Friday, November 30, 2012

11/30/12

1. W.U. Cell Size and Growth
2. Review yesterday's cell size lab (still feeling confused about SA: V??  Visit http://www.brown.edu/Courses/BI0020_Miller/week/10/web-1/4-2-2007_10-20-26/Chapter_41/Present/Animations/41_A01/41_A01s.html for a great animation)
3. Notes: 10.1

H.W. Start Mitosis Flip Book (**Note:  This is not due until Tuesday and you will have approximately half of the period (20 minutes) to work on this in class on Monday)

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

11/28/12

1. Turn in your Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis Informational Pamphlet/Brochure  and your Ch. 8-9 Unit Packet
2. Ch. 8-9 Test (Absent?  Email me to make arrangements ASAP to make up this test.  Allow at least 50 minutes to make up this exam.)

H.W. Relax 

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

11/27/12

1. Do Plants Soak up Carbon Dioxide Lab:  The Results!
2. Ch. 8-9 Review

H.W. What's due tomorrow????
FINISH your  Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis Informational Pamphlet/Brochure  (remember to use the updated instructions for Side 4- these can be found on your plant lab instructions)
AND Put together your Ch. 8-9 Unit Packet (this includes the Ch. 8/9 Study Guide)
AND STUDY: CH. 8-9 TEST IS TOMORROW! Watch these amazing review videos to help you study:

Monday, November 26, 2012

11/26/12

1. Do Plants Soak up Carbon Dioxide Lab
H.W. Finish hypotheses for the lab
AND Finish Side 5 of your Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis Informational Pamphlet/Brochure  (I will check that this side is completed tomorrow.  Your entire brochure is due on the day of the test: Wed. 11/28
AND Start this Ch. 8/9 Study Guide (due the day of the test: Wed. 11/28)
AND Ch. 8-9 Unit Packet due 11/28

Friday, November 16, 2012

11/16/12

1. Review the light reaction
2. Notes: The dark reaction aka light independent reaction aka Calvin Cycle

H.W.  Work on Side 5 of your Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis Informational Pamphlet/Brochure  (I will check that this side is completed on Tuesday.  Your entire brochure is due on the day of the test: Wed. 11/28) 
AND STUDY CELLULAR RESPIRATION & PHOTOSYNTHESIS: Ch. 8-9 Test On Wed. 11/28
AND Start this Ch. 8/9 Study Guide (due the day of the test: Wed. 11/28)

Have a great break!!!!

Thursday, November 15, 2012

11/15/12

1. W.U. Photosynthesis Self Quiz #1
2. Notes: Photosynthesis: The Light Reaction

H.W. Complete page 5 of your notes by opening this presentation HERE (this is a review of how ATP is produced)
AND Complete these Photosynthesis Review Questions II (you can print out this worksheet and write directly on the worksheet or copy down the entire worksheet on a separate sheet of paper and then complete it)
BOTH ARE DUE TOMORROW

Feeling confused?  Here is a grainy buy good review on the Light Reaction:

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

11/14/12

1. W.U. Ch. 8 (do this directly in your notes)
2. Notes: Intro to Photosynthesis and Light Energy

H.W. Photosynthesis Review Questions Part I (Read pages 230-233 and then answer the following questions in complete sentences OR when appropriate write out the entire statement and then fill in the blanks.)
  1. What role do pigments play in the process of photosynthesis (be sure to describe how light travels and what specific pigments are important to photosynthesis and why).  
  2. What is the equation for photosynthesis?
  3. The                            of light determines its color.  
  4. Chemicals that absorb light are called                               .
  5. Chlorophyll makes plants look green because it                                green light.. 
  6. Chloroplasts contain an abundance of saclike photosynthetic membranes called             .
  7. The                          is the fluid portion of the chloroplast located outside the thylakoids.
  8. The visible light absorbed by chlorophyll                              the energy level of the chlorophyll’s electrons.
  9. Draw (using color) and label a chloroplast.  Label the outer membrane, inner membrane, stroma, granum, thylakoid, thylakoid membrane and thylakoid space.

(ABSENT FOR YESTERDAY'S QUIZ? QUIZ MAKE-UPS ARE TOMORROW AT 7:30AM!)
 

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

11/13/12

1. W.U. Solve the Ch. 9 Chapter Mystery
2. Cellular Respiration Review Animation
3. Ch. 9 (Cellular Respiration) Quiz!  (ABSENT? QUIZ MAKE-UPS ARE TOMORROW AT LUNCH!)

H.W.Print these Ch. 8 Photosynthesis Notes  AND  Finish Side 6 of your Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis Informational Pamphlet/Brochure

Friday, November 9, 2012

11/9/12

1. Mrs. Williams’s Lves Bilgy!! A Lab n Anaerbic Respiratin (What's missing?!?)

H.W. Cellular Respiration Web Tutorial (Answer all questions in complete sentences)
STUDY your notes too:  CELLULAR RESPIRATION QUIZ: TUESDAY 
AND Finish Side 2 and start working on Side 6 of your Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis Informational Pamphlet/Brochure


Thursday, November 8, 2012

11/8/12

1. W.U. Review the steps of glycolysis and the krebs cycle (including just before the krebs cycle) by writing on the desks
2. Notes: Electron Transport Chain

H.W.  Finish side 2 of your Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis Informational Pamphlet/Brochure
AND open, read and answer the questions in the following document:  The Mystery of the 7 Deaths: a case study on cellular respiration  (BOTH ITEMS ARE DUE TOMORROW)

CELLULAR RESPIRATION QUIZ: TUESDAY

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

11/7/12

1. W.U. Cellular Respiration Self Quiz:
     1.Why is a taxi cab a good analogy for the function of NADH and FADH2 
      2.Fill in (copy and fill in):  In the first stage of cellular respiration, __________ (which occurs in  the ____________), one 6 – Carbon molecule of __________ is broken down into _____ molecules of ____________which each have _______ carbons. The total # of ATPs gained is _______.  The total # of NADHs that are produced is _________.
      3. Without looking at your notes list the steps of glycolysis using arrows showing everything that goes into and leaves this process. 
2. Notes: The Krebs Cycle
H.W.   Cellular Respiration Review Q's III:

1. Draw out glycolysis without looking at your notes. Check your answer using your notes. If you are correct move on to problem 2. If not, do this problem again and again until you get it right.

2. Draw out what happens to pyruvate just before the Krebs Cycle (the conversion of Pyruvate to Acetyl Co-A) without using your notes. Check your answer using your notes. If you are correct move on to problem 3. If not, do this problem again and again until you get it right.

3. Continue on your answer for question 2 for this problem. Without using your notes, draw out all of the steps of the Krebs cycle. Include all of the molecules in the cycle and all of the molecules that are produced. Check your answer using your notes. If you are then you are done. If not, do this problem again and again until you get it right.



AND Work on side 2 of your Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis Informational Pamphlet/Brochure (Due Friday

CELLULAR RESPIRATION QUIZ TUESDAY

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

11/6/12

1. W.U. Cellular Respiration Self Quiz #2 (1. Write out the chemical equation for cellular respiration?  2. List the 3 steps of cellular respiration?  3.  Next to the steps in question 2, write down where in the cell each step takes place.  4. Draw and label a picture of the organelle where most of cellular respiration takes place.  5.Why is comparing cellular respiration to a burning marshmallow a poor analogy??)
2. Notes: Glycolysis

H.W. Cellular Respiration Review Questions Part II: (Answer all questions, but make sure you use complete sentences to answer questions 1, 2, and 3)
1. What are the reactants of cellular respiration?
2. What are the products of cellular respiration?
3. What is the function of NADH and FADH2?
4. Without looking at your notes list the steps of glycolysis using arrows showing everything that goes into and leaves this process. If you must look at your notes.. do so after you try without your notes first.  Then don’t go to sleep tonight until you can do this without your notes.

AND
Finish side 3 of your Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis Informational Pamphlet/Brochure (make it look nice!!)

Monday, November 5, 2012

11/5/12

1. W.U. Cellular Respiration Self Quiz #1 
2.  Notes:  Cellular respiration: the big picture and why are there so many steps??


H.W.    Cellular Respiration Review Questions I (answer all questions but make sure that q’s 3-6 are in complete sentences)  DUE TUESDAY 11/6
1. Draw a diagram that illustrates how organisms that are photosynthetic and organisms that respire are related. (hint: “you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours”). Include all molecules and forms of energy involved. Label the heterotroph and autotroph in your picture.
2. Draw and label (full and abbreviated name) the energy currency for the cell?
3.  Explain how this energy currency powers cellular work?
4. What 3 types of cellular work does the energy currency of the cell participate in?
5. What is the function of cellular respiration?
6. What is the chemical equation for cellular respiration? Write this equation down as many times as you need in order to memorize it.  In other words don’t go to sleep tonight until this equation is memorized. 

 
      Also, start working on your Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis Informational Pamphlet/Brochure (work on Side 1 and Side 3).  Side 3 is due on Wednesday.

Friday, November 2, 2012

11/2/12

1. W.U. Read, summarize and hypothesize Ch. 9's Chapter Mystery (p. 249):  do this directly on your notes
2. Notes:  The Big Idea, Why ATP and Cellular Respiration (an overview)

H.W. Start working on your Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis Informational Pamphlet/Brochure (work on Side 1 and Side 3).  You should have side 3 completed by Tuesday.