Here's the link to the podcast you'll need.
https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/cellmates/
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Honors Biology class
Hey, don't forget to download the podcast for tomorrow and to bring your earbuds/ headphones to class!
Here's the link to the podcast you'll need.
https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/cellmates/
Here's the link to the podcast you'll need.
https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/cellmates/
Monday, September 17, 2018
cells organelle word list and video clips
cell organelle word list due 9-20-18 (Due date moved to Friday 9-21-18)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ePe7a8Po0BLmRxH7PhpiM6IPR2unvtMnYu1X_L83QRU/edit?usp=sharing
2nd block homework
watch this and take notes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp6L5emD8rw
cell transport clips from class today just in case you need to go through it again
http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0072495855/student_view0/chapter2/animation__how_diffusion_works.html
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ePe7a8Po0BLmRxH7PhpiM6IPR2unvtMnYu1X_L83QRU/edit?usp=sharing
2nd block homework
watch this and take notes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp6L5emD8rw
cell transport clips from class today just in case you need to go through it again
http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0072495855/student_view0/chapter2/animation__how_diffusion_works.html
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Welcome to my Biology class!
Hey, everybody, welcome back to school.
I thought I would go ahead and post your first window pane word list for the semester and give you a few reminders about supplies you'll need.
First the supplies:
two notebooks- one should be a composition notebook that you will hand in to me when your "window panes" are due. It should be like one of these:
The second notebook can look like whatever you like :).
You need colored pencils (not markers of any kind) to do your drawings in your notebooks.
You need regular pencils
You need something to keep handouts in.
First word list for window panes ( organic compounds/ bio-molecules / macro-molecules).
window panes for Organic compounds:
1. Carbohydrates- organic compounds made up of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms whose primary job is to provide a quick source of energy to the organisms that consume it.
2. Lipids- organic compounds made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. It has three main purposes in organisms: provides storage for energy, builds membranes ( thin covering around all of your cells)and is a form of insulation (blubber in a whale).
3. Proteins- organic compounds made up of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and sometimes sulfur atoms. The main types of proteins are: tissues in the body, hormones and enzymes.
4. Nucleic acids- organic compounds made up of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and phosphorous. The main job of these compounds is to carry our genetic code which determines everything made in our bodies. Examples are DNA ( deoxyribonucleic acid) and RNA ( ribonucleic acid)
5.Hormone- a chemical signal (made out of proteins) that travels through our bloodstream and lets other parts of our body know how to grow or what to make. (ex. progesterone- a hormone that is active in pregnant women and helps to prepare the mom's body to hold and care for a baby).
6. Enzyme- a type of protein that is responsible for helping to speed up chemical reactions in our body. In chemistry, or in reactions outside of our body, this is called a catalyst.
7. monosaccharide- a simple sugar (carbohydrate), this is a sugar composed of only one molecule- glucose is a monsaccharide. (mono=one)
8. polysaccharide- a type of sugar made up of a long chain of single sugars. (poly = many)
9. cellulose- a type of sugar found only in plants, it helps to build outer coverings of vegetation ( the yellow shell of each little piece of corn is made of this). we can not digest cellulose.
10. Starch- a complex carbohydrate made up of a long chain of glucose molecules attached to each other. This is a form of stored energy in plants.
11.Insulin- a hormone made in the pancreas that helps regulate the amount of sugar in your body.
12.Hemoglobin- a protein in your blood, it carries iron and oxygen ( you can normally carry 4 molecules of oxygen on each cell).
13. Glycogen- stored glucose (short term) in animals, it is stored in our liver.
14.monomer- a molecule that exists by itself - only one molecule of something = glucose
15. polymer- a molecule that exists as a long chain of monomers connected by bonds= starch
16. Organic compounds- compounds that have the element carbon as the central/ essential connection.
17. atom- smallest unit of an element.
18. nucleotide- smallest functional unit (or piece) of a nucleic acid. It consists of a sugar, a phosphate and a nitrogen base.
19. double helix- the shape of a DNA molecule, it resembles a twisted ladder.
20. single helix- the shape of a RNA molecule, it resembles half of a twisted ladder
I thought I would go ahead and post your first window pane word list for the semester and give you a few reminders about supplies you'll need.
First the supplies:
two notebooks- one should be a composition notebook that you will hand in to me when your "window panes" are due. It should be like one of these:
The second notebook can look like whatever you like :).
You need colored pencils (not markers of any kind) to do your drawings in your notebooks.
You need regular pencils
You need something to keep handouts in.
First word list for window panes ( organic compounds/ bio-molecules / macro-molecules).
window panes for Organic compounds:
1. Carbohydrates- organic compounds made up of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms whose primary job is to provide a quick source of energy to the organisms that consume it.
2. Lipids- organic compounds made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. It has three main purposes in organisms: provides storage for energy, builds membranes ( thin covering around all of your cells)and is a form of insulation (blubber in a whale).
3. Proteins- organic compounds made up of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and sometimes sulfur atoms. The main types of proteins are: tissues in the body, hormones and enzymes.
4. Nucleic acids- organic compounds made up of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and phosphorous. The main job of these compounds is to carry our genetic code which determines everything made in our bodies. Examples are DNA ( deoxyribonucleic acid) and RNA ( ribonucleic acid)
5.Hormone- a chemical signal (made out of proteins) that travels through our bloodstream and lets other parts of our body know how to grow or what to make. (ex. progesterone- a hormone that is active in pregnant women and helps to prepare the mom's body to hold and care for a baby).
6. Enzyme- a type of protein that is responsible for helping to speed up chemical reactions in our body. In chemistry, or in reactions outside of our body, this is called a catalyst.
7. monosaccharide- a simple sugar (carbohydrate), this is a sugar composed of only one molecule- glucose is a monsaccharide. (mono=one)
8. polysaccharide- a type of sugar made up of a long chain of single sugars. (poly = many)
9. cellulose- a type of sugar found only in plants, it helps to build outer coverings of vegetation ( the yellow shell of each little piece of corn is made of this). we can not digest cellulose.
10. Starch- a complex carbohydrate made up of a long chain of glucose molecules attached to each other. This is a form of stored energy in plants.
11.Insulin- a hormone made in the pancreas that helps regulate the amount of sugar in your body.
12.Hemoglobin- a protein in your blood, it carries iron and oxygen ( you can normally carry 4 molecules of oxygen on each cell).
13. Glycogen- stored glucose (short term) in animals, it is stored in our liver.
14.monomer- a molecule that exists by itself - only one molecule of something = glucose
15. polymer- a molecule that exists as a long chain of monomers connected by bonds= starch
16. Organic compounds- compounds that have the element carbon as the central/ essential connection.
17. atom- smallest unit of an element.
18. nucleotide- smallest functional unit (or piece) of a nucleic acid. It consists of a sugar, a phosphate and a nitrogen base.
19. double helix- the shape of a DNA molecule, it resembles a twisted ladder.
20. single helix- the shape of a RNA molecule, it resembles half of a twisted ladder
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
New water testing site
There will be a small municipal structure there with a gravel roundabout. There isn't an actual physical address but you should see vehicles there- I'll have a grey truck with hippie stickers on it :) Also, it won't take you 32 minutes to get there!! I'm in Lincolnton, your drive should be very short!
Monday, July 23, 2018
Last minute Summer extra credit opportunity and book club update!
Last minute SUMMER extra credit opportunity! WEAR WATER BOOTS/SHOES
10 POINTS ADDED TO YOUR LOWEST TEST GRADE
THE FIRST 6 WEEKS OF our CLASS.
Water quality testing with Catawba Riverkeepers this Wednesday (July 25th)-meet me at 9:45 at the Goat Island park pier
on the side near Floyd and Blackies coffee shop.
We will then have to drive to the new testing site. You will need to furnish your own transportation to the new site-I can't drive you.Testing should be done by 1pm.
Please fill in the form linked below to let me know if you are coming.
I WILL ALSO PUT AN UPDATE ON MY BLOG!!!! Link to form:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13uTYTOUadCtUSgbyuMoHu1HVWhuYZWa9a9E3HNNydR0/edit?usp=sharing
Book club participants: Any student that participated in our book club meetings from the end of last school year is welcome to meet me at Floyd and Blackies at 9 am on Wednesday July 25th to go over chapters 9 and 10. Please get there a little early if you want to order a fancy coffee, this way we can wrap up those chapters and then head to water testing if you're coming :)
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Real science isn't a sound bite but a five course meal
What's the difference between a scientist's theory and your best friend's "theory"? Listen to this short interview( 4 minutes) to protect yourself and others from being easily manipulated!
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/17/629896546/how-to-be-a-savvy-consumer-of-science-news
What's your currency?? Twitter? Snapchat?
Time studied and amount studied are key!
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/17/629896546/how-to-be-a-savvy-consumer-of-science-news
What's your currency?? Twitter? Snapchat?
Time studied and amount studied are key!
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
AP Environmental Science Reading Assignment /Summer Project
This is the book you will be reading:
Here is the link to the assignment:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bR5K1GQOK9hef7LRahec49zlhE1-NaU5g4eE1Ag2LOY/edit?usp=sharing
THE STUDY GUIDE HAS BEEN COMPLETED- PLEASE DO NOT PROCRASTINATE
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