4/13-4/17

• Mon 4/13:  Start Reviewing Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration.  Questions on Reproduction Review for Wednesday's Test?  Continue working on data-based questions from new books.
• Wed 4/15:  Reproduction Test.  Work on Data-Based questions from new books (to be checked off on Friday).  More review of cellular respiration and photosynthesis.  Hand-out Paper 3 Review.
• Fri 4/17:  Cell Respiration and Photosynthesis review quiz.  Review replication, transcription, and translation.  Review Further Anatomy and Physiology.  

End of 4th Quarter

• Mon 4/6:  Notes on the placenta and a little bit on labor and birth.  Quiz on Water, Macromolecules and Cells on Wednesday.
• Wed 4/8:  Take Quiz.  Pick up Diabetes data-based question and do it.  Exchange with another student and use the IB Markscheme to score each other's.  Do not give away points.  When in doubt, don't award the point!  In new IB books (orange and blue) pick 3 out of the following 5 data-based questions to do on notebook paper.  I will check these off next Wednesday/Friday including the diabetes question.  Reproduction Test on Wednesday 4/15.  There is a review document in the document section of this site.

Data-Based Questions from new Book:

1)  Antibiotic resistance in soil bacteria, p. 257, Topic 5.

2)  Heart action and blood pressure, p 301, Topic 6

3)  Hemoglobin, p. 371, Topic 7

4)  Auxin and acid growth hypothesis, p. 424, Topic 9

5)  Blood supply to kidney, p. 488, Topic 11

Let's Start Reviewing! Water, Macromolecules, and Cells. Quiz on Wednesday 4/8

These are main review topics for water, macromolecules, and cells:  The quiz will be mostly multiple choice, with a few short answer questions.

1. Be able to describe and draw what causes the polarity of water molecules and show the hydrogen bonding between 2 water molecules
2. Be able to name and describe the cohesive, solvent, and thermal properties of water.
3. Be able to identify the subunits of macromolecules, including amino acids, monosaccharides, fatty acids, glycerol, and the arrangement of the parts of nucleic acids (ribose sugar, phosphate, nitrogenous base)
4. Be able to describe how 2 molecules are joined through condensation synthesis and apply to the macromolecules that we know.  Similarly, understand that hydrolysis is the opposite process.
5. Be able to give 3 examples each of monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides and briefly describe their role in organisms.
6. Be able to list the functions of lipids and the difference in energy storage between lipids and other molecules.
7. Be able to describe the structure of DNA and RNA, including subunits, covalent bonding, and hydrogen bonding.
8. Know the 3 basics of cell theory.
9. Differentiate between unicellular organisms and multicellular organisms.
10. Be able to put the following in order of size from smallest to largest:  molecule, thickness of cell membrane, virus, bacteria, organelles, eukaryote cells.
11. Know the ultrastructure of both prokaryote and eukaryote cells and be able to recognize the parts from electron micrographs!
12. Be able to draw both of the above cells.
13. Know the functions of cell parts and organelles.
14. Distinguish between plant and animal cells.
15. Be able to describe the structure of a plasma membrane (lipid bilayer) and describe its properties.
16. Be able to describe movement across membranes, including diffusion, osmosis, facilitated diffusion, and active transport.

Welcome Back From Spring Break!!

This is it, your final stretch of high school!!  Hopefully you got enough rest over your break to power through this last month of new material and review for the IB Test.  We will be moving quickly through the new material and reviewing at the same time.

• Mon 3/30:  Hormones of the Human Menstrual cycle and other reproductive hormones.  Start reproduction worksheet (due next Mon 4/6) and Human Reproduction coloring sheet (due Fri 4/3).  Antiobiotic Lab due this Wed 4/1:
• Wed 4/1:  Turn in Antiobiotic Lab if not already.  Parts of the female and male reproductive systems.  Spermatogenesis and Oogenesis.  Continue working on the Reproduction WS and the Coloring Sheet, which is due Friday.
• Fri 4/3:  Check off Reproductive Coloring Sheet.  Fertilization.  IVF.  Early embryonic development.  

Antibiotic Lab Details

For the antibiotic lab, you need to do the following:
1)  Write a short intro (this is in place of question, background, variables).
2)  Data table with all of the requirements.  Should be designed by you and have only measurements made by you!
3)  Data processing.  This should be thorough.  Show all work, etc.
4)  Conclusion:  the usual!!
5)  Evaluation:  the usual.  You know at least 3 and 3.

I will be giving you a grade for the lab and IB scoring the data/data transformation and conclusion/evaluation.

Due Date:
This is going to sound complicated.  If all is good, turn it in by Friday 3/20 as a hard-copy and through turnitin.com and get it out of your life.  If you have too much to do, you can turn it in by 3/24 (e-mailed and through turnitin.com) and I can get it graded by the end of Spring Break and it will count as part of the internal assessment score I send to IB.  If that is not a concern of yours, you can turn in a hard-copy and through turnitin.com by Wed 4/1 and it will not be late.

2 Weeks Before Spring Break!!

• Mon 3/9:  Check off Vaccination/HIV/AIDS worksheet.   Finish Immunology notes.  Vaccination or HIV/AIDS writing due through turnitin.com by 11:59 pm Wednesday 3/11
• Wed 3/11:  Start Antibiotic Lab.  Prepare plates, and put on 5 disks: 1 streptomyocin, 1 ampicillin, 1 control, and 2 of your choice (fresh garlic, powdered garlic, or turmeric).  Hand-out Immunology Review for Test next Wednesday.  Work on Crossword on the back. Have a data table for your antibiotic lab prepared for Friday.
• Fri 3/13:  Measure the zones of inhibition on the antibiotic plates and record your data.  Include uncertainty and qualitative data (observations).  See next post for lab write-up instructions.  Pick up Nerves, Homeostasis, and Hormones Worksheet and complete it using your text books (due Wed 3/18).  Get Immunology Crossword checked off by Mon 3/16.
• Mon 3/16:  SPARK Lecture.  Questions on Immunology Test?  Questions on Antibiotic Lab?  Check off crossword if not already.  Introduction to the Nervous System. Work on the Nervous Worksheet.  Immunology Test on Wednesday.
• Wed 3/18:  Take Immunology Test.  Finish Nervous Worksheet and turn in.  Discuss homeostasis.
• Fri 3/20:  Turn in Antibiotic Lab today (hard-copy) or by 3/24 (e-mailed) if you want the score used for your IB Internal Assessment score.  Otherwise you can turn it in after Spring Break, 4/1 and still be on-time.  More on homeostasis and hormones.  Review sites for IB Exam.

Enjoy your Spring Break!!

Writing Assignment: Due Wed 3/11

Choose to write about either of the following prompts:

1)  Should vaccination be mandated by the government?  (you can break it down by disease if you want)
2)  In light of the AIDS pandemic, what is society's obligation to care for people who get a disease resulting from behaviors that some people find distasteful (obviously this is not true for all people who get HIV/AIDS).  Include our role in the United States and worldwide in response to HIV/AIDS.

Guidelines:
a)  4-5 paragraphs
b)  Include science of the topic.
c)  Look at both sides (in a realistic fashion)
d) Include at least 1 example
e)  Include at least 2 reputable resources (and cite within the text)
f)  Write coherently, persuasively, proofread
g)  Submit to turnitin.com by Wed 3/11