Midtem December 5, 2008

Dec 5th, 2008
CH 1-9 Midterm Exam

50 Multiple Choice Questions (40 minutes)
1 free response question (15 minutes)

70% of the multiple choice questions will be from old tests/quizzes
The free response question will be a variation of free response questions that you have answered on previous exams.

May include:
cell organelles and functions
passive and active transport
photosynthesis and respiration
mitosis and meiosis

Mitosis & Meiosis Sordaria Lab

Here is the website for the Sordaria portion of the mitosis/meiosis lab on Lab Bench.


http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/labbench/lab3/spores1.html

Mitosis & Cancer Article

http://www.biology.iupui.edu/biocourses/N100/2k4ch8mitosisnotes.html

Photosynthesis Animations

Hey everyone,

Here are some great photosynthesis animations!

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0070960526/student_view0/chapter5/animation_quiz_1.html

http://www.cnr.vt.edu/DENDRO/forestbiology/photosynthesis.swf

http://www.web.virginia.edu/gg_demo/movies/figure18_12b.html

Cell Respiration Lab

Here is the website of the Cell Respiration Virtual Lab

http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/labbench/lab5/intro.html

See you Wednesday!

-Emily

October 27, 2008

Trip to Washington DC!

Hi everyone!

To those of you that are going on the DC trip, I will see you there!

For those of you not going. you have an assignment using the Natural Museum of Natural History website. The assignment is on the wiki.

Remember, test on Ch 7 on Tuesday!! Study the figures from Chapter 7, your quiz, and your questions from the end of the chapter.

Here is the website from Friday that shows alcohol and lactate fermentation: http://trc.ucdavis.edu/biosci10v/bis10v/media/ch06/fermentation.swf

Happy Monday!

-Emily

Extra Credit

Hi everyone

Here is an extra credit opportunity.

AP Biology Extra Credit

Current Events Articles and Summaries

Due Date: October 9, 2007

Read newspapers and magazines. Select up to 5 articles relating to cell biology. For EACH article:

1- Read the article.

2- Cut it out.

3- Summarize the article in two paragraphs.

4- Identify the topic and explain how it relates to our class.

5- Use proper grammar, check spelling, and use proper paragraph form.

Grading Rubric:

Article #: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5

Complete, original article included (1 point) ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

Summary of article (4 points) ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

Related topic/explanation (4 points) ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

Grammar, spelling (1 point) ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

Article Total (10 points) ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

Websites: http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/plants_animals/cell_biology/

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/interest/id/2363/topic/Genes_%2B_Cells

http://discovermagazine.com/topics/living-world

These can help you or you can use others.

-Emily