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"Never neglect an extraordinary appearance or happening."
     Alexander Fleming

Syllabus
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
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4/17:  Potometer Lab Investigation
Link:  Lab Report Guide
​Report Due 4/25.
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​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

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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..."
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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)
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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
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​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.
LIfe is wonderfully complicated.   Stay curious.  Be skeptical.    And above all, ask many questions!