HL Bio 11 Daily Plan

 
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HW for Tuesday, Nov 3rd:
Read the Impact of Marine Fishing industry (some new vocab you should note) - PPT

HW for Thursday, Nov 5th:
 read the ppt on marine conservation and do the practice C cycle & greenhse eff dbq
 
Thursday, Nov 5th:
 Reread the marine conservation ppt;  go over the C cycle & greenhse eff dbq; the
     answers are HERE
Go over the article on Effects of Overfishing and answer the questions (here are my answers)
Discuss issues around marine conservation & do review questions (answers at bottom). 
 
HW for Monday, Nov 9th:
Read the article on marine reserves in Monterrey
Read about the World Ocean Day and problems affecting ocean life
 
Monday, Nov 9th:
Review into C-O cycle
Continued discussion on Marine Conservation - Addicted to Plastic
Intro into the Lab you'll be doing on the trip
 
HW for Wednesday, Nov 11th:
Read the article on plastics in the ocean
 
Weds, Nov 11th:
discussion on plastics in the ocean
Invasive Species (InvasiveSpecies09.ppt)
Work on your poster (using this RUBRIC)
Begin Ozone Depletion using PPT
 
HW for Friday, Nov 13th:
 Finish the assigned invasive species poster
Melissa = python in FL; Lauren = zebra mussels; Natalia = goats
 
Friday, Nov 13th:
*hand in your poster on your assigned species
Ozone Depletion problem PPT (relationship to greenhouse effect)
Go over the DBQ for ozone depletion
Begin Biomagnification with movie
Look at labs, discuss some possibilities
 
HW for Tuesday, Nov 17th:
Reading on biomagnification Adv Bio pages 469-471 and Campbell's 1202-1203
 
Tuesday, Nov 17th:
**Do the ozone worksheet and hand in  (outline for help)
Cane Toads
Labs and packing list
 
HW for Thursday, Nov 19th:
DDT problem (use this web)
 
Thursday, Nov 19th:
** hand in the DDT problem
Continue with biomagnification with PPT
Make sure we are ready for equipment for trip
 
         TRIP!!   Meet at school at 6:15 am      
 
Monday, Nov 23rd:
 Work on your lab

Homework for Weds, 11/25:
Work on the lab!  Put in at least 45 minutes please.  The more the better - check how busy we are before the end of the semester. 

Wednesday, Nov 25th:
Questions on the lab
Conservation of biodiversity - reasons for extinction PPT,
Reasons to Conserve Biodiversity of Rainforest (websites to check, and some articles)
 
HW for Friday, 11/27:
Work on your ecology lab
Read an article as follows and summarize for us verbally in class on Friday. 
      Natalia: Frog & Insulin;  Melissa: Irrawaddy Dolphin;  Lauren: Predators of Moose
       Me: P-Horse Comeback
Read the Biodiv & Cons PPT - this contains a lot of review info on distribution of BD & species

Background information to do sometime this week or this weekend:

Do Campbell’s activities  55.1 Madagascar and the Biodiversity Crisis              

Reading in Advanced Bio:  read pages 447, 459 (indicator species) & 463-468 including the Ecuadorian community forest project (on deforestation) and 469-472 (bioaccumulation, pesticides and conservation)

Look at:  IUCN list of endangered species categories
Basic info on G.4.1 - indicator and keystone species definitions

Friday, Nov 27th:
** Briefly summarize the articles for each other
Finish Conservation Methods by filling in these NOTES
Read this BLURB on indicator species (G.4.1)
Begin Classification - notes & basics - syllabus section 5.5
 
HW for 12/1:
Look at another type of conservation project:  Norwegian Seedbank, read the Conservation
    notes I just sent you - the ones we were supposed to do in class! 
Work on your lab.
Can look at links on http://www.delicious.com/jodevrieseca/biodiversity-conservation
Here is a short article on success of wildlife fencing and underpasses around a freeway.
    http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2008/01/28/news/000fences.txt
Reading on Classification in orange with tiger COURSE COMPANION:  chap 18, pages 196-201.
Also, read in Adv Bio page 497 on Classification systems. Use the rest of the chapter (498 to 524)
      to note the characteristics of each KINGDOM.

Tuesday, Dec 1st:
Classification (phylogeny) continued with Making keys
Questions on lab

HW for 12/3:
Read these presentations on characterictics of animal phyla (details not on final):
Cnidaria; Porifera notes & ppt; Annelida & Platyhelminthes PPT, Mollusca & Arthropoda PPT,
 Arthropoda NOTES and Mollusca NOTES , info on Prokaryotes.
WORK ON YOUR LAB

Thursday, Dec 3rd:
Workbooks - finish all the conservation and human impact & classification pages
Work on the labs
 
Monday, Dec 7th:
*Ecology Trip lab due
Work on lab,
 
Wednesday, Dec 9th:
REVIEW for exam,  topic 1,  5.1-5.3, 5.5.1-2/5.5.5 and option G.1-G.5, SL and HL material. 
Reading to sum up ecology/human impact/conservation: in your Green studybook read pgs
     34-45, and 152-157.  This is a great place to start studying for the exam. 
 
Friday, Dec 11th:
REVIEW
Describe the shrimp stocking article and writeup (this is to be completed on your day off,
    Dec 17th. 

Second Semester:
Biochemistry (H2O Properties, Major BioMolecules - Carbs, Lipids & Proteins)-topic 3.1-3.2
Cells - topic 2 (all)