ONE WEEK TIL THANKSGIVING BREAK!! WE can do this!!
Monday/Tuesday, November 18-19. Wrap up Unit 2. Specifically endosymbiotic theory and compartmentalization.
Review Guide.
Wednesday/Thursday: November 20-21: UNIT 2 TEST, CELL STRUCTURE & FUNCTION
Friday: November 22: Enzyme Lab
WELCOME BACK! Second quarter FLIES by!
November 11/12: Water Potential: Video, notes & lab. Come in the day after your class sets up the potatoes to get the 24 hour data. Potatodata!
November 13/14: PIVOT Interactive Lab on Diffusion in a U-Tube.
November 15: Work day. Seniors are gone to Dollywood
I will be at a national conference Wed-Friday, so TURN IN POGILS MONDAY/Tuesday so I can get them back to you before the weekend.
November 18-19: Wrap up Unit 2.
November 20-21- UNIT 2 CELL STRUCTURE & FUNCTION TEST (As of Sunday evening, it is the only test on the school calendar for those days.
November 22: Enzyme Structure & Function
November 25-29 THANKSGIVING BREAK!!!
October 21-25; October 28-November 1
Monday/Tuesday: Unit 1 Test. Pick up Cell Speed Dating Materials.
Wednesday: PSAT
Thursday/Friday: Cell Speed Dating
October 28-November 1
Monday/Tuesday: Start Transpiration Lab. You need to come in daily to get data for the week.
Membrane structure & function
Wednesday/THursday: Cell Size Lab
Friday: Wrap up transpiration data collection.
October 14-18:
Monday/Wednesday: Finish Unit 1, Nucleic Acids; Protein Modeling Lab
Tuesday: CERT/ACT
Thursday/Friday: Review for Unit 1 Exam
October 21-25
Monday/Tuesday: Unit 1 Exam
Wednesday: PSAT
Thursday/Friday: Cell Organelle Speed Dating
September 16-20:
Monday- FRQ's in 2nd, 3rd & 4th & Begin Unit 1
Tuesday - No School
Wednesday- Unit 7 Test MCQ's
Thursday - Unit 7 Test MCQ's
Friday- FRQ's in 6th,7th,8th.
September 3-6
Monday/Tuesday: Cladograms & Phylogenetic Trees
PIVOT Cladogram
Wednesday/Thursday: Speciation - Pre & Post-zygotic Barriers; Salamander Dry Lab
September 9-13: Monday/Tuesday: Extinctions-
Wednesday/Thursday: Continue Extinctions; AP Classroom catch up.
Friday: FRQ Friday
September 16-20: Thanks for the reminder that you folks aren't at school on the 17th.
Monday, September 16- Origins of Life & Review
The Unit 7 test is now September 18-19
August 26-30
Monday/Tuesday: Hardy-Weinberg Principles
Hardy-Weinberg Lab
Wednesday/Thursday: Artificial Selection
Common Ancestry
Cladograms/Phylogenetic Trees - Pivot Lab
Friday: Catch up; Evolution of Chocolate Lab
August 19-23
Monday/Tuesday- Chi Square Lab
Wed/Thursday- Introduction to Natural Selection
Friday: FRQ Friday
All materials on TEAMS.
August 12-16
Have your lab journal ready to go on Monday, August 11th.
Unit 0 - Introduction to statistics
Links, materials, and instructions on TEAMS.
Please do not Email me asking what you missed. I have 150 students. I cannot possibly respond to that. Find a study buddy. Check the TEAMS listing and assume responsibility when you're absent.
If you didn't get signed up for Teams, the join code is: 85esf0f
Welcome to AP Biology
Pick up your lab journal (see below) if you haven't already. This course is heavily lab based.
Get your body back on a school-ready sleep schedule.
We'll have a TEAMS where assignments will be posted, and hand-outs are by the door as you come in.
We'll cover details when we meet.
The requirements for AP Biology are minimal. I will have plenty of pens and pencils when you forget them. A 4-function calculator will be required for the exam in May. (The calculator you're currently using in your math classes is sufficient.) The only item you need to purchase before the first week of school is the lab journal:
7.5" x 9.75", Graph Ruled, 80 Sheets
Please don't go rogue on this. No spirals. No weird sizes. Gridded, not lined. I have to handle 150 of these every time we do a lab, and I have reasons for being grumpy about this. Other forms don't tend to stay together. Pages tend to fall out. Spirals hang on clothing. You will want to hang onto this and take it to college with you to show professors that you did indeed have the lab component of a Bio I course for college. You can pick any color that makes you happy. They're found at Kroger, Amazon, Staples, Office Depot for around $2-3. Considering the fact that a 5 on the AP Exam can earn you 12 hours of Bio credit at UTK, that's a small investment in a big pay-off.
Summer Work- Sleep 8 hours. Go outside and get exercise. Hydrate. Spend time with family. Focus on homeostasis- balance. Practice the mantra, "I am not a number." Rising seniors, you'll have thesis and college essays to do. Be a kid while you can. Enjoy a restful summer.
Summer Review Video - Because you suggested it - and it's about as in depth as I can expect in summer.
