APES in the news project guidelines

Updated guidelines for project!

https://docs.google.com/a/gaston.k12.nc.us/document/d/1sMUXIB3f-uN4Yl2c6kOFDy-1dB9ZaOWQmcD7-xgvBoA/edit?usp=sharing

Biology EOC review for a replacement grade!

If you bombed something and you'd like to see that grade replaced with an 85 complete this packet over the Holiday! 

ALL ANSWERS MUST BE HANDWRITTEN. USE THE STUDY GUIDE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS- THEY GO IN ORDER, YOU CAN'T MESS IT UP!

This packet has all the review information you need.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wL6HFaaE-XYo_OCFVm0mkzMDWwJC2h3stRVQ4nZvZKk/edit?usp=sharing

Questions that go with the review:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OBk9l-dp2NEUv8qlaEDx5Wwa3L0XVWPYQoEBFzHvGxM/edit

HERE IS ANOTHER LINK TO EVEN MORE REVIEW MATERIAL- INCLUDING A RELEASE EOC OR TWO!!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j7MtnwN_Tz3b9trQxeCezmvP-UCibakz9FA-qpNaQc0/edit?usp=sharing

Here are links to all three sets of window panes for this six weeks (so far)

Biology window panes
Animal Behavior window panes- Due the day we return from break- Jan. 3rd!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XiaSq8DH1orerN3BAA9-Z25mqxx5g4oMsFStK4h6V9A/edit?usp=sharing


Notes from 12-19-16
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OPPVCYj30S1mZlsCmwW14xFk3G6hnTcLrK9MWbX3Kcg/edit?usp=sharing


Ecology- Due Monday 12-19-16

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kv9zP7YZ1xH0dzO8fYJObIeAA4qtTSwJMTiE_aCj5yk/edit?usp=sharing

Classification- Past due (12-14-16)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bVHsiMPCF9NSrlMXaEqfeBIcev9a_ixu32q1mKMKXcI/edit?usp=sharing

APES - An Organic Christmas! Bring a re-cycled gift!!

Hey guys, let us know what food item you are bringing! DON'T over complicate things. No need for a trip to Earth Fare- Aldi's has a ton of non-GMO  and Organic stuff!!


Go here to sign up:
2nd block
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XlGweo1bx5DgxzDEvw7lBCX67BjuFoDJEDWvDQTYig0/edit?usp=sharing

3rd block
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SnYITstxWEQ4sZS3nH6pRZrjKFY0B2TBuu4h1a-RBeQ/edit?usp=sharing

ALSO- Find something you've been meaning to get rid of for a while but feel guilty about trashing because it's new or barely used. Wrap it and bring it for a re-cycled gift! Someone else may love or need it- you never know!

http://www.mykidsadventures.com/gift-exchange/

APES classwork today

After the group warm up you will complete the following case study- Individually
http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=220&id=220

Once you have finished your case study you should make your observations regarding your eco-columns

APES homework for tonight

ALL CLASSES: PLEASE BRING IN A PICTURE OF YOURSELF FROM A PREVIOUS CHRISTMAS MORNING OR EMAIL A PICTURE TO ME SO I CAN PRINT IT OFF!

UPDATE- I PICKED UP A BUNCH OF ELODEA TODAY SO YOUR AQUATIC CREATURES WILL BE HAPPY TOMORROW :)

ECO-COLUMN ASSEMBLY SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF TOMORROW'S CLASS.  

YOUR MATERIALS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE IN LAST FRIDAY!

Watch and take notes:

APES in a box pesticides
https://vimeo.com/channels/apesinabox/120330352

TEST FRIDAY ON ALL 6 BOXES- GROUP TEST-EACH TEAM MEMBER SHOULD HAVE
AT LEAST 2 BOXES MEMORIZED!

APES homework for tonight.

I took it down to just one video tonight.
Also, if anyone goes by the pet store and sees elodea will you please pick some up for class- I'll reimburse you! We need a lot of it for all of our critters!

Watch it and take notes as usual;
https://vimeo.com/120330356

Good luck tonight to my Chorus students!!

Third block (ALL CLASSES CAN PARTICIPATE!)- We are going to decorate our door for the competition!
I would like to get a favorite Christmas Morning picture from each of you! It could be from when you were tiny or from last year. It just needs to be obvious that it is a Christmas picture.
You can email one to me or bring on in. I'll need them by Thursday!

APES homework for tonight

Watch and take notes- Don't go over board, sketch out some basic notes
Biomass 8.25 min
https://vimeo.com/channels/apesinabox/120271446

wind turbine 2 min
https://vimeo.com/120330670

Protein synthesis word list updated

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.

Biology class

Window pane project grade will go in on Friday! Have your window pane notebooks in the basket by Friday Morning if you would like to fix any of them for an improved Project (TEST) grade. If they aren't there by Friday I will average your current grades together for a test grade.

TODAY:
Focus on Biotechnology- complete your handouts using the links in this document
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14GnLAt5GugvzHyoyAuXO-z00M0P13z0wXie044lFqdk/edit?usp=sharing

APES-Documentary about food! For fun! Your homework over break is re-posted here too

If you have time over break and you're interested in "cooking" shows you may want to check this out!
Last year students read "Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan and they really liked it so this may be interesting to you too!
http://michaelpollan.com/books/cooked/netflix-documentary-series-cooked/

Due Monday- November 28th!
Go to the attached google document and sign up to create a video on a topic that we have already covered in class (even if only briefly!).

You need to re-teach the topic in a 3-5 minute video.  Teach us something new too!
This will be your homework over Thanksgiving Break! Try to have a little fun with it.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ggMj5b5FakSCiXzFBuPVlErUerUPl7NXluB9nPWbSJQ/edit?usp=sharing

                                               

Here's a link to screencastify but you can use any app you want to do this!

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/screencastify-screen-vide/mmeijimgabbpbgpdklnllpncmdofkcpn?hl=en

UPLOAD YOUR VIDEO AND EMAIL IT TO ME PRIOR TO CLASS ON MONDAY

APES homework for this weekend

Due Monday 11-21-16
Watch this video- 10 min
https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles

Find one article about an oil spill in another country and write a summary review for your project. Make sure the article is from a news source in THAT country.
 Use this search-  site:ir (ir is the country code for Iran) so type in "site" then ":" then replace the "ir" with the code for the country you want to investigate and whatever other terms you want to use.

List of country codes:

http://data.okfn.org/data/core/country-list

Due Monday- November 28th!Go to the attached google document and sign up to create a video on a topic that we have already covered in class (maybe briefly!). You need to re-teach the topic in a 3-5 minute video.  Teach us something new too! This will be your homework over Thanksgiving Break!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ggMj5b5FakSCiXzFBuPVlErUerUPl7NXluB9nPWbSJQ/edit?usp=sharing

Biology word list due on Tuesday November 22nd

Evolution window pane list: Due Tuesday (11-22-16)

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.Vestigial organs- structures in our body that do not serve a purpose, remnants of our ancestors. ex. appendix and tailbone

6.acquired traits- traits that you obtain in your lifetime- these are not evolved traits- learning to play an instrument, or losing a limb.

7. 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.

8. adaptive radiation (example = divergent evolution) - When new species develop from one common ancestor as a result of some sort of isolation.

9.convergent evolution (opposite= divergent evolution) - when organisms from different ancestors evolve to look similar because they are adapting to a similar habitat.

10.coevolution- when organisms evolve together, flowers and pollinators do this.

11.speciation - the process of developing into a new species

12.reproductive isolation- when two similar organisms cannot reproduce together due to physiological reasons or having different mating seasons

13. behavioral isolation - when two similar organisms don't reproduce together because of one having an inappropriate or different behavior.

14.Geographical isolation - when two similar organisms don't reproduce together because they are separated by some geological barrier.

15.disruptive selection - when the average members of a species are destroyed. This allows the extreme versions  to move in and take over their territory or role in the environment.

16. stabilizing selection - When the average members of a population thrive and become even more successful. This results in the extreme versions being less and less prominent in the ecosystem.

17. directional selection (use the graph for your drawing)- When the members on one end of the extreme become more successful in the environment. This leads in the slow disappearance of the average and the other extreme version.

18.Gradualism- Evolution that occurs slowly over a long period of time.

19.Punctuated Equilibrium-Evolution that occurs rapidly due to some sort of natural disaster or other environmental reason

20.Vestigial structures- structures found in an organism that no longer serve a purpose. ( our appendix, our tail bone)

21.Homologous structures- characteristics which are shared by related species because they have been inherited in some way from a common ancestor. For example, the bones on the front fins of a whale are homologous to the bones in a human arm and both are homologous to the bones in a chimpanzee arm.

22.Analogous structures- characteristics are analogous (also called "convergent"), which means that they serve the same function in different species but they evolved independently rather than from the same embryological material or from the same structures in a common ancestor. An example of an analogous structure would be the wings on butterflies, bats, and birds

APES homework for tonight

Oil- 8:47 Watch and take notes :)
https://vimeo.com/channels/apesinabox/120330355

APES homework for tonight- turbines

Watch this short video and sketch out the turbine/ generator structure! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Vb6hlLQSg&index=1&list=PLSfV2uUPiZBHtUhM4PZ2fz4YhPFx3sf0j

Biology class -Heredity links and help

Here are some links to help you with all of this heredity stuff :)

Intro to genetics and punnet squares 16 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWqgZUnJdAY

Short TED on Mendel's Peas 30 (simple dominant/ recessive traits)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mehz7tCxjSE

Incomplete and Co-dominance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJHGfbW55l0

Intro to blood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQWlcSp9Sls

 Sex linked traits
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/classical-genetics/sex-linkage-non-nuclear-chromosomal-mutations/v/sex-linked-traits

Biology classwork for today

Biology class- fapdodi

Click on this link edpuzzle link and complete the video and questions that go with it!

APES homework for Monday

I'm posting this now so you can start working on it during some of your days off if you want to.
Many of you are already finished with your project presentations so you may have time Tuesday and Wednesday to complete these. Bring earbuds to class in case you have time on Wednesday when other students are working on their projects.

Amory Lovins TED talk     TAKE NOTES

Alaska Gold worksheet

Alaska Gold Documentary

Biology- heredity word list due Thursday Nov. 3rd

1.Zygote- THIS IS 2 N !!!!the diploid cell formed by fertilization of an egg cell- it's basically the first cell of a person, the egg and sperm DNA unite to get back to that 46 chromosome number, the zygote replicates (mitosis) and becomes YOU! YOU with half of your DNA from Mom and half from dad- two bits of info. for nearly every trait in your body.

2.ALLELE- a segment of your DNA (or gene)that codes for a trait in your body. You have two alleles for every trait in your body (with one exception- naturally!).

3.Homozygous alleles- this is what we call the genetic situation when both parents give the same information (genes) for a trait. For example: both of your parents give you the gene for blonde hair, you have no other choice than to have blonde hair.

4.Heterozygous alleles- this is what we call the genetic situation when your parents give you two different genes for a trait. For example: Your Mom gives you the gene for brown hair and your dad gives you the gene for blonde hair- now your Genome has to decide which proteins to make- ones for brown hair OR ones for blonde hair- who will win? read on to find out!

5. Dominant traits (or alleles or genes)- This is when one of the alleles from a parent is stronger than the allele from the other parent so it's the one you use and, therefore,it's the trait that you have. Brown hair is dominant to blonde hair, therefore, you will have brown hair and you won't even know that you have a secret hidden gene from your other parent! (you can probably figure it out though- either by what your parents look like or what your kids look like) We only use one letter to represent a trait when we are trying to predict what traits a person will have, the Dominant trait determines what the letter will be and it (dominant one) will be uppercase- the recessive trait will use the same letter as the dominant trait, but we show that it is recessive by making it lower case!

6.Recessive traits (or alleles or genes)- This is when one of the alleles you get from a parent is weaker than another. You don't use this gene because you favor the stronger gene. In this way it is a hidden, secret gene, that you may never know you have. Even though you don't use this gene in your body, you do have the potential to give this "recessive" gene to your children and (depending on how the shuffling goes during meiosis) they could end up having that recessive trait. EVER see two brown headed people with a blonde baby- their baby- they both had a recessive allele for blonde hair!!!!!!

7. Co-dominant alleles- this is when you have heterozygous alleles for a trait (that's two different alleles) and they are equally strong so they both show up!! This is how you get stripes and spots in fur- neat,hugh?

8. Incompletely dominant alleles- this is when you have heterozygous alleles for a trait (that's two different alleles) and they are equally strong, so they duke it out and decide to compromise- they meet in the middle- you no longer see the original traits but a medium version of each trait- think Pink! As in: Red mixed with White makes PINK!

9. Genotype- this is how we refer to the "letters" or alleles you carry- you always have two- one from mom and one from dad. TT or Tt where "T" is tall (dominant) and "t" is short (recessive).

10. Phenotype- this his how we refer to the visible PHYSICAL features that result from your alleles - "Tall" or "Short". It's what we see and know you have with and/or without knowing what your DNA says.

11.Gregor Mendel- a Monk/ gardener that figured out "genetics" using pea plants. He just cross pollinated pea plants that had different colored flowers and figured out the whole dominant/ recessive trait thing. Genetics that deals with only dominant and recessive traits is even called "MENDELIAN GENETICS".

12. HYBRID- this is how we sometimes refer to the crossing (or breeding) of two different different organisms of the same species. Hybrid is actually a good synonym for heterozygous! YOU are a hybrid of your parents!!! when we are crossing to test one trait it's refered to as a monohybrid cross ( two traits would be a dihybrid cross)

13.Punnett square - you may have used this tool in Math class- it's how we set up a cross between two different individuals to get the probability of a given trait(s) appearing in their offspring. We use the letters that represent the trait to complete the punnett.

14.Test cross- this is how we find out if an individual is purebred for a dominant trait. You cross the individual with the dominant phenotype with an individual expressing the recessive phenotype. If any of the offspring express the recessive trait then you know that the Dominant individual is not a purebred (homozygous) but is in fact heterozygous for the trait.

15. monohybrid cross- this is when you are just doing a cross for one trait! most of the crosses we will do in class, if not ALL of them, are going to be monohybrid.

16. Sex linked traits ( x-linked)- these are the traits that can be found on the last pair of chromosomes, the ones that determine your sex. We call them the 23rd pair or XX if you’re a girl , XY if you’re a boy. Male will only have one allele for traits that occur on certain regions of the “x” in the 23rd pair (most common x-linked traits are; colorblindness, hemophilia and balding)

17. carrier- This is how we refer to a person who is Heterozygous for a trait, they have a recessive allele for something that they will never get, but they can give that allele to their children who may possibly get the trait. ( Mom of cystic fibrosis child is not sick, but child is because she and her husband were carriers of the trait).

18. Pedigree- a chart that shows who of your ancestors carries a trait. circles are girls, squares are guys and shaded shapes have the trait being charted. https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX56bRVBks0jhnCcpe51oCCa2pBgI__vKsQPDaYYojK67uG2Z0i3nDGCZmmFTzxWvsjGsDaNlxgmAzxiTnMEY291ydSlFu6kxOmjfps8wFhQXucVovWJrZN5KdZHf1RhHA0ujLXCrbpZgN/s1600/ftree.gif

19. Karyotype- a picture that shows paired chromosomes- can use it to determine the sex of a person or to check for Down's syndrome or any other trisomy ( 3 chromosomes instead of 2).

20.Intermediate inheritance- another term to describe a trait as being a result of co-dominant alleles or incomplety dominant alleles.

21. Polygenic- when more than one gene contributes to a trait- skin color is a result of the interaction between 7 different genes (which means 14 different alleles!), eye color is the result of 3 different genes.

22. Autosomal inheritance (or autosome)- when an allele is found on any of the 22 chromosomes that don't determine sex, so chromosomes 1 through 22 are autosomes. chromosome 23 is a sex chromosome.

23. Huntington's disease- is a disorder passed down through families in which nerve cells in certain parts of the brain waste away, or degenerate. It is an autosomal dominant disorder located on chromosome 4.

24. Fertilization- when the egg and sperm unite to create the first cell of an organism ( the zygote =2n!)

go here to see how this is done!!!!!! DON'T look at dihybrid stuff- too confusing for you now. http://www.athro.com/evo/gen/punnett.html practice:http://www.athro.com/evo/gen/punexam.html overview of genetics:http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&hl=en-GB&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGLJ_en-GBUS290US290&q=punnet+square+introduction it's the first link- it's a ppt.

APES- What's coming up!

NO ARTICLE THIS WEEKEND- WORK ON YOUR PROJECT !

Friday 11-4-16- work on your presentation of your investigations during class with your team!

Monday- Test on water treatment, landfills and population: memorize the "green" sheet exactly as it is and then you will complete an FRQ related to the content you memorized (we're going to make sure you can use what you learned!)

Tuesday- Election day- off

Wednesday- project work day- wrap everything up and be ready to present on Thursday

Thursday-Presentations! TEST GRADE/ Homework/ classwork grade!

Friday- OFF-Veteran's day

Biology Test on Tuesday- covers protein synthesis and DNA replication

Students can create a story/ analogy sheet to use during the test.
They must include a key and color the storyboard to be able to use it during the test.
We did one together in class as an example on Thursday and as groups today. They should know how to do one.

If they want to use it on Tuesday, I will need to see it and check it on MONDAY 10-31-16

Here are some links to help your students with the concept of protein synthesis if they are struggling:


FYI- Transcription and Translation are the two processes going on during protein synthesis.
Also= "polypeptide"is a synonym for "protein"

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

DNA replication, transcription and translation

https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/dna-as-the-genetic-material/dna-replication/v/rna-transcription-and-translation

APES homework this weekend

Your homework this weekend is to complete one article (your choice) and listen to this Friday's living on earth podcast.

So far only the one from last Friday is posted. Check on Saturday to see if the October 28th  one has posted IF NOT do the October 21st podcast instead!!

Listen to the October 28th podcast!!
http://www.loe.org/

APES weekend hmwk

APES:

Homework- 2 articles - one on environmental impacts of population
Don't forget Vocab homework! Change due date to Thursday
Monday- wrap up planting science labs
Tuesday- lab write up due! Use a google docs and type it up- include  images, graphs and write a comprehensive conclusion.

APES homework for tonight

APES in a box : population- about 10 minutes
https://vimeo.com/120330566

Watch and take notes!

APES today

Dolphin case study:

http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=767&id=767

 complete part one (probably in class, if not, finish for homework!)
complete part two for homework!

ecologist -groups 2 and 5
immunologist-groups 3,4 and 7
endocrinologist- groups 1 and 6

Biology word list for next set of window panes- due October 20th, 2016

Click the link below for the Biology word list for Mitosis and Meiosis window panes:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UnN7einzDvSs2tHu3MWMDm8crbm-v7PJVnxsGuysPNQ/edit?usp=sharing

APES: What to expect this week

Hey, as most of you know, this week is going to be a busy one! 

Labs or lab development every day!

Please make every effort to be in class.
Some of you have been out quite a bit. You should know that this negatively affects your teammates so let's try to do better so everyone can be successful.

Homework this week: Bozeman Science instructional videos.
They aren't very long and the concepts should be familiar to you. I'm going to post the link now just in case you want to start working on them this weekend (I know your week can get very busy).

The clips you need to watch are under this heading:

Big Idea 2:  The Living World

They are clips 007 through 011

They all need to be completed by Friday!

Here is the link:

http://www.bozemanscience.com/ap-environmental-science/

Biology- last word list you recieved

Here are the terms from the last word list you received just in case you are trying to fix all of them for your re-take grade on the window pane project. These were supposed to be completed yesterday for a re-take grade, but if you want to spend your weekend fixing them I will definitely take them on Monday!

(For the other lists, just scroll back in time to find them :) )

window panes list for bioenergetic reactions: DUE FRIDAY 9-30-2016

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.

APES homework for the weekend: Podcast and Articles

RADIO LAB PODCAST ON "WORTH"
The whole podcast on "Worth" was very interesting but, this part relates the most to our class so I'm just asking that you listen to this 24 minute segment.
http://www.radiolab.org/story/what-dollar-value-nature/

Article Homework;
This weekend try to find at least one article on how plants deal with human impacts on the environment. ( climate change, acid rain, general pollution, runoff...)
Your other article can be on anything else related to environmental science.

REMEMBER; Next week we start working with our scientist mentors from around the country/world so please be here, it will be nearly impossible to make-up these labs.

APES homework for tonight

watch these and take notes

Integrated Pest Management
https://vimeo.com/channels/apesinabox/120329440

Bozeman: Environmental systems
http://www.bozemanscience.com/ap-es-002-environmental-systems

AP Environmental ScienceTest Tuesday will cover a lot of material-here's a rough idea of what will be on the test

Hey,Remember you can create a mind map to use during the test but there are some rules:
1. You can only use a normal size piece of printer paper  (or notebook paper if that's all you have).
2. You must have a central image and an image for each of the main branches and they should be colored.
3. You can only use one side of the paper.

IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO USE IT DURING THE TEST.

Here is Hashim's mind map from the podcast if you need an example:

The one you make for the test will probably be a lot more densely packed than this one but his set-up was spot on! If you do a great job on one it could earn you extra credit on your test!


Here's  a topic list of what you may be tested on:

Agriculture-anything from the power point- especially the soil horizons and sustainable agriculture methods
SOIL lab- anything you should have learned from the labs we did
Irrigation- info from the ppt as well as the video clip
Weather-convection, Hadley cells, el nino and la nina and wind patterns
A basic math problem- if you can't remember how to do long division or how to work with decimals wihen multiplying or how to put something in scientific notation then you should write out a sample problem on your mind map.
tectonic plate movement and volcanoes.
"A Fierce Green Fire"- love canal,  environmental racism, creation of the EPA, etc
THE DEAD ZONE- Believe it or not everything you learned about soil, agriculture and irrigation play a role in the formation of the dead zone- It's a prime example of the interconnected nature of all systems and how complicated it can be to manage the biosphere!

Sub plan for 9-21-16

AP Environmental science - 2nd and 3rd block 

Have them watch this and complete the handout- please collect the handouts afterwards.

Earth from space
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpFryXQbVEA


Biology 4th block- 
Please refer to the seating chart for attendance.

Have students watch this documentary and complete the handout that goes with it and collect them at the end.

Cracking the code of life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IgSDVD4QEc

APES homework for tonight

1.Listen to this podcast-  http://www.radiolab.org/story/from-tree-to-shining-tree/
2.take notes
3. Draw out a central image (main idea of podcast) and make connecting branches to the information you learned - have it flow from the central image

mind mapping 101:

Guidelines

Biology window panes due on Tuesday 9-20-16

I bumped your due date for this list to Tuesday 9-20-16
Remember to do all of them, color your drawing and do 4 per page.

1. Chloroplast- organelle found only in plant cells, it makes chemical energy (sugar/ glucose) using solar energy (sunlight) to combine water and carbon dioxide. 
2. Mitochondrion (singular) - responsible for breaking down sugar (glucose from plants) into a more usable form (ATP) for our cells. Found in animal cells and plant cells. Cells that do more work have more mitochondria in their cells (muscle cells and sperm cells have the most!).
3. Centrioles- organelles found only in animal cells that are only active during cell division (mitosis) where their job is to make sure that duplicated DNA strands get pulled apart evenly.
4. Ribosomes- found in plant and animal cells, they are responsible for building proteins and enzymes in a cell by using instructions they receive from the DNA via an RNA strand.
5.Nucleus- the control center for the cell, it contains the DNA instructions used to make every part of your body, your DNA NEVER,NEVER, NEVER leaves the nucleus!!
6.Cell wall- found only in plants, it provides structure and support to plant cells.
7.Cell or plasma membrane- found in plant and animal cells, it controls the movement of all substances in and out of the cell. SUPER IMPORTANT!
8.Cytoplasm- gel-like substance that all of the organelles are suspended in, it provides a medium for nutrient exchange as well as a cushion for the organelles.
9. Active transport- transport of a substance across the cell membrane that requires energy!! When something moves from where there is less of a it t0 where there is more of it. This usually takes work. Imagine you are trying to push the last little bit of a sleeping bag into it's case.
10. diffusion or passive transport- transport of a substance across a cell membrane, this type does not require energy because the substance is usually small, like oxygen, and moving from where there is more of it to where there is less of it (with the concentration gradient). imagine a ball rolling drown a hill - from where it is highest to where it is lowest- no energy needed.
11. facilitated diffusion- this is a lot like passive transport in that it doesn't require energy. It does however require a door called a protein channel. this is because the substances are usually large, like a sugar molecule. These substances move with the concentration gradient (high to low) as well.
12. Osmosis (or diffusion of water)- is the movement of water (only water) across a cell membrane- this works with the concentration gradient as well, moving from where there is more water to where there is less. It does not require energy! ** note- water usually follows salt! If you've ever eaten too much salty popcorn at the movies you may have noticed that your hands get puffy. Your cells are soaking up fluids to balance out the salt in your cells. this is an example of how your body carries out homeostasis.
13. Fluid mosaic model- this refers to the way your cell membrane is made, it is made up of two floating layers composed of proteins and lipids. the membrane is constantly moving which allows substances to glide through it. the lipid layers insure that the water level in your cells is controlled- the inside lipid (fat)Layer holds the water in, the outside lipid (fat) layer keeps water out. the protein channels are like tunnels that take substances from one side of the cell all the way across both layers to the other side of the cell.
14. Eukaryotic cells- have membrane organelles, in particular a nucleus that holds its DNA. Animals, Plants, Fungi and Protists are made of these types of cells. They are thought to be a symbiotic relationship between cells that were once prokaryotic. 
15.Prokaryotic cells- Don not have membrane bound organelles. They have DNA, but it is not kept inside of a nucleus, it is in the shape of a plasmid (circular) that floats around in the cell. ONLY BACTERIA are Prokaryotic
16. Euglena- a photosynthetic organism that lives in water. It has Chloroplasts and other organelles and is a unicellular (one celled) organisms made of cells like us- Eukaryotic! (It is a protist)
17. Paramecium- a one celled organism (protist) that swims (it also lives in water) using its cilia. It eats other organisms to survive.
18. Contractile vacuole- organelle in protists that helps them maintain proper water balance by helping to pump out excess water. They need this since they live in the water.
19. Plasmid- a circular strand of DNA found in bacteria.
20. Golgi body- organelle responsible for packaging substances made or excreted by your cells.