Race Article

I think this is a pretty approachable interview on the race topic we touched upon on Friday.
We can discuss this more when we delve into the topic of Evolution and whether in our country there is a significant difference between Original Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, Indian Americans, Central and South Americans and European Americans in terms of genes, diseases and other characteristics.

http://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-background-01-07.htm

Thermodynamics!

Genetics Practice Problems

http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio105/geneprob.htm
http://www.ksu.edu/biology/pob/genetics/intro.htm

Today's Lab

http://www.elbiology.com/labtools/Leafdisk.html

Monday Night Homework

In the Yellow Campbell AP Test Prep book pages 114-115  #'s 1, 2, 3, 5, 11 & 13
page 117 #'s 1, 2 &3

Show all of your work- be prepared to put your solutions on the board and explain them.  I'm here at lunch if you need help.

Joke

What did the G0 Cell say after the biologist added growth factor to his medium?

Didn't even phase me!


LOLOLOL

Sorry for the delay...

Chapter 12 and 13 Questions:

Explain the evolution of mitosis by describing the various manifestations of divisions shown in figure 12.13.


Describe the Johnson and Rao experiment, including their hypothesis, the experimental design, results and conclusions.

Explain the relationship between cyclin, kinases and CDKs.  What are the roles of each?  Using MPF as an example, explain how the cell cycle is controlled.

Describe how do cancer cells differ from normal cells?

Explain how 1) crossing over, 2) independent assortment of alleles and3)  random fertilization contribute to genetic diversity and how genetic diversity contributes to the evolution of a species.  Be sure to define all three.

Class Name AP Biology
Class ID # 6536706

Password: biology

Homework for Wednesday and Thursday Night

Play here:
http://www.cellsalive.com/mitosis.htm
http://www.cellsalive.com/cell_cycle.htm
http://www.cellsalive.com/meiosis.htm

Khan
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/cell-division/v/mitosis--meiosis-and-sexual-reproduction
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/cell-division/v/phases-of-mitosis
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/cell-division/v/phases-of-meiosis

Bozeman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aVnN4RePyI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cVZBV9tD-A
http://www.bozemanscience.com/cell-division
http://www.bozemanscience.com/diploid-vs-haploid

Detail for the test:

Know the difference between substrate-level phosphorylation and oxidative phosphorylation and where they occur in respiration.

Practice for the Test with Flashcards Below!

http://www.easynotecards.com/notecard_set/7318
http://www.easynotecards.com/notecard_set/7402


Any questions?  Post them here!

Nerd Songs.

Cell Respiration WOO HOO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aZrkdzrd04

Photosynthesis Let's Get Into This
http://www.schooltube.com/video/dc732e59026d90ab949d/