Monday, March 17, 2014

OK, so I know you guys had trouble finding cells going through the stages of mitosis, but the cells were actually working just fine! Mrs. Faulkner and I did a couple of slides after school just for funzies and both of our cells showed mitotic division.

We did have to look closely at every cell we came across, but it was possible

Errors that probably occurred: cells weren't thinned out enough, cells weren't rinsed well enough and/or not enough time was spent going through the many cells on your slide.

I left some root growing in class so we can make another attempt some time this week, even if it's just me doing a demo and showing you.

* Clayton: your phone takes a much better pix! This image looks better on my phone, but in case you can't tell what it is, it's a cell in metaphase- we also saw prophase and telophase.

Friday, March 14, 2014

AP BIO HOMEWORK and AP Environmental Science homework for the 3-14 weekend



What a difference a day (or two) makes!
This is a picture of a garlic clove I placed in water last night so I would know whether or not we'd have enough root to use for the lab. There was no visible growth this morning, but tonight there are visible roots. We only need 
2 mm worth of root system so we should be able to proceed with the lab on Monday :) ! Hard to believe that a dried up garlic clove can spring back to life so quickly!

TO ALL:
We've been discussing ordering water bottles in a couple of my classes. I'd also like to order cotton totes (for groceries, etc.).  If we get 100 people that are interested, we can get both for around 5$.
We can create our own design, scan it and have it placed on both items.  If you are interested please check out this site and let me know what you think.  check out the tote bags as well
http://www.discountmugs.com/product/sb218-stainless-steel-promotional-sports-bottles/
AP Bio
WATCH THIS KAHN VIDEO:
Take notes as needed, if you're pretty good at this you may not need any notes.
It's 28 minutes so you may need to find a good place to pause and break it up a bit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijLc52LmFQg

AP Env.
Coal Terraforming
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2012/02/coal#
scroll down and watch the 6min. video
Coal scrubber- what it is, how it works
take notes on how the scrubber works= 3 min video
http://www.howcast.com/videos/350021-How-To-Understand-Constellation-Energys-Scrubber-Technology

Thursday, March 13, 2014



For Funnzies!
Surfing for change 5min
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQIt2JUF-sg
Surfing for change 5min
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1Pb6cEC_gw
top 10 deadliest plants
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmzbQsIdaFw

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

AP BIO homework

Tonight's homework for AP bio

Watch Kahn's cancer cell podcast
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/cell-division/v/cancer

READ lab 7 (mitosis) pages S83 to S89 AND answer the questions (1-8) on page S86.
The answers do not need to be in your lab notebook.

Complete the cell cycle handouts- the ones from today, as well as the ones from yesterday.

Monday, March 10, 2014

AP BIO Homework for 3/10/14


For homework, watch this and take notes :)
Bozeman cell cycle

http://www.bozemanscience.com/028-cell-cycle-mitosis-and-meiosis




you don't have to watch these (yet) but you may want to!
crash course
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0k-enzoeOM

Kahn cell cycle
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/cell-division/v/phases-of-mitosis

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

AP Biology

Here's a link to the word list that is due tomorrow: (you can thank Jessie Jo for this)

https://docs.google.com/a/gaston.k12.nc.us/document/d/1zGcYphEnuooHxjiJSfdhAw-9oi_1fXyq4xy8BOjGgp4/edit


Remember quiz on vocab will be Friday
Watch the photosynthesis clip from Bozeman if you get time :)
End of Grading period is 3-7-14 ALL re-takes and assigned work must be completed and turned in by FRIDAY!

Lab Notebooks should be completed and submitted on Friday (have the latest lab completed!!)

Monday, March 3, 2014

AP BIO new links for photosynthesis APES links for atmosphere clips


AP BIOLOGY

Bozeman; photosynthesis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g78utcLQrJ4

YOU NEED TO KNOW THE BASICS AS WELL AS ALL ABOUT  C3, C4 AND CAM PLANTS!

NOW, JUST TO MESS YOUR MIND A LITTLE, HERE'S HANK! (CRASH COURSE)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQK3Yr4Sc_k

photosynthesis song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrQzEw9xY5k

photosynthesis rap:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE82qtKSSH4


AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE CLIPS
THIS SITE IS AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE FOR YOU (US!)
HERE'S A CLIP ON THE OZONE LAYER, BUT CHECK OUT AS MANY OF THESE AS YOU CAN.

http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/the-ozone-layer-importance-and-the-harmful-effects-of-thinning.html#lesson