Weekly+Assignments--2nd+Quarter

** Weekly Assignment Sheet  ** 1/25/10-1/29/10   ** Reading: **  Chapters 28 and 29—Plant Tissues and Plant Nutrition and Transport ** Homework: ** Homework packet **due Fri., 1/29** Keep taking care of your fruit flies for lab 7. Record your data for F1 in table in manual if not already done. Watch for presence of larvae and euthanize adults when they begin to pupate. We’ll be working on 6B—gel electrophoresis, continuing 7—fruit fly genetics, and observing fruit fly behavior for 11B. ** Essay: ** Trace the pathway in a flowering plant as the water moves from the soil through the tissues of the root, stem, and leaves to the atmosphere. Explain the mechanisms involved in conducting water through these tissues. =   = =  Test: Tues., 1/26 on chapters 45-49  =
 * AP Biology **
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** AP Biology ** 1/19/10-1/22/10 ** Reading: **  Chapters 47-49 Lab 11A (Kinesis in Pillbugs): Formal lab write up **DUE WEDS. 1/20** Follow the format on your formal lab write up sheet. Include in your write up: Observations and sketch of pillbug (p. 126 in manual) Data Table (p. 128) Graph 1.1 and analysis question (p. 129) Do Not need to include question on p. 130 All questions, data, and graph described on p. 131 =Test: Mon., 1/25 on chapters 45-49=
 * Weekly Assignment Sheet **
 * Homework: ** Homework packet **due Fri., 1/22** (handed out last week)
 * Labs: **
 * Presentation: ** Human impact on the environment, DUE Thurs.,1/21
 * No Essay—**short week

AP Biology Weekly Assignment Sheet 1/11/10-1/15/10 Reading: Chapter 45—Population Ecology and 46—Community Structure and Biodiversity We will complete through Chapter 49 by next Friday, 1/22, if you want to get a start on the reading over the long weekend. Chapter 45-49 is 100 pages total. Homework: Homework packet due Fri., 1/15 Labs: Hardy Weinberg labs (Genetic tasting papers and Teddy Grahams) due Weds., 1/13

Lab 11A (Kinesis in Pillbugs): Formal lab write up DUE WEDS. 1/20 Follow the format on your formal lab write up sheet. Include in your write up: Observations and sketch of pillbug (p. 126 in manual) Data Table (p. 128) Graph 1.1 and analysis question (p. 129) Do Not need to include question on p. 130 All questions, data, and graph described on p. 131

=Essay: Due Mon., 1/18= Discuss speciation, and how each of the following relate to speciation with examples: a) geographic barriers b) adaptive radiation c) polyploidy d) sexual selection Test: Chapters 16-18, Weds. 1/13 1/4/10-1/8/10 Reading: Chapter 17—Evidence of Evolution & Chapter 18—Process of Evolution Homework: Packet 17 & 18 DUE FRI. 1/8 Labs: Calculations for 6A (bacterial transformation) DUE THURS. 1/7 Lab 11A (Kinesis in Pillbugs): Formal lab write up DUE WEDS. 1/20 Follow the format on your formal lab write up sheet. Include in your write up: Observations and sketch of pillbug (p. 126 in manual) Data Table (p. 128) Graph 1.1 and analysis question (p. 129) Do Not need to include question on p. 130 All questions, data, and graph described on p. 131 Essay: DUE MON., 1/11 Evolution is one of the unifying concepts of modern biology.

a. Explain the mechanisms that lead to evolutionary change.

b. Describe how scientists use each of the following as evidence for evolution. (1) Bacterial resistance to antibiotics (2) Comparative biochemistry (3) The fossil record

AP Biology
Weekly Assignment Sheet 12/21/09-12/23/09 Test: Tues., 12/22, chapters 13-16—Make sure you understand your homework assignments and the overall process of making proteins from DNA. Population genetics lab DUE Mon., 1/4: Bring food Weds., 12/23: We’ll watch the movie //Darius Goes West// during lab and class, have a party, and won’t share with the Frenchies! (Well, //maybe// we’ll share with them…it is the holiday season…)
 * 1) Use the taste testing strips given to you to collect taste data from at least 10 subjects.
 * 2) For related subjects, make a pedigree chart showing relationship and phenotype. Use the customary pedigree symbols. You may show all three traits (PTC taste, sodium benzoate taste, and thiouria taste) on one pedigree by dividing each square or circle into thirds and including a key (see example below).

Have a wonderful break and enjoy your holiday!

AP Biology **Weekly Assignment Sheet** Reading: Chapter 16, Studying and Manipulating Genomes Reading Activity: Fill in graphic organizers and homework packets. Chapter 15—DUE Weds. 12/16 Chapter 16—DUE Fri. 12/18
 * 12/14/09-12/18/09**

Other homework: Answer questions on Click and Clone Mimi sheet. See page 210 in text. DUE Thurs, 12/17

Essay: No essay this week. We’ll use the time to tie up loose ends before break. Labs: Be sure lab manuals and notebooks are in the AP Bio box in room 205 for grading by 3:00 TUES, 12/15. Make sure you have: 1. Lab 4 completed in lab manual

2. DNA to Protein simulation completed and taped into lab notebook (the pop bead one).

3. Chi Square M&M lab completed and taped into lab notebook.


 * TEST: On chapters 13-16 on Tuesday, 12/22. Review session Monday per. J.**
 * Grades for interim reports end on Thurs. 12/17.**

Due Tues: Labs Due Weds: graphic organizer & homework for ch. 15 Due Thurs: Click and Clone Mimi questions Due Fri: graphic organizer & homework for ch. 16

Weekly Assignment
 * AP Biology**

= AP Biology = Weekly Assignment Sheet 12/7/09-12/11/09 (Chapter 15 is a review. This seemed to be a difficult topic, so we’ll revisit it this week)
 * Readings: ** Chapter 14, From DNA to Protein and Chapter 15, Controls Over Genes


 * Reading Activity DUE Fri, 12/11: ** Fill in Chapter 14 graphic organizer

Homework Packet DUE Fri, 12/11
nucleic acids and, using a specific example, explain how a new phenotypic characteristic may result from a change in DNA.
 * Essay Question DUE Mon, 12/14: ** Describe protein synthesis in terms of molecular structures of the

11/30/09-12/4/09 ** Reading: ** Chapter 13, DNA Structure and Function ** Reading Assignment DUE FRI, 12/4: ** While reading chapter 13, fill in DNA Structure and Function graphic organizer. ** Essay DUE FRI, 12/4: ** Experiments by the following scientists provided critical information concerning DNA. Describe each classical experiment and indicate how it provided evidence for the chemical nature of the gene. a. Hershey and Chase - bacteriophage replication b. Griffith and Avery - bacterial transformation c. Meselson and Stahl - DNA replication in bacteria