Plants

Semester Tests

Biology  --  2016 Final Exam


Go to:   www.biologygmh.com

select:  SD
select:  student/parent
select:  science
Enter
select:  Biology
select:  Glencoe Biology 2007
select:  click here to enter student center
Find: choose a chapter (on the left)
select:  8
from the choices you will need to do 2 parts:
Ch. Test Practice - English  and
Standardized Test Practice - English

Every test question on the final exam is on these (word for word).


Repeat for chs. 9, 11, 12, 22


SPEND TIME ON THIS.  If you don't give some effort, the final is difficult.  If you give this some time/effort, your final will be much easier.  I'd suggest focusing on one or two chapters at a time.  Once you get them down, move to the next one or two.


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2015-16 Semester Test

The Semester Test will take place on Monday Jan. 11, 2016.

What you need to study:

part 1:

follow the instructions below

Go to:   www.biologygmh.com
select:  SD
select:  student/parent
highlight "ALL SUBJECTS" on the left:  select science
select:  Biology
select:  Glencoe Biology 2007
select:  click here to enter student center
select:  choose a chapter (lower left)
select:  1
from the choices you will need to do the Chapter Test Practice - English
do the same thing for chapters 2-7

part 2:

from your textbook
ch.s 1-7, chapter reviews - all sections from all chapters
questions will come from the
- Vocabulary Review and Understand Key Concepts


2015 Final Exam

or go here

Go to:   www.biologygmh.com
select:  SD
select:  student/parent
select:  science
Enter
select:  Biology
select:  Glencoe Biology 2007
select:  click here to enter student center
select:  choose a chapter
select:  12
from the choices you will need to do 2 parts:
Ch. Test Practice - English  and
Standardized Test Practice - English

Every test question on the final exam is on these.

Repeat for chs. 14, 15, 18, 21, 22

After you go through them a few times, this becomes easy.  If you don't give some effort, the final is difficult.  If you give this some time/effort, your final will be much easier.  I'd suggest focusing on one or two chapters at a time.  Once you get them down, move to the next one or two.

Population

Demographics Lab
start with the overview
follow along and do the three lessons

Population Biology
online lab simulating competition

Vole population lab
what influences the home range of male voles?

Dissections

starfish dissection guide - go to the link and follow the directions / answer any questions on a separate sheet of paper, labeling the question group and question number

grasshopper dissection guide - go to the link and follow the directions / answer any questions on a separate sheet of paper, labeling the question group and question number

clam dissection - ditto; answer the "lab questions" at the end of the lab (you'll need to print them out)

crayfish dissection - answer questions and the worksheet as well

frog dissection - answer the questions and the worksheet as well

perch dissection - lab is a little different, answer the questions on a sheet of paper or print it out and answer questions

Cell Division - Mitosis and Meiosis

mitosis and meiosis youtube videos - can be watched at school
cell division and cell cycle video
cell cycle and mitosis video - good
mitosis online lab
mitosis demonstration at cells alive
mitosis tutorial - do this (do the "test yourself" questions")
tutorials - do the mitosis and meiosis tutorials (this is an assignment)
mitosis and meiosis online activities (good review)
meiosis animation - this is good - it will help you if don't understand mieosis very well
another meiosis animation
mitosis labeling
mitosis, meiosis and sexual reproduction - good video - with good quiz yourself links on bottom of page
cell division quiz - different text book
Textbook link page - go through them - do the virtual lab (assignment)
Youtube Cancer Video
Bozeman Science mitosis vs meiosis video

Cellular Energy

Pre-chapter video - watch and take notes

cell energy on line lab
cellular respiration concept map
Cellular respiration animation - good explanation
Cellular Respiration on line lab

Plants
Do this - the light spectrum - which colors of light do plants use - do the lab and the journal questions
Do this - Illuminating Photosynthesis - NOVA - do the "launch interactive" and go through it
Extra Credit - watch the Algae Biofuel video and give me a response paper "What do you think?"
Watch this -Photosynthesis at Discovery
Watch this - Good - Photosynthesis animation
Watch and take notes - If you are at home, this is really good at explaining photosynthesis.  This site is also really good for science and math.

Unit 2 - Chem of Life

Atom Builder  -  this will help with atomic structure


This the following is Extra Credit
Print these instructions (below) and then click here.

Read:
Summary
Objectives
Background (click to expand)

Materials - Read:
#1 - print out 2 reviews
#2 - print out the "list of questions for exercise 1"
skip 3
skip 4
#5 - read
skip 6
read 7
read and print 8

Procedure:
read and address/answer the bulleted items
(properly label your sheet so I know what questions your answers pertain to)

Exercises:
#1 - read and follow directions - answer questions
#2 - " "
#3 - " " http://www.phytopharm.com/ is the website it asks you to go to
#4 - read and follow directions - answer questions

Cells

Cell membrane introduction - Kahn Academy
Meet the cell membrane
Cell membrane - the lipid bilayer
Cell membrane - how it works - easy version

Biomanbio - cell games
Cells Alive - give these a try - especially the cell puzzles and games
Sheppard Software - cell games

2015 - diffusion osmosis virtual lab (hypertonic & hypotonic)

Online cell organelle structure - good -look at this - quiz yourself - DO THIS!

2015 - Cells- virtual lab

Overview of cell structure...youtube video - viewable at school

Organelles in the cytoplasm

Basic cell organelle quiz

Cell Games - Sheppard's Softward

Quizlet - pics

cell organelle game

cell organelle quiz

Cell parts/functions lab

NEO K12 - cell structure online

Cells Alive - very good site

cell membrane transport video - good

2015 - diffusion and osmosis virtual lab

mitosis - label the stages

mitosis, meiosis and sexual reproduction - Khan Academy - takes a few minutes but good

mitosis slide

Chemistry of Life

Enzyme activity - enzyme controlled reactions

Very Small Things

Microscope - how to (from SD State)

Bacteria ID virtual lab (assignment)
bubonic plague in San Francisco (assignment - watch and give summary)
Discovery of Penicillin (assign - watch and summarize)
Why do cows chew their cud? (assign - w & s)

STD assignment
choose 3 bacterial, 3 viral and 3 fungal
for each:
name
mode of transmission
pic
symptoms
effects
treatment
cure

Evolution

Earth's Timeline

On-line ActivitiesNatural Selection - virtual lab (assignment)
Catching Evolution in Action - this is optional
Guess the Embryo - NOVA activity
- optional
Who wants to live a million years - Darwin - evolutionary game - optional

Videos
What Darwin Never Knew - NOVA video
Darwin's Darkest Hour - NOVA video
Pick 4 - give me a paragraph from each (assignment)
Darwin's Ideas Explained
Evolution explained

About the Video Series we're watching in class - info about each video

Watch the videos on google videos
Darwin's Dangerous Idea - part 1
Darwin's Dangerous Idea - part 2
Evolution - Episode 2 - "Great Transformations" - click below to watch each segment
1 of 6
2 of 6
3 of 6
4 of 6
5 of 6
6 of 6

Evolution - Episode 3 - "Extinction"

Evolution - Epidose 4 - "Evolutionary Arms Race"

Evolution - Episode 5 - "Why Sex?"

Evolution - Episode 6 - "The Mind's Big Bang"

Evolution - Episode 7 - "What About God?"



Explore the Galapagos Islands - click on "launch interactive" (assignment)

DNA

Simple Sciene - What is DNA?
DNA structure and Function video - Amoeba sisters
Basic Video - What is DNA and how does it work?
DNA - The Double Helix - NobelPrize.org

Cracking the Code of Life - NOVA video series
If you're struggling Genetics and the Structure of DNA - part 1
If you're struggling - part 2 - Genetics and the Structure of DNA
DNA replication animation
3D animation of DNA replication - demonstrates Okazaki fragment
adding DNA nucleotides in DNA replication
DNA duplication animation - short youtube animation
Gene regulation and mutation - online activity - we'll do this in class
grizzly bear DNA lab - out of class assignment
Journey into DNA - animation
Protein synthesis - biorap
DNA replication song
How big is your DNA? Strange DNA
protein synthesis animation - good - watch this several time
protein synthesis animation - good too - watch this as well - we watched this in class
transcription animation - with audio
another transcription animation and translation to match

Genetics

Videos - watch & learn

Pedigree Chart - powerpoint
Gregor Mendel - true gene-ious
YouTube Mendel Video
Mendelian Heredity 1
Genes and DNA - Gregor Mendels rules of heredity
Crossing Over animation
Norn Genetics - online genetics activity
Sex-linked traits vitual lab - mhhe.com
Punnet Square virtual lab - mhhe.com
For practice - all kinds of crosses
Try this --- go here (click on mix those genes) and answer these questions (you may want to print these out first and answer them on the sheet...you'll need the computer to see color)

ASSIGNMENT
Find each of the following:
a nondisjunction disorder
an X-linked recessive disorder
an X-linked dominant disorder
a co-dominant disorder
a recessive disorder
a dominant disorder

for each of them, find:
rate of occurrence
cause
effect
who is affected
cure/treatment


If you happen to find any good biology videos that you'd like me to see (doesn't have to be on Mendel) please send the link to me: martin.looyenga@k12.sd.us - Thanks.