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| | | | | August 1 - August 7Welcome to AP Biology!
Dianne Adams
2601 Shallowford Road, Marietta, GA 30066
(678) 494-7863
For extra help, students are encouraged to visit room 1307. Please see me for available times!
Important!!! If students are required to print out assignments or notes, these attachments are posted at the bottom of that week. Also, please note that all attachments will open in a new window, so turn off your pop-up blocker before opening them!Thursday, August 5
Turn in Summer Assignments, Course introduction, Discuss Learning Styles, Issue Book, Prep Guide, and Lab Book; Begin bookmarks
Homework: Complete Bookmark and "Water" Free Response Question; Print out Chapter 1 notes
Friday, August 6
Discuss Chapter 1: Themes, Characteristics of Life, Scientific Method, Discuss Water
Homework: Study for quiz on Chapters 1-3; Print out the notes for Chapter 4 and 5 by clicking on each powerpoint found at the bottom of next week's schedule - bring these with you to class on Monday! (Don't print out each slide on a new sheet of paper... that will take too much paper! Print out either the "outline form" or print 6-9 slides on a page. Those will be choices when you start to print!) | 
| | | | August 8 - August 14
Monday, August 9
Quiz on Chapters 1-3, Discuss Chapter 4
Homework: Review Chapters 4 and 5
Tuesday, August 10
Begin discussion of Chapter 5
Homework: Protein Printout (Search for a protein image - print it out and bring it to class - include on your image the name and function of the protein)
Wednesday, August 11
Present Proteins, Continue Chapter 5, "Build" a Protein
Homework: Review notes, Begin studying for Friday's Test
Thursday, August 12
Complete Chapter 5; Review for tomorrow's test
HW- Study Chapters 1-5
Friday, August 13
Major Test - Chapters 1-5
HW - Begin reading Chapter 6 and work on Cell Organelle Chart (this will be due Tuesday)
 Chapter 4 Powerpoint Powerpoint presentation- Chapter 5 Powerpoint Powerpoint presentation
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| | | | August 15 - August 21Monday, August 16
Discuss Cell Activity, Continue Work on Cell Organelle Chart
HW - Complete Cell Organelle Chart and Begin Working on your "new" organelle
Tuesday, August 17
Microscope Lab on Cells and Organelles
HW - Complete your new cell organelle
Wednesday, August 18
Students Present new Cell Organelles to the Class;
HW - Learn those cell parts! Study for quiz on Chap 6
Here is a good website to help: http://www.cellsalive.com/
Print out notes for Chapter 7 Powerpoint
Thursday, August 19
Quiz on Chapter 6; Discuss Required Lab expectations; Begin Chapter 7 - Cell Membrane and Transport
Homework: Bring POTATOES for Monday's Lab; PreLab for Lab 1 - Diffusion and Osmosis (Review your Lab Report sheet to know PreLab requirements!) The link for the pre-lab self-quiz is http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/labbench/
Begin reading Chap 7
Friday, August 20
Continue discussion of Cell Transport
Homework: Continue reading Chapter 7; Dress appropriately for Lab Monday!
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| | | | August 22 - August 28Monday, August 23
Begin Lab 1: Diffusion and Osmosis
Homework: Begin working on Lab Report
Tuesday, August 24
Complete Lab 1, Discuss Results
Homework: Print out notes for Chapter 8 Powerpoint; Complete Lab Report by Thursday
Wednesday, August 25 (ERD)
Complete Chapter 7 and Begin Chapter 8 - Discuss Free Energy, Energy Transfer and Thermodynamics
Homework: Begin reading Chapter 8; Complete Lab Report
Thursday, August 26
Continue discussion on Energy, Begin Enzymes
There are a few good animation sites for enzymes (here is one!)
http://www.lpscience.fatcow.com/jwanamaker/animations/Enzyme%20activity.html
HW: Review notes for energy quiz
Friday, August 27
Quiz on Energy; Complete discussion of Enzymes, Discuss Pre-Lab for Enzyme Catalysis (Lab 2)
HW: PreLab for Enzyme Catalysis Lab; Study Enzyme notes for Free Response on Monday! |
| | | This week | August 29 - September 4Monday, August 30
Free Response on Enzymes; Discuss and Grade Free Response in Class
Homework: Begin studying for Friday's Test on Chapters 6-8
Tuesday, August 31
Required College Board Lab #2: Enzyme Catalysis
Homework: Begin Lab Report; Continue studying for Test
Wednesday, September 1
Discuss Enzyme Lab Results; Extra "Mini" Enzyme Lab
Homework: Complete Lab Report (due Tuesday)
Thursday, September 2
TGT for Test Review
Homework: Study for tomorrow's test
Friday, September 3
Major Test on Chapters 6, 7, 8
Homework: Print out reading guide for Chapter 9; Print out notes from Cell Respiration Intro Powerpoint (see links below) and ENJOY your Labor Day!
(Don't forget that your Enzyme Lab is due Tuesday!)
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| | | | September 5 - September 11Monday, September 6
ENJOY your day off!!!!!
Tuesday, September 7
Begin Chapter 9 - Cell Respiration
Homework: Print out Cell Respiration Powerpoint notes from below - note that there are several - print them all! Continue reading guide for Chapter 9;
Wednesday, September 8
Continue discussion of Chapter 9
Homework: PreLab for Lab #5 - Cell Respiration
Thursday, September 9
Set up for Lab #5; Continue discussion of Chapter 9
Homework: Complete Reading Guide for Chapter 9
Friday, September 10
Lab #5 - Cellular Respiration
Homework: Begin Lab Report; Study for Quiz on Chapter 9
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| | | | September 12 - September 18 (Not available) |
| | | | September 19 - September 25 (Not available) |
| | | | September 26 - October 2 (Not available) |
| | | | October 3 - October 9 (Not available) |
| | | | October 10 - October 16 (Not available) |
| | | | October 17 - October 23 (Not available) |
| | | | October 24 - October 30 (Not available) |
| | | | October 31 - November 6 (Not available) |
| | | | November 7 - November 13 (Not available) |
| | | | November 14 - November 20 (Not available) |
| | | | November 21 - November 27 (Not available) |
| | | | November 28 - December 4 (Not available) |
| | | | December 5 - December 11 (Not available) |
| | | | December 12 - December 18Enjoy your first week of vacation! |
| | | | December 19 - December 25Enjoy your second week of vacation! |
| | | | December 26 - January 1Monday, January 4
Teacher Work Day
Tuesday, January 5
Defend Rankings of Bioethics Topics, Discuss Ethics in General, Evaluate Topics with Round 2!
Homework: Semester Exam Corrections
Wednesday, January 6
Discuss Chapter 26 - Phylogeny and the Tree of Life (Powerpoint from explorebiology.com site is attached - please scroll down)
Homework: Read Chapter 26
Thursday, January 7
Cladogram/Phylogenetic Tree Activity
Homework: Begin reading Chapter 27
Friday, January 8
SNOW Day! 
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| | | | January 2 - January 8Monday, January 11
Discuss Chapter 27
Homework: Bring candy for Antiobiotic lab!
Tuesday, January 12
Antibiotic Resistance lab
Homework: Read chapter 28
Wednesday, January 13
Work on Chapter 28 Assignments: Meet My Protist!
Homework: Complete assignment
Thursday, January 14
Students introduce their protists to the class! Begin Protist lab
Homework: Read Chapter 31- Fungi
Friday, January 15
Fungi Assignment
Homework: Study for Wednesday's Test on Chapters 26, 27, 28, 31 |
| | | | January 9 - January 15Monday, January 18
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
Tuesday, January 19
Complete Protist/Fungi Lab
Homework: Study for Test
Wednesday, January 20
Major Test on Chapters 26, 27, 28, 31
Homework: Read Chapter 32
Thursday, January 21
Begin Animals - Chapter 32
Homework: Continue working on Chapter 32
Friday, January 22
Continue Chapter 32
Homework: Complete Questions on Chapter 32, Bring a "mashable" food item and a Ziplock freezer bag
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| | | | January 16 - January 22Monday, January 25
DNA Extraction for Quantification lab
Homework: "Quick" Lab Write up
Tuesday, January 26
Quantify the extracted DNA
Homework: Complete Lab Write up
Wednesday, January 27
Begin Chapter 33 (Invertebrates)
Homework: Complete reading of chapter 33
Thursday, January 28
Begin Vertebrates (Chapter 34)
Homework: PreLab for Lab 11
Friday, January 29
Lab #11 (Animal Behavior)
Homework: Complete Lab Write up, Continue working on Vertebrate Chapter
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| | | | January 23 - January 29Monday, February 1
Eagle Video
Homework: Review Chapter 33
Tuesday, February 2
Continue Animal Presentations
Homework: Review Chapter 34
Wednesday, February 3
Complete Animal Presentations: Begin Animal Behavior
Homework: Begin reading Chapter 51 (Behavior)
Thursday, February 4
Continue Animal Behavior
Homework: Complete reading of Chapter 51
Friday, February 5
Complete Behavior
Homework: Find 10 behaviors this weekend that you can list and label as a behavior we discussed in class....
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| | | | January 30 - February 5Monday, February 8
Ape Genius Video (Link to Animal Behavior Powerpoint is below)
Homework: Study for Friday's Test, Check out web sites for dissections
Tuesday, February 9
Begin Dissections
Homework: Study for Animal Test
Wednesday, February 10
Continue Dissections
Homework: Continue studying for Animal Test
Thursday, February 11
Complete Dissections and Review for Animal Test
Homework: Study and Dissection Lab Report
Friday, February 12
Animal Test and Free Response
Homework: Animal Abstract
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| | | | February 6 - February 12Monday, February 15
President's Day Holiday!
Tuesday, February 16
Begin Plant Diversity Lab (Chapters 29-30)
Homework: Continue working on "home portion" of lab
Wednesday, February 17
Continue Plant Diversity Lab
Homework: Complete Lab
Thursday, February 18
Begin Chapter 35 and Plant Tissues Lab
Here is the link:
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/webb/Bot201/CellTissOrgan/201LabTypVascPlantTheme.htm
Use the link below for an intro powerpoint to the root, stem, and leaf (and the life cycle slides found towards the end are a nice review of your diversity lab):
http://biology.uta.edu/introlabs/1442/Susana%20Notes/Plant%20Div%20and%20Anat.pdf
Homework: Work on "home portion" of Plant Tissues Lab
Friday, February 19
Continue working on Plant Tissues Lab (We will resume with this lab for one more day after we complete Lab #6 next week...)
Homework: Do on-line lab for Lab #6 (bring printed results of self-quiz). You will be expected to participate in a graded discussion of Lab #6 and help with the set up Monday, so make sure you understand BOTH parts of the lab! Here is the link:
http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/labbench/ |
| | | | February 13 - February 19Monday, February 22
Discussion and Set up of Lab #6
Homework: Read and highlight handout of Lab #6A, Print out on-line diagram of Lab #6A
Tuesday, February 23
Lab #6 Part A
Homework: Begin Lab Report for Lab #6, Print out on-line diagram of Lab #6B
Wednesday, February 24
Lab #6 Part B
Homework: Begin Lab Report for Lab #6 due Monday
Thursday, February 25
Discuss Results of Lab 6
Homework: Begin lab #6 Lab Report (Due Monday, March 8, along with Lab #9)
Friday, February 26
Continue Plant Tissue Lab- Chapter 35
Homework: Bring 4 of the same plants, Pre-Lab for Lab 9 (This will be a different lab procedure from your lab book - I will give you the new lab handout); If you haven't already finished lab report for Lab 6, go ahead and do it! |
| | | | February 20 - February 26Monday, March 1
Set up Lab #9 (Transpiration)
Homework: Begin reading Chapter 36
Tuesday, March 2
Check plants and discuss Transpiration
Homework: Continue reading Chapter 36
Wednesday, March 3
Check plants, Discuss Chapter 37
Homework: Read Chapter 37
Thursday, March 4
Check plants, Begin discussion of Chapter 38
Homework: Begin reading Chapter 38, Bring a flower, Plant tissue lab due tomorrow!
Friday, March 5
Check plants, Flower Dissection lab
Homework: Lab Report for Lab #9 due Monday; Continue reading Chapter 38
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| | | | February 27 - March 5Monday, March 8
Frog Dissections with students from Shallowford Falls Elementary!
Homework: Bring a fruit for tomorrow's lab
Tuesday, March 9
Fruit and Seed Lab
Homework: Complete Lab
Wednesday, March 10
Work on Plant Hormone Want Ad
Homework: Complete "Want Ad" and begin reading Chapter 39
Thursday, March 11
Present Plant Hormone Want Ads, Discuss Chapter 39
Homework: Complete Chapter 39
Friday, March 12
Frog Dissections with Shallowford Road's second group of students!
Homework: Study for Tuesday's Plant Test (Bring your Test Prep Guides with you Monday!)
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| | | | March 6 - March 12Monday, March 15
Review for Plant Test
Homework: STUDY for Plant Test
Tuesday, March 16
Plant Test
Homework: Study for Plant Free Response; Begin reading Chapter 52 (Ecology)
Wednesday, March 17
Plant Free Response; Begin Ecology (Chapter 52)
Homework: Read Chapter 53
Thursday, March 18
Discuss Populations; Population Labs
Homework: Read Chapter 54
Friday, March 19
Discuss Communities
Homework: Pre Lab for Lab #12
(Juniors, look over your summaries for the science portion of the GHSGT! - Good luck next week!)
Powerpoints for the Ecology unit are from Glenbrook South AP Biology Powerpoints (I have changed them a bit!) |
| | | | March 13 - March 19Monday, March 22
Lab #12 Set Up
Homework: Read Chapter 55
Tuesday, March 23
Lab #12 Results and Discussion
Homework: Lab Write Up Due Thursday
Wednesday, March 24
Discuss Ecosystems and Complete Discussion of Lab #12
Homework: Read Chapter 56; Lab Write up due tomorrow
Thursday, March 25
Discuss Conservation and Review for Tomorrow's Test
Homework: Study for tomorrow's Ecology Test
Friday, March 26
Major Test on Ecology (Chapters 52-56)
Homework: Begin reading Chapter 40
Powerpoints partially obtained from the Glenbrook South High School Website
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| | | | March 20 - March 26Monday, March 29
Anatomy Intro, Begin Animal Tissue Lab (You will complete it Friday)
Homework: Self quiz printout for Lab #10 - Here's the website:
http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/labbench/index.html
Continue reading Chapter 40
Tuesday, March 30
Begin Lab #10
Homework: Begin Anatomy Chapters
Wednesday, March 31
Continue Lab #10
Homework: Begin lab Write-up for Circulatory Lab
Thursday, April 1
Complete Lab #10; Introduce Anatomy Project; Draw for choices
Homework: Begin Anatomy Project
Friday, April 2
Complete Animal Tissue Lab; Anatomy work
Homework: Work on Anatomy Project (due Tuesday after Spring Break); Lab #10 Write up will be due Friday after Spring Break!
Enjoy Spring Break!!! We'll need to begin morning/afternoon review sessions after spring break!!!!!! |
| | | | March 27 - April 2Monday, April 5- Friday, April 9
Enjoy Spring Break! |
| | | | April 3 - April 9Monday, April 12
Continue working on Anatomy Projects or Tissue Lab
Homework: Working Models and Handouts are due tomorrow (Tuesday). We will begin our presentations on Wednesday!
Tuesday, April 13
Turn in Working Models and Handouts; Discuss Chapter 47 - Animal Development; Begin Anatomy Chapters in Prep Guide
Homework: Get Presentations ready - they will begin tomorrow!
Wednesday, April 14 - Friday, April 16
Anatomy Presentations
Homework: Continue working on Anatomy Chapters in Prep Guide; Lab #10 is due Friday!
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| | | | April 10 - April 16Monday, April 19 - Friday, April 23
Continue Anatomy Presentations
Homework: Abstract due Monday, "Practice" Practice Test!
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| | | | April 17 - April 23Monday, April 26 - Tuesday, April 27
Review Anatomy Presentations (click on the link at the bottom of this week to see the powerpoint for reviewing!) and Cell Communication Power Point (this is a powerpoint from your textboook publishers, so it's lengthy!)
Homework: Study for Tomorrow's Practice Exam (It WILL count as a test grade!)
Wednesday, April 28 and Thursday, April 29
Practice Exam (This DOES count as a test grade!)
Homework: Continue studying!!!
Friday, April 30
Yearbook Day/Honors Day
Homework: Interpret Practice Exam scores and STUDY for AP Biology Exam!!!!!
Sophomores, here's a link to the Ga DOE guide: (It's 98 pages long, so I'd look at it online rather than print it!)
http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/DMGetDocument.aspx/EOCT%20Biology%20Study%20Guide%20August%202008.pdf?p=6CC6799F8C1371F67855208719B00746793113FFB8C45A280DDC416012390B0E&Type=Dstudy here's
Here is the USA Test Prep Web Site (to also help review for your EOCT)
www.usatestprep.com
User name is Lassiter
Password is Newton96
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| | | | April 24 - April 30Monday, May 3 - Tuesday, May 4
EOCT for sophomores; Alternative assignment for juniors and seniors
EOCT test prep site is http://www.usatestprep.com
Homework: Continue studying!
Wednesday, May 5
Review for Exam!
Homework: STUDY!
Thursday, May 6 - Friday, May 7
Final review for Exam
Homework: STUDY, STUDY, STUDY!!!!! Don't forget breakfast in my room at 7am on Monday! |
| | | | May 1 - May 7Monday, May 10
AP BIOLOGY EXAM!!!!
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