International Baccalaureate Biology (Period 4) Assignments

-Read Articles: "Fisheries" and "Biological Control"
-Complete Activity: "Chemistry Student Heights"-Code 29

Biozones: "Fossil Formation", "The Origin of Life on Earth","Life in the Universe" and "The Origin of Eukaryotes"-Code 28

Biozones: "Energy in Ecosystems","The Carbon Cycle" and "The Water Cycle"-Code 28

Biozone: "Biomes"-Code 27

Biozone: "Classification Keys"-Code 27

Biozones: "Classification System" and "The History of Life on Earth"-Code 26

Biozone: "Other Evidence of Evolution"-Code 26

Biozone: "Homologous Structures"-Code 26

-Biozones: "Global Warming","Stratospheric Ozone Depletion" and "Managing Endangered Species"-Code 24
-Read LA Times articles about "Global Warming: Lower 48 States and Entire Planet"

Complete Lab: "How Can You Determine the Size of an Animal Population?"-Code 23

Biozones: "Competition and Niche Size", "Interspecific Competition" and "Ecological Niches"-Code 21

Biozone: "Ecological Niche" and "Species Interactions"-Code21

-Lab: "Deadly Links"-Code 20
-English Sole t-Test Spread sheet-Code17

Lab: "Effect of Limiting Factors on Black Bear Populations"-Code19

Internal Assessment #2: Data Collection and Processing: Aspect #2 $ #3-Code 18

Internal Assessment #2: Design: Aspect #3 and Data Collection: Aspect #1-Code 18

Internal Assessment 2: Design: Aspects #1 & # 2-Code 18

Biozone: "Succession"-Code 16

Biozones: "Ecological Pyramids","Energy Flow Through an Ecosystem" and "Student t-Test Exercise"-Code 16

Biozone: "Food Chains"-Code 14

Lab: "Fluctuations in Deer Population Numbers"-Code 15

-Biozones: "Population Growth", "Population Growth Curves", "Population Regulation" and "Population Age Structure"-Code 14
-Crayfish Internal Assessment (Data Collection: Aspects # 1,2,3)-Code 13

Crayfish Internal Assessment-Design: Aspects #1, #2 & #3-Code 13

Crayfish Internal Assessment: Design: Aspect 1 and 2

Read Handout: "Crayfish"

Read Handout: "How to Care for Hermit Crabs"

Human Body Exam: Friday

Human Body Exam: tomorrow

Biozones: "The Menstrual Cycle", "Control of the Menstrual Cycle" and "Hormonal Intervention"-Code 8

Biozones: "Male Reproductive System" and "Female Reproductive System"-Code 7

-Biozone: "Correcting Heart Problems"-Code 7
-Questions # 2,3,4 in Physiology of the Circulatory System"-Code 6

Physiology of the Circulatory System-(graph, questions, evaluation)-Code 6

Biozone: "The Human Heart"-Code 5

Biozones: "Introduction to Gas Exchange", "Gas Exchange in Animals", "Gas Exchange Structures" and "Gas Transport in Animals"-Code 4

Biozone: "The Body's Defenses"-Code 4

Biozones: "Nitrogenous Wastes in Animals", "Waste Products in Humans" and "Excretory Systems"-Code 3

Biozone: "Thermoregulation in Mammals"-Code 3

Biozone: "Controlling Blood Glucose"-Code 3

Biozones: "Nervous Regulatory Systems" and "The Mammalian Nervous System"-Code 2

Biozones: "Absorption in Different Animals", "The Mouth and Teeth" and "Stomach and Intestines"-Code 1

Biozones: "Processing Food in a Tube Gut", "Nutrient Transport in Humans" and "Introduction to Human Digestion"-Code 1

Biozone: "Karyotypes"-Code 26

Read 3 Human Genome Project Vignettes (Page 4)

Biozone: "Gene Therapy:-Code 26

Biozone: "Polymerase Chain Reaction"-Code 25

Biozone: "Pedigree Analysis"-Code 25

Biozones: "Multiple Alleles in Blood Groups" and "Polygenes"-Code 24

Biozones: "The Sickle Cell Mutation" and "The Cystic Fibrosis Mutation"-Code 24

Biozone: "Sex-LInked Genes"-Code 22

Chi-squared Analysis of Genetic Corn-Individual Data-Code 23

Lab: "Dihybrid Genetic Corn: Predicted Phenotypic Ratio from Dihybrid Cross"-Code 23

Biozone: "Dihybrid Cross"-Code 22

Biozones: "Meiosis" and "Crossing Over Problems"-Code 21

Option C Exam: tomorrow

-Biozone: "Cell Respiration"-Code 18
-Read Sections: 6.12, 6.13 and 6.14 in Pelican Book

Read Sections: 6.9,6.10,6.11 in Pelican Book

Read Sections 6.5, 6.7 and 6.8 in Pelican Book.

Biozone: "Energy in Cells"-Code 18

Biozones: "Photosynthetic Rates" and "Pigments and Light Absorption"-Code 17

Complete Biozone: "Photosynthesis"-Code 17

Read pp. 112-114 in Pelican Book

-Biozone: "Photosynthesis: Questions # 5,6a,8,9"-Code 17
-Read pp. 115-117,119 in Pelican Book

-Biozones: "Plants as Producers" and "Photosynthesis,Questions 1 & 2"-Code 17
-Read pp. 106-111 in Pelican Book

Topic 3 Exam: tomorrow

Topic 3 Exam: Friday

Enzyme Catalysis-Computer-generated graph, Rate calculations and Questions #1-6 (pg. 26)-Code 15

Lab: "Enzyme Catalysis: Qualitative Section Questions p.23"-Code 15

Lab: "Enzyme Catalysis": Qualitative Questions p. 23-Code 15

Lab: "Enzyme Catalysis: 3 Qualitative Hypotheses"

-Biozone: "Enzyme Reaction Rates" and "Enzyme Cofactors and Inhibitors"-Code 13
-Read and Hilight Lab: "Acid-Base Titration"

Biozone: "Enzymes"-Code 13

Biozones: "Translation" and "Protein Synthesis Summary"-Code 10

Biozones: "Transcription" and "Genes Code for Proteins"-Code 10

Biozone: "DNA Replication"-Code 9

Biozones: "Nucleic Acids", "Amino Acids" and "Proteins"-Code 9

Biozones: "Biological Molecules, Carbohydrates and Lipids"-Code 9

Worksheet: "Water"-Code 6

Topic 2 Exam: tomorrow

Handout and worksheet: "Stem Cell Information"-Code 6

Biozone: "Mitosis and Cell Division"-Code 3

Lab: "Diffusion and Osmosis": Questions #8-10(page 11) and Lab Evaluation-Code 4

Lab: "Diffusion and Osmosis: 2 % change calculations, Questions # 1-7 (pp. 9 and 10) and 2 computer-generated graphs"-Code 4

Lab: "Diffusion and Osmosis": 2 % change calculations, Question # 10(page 4), Questions # 1-5 (page 5) and computer-generated graph of dialysis bag data-Code 4

Biozones:"The Structure of Membranes", "Cell Processes", "Active and Passive Transport" and "Diffusion and Osmosis"-Code 2

Biozone: "An Introduction to Cell Biology"-Code 2

Biozone: "Bacterial Cells"-Code 1

Biozones: "The Cell Theory", "Optical Microscopes" and "Electron Microscopes"-Code 1