Wrapping Up Our Enzymes

Homework for next Monday (October 3rd):
1.Textbook, page 51 - Analyzing Data/Graph of how pH affects enzyme activity. Answer questions 1-6
2. Define: manipulated variable, responding variable, controlled variable.  (Use glossary or index in back of textbook.)  From our experiment on Thursday, figure out which is which.
3. Make Nice Table, and Make Nice Graph from your data set.  Reread the experiment and answer questions 1-5 from the textbook, page 55.  Also, think about your experiment and what might have caused errors; make a list of these.  It turns out, I think, that the best thing you can learn from this class is "What were my mistakes and how can I learn from them?"

Review videos to watch:
lipids
proteins
carbohydrates

homework for Thursday, Sept. 29

1. Lab Manual : Using Graphing Skills, pages 49-54  (30 minutes)
2. Textbook section 2.4, answering questions in Study Guide
3. Review for test.
4. Watch these three videos: AP Biology Lab 2: Enzyme Catalysis
                     Enzyme Animation
                     2/2. Enzymes, Proteins, Carbohydrates, Digestion 
Notice also that I put the videos we watched in class on the side bar, if you wish to see them up close.

Thanks, class.  You have done well, Mrs. Harmon

Finishing Up and A Really Cool Thing

Homework:
Lab Manual: Finish up the questions for yesterday's lab.
Textbook: Read section 2.3 - Carbon compounds
Study guide: Answer questions as you read textbook.
OOPS! I handed out Monday's surprise quiz!!!  You may save this and bring to class on Monday.(It's not cheating to look at it  :). 

You may wish to review what we have studied so far in Chap. 1-2,  as I will have a short test/long quiz to take home  next Friday.

And in the news: for those of you who might be excited to see physics in an uproar: (totally unrelated & not homework) A neutrino beam was measured as traveling faster than the speed of light, appearing to break the limit set by Albert Einstein in 1905.

Neutrinos Caught Speeding May Break Einstein’s Cosmic Limit  http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&tab=wn&ar=1316790936    and here is an audio of Brian Cox explaining:

Brian Cox on Cern's baffling light-speed find

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15034852

Answers Available

I told Josh on the way home, What a remarkable class!  It was hot, and after lunch, and this was perhaps a most tedious lesson, but you showed the most amazing concentration!  "Two are better than one, and a three-fold cord is not easily broken." Good job working together.

 So as not to exasperate you unnecessarily, here is the teacher's guide/answer sheet, if you get stuck on the homework, which is to complete the handout.  My suggestion, so that you can learn the information buried in there,  is to read with a highlighter in hand, underlining the parts which teach you.  Also, read carefully so that you don't skip questions or instructions.  I will have you turn these in and I will give you a sort of grade, just to see that you have been complete.  Later on I will ask you to summarize, but you may wish to do so as you go.
                           Teacher's Guide/ Answers

Homework for Monday, Sept. 19

Before you begin reading your textbook, look at the "Guide for Reading"  --Key Concepts and Vocabulary
These are what you should highlight as you read, remembering that I will be testing on vocabulary A LOT, and cumulatively.

Homework: Read Section 2.2/Answer  study guide questions
Also watch this video AND TAKE NOTES!  Water: To stick or not to stick
Try out something from video, like a floating experiment or something,  and leave a comment about what you did.

AND here's an extra credit question:  What important invention uses the principles of adhesion and cohesion to do an essential job?

Homework for Thursday, Sept. 15

Thank you for a lively and respectful discussion yesterday. 
Here is the new homework assignment:
Lab Book: Exercises 4-6 (page 17-18) Some problems with finding averages, which is about all the math that biology demands   :)
Study guide:  Read summary on page 5-6 and answer the questions on page 155-157 -- This is the review from physical science.  (Properties of fluids, Classifying Matter, Chemical Behavior of Matter)
Textbook: Read Section 2.1 ( more review from physical science)
Study Guide: Section 2.1 pages 189-190 

REMINDER: KEEP COLLECTING 2-LITER BOTTLES AND BRING THEM ON THURSDAY.  Also, you should have a binder to keep handouts in, preferably a separate 1" binder with a slot for inserting a cover.

Watching SpongeBob Makes Preschoolers Slower Thinkers, Study Finds - ABC News

Watching SpongeBob Makes Preschoolers Slower Thinkers, Study Finds - ABC News

Here we have a picture of our first big project and an excerpt from a blog which describes the day-to-day observations of their ecocolumn. 

[Directions to follow.]

"WE MADE OUR FIRST ECOCOLUMN TODAY!!!!

The top is our Plant/Animal Chamber... We have a few plants in it and also a worm for now..

The middle is our Decomposition Chamber.. It is made up of wet old wood, sticks, leaves, moss, and a mushroom.

The bottom is our Aquarium Chamber. It is made up of pond water, algae, and a few minnows.
It was fun building the Ecocolumn; it was exciting when we saw the whole thing start to take shape. Hope it stays this fun. I am hoping for the best for our ecocolumn. Will have terrestrials soon, I hope…."

from this link:

 http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5828187189529614192/posts/default

Homework for Monday, September 12:
Read textbook, chapter 1, section 3
Answer Study Guide questions  for ch. 1.3 (pages 184-185)
In your Lab Manuals, pages 14-17, exercises 1-3
We will skip section 1.4.

[When I write section 1.4, I mean it's chapter 1, section 4.  Get it?]

And here is a video clip to review the eight characteristics of life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl10jtgMTV4&feature=related

Hope you enjoyed your first day of school--what a cooperative class you are!

Welcome, Jim Bridger Biology Class!!!

This year we will try a new thing: in lieu of emails, I will post the homework assignments, the internet links, the youtube clips, and you also can make your comments, ask your questions, and give feedback.  Not many words for today, just the homework for Thursday, September 8th.
In your textbook (the one with a dragonfly cover) read Chapter 1, sections 1 and 2.  In your Study Guide, answer the questions for those sections, confusingly this means pages 179-183.  How simple is that!?!

[so you are not confused, the Study Guide is a combined book of two parts; the first part is chapter summaries and the second part has the questions--so the chapter one, section one, questions start on page 179 or so.  The dragonfly textbooks you have are various editions so page numbers are slightly different from each other; therefore, I will not refer to page numbers in the textbook.  Please bring all your books to class, as well as any clear plastic 2-liter bottles, with caps.  Also, anyone have a soldering iron  they could bring? VQH

And Watch This:

On the question of the Origin of Mice :  Spontaneous Generation 

Click to view.

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