School Without Walls Biology

• Mammal and tissue webquest/lab – Tues.
• Masteringbio.com – 3/1, 3/8
• Animal Diversity Quiz – Wednesday

• Reading guides 32-34

Fetal Pig Quiz – Friday Reading guides 40-42

Progress reports

AP Bio Penguins,

We lost a week of school and it was a week we really needed. Here is what we’re working on for next week, just in case you would like to get a head start over the loooong weekend.

• Invertebrate and Vertebrate Handbook Links
  • Click invertebrate_assignment for the handout!
    (There’s a typo in the due dates on the class handout. These are due Friday!)
• Mammal/Primate Webquest
  
• Pig Dissection Material (Adapted from the Biology Corner!):
  Fetal Pig Dissection Cover Page
  fetal_pig_dissection Handout
  • Virtual Pig Dissection: http://www.whitman.edu/biology/vpd/main.html

• Activity: Online Histology Lab
  • Click here for the link!
  • Click here for pictures!

Here are the links for the dissection labs:

• Worm video (will NOT work at school): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2BY0hRUA9E
• Review worm anatomy: http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/virtual_labs/BL_14/BL_14.html.
• Review worm anatomy: http://biog-101-104.bio.cornell.edu/BioG101_104/TUTORIALS/animals/earthworm.html
• Review cricket/grasshopper anatomy: http://www.ent.iastate.edu/ref/anatomy/ihop/
• Review cricket/grasshopper anatomy: http://wwwbio200.nsm.buffalo.edu/labs/tutor/Grasshopper/
• Review urchin anatomy: http://virtualurchin.stanford.edu/anatomy.htm

• Quiz – Chapters 36-39; Monday, 20 Multiple Choice Qs.
• Masterngbio.com – Plant evolution and structure – BY Monday.
• Masteringbio.com – Plant growth, reproduction, etc – BY Tues 2/16
• Lab Report: Transpiration – Monday
• Lab Report: Green Bags – Thurs.
• Upload your plant data!!!
• Reading guides: Chapters 36-39
• Read and go online for your dissection!

• Pre-labs:
  • Transpiration – Thurs; Click here for the pre-lab qs. Click here for a great site on transpiration.
  • Green bags- Wed.
• Plant behavior – upload your data!
• Masteringbio.com – plants assignment 1
• Quiz – 20Qs, no essay; Chapters 29, 30, 25.
• Monocot and dicot qs – Monday
• Interested in dissecting squid on Feb 9? See me! Limited space available!
• Sign up for AP Saturday Academy at SWW.
• A great site on plant nutrients: http://www.agr.state.nc.us/cyber/kidswrld/plant/nutrient.htm
• A great site on plant hormones: http://www.plant-hormones.info/index.htm.

• Test – photosynthesis; Tues.
• Reading guide Chapter 10; essays and practice test!
• Pre-labs:
  • Transpiration – Thurs; Click here for the pre-lab qs. Click here for a great site on transpiration.
  • Green bags- Wed.
• Plant behavior – upload your data!
• Masteringbio.com – plants assignment 1
• Quiz – 20Qs, no essay; Chapters 29, 30, 25.
• A great site on plant nutrients: http://www.agr.state.nc.us/cyber/kidswrld/plant/nutrient.htm

• Masteringbio.com: Photosynthesis, due tomorrow
• Reading guides: Chapter 10, 29, 30, 35
• Practice Test: Monday; TEST on photosynthesis: Tuesday
• Quiz – Botanic gardens assignment, Monday
• Upload your plant data!
• Upload your papers to turnitin.com

• Masteringbio.com: Photosynthesis, due tomorrow
• Reading guides: Chapter 10, 29, 30, 35
• Practice Test: Monday; TEST on photosynthesis: Tuesday
• Quiz – Botanic gardens assignment, Monday
• Upload your plant data!
• Upload your papers to turnitin.com

• Chapters 10, 29, 30 and 34 reading guides.
• Upload your plant data: http://biowithoutwalls.com/ap-biology/photosynthesis-and-plants-unit-plan/form-for-the-plant-behavior-lab/
• Turn your labs into turnitin.com by Friday. (Bonus +5 points)
• Lab notebooks ASAP
• Bring in flowers/leaves for lab tomorrow (Bonus +5 points)

• Photosynthesis tutorial: Masteringbio.com 1/21/10
• Chapter guides 10, 29 and 30.
• Lab notebook – ASAP!!!
• Flower and fruit dissection qs – Tuesday.
  • I am told this site: http://arnica.csustan.edu/key/key.html isn’t working. Try this site: http://www.backyardnature.net/fruits.htm instead.
• Botanic Gardens open-assignment quiz – Thursday.