AP Biology – Fall 2007– 1 st Quarter
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Cycle Day |
Class Topics |
Homework |
Sept 5 Wed
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Day 0 |
Course Overview |
Review major headings in Chapter 1: Note concepts unfamiliar to you http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/
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Sept 6 Thurs
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Day 1 |
Properties of water; pH review (assembly day) |
Review Chapter 2 and 3 (will not be covered further in class) |
Sept 7 Fri
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Day 2 |
Drop down : pH lab with cabbage extract |
Complete short lab write-up (due Sept 18, day 8) |
Sept 10 Mon
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Day 3 |
; Carbon chemistry: isomers and functional groups; building macromolecules |
Chapter 4: Carbon chemistry; Carbon3.ppt |
Sept 12 Wed
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Day 5 |
Chemistry Review Assessment (50 points)
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Chapter 5: Macromolecules (except nucleic acids); make list of familiar and new information |
Sept 17 Mon |
Day 7 |
Carbohydrates; Protein structure; Lipids
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Chapter 6 - skim review material and read new material on cytoarchitecture; complete reading guide (due Friday, Sept 21) |
Sept 18 Tues |
Day 8 |
Drop down : Transpiration l |
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Sept 19 Wed |
Day 9 |
Finish macromolecules Finish transpiration lab calculations Prepare sucrose solutions for osmosis lab
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Sept 21 Fri |
Day 1 |
Introduction to cell structure Macromolecules quiz |
Chapter 36: pgs 740 – 742 |
Sept 24 Mon |
Day 2 |
Drop down : Osmosis Hand in transpiration data |
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Sept 25 Tues |
Day 3 |
Finish osmosis lab Osmosis; water potential calculations Cell structure & cytoarchitecture |
Write up diffusion lab as formal lab report (due Oct 9, next day 2) |
Sept 27 Thurs |
Day 5 |
Cell structure quiz Membrane structure and function |
Chapter 7 - Membranes Worksheets |
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Sept 28 Fri |
Day 6 |
Senior College Visiting Day |
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Oct 1 Mon |
Day 7 |
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Chapter 8 - Energy and metabolism (pgs 141 – 150); Chapter 8: free energy (pgs 150 – 157) |
Oct 2 Tues |
Day 8 |
Drop down - Water potential calculations Finish diffusion lab analysis |
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Oct 3 Wed |
Day 9 |
Thermodynamics; intro to metabolism; Biological order and disorder, free energy ATP
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Study for test - Chapters 4 - 8 |
Oct 5 Fri |
Day 1 |
Test #1 - Chapters 4 - 8 (Founders' Day) |
Chapter 8 - Read Section on enzymes: Be ready to explain figures 8.14 and 8.15 |
Oct 9 Tues |
Day 2 |
Drop down : brainstorm research ideas
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Oct 10 Wed |
Day 3 |
Enzymes and ATP
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Chapter 9 - Glycolysis
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Oct 12 Fri |
Day 5 |
Enzyme Lab
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Chapter 9 - Electron transport and transport |
Oct 16 Tues |
Day 7 |
Fermentation Electron transport |
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Oct 17 Wed |
Day 8 |
Drop down : Respiration Lab |
Write-up respiration lab questions & graphs |
Oct 18 Thurs |
Day 9 |
Photopigments Chlorophyll fluorescence demo |
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Oct 22 Mon |
Day 1 |
Photosynthetic pathways |
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Oct 23 Tues |
Day 2 |
CAM and C4 plants |
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Oct 24 Wed |
Day 3 |
Test # 2 - Chapters 9 & 10 (80 points) |
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Oct 26 Fri |
Day 5 |
Science Comment Writing No class END of Quarter
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