library to work on your last SAS assignment)

HANG IN THERE, WE ARE ALMOST DONE!!!!!!

TEST FRIDAY on DNA replication and Protein synthesis!

You'll need to know how to replicate DNA and how to make a protein!
Use the genetics at Utah site to transcribe and translate!
Also use the site I just posted : http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=AP1302

to get an overview of the whole protein synthesis process!

protein synthesis site

HEY- if you are still confused about the protein synthesis process, check out this site!! it's quick, simple and effective!!!

http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=AP1302

Use these sites:

For the Explore more genetics stuff go here:
http://www.iptv.org/exploremore/ge/

For gel electrophoresis go here:

www.dnai.org

For the biotechnology web lesson use the genetics at Utah site (previously listed)
and go to the cloning section on the left hand side of the home page.

Enjoy your break!!!
DNA and RNA ( transcription and translation) gets our focus when you return!

Next week stuff: content posters in lieu of window panes, book info.

Here is your info on content posters, remember, we'll cover a few of them in class.


Content poster: There are only 12 total. YOU MUST DRAW A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE SUBJECT THEN DESCRIBE IT, LABEL IT (IF IT APPLIES), MAKE AN ANALOGY TO EXPLAIN IT AND/OR GIVE EXAMPLES OF IT. It’s kind of like doing window panes, but you don’t have to use it in a sentence and it should be mostly a visual representation. Basically; draw a picture and then tell me everything you can about the picture!
We’ll do 5 today :
1. Most common non-organic compounds in living things!
(oxygen, carbon- dioxide and water) which is the most plentiful? WATER
2. control groups
3. pH scale
4. Interdependent relationships in nature
5. Biomass pyramid
6. things that affect how well an enzyme works
7. diffusion of particles( it can be active, passive or facilitated)
8. Use of stored chemical energy (food, sugar) by the cells (it has to be ATP).Helpful hint: oil has to go to a refinery before it can be used as gas for your car.
9. Cell specialization : every cell has the same general parts, however, some have more of certain organelles than others do. In a plant, the leaves will have more chlorophyll than the stems. In humans, the muscles and sperm have more mitochondria than any other cells.
10. Tests for organic compounds: brown paper for lipids, Iodine for starch
11. Acid Rain- what toxins contribute to it, what is the effect on the environment?
12. microscopes – 3 types- detail which is the most powerful and which was the first.

your book topics will be from some current stuff and some of the trouble spots from the benchmark

Just the SAS that's due on Thursday should be handed in on Thursday

Test on heredity will probably be Wednesday, even though we'll be finished with the subject matter on Monday. Tuesday we start DNA

GENETICS site to go to

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/

USE THE ABOVE SITE TO GET FLUENT IN GENETICS!

DON'T FORGET TO DO ALL 4 VIRTUAL LABS BY THURSDAY- WE'LL HAVE A QUIZ ON THEM ON FRIDAY, SO YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE TRIED THEM BY THURSDAY'S CLASS.

QUIZ TOMORROW ON BASIC MITOSIS VS. MEIOSIS STUFF, AS WELL AS PUNNETT SQUARES, ESPECIALLY SEX LINKED TRAITS AND BLOOD TYPING!

DNA/RNA song

I hope you enjoy this, my son helped me write it!
Replication, transcription and translation song – to "The Adam’s Family" theme song
There’s adenine and thymine
Cytosine and guanine
A phosphate and a sugar
And that makes DNA
DNA(clap, clap) DNA( clap, clap) DNA,DNA, DNA (clap, clap)

When thymine goes a missin’
Uracil is there to listen
It sends a little message
Because it’s RNA
RNA (clap, clap) RNA (clap, clap) RNA, RNA, RNA (clap, clap)

Transcription’s then completed
the code gets translated
acids are created
Then proteins are made!
Hip hip hooray! (clap, clap) Hip hip hooray! (clap, clap)proteins are made, proteins are made, proteins are made!!!!! (clap, clap)

Window pane for 3-18-09

nitrogen bases,nucleotide, codominant, incomplete dominance,allele, homozygous, heterozygous, genotype, phenotype, dominant, recessive, trait, transcription, translation, gamete, zygote, base pairing, homolgous chromosomes, codon, meiosis

Window pane terms for 3/11/09

optimum, equilibrium, interdependent, legume, bioenergetic, photon, saprophyte, thylakoid membrane, pigment, chlorophyll, calvin cycle, glycolysis, yeast, lichen, lactic acid fermentation, denature, phosphate group, compound microscope,
scanning electron microscope, sulfur dioxide

LISTEN TO SCIENCE FRIDAY ANYTIME AND BY TOPIC!

GO TO THIS SITE AND THEN CHOOSE A TOPIC RELATED TO BIOLOGY TO LISTEN TO. BY TOPIC THE SEGMENTS ARE SHORTER SO YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO TWO SEGMENTS AND WRITE IT UP ACCORDINGLY

http://www.kidsnet.org/sfkc/

look under the topic section
choose topic
click on it!
then when it gets to the next page click on the left hand side of the section of the table that says "click here to go to the resource that relates to this benchmark"
click on the first link next to the part that say "science friday program"

Finally click on the purple tab at the top that says "Hear the program"

click on the windows media to listen ( if that is what you have) and then--ENJOY!

EOC practice questions

Go here to review EOC practice questions per goal:
http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/accountability/testing/eoc/sampleitems/5

transport answers

1. Osmosis, diffusion, and facilitated transport
2. Proteins
3. Membrane Proteins
4. Glucose is moving from a higher to a lower concentration
5. Lipid Bi-layer
6. Diffusion of water across a membrane 
7. If it does not pump out all of its extra ions to be even the water is going to move in and it can swell and explode.
8. Energy!!!!!!! 
9. Proteins
10. No , they are very specific.
11. Pumping ions from lower to higher concentration
12. Nerve cells
13. Inhibitors
14. Phagocytosis: cell eats
Pinocytosis: cell drinks
15.the whole cell works during endocytosis. Just a few proteins work during active transport
16. If the cells weren’t small, itd be harder to balance.
17. Proteins: Are the doors for the active transport and facilitated diffusion
Lipids: Make the cell membrane.
Carbs. Provide the energy for active transport

new window pane list for 3-4-09

prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, interphase, cytokinesis, cell cycle, cell division, mitosis, meiosis, aerobic, anaerobic, fermentation, surface area, chromatin, centromere, ATP ( adenosine triphosphate), haploid, diploid, gene

DARWIN- want to skip the test? Go see this!

DARWIN LIVE AND IN CONCERT BY RICHARD MILNER
DATE: MARCH 14 2009
TIME 3:00PM
AT: THE MCGLOHON THEATER
345 NORTH COLLEGE ST, CHARLOTTE NC 28202
PRICE: $20-$25

CALL 704-372-1000 FOR TIX OR GO TO: www.carolinatix.org

links for reviewing organelles and transport

Use this site to reinforce learning: click on the Membrane transport tabs (especially diffusion, osmosis and active transport)
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/giannini/biological%20anamations.html

This site will help with hypertonic and hypotonic clarification:
http://www.linkpublishing.com/video-transport.htm#LINKS_

Use this site to review organelles:
http://www.tvdsb.on.ca/WESTMIN/science/sbi3a1/Cells/cells.htm

Science friday

go here to listen live:
http://www.wfae.org/wfae/stat_listenwfae.cfm
remember that your write up is due Monday

children's book

Children’s book:

Must be 10 pages, 1 for front cover, 1 for back cover, 8 for content. Try to have at least 2 descriptive sentences per page. Keep the topic to the content we have just covered. First book is on Ecology. You can write about any one topic within the main topic, examples are: autotrophs, consumers, symbiosis, predator, mutualism, commensalism, energy transfer, limiting factors, human impact, carrying capacity, predator-prey relationships, or any other area related to ecology that you can think of.

Second word list

steroid, carbohydrate, lipid, hormone, enzyme, polymer, monomer, nucleic acid, nucleotide,
Monosaccharide, polysaccharide, starch, protein, subunit, glucose, semi-permeable, membrane,
Hydrophobic, hydrophilic, catalyst

Window panes

Here are the guidelines for window panes, just in case you lost your handout!

Divide an index card into quarters.
place the term your are describing in the middle.
In the top left square describe the term using your own words.
In the top right square use the term in a sentence, a grammatically correct sentence.
In the bottom right square give an illustration of the term, anything you picture when you think of the term. An example would be drawing a ruler or calculator for the term "data". If you are not comfortable with drawing, you can create a multiple choice question for the term.
In the bottom left square give a synonym or antonym for the term. Any word that has a similar ( or opposite) meaning or use as the one you are working on.

Jurassic Park

Guidelines for Jurassic Park weekly assignment:

Jurassic Park instructions:
You must read 40 pages a week.
You must define at least 20 words from the section (40 pages) you are reading. You must hand write the word, list the page and paragraph the word was used, look up the word and then use your own words to tell me what you think the word means ( after reading all of the possible definitions).
Everything is to be handwritten, no cut and paste allowed!
These are due every Tuesday. They do not have to be science words. Any word that you are unsure of you should define. If you don’t think there are any words you don’t know, define words that are higher level or have multiple meanings.
You must also summarize your reading. Every 10 pages you should stop, reflect on what you just read and write 2 sentences that sum up the most important things that were discussed or that occurred.
You should carry your Reading essentials and your Jurassic Park (JP) book with you daily. In this way, if you work faster than your peers, you can use your time more efficiently and complete your reading (when time allows) during class. I will have dictionaries available for you to borrow.
I may make time on Fridays to have a little “book club” where we discuss topics from the book and possibly take a quiz to make sure everyone is keeping up.

Honors info

HONORS INFORMATION :

Guidelines for the Children’s book:
There are roughly 10 big concepts covered in Biology. Your task is to focus in on 6 topics within those big concepts and create a children’s book that simplifies the topic and entertains us. It should be written in a way that a first grader would understand and have illustrations to support the text.
There are many topics that can be covered, You will need to get your topic approved by me each time. I would like to make sure we have a lot of diversity in terms of the content. At the end of the semester we will assimilate a book that contains some of everyone’s work and that covers all of the key Biology topics addressed in class.

Guidelines for the documentary assignment:
These are the Channels to watch in order to complete the assignment: National geographic, Discovery, PBS (NOVA) or ANIMAL PLANET). You don’t need to have cable, PBS has something every week.
You are expected to watch at least one science based documentary a month. A documentary is usually 2hours in length (if on TV) and is not a series.
You will write a 3 sentence summary for every 15 minute interval. The summary should include information about who was involved in the documentary, the main topic of the documentary and where they are (in the world).You will then construct 5 questions in the WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE and HOW format, providing the answers as you go.

Science Friday write -up: Listen to 90.7 between 3-4 pm on Fridays
Listen to Science Friday once a month. Again you will supply a summary of what was discussed. Simply take notes as you listen. Write down key facts learned, then construct your 5 WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE and HOW questions ( with answers).
List the people participating in the program (Just do your best when spelling their names) and the topic of the program.

Spring Semester Biology info

Supplies you’ll need for my Biology class:
1. Two small notebooks, one for notes and one for you to leave in class for daily warm-ups and cool-downs.
2. Index cards for weekly window pane assignments.
3. Colored pencils and regular pencils. (A small sharpener and a small pair of scissors will come in handy as well).
4. A binder for all of the handouts/ instructions you will receive. ( you will need to keep all of your handouts until the end of the semester, this way your review for Benchmarks and the EOC will be simplified)

The first thing you will need to do when you arrive to class is obtain your notebook and complete you warm-up.

When the bell rings everyone should be in their seats and working on the warm-up. It will count against your participation grade if you are not on task.

A warm-up will be on the board, overhead, or in a handout daily. You will have a limited amount of time to complete the warm-up (5-7 minutes, depending on the length of the assignment); you may use your notes to complete the warm-up.

Warm-ups will go on the left hand side of your notebook; cool-downs will go on the right hand side. If the warm-up or cool-down is a handout you will staple it onto the appropriate page.

Grading scale is as follows:
Participation: 20%
Homework: 20%
Projects/ labs: 20%
Tests: 40 %

AS you can see, most of your grade consists of the work you complete in and out of class not your test grade.
The calendar I handed out is meant to help you remember when big assignments are due, it’s is not a complete list of the work you will be completing. Keep the calendar available so you can add weekly assignments to it as needed.

First word list for first set of window panes:
Independent variable, dependent variable, observation, inference, analysis
Scientific method, organism, abiotic, biotic, stimulus
Biology, ecology, geology, habitat, ecosystem, Stewardship, abiogenesis, symbiosis, organic, deforestation

Biology

USE THIS SITE TO HELP YOU STUDY FOR THE EOC, this with the practice eoc questions should do the trick!!!
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/biology/biology.cfm

Happy New Year/ EOC links

I hope you all are having a restful holiday and are enjoying your break.

Biology students, I hope you remembered to complete your 40 window panes! IT's worth A LOT of points.

Physical science students, extra credit is being given for any extra "science notebook" worksheets you do.

EOC's are coming up fast, if you're bored already with all of your new Christmas toys, log on to the ncdpi web site and review those practice EOC questions. The answers are given at the end so you know how right or wrong your were!

for biology click on this: http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/accountability/testing/eoc/sampleitems/5



for physical science click on this: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/testing/eoc/sampleitems/7

SEE You Monday!!