5/15: Review Week
Revision Slides
Design proposals Due.
5/11: Interactions in ecosystems
Video: "Whale Fall."
Video: How whales change climate
Video: Using algal blooms to combat climate change
5/9: Ecosystems interactions and energy
Slides
Link: Mesocosms
Link: Mesocosms: Spivak Lab-Woods Hole
Video: Spivak Lab-Woods Hole
Homework: Read pp. 213-219.
Mesocosm design proposal
5/5: Climate impacts on Ocean Systems
Slides
Link: Bleaching at the Great Barrier Reef (April 2017)
Video 1: Carbon Monitoring at Mauna Loa Laboratory
Video 2: Bleaching at the Great Barrier Reef (March 2017)
Video 2: Coral Reef Resistance to warming
Homework: Read pp. 201-212.
Answer questions (linked here).
Quiz 5/9: Topics 4.1, 4.3, 4.4.
Extra: HHMI Holiday lecture series (Palumbi research on coral reefs)
Extra: Other impacts of climate change on coastal regions
Extra: The importance of zooplankton in marine food webs
Extra: Our acidifying oceans (an interactive exploration of the issue)
5/1: Climate Change
Slides
Video 1: Carbon Dioxide Monitoring
Video 2: History of the Keeling Curve
Video 3: Methane Research
Homework: Read Text pp. 234-238
Read: Common Misconceptions about climate change
Reflect: Write a brief reflection in response to the reading that details:
1. Something new that you learned.
2. Something that surprised you.
3. Something you would like to know more about.
4/27: Introduction to the Carbon Cycle
Activity Link: Carbon Cycle in Lodgepole Pine Forest
Video: Pollination
Video: A year in carbon dioxide (Earth)
Animation: Carbon Cycle
Homework: Read text pp. 220-233
Watch: TEDed Carbon cycle
Do: DBQ p. 221, 222, 224 (check answers)
Extra: Global Weirding (What can just one person do?)
4/25: Plant Reproduction
Video: TED talk Flowers
Slides
Link: What is pollination?
Video: Flower Dissection
Lab Report Due
Homework: Read pp. 429-436.
Answer: Google Form questions (linked here)
4/21: Plant Adaptations and Growth
Link: Article-Plant hormones and food security
Slides
Video: Auxin and Phototropism
Extra: Interactive on role of hormones in plants
Extra: Hormones in plants
4/19: Potometer Lab Investigation
Homework: Read pp. 409-410.
Link: Research article on stomata and soil salts
Link: Resource on water movement in plants
Extra Video: Water potential
4/17: Potometer Lab Investigation
Link: Lab Report Guide
Report Due 4/25.
4/13: Potometer Lab Planning Session
4/11: Exam (2.9, 8.3, 9.1, 9.2)
4/7: Putting it all together: Revision
4/5: Movement from Source to sink: translocation of sugars in plants
Slides
Slides: Identifying xylem and phloem from micrographs
Link: Transportation of materials in plants
Link: Animation-transportation of materials in plants (no narration)
Link: Pressure flow hypothesis
Homework: Complete Phloem translocation experiments worksheet (due 4/7).
4/3: Plant Structures (Introduction)
Quiz photosynthesis (Topic 2.9-8.3)
Slides
Link: Stomata casting
Homework: Read pp. 412-417.
Watch: Transport in plants
Answer google form questions linked here-due 4/5.
Extras: Overview of photosynthesis labs (Bozeman Science)
Floating leaf disc assay (Bozeman Science)
3/30: Light-independent reactions
Read pp. 395-400
Watch: Video overview photosynthesis
Answer google form questions linked here-due 4/3
3/28: Investigation lab-limiting factors and photosynthesis
Review sections 2.9 and 8.3 (light-dependent reactions)
Complete Lab Reflection form. (due 3/30).
3/24: Rate limiting factors on photosynthesis-lab exploration
video: Where does the mass of a tree come from?
Resource: Measuring the rate of photosynthesis
Slides
Homework: read pp. 389-394
Answer google form questions (linked here)-due 3/28
3/22: Photosynthesis and Photopigments
Link: Video-photosynthesis overview
Link: Slides
Link: Light and photopigments
Link: Lab activity-analysis of photopigments by chromatography
Homework: Complete the following pages: (due 3/24)
1. Rf calculation
2. Process of photosynthesis
3/20: Introduction to photosynthesis
Link: Slides
Investigate:
1. Artificial leaves
2. Using plants to generate electricity
3. Photosynthetic, sap sucking sea slugs
4. Pea aphids act like plants
5. Using lasers to map forests in 3D
Homework: Read pp. 129-138
Answer: Google form questions (linked here)-due 3/22
3/11-3/19: Spring Break
3/1: Instructions for classwork 3/1-3/6
2/27: Quiz
2/23: ATP and Cellular Respiration
Slides
Link: Better foods through fermentation
Link: Practice interactive-respiration/photosynthesis
In class activity: carbon skeletons
Homework: Read pp. 380-388. Study against class notes. Review for quiz. Use Biozone "ATP/Respiration" as a review tool. This will be collected on Exam day (3/9).
Extra: Click and learn review
Extra: Glycolysis (the rap) "Come on sugar..."
2/21: Metabolism
Slides
Link: PDB Catalase Enzyme
Homework: Read pp. 122-129
Watch: Crash Course ATP and Respiration
DO: questions on google form (linked here)
2/17: Enzymes: mechanisms of inhibition
Slides: Enzymes-inhibition
Link: Video-NOVA origami and design
Homework: Read pp. 369-371
Read pp. 374-379
Biozone Questions (due 2/21).
2/15: Enzymes-data analysis
Link: Slides (with data practice questions)
2/13: Enzymes-introductory lab exploration
Link: Slides
Link: Lab Activity
Homework: DBQ p. 100-101 (due Wed. 2/15)
2/9: Enzymes
Link: Slides-enzymes
Link: Video-tedED activation energy
Video-tedED enzyme mechanisms
Video-Molecular machines
2/7: Introduction to proteins
Link: proteins overview (video)
Link: 3D visualization amino acids
Link: Fold-it (using a game to predict structures)
Link: Visualizing structures in 3D (TED)
Link: Amino Acid side chain chart
Link: Student handout 1
Student handout 2
Student handout 3
Homework: learn the basic structure of an amino acid and draw the formation of a peptide bond.
Read: pp. 96-105
2/3: Global nutrition: an exploration
Link: Slide show (2nd period)
Slide show (3rd period)
Slide show (4th period)
Link: Instructions for the assignment
Extra resource: Spin the plate
Homework: Review text pages 87-95.
1/30: Data analysis
Quiz: 2.1-2.3.
Link: Nutritional fact labels:calorimeter lab
Link: Class Data (google)
Link: Class data (xcel)
Link: Statistics in IB biology
Link: Graphing in Biology
Extra: Calculating student's T-test
Homework: read text pp. 87-95 (due 2/3)
Complete Biozone packet (due 2/3)
Perform T-test comparing sweet potato to nut
1/26: Lab investigation (Calorimetry)
Link: Lab Slides
Link: Calories
Homework: Lab reflection. Extra: video- Calculating calories in food
Study for the Quiz
Watch: Calculating a Student's T-test
Extra: Solution to the seabird mystery
1/24: Lipids
Link: Video clip 1 (sea birds)
Link: Video clip 2 (sea birds)
Link: Slides (Lipids-general)
Link: Slides (BMI and nomograms)
Link: Calorimeter Lab Procedure
Link: In class modeling activity (lipids)
Homework: Study for Quiz
Review calculations for Calorimetry lab
1/20: Carbohydrates and lipids
Link: Slides
Link: Article 1- HFCS and obesity
Link: Article 2-HFCS and obesity
Homework: DBQ 79, 81
Quiz 1/26 (2.1-2.3)
1/18: JMOL Guided Inquiry: carbohydrates
Link: Activity
Link: slideshow (2D molecules)
Homework: Lipids-Read text pp 77-85
Complete Packet questions Sections 45-46
1/17: Carbohydrates
Link: Slides-carbohydrates to lipids
Link: Video-carbohydrates
Homework: Practice drawing carbohydrates and study the structures of dissaccharides (in slide show)
1/12: Water Chemistry and Metabolism
Link: Slides (water chemistry)
Link: Exploration of water chemistry (models)
Link: Search for life on Titan.
Link: Titan atmosphere
Homework: Review textbook pp. 74-75
Complete handout comparing methane to water (sent through managebac)
1/10: Carbon Chemistry and Biomolecule Overview
Link: Video-Can science explain the origins of life?
Slides: Chemistry of Carbon
Slides: Drawing Carbon-based Molecules
Review: Chemical bonding
Extra: Biological Molecules (video)
Homework: Review Text pp. 66, 71.
Prepare infographic showing major differences between carbohydrates, lipids and proteins.
1/6: Introduction to Organic Chemistry
Link: Slides (Origins of Organic chemistry)
Link: Microbiome Research (systems biology)
Link: What is the microbiome? (intro TED ed)
Microbiome (TED)
Homework: Read text pp. 68-77
Read and answer Handout sections 39-44
1/4: Review-Journey through a cell.
Bathysphere Challenge.
Homework: Read text pp. 61-67
Read handout section 38.
Revision Slides
Design proposals Due.
5/11: Interactions in ecosystems
Video: "Whale Fall."
Video: How whales change climate
Video: Using algal blooms to combat climate change
5/9: Ecosystems interactions and energy
Slides
Link: Mesocosms
Link: Mesocosms: Spivak Lab-Woods Hole
Video: Spivak Lab-Woods Hole
Homework: Read pp. 213-219.
Mesocosm design proposal
5/5: Climate impacts on Ocean Systems
Slides
Link: Bleaching at the Great Barrier Reef (April 2017)
Video 1: Carbon Monitoring at Mauna Loa Laboratory
Video 2: Bleaching at the Great Barrier Reef (March 2017)
Video 2: Coral Reef Resistance to warming
Homework: Read pp. 201-212.
Answer questions (linked here).
Quiz 5/9: Topics 4.1, 4.3, 4.4.
Extra: HHMI Holiday lecture series (Palumbi research on coral reefs)
Extra: Other impacts of climate change on coastal regions
Extra: The importance of zooplankton in marine food webs
Extra: Our acidifying oceans (an interactive exploration of the issue)
5/1: Climate Change
Slides
Video 1: Carbon Dioxide Monitoring
Video 2: History of the Keeling Curve
Video 3: Methane Research
Homework: Read Text pp. 234-238
Read: Common Misconceptions about climate change
Reflect: Write a brief reflection in response to the reading that details:
1. Something new that you learned.
2. Something that surprised you.
3. Something you would like to know more about.
4/27: Introduction to the Carbon Cycle
Activity Link: Carbon Cycle in Lodgepole Pine Forest
Video: Pollination
Video: A year in carbon dioxide (Earth)
Animation: Carbon Cycle
Homework: Read text pp. 220-233
Watch: TEDed Carbon cycle
Do: DBQ p. 221, 222, 224 (check answers)
Extra: Global Weirding (What can just one person do?)
4/25: Plant Reproduction
Video: TED talk Flowers
Slides
Link: What is pollination?
Video: Flower Dissection
Lab Report Due
Homework: Read pp. 429-436.
Answer: Google Form questions (linked here)
4/21: Plant Adaptations and Growth
Link: Article-Plant hormones and food security
Slides
Video: Auxin and Phototropism
Extra: Interactive on role of hormones in plants
Extra: Hormones in plants
4/19: Potometer Lab Investigation
Homework: Read pp. 409-410.
Link: Research article on stomata and soil salts
Link: Resource on water movement in plants
Extra Video: Water potential
4/17: Potometer Lab Investigation
Link: Lab Report Guide
Report Due 4/25.
4/13: Potometer Lab Planning Session
4/11: Exam (2.9, 8.3, 9.1, 9.2)
4/7: Putting it all together: Revision
4/5: Movement from Source to sink: translocation of sugars in plants
Slides
Slides: Identifying xylem and phloem from micrographs
Link: Transportation of materials in plants
Link: Animation-transportation of materials in plants (no narration)
Link: Pressure flow hypothesis
Homework: Complete Phloem translocation experiments worksheet (due 4/7).
4/3: Plant Structures (Introduction)
Quiz photosynthesis (Topic 2.9-8.3)
Slides
Link: Stomata casting
Homework: Read pp. 412-417.
Watch: Transport in plants
Answer google form questions linked here-due 4/5.
Extras: Overview of photosynthesis labs (Bozeman Science)
Floating leaf disc assay (Bozeman Science)
3/30: Light-independent reactions
Read pp. 395-400
Watch: Video overview photosynthesis
Answer google form questions linked here-due 4/3
3/28: Investigation lab-limiting factors and photosynthesis
Review sections 2.9 and 8.3 (light-dependent reactions)
Complete Lab Reflection form. (due 3/30).
3/24: Rate limiting factors on photosynthesis-lab exploration
video: Where does the mass of a tree come from?
Resource: Measuring the rate of photosynthesis
Slides
Homework: read pp. 389-394
Answer google form questions (linked here)-due 3/28
3/22: Photosynthesis and Photopigments
Link: Video-photosynthesis overview
Link: Slides
Link: Light and photopigments
Link: Lab activity-analysis of photopigments by chromatography
Homework: Complete the following pages: (due 3/24)
1. Rf calculation
2. Process of photosynthesis
3/20: Introduction to photosynthesis
Link: Slides
Investigate:
1. Artificial leaves
2. Using plants to generate electricity
3. Photosynthetic, sap sucking sea slugs
4. Pea aphids act like plants
5. Using lasers to map forests in 3D
Homework: Read pp. 129-138
Answer: Google form questions (linked here)-due 3/22
3/11-3/19: Spring Break
3/1: Instructions for classwork 3/1-3/6
2/27: Quiz
2/23: ATP and Cellular Respiration
Slides
Link: Better foods through fermentation
Link: Practice interactive-respiration/photosynthesis
In class activity: carbon skeletons
Homework: Read pp. 380-388. Study against class notes. Review for quiz. Use Biozone "ATP/Respiration" as a review tool. This will be collected on Exam day (3/9).
Extra: Click and learn review
Extra: Glycolysis (the rap) "Come on sugar..."
2/21: Metabolism
Slides
Link: PDB Catalase Enzyme
Homework: Read pp. 122-129
Watch: Crash Course ATP and Respiration
DO: questions on google form (linked here)
2/17: Enzymes: mechanisms of inhibition
Slides: Enzymes-inhibition
Link: Video-NOVA origami and design
Homework: Read pp. 369-371
Read pp. 374-379
Biozone Questions (due 2/21).
2/15: Enzymes-data analysis
Link: Slides (with data practice questions)
2/13: Enzymes-introductory lab exploration
Link: Slides
Link: Lab Activity
Homework: DBQ p. 100-101 (due Wed. 2/15)
2/9: Enzymes
Link: Slides-enzymes
Link: Video-tedED activation energy
Video-tedED enzyme mechanisms
Video-Molecular machines
2/7: Introduction to proteins
Link: proteins overview (video)
Link: 3D visualization amino acids
Link: Fold-it (using a game to predict structures)
Link: Visualizing structures in 3D (TED)
Link: Amino Acid side chain chart
Link: Student handout 1
Student handout 2
Student handout 3
Homework: learn the basic structure of an amino acid and draw the formation of a peptide bond.
Read: pp. 96-105
2/3: Global nutrition: an exploration
Link: Slide show (2nd period)
Slide show (3rd period)
Slide show (4th period)
Link: Instructions for the assignment
Extra resource: Spin the plate
Homework: Review text pages 87-95.
1/30: Data analysis
Quiz: 2.1-2.3.
Link: Nutritional fact labels:calorimeter lab
Link: Class Data (google)
Link: Class data (xcel)
Link: Statistics in IB biology
Link: Graphing in Biology
Extra: Calculating student's T-test
Homework: read text pp. 87-95 (due 2/3)
Complete Biozone packet (due 2/3)
Perform T-test comparing sweet potato to nut
1/26: Lab investigation (Calorimetry)
Link: Lab Slides
Link: Calories
Homework: Lab reflection. Extra: video- Calculating calories in food
Study for the Quiz
Watch: Calculating a Student's T-test
Extra: Solution to the seabird mystery
1/24: Lipids
Link: Video clip 1 (sea birds)
Link: Video clip 2 (sea birds)
Link: Slides (Lipids-general)
Link: Slides (BMI and nomograms)
Link: Calorimeter Lab Procedure
Link: In class modeling activity (lipids)
Homework: Study for Quiz
Review calculations for Calorimetry lab
1/20: Carbohydrates and lipids
Link: Slides
Link: Article 1- HFCS and obesity
Link: Article 2-HFCS and obesity
Homework: DBQ 79, 81
Quiz 1/26 (2.1-2.3)
1/18: JMOL Guided Inquiry: carbohydrates
Link: Activity
Link: slideshow (2D molecules)
Homework: Lipids-Read text pp 77-85
Complete Packet questions Sections 45-46
1/17: Carbohydrates
Link: Slides-carbohydrates to lipids
Link: Video-carbohydrates
Homework: Practice drawing carbohydrates and study the structures of dissaccharides (in slide show)
1/12: Water Chemistry and Metabolism
Link: Slides (water chemistry)
Link: Exploration of water chemistry (models)
Link: Search for life on Titan.
Link: Titan atmosphere
Homework: Review textbook pp. 74-75
Complete handout comparing methane to water (sent through managebac)
1/10: Carbon Chemistry and Biomolecule Overview
Link: Video-Can science explain the origins of life?
Slides: Chemistry of Carbon
Slides: Drawing Carbon-based Molecules
Review: Chemical bonding
Extra: Biological Molecules (video)
Homework: Review Text pp. 66, 71.
Prepare infographic showing major differences between carbohydrates, lipids and proteins.
1/6: Introduction to Organic Chemistry
Link: Slides (Origins of Organic chemistry)
Link: Microbiome Research (systems biology)
Link: What is the microbiome? (intro TED ed)
Microbiome (TED)
Homework: Read text pp. 68-77
Read and answer Handout sections 39-44
1/4: Review-Journey through a cell.
Bathysphere Challenge.
Homework: Read text pp. 61-67
Read handout section 38.