Thursday / Friday October 19th and 20th
We will be watching the movie: Life Story The movie is about the people involved in the discovery of the structure of DNA in the 1950s As you watch the film, take some notes on the scientists involved and identify the contributions each made to the discovery. Below is a template to help you set up your notebook pages 24 and 25 Life Story - Notebook Template Wednesday October 18th Grade Distribution Night and Minimum Day Video: The DNA Double Helix Discovery Page 22 Notes: Structure of DNA PowerPoint Notes: Notebook Page 22 Page 23 Correctly draw and label a 6 base pair segment of DNA DNA Example Tuesday October 17th Page 20 of Notebook: Research different types of proteins to see the variety of functions that proteins serve. The document linked below has the information you need to look for: Protein Research Page 21 of Notebook: Paste the diagram of protein structure, showing the structural levels of protein formation Protein Structure Diagram Monday October 16th Page 18 of Notebook: Paste The Condensation and Hydrolysis Example Condensation/Hydrolysis Example Page 19 of Notebook: Research advantages of carbohydrates and lipids in energy storage Pg. 19 Template Example Summarize why an organism would benefit from both types. Friday October 13th
Page 16 and 17 of Notebook Read through the packet 2.2 - Water (paste onto page 17) 2.2 - Water Packet On Page 16: Summarize the packet For each property of water, find an example of how a specific organism (give scientific name) takes advantage of the property for survival. For Example: Thermal Property - High Heat of Vaporization Humans (Homo sapiens) sweat to take advantage of evaporative cooling when they exercise to help keep the body temperature stable at 34 Celsius. Thursday October 12th Making a Model Amino Acid and Polypeptide Today you will be making two different amino acids; glycine and alanine. Using a condensation reaction, you will bond the amino acids together with a "peptide bond". Before the end of the period, bond all the groups amino acids together to form a large polypeptide (precursor to a protein). Wednesday October 11th PSAT Test in Class Seniors - Rotate between Counseling and Gym Tuesday October 10th Making a model of a Lipid Today you will be making a model of a triglyceride. This 4 part molecule is made up of one glycerol molecule and 3 fatty acids, linked by condensation reactions into a Triglyceride. Triglycerides can store tremendous amounts of energy and are good for long term storage of energy in living things. Monday October 9th Making a model of a Carbohydrate Today you will be making a model of a glucose molecule and then seeing how to link two glucose molecules together through a condensation reaction. Friday October 6th
Take a few minutes to review the molecular structures of: Amino Acids, Glucose, Ribose and Saturated Fatty Acid. Let's have some fun... Kahoot.it Check ATLAS If you uploaded an assignment to Managebac and it is not credited on ATLAS tell Mr. Haug. Thursday October 5th Notebook Pages 14 and 15 Notes - Carbohydrates, Lipids and Proteins Drawing Bio Molecule Structures: Glucose, Ribose, Amino Acid and Saturated Fatty Acid. Common Carbohydrates Be sure to turn in your Group 4 Project Question Idea by the end of the day today. One person from your group needs to submit with your research question and names of group members. Wednesday October 4th Due to Breaking Down the Walls, Wednesday's Agenda has moved to Thursday. Tuesday October 3rd Intro to Topic 2 - Molecular Biology New Notebook Pages 12 and 13 (8,9,10 and 11 Should be blank) Define the Following Words: Molecular Biology Metabolism Carbohydrate Anabolism Lipid Catabolism Protein Explain: 1) What's so special about Carbon? 2) What is Vitalism? 3) How did the artificial synthesis of Urea help to falsify Vitalism? Somewhere on these two pages, make a visual (drawing/sketch/picture) that highlights molecular biology Monday October 2nd Notebook Prep Day Friday September 22nd
Cell Size Lab - Day 3 The Focus of Today is putting all the parts together into one document. Haug's Sample Lab Template Haug's Sample Word Document Haug's Sample pdf from the Word Document Thursday September 21st Cell Size Lab - Day 2 The focus of today will be on building your data tables. SAMPLE DOCUMENT - CELL SIZE LAB Your Raw Data tables must include: Quantitative Measurements of the unreacted portion of the agar for 4 separate trials (Your group and the data from 3 other groups) - Side Note: On your IA you will collect all the data. Qualitative Observations that you made during the experiment. Your Processed Data tables must include: Tables showing calculations of: Surface Area and Volume of each cube Surface Area to Volume Ratios for each cube The average measurement of the unreacted volume of each cube The reacted volume of each cube The average measurement of the reacted volume of each cube The standard deviation of the average measurement of the unreacted volume of each cube data The average % reacted volume of each cube The standard deviation of the % average reacted volume of each cube data In your word document you will need to give an example of how you calculated each of these. Your Presented Data must be: A graph of the average % reacted volume of each cube with error bars (see document adding error bars to a graph in Excel) In addition, you may also want to make a graph of the average reacted volume data with error bars. Tomorrow we will work on making a word document and inserting these data tables and graphs into them. Wednesday September20th Cell Size Lab - Day 1 Today we will be discovering why cells are small. The Cell Size Lab looks at the rate of diffusion in three different simulated cells. Your assignment will be to calculate the % diffusion within each cell to use as evidence to support or reject the hypothesis. Your final project will be uploaded to Managebac by the end of the day Friday. Use these links to get started: Cell Size Lab Adding Error Bars to a Graph in Excel Tuesday September 19th Catch-Up Day Finish and Turn in your Osmolarity Lab Monday September 18th Lab - Determine the Osmolarity of a Potato - Day 3 Make a graph of the data, this can be done by hand on graph paper or using Excel. If you make a graph by hand, use graph paper, be sure all lines and labels are neat and clean Where the line crosses 0% change you will find the Osmolarity (Molar Concentration of Sucrose) for a potato cell. Be sure to check your document before uploading. Upload your completed document to Managebac. Submit it as a .pdf The assignment will be due tonight by 11:55 EXAMPLES: Mr. Haug's Excel Document with all classes data Mr. Haug's .pdf version Friday September 15th
Lab - Determine the Osmolarity of a Potato - Day 2 Today you will collect your "after" data. Combine both the before and after data into an Excel document. You will be responsible for calculating the change in mass and the percentage change. Make a graph of the data, this can be done by hand on graph paper or using Excel. Where the line crosses 0% change you will find the Osmolarity (Molar Concentration of Sucrose) for a potato cell. Upload your completed document to Managebac. Submit it as a .pdf The assignment will be due Monday Evening. You will have class time Monday to complete your data table and graphs. Thursday September 14th Lab - Determine the Osmolarity of a Potato Today and Tomorrow you will collect data to determine the osmolarity of a potato. The emphasis of this lab is going to be on data collection and presentation. You will be uploading your final document to Managebac when you are finished Wednesday September 13th Calculating the Mitotic Index Download the attached file: Calculating The Mitotic Index This file is an Excel document. In the first example, you will calculate the mitotic index of a micrograph taken of onion cells. Count how many cells are in one of the stages of mitosis and divide that by the total number of cells. You can find this example at: http://ib.bioninja.com.au/standard-level/topic-1-cell-biology/16-cell-division/mitotic-index.html Looking in the microscope, choose a sample of about 100 cells. Calculate the mitotic index for your sample. Record your data in your notebook. Be sure to compare your data with your table group. Pages 150 and 151 You do not need to turn anything into Mr. Haug Tuesday September 12th Video : Cell Division Drawing the stages of the cell cycle from prepared slides. Pg. 148-149 Draw an example of each of the following stages of the cell cycle. Interphase Prophase Metaphase Anaphase Telophase Cytokinesis Click Here for Reference Pictures Monday September 11th Video : Cell Division Video : Crash Course - Mitosis Take time to finish the mitosis coloring plates from last Friday. Friday September 8th
Time for Mitosis - The last section of Topic 1 deals with Cell Division and the stages of Interphase, Mitosis and Cytokinesis. Today we will be taking some notes on cell division and then diagramming the process. Page 144-145: Cell Division Notes I will give you a copy Page 146-147: Mitosis Coloring Plates I will give you a copy Thursday September 7th Today we will be doing research and recording information in our notebooks. Research the following topic: Endosymbiotic Theory We have talked about this in class in regards to the evolution of Eukaryotic cells and the formation of the mitochondria and chloroplasts. Look at several websites and in your notebook (Pg. 142 and 143) record the following: On one page: Make general notes as you research so you can refer to them. On the other page: Give a descriptive overview of the Endosymbiotic Theory Identify key pieces of evidence that scientists use to support this theory and note how it supports this theory. Wednesday September 6th Yesterday 4th period had issues with Managebac. Today we will get a chance to complete the Reaction Test Data In addition, we will watch a video from the Origins series titles, "How Life Began" This video looks at the scientific evidence, hypothesis and theories for the origins of life on Earth Tuesday September 5th Comparing Body Parts Assignment: Graded with comments attached to document in Managebac. If you did not submit your document as a pdf, comments are not on the document. Mr. Haug's Observations: Overall the data was processed correctly Processed data was presented with too many decimal places T Test Results misread - Less than 0.05 is a significant difference Predictions were often made but no conclusion telling if the data was supported or rejected was included Today we will be combining nerve impulse and data collection together into one project. Please login to Managebac for today's assignment Friday September 1st
Review Synaptic Transmission Video - The effect of alcohol on the nervous system. Thursday August 31st Video - Crash Course Biology - Membranes and Transport A link to the video can be found under the IB Biology tab in the Topic 1 Cell Biology Videos section so you can watch it as a review later. Time to Finish your Excel Data Collection Assignment Be sure to submit to Managebac as a .pdf Wednesday August 30th Today you will be making three data tables in a single Excel document, comparing the size of different male and female body parts. Shoe Size by whole or half (.5) sizes Pinky Length in cm Ear Length in cm Before collecting any data, make a prediction as to whether or not there will be a significant difference between the size/length of the male/female body parts. Record your prediction above each data table. You must have a minimum of 6 males and 6 females in each sample You will want to calculate the average size and standard deviation for males/females for each body part and then complete a T Test to see if their is a significant difference between them. Identify if your prediction was supported or rejected by your data (T Test) below each data table. When completed, save your document as a PDF and then upload your document to Managebac. Tuesday August 29th Log in to Managebac https://fresno.managebac.com/login Download and Complete the Excel Project Upload Project to the Managebac Dropbox when finished Congratulations
You are Done with IB Biology Next Step: Graduation Class of 2017 Tuesday, May 2, 2017 Paper 3 Exam in the morning. Report to C-31 before 8:00 Monday, May 1, 2017 TODAY IS THE DAY!!!!!! Good Luck on Your IB Exams Report to C-31 BEFORE 12:30 Bus Tokens, Snacks and After School Passes will be Available Thursday and Friday,
April 27 and 28 Open Study Time.....The Countdown Begins Paper 1 - 30 Multiple Choice Questions Topics 1-6 Paper 2 - Data Analysis, Application and Extended Response Questions Topics 1-6 Paper 3 - Lab Based Questions Topics 1-6 and Application Questions for Option C Markscheme for Option C If you have questions, need clarification, want me to check anything, please come to me Final Notebook Check Next Friday May 5th Notebook Check #6 Form Wednesday, April 26, 2017 Check your work from Tuesday Paper 3 Part A Markscheme Practice Paper 3 Part B - Complete Practice Paper 3 Part B - Option C Only Answer Option C Only in your notebook Pages 124-125 Tuesday, April 25, 2017 Practice Paper 3 Part A Answer in your notebook Pages 122-123 For Question 3, you will need to know that the nerve cell in the picture is 40 mm across. Monday, April 24, 2017 ONE WEEK TO GO!!! Today you will get a chance to look at the complete Markscheme for Paper 2 (Mr. Haug will have copies for you.) |
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