CP Biology Calendar

AP Biology Calendar

January

Monday

Tuesday/Wednesday

Thursday/Friday

Warm-up:

1. Turn-in Winter Fun Pack (counts for Survey of Diversity of Life Unit Reading Chapters 26 - 34)

2. Gather class data for Lab 7 on Drosophilla. Consolidate/share all data F1 data for both crosses and record counts made by students over the holidays for F2 generation for both crosses.

In class:

1. Chapter 17 Lecture Notes on Central Dogma (Wendi go to - Genetics Folder -> From Gene to Protein -> Ch. 17)

HW:

1. Start Lab 7 write-up due next Monday. Lab 7 needs to be written up twice (since there are two types of crosses)

In class:

1. Continue or Finish Chapter 17 Lecture Notes on Central Dogma

2. Start Jigsaw activity for Chapters 18 and 20 (Wendi go to DNA Technology Folder ->Genetics of Viruses and Bacteria ppt, slide 1. Break up into 3 groups of four and assign different parts to jigsaw. Create colored posters.

HW:

1. Lab 7 write-up due next Monday.

Warm-up:

1. Finish posters, if necessary and have groups present posters to class (3 minutes per group)

In Class:

1. Continue with Chapter 18 and 20 ppt until after slide #11 on transformation.

2. Prelab lecture on pGLO transformation

HW:

1. prelab6A

(Wendi - start pGLO lab prep - pour plates, etc. by Friday.)

Warm-up:

1. Turn in Lab 7

2. Go over prelab 6A

In class:

1. Continue with Chapter 18 and 20 ppt

HW:

1. Evolution Unit Reading (Chapters 22 - 24) due Thursday 1/31 after final exams

2. Chapter 18 SSG:

IQ 18.1-18.2, 18.4-18.6, MC 1 - 21, 25

Warm-up:

1. Stamp-check Chapter 18 SSG

2. Review procedures of prelab 6A (Students use quick reference transformation guide instead of procedures in lab-book)

In class:

1. pGLO lab

2. Continue or finish with Chapter 18 and 20 ppt

HW:

1. Chapter 20 SSG:

IQ all, SYK 1, MC all

Warm-up:

1. Stamp check Chapter 20 SSG

2. Create changes to data table chart in their lab notebook

3. Students record results from pGLO lab

In class:

1. Finish with Chapter 18 and 20 ppt

2. Review for Final Exams

HW:

1. Study for Final Exam. Final exams will not include latest new material on Central Dogma/DNA Technology Unit. Last material on Final Exams will be Genetics.

Multiple Choice ofFinal Exam (100 questions) on January 22

Free Response Portions of Final Exam (4 essays) on January 24 (final exam day)

No School! MLK Day.

Warm-up:

1. Turn in notebook for SSG credit

In class:

1. MC of Final Exam (45 minutes)

HW:

1. Continue studying for final exams

1.Finish MC of Final Exam (45 minutes)

2. Free Response Portion of Essays (10 minute reading period, 1.5 hours of writing) - Mrs. Butler may be making arrangements to finish the Free Response Portion, if there is not enough time to finish.

HW:

1. prelab 6B

2. Evolution Unit Reading (Chapters 22 - 24) due Thursday 1/31 after final exams

No School! SIP Day for Teachers.

(Wendi - have agar premade for electrophoresis this week)

Warm-up:

1. Go over prelab 6B

In class:

1. Explain protocols for loading gels using micropipettes and setting up electrophoresis chambers (have a model ready and demonstrate with food coloring or dye.)

2. Chapter 18 lecture on Operons

HW:

1. Reminder - Evolution Unit Reading (Chapters 22 - 24) due Thursday 1/31

Warm-up:

1. Turn in Evolution Reading (Chapters 22 - 24)

2. Review protocols for loading gels and performing gel electrophoresis before lab

In class:

1. Biorad Gel-Electrophoresis lab (Wendi - check biorad procedures with AP lab procedures and data. Make any adjustments as necessary for student data) - Students may need to stay during FIRE to finish with staining, etc.

2. Finish Chapter 18 lecture on Operons during "down time" while electrophoresis is running.

HW:

1. Central Dogma/DNA Technology Unit Exam next Thursday! (chapters 17, 18, 20)

2. Return to Ch. 18 SSG, and complete IQ 18.7 - 18.8; SYK2, MC 22 - 24, Matching all