AP Bio and AP environmental science

Well, it looks like I'm going to be out of commission for a while. I'm so sorry I can't be there to help you review for your exams.

I'm going to help as best I can through this blog.

If you are planning on taking the AP exams you should be reviewing every night either by reading the AP prep books you have or by watching the videos; Bozeman, crash course or APES in a box for AP ENVIRONMENTAL.

AP Bio project:  You don't need to hand it in until FRIDAY- 
I'm going to post all of the best  review links here as well as daily lesson plans.

links:

AP BIOLOGY
Bozeman- I would go through everyone of these, during class you'll watch these, but what you haven't seen in class you should definitely do on your own at home.
http://www.bozemanscience.com/ap-biology/

Crash course: I would use this to go over the human physiology and immunity information.
videos 25 through 34 are must see videos
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3EED4C1D684D3ADF

AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
your exam is just around the corner so if you are planning on taking it you should be studying every night for it. Read through your prep guide if you have one and watch these videos:

APES in a Box:
https://www.youtube.com/user/APESinaBOX/videos

you'll be viewing many of them during class through the week.

AP BIO and AP ENVIRONMENT 4/14/14

2nd and 4th block

AP BIOLOGY: Watch these, take notes, pause as needed- have a student at the computer to regulate the pace so they can  pause as needed.

When they are finished with these they can work on their vocabulary assignment that is due tomorrow.

Please have someone water the plants- there's a jug with fertilizer water on the counter.

*If videos say error, go to history and clear everything, then refresh and try again- If it continues to be a problem The basket with the yellow sub folder has some alternative work they can do.

Bozeman plants:
http://www.bozemanscience.com/plants


Plant structure:
http://www.bozemanscience.com/plant-structure


stickleback evolution
http://www.bozemanscience.com/stickleback-evolution


3rd block
AP Environmental Science:

complete this case study: YOU Can complete parts I and II as a class, but the last part should be completed independently
http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/files/water_bolivia.pdf

AP BIOLOGY and AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Next week we will begin selling the re-usable water bottles we talked about.

I thought this was interesting so I'm sharing it with you:
http://www.banthebottle.net/articles/plastic-water-bottles-impose-health-and-environmental-risks/


"Despite recycling infrastructure that exists in order to facilitate the recycling of these bottles, according to the Container Recycling Institute, 86% of plastic water bottles used in the US become garbage that ends up in landfills throughout the country. Considering that approximately 60 million plastic water bottles are used every day in the US, we can assume that nearly 18,834,000,000 end up in the landfill each year. Each bottle can take up to 700 years to decompose."

If enough students purchase them we may have enough money left over to do this:

http://www.lifesaverusa.com/become-a-lifesaver.htm

the TED talk by the guy who made it!!
http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_pritchard_invents_a_water_filter

We may even have enough left to add bench or bird bath to the garden area we'll be completing next week.

If  you have access to some good, weed free dirt, please bring it in next week- we need a lot to fill those garden beds outside of our class room.

Have a great weekend!

AP Bio and AP environmental- no homework tonight :)

Hey- we really need to iron out the water bottle details- I'd like to order them before spring break.  So if you don't want the stainless steel bottles find one you like and show me tomorrow! Also, I think we are going to go with the "Big Red Goes Green" slogan and  have SPHS  on there somewhere.

Here's the site and the bottle I liked, but look around and see if you find something you like better!
http://www.discountmugs.com/product/sb218-stainless-steel-promotional-sports-bottles/

I like this one too:
http://www.discountmugs.com/product/34oz-stainless-steel-sports-bottles-sb114/

AP Biology

Remember: Quiz tomorrow on the videos you should have watched last night!
Finish the activity from class if you didn't wrap it up during class today.
Here's your next word list- bring your text book tomorrow so you can begin working on them after your quiz!!
There are 40 words- they are due Tuesday  (APRIL 15 th) AND you will be quizzed on them Tuesday !
You will be tested on Classification and Evolution on Wednesday 4/16/14

1. peptidoglycan
2. conjugation
3. ectoderm
4. endoderm
5. mesoderm
6. diploblastic
7. coelom
8. psueodocoelom
9. sessile
10. amoebocytes
11. protostome
12. deuterostome
13. monotremes
14. phylogeny
15. parsimony
16. derived trait
17. synapopomorphy
18. homologous structures
19. analogous structures
20. vestigial structures
21. cytochrome c
22. biogeography
23. taxonomy
24. binomial nomenclature
25. Carolus Linnaeus
26. Gradualism
27. Charles Lyell
28. Directional selection
29. stabilizing selection
30. balanced polymorphism
31. artificial selection
32. minority advantage
33. Genetic drift
34. bottleneck effect
35. founder effect
36. Gene flow
37. allopatric speciation
38. sympatric speciation
39. Oparin-Haldane hypothesis
40. histones

AP BIO homework for tonight

Watch these for homework and take notes:

crash course
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQb7Xq0enTI

cell specialization:
http://www.bozemanscience.com/044-cellular-specialization

For those of you that may have been subjected to reading "The Hot Zone" when you had me for Biology:
(Or anyone else that doesn't mind being completely freaked out!!!)
http://wnpr.org/post/deadly-ebola-outbreak-guinea-spreading

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26835233

AP BIO homework for 4/7/14

Watch these and take notes!

phylogenetics: 13 min

http://www.bozemanscience.com/006-phylogenetics

animal development: 12 min

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_9MTZgAhv0&safe=active