May syllabus

2007-2008

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
write formal lab report of transpiration data Read Ch 22 and do Rev questions *Top of Page*	2/11 collect transpiration lab notes on ch 22, evidence for evolution, Darwin's theory HW read on new HIV treatment	2/12 Check rev ques Ch22 examine fossils	2/13 homologous bones lab	2/14 Notes Ch 23 Feeding activity Rd Ch 23 HW Review questions Ch 23	2/15 Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium Hardy Weinberg Lab HW finish questions for parts of lab we did
Read Ch 24, answer rev questions	No School 2/25	2/26 check Chapt 23 questions Notes on Ch 23 speciation Sexual Selection Lab Check out Unit 7,8 possible essay questions on opening page of out website	2/27 Video, Review for test, evolution cartoon	2/28 Test on Evolution Ch 22,23,24	2/29 Fruitflies - F2 results, discuss lab report, due after vacation
	Happy	Vacation	Week	work on Drosophila paper due 3/4	Read Ch 25 and do review questions Read article on cat evolution due 3/4
	Check Ch 25 questions Chap 25 check HW, review questions, notes- Rd taxonomy, cladistics cladogram	Drosophila paper due finish cladogram Genius Ape video HW read SCNT article HW Chap 26 Rev questions (10 min)	What is SCNT? Open response example, Open response writing prompt on evolution Read on protists in Biology text Answer ques ch 27-28	Protists continued and finished with a short test a the end of classe start bread mold growing	run DNA gels test 26-27 and protists
3/9 Daylight Savings Read selectively in Ch 29 to complete review questions	3/10 Read on Fungi in class; fungi video; examine fungi specimens stain DNA gels finish Rd Ch 29	3/11 check Ch 29 HW Ch 29 notes, land plant evolution and alternation of generations Examine bead mold HW study alternation of generation in moss and fern slides	3/12 Quiz on alternation of generations Flower structure Rd ch 38 and complete rev questions	3/13 Pollination and double fertilization Plant biotechnology	3/14
3/16 Ch 39 questions Test Wed Ch 31 Fungi, Ch29 primitive plants; Ch30 seed plants; Ch37 plant nutrition Ch38 plant reproduc.. Material for test also includes questions on linked page above for those chapters(37-39) WEAR a SIGNIFICANT amount of GREEN MONDAY to honor plants	3/17 Who'$ wearing green? Notes on 39 + review worksheet	3/18 review for test/ finish material in class do Ch39 plant rev wksh consider looking at: plant questions for HW when studying for test	3/19 Early Release TEST Fungi and plants Ch29,30,31,37,38,39 HW Read Ch 32 answer review questions Do Campbell website activity and pre-quiz	3/20 return tests check ch 39 HW ques due 3/18 Check ch 32 HW questions Notes on animal development, review sheet on development HW Read Ch 33 and do review questions	3/21 Practice Open Response on Eperimental design - 2 questions with rubric- self graded in class
3/23 prepare for assigned invertebrate power(Ch 33) pt.presentation due Monday. All to be placed on my desk top for Monday :)	presentations review sheets specimens to look at. Read Ch	finish presentations specimens review sheets HW Rd Ch 34, answer questions	Poster/brain dump on essentials of all Invert phyla possible quiz on 33 after brain dump	Ch 34 questions due Notes on verttebrates	Ch 34 finish
3/30	review for tets examine chordate specimens, answer review questions	Test Ch 32-34 Rd Ch 40 to answer rev questions	Check HW Review Ch 40 Body diagram Start Ch 42 HW Read 42 an do rev ques	Chapter 42 finish notes Cha 42	Ch42 Rev questions due Lab Blood pressure Respiration Rate in goldfish HW read Ch 43 and answer rev questions
4/6 HW finish your part of goldfish lab; review ppt Ch42; start reading ch 43 CH 44+ rev questions	4/7 finish respiration notes; do blood pressure, examine diessected sheep hearts goldfish circulation work on Ch 43 do Campbell activities	Notes ch 44 Ch 44 questions due	Dissect kidneys nephron activity	Test Ch42- 44
4/13 Read Ch 43 on immunity. Answer rev question	4/14 Notes on immunity	Quiz on nonspecific immunity and activation of B cells Notes on Immunity continued		Nervous system	Nerve impulse
4/20 Finish Review Questions on Nervous System Read on Muscle Review questions on muscle Ch49	4/21 All nervous System questions to be checked on Monday Review sheet on nerve impulse Notes on Muscle	Muscle notes Help with Spirit Assembly	worksheet, sliding filament model Notes or reading on some aspects of nervous system senses	Test Muscle Nerve	Lab Activity TBA
	VACATION	VACATION	VACATION	VACATION
5/4 Examineppt for ch 47; Do review questions and summary reading	Chapter 46-47	video - Human Reproduction	Review- graded	Review-graded	Review-graded
5/12	AP EXAM


this week	5/19 Lorenzo's Oil HW read links on Lorenzo's oil and take notes on his disease HW Bring in $4.00 for lab specimen ASAP. Thank you :)	5/20 Lorenzo's oil	5/21 Sheep Head Dissection report due Train for Scavenger Hunt Ice Cream Party???	5/22 Scavenger Hunt	5/23 Book Share Due + one page synopsis of book as it related to AP Bio
		5/27 Rat/mink/shark dissection find on line anatomy images of rat/mink/shark to learn anatomy from	5/28 dissection	5/29 dissection HW write summary essay comparing anatomy of 3 lab animals 1.5 pages mammals, 1.5 pages shark = 3 sides max Alex, double spaced, size 12 font	5/30 Collect lab summaries

*see topics for test* *Test Monday*	3/26 Plant test- selected topics from Ch29,30,38,39,,31	3/27 Review Ch 32 HW . Read Ch 33 and study for quiz on Ch 32	3/28 quiz Ch 32 Notes Ch 33 Sponges, Cnidarians and Flatworms	3/29 video parts: Molluskd, Arthropods, eaten Alive Mollusks, Annelid,Arthropoda, Echinodermata
Read Ch 34 with focus on parts that include review questions Answer review questions	4/2 34 Ch 34 vertebrates examine pp Test Tues Ch 33-34	4/3 Test ch 33-34 ch 40,41	4/4 42 Respiration and Circulation notes Examine crayfish gills, grasshopper tracheal tubes, torso, blood smears, model lungs	4/5 42 No School	4/6 42 No School
*Chapter 42* *Review questions*	4/9 Finish power point Ch 42 Examine preserved hearts in class worksheet 44	4/10 Circulation Lab 10 Read Ch 44 and answer rev question	4/11 Notes on Homeostasis and the kidney Ch 44 Early Release Study for QUIZ	4/12 QUIZ -parts of nephron and major events in each part, label parts excretory system, role of ADH and aldosterone, urea, uric acid, ammonia Kidney dissection Review	4/13 Test Ch 42,44
*Read 900-904 for Quiz Monday and work on ch review questions due Wed.*	4/16 Notes on Ch 43 Quiz on pg 900-904 on nonspecific defense and inflammatory response	Ch 43 continued role play an immune response	45 Read	45	46 HAPPY VACATION
4/29 Read Ch 48 and do review questions	4/30 Chapter 48 nerve impulse Start muscle chapter 49 pp1077-1086	5/1 Check review questions on Ch 48 quiz on nerve impulse, neuron etc. Review questions on muscle Ch49	48 Muscle finish up	48 Reproduction and Development Ch 46-47 selected topics	49 Reproduction and Development
5/6 Chapter 45 selected readings..see review questions	5/7 49 endocrine wrap up start reviewing for the year HW. Review lab bench labs #1-6	review and AP practice test	review HW. Review Lab bench labs # 7-12	review	review
	5/14 video HW get a science related paperback and read it. Due 6/1	lamb's head dissection HW on line investigation of some aspect of the anatomy of the head..	lamb's head dissection HW prepare to present your "aspect" of the head anatomy your researched.	HW - prepare for open response	open response on meiosis and mitosis (to be graded )
	5/21 Video on Evolution of Dogs Classchatter.com Discuss Blog site Make water molecules for college selection	bioinformatics lesson at computer lab	dissection of shark, mink, pigeon, fetal pig, squid, nectaurus	dissection	dissection
*Top of Page*	5/28 no school Memorial Day	5/29 or finish dissections - last day to share specimens or finish HW read links on Lorenzo's oil and take notes on his disease	5/30 letter to future student is due Lorenzo's Oil video	5/31 Lorenzo's Oil video Return text books if not needed	6/1 Book due - oral presentation/summary
	6/4 Sam's Presentation	6/5 AP breakfast, final farewells, video, charades?????	6/6 Final Exam for seniors and juniors taking the exam	6/7	6/8

upcoming events

Lorenzo's Oil video; comparative zoology dissections; work on dissolved oxygen lab with the probes; bioinformatics investigation;

comparative fruit dissection lab; scavenger hunt in woods; video on evolution of dogs; video on viruses;