APES test tomorrow

THE DAY HAS FINALLY ARRIVED, TEST IS REALLY HAPPENING TOMORROW!

HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

HOW EL NINO WORKS, WHERE IT OCCURS AND  WHAT THE EFFECTS ARE ON OTHER COUNTRIES. 

(THIS INCLUDES YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THE "NORMAL" WEATHER PATTERN IS as well as what la nina is)

THE GENERAL WEATHER PATTERNS - WIND DIRECTION, CORIOLIS

THE LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND WHAT OCCURS AT EACH LEVEL

WHERE ALL OF THE COUNTRIES WE ASSIGNED CAN BE LOCATED ON A MAP (Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, New Guinea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Peru, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Pakistan and Guatemala)  AND GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE COUNTRIES WE WERE ABLE TO GET THROUGH DURING CLASS. 

Monday Oct 27th sub plan for Biology and APES

1st and 4th Block Biology:

I'll tutor after school tomorrow for anyone needing to re-take the protein synthesis test.
I'll re-test on Wednesday.

I'll collect the web quest tomorrow!

For Today:
I want  you to watch all segments of "ghost in your genes". Pause for 5 minutes after each segment and discuss with your group the main idea of the segment. 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL78B298BCF74FE93C

Write down the main idea of EACH segment and 3 points that support it.

Jot down notes as you watch to help you with this.

Hand in ONE answer sheet per team. There are 6 sections to the documentary. I expect you to get through 5 of them  (should take @ 75 minutes).

Remember to get your pumpkins done- bring them by Wed.

2nd block AP Environmental Science:

Good news: you get one more day to complete your we-video, have it ready to go tomorrow!

Today in class you will finish planet in peril part 2.

You already have the handout that goes with it, just continue on with the worksheet. pause as needed after each section to discuss with your group what the important aspects were.

link to planet in peril part 2: pause as needed, you'll go through all of this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-263R3CP2c4

Honors Biology class reminder: weekend homework

Just a reminder that you all have a web quest to finish over the weekend.
The site you need to refer to and keep returning to if you get lost is genetics at Utah:
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/

Those of you that need to re-take your protein synthesis test:
I will re-teach on Monday from 3:15 to 4
I will re-test on Tuesday from 3:30 to 4:30  this will give you some time to ask questions before you start.

To review on your own you should go to the links posted previously and be sure you can understand and describe in words what is happening here:                                                                                                      

REMEMBER :  Before any of this starts mRNA gets a chemical message that your body needs something (insulin for example). transcription occurs next: mRNA then enters the nucleus to read and write down (in mRNA letters) the information on  the gene that codes for the needed protein (insulin) . The part where the mRNA is read by the ribosome and amino acids are brought back to the ribosome is translation

We begin heredity and genetic disorders next week.
I'm putting a link to the word list here, but I don't want you to start them until Tuesday at the earliest because I want you to have a base knowledge before starting.
https://docs.google.com/a/gaston.k12.nc.us/document/d/1QfWsEBqvWGlYQ9BlcmmfaqUuTMCbfz6Af50OBQDxXuQ/edit

Updated fill in the blank post- completed version right under it so you can double check yourself :)

Name _________________________block_________version__1_

The first thing that happens when your body needs a protein is a ____________message is sent. __________responds by traveling into the nucleus. An___________ then unzips the DNA molecule so that the mRNA can read the gene that codes for the needed __________. When mRNA creates the message from DNA it places __________________nitrogen bases in the corresponding order. This process is called______________. mRNA then leaves the___________ and travels through the cytoplasm. It  locates a _____________that will read the "message."  The ribosome reads the mRNA message in sets of 3 letters, these sets are called________!

Each _____codes for an amino acid.

The Ribosome then sends a signal to the__________  telling them they are needed! The tRNAs then return to the __________with the appropriate___________________. The anti-codon on the bottom of the ___________makes sure that the amino acid is returned to the proper location on the _____________strand.

__________________is done!      The _____________are connected via peptide bonds!!

When the chain of amino acids is complete it is released from the____________, it folds and is now officially a protein!!! 




Try without looking and then double check by looking here:

The first thing that happens when your body needs a protein is a chemical message is sent. mRNA responds by traveling into the nucleus. An enzyme then unzips the DNA (ATCG) molecule so that the mRNA can read the gene that codes for the needed protein. When mRNA creates the message from DNA it places complimentary (AUCG) nitrogen bases in the corresponding order. This process is calledtranscription. mRNA then leaves the nucleus and travels through the cytoplasm. It  locates a ribosome that will read the "message."  The ribosome reads the mRNA message in sets of 3 letters, these sets are called codons!

Each codon codes for an amino acid.

The Ribosome then sends a signal to the tRNA's  telling them they are needed! The tRNAs then return to the ribosome with the appropriate Amino Acids (cytosine, valine, alanine, etc.) . The anti-codon on the bottom of the tRNA makes sure that the amino acid is returned to the proper location on the mRNA strand.

translation is done!      The Amino Acids are connected via peptide bonds!!
When the chain of amino acids is complete it is released from the ribosome, it folds and is now officially a protein!!! 

APES updated schedule for students and awesome parents that are paying attention!

Since we have added a new project to our week - We Video ( https://www.wevideo.com/ ) on your assigned country - we are going to postpone your test and the eco-column write up.


Your test will include questions from the countries we are covering, El Nino concepts, wind patterns, atmosphere layers and knowledge of where these countries can be found on a map.

We will present all of the countries during class on Monday
Test will be Tuesday
Lab write up will get pushed until the following week to allow us time to complete a new lab next week.

APES research countries

click here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hO80y_bCaF_VdI-C1sqMOjRTL2iKCNvCpdxbrhjHgcc/edit?usp=sharing

APES homework for tonight

El Nino: watch, listen, take notes- FRQ tomorrow :)
JUST WATCH AND TAKE NOTES ON THE FIRST 25 MINUTES!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK-n0CeFWtk


Lab report write up!  Due October 29th

Use this site to help you with your write-up:
http://teacher.sanjuan.edu/webpages/ccimino/files/ap_bio_lab_report_format_guides.pdf

Your background information should explain and illustrate each of the cycles being monitored: nitrogen, phosphorous and water as well as an explanation as to why the other factors (DO, pH, turbitiy, etc) are relevant and being monitored.

Helpful links for DNA replication and protein synthesis.

If you are having trouble understanding the processes of DNA replication and/ or Protein Synthesis or if you just want to review, these videos should help!

FYI- SAYING "TRANSCRIPTION AND TRANSLATION" IS BASICALLY THE SAME THING AS SAYING "PROTEIN SYNTHESIS"

crash course DNA replication:

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=crash%20course%20DNA%20replication

Bozeman protein synthesis

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=bozeman%20protein%20synthesis

crash course transcription and translation: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itsb2SqR-R0

cool video of transcription and translation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41_Ne5mS2ls

Biology new word list for DNA, RNA and protein synthesis

Biology
Window panes due 10-15-14

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 mRNA codon strand into an amino acid strand.

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. Peptide bond- it’s what connects one amino acid to another to make a complete protein. a long chain of these amino acids can be refered to as either a protein or a polypeptide.

14. Hydrogen bond- weak bond that holds nitrogen bases (A with T or C with G) together. 

15. Anti-codon- located at the bottom of the tRNA , it has the opposite nitrogen bases of the codon and its purpose is to make sure that the amino acids are returned to the proper place on the mRNA strand being translated at the ribosome! This insures that the codons are put in the correct order, regardless of who gets back to the ribosome first.

Use these links to help you visualize what's going on:
DNA replication
http://www.johnkyrk.com/DNAreplication.html
proteins synthesis (RNA and transcription/ translation tutorial)
http://www.johnkyrk.com/er.html
BIG PICTURE STUFF: DNA and heredity
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/

APES homework Melinda Gates TED take notes

Melinda Gates TED talk about birth control and Coca Cola:

https://www.ted.com/talks/melinda_french_gates_what_nonprofits_can_learn_from_coca_cola

Honors biology benchmark test on MONDAY Window panes for project grade due Monday as well!

Honors Biology:

Just a reminder that your window pane notebook will be given a project grade for this 6 weeks. 
You must hand in your repaired notebook on Monday!

You were told to fix/ repair any errors in your homework window panes so that you could still receive a 100 project grade. This is your re-take opportunity, only I am not limiting you to an 85!

 If you have done your homework well all through this 6 weeks, and you had nothing to fix, you do not have to hand them in again, you will simply receive the 100.

Your benchmark test will be on Monday, we reviewed on Friday and you were told that you could create a mind-map to use during the test. Remember, the map must contain at least 10 images, it must be creative and colorful and it must only take up one side of the paper.  It cannot simply be notes!
Here is a link with some good examples if you aren't sure how to proceed:

http://www.sserc.org.uk/wwwroot2/members/Mapping/George_Milne_maps/Biology_Cells.jpg

http://www.sserc.org.uk/wwwroot2/members/Mapping/George_Milne_maps/Biology_Biosphere.jpg

See you Monday!

Reminder- Plan test is on Tuesday for all 10th graders.

DUE Friday 10-3-14

APES- Chapters 5 and 6 should be read. The review questions (any five from both chapters) and the critical thinking questions (any five from both chapters) should also be handed in.

*No TED tonight- I changed my mind since you have to finish your reading.
* I will be collecting the case study from last week as well.
just for fun: it's about a minute long!
http://www.weather.com/video/does-dirt-make-you-happy-53259


Biology- Window pane terms for bioenergetic reactions  are due tomorrow.
Your window pane homework assignments get averaged together for a project grade- if you have any you  need to fix go ahead and do it so you can still get 100 even if you got a 0 for a previous homework grade!!
 WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS, IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE YOUR GRADE!!!

We have a big review tomorrow for your last test of this 6 weeks!

Cell project- You should have half of it done by tomorrow. I will check to see what you have! This is not a grade, rather an incentive so you don't put it off to the last minute.
REMEMBER it is DUE next WEDNESDAY!!

window panes list for bioenergetic reactions: (just in case you lost it!)

1. ATP- Adenosine triphosphate- this is your cell's basic unit of chemical energy made from breaking down a glucose molecule.

2. Lysis- to split something open-  in biology it is usually water breaking things down.

3.synthesis- " to make" something, you are building something, usually a compound in your body.

4.Activation energy- least amount of energy required to start a chemical reaction ( happens at the arrow in an equation, it's 2 ATP for Cellular respiration).

5.aerobic-  a reaction that is using oxygen. This produces the highest yield of ATP

6. anaerobic- a reaction that  is not using oxygen.This produces ATP, but far less than would have been produced if oxygen was available

7. fermentation- a type of bioenergetic reaction that occurs in plants and animals when oxygen is not available- a back-up energy process, there are two types you need to know; lactic acid fermentation (animals and certain bacteria) and alcohol fermentation ( plants and certain bacteria).  This occurs in the mitochondria.

8.Respiration- the process of taking in essential materials for life and releasing waste products. his occurs in the mitochondria.

9.photosynthesis- the process of taking in solar energy and converting it to chemical energy. This occurs in the chloroplast

10. metabolism- The combinations of chemical reactions that occur in an organism to help it carry out  life processes.