Frogs

So you want to dissect a frog after school on Monday...

You better learn how first!!!

Get this done, then we'll see you there!  (Complete the frog dissection at adaptive curriculum)

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100-115 The Big Picture

Putting it all together (in one little project package)

Don't lose the packet, and let's make sure we understand everything we're supposed to have learned this year.

Demonstrate your awesomeness...

99 - Happy Face

Just for fun, draw a happy face on this page!

95 96 97 98 SHARKS!!!

Old school Biologists (pre-DNA sequencing) would look at the physical characteristics of organisms and use that to determine how closely related they were.  So we'll practice that as it's still a good rule of thumb when out in the field.

(Look!!! teeth, stripes, fast, tail, must be a TIGER!!!   RUN!!!!)

We call these things DICHOTOMOUS KEYS, and you'll use one for sharks, and make your own for fish.

91 92 93 94 Becoming Human

What does the fossil record tell us about the evolution of humans???

What do the relative measurements of different skulls tell us about the abilities of various primates?

Make sure to fill in your thoughts for the first three pages, and the last page we did together in class with the skulls (the measurements)....

If you have a second, check out this cool interactive TREE OF LIFE

88 89 90 GOONEYBIRDS (Natural Selection)

Does Natural Selection really happen?
88 = Procedure and Data
89 = Graph(s)
90 = Analysis and Conclusion

 

86 87 What Darwin Never Knew - Video Questions and Discussion Pieces.

p.86 Questions 1-6   P.87 Questions 7-12

1.  Why did Darwin decide not to become a medical doctor?
2.  What was the most important stop for Darwin on the HMS Beagle?
3.  Why was this stop so important?
4.  All the birds Darwin collected turned out to be from the same original species of bird, what bird was this?
5.  What other animal(s) differed from island to island?
6.  How did Darwin describe NATURAL SELECTION?


p.87
7.  How does NATURAL SELECTION cause evolution in populations?
8.  What is necessary for populations to adapt to their environment?
9.  How does Sexual Reproduction affect evolution?
10.  Give examples of SPECIATION:
11.  Give examples of VESTIGIAL STRUCTURES:\
12.  Give examples of INDEPENDENT EVOLVEMENT of structures from a COMMON ANCESTOR.

84 85 GATTACA (That's the title for each page, make sure to write the complementary DNA strand beneath the title!)

Notes for our notebook, write these on p.84

1. Does your blood contain DNA?
2. Does your dead skin contain DNA?
3. Does your urine contain DNA?
4. Why did the doctor mention his son?
5. Should we be able to choose what our children look like?
6. Should we be able to discriminate based on someone's DNA?

Write and answer these on p.85

1. Does your DNA determine your potential?
2. What happened to the cup?
3. Would you alter your child to be a better musician? (or something else?)
4. Who committed the murder?
5. Who is the lead detective?
6. ...

80 81 82 83 Mutations, Genomes, and Fingerprinting

   

p.80 & 81  Login to adaptive curriculum (puhsmt-####) Open MUTATIONS, click on QA, write and answer the 3 questions on p.80, watch the video, and then write and answer the next 6 questions on p.81. Want some bonus points?  Write a summary of the Enrichment (click on ES)

p.82  Login to adaptive curriculum (puhsmt-####) Open THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT, click on QA, write and answer the first question (click on QA), watch the video, then write and answer the remaining 3 questions.

p.83  Login to adaptive curriculum (puhsmt-####) Open DNA FINGERPRINTING, click on QA, write and answer the first question, watch the video, and then write and answer the remaining 4 questions.