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Date: August 15th 

Class: AP Biology

Driving Question: What are the chemical interactions with the environment?

Learning Objective: The student is able to analyze data to identify how molecular interactions affect structure and function.

Science Practice:  The student can use representations and models to communicate scientific phenomena and solve scientific problems.

Openers/Reminders: Welcome to the first day of the 2017 - 2018 school year. 

Essential Knowledge:  4.1: Interactions between molecules affect their structure and function.

What will happen: Roll Call/ Sign program cards/Textbooks/Class website/Collect summer assignment/Point of an AP class/Big Ideas/Start Chapter 2 notes 

Chapter: 2 - Basic Chemistry

Homework: Read Chapter 2/Look around on the websites

Exit Question/Concept: What is the magic number of valence electrons?

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Date: August 16th 

Class: AP Biology

Driving Question: What are the chemical interactions with the environment?

Learning Objective/Essential Knowledge: 4.1: Interactions between molecules affect their structure and function.

Science Practice: The student can use representations and models to communicate scientific phenomena and solve scientific problems.

Openers/Reminders:  Every night you should read

What will happen: Roll call/Introduction to the AP test/AP Central use

Chapter:  2 - Properties of water

Homework: Read Chapter 2 and work on handout questions

Exit Question/Concept:  The central atom of life is carbon. How many bonds does it want to form?

 

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Date: August 17th

Class: AP Biology

Driving Question: What are the chemical interactions with the environment?

Learning Objective/Essential Knowledge: 4.1: The subcomponents of biological molecules

and their sequence determine the properties of that molecule.

 

 

Science Practice: The student can work with scientific explanations and theories.

 

 

Essential Knowledge: The subcomponents of biological molecules and their sequence determine the properties of that molecule.

Openers/Reminders: Exit questions from yesterday apply to today. You will have your first FRQ next Tuesday - hint: 2014 #4, 2016 #8

What will happen: Roll Call/Watch the Crash Course Carbon video/Finish Chapter 2 notes/

Chapter: 2 Chemistry of life

Homework: Finish Chapter 2 reading / Make sure to go to the AP central Website and Look at FRQs

Exit Question(s):  What special properties does water have?

 

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Date: August 18th

Class: AP Biology

Learning Objective: 4.4 The student is able to make a prediction about the interactions of subcellular organelles.

Science Practice: The student can work with scientific explanation and theories.

Essential Knowledge: Variation in molecular units provides cells with a wider range of function.

Openers/Reminders: First FRQ on Tuesday

What will happen: Finish Chapter 2 notes/Bozeman Video on water/Begin review of Statistics

Homework: Finish Chapter 3 questions

Exit Question(s): How do you find the mean of a set of numbers? What is Standard deviation?

 

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Date: August 21st

Class: AP Biology

Learning Objective: 4.1 The student is able to explain the connection between the sequence and the subcomponents of a biological polymer and its properties.

Science Practice: The student can work with scientific explanation and theories.

Essential Knowledge: Envrionmental factors influence the expression of the genotype in an organism.

Openers/Reminders: Modified bell schedule today for the solar eclipse -44 minutes in class/You have a test today and then we will begin ecology.

What will happen:  Macromolecules rap/ Chemistry Review Worksheet/ Chapter 3 notes/Bozeman Carbon Video/Prep for FRQ tomorrow - it will be on macromolecules/ Animal behavior handout/

Chapter: 2

Homework: Work on chapter 2 and 3 homework/ Read the chapters/ Review for the FRQ tomorrow

Exit Question(s): WHat are the subunits of the 4 macromolecules?

 

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Date: August 22nd

Class: AP Biology

Learning Objective: 4.2 The student is able to refine representations and models to explain how the subcomponents of a biological polymer and their sequence determine the properties of that polymer.

Science Practice: The student can work with scientific explanation and theories.

Essential Knowledge: The subcomponents of biological molecules and their sequence determine the properties of that molecule

Openers/Reminders: Professional Development Banked Tuesday. Dismissal is at 1:49. This is your first FRQ Tuesday.

What will happen: FRQ - Statistics/ Begin Protien-bead activity

Chapter: 3

Homework:  Read Chapter and work on chapter questions

Exit Question(s): What is the function of each of the macromolecules?

 

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Date: August 23rd

Class: AP Biology

Learning Objective: 4.3 The student is able to use models to predict and justify that changes in the subcomponents of a biological polymer affect the functionality of the molecule.

Science Practice: The student can work with scientific explanation and theories.

Essential Knowledge: The subcomponents of biological molecules and their sequence determine the properties of that molecule

Openers/Reminders: There will be a test on Chapters 2 and 3 on Monday. But we will probably begin the new chapter before that test.

What will happen: Finish Chapter 3 notes

Chapter: 3

Homework: Finish reading chaptesrs 2 and 3/ Finish Chapters 2 and 3 questions

Exit Question(s): What are the four levels of complexity of a protein?

 

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Date: August 24th

Class: AP Biology

Learning Objective: 

Science Practice: The student can perform data analysis and evaluation of evidence.

Essential Knowledge:Interactions between and within populations influence patterns of species distribution and abundance.

Openers/Reminders: Student who completed AP Environmental Science - this is all review - you will be expected to help others grasp the information.

What will happen: Finish bead activity/ Finish Chapter 3 notes

Chapter: 46

Homework: Chapter 2 and 3 Test is Monday. Start studying/You should have finished the homework/Macromolecules chart/Chemistry Review worksheet

Exit Question(s): 

 

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Date: August 25th

Class: AP Biology

Learning Objective: 4.11 The student is able to justify the selection of the kind of data needed to answer scientific questions about the interaction of populations within communities.

Science Practice: The student can use representations and models to communicate scientific phenomena and solve scientific problems.

Essential Knowledge: Communities are composed on populations of organisms that interact in complex ways.

Openers/Reminders: You need to pull together everything you know abour populations and their survival techniques in order to understand what they do and why they do it.

What will happen: Chapter 46 Powerpoint/Population Biology Virtual Lab

Chapter: 46

Homework: Chapter 46 reading and questions. The next test will be on chapters 45 - 50. Homework for all the chapters will be due at that time. Next weeks FRQ will be from last years test - on the topic of populations.

Exit Question(s):

 

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Date: August 

Class: AP Biology

Learning Objective:4.15 The student is able to use visual representations to analyze situations or solve problems qualitatively to illustrate how interactions among living systems and with their environment result in the movement of matter and energy.

Science Practice:The student can use representations and models to communicate scientific phenomena and solve scientific problems.

Essential Knowledge: Interactions among living systems and with their environment result in the movement of matter and energy

Openers/Reminders: There is an FRQ tomorrow on Population Ecology

What will happen: Work on Paramecium c and a population lab/ Discuss FRQ/ Chapter 47 notes and lecture/Survivorship study worksheet

Chapter: 46 and 47

Homework: Finish reading chapter 46 and questions for 46/ Start reading Chapter 47/ Chapter 47 Homework Reviewing the Chapter 2, 4, 8, 13 and Testing Yourself 1 - 19

Exit Question(s): What type of species are we (r or K) and what type of survivorship curve do we have (I, II, III)?

 

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Date: August 

Class: AP Biology

Learning Objective:4.15 The student is able to use visual representations to analyze situations or solve problems qualitatively to illustrate how interactions among living systems and with their environment result in the movement of matter and energy.

Science Practice:The student can use representations and models to communicate scientific phenomena and solve scientific problems.

Essential Knowledge: Interactions among living systems and with their environment result in the movement of matter and energy

Openers/Reminders: There is an FRQ tomorrow on Population Ecology

What will happen: Work on Paramecium c and a population lab/ Discuss FRQ/ Chapter 47 notes and lecture/Survivorship study worksheet

Chapter: 46 and 47

Homework: Finish reading chapter 46 and questions for 46/ Start reading Chapter 47/ Chapter 47 Homework Reviewing the Chapter 2, 4, 8, 13 and Testing Yourself 1 - 19

Exit Question(s): What type of species are we (r or K) and what type of survivorship curve do we have (I, II, III)?

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Date: August 

Class: AP Biology

Learning Objective:4.15 The student is able to use visual representations to analyze situations or solve problems qualitatively to illustrate how interactions among living systems and with their environment result in the movement of matter and energy.

Science Practice:The student can use representations and models to communicate scientific phenomena and solve scientific problems.

Essential Knowledge: Interactions among living systems and with their environment result in the movement of matter and energy

Openers/Reminders: There is an FRQ tomorrow on Population Ecology

What will happen: Work on Paramecium c and a population lab/ Discuss FRQ/ Chapter 47 notes and lecture/Survivorship study worksheet

Chapter: 46 and 47

Homework: Finish reading chapter 46 and questions for 46/ Start reading Chapter 47/ Chapter 47 Homework Reviewing the Chapter 2, 4, 8, 13 and Testing Yourself 1 - 19

Exit Question(s): What type of species are we (r or K) and what type of survivorship curve do we have (I, II, III)?