November 2016 (and October 31)

This is going to be a crazy month!  There will be some weeks when I see you once and one week when we have all of our classes!  

• Mon 10/31:  Start Hardy-Weinberg Activity.  Work on 10.3 questions and take data for Populations Lab.  Beak quiz on Wednesday!  Please Read 1.5.
• Wed 11/2:  Beak of the Finch Quiz.  You will have 20 minutes without your book and 10 minutes with your book.  You will have 1 short answer question from each chapter and have to answer 5 of them.  In addition, there will be 5-8 multiple choice questions.  The questions we discussed in class are on the website.   Check off 10.3 questions and go over them.  Finish Hardy-Weinberg Activity.  Packet due Mon 11/14.
• Mon 11/7:  Rough draft of Populations Lab due for Peer Review.  Final Draft due Fri 11/18.  Origin of Cells!
• Mon 11/14:  Review for Evolution Quiz to be taken on Wednesday.  Start digestion!  Start reading 6.1.
• Wed 11/16:  Evolution Quiz.  Digestion Coloring Sheet.  Finish reading 6.1.
• Fri 11/18: Final Draft of Populations Lab due through turnitin.com.  Parts of the digestive system, on-line activity, structure of small intestine and villi, synthesis of pancreatic juices.  Check off coloring sheet and worksheet on back.
• Tues 11/22:  Absorption in the digestive system.  Dialysis tubing simulation.  Start brainstorming Big IA!  You need to come up with a question by Monday 12/5.
• Tues 11/29:  Joe Eats a Burger and review for Digestive System Quiz to be taken on Tues, Dec 1st.  Start structure of blood vessels.

10.3 Questions

To be done in your notebook by Wednesday, 11/2.

1. What is a gene pool?
2. How can allele frequency be used to demonstrate evolution?
3. Describe these 3 patterns of natural selection and give an example of each:  stabilizing, disruptive, and directional.
4. Describe these 3 types of reproductive isolation and give examples of each:  temporal, behavioral, and geographic.
5. Distinguish between allopatric and sympatric speciation.
6. Discuss the 2 theories about the pace of evolutionary change:  gradualism versus punctuated equilibrium.
7. What is polyploidy?  How can it lead to speciation?  In what organisms is it most common?
8. Do the DBQ’s on p. 458 and 460 (this one starts on 459)

The Week of 10/24-10/28

• Tues 10/25:  Check off DBQ's on pp 244, 249, and 257 and go over.  Discuss Beak of the Finch, chapters 5+6.  Make graphs for beak lab, answer questions, and submit to me electronically.  Take data for Populations Lab?
• Thurs 10/27:  Discuss Chapter 7 of Beak of the Finch and review general themes of the book.  Quiz on Chapters 1-7 next Wednesday 11/2.  Methods of Speciation.  Read 10.3 in text.

The Week of 10/17-10/21

• Mon 10/17:  Discuss chapters 1+2 of Beak of the Finch.  Short notes on evidence for evolution.  Guidelines for Populations Lab.  Please have a proposal for your question and how you will take your data by Wednesday 10/19.  You need to turn it in to me.  Hand back poster grades.  Work on your Populations Question or data-based questions on pp. 244 and 249.  Read Chapters 3+4 of Beak of the Finch for Friday 10/21.
• Wed 10/19:  Speciation.  Main components of natural selection.  Antibiotic resistance.  Add DBQ on p. 257 to the earlier ones and get checked off.  Submit your proposed question and procedure (how you will take your data) to me.
• Fri 10/21:  Discuss Chapters 3+4 of Beak.  Beak Lab!  Take data, add to class database and then start to analyze.  Read Chapters 5+6 of Beak for Tuesday, 10/25.

Hey, what's on that short Biodiversity Test that we will do on Wednesday 10/12?

• About 10 multiple choice
• List Kingdom through species categories and list all 7 for two organisms from different kingdoms (we did humans and the Coast Redwood)
• Use a cladogram or dichotomous key to sort out 8-10 animals that I will give you.  Please use characteristics (i.e. has 4 limbs) and not previously determined classification categories (like mammals) to do the sorting
• You will be given a cladogram with numbers on it and be asked to use it to determine which organisms diverged the longest ago or most recently, etc.
• 2-3 short answer questions comparing organisms from various groups (like aves and reptilia),  using Uniprot and Jalview to make cladogram, the concept of molecular clocks, why we classify, etc.
• A data-based question on biodiversity that has 3-4 short questions

Animal Poster Project due Monday, 10/10

You will have 20-25 minutes on Monday to paste or tape parts onto your poster.  Remember that you need to submit parts 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10 through turnitin.com by Monday.

1. Pick a generic animal group that you are interested in, but no mammals!!   (ex:  oysters, starfish, grasshoppers, lampreys, nematodes, etc).  I encourage you to choose an animal that other students don’t know much about.  You may work with 1 other student.
2. Research your animal group.  We will have one day with the computers.  You need to have at least 3 resources.  Cite  your resources on  the bottom or back of the poster using full citation format. (3 pts)
3. List the classification categories of animals (Kingdom, Phylum, etc) in your group, including the scientific names of 3 separate species.  (3)
4. Sketch by hand a picture of an animal from your group and label its distinguishing features.  (8)
5. Describe common characteristics of the animals in your group (probably labeled in diagram above)  (3)
6. Describe the diversity of the animals in your group.  What types of habitats do they live in?  What types of food do they eat?  Is your animal found world-wide or in only a restricted location?  (8)
7. Draw and label a typical food web that a species of animal in your group would be in (include all sources of food and predators and name the particular species you are using.)  (4)
8. Describe the likely evolution of animals in your group.  How long have they been around?  What common ancestors?  What ecological niches do they fill? (What I am trying to get at here is where did your animal come from evolutionarily and how do they continue to evolve to fit different niches?).  (8)
9. Describe reproduction strategies for animals in your group (includes mating rituals, number of young, care of young, family structure, etc)  (8)
10. List 5 Fun, Interesting, Intriguing, and/or Surprising Facts about your group of animals  (5)
11. Present this information in a neat and organized fashion on a poster.  You may use bullet points, it does not have to be in paragraph form.  Please submit, 5,6,8,9, and 10 to me through turnitin.com.
12. Participate in class walk-around to read and evaluate posters.
13. Poster presentation and Overall Quality (10 pts)

Overall:  60 pts put into the Lab Category (20%)

10/3-10/14

• Tues 10/4:  Notes on cladistics and cladograms.  Attempt to make a cladogram in pairs using Uniprot and Jalview.  Work time on animal project.  Mesocosm assignment due today by midnight through turnitin.com.
• Thurs 10/6:  Making cladograms using Venn diagrams.  Work-time for Animal Projects.  Review for Biodiversity Test to be taken next Wednesday, 10/12.
• Mon 10/10:  Animal Poster Project due.  Walk around and evaluate.  Review for Biodiversity Test.
• Wed 10/12:  Biodiversity Test.  Start Evolution and Hand out Populations Lab.  Read 5.1.
• Fri 10/14:  No School!  Statewide Inservice Day.