Class#3  AP Biology Lab #5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJbperz43rkLab5File APBioLab5Respiration Open the File in Student Directory called APBioLab5. Perform Lab on Computer. Download and Complete Questions in Lab File.

Class#5 Contiue Chapter 8 How Cell Release Stored Energy Chapter8HowCellsReleaseEnergyNotesPackage Sample Quiz Chapter78Quiz Chapter8PowerPointHowCellsReleaseEnergy Work on Chapter 7/8 Photosynthesis/Respiration Study Guides. Chapter 8 Respiration Study Guide Chapter 7 Study Guide How Cells Aquire Energy PhotoSynthesis

tues: 11 notes cell signalling

wed: NO SCHOOL

thur: Abstract summaries of your disease due. please add your data to the file “transpiration lab spreadsheet” found on dropbox, so we can discuss our data today.

fri: NO SCHOOL

much to my surprise (it appears i’m woefully undertrained in botany; stomates on the tops of leaves doesn’t appear to be that unusual), we’re finding stomates on the tops of some of our species. today, we’ll redo our stomate lifts on the tops and double check.

i’ve been taking photomicrographs to make life easier for you; we need to redo the tops of the leaves for our data to be complete.

you need to count the stomates and figure out an average per mm per species. each member of the group must do this. enjoy the maths.

we will redo the stomate lifts for the three extra species tomorrow.

Class#2/3 Presentations of PPT Photosynthesis.  presentation-rubric

Class#4 Work on Chapter 7/8 Photosynthesis/Respiration Study Guides. Chapter 8 Respiration Study Guide Chapter 7 Study Guide How Cells Aquire Energy PhotoSynthesis

Class#5 Start AP Bio Lab#4 PhotoSynthesisAPBioLab_04_Plant_PigmentsChromatography. (Video Link) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTfXF69bqPE Alternate Photosynthesis Lab http://www.elbiology.com/labtools/Leafdisk.html

read transpiration lab in lab book.

we’re doing several experimental groups: light (we’ll use CFL bulbs as per Fortier’s recommendation), dark, humid, wind, and the controls. i assigned what each group was doing in class. if you have other ideas, figure them out over the weekend and i’ll consider them on monday. i’m always open to new ideas.

i do want this put into the science fair, volunteers accepted. we’ll figure out how to divvy out the work/credit.

tues: mass plants/stomate lifts

wed: mass plants, 11 notes, 7 quiz; draft diseases.

thur: mass plants, 11 notes, 11 quiz

fri: mass plants/mass leaves

Class#3/4  Presentations Assignment. (5-10 slides) CAM Plant, C3, C4, Calvin-Benson Cycle, Photosynthesis. presentation-rubric. Unit Test on Moodle.(Complete by Monday Oct 8, 2012)

Class#5  Enzyme Catalysis Lab APBiologyLab2EnzymeCatalysts Enzyme Catalysis Lab Video Link AP Lab 2 Enzymes VideoLink

tues: learn equation - Solute potential () = –iCRT;

wed: due: mini posters for potato, celery, and apple part of lab. discuss dialysis tubing results.

thur: due: mini posters for dialysis tubing experiment.

fri: due – 11 reading guide

enjoy! and watch the vids.

tues: prep for osmosis lab

wed: run osmosis lab

thur: finish osmosis/clean lab

fri: ch7 notes.

Class#3 Review Study Guide and Discussions on Mitosis and Meiosis. Sample Questions. MitosisMeiosisReviewQuestions.

Class#4/5 Start New Unit E03  Cellular Energetics Ch6,7,8. !Sea Slugs http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16124-solarpowered-sea-slug-harnesses-stolen-plant-genes-.html Chapter 6 Ground Rules of Metabolism. PowerPoint Chap6GroundRulesofMetabolism Chp6MetabolismPPT Chp6 Study Guide. Chapter 6 Metabolism Study Guide

AP Mitosis Lab Due: Fri Oct 5, (In Class)

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/animal_names/scientific_name/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial_nomenclature

that a total of 8 tweets for the 4 vids: reg secretion, protein mods, protein trafficking, const. secretion. enjoy!

check email for more detailed info.

two tweets for two cool things in the videos.

Class#2 Finish Meiosis. MeiosisPPT2012 Finish Rd Text Chp 9/10 Mitosis/Meiosis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aVnN4RePyI&list=PLFCE4D99C4124A27A&index=35&feature=plpp_video

Class#3/4 AP Lab on Mitosis/Meiosis (Library Lab) AP BioLab #3 Meiosis Section in Lab http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/labbench/

Thursday: E02 Unit Test The Cell Chp 4/5/11 (Campbell)

Class#5 Start in on Mitosis Meiosis Lab. Lab7MitosisMeiosis (follow procedure pg s88-s89) http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/lessons/gen.mm.html Prepare Onion Root Tips. Preparing an Onion Root Cell. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH3vjmjMIZ4

tues: watch videos from virtual cell and tweet to hoot course; check email for info.

wed: prep osmosis lab

thur: 6 note quiz; prep osmosis lab

fri: boy’s bowl assembly – abstract summaries2 due email by 9am.

i hope to have the ap bio and anatomy tests posted by the end of the weekend.

The great Ned Overend.  He wrote something in the 90′s that stuck with me, “Focus on where you want to go. Don’t focus on your obstacles.”

Maybe my glasses are too rosy, but I don’t see why my colleagues feel micromanaged. My new job is so straight forward: meet the kids where they are and push them further. Sure, we have to have lesson plans archived, keep up with paperwork (my achilles heel), and document what we do…but how is that different from any other profession? Think healthcare, finance, law, even food service or retail.

I’m focusing on my job. I’m teaching my kids (not just content, but how to think). I don’t feel like anyone is looking over my shoulder and second-guessing me. If anything, I see administrators in the hallways and popping in my class to check and see how things are going. Not once in three weeks has anyone questioned my methods. Quite the contrary, they see me working, and they let me know my work is appreciated.

I guess what I’m trying to understand is, “Why don’t people focus on what they can control?” More to the point, do your job well, and explain your methods if someone second guesses your practice. My new school is a high pressure school, the kids are pulled in at least 6 directions simultaneously. I can’t control that. What I can control is what happens when I see my kids for 3 or 4 hours a week. We can do science. I can focus my students on the essentials, I can keep the class rigorous — but not back breaking — and I can help them understand some pretty deep biology. That’s simple.

So far, so good.

Class#3 Review Chapter 5 Cell Membranes AP SG Ch. 5 CellMembranesPowerPointChapter 5-Cell Membranes Start in on Chapter 9 How Cells Reproduce. Chapter 9 How Cells Reproduce Study Guide   Chapter 9 Cell Division Mitosis Notes Chapter 4 Online Quiz. Chapter 9 PowerPoint mitosisPPT Chp9mitosispowerpoint Extra PPTCellDivisionMitosis2011

Class#4  MitosisConceptMap. Fill in and Complete.

Class#5 Meiosis Meisosis PPTMeiosisPPT2012 Rd Chp 10 Text. Lab Mitosis Meoisis. Start in on Onion Prep. lab#7CellDivisionMitosisMeosis2012

Campbell Mushroom Soup