ALL classes: please take a minute to do this online survey!!
http://goo.gl/forms/Vs7mQrRciN
APES EXTRA CREDIT: WATCH THIS DOCUMENTARY (1 1/2 HOURS)
take notes as you go: create a t-chart, write down things that are review on the left and information that is new on the right. ( I expect there will be several pages of this)
When finished let me know what you thought were the top 5 points/ issues discussed during the documentary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU
APES - case studies due FRIDAY
BIOLOGY HOMEWORK:
WATCH THIS KAHN VIDEO, TAKE NOTES AS NEEDED :)
https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/mcat/cells/cellular-division/v/phases-of-mitosis
RETAKE IN CLASS ON FRIDAY!!! YOU GET WHAT YOU EARN!
EVERYONE BRING EARBUDS FRIDAY
MISSING WINDOW PANES? SEARCH THIS SITE FOR THE MISSING LIST
LIST ONE
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
LIST TWO
CELLS AND ORGANELLES
LIST THREE
BIO-ENERGETIC REACTIONS
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Monday, September 28, 2015
APES
For Friday both the bioaccumulation and the Wolf case study should be completed and handed in.
Wolf case study:
http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/files/wolf_reintro.pdf
Bioaccumulation case study:
http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/files/mercury_in_fish.pdf
Thursday, September 24, 2015
APES case study and Biology microscope link
Here's the link for today's class work:
http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/files/mercury_in_fish.pdf
Microscope lab
http://virtuallabs.nmsu.edu/micro.php
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Monday, September 21, 2015
APES test repair opportunity
Some of you may need a little extra credit due to a less than stellar performance on your most recent exam.
Here's an opportunity or two to help you out:
YOU HAVE TO REGISTER FOR THESE AHEAD OF TIME!
September 26th
Mountain Island lake Fall clean-up- go to link below to register for the event. You'll also need to have a signed release form if you are under 18 !
http://www.catawbariverkeeper.org/News/calendar-of-events/mountain-island-lake-fall-cleanup
October 3rd
Lake Wylie riversweep: go to link below to register for the event. You'll also need to have a signed release form if you are under 18 !
http://www.lakewylieriversweep.com/
Here's an opportunity or two to help you out:
YOU HAVE TO REGISTER FOR THESE AHEAD OF TIME!
September 26th
Mountain Island lake Fall clean-up- go to link below to register for the event. You'll also need to have a signed release form if you are under 18 !
http://www.catawbariverkeeper.org/News/calendar-of-events/mountain-island-lake-fall-cleanup
October 3rd
Lake Wylie riversweep: go to link below to register for the event. You'll also need to have a signed release form if you are under 18 !
http://www.lakewylieriversweep.com/
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Biology weekend homework APES test on Monday
Remember, you have a choice of what to do over the weekend.
You can either finish the photosynthesis activity that was started during class, or you can do the online cell signaling activity.
Here is the link to the online activity, It shouldn't take you more than 30 minutes:
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cells/signals/
A.P,E.S.
TEST MONDAY
Don't forget to complete a mind map! This is not mandatory, but it would be silly to not do one. Remember to have a colored image for each main branch on your mind map or you will not be allowed to use the mind map!!
Be sure to review your vocabulary, especially the things we didn't spend much time on in class.
Expect 2 FRQ's
You can either finish the photosynthesis activity that was started during class, or you can do the online cell signaling activity.
Here is the link to the online activity, It shouldn't take you more than 30 minutes:
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cells/signals/
A.P,E.S.
TEST MONDAY
Don't forget to complete a mind map! This is not mandatory, but it would be silly to not do one. Remember to have a colored image for each main branch on your mind map or you will not be allowed to use the mind map!!
Be sure to review your vocabulary, especially the things we didn't spend much time on in class.
Expect 2 FRQ's
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
APES: tonight's homework and a schedule for the rest of the week
BOTH VOCABULARY LISTS WERE DUE TODAY. I RECOGNIZE SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE BEEN CONFUSED BECAUSE I WAS OUT YESTERDAY. HAVE THEM COMPLETED BY FRIDAY!
FOR TONIGHT: WATCH THESE. TAKE NOTES! FOR THE SULFUR ONE DRAW OUT ONE FULL CYCLE.
a journey through the atmosphere 8 MIN
Layers of the atmosphere 14 MIN
sulfur cycle 3 MIN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzPeA9oQNl8TOMORROW: FRQ QUIZ ON THE CYCLES - BE SURE TO LOOK BACK OVER YOUR NITROGEN CYCLE AND CARBON CYCLE
ALSO TOMORROW: WEATHER PATTERNS, GREENHOUSE EFFECT AND AQUATIC LAYERS
DUE: Sulfur cycle
THURSDAY; Water Use issues
DUE: Turn in water cycle handout
Friday: WATERSHED
DUE: Vocabulary
MONDAY 9-21-15 TEST on cycles, weather/ wind/ atmosphere and aquatic systems
YOUR NOTES, handouts, vocabulary and labs are your study guide.
TUESDAY 9-22-15- Your lab write ups are due!
Monday, September 14, 2015
Monday September 14th Instructions for Sub and class
2nd period planning
1st and 3rd block, AP Environmental Science:
Someone from 1st block: will you please feed my fish (both tanks)?!
NEXT:
Make eco-column observations.
Then: work on your lab write -ups!
You need to write up the soil texture lab (the one where you layered the different soil types and ran dye through them ) and the bulk density lab (not the weathering one though!)
Finally:
FINISH Math Packet! Remember, no calculators :)!
They are in a folder on my Big desk.
4th block biology class:
watch this, complete the worksheet that goes with it (it's in a folder with your class roster on the table behind my green chair :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBIYwiktPsQ
SKIP the parts I indicated on the sub folder - childbirth scenes
1st and 3rd block, AP Environmental Science:
Someone from 1st block: will you please feed my fish (both tanks)?!
NEXT:
Make eco-column observations.Then: work on your lab write -ups!
You need to write up the soil texture lab (the one where you layered the different soil types and ran dye through them ) and the bulk density lab (not the weathering one though!)
Finally:
FINISH Math Packet! Remember, no calculators :)!
They are in a folder on my Big desk.
4th block biology class:
watch this, complete the worksheet that goes with it (it's in a folder with your class roster on the table behind my green chair :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBIYwiktPsQ
SKIP the parts I indicated on the sub folder - childbirth scenes
Friday, September 11, 2015
APES
Links to Fridays class work:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kYIPOaUQbY7zs0yM1ypyJaV6v1So8GmjMCMr9VaKhxE/edit
Vocab is due on Tuesday
NO article due next week!
Test on the cycles, atmosphere and the greenhouse effect on Thursday.
Hot cocoa Friday!!! Bring in your own mugs- No styrofoam! Click link to find out why !
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Allan Savory TED for anyone that may have missed it!
Allan Savory: How to green the world's deserts and reverse climate changehttp://www.ted.com/talks/allan_savory_how_to_green_the_world_s_deserts_and_reverse_climate_change?language=en
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
BIOLOGY CELL VIDEO
Biology students need to watch this video clip and answer the questions I gave you in class as you go.
ORGANELLES VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aczbMlSMr8U
APES- soil test corrections and extra credit due this Friday: 9-11-15
Soil Test re-takes or test corrections need to be completed by Friday.
If you are going to complete the extra credit activity at home, it is also due by Friday!
Here's the link to the lab if you didn't pick it up in class:
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/mg/gardennotes/214.pdf
REMEMBER TO COMPLETE ALL PARTS, TAKE PIX OF YOUR BALL!
Biology word list- Cells- due September 15th 2015 (Tuesday)
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.
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.
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