This is the updated syllabus for AP Biology class, 2011-2012. Please, read the syllabus and safety contract. Then sign and return the signature sheet by Wednesday, Aug. 17th. Study and be prepared for the safety quiz on Wednesday.
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The Drosophila Genetics Lab report is due on Monday, April 18.
Please, attach the rubric to your paper. Here is the rubric:
Friday Feb 18th HW: Complete the Chapter 28 Reading Guide and the Protist Observation Lab
Enjoy your weekend.
Protist Observation Lab
Observe the following organisms under the microscope.
Plasmodium
Euglena
Chlaymdomonas
Diatom
Stentor
Ceratium
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Draw a detailed sketch of each of the organisms and label important parts.
Nucleus, Cell Wall, Plastid, Flagella, Cilia, any unique organelles, etc.
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Identify the clade that the organism is in?
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What stage of the organism's life cycle is it in? i.e. single-celled, colonial or multi-cellular and diploid or haploid?
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How could you identify this organism? Explain two ways.
If you are not in school today, we are finishing Chapter 27 on prokaryotes.
Complete the reading guide for chapter 27 for Monday attached below. I will collect chapter 26 and 27 on Monday.
The Evolution Test will cover chapters 22-25. There is some material on the test from chapters 24 and 25 that we did not cover in class, but most of it is on the material that we focused on. Go through the labs, activities and homework we have done as well as the chapter quizzes available online.
There will be 65 Multiple Choice questions on Monday and you will take the essay on Tuesday.
You should already know the important topics covered on chapters 22-24. Here is a list of stuff you should know, understand and be able to differentiate that we have not focused on from chapter 25 and earlier.
- shared derived characteristic and shared primitive characteristic
- ingroup and outgroup
- orthologous and paralogous genes
- homeotic genes
- molecular clock
- extant and exaptation
- monophyletic, paraphyletic and polyphyletic
- gradualism model vs. punctuated equilibrium model
- maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood
- Neutral theory
The Chapter 25 lecture is attached below:
We used the following powerpoint to review in class.
You need the map for the speciation lab and I was hoping students would discuss the lab together, but.... by popular demand, here is the speciation lab.
Here is Period 6 and 7 transpiration lab data that you must use for your writeup due on Tuesday. If you did not finish drawing the tilia one-year and 2-year/3-year, I will give you time in class on Monday.
Data Chart Whole Plant Transpiration.doc
Lab Writeup due Tuesday (4/20).
Plant Quiz on Tuesday (4/20) as well.
