AP+BIOLOGY

GENERAL REFERENCE - CURRICULUM - TEXTBOOK WEBSITE

ACCESS Test preparation materials here
Material presented in class || Interactions of Life ||
 * 4 Big Ideas ||  || LINKS ||   || Unit 1 resources Evolution of Life ||   || Unit 3 resources Maintaining Life ||   || Student Led Discussions
 * Project Groups ||  ||   ||   || Unit 2 resources Energy in Life ||   || Unit 4 resources  Information for Life ||   || Unit 5 resources

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DUE Friday May 9th - Lab Notebook (see pic below) Combined Photosynthesis & Respiration lab report (see pic below) & Plant Packet





4 BIG IDEAS in BIOLOGY - the class focuses on these principles:
 * 1) The process of evolution drives the diversity and unity of life.
 * 2) Biological systems utilize free energy and molecular building blocks to grow, to reproduce, and to maintain dynamic homeostasis.
 * 3) Living systems store, retrieve, transmit, and respond to information essential to life processes.
 * 4) Biological systems interact, and these systems and their interactions possess complex properties.

OR 1. EVOLUTION, 2. ENERGY, 3. INFORMATION, 4. INTERACTION OR just E2, I2 This is a reference sheet you will be given when taking the AP Biology exam in May.

UNIT 5 - INTERACTIONS of Life

 Khan Academy video on [|PHOTORESPIRATION]

UNIT 4 - INFORMATION for Life
Notes on Selective Pressures related to Animal Behavior Here is the link to Finch Species and the Notes on animal senses Circadian Rhythms: 1. Survey - Are you a Morning person or Evening person? 2. Watch this animation on the //Drosophila// Molecular Clock Model and this animation on the mammalian model. 3. Visit this website to explore the role of feedback in the "lifecycle" of a virus. Article on HSV infection (for further reference)

UNIT 3 - Maintaining Life
For Wed. 12/18 - we will do a practice essay. Here is the question: A difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes is seen in the organization of their genetic material. a. DISCUSS the organization of the genetic material in prokaryotes and eukaryotes b. CONTRAST the following activities in prokaryotes and eukaryotes You asked: From Objective 3A: Phenotypes are determined through protein activities. DNA replication ensures continuity of hereditary information. i. Replication is a semiconservative process; that is, one strand serves as the template for a new, complementary strand. ii. Replication requires DNA polymerase plus many other essential cellular enzymes, occurs bidirectionally, and differs in the production of the leading and lagging strands.
 * Replication of DNA
 * Transcription or translation
 * Gene regulation
 * Cell division
 * Using Chapter 3 & Chapter 6 - What are examples of specific genes that are linked to specific phenotypes? How are these physical traits formed during development. What is the effect of a gene versus the effect of a protein (the product of gene expression)

KNOW these enzymes & their functions: DNA polymerase, ligase, RNA polymerase, helicase and topoisomerase

See these animations: 1. DNA Replication 2. Transcription & Translation 3. Cloning FOR Friday - complete the worksheet using this click & learn activity Use this website to complete the Scavenger Hunt

Unit 2 - ENERGY for Life
11/14 Notes 11/5 - 11/6 Notes & Assignment Use the Cell Cycle Game to fill in the protein names and role in regulating cell division - here is what you should know: 3A.2: The cell cycle is a complex set of stages that is highly regulated with checkpoints, which determine the ultimate fate of the cell. > ✘✘ Knowledge of any one cyclin-CdK pair or growth factor is beyond the scope of the course and the AP Exam. Cell Cycle Notes: ASSIGNMENT for Monday 10/28/13 Notes & links Cell organelles & glycoproteins (10/10/13) Bonnie Bassler lecture - pay specific attention to 8 through 21 Here are the links for class today (10/8/13):
 * Interphase consists of three phases: growth, synthesis of DNA, preparation for mitosis.
 * Mitosis alternates with interphase in the cell cycle.
 * The cell cycle is directed by internal controls or checkpoints. Internal and external signals provide stop-and-go signs at the checkpoints.
 * When a cell specializes, it often enters into a stage where it no longer divides, but it can reenter the cell cycle when given appropriate cues. Nondividing cells may exit the cell cycle; or hold at a particular stage in the cell cycle.
 * Cancer results from disruptions in cell cycle control
 * Cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases control the cell cycle.
 * Summarize how bacteria know when they are in a crowd.
 * Look at chapter 27 (p.556-560); answer questions #1 & 2 on p. 560
 * Basic biochemistry - []
 * Animations - []
 * Chemical bonding review - []
 * Activity on Molecular Self-assembly - []
 * More Biochemistry - []

UNIT 1 - EVOLUTION of Life
Membrane Animations: 1. Membrane Components 2. Action Potentials 3. Taste Perception TRY THIS activity - draw the final cladogram to turn in. More on how to make a cladogram found HERE Notes 9/3/13 = Use these links to identify large scale events and describe the changes in ecosystems and organismic diversity that occurred as a result. Exploring [|Deep Time] Exploring the Diversity of Life & testing the LDG Explore Earth's History [|HERE] __**Other Resources - use for discussion board.**__ Here is your [|first link] - it's from the author of your summer book "Your Inner Fish" by Neil Shubin. Use the interactive feature to review characteristics that you share with your animal cousins. Additional links of interest: ==
 * BBC article on the first vertebrates to walk on land - []
 * NPR morning edition story on an experiment to verify the selective advantage of packs in animal predator/prey interactions: []
 * Read [|HERE] evidence that Life on Earth may have come from Mars.

== 2012-13 Links & Info


 * General Information || Phylogeny Information || Genomic Information ||
 * DNA from the Beginning || Tree of Life Web Project || Ensembl website ||
 * European Bioinformatics Institute || UC Museum of Paleontology || National Center for Biotechnology Information ||
 * Human Allele Frequency database || All Taxa Bioinventory || BLAST sequence analysis tool ||
 * ||  || National Center Super Computing (student workbench) ||

 What is BLAST? - check out this file: //Back to the TOP//

Link to discussion of E.coli virulence factors: []
Notes on the Evolution of Metabolism Notes on Photosynthesis Notes to clarify cellular respiration online questions


 * Examples from summer reading || [[file:Inner fish connections.pdf]] ||
 * Worksheet on Lactase Persistence || [[file:HHMI - Lactose.pdf]] ||
 * Signal transduction videos || @http://www.youtube.com/embed/qOVkedxDqQo ||
 * Cell Cycle animations, questions and interactive websites || Cell Cycle Game

Cell Cycle Tutorial

Checkpoints animation ||

Here is a good starting place for references on gene expression: @http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/chromatin-remodeling-in-eukaryotes-1082
 * [|Historic Timeline] || [|DNA discoveries animated] || [|Practice unsing DNA to Identify bacteria] ||
 * [|Techniques for Manipulating DNA] || [|DNA from the beginning] || [|DNA animations] ||  ||
 * [| HHMI guide to topics] ||  ||   ||

//Back to the TOP// = = Making DNA Micro-Arrays (video lecture #3) or (interactive click & learn analysis)

=Behavioral Links=
 * Links: || Plant & Animal Adaptations || Behavior experiments || Project Organization ||  ||
 * Ted Talks: || Moral Behavior || Beetle Behavior || Neuroscience || Bird Behavior ||

=Evolutionary Links= Evograms & the History of Whales Examples of Adaptations

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 OTHER LINKS of INTEREST
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AP Biology can be worth up to 8 hours of college credit. This means the curriculum covers TWO SEMESTERS of college level biology PLUS the labs that go with those __classes__. Needless to say - there is a lot to learn in 50 minutes a day and you will be competing with students who have 90 or even 180 minutes every day. I'm proud of you already for accepting this challenge (or did you not know what you were in for?)!


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