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Apr 24
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  • AP Biology second semester lab quiz next Thursday; topics in Google Classroom
  • Heredity PPT for illustrative examples on website
  • Exam Strategy Part 2: Time allocation
  • Math concept: HW Equilibrium
  • Test conditions
  • Unit 1 review
Apr 16
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  • Day 1 of Animal Behavior presentations
  • Animal Behavior lab quiz on Friday; know: Fruit fly behaviors, know the difference between spatial learning and associative learning and be able to provide an example from your lab or the course content, describe what an ethogram is used for, describe a taxi that you observed during your lab
  • Math concept: HW Equilibrium
  • AP Exam conditions
Apr 15
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  • Unit 8 exam: Ecology; 43 mcqs
  • Animal Behavior lab quiz on Friday; know: Fruit fly behaviors, know the difference between spatial learning and associative learning and be able to provide an example from your lab or the course content, describe what an ethogram is used for, describe a taxi that you observed during your lab
Apr 10
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  • Career Day presentation: Geneticist
  • Speaker: Joseph Shen
  • Review Course Description for Ecology unit (5 & 6 period only)
  • FRQ practice (periods 5 & 6 only)
Apr 08
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  • Continue Chapter 42
  • Ecology Unit exam this Wednesday April 15th; 50 m.c. in AP Classroom
  • Tutoring for the exam will be on Tuesday next week (4/14)
  • Semester 2 final exam Tuesday and Wednesday April 21st and 22nd; tutoring after school on Monday (4/20) and Tuesday (4/21) for test-specific content
  • Animal Behavior lab due next Wednesday by 8 p.m.; presentation to begin on Thursday based on random selection.
Apr 06
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  • Continue Chapter 42
  • Mock AP exam this Saturday
  • Zoo trip this Sunday
  • Ecology Unit exam Wednesday April 15th; 50 m.c.
  • Semester 2 final exam next Tuesday and Wednesday April 21st and 22nd; tutoring after school on Monday (4/20) and Tuesday (4/21) for test-specific content
Mar 25
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  • Complete Chapter 41
  • Begin Chapter 40
  • Zoo assessment
  • Pill Bug assessment
  • Mock AP exam dates: 4/11 9 am-1 pm (3 hours for testing, 1 for grading)
Mar 12
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  • Video: Sickle cell disease (13 min); during the video, take note of the significance of the symptoms, how it is passed from parent to offspring, and what is the genetic nature of the disease
  • Video: Greatest Discoveries in Evolution; on a separate piece of paper, write down the discovery, who made it, and what the significance is to the theory of evolution
Mar 11
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  • Complete Chapter 25
  • Review Gene Expression mc
  • Review Course Description objectives and Illustrative Examples
  • Natural Selection unit exam on Monday March 16th
Mar 03
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  • Hardy Weinberg lab due today by 7 pm in Google Classroom: follow instructions in lab manual posted on the wcscience password protected part of the website
  • Hardy-Weinberg lab quiz tomorrow
  • Begin Chapter 24
  • Hardy-Weinberg problem set due Thursday
Mar 02
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  • Hardy Weinberg Lab due Wednesday by 7 pm in Google Classroom
  • Hardy-Weinberg Lab quiz on Wednesday; know: functions of commands used in Excel (e.g.s IF, SUM, RAND, CONCATENTATE, etc.), definitions (e.g.s allele frequency, concatenate, null hypothesis, etc.)
  • Hardy Weinberg problem set; due Thursday
Feb 27
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  • BLAST Lab quiz; be sure to record version number to ensure proper credit
  • Continue Chapter 23 summary
  • Begin Hardy Weinberg lab: follow instructions in lab manual posted on the wcscience password protected part of the website
  • Hardy-Weinberg Lab quiz on Wednesday; know: functions of commands used in Excel (e.g.s IF, SUM, RAND, CONCATENTATE, etc.), definitions (e.g.s allele frequency, concatenate, null hypothesis, etc.)
Feb 26
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  • Complete Chapter 22 summary
  • Begin Chapter 23 summary
  • BLAST lab due tomorrow by 7 pm submitted via Google Classroom
  • BLAST Lab quiz tomorrow; know: how to interpret a BLAST query, how to construct a cladogram given morphological or gene data, how to read a cladogram or table
Feb 25
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  • Complete Chapter 18
  • Begin Chapter 22
  • BLAST Lab quiz on Friday; know: how to interpret a BLAST query, how to construct a cladogram given morphological or gene data, how to read a cladogram or table
  • Continue work on BLAST lab (last day for class time)
Feb 24
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  • BLAST lab day 2; due Tuesday by 7 pm submitted via Google classroom
  • Submission must follow the guidelines in the lab manual and Google Classroom
  • Include snapshots in Word document
  • Complete Chapter 19
Feb 23
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  • Complete Chapter 19
  • BLAST lab day 1; due Friday by 7 pm submitted via Google Classroom
  • Submission must follow the guidelines in the lab manual and on the wcscience website
  • Include photos in Word document
Feb 18
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  • Complete Chapter 19 summary
  • Evidence for evolution
  • Plickers
  • Gene expression and regulation exam Friday: 45 multiple choice questions
  • Tutoring today after school 3:35-4:35
Feb 17
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  • Greatest Discoveries in Genetics; while viewing video, write down the discover, who made it, and what was its contribution to genetics
  • Correct FRQ from Friday
Feb 12
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  • Gel Electrophoresis lab test tomorrow; know: properties of DNA relevant to this lab, purpose of the gel and buffer solution
  • Continue Chapter 18
  • Analyze FRQ
  • Practice FRQ
Jan 30
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  • Complete Chapter 17 (Chapter 19 in class set); review lytic and lysogenic cycles, prions, viroids
  • Virus demo
  • Review Chapter 4: compare and contrast prokaryote and eukaryote cells
  • Begin Chapter 24
Jan 29
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  • Transformation lab quiz
  • Continue Chapter 14 summary
  • Begin Chapter 17
  • Molecular Genetics vocabulary quiz Monday February 2nd; word list is posted in Resources folder in Google Classroom
Jan 28
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  • Transformation lab Day 2; check plates and see if they have transformed using UV lights
  • Transformation lab quiz tomorrow; Know: function of plasmids, definitions, results from lab, evidence that supports the results, materials from lab
  • Chapter 14 summary
Jan 26
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  • Complete Chapter 13
  • Begin Chapter 14
  • Create a historical timeline for the discovery of DNA (starting with T.H. Morgan and ending with Meselson and Stahl); due tomorrow; submission must be typed and printed
Jan 23
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  • Continue Chapter 13
  • Create a historical timeline for the discovery of DNA (starting with T.H. Morgan and ending with Meselson and Stahl); due Tuesday January 27th
Jan 22
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  • Chapter 13 summary
  • Create a historical timeline for the discovery of DNA (starting with T.H. Morgan and ending with Meselson and Stahl); due Tuesday January 27th