1. Welcome to Mr. Bennett’s AP Biology at Career Center HS
Please pick up the 2 handouts & a 3x5 card. Thank you!
(on the table by the door)

2. Roll Call
Remind 101 subscription
to OR
rmd.at/a3kg4 on your smart phone
Seating chart
Cell phone policy
3x5 card
Front: Name & home school
Back: period
Dominican Republic Service trip
July 24 – July 31, 2017
Info meeting 9/8/15
Termite Lab….and related Essential Questions

3. Essential Questions
LO 3.40 The student is able to analyze data that indicate how organisms exchange information in response to internal changes and external cues, and which can change behavior.
LO 3.41 The student is able to create a representation that describes how organisms exchange information in response to internal changes and external cues, and which can result in changes in behavior.
LO 3.42 The student is able to describe how organisms exchange information in response to internal changes or environmental cues.
Science Practice 4: The student can plan and implement data collection strategies appropriate to a particular scientific question.

4. Today’s goal
Make observations of termites
with & without drawn lines
skip 1st page in lab notebook
Think about doing an experiment to test your observations

5. Day 2
Get student info handout….books Friday
Remind 101 subscription
Missing 2 people (parent registered), RJR swim??
to OR
rmd.at/a3kg4 on your smart phone
Dr. Nichols announcement….I’ll read
Cell phones in the bin….off or muted….please and thank you

6. Essential Questions
LO 3.40 The student is able to analyze data that indicate how organisms exchange information in response to internal changes and external cues, and which can change behavior.
LO 3.41 The student is able to create a representation that describes how organisms exchange information in response to internal changes and external cues, and which can result in changes in behavior.
LO 3.42 The student is able to describe how organisms exchange information in response to internal changes or environmental cues.
Science Practice 4: The student can plan and implement data collection strategies appropriate to a particular scientific question.

7. Scientific Method
Did any of you use the scientific method over the summer?
What is the scientific method?

8. Did any of you use the scientific method over the summer?
What is the scientific method?
a way to solve problems

9. Did any of you use the scientific method over the summer?
What is the scientific method?
a way to solve problems - STEPS

10. Did any of you use the scientific method over the summer?
What is the scientific method?
a way to solve problems – STEPS
Problem/question
Research
Hypothesis/plan
Experiment
Results
Conclusion
Revise hypothesis/plan
Need volunteer

11. Did any of you use the scientific method over the summer?
What is the scientific method?
a way to solve problems – STEPS
Problem/question
Research
Hypothesis/plan
Experiment
Results
Conclusion
Revise hypothesis/plan
Need volunteer
3. What are the elements of good experimental design?

12. Good Experimental Design
Hypothesis – Write “The hypothesis to be tested is…..”
Independent & dependent variables
- IV: experimenter manipulates DV: what is measured
Control group & experimental group
Constants – same temp., same volume, equipment, time
- Write “The constants are….”
Controls
Missing ingredient
No caffeine, no enzyme, dark conditions
Random sampling
Large sample size (n)
Repeated – multiple trials
Graphs
Label axes w/ units
Keep same scale
Title
Start at X & Y vertex
Connect dots
Key – if more than one line

13. Did any of you use the scientific method over the summer?
What is the scientific method?
What are the elements of good experimental design?
What is meant by “science as a process?”
Science is not finite. It is a process of learning more with additional research findings.
Lab notebook handout
Skip 1st page
Title & date
Pre-lab
Purpose/overview
Personal Account
Discussion
Conclusion

14. Termite Lab – Notebook Set-up
Title & date
Pre-lab
Termites
Scientific method
Purpose/overview
Personal Account – most work is here
Observations (Day 1 & day 2)
Hypotheses
Experimental design
Data
Graph (?)
Discussion
- Did data support or refute hypothesis?
Conclusion
What did you learn?
What is the significance?
What is your revised hypothesis (if needed)?

15. Students
Today you will conduct your experiment for your termites
Fire drill route
Left on sky walk
Down steps
FAR corner – between CC & Carter parking lots
On grass
Phones in bin….off or muted…please & thank you

16. Educational Service Trip to the Dominican Republic – July 2017
Information Meeting – Thursday, September 6:30PM
Only 25 students can participate – all students eligible.
See Mr. Bennett for more details.

17. Day 2 Termite lab Ensure you have a consistent procedure
Get termites & conduct experiment
Collect data
Finish writing up lab in notebook
Due??
Tuesday

18. Good Experimental Design
Hypothesis – “The hypothesis to be tested is…..”
Independent & dependent variables
- IV: experimenter manipulates DV: what is measured
Control group & experimental group
Constants – same temp., same volume, equipment, time
- “The constants are….”
Controls
-Missing ingredient
-No caffeine, no enzyme, dark conditions
Random sampling
Large sample size (n)
Repeated – multiple trials
Graphs
Label axes w/ units
Keep same scale
Title
Start at X & Y vertex
Connect dots
Key – if more than one line

19. Termite Lab – Notebook Set-up
Title & date
Pre-lab
Termites
Scientific method
Purpose/overview
Personal Account – most work is here
Observations (Day 1 & day 2)
Hypotheses
Experimental design
Data
Graph (?)
Discussion
- Did data support or refute hypothesis?
Conclusion
What did you learn?
What is the significance?
What is your revised hypothesis (if needed)?

20. WHAT’S GOING ON??????
The only two trail pheromones identified with certainty are the
unsaturated aliphatic alcohol (3Z,6Z,8E)-3,6,8-dodecatrien-1-ol and
the diterpene (E,E,E)-neocembrene, which have been found in several
species [1]. These compounds are very active and occur in different,
sometimes unrelated, families. The necessary amount needed for trail-
following can be as low as 0.01 pg/cm (pg = picogram = gram) trail.
To positively be identified as a trail pheromone, a compound must
induce trail-following and be present in the sternal gland of the termites.