AP Biology Calendar

AP Biology Calendar
2011 - 2012
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August/September


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14	15	16	17 The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!', but 'That's funny...'" Isaac Asimov	18 Teacher Institute "You can't leave footprints on the sands of time if you sit on your butt. And who wants to leave butt prints in the sand?"	19 Teacher Institute "In all science, error precedes truth, and it is better error should go first than last." Hugh Walpole	20
21	22 Freshman Orientation Poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part!	23 Course Introduction Scientific Method Review Read/sign safety contracts in C.O.B. - Due Thursday Read C.O.B. p. 3-4 Read Chapter 1: p. 14-18 Buy 2 Composition note books & Bonus supplies Bring own pair of safety goggles in ziplock bag labeled with your name Join AP Bio Wiki: http://stevensonapbiology.wikispaces.com	24 How to Pre-Lab Diversity Preserve Posters Introductory Lab: Change via Natural Selection (Lab Book #1 p. 9-10) Read Lab #1: Behavior & do pre-lab in note book (Lab Book #1 p. 11-13) Collect 10 LIVE pill bugs in appropriate container! Bring own pair of safety goggles in ziplock bag labeled with your name Join AP Bio Wiki: http://stevensonapbiology.wikispaces.com	25 DUE: Signed safety contract DUE: Ten LIVE pill bugs (drop off before school) DUE: Lab composition note book (with pre-lab notes) Lab #1 Pre-lab Quiz LAB #1: Parts A & B Design experiment for Part C of lab (teacher assigns variable to lab pair) Bring own pair of safety goggles in ziplock bag labeled with your name Join AP Bio Wiki	26 DUE: Bonus supplies LAB #1: Parts C & A Discuss class results for Part C Discuss Post-Lab Quiz Study strategies Prepare for in-class post-lab evaluation: graph all data, answer lab analysis Qs in lab notebook, correct errors from pre-lab quiz & attach quiz into lab notebook Finish summer chapter reading, write FRQs, and take all Quia quizzes by Monday 11:59p Bring own pair of safety goggles in ziplock bag labeled with your name Join AP Bio Wiki	27
28	29 Fire Drill: start of 3rd hr (10a) DUE: Summer Packet FRQs - Ecology & Behavior Lab #1 Post-lab Quiz (~55 min) Active review for ecology & behavior test Finish Ecology/Behavior Quia quizzes TODAY before 11:59p	30 SDOTW Schedule Grade Ecology Summer FRQ Grade Behavior Summer FRQ Vocabulary Quiz Introduction Active review for ecology & behavior test Finish unit test preparation; use on-line resources: Campbell, wiki, etc. Buy black composition notebook	31 Activity Period Sched. OPEN HOUSE: A-L DUE: black composition notebook 'test journal' Ecology & behavior review activity Discuss Post-Lab Quiz TEST (FRQ only): Ecology & Behavior Learn vocabulary terms from Group #1 in C.O.B. page 12 Continue unit test prep	1 Late Arrival Vocabulary Quiz #1 Study wisely for unit test	2 Review before school in 1904 or 8006 TEST (MC only): Ecology & Behavior Read & annotate Meerkat article Read & annotate 6 themes of biology in C.O.B. p. 24-25 Take additional notes about themes in COB after reading textbook p. 3-11	3
4	5 Labor Day - NO SCHOOL	6 Practice Lock Down (end 1st hr ~8:45a) Test Journal: Ecology & Behavior Introduce Journal Article Evaluation (COB p. 5) Read, Notes, Print Diagrams Chapter 2; use targets in C.O.B. p. 47 to guide note-taking Read & annotate Meerkat article Begin looking for a journal article for JAE #1	7 SDOTW Schedule Discuss Meerkat Journal Article Use MILKart to locate journal article Watch Meerkat Manor Read, Notes, Print Diagrams Chapter 3; use targets in C.O.B. p. 47 to guide note-taking Read & annotate "Ethics in Research" in C.O.B. p. 16-23 Find journal article; begin reading & annotating journal article for JAE #1	8 Activity Pd Schedule OPEN HOUSE: M-Z Protein structure Enzymes Learn vocabulary terms from Group #2 in C.O.B. page 13 left column only Read/notes/print diagrams text section 5.4: Protein Structure Read/notes/print diagrams text sections 8.4-8.5: Enzymes & Enzyme Regulation Find journal article; begin reading & annotating journal article for JAE #1	9 Late Arrival Vocabulary Quiz #2 Find journal article, read & annotate journal article for JAE #1 - DUE MONDAY! Buy a flash drive to use in class on Tuesday	10
11	12 DUE: Journal Article & annotations for JAE #1 Set up Fern Minimarsh Kits Set up apple sauce experiment Finish & discuss protein model Finish protein/ enzyme discussion Work on JAE #1 Work on Target practice	13 SDOTW Schedule Record apple sauce experiment data & analyze results Biochemistry for Biologists (Ch 2) Water Chemistry & Penny Wars (Ch 3) Work on JAE #1 Read, Notes, Print Diagrams Chapter 4; use targets in C.O.B. p. 47 to guide note-taking BRING FLASH DRIVE TO CLASS FRIDAY	14 Field Trip Day Functional Groups (Ch 4) Practice setting up & using LabPro equipment with LoggerPro software Work on JAE #1: Bring rough draft to class Thursday Pre-Lab Lab #2: Enzyme Catalysis BRING FLASH DRIVE TO CLASS FRIDAY	15 Late Arrival (teacher plan) Peer Review of JAE #1 Pre-Lab Lab #2: Enzyme Catalysis Finish JAE #1 BRING FLASH DRIVE TO CLASS FRIDAY	16 DUE: Journal Article Evaluation #1 BRING FLASH DRIVE TO CLASS Lab #2 Pre-lab Quiz Lab #2: Enzyme Catalysis Answer lab analysis Qs in lab notebook; graph lab data; explain lab results Read, Notes, Print Diagrams text sections 5.1 - 5.3; use targets in C.O.B. p. 47-48 to guide note-taking	17 SPIRIT FEST
18	19 Group share & discuss enzyme lab results Carbohydrates (Ch 5) PREPARE FOR POST-LAB QUIZ: Answer lab analysis Qs in lab notebook; graph lab data; explain lab results Work on Target practice Make 3-day test prediction in target packet chart Homecoming Pajama Day	20 SDOTW Schedule Class Asssemblies (2nd - JR, 3rd - SR) Lab #2 Post-lab Quiz (~45 min) Carbohydrates & Lipids (Ch 5) Work on target practice Begin test review using ALL resources: wiki, C.O.B. vocabulary & targets, Campbell online Homecoming Class Color Day (JR - gold, SR - green)	21 Finish Lipids (Ch 5) How to Concept Map Review for Biochemistry Test Finish target practice & check answers on unit 2 wiki Make 1-day test prediction in target packet chart Study wisely for test Homecoming Band t-shirt Day	22 Review before school in 1904 or 8006 TEST: Biochemistry FRQ & MC (Ch 2, 3, 4, 5.1 - 5.4, 8.4, 8.5) Learn vocabulary terms from Group #3 in C.O.B. page 13 right column only Homecoming Rock Star Day	23 PM Assembly Schedule NO A/B Periods Vocabulary Quiz #3 What do ya know about cells? Read/print diagrams text sections 6.1 - 6.3 Complete organelle chart as notes for 6.2 & 6.2 Homecoming SHS Spirit Day	24 Homecoming Dance
25	26 Test Journal: identify low sub-target performance Read/print diagrams text sections 6.4 - 6.7 Complete organelle chart as notes for 6.4-6.7	27 SDOTW Schedule Compare & contrast prokaryotic & eukaryotic cells Organelle Functions - put it together Compare & contrast plant & animal cells Life of a cell animation Eukaryotic cell evolution & endosymbiosis Read "The First Eukaryotes" on text p. 516-517, print figure 25.9 Read "Endosymbiosis in Eukaryotic Evolution" on text p. 576, print figure 28.2, and answer Target I-8,9,10 as notes (from C.O.B. p. 48) Pre-Lab Lab #3: The cell... (Lab Book #1 p. 20-25)	28 End Term 1 Grading DUE: Term 1 JAE replacement (if necessary) Lab #3 Pre-lab Quiz Lab #3: The Cell - basic unit of life & microscopes How to make a wet mount How to make observations & sketches of live & preserved specimens Answer lab analysis Qs in lab notebook using complete sentences	29 NO SCHOOL Rosh Hashanah	30 Membrane Structure Passive Transport: Diffusion & Osmosis Read/notes/print diagrams text sections 7.1 - 7.3 Pre-Lab Lab #4	1

AP Biology Calendar: October


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2	3 Lab #4 Pre-lab Quiz Lab #4: Diffusion, Osmosis, & Water Potential - DAY 1	4 SDOTW Schedule Lab #4: Diffusion, Osmosis, Water Potential - DAY 2 •Collect part C data •Perform & discuss Part A •Analyze class data •Water Potential Learn vocabulary terms from Group #4 in C.O.B. page 14 left column only	5 Late Arrival Vocabulary Quiz #4	6	7 Teacher Institute (NO STUDENTS!)	8
9	10 No School- Columbus Discovered an Island	11	12 SDOTW Schedule	13	14	15
16	17	18 SDOTW Schedule	19 Activity Period Sched. (senior picture)	20 Late Arrival (staff dev) Vocabulary Quiz #5	21	22
23	24 Happy Birthday, Mrs. Palffy!	25 SDOTW Schedule	26	27	28	29

AP Biology Calendar: November


Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
30	31 HAPPY HALLOWEEN	1 SDOTW Schedule	2	3	4	5
6	7	8 SDOTW Schedule	9	10 End Term 2 Grades	11 NO SCHOOL - HUG A VETERAN	12
13	14 Bring G.A.T. food & money	15 SDOTW Schedule Bring G.A.T. food & money	16 Bring G.A.T. food & money	17 Late Arrival (tchr) Vocabulary Quiz #6 Bring G.A.T. food & money	18 Bring G.A.T. food & money	19
20	21 Boys' Diving Begins Bring G.A.T. food & money	22 SDOTW Schedule Bring G.A.T. food & money	23 2:30p Dismissal NO A/B period! Bring G.A.T. food & money	24 No School Happy Thanksgiving!	25 No School WISH MS. I "HAPPY BIRTHDAY"! Beware of tryptophan side effects!	26

AP Biology Calendar: December


Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
27	28 Bring G.A.T. food & baby stuff	29 SDOTW Bring G.A.T. food & baby stuff	30 Activity Period (Jrs) Bring G.A.T. food & baby stuff	1 Bring G.A.T. food & baby stuff	2 Bring G.A.T. food & baby stuff	3
4	5 Activity Period (Odyssey)	6 SDOTW Schedule	7	8 Late Arrival (Staff Dev) Vocabulary Quiz #7 (last one!)	9	10
11	12	13 SDOTW Schedule	14	15	16	17

~~Winter Break~~

AP Biology Calendar: January


Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
2	3 Lab #10: Angiosperm Vegetative structures (PART III only: p. 77 - 80) Transpiration Lab #14: Set Up Contribute to final exam review wiki Read/notes/diagrams 36.1 - 36.2 Answer Lab #10 Analysis Qs in Lab Book #1 p. 80	4 SDOTW Schedule Make Transpiration Plant Mass Measurement Angiosperm Transport Contribute to final exam review wiki Read/Notes/diagrams 36.3 - 36.5 Answer Lab #10 Analysis Qs in Lab Book #1 p. 80 Make 3-day test prediction	5 DUE: Lab #10 Analysis Answers DUE: Final Exam Review Wiki Page (midnight) Make Transpiration Plant Mass Measurement Angiosperm Hormones Angiosperm responses: Tropism & coleoptile experiments Work on final exam review Wiki - DUE BY MIDNIGHT TONITE! Read/Notes/Diagrams 39.2 - 39.4	6 Make Transpiration Plant Mass Measurement Analyze/Discuss Transpiration Lab Class Data Angiosperm responses: Photoperiodism Make 1-day test prediction	7 TEST: Angiosperms (Ch 30, 35, 36, 38, 39) Use wiki to study for AP biology final exam	8
9	10 End Term 3 TJ Use TJ to prepare for final exam *Use wiki to review for final Study for Final: 131 Multiple choice questions; no FRQ	11 Finals: Periods 1, 2, 4 --> 1-2a: Exam is 1st --> 4-5a: Exam is 4th Read/Notes/Print Diagrams ALL OF CHAPTER 16 and section 5.5 Print target packet practice from wiki	12 Finals: Periods 3, 7, 5 -->2b-3: Exam is 3rd -->7-8a: Exam is 7th Read/Notes/Print Diagrams ALL OF CHAPTER 16 and section 5.5 Print target packet practice from wiki	13 Finals: Periods 8, 6 --> 5b-6: Exam is 6th hr Read/Notes/Print Diagrams ALL OF CHAPTER 16 and section 5.5 Print target packet practice from wiki	14 No School - Teacher Institute (yeah, no kids!) Read/Notes/Print Diagrams ALL OF CHAPTER 16 and section 5.5 Print target packet practice from wiki	15
16	17 No School - Martin Luther King Day Read/Notes/Print Diagrams ALL OF CHAPTER 16 and section 5.5 Print target packet practice from wiki	18 Test Journal Final Exam Relate final exam errors to fall semester subtargets Fall Semester Reflection & Spring Semester Goals Read & take notes for text section 20.2: p.405 - 406 ONLY; Print & explain figures 20.9, 20.10, 20.11 Read & take notes for text page 398: "Using Restriction Enzymes"; print & explain figure 20.3	19 Activity period DNA Structure Restriction Enzymes Gel Electrophoresis Online Activity & complete handout IN LAB BOOK #2 Pre-Lab Lab #15: Restriction Enzymes & Gel Electrophoresis	20 Pre-lab Quiz LAB #15: Restriction Enzymes & Gel Electrophoresis Work on Electrophoresis Lab report (see yellow 1/3 sheet handout) Answer Lab Analysis Qs #1-9 from p. 8 of Lab Book #2 on separate paper	21 LAB #15: Restriction Enzymes & Gel Electrophoresis - Destain, measure gels, begin graph DNA replication - leading & lagging strands Work on Electrophoresis Lab report (see yellow 1/3 sheet handout) Construct graph using lab data & semi-log graph paper. Follow directions on lab manual p. 7 & at bottom of data table handout Finish answering Lab Analysis Qs from p. 8 of lab manual Read & take notes text section 17.1 - START ON PAGE 328 Read & take notes text section 17.2	22
23	24 Review DNA Replication DNA replication & telomeres RNA & Transcription RNA processing RNA editing & alternative splicing Finish Electrophoresis lab report (see yellow 1/3 sheet handout) Read/notes/print diagrams sections 17.3 & 17.4	25 SDOTW DUE: Electrophoresis Data Table, Graph, & Analysis Translation Read/notes/print diagrams text sections 17.4 & 17.5 Make 3-day test prediction in unit target packet	26 Translation Mutation Read/notes /print diagrams text sections 17.5 & 17.6	27 Late Arrival Mutations Review for test Complete target practice & check answers Make 1-day test prediction in unit target packet	28 TEST: DNA & Protein Synthesis (Ch. 16-17) Read/notes/print diagrams text section 20.1	29

AP Biology Calendar: February


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30	31 OPEN NOTE HOMEWORK QUIZ Gene Cloning Techniques in vitro: PCR in vivo: recombinant plasmid Read/notes/print diagrams text section 20.2	1 SDOTW Gel Electrophoresis Dideoxy Chain Termination method for sequencing DNA (Sanger Method) Activity Read & annotate microarray handout Read/notes/print diagrams text section 20.4	2 Field Trip Day SNOW DAY #1	3 SNOW DAY #2	4 DUE: Term 4 J.A.E. (Erdmann & Inselberger) Microarrays & Activity Applications of Biotechnology Intro to Operons Read/notes/print diagrams text section 20.3 Read/notes/print diagrams text section 18.1 Post JAE #4 to Turnitin.com	5
6 Register for AP exams on-line CLICK HERE	7 DUE: Term 4 J.A.E. (Palffy) Prokaryotic Gene Regulation: Operons - inducible & repressible Read/notes/print diagrams text section 18.2 Make 3-day test prediction Post JAE #4 to Turnitin.com WINTERFEST Pajama Day	8 SDOTW Mr. E absent Review gene regulation mechanisms: positive & negative Review Operons: inducible & repressible Review transformation lab (pGLO) Operons Quiz?! Work on target packet operons practice Post JAE #4 to Turnitin.com WINTERFEST Class Color Day	9 Ms. I absent Eukaryotic mechanisms for gene regulation: RNAi Make 1-day test prediction Post JAE #4 to Turnitin.com before midnight tonite WINTERFEST College Apparel Day	10 TEST: Biotechnology & Gene Regulation (Ch. 20.1, 20.2, 20.4, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3) Read/notes/print diagrams sections 46.1 & 46.2 WINTERFEST Outer Space Day	11 PM Assembly Schedule (no A, B periods) Test Journal Introduction to Animal Reproduction: pros & cons Read/notes/print diagrams sections 46.3 & 46.4 WINTERFEST Green & Gold Spirit Day	12 Turnabouterspace Dance
13 Register for AP exams on-line CLICK HERE	14 Gametogenesis in animals Reproductive hormones, puberty, feedback Male & female reproductive cycles Read/notes/print diagrams sections 46.5 & 46.6	15 Female reproductive cycle Read/notes/print diagrams sections 47.1 & 47.2 Complete development comparison chart in target packet as notes for 47.2	16 SDOTW Fertilization: cortical rxn Animal Development Development Comparison Chart Read/notes/print diagrams sections 46.3 Make 3-day test prediction	17 Late arrival Mr. Erdmann & Ms I absent Lab #16: Embryology & Lab Analysis Qs Answer Embryology Lab Analysis Qs	18 Lab #16: Embryology & Lab Analysis Qs Finish Embryology Lab Analysis Make 1-day test prediction	19
20 Register for AP exams on-line CLICK HERE	21 NO SCHOOL - President's Day	22 DUE: Embryology Lab Analysis Answers TEST: Animal Reproduction & Development ALL: Read/Notes/Print Diagrams sections 32.1, 32.3, 32.4 (skip OR read for fun 32.2) MS I's CLASSES: Pre-Lab Lab #17 for animal you will dissect Wed & Thurs. Locate color dissection guides to assist you during lab Wed & Thurs	23 SDOTW Test Journal Invertebrate Mega Chart Assign Invert. Dissection Groups Ms I's CLASSES: Invertebrate Dissection - DAY #1 ALL: Read/Print Diagrams sections 33.1 - 33.2 Use mega invert. chart to organize & compare info about animal phyla Ms I's CLASSES: Pre-lab ALL of Lab #17	24 Animal & Invertebrate basics Ms I's CLASSES: Invertebrate Dissection - DAY #2 Pre-Lab Lab #17 FOR THE ORGANISM YOU ARE DISSECTING Find information & SPECIFIC, COLORFUL dissection pictures about your dissection animal ALL: Read/Print Diagrams text sections 33.1 - 33.2; complete mega invertebrate chart handout as notes & to compare/contrast animal phyla Ms I's CLASSES: Work on Lab #17 Analysis Qs	25 End of 4th Term DUE: Term 4 Replacement J.A.E. (if necessary) Lab #17: Invertebrate Dissection Ms I's CLASSES: Test Journal Repro/Devo Test Work on Invertebrate Mega Chart (no access to invertebrate dissection specimens) ALL: Work on Invertebrate lab Analysis Qs Pre-Lab ALL of Lab #17 Read/Print Diagrams text sections 33.3 - 33.5; complete mega invertebrate chart handout as notes & to compare/contrast animal phyla Ms I's CLASSES: FINISH Invertebrate Lab analysis Qs	26

AP Biology Calendar: March


Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
27 Register for AP exams on-line CLICK HERE	28 Lab #17: Complete Invertebrate Dissection Plan group dissection presentation Ms I's CLASSES: Dissection Presentations ALL: Read/Notes/Print Diagrams text sections 34.1, 34.3, 34.4 Work on invertebrate lab analysis Qs Make 3-day test prediction	1 SDOTW DUE: Invertebrate Lab Analysis Answers (all classes) Invertebrate dissection specimen presentation Ms I's CLASSES: Intro to Animals Review invertebrate phyla characteristics & example organisms ALL: Read/Notes/Print Diagrams sections 34.5 - 34.7 Check out & study the AWESOME vertebrate review chart on text page 734!	2 Field Trip Day Vertebrate Basics Make 1-day test prediction Study wisely for test	3 TEST: Animal Diversity - Invertebrates & Vertebrates (Chapters 33 & 34) Buy, read, annotate Your Inner Fish Send email to your teacher so you can receive blog invite Post first prompt (& response) Sunday after 12:01a!	4 NO STUDENTS - Teacher institute	5
6 Register for AP exams! CLICK HERE BLOG WINDOW OPENS for Your Inner Fish Day 1 of 40	7 NO SCHOOL - Casimir Pulaski Day BLOG WINDOW OPEN	8 SDOTW Test Journal Introduce Digestion Flow chart activity (Instructions are in unit target packet) Read/Notes sections 40.2 & 40.3 Print diagrams 40.10, 40.12, 40.16 It is strongly suggested that you read 41.2 - 41.3 BEFORE making digestion flow chart. These sections WILL NOT be discussed in class, but will be on your test! Email Ms I if you can do AP Biology Lab Pilot: ainselberger@d125.org BLOG WINDOW OPEN	9 Thermoregulation Osmoregulation Read/Notes/Print Diagrams 44.1 & 44.2 WORK ON DIGESTION FLOW CHART Email Ms I if you can do AP Biology Lab Pilot: ainselberger@d125.org BLOG WINDOW OPEN	10 Types of Nitrogenous Waste Human Excretory System Role of the Nephron: Filtration, Reabsorption, Secretion Read/Notes/Print Diagrams 44.3 & 44.4 WORK ON DIGESTION FLOW CHART Make 3-day test prediction AP Biology Lab Pilot in Room 1904 SESSION #1 - 3:45 - 5:15 BLOG WINDOW OPEN	11 Finish Role of Nephron Human osmoregulation using hormones: ADH Read/Notes/Print Diagrams 44.5 Read/Notes section 41.5 (page 893 ONLY!) Print Diagram 41.21 FINISH DIGESTION FLOW CHART! AP Biology Lab Pilot in Room 1904 SESSION #2 - 3:45 - 5:15 BLOG WINDOW OPEN	12 PROJECT DANCE BLOG WINDOW OPEN
13 Last week to register for AP exams CLICK HERE BLOG WINDOW OPEN Day 8 of 40	14 DUE: Digestion Flow Chart Human Osmoregulation using hormones RAAS System Human Regulation of blood glucose level (insulin & glucagon) Discuss Digestion Flow Chart Video: Work of the Kidneys Check answers to target packet practice Make 1-day test prediction Study wisely! BLOG WINDOW OPEN	15 SDOTW TEST: Digestion & Excretion (Ch 40, 41, 44) Pre-Lab Lab #18 & #19: Construct data tables for parts 4-5 of Lab #19 in lab notebook; do parts 3-4 AT HOME Quantitatively predict your CV fitness value Read/Notes/Print Diagrams sections 42.1 - 42.2: make graphic organizer comparing circulatory systems of diff. animal phyla AP Biology Lab Pilot in Room 1904 SESSION #3 - 3:45 - 5:15 BLOG WINDOW OPEN	16 Comparison of Circulatory systems of animal phyla Human heart anatomy Double circulation & circuits Read/Notes/Print Diagrams sections 42.3 - 42.4: make graphic organizer comparing types of blood vessels; components of blood; cardiovascular disease Pre-Lab Labs #18 & #19 (see hwk notes on March 15) BLOG WINDOW OPEN	17 Late arrival Video: Blood & Circulation OR Video: Circulation - River of Life Read/Notes/Print Diagrams section 42.5: make graphic organizer to compare resp. systems of diff. animal phyla; print UNLABELED human resp. system diagram AP Biology Lab Pilot in Room 1904 SESSION #4 - 3:45 - 5:15 BLOG WINDOW OPEN	18 Progress Reports DUE: 2011 AP TEST REGISTRATION and MONEY by 4pm in Rm 6000 Pre-Lab Quiz Lab #18 & 19 Lab #19: Physiology of Circulatory System WEAR A T-SHIRT FOR LAB Perform parts 4-5 in class; do parts 3-4 at home Begin Answering Lab #19 Analysis Qs (from p. 41 of lab book #2) Read/Notes/Print Diagrams 42.6 & 42.7 BLOG WINDOW OPEN	19 BLOG WINDOW OPEN
20 BLOG WINDOW OPEN Day 15 of 40	21 Homework / reading quiz: sections 42.1 - 42.4: CAN use notes & diagrams for quiz (28 pts) Cardiac Cycle & Rhythm Components of Blood CV Diseases Lab #18: Composition of Blood Finish reading/notes & graphic organizers/ printing diagrams for Chapter 42! Finish Lab #19 Analysis Answers Work on target packet concept generalizations Make 3-day test prediction BLOG WINDOW OPEN	22 SDOTW DUE: Lab #19 Analysis Answers (20 pts) Requirements for Gas Exchange Breathing, Regulation of, & Commericial Internal, external & cellular respiration Work on target packet concept generalizations BLOG WINDOW OPEN	23 Activity Period Oxygen & carbon dioxide transport in blood Oxygen Dissociation Curves: Bohr Shift Make 1-day test prediction Compare target packet concept generalizations with members of your study group! Study Wisely! BLOG WINDOW OPEN	24 TEST: Circulation & Respiration (Ch 42) MC & FRQ Read/Notes/Print Diagrams 43.1 - 43.2 DIAGRAMS ARE VERY HELPFUL FOR THIS UNIT! PRINT 'EM ALL! Complete non-specific immune response flow chart IN PENCIL BLOG WINDOW OPEN	25 Test Journal: Digest./Excretion AND Circ./Resp. Tests Video: March of the Penguins BLOG, BLOG, BLOG! Read/Notes/Print Diagrams 43.1 - 43.2 DIAGRAMS ARE VERY HELPFUL FOR THIS UNIT! PRINT 'EM ALL! Complete non-specific immune response flow chart IN PENCIL FYI: Biology postcard must be postmarked NO LATER THAN April 3! --> BLOG WINDOW OPEN	27 Spring Break BLOG WINDOW IS OPEN EVERY DAY OVER SPRING BREAK!! Send a biology- related post-card to A. Inselberger OR C. Palffy OR B. Erdmann c/o Stevenson High School 1 Stevenson Drive Lincolnshire, IL 60069

~~Spring Break~~

AP Biology Calendar: April


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3 BLOG WINDOW OPEN Day 29 of 40	4 Immune System: innate immunity & inflammatory response (flow chart) MHC & HLA: Self vs. non-self T & B-cell basics Read/Notes/Print Diagrams 43.3 BLOG WINDOW OPEN	5 SDOTW Humoral (Antibody-mediated) Immunity Write concept generalization for humoral immunity Read/Notes/Print Diagrams 43.4 Do target packet practice related to humoral immunity Make 3-day test prediction BLOG WINDOW OPEN	6 Cell-Mediated Immunity HIV & immune system Write concept generalization & do target packet practice for cell-mediated immunity BLOG WINDOW OPEN	7 Late arrival Review Specific immunity Primary vs. Secondary immune response & vaccines Check target packet practice answers; do target packet ordering activities Make 1-day test prediction Study wisely! BLOG WINDOW OPEN	8 TEST: Immune System (Ch 43) MC & FRQ Read, notes, print diagrams sections 48.1 - 48.2 BLOG WINDOW OPEN	9 BLOGGING WINDOW OPEN
10 BLOG WINDOW OPEN - THIS IS THE LAST WEEK for the procrastinators! Day 36 of 40	11 Test Journal Neuron Anatomy & Types of Neurons Read, notes, print diagrams sections 48.3 - 48.4 Complete target packet practice BLOG WINDOW OPEN	12 SDOTW Action Potential Reflex Arc *Synaptic Transmission Read, notes, print diagrams sections 49.1 (focus on reflexes) and 50.5 Complete target packet practice BLOG WINDOW OPEN	13 Neuromuscular Junction Muscle Contraction Read, notes, print diagrams sections 49.2 - 49.3 Complete target packet practice BLOG WINDOW OPEN	14 BRAIN DAY! Study Wisely BLOG WINDOW CLOSES AT 11:59p TONITE!	15 End 5th Term TEST: Nervous System (Ch 48, 49.1-49.3, 50.5) MC ONLY READ & take notes section 22.3 - focus on Figure 22.13 INQUIRY Begin reading evolution chapters & answer evolution targets as guided reading prompts & for test preparation!	16
17	18 PRACTICE AP BIOLOGY MC EXAM #1 Pre-lab Lab #21 Continue reading evolution chapters & answer evolution targets as guided reading prompts & for test preparation! PM Review Room 1904 (7-9) Ms I: Biochemistry, Enzymes, & Cellular Respiration - Chapters 2-5, 7-9	19 SDOTW LAB #21: Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium (last dirty dozen lab!) ALL 'HOMEWORK FRQ' PROMPTS ARE IN LAB BOOK #2: pages 70-73! Do homework FRQ #11 & #12 Continue reading evolution chapters & answer evolution targets to prepare for Quia online test PM Review Rm 1904 (3:30-5:30) Mr Erdmann: Biochemistry, Enzymes, & Cellular Respiration - Chapters 2-5, 7-9	20 Activity Period DUE: HWK FRQ #11 & 12 Grade homework FRQs Analyze results (strengths & weaknesses) from Practice AP Biology Exam #1 Continue reading evolution chapters & answer evolution targets to prepare for Quia online test Bring any evolution Qs you want to discuss in class on Thursday, April 21 PM Review (Room 1904, 7-9p) Mrs. Palffy: All Things DNA - Chapters 13 - 21	21 Evolution Day Evolution Flow Chart Types of Selection & Evolution Do homework FRQ #8 & 9 Continue reading evo. chapter(s) & answering evolution targets to prepare for Quia online test PM Review (Room 1904, 3:30 - 5:30) Mr. Erdmann: All Things DNA - Ch 13 - 21	22 NO SCHOOL - GOOD FRIDAY	23
24 EARTH DAY!	25 DUE: HWK FRQ #8 & #9 Grade homework FRQ #8 & #9 Finish 2007 Practice MC test analysis & corrections AP practice test #2 study time Test Journal Nervous system test Write FRQ #3 & 10 Evolution unit test work/study time Do homework FRQ #3 & #10 Continue reading evo. chapter(s) & answering evolution targets to prepare for Quia online test PM Review Rm 1904 (7-9p) Ms. Inselberger: Plants & Photosynthesis - Chapters 10, 29-30, 35-36, 38-39	26 SDOTW Take Evolution Test on Quia.com by 11:59p TONIGHT DUE: HWK FRQ #3 & #10 PRACTICE AP BIOLOGY MC EXAM #2 (FINAL EXAM) Teacher Grades Hwk FRQ #3 Do homework FRQ #1 & 7 PM Review Rm 1904 (3:30 - 5:30p) Mrs. Palffy: Plants & Photosynthesis - Chapters 10, 29-30, 35-36, 38-39	27 PSAE Testing (Jrs) NO AP BIO CLASSES Seniors go to the commons to write FRQs #1 & 7 Do homework FRQ #1 & 7 PM Review Room 1904 (7-9p) Ms. Inselberger: Labs-The Dirty Dozen BRING LAB BOOKS #1 & #2, lab reports, and Course Outline book	28 PSAE Testing (Jrs) NO AP BIO CLASSES Seniors go to the commons to write FRQs #1 & 7 Do homework FRQ #1 & 7 PM Review Room 1904 (3:30 - 5:30p) Mr. Erdmann & Mrs. Palffy: Labs-The Dirty Dozen BRING LAB BOOKS #1 & #2, lab reports, and Course Outline book	29 DUE: HWK FRQ #1 & 7 Analyze results of Practice AP biology exam #2 Grade hwk FRQ #1, 7, 10 Study for other AP exams! :)	30

AP Biology Calendar: May


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1	2 In-class review: Student choice Exams: AM: Chemistry & Environmental science PM: Psychology Get Neil Shubin Field Trip form signed by 4th & 5th hour teachers & parents Bring in large scented candle (for bonus points) Submit 8" x 10.5" cover design for Lab Book #1, Lab Book #2 and or Course Outline Book	3 SDOTW In-class review: Student choice Exams: AM: Computer Science A & Spanish Language PM: Art History Get Neil Shubin Field Trip form signed by 4th & 5th hour teachers Bring in large scented candle (for bonus pts)	4 In-class review: Student choice Exams: AM: Calculus AB, Calculus BC PM: Chinese Language & Culture Get Neil Shubin Field Trip form signed by 4th & 5th hour teachers Bring in large scented candle (for bonus points) Submit 8" x 10.5" cover design for Lab Book #1, Lab Book #2 and or Course Outline Book	5 In-class review: Student choice Exams: AM: English Literature & Composition, PM: Japanese Language & Culture & Latin Get Neil Shubin Field Trip form signed by 4th & 5th hour teachers Bring in large scented candle (for bonus points) Submit 8" x 10.5" cover design for Lab Book #1, Lab Book #2 and or Course Outline Book	6 Progress Reports In-class review: Student choice Exams: AM: German & US History PM: European History Get Neil Shubin Field Trip form signed by 4th & 5th hour teachers Bring in large scented candle (for bonus points) Submit 8" x 10.5" cover design for Lab Book #1, Lab Book #2 and or Course Outline Book	7
8	9 Bagel Breakfast Brainstorm & Pre-test (covalent) Bonding Lower Sports Center Lobby 6:45 - 7:30a AP BIOLOGY EXAM in Field House Exams: AM: BIOLOGY, Music Theory PM: Physics B & Physics C	10 SDOTW Exam debriefing TURN IN TEXT BOOK to room 8080 (east science office between 1st - 8th hours! Exams: AM: Government PM: Comparative Government, French Get Neil Shubin Field Trip form signed by 4th & 5th hour teachers Bring in large scented candle (for bonus points) Submit 8" x 10.5" cover design for Lab Book #1, Lab Book #2 and or Course Outline Book	11 Biophilia movie Exams: AM: English Language PM: Statistics TURN IN TEXT BOOK to room 8080 (east science office between 1st - 8th hours! Get Neil Shubin Field Trip form signed by 4th & 5th hour teachers Work on JAE #6 (if necessary) Bring in large scented candle (for bonus points) Submit 8" x 10.5" cover design for Lab Book #1, Lab Book #2 and or Course Outline Book	12 Biophilia movie Exams: AM: Macroeconomics & World History PM: Microeconomics TURN IN TEXT BOOK to room 8080 (east science office between 1st - 8th hours! Get Neil Shubin Field Trip form signed by 4th & 5th hour teachers Work on JAE #6 (if necessary) Bring in large scented candle (for bonus points) Submit 8" x 10.5" cover design for Lab Book #1, Lab Book #2 and or Course Outline Book	13 Biophilia movie Exams: AM: Human Geography & Spanish Literature TURN IN TEXT BOOK to room 8080 (east science office between 1st - 8th hours! Get Neil Shubin Field Trip form signed by 4th & 5th hour teachers Work on JAE #6 (if necessary) Bring in large scented candle (for bonus points) Submit 8" x 10.5" cover design for Lab Book #1, Lab Book #2 and or Course Outline Book	14 Prom
15	16 TURN IN TEXT BOOK to room 8080 (east science office between 1st - 8th hours! DUE: Large scented candle (for bonus points) Begin cat dissection- muscles Get Neil Shubin Field Trip form signed by 4th & 5th hour teachers Work on JAE #6 (if necessary) Submit 8" x 10.5" cover design for Lab Book #1, Lab Book #2 and or Course Outline Book	17 SDOTW TURN IN TEXT BOOK to room 8080 (east science office between 1st - 8th hours! Neil Shubin Presentation Periods 4-5a West Auditorium Room 2206 Work on JAE #6 (if necessary) Submit 8" x 10.5" cover design for Lab Book #1, Lab Book #2 and or Course Outline Book	18 Awards Day TURN IN TEXT BOOK to room 8080 (east science office between 1st - 8th hours! Cat dissection - muscles Work on JAE #6 (if necessary) Submit 8" x 10.5" cover design for Lab Book #1, Lab Book #2 and or Course Outline Book	19 Field Trip Day TURN IN TEXT BOOK to room 8080 (east science office between 1st - 8th hours! Cat dissection - muscles (last day) Work on JAE #6 (if necessary) Submit 8" x 10.5" cover design for Lab Book #1, Lab Book #2 and or Course Outline Book 2011-2012 Students pick up textbook & summer packet in room 8080- East Science Office	20 SPRING FLING & PM Assembly Schedule - NO A/B periods Cat dissection - open body cavity: Digestive system & Circulatory system TURN IN TEXT BOOK to room 8080 (east science office between 1st - 8th hours! Work on JAE #6 (if necessary) Submit 8" x 10.5" cover design for Lab Book #1, Lab Book #2 and or Course Outline Book 2010-2011 Students pick up textbook & summer packet in room 8080- East Science Office	21
22	23 Activity Period TERM #6 JAE DUE (if necessary) THE BEST ONE EVER! Cat dissection - Digestive, Circulatory, & Respiratory Systems Submit 8" x 10.5" cover design for Lab Book #1, Lab Book #2 and or Course Outline Book 2011-2012 Students pick up textbook and summer packet in room 8080- East Science Office	24 SDOTW Cat dissection- Excretory, Reproductive, & Nervous Systems Submit 8" x 10.5" cover design for Lab Book #1, Lab Book #2 and or Course Outline Book 2011-2012 Students pick up textbook and summer packet in room 8080- East Science Office	25 Finish Cat Dissection & Review Submit 8" x 10.5" cover design for Lab Book #1, Lab Book #2 and or Course Outline Book 2011-2012 Students pick up textbook and summer packet in room 8080- East Science Office	26 End 6th Term DUE: Lab Book #1, #2, & C.O.B. cover design submissions CAT DISSECTION LAB PRACTICAL TEST REAL CATS - not computer pictures! *Last AP biology test grade! YOU SURVIVED AP BIOLOGY! 2011-2012 Students pick up textbook and summer packet in room 8080- East Science Office	27 AP Biology lab clean up & re-organization Final Exams for Seniors Period 8: 12:15 - 1:45 Period 6: 1:55 - 3:25 Ask your teacher in other classes if you have to take an exam! THERE IS NO AP BIOLOGY FINAL ON THIS EXAM DAY 2010-2011 Students pick up textbook and summer packet in room 8080- East Science Office	28
29	30 MEMORIAL DAY NO SCHOOL!	31 AP BIOLOGY AWARDS DAY and CELEBRATION! Write next years' AP Biology students letters for how to survive AP biology and reflect on the entire AP Biology experience! Final Exams for Seniors in Field House Per. 3: 8:05 - 9:35 Per. 7: 9:45 - 11:15 Per. 5: 11:25 - 12:55 Ask your teacher in other classes if you have to take an exam! THERE IS NO AP BIOLOGY FINAL ON THIS EXAM DAY 2010-2011 Students pick up textbook and summer packet in room 8080- East Science Office	1 Final Exams ALL STUDENTS PERIODS 1, 2, 4 in regular classrooms for each period THERE IS NO AP BIOLOGY FINAL ON THIS EXAM DAY 2010-2011 Students pick up textbook and summer packet in room 8080- East Science Office	2 Fr, So, Jr Final Exams PERIODS 3, 7, 5 THERE IS NO AP BIOLOGY FINAL ON THIS EXAM DAY 2010-2011 Students pick up textbook and summer packet in room 8080- East Science Office GRADUATION 7pm Sears Center Hoffman Estates	3 Fr, So, Jr Final Exams PERIODS 8, 6 THERE IS NO AP BIOLOGY FINAL ON THIS EXAM DAY 2010-2011 Students pick up textbook and summer packet in room 8080- East Science Office	4