First Year IB Biology at GHS
Period 4
Extra Credit) Oregon Zoo Lecture Series: "Climate Change, Disease, Exotics and Humans: The Case of the Oregon Spotted Frog". Tuesday February 26, 7 pm. (Click link for description.) - 10 pts (You will need to write a summary of a page or more and attach a ticket stub to your summary.)
Thursday February 21, 2008
Homework: a) Begin writeups of the Sports Drink Lab - Due Friday February 29 at 11:59 pm.
b) Do the online review of Nucleic Acid Notes #1 (perhaps a short quiz on Monday?)
c) Cell Size Online Lab (Biocourse.com) - Hit the "skip intro button", then investigate some of the important variables needed to understand the Sports Drink Lab.
1) ****Discussion of writeups for the Sports Drink Lab (Click here to see suggestions on how to write up this lab.)
2) Collect final lab data.
3) Begin Nucleic Acid Unit
Tuesday February 19, 2008
Due: Bring a sports drink or soft drink, something that you would ordinarily drink to rehydrate yourself. (Tap water will be provided as a control.)
1) Sports Drink Lab: Which drink rehydrates the body the best? (Rank your groups drinks from most hypertonic to most hypotonic using the labels........See link directly below.)
2) See Lab: Determining the Hypertonicity/ Hypotonicity of Common Drinks
3) Cell Size Online Lab (Biocourse.com) - Hit the "skip intro button", then investigate some of the important variables needed to understand the Sports Drink Lab.
Thursday February 14, 2008
1) Cell Transport Exam (See Reviews)
Tuesday February 12, 2008 (Tomorrow is the Group Four work day for SL Biology and SL Physics students who are testing this spring!)
Homework: Cell Transport Exam on Thursday (See what to review for exam.)
1) Quiz: from Friday's Homework
2) Cell Size: Cell surface area vs. cell volume (See also the handout.)
3) Review of Cell Membranes & Cell Transport for Thursday's Exam
Friday February 8, 2008
Homework: Quiz on Tuesday on Online Review: Plasma Membranes Review #2
1) Review explanations of Animations Active Transport and Online Review.
2) Quiz: from Wednesday's Homework (No Notes!)
3) Lab: Viewing Osmosis in Red Onion Cells (See Handout)
4) Review WS on Cell Transport (Download the PDF worksheet here.)
Wednesday February 6, 2008 (Diversity Assembly Schedule- 64 minute periods)
Homework: a) Read Textbooks (Nemo 5th Edition: pp. 114-123 or 6th Edition: pp. 113-122.)
b) Online Reviews: [Active Transport]
c) Short quiz on homework parts a & b! No notes!
1) Quiz from Monday's homework. No Notes!
2) Sample Problems (Diffusion/ Osmosis) - See Handout.
4) Clicker Review: [Active Transport]
Monday February 4, 2008
Homework: a) Read Textbooks (Nemo 5th Edition: pp. 114-123 or 6th Edition: pp. 113-122.)
b) Online Reviews: [Passive Transport]
c) Short quiz next time on homework parts a & b! Remind your friends about this!
1) Review Cell Exam Results
2) Begin Diffusion Lab (Dialysis tubing with starch water and iodine)
3) Cell Transport (Passive Transport)