Discussion Questions Discussion Questions 1/11/16 Journal 1.How does Natural Selection make changes to a population?

The Geologic Time Scale 4 th -7th Precambrian Paleozoic Mesozoic Cenozoic Are the four ERAs you need to know.

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Reminders Review your discussion questions and ppt notes ~5 min each night for the daily quizzes. Root Quiz January 20 th Evolution & Taxonomy Exam on the 21 st - chapters 14, 15, and 17 Daily Quizzes start today

This and That Be sure to check our class website frequently! Especially if you’ve been absent or will be absent. Get any handouts you missed or lost from the website.

QUIZ Clear your desks of everything Do NOT write on the quiz please Use CAPITAL letters please Keep your answers covered If you need to make up a quiz due to an absence… let me know Flip it over when you are finished and hang on to it.

Today’s Objective: Objective: To finish analyzing the History of Life, and to be able to explain the geologic time scale as well as Natural Selection and adaptations.

Hand Adaptation Lab Working in groups of 2 or 3 Go easy on the tape…we need it for journals and other lab activities Use the clock or your phone to time Not everyone can be at one of our three doors at the same time…skip and come back to it if it is too crowded.

Life Has A History Conclusion Working with your partners, go to the website listed. Choose level 2 (PreAP) and work through the activity It won’t let you advanced until you have read and clicked on everything. Don’t rush through…be sure to ready carefully and answer the questions as you move along. Life has a History

Patterns of Evolution ppt Tuesday Fill in the Blanks

EXIT TICKET 1.How are a theory and a hypothesis different? 2.Describe the geologic time scale and reflect on the calculator tape demonstration. 3.Explain why we drew the lizards.

Oral Conclusion 1.Please give an example of a limiting factor 2.Describe one way humans are impacting the nitrogen cycle 3.Describe one way humans are impacting the carbon cycle 4.How are microorganisms such as bacteria beneficial to an ecosystem? Organism? 5.Give an example of a producer. A consumer> 6.Describe biological magnification. 7.Give an example of an abiotic factor. A biotic factor. 8.Describe an invasive species and give an example. 9.Why does only 10% of the energy move from trophic level to trophic level? 10.How is primary succession different from secondary succession?

Good Luck Today Good Luck Today Make sure you have a number 2 pencil Make sure you picked up a scan-tron at the door: name = date = 1/8/16 test no. = A OR B name = date = 1/8/16 test no. = A OR B period/hour = subject = cell cycle and DNA period/hour = subject = cell cycle and DNA Keep your answers covered at ALL times. WRITE YOUR NAME ON YOUR TEST. No Electronic devices You may write on the test You have the entire class period to finish BUT, you MUST finish during this class period. Watch your time!. Turn your test and scan-tron in to the usual place. 1/8/16

1/11/16 AP BIO Discussion Questions 1. Please describe transcription in detail (pgs ). Be sure to include: Initiation, Transcription Factor, Promoter, TATA Box, RNA Polymerase, Transcription initiation Complex, 5’-3’, Template Strand, include: Initiation, Transcription Factor, Promoter, TATA Box, RNA Polymerase, Transcription initiation Complex, 5’-3’, Template Strand, start point, elongation, transcription unit, termination, terminator, start point, elongation, transcription unit, termination, terminator,.

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Reminders Root Quiz on Friday,

College Board Objectives and Agenda for the Day College Board: Cell cycle, Cell Cycle Controls, DNA Replication, Transcription and Translation Today's Agenda- DNA Activity- 1, 2, 3, 4 and the rest of the packet In this unit we will: Describe and identify the stages of the cell cycle. Learn about cell cycle controls and cancer. Study DNA replication. WE will learn about Transcription and Translation Exam: TBD

Root Quiz First and Last Name on a Sheet of Paper Period = 4 Date = 11/7/14 Number 1-20 straight down your paper You will just write the answer

Root Quiz Just write the answer: 1.IN 11. Infra 2.Auto12. Gest 3.Carni13. Gyn 4.Hepato14. Epi 5.Inter15. Intra 6.Haplo16. Lipo 7.Iso17. Arthro 8.Cervical18. Ichthyo 9.Hemo19. Latero 10.Kinesis 20. Lysis

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Monitor your Grades!!! Make sure you are monitoring your grades via HAC/SAC

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My Goals for YOU Develop a love and curiosity for biology because biology is amazing!! Pass the AP Biology College Board Exam with a 4 or 5 (saves you time and $$$$) Have fun this year while being challenged at the college level!

Why I chose to teach I believe: Life should be filled with love, joy, laughter, learning and fun! One way to have these things is to get a good education and great job. The reason we are here is to help one another have these things It is important to “pay it forward” and make a difference in someone else’s life otherwise, why are we here?!?

The New AP Biology Course and AP Biology Exam Teacher is facilitator. Very few Power Point notes from the teacher Learning is Inquiry Based Labs are Inquiry Based Students are given objectives to meet and master.

AP Biology Exam – Usually 2nd Monday in May The tests will be graded under the direction of the College Board, with scores ranging from 1 to 5. Colleges generally grant credit for scores of 3, 4, or 5, but it is up to the discretion of the participating colleges. Any student wishing to receive college credit for this course MUST check with his or her prospective college NOW to determine what will be accepted for credit.

Exam Information The AP Biology Exam consists of two sections: multiple choice and free response. The exam is 3 hours long and includes both a 90-minute multiple choice section and a 90-minute free-response section that begins with a mandatory 10-minute reading period. The multiple-choice section accounts for half of the student’s exam grade, and the free-response section accounts for the other half.

Section I, Part A, consists of 63 multiple-choice questions Part B includes 6 grid-in questions that require the integration of science and mathematical skills. In Section II, students should use the mandatory reading period to read and review the questions and begin planning their responses. This section contains two types of free-response questions (short and long), and the student will have a total of 80 minutes to complete all of the questions. There will be 2 long Free Response and 6 short free response

Are you studying for the AP Exam??? Doing well can save you time and lots of money!!! STUDY NOW…read through your Cliff Notes book a few minutes every night. Review stuff we’ve already covered with your Cliff Notes book.

Agenda DNA Activity All parts

Eventual Agenda AP Lab 3- Mitosis pgs only DNA take home lab – Exer 1-2 only (pgs 84-85, 88 and the sheet we added for Exercise 1)

**use complete sentences please **check the floor around your area and throw away any trash **please put textbooks back under your desks planet earth water 1.1. Please describe Interphase and its substages 2.2. Please describe the “M” phase and its substages.

**use complete sentences please **check the floor around your area and throw away any trash **please put textbooks back under your desks planet earth water 1.1. Please describe Interphase and its substages 2.2. Please describe the “M” phase and its substages.