AP Bio and AP environmental science plan for Monday

For Monday

3rd block APES will watch
"Earth from Space"

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/earth-from-space.html

They will take notes and use them to make a mind map poster of the content in class.
(it will be our foundation for learning to make mind maps)

AP BIOLOGY
4th block will be in the computer lab completing a case study and doing interactive modules on protein structure and function.

click on the following link and then click download case study. Answer the questions at the end of each section and hand them in before you leave:
http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=189&id=189

Go here to do the interactive tutorial and activities
do the tutorials first: 2.1 and 2.2
http://bcs.whfreeman.com/hillis1e/#667501__680836__

then do  activities 2.1 and 2.2

http://bcs.whfreeman.com/hillis1e/#667501__708790__

http://bcs.whfreeman.com/hillis1e/#667501__708791__

AP Biology Lab Manual

AP BIOLOGY

READ OVER THE "INVESTIGATION 1" LAB ON ARTIFICIAL SELECTION

 READ  THE  VERSION THAT BEGINS ON PAGE  S 17  AND ENDS ON PAGE S 24 (ON THE SCROLL BAR IT IS PAGE 86- 93).

http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/APBioTeacherLabManual2012_2ndPrt_lkd.pdf

Remember to bring a cleaned soda bottle (16oz) that has already been transformed into a container for growing the fast plants. I will have all of the other necessary supplies.

EOC review material for ALL Biology students- If you want a 4, that's what this is for :)

Have a Merry Christmas, relax and unwind, then hit this review guide when you find some time!

Review guide!

https://docs.google.com/a/gaston.k12.nc.us/document/d/1_h1O2YmIYNoTGw4Kgcnwg7d1BhUPJ2yM2HbXGvjEgYw/edit


Practice questions- not all apply to our NC curriculum, but most do, please go through as many as possible of the MC practice question!!
http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/biology/biology.cfm

APES ppts to review

These are the power points I've been using during class.
http://www.apessealy.com/id7.html

chapter 17 and 19 cover air and water pollution.
Feel free to take more notes to use on the test tomorrow.

BIOLOGY EOC INFORMATION

Here's some information regarding the content you'll be tested on for the EOC.
We have some classification/ animal system information to finish this week and then we will begin reviewing for the EOC.  

Weight Distributions for Biology:

Unifying Concept Biology
Structure and Function of Living Organisms 18–22%     (we are doing this now!)
Ecosystems 18–22%    
Evolution and Genetics 43–53%    (we are reviewing this as we do our current material)
Molecular Biology 15–19%
Total 100%

KEEP IN MIND THAT ALL OF THIS MATERIAL IS INTERTWINED AND CANNOT REALLY BE SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER!

Cognitive Rigor and Item Complexity
• Assessment items will be designed, developed, and classified to ensure that the cognitive
rigor of the operational test forms align to the cognitive complexity and demands of the
North Carolina Essential Standards for Science. These items will require students to not 
only recall information, but also apply concepts and skills and make decisions.
MEMORIZATION WILL ONLY GET YOU A FRACTION OF THE WAY TO YOUR GOAL.

Feel free to visit this site to help you review: 
click on the zebra once you get there then look for the multiple choice tab to the right and click on it to get a menu of items to review on.  You can also review each topic by clicking on the picture.

We don't cover all of the topics that NY does, so only review what applies to you.  

http://www.regentsprep.org/

APES POLLUTION Assignment

APES

Here is the report you are assigned to read, it is 62 pages long. You need to read about two toxins a day- you'll be quizzed on each section.

You will then create a poster on your assigned pollutant that you will present to the class.
The poster must have diagrams, illustrations, data, causes, regional and global effects and remediation potential.

READ ABOUT Lead for Wednesday! If you take notes you can use them on the quiz. 

http://www.worstpolluted.org/files/FileUpload/files/2010/WWPP-Report-2010-Top-Six-Toxic-Threats-Web.pdf

The poster and test on this subject (Pollution) will be on December 11th.

Evolution window panes due Wednesday Nov. 20th. This is also for your project grade so fix any missed window panes by then!!!

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

9.convergent evolution (ant= 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 (use the graph for your drawing)

16. stabilizing selection (use the graph for your drawing)

17. directional selection (use the graph for your drawing)

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