Ms. Ratchford's Biology Class Info
Biology Textbook Reading Essentials
Lab Safety
Scientific Methods |
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Characteristics of Life
Directions: Download the "Characteristics of Life" Reading Essentials document. Read the entire text and copy the chart in your notes. Be prepared to discuss next class meeting.
Characteristics of Life Amoeba Sisters Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQPVXrV0GNA&t=379s
Characteristics of Life Lab make-up https://www.rtmsd.org/Page/13797
Zoo Field Trip 2017 Pics Coming Soon
Zoo Field Trip: Rat Dissection Class 2016
Zoo Life
SHS Campus Wildlife
Campus Clean-up in Honor of Earth Day 2015
Ecology and Interdependence
frayermodelsecology.docx | |
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ecology_frayer_models_homework_template.docx | |
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how_do_you_describe_an_ecosystem_mini_lab.docx | |
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ecocolumn_data_collection.doc | |
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eco-column_lab_report_-_student_2016.doc | |
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Kaibab Deer Lesson https://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/kaibab.html
Population Ecology The Texas Mosquito Mystery Crash Course video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBOsqmBQBQk
Biodiversity
Biodiversity PowerPoint
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Watch biodiversity videos and write a summary of each.
Ted Ed Video Why is biodiversity so important? - Kim Preshoff 4:18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK_vRtHJZu4 Human Activities Threaten Biodiversity - California Academy of Sciences 12:50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RC3Hsk90t8 |
biodiversity_-_polution_2017.pptx | |
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pesticides_and_bioaccumulation.pdf | |
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biodiversity_hw_answers_page_1.pdf | |
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biodiversity_hw_answers_page_3.pdf | |
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biodiversity_hw_answers_page_2.pdf | |
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History of Life
History of Life Stations Handout and Links
history_of_life_stations_handout__1_.docx | |
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Station 1 - The Fossil Record Complex Text Click here.
Station 2 - Complete the handout in the packet.
Station 3 - The Origin of Life Videos
Can Science Explain the Origin of Life? 7:10
Website: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgQLyqWaCbA
Website: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgQLyqWaCbA
What Was The Miller-Urey Experiment? 7:29
Website: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNijmxsKGbc
Website: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNijmxsKGbc
Finish Early - Visit the Exploring Life's Origin Timeline
http://exploringorigins.org/timeline.html
http://exploringorigins.org/timeline.html
Station 4 - Is This Life?
is_this_life.docx | |
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Evolution
Click on the link and Scroll down to Evolution, Taxonomy, and Organismhttp://www.biologyjunction.com/biology%20class%20notes2.htm
evolution_2016_rev.pptx | |
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evolution_common_assessment_1_no_key.pdf | |
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Quarter 2 Project Links
Classification BrainPop
https://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/classification/
Making of the Fittest
https://youtu.be/sjeSEngKGrg
Animated Biology Classzone Classification and Diversity “Build a Cladogram”
http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/bio_09/resources/htmls/animated_biology/unit6/bio_ch17_0537_ab_cldogrm.html
PHSchool Cladograms “Build a Cladogram”
http://www.phschool.com/atschool/phbio/active_art/cladograms/cladograms.swf
Natural Selection Classzone Virtual Lab
http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/bio_09/resources/htmls/animated_biology/unit4/bio_ch10_0321_ab_natrlsel.html
Classification BrainPop
https://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/classification/
Making of the Fittest
https://youtu.be/sjeSEngKGrg
Animated Biology Classzone Classification and Diversity “Build a Cladogram”
http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/bio_09/resources/htmls/animated_biology/unit6/bio_ch17_0537_ab_cldogrm.html
PHSchool Cladograms “Build a Cladogram”
http://www.phschool.com/atschool/phbio/active_art/cladograms/cladograms.swf
Natural Selection Classzone Virtual Lab
http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/bio_09/resources/htmls/animated_biology/unit4/bio_ch10_0321_ab_natrlsel.html
Speciation Video Link
Bozeman Science https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlfNvoyijmo
Crash Course Speciation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oKlKmrbLoU
Bozeman Science https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlfNvoyijmo
Crash Course Speciation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oKlKmrbLoU
Macromolecules
macromolecules_tabel_notes.ppt | |
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prelab_testing_for_macromolecules_labi.ppt | |
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Information about Macromolecules http://www.biologyjunction.com/biochemistry_notes_bi_ch3.htm
Enzymes Video Links and Interactives
Directions: As you watch the videos and animation about enzymes and compete the interactive, you must take notes and answer the quiz questions. List the title for each one visited and submit for a grade.
Teacher's Pet Protein and Enzymes Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvM4L-Qe3vI
How Enzymes Work Animation
https://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0072495855/student_view0/chapter2/animation__how_enzymes_work.html
Biology Basics Enzyme Interactive
http://www.wiley.com/college/test/0471787159/biology_basics/animations/howEnzymesWork.swf
Directions: As you watch the videos and animation about enzymes and compete the interactive, you must take notes and answer the quiz questions. List the title for each one visited and submit for a grade.
Teacher's Pet Protein and Enzymes Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvM4L-Qe3vI
How Enzymes Work Animation
https://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0072495855/student_view0/chapter2/animation__how_enzymes_work.html
Biology Basics Enzyme Interactive
http://www.wiley.com/college/test/0471787159/biology_basics/animations/howEnzymesWork.swf
Cells
Macromolecules, Enzymes, and Cells Intro
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How HIV is curing Leukemia? http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/12/10/doctors-find-success-using-retooled-hiv-to-fight-leukemia/
Be sure to do the Closure: Journaling after you have answered the 8 questions. Closure: Journaling - One of our CLE's is to "Recognize that science is a progressive endeavor that reevaluates and extends what is already accepted." How does this lesson apply to that standard? |
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makeup-microscope-lab.doc | |
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Cell Organelles Interactive Concept Map https://my.hrw.com/content/hmof/science/high_school_sci/na/gr9-12/hmd_bio_9780547688442_/dlo/conceptmaps/b03_00cm12/index.html
cells_webquest_2014_student.docx | |
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Cells Webquest Website #1
Cells Webquest Website #2
Cells Webquest Website #3
Cells Webquest Website #4
Cells Webquest Website #5
Cells Webquest Website #6
Cells Webquest Website #7
Cells Webquest Website #2
Cells Webquest Website #3
Cells Webquest Website #4
Cells Webquest Website #5
Cells Webquest Website #6
Cells Webquest Website #7
cell_transport_animations_online_assignments_student.docx | |
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Cell Transport Animations Webquest
Molecules Move Across the Cell Membrane
Animation: How Facilitated Diffusion Works
Animation: How Osmosis Works
Tutorial starts at 1.1 Role of Transport in the Cell and ends at 9.1 Exocytosis - secretion
Molecules Move Across the Cell Membrane
Animation: How Facilitated Diffusion Works
Animation: How Osmosis Works
Tutorial starts at 1.1 Role of Transport in the Cell and ends at 9.1 Exocytosis - secretion
active_and_passive_transport_2016_web.pptx | |
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study_aid_for_macromolecules_tonicity_cells_enzymes.docx | |
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Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
lyrics_to_phytosynthesis_rap.docx | |
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photosynthesis_rap_rubric_2014_rev.docx | |
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Cellular Respiration Web Quest Links - All Students
https://www.brainpop.com/science/cellularlifeandgenetics/cellularrespiration/
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosystems/carbon-cycle.htm
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/cellularrespiration.html
Honors Only
http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0072507470/student_view0/chapter25/animation__how_glycolysis_works.html
http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0072507470/student_view0/chapter25/animation__how_the_krebs_cycle_works__quiz_1_.html
http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0072507470/student_view0/chapter25/animation__how_the_krebs_cycle_works__quiz_2_.html
http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0072507470/student_view0/chapter25/animation__electron_transport_system_and_atp_synthesis__quiz_1_.html
https://www.brainpop.com/science/cellularlifeandgenetics/cellularrespiration/
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosystems/carbon-cycle.htm
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/cellularrespiration.html
Honors Only
http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0072507470/student_view0/chapter25/animation__how_glycolysis_works.html
http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0072507470/student_view0/chapter25/animation__how_the_krebs_cycle_works__quiz_1_.html
http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0072507470/student_view0/chapter25/animation__how_the_krebs_cycle_works__quiz_2_.html
http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0072507470/student_view0/chapter25/animation__electron_transport_system_and_atp_synthesis__quiz_1_.html
Cell Growth & Reproduction
Genetics
Create flashcards for the vocabulary terms on the genetics vocabulary list.
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genetics_tutorial.ppt | |
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Watch the video on this link to see how Mendel's pea plant experiments helped us to understand genetics. http://www.wimp.com/understandgenetics/
Watch this video to understand pedigree analysis. http://study.com/academy/lesson/pedigree-analysis-in-human-genetics-tutorial.html
genetics_pedigree_wkst_key.docx | |
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Watch the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.
Read the article How HeLa Cells Work. Click on the title to go to the article.
Write a reflection in which you include a response to the following questions.
Read the article How HeLa Cells Work. Click on the title to go to the article.
Write a reflection in which you include a response to the following questions.
- What is the article about?
- Do you agree with researchers/the courts when they say that once your cells have been removed from your body in a hospital or lab that they no longer belong to YOU? Why or Why not?
- Would you agree to donate your cells for research knowing that they could help save billions of lives and that you would not receive any compensation? Why or Why not?
Leaf Collection Assignment and Helpful Sites
Assignment:
Collect and identify 3 leaves from 3 different types of trees
Collect, press, neatly glue to a piece of white copy paper
Attach an index card with the following information neatly written or typed:
Helpful Sites:
Common Trees of Middle Tennessee http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/tree-key/
Arbor Day Foundation - What Tree Is That? https://www.arborday.org/trees/whattree/?TrackingID=908
What Tree Is It? OPLIN site http://www.oplin.org/tree/
Leaf Shapes and Arrangements http://theseedsite.co.uk/leafshapes.html
Leaf Morphology Note: Click on the chart. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leaf_morphology_no_title.png
Collect and identify 3 leaves from 3 different types of trees
Collect, press, neatly glue to a piece of white copy paper
Attach an index card with the following information neatly written or typed:
- Common Name:
- Scientific Name:
- Leaf found at:
- Tree Type:
- Leaf Type:
- Leaf Margin:
- Vein Pattern:
Helpful Sites:
Common Trees of Middle Tennessee http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/tree-key/
Arbor Day Foundation - What Tree Is That? https://www.arborday.org/trees/whattree/?TrackingID=908
What Tree Is It? OPLIN site http://www.oplin.org/tree/
Leaf Shapes and Arrangements http://theseedsite.co.uk/leafshapes.html
Leaf Morphology Note: Click on the chart. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leaf_morphology_no_title.png
Insect Collection Assignments and Helpful Sites
Assignment:
Collect, kill, pin on cardboard or styrofoam, and identify 3 insects from 3 different orders
Submit info below typed in a 6 pt font and cut in a neat square
Order:_______________________
Common Name:________________
Date Collected: ________________
Location Collected: _____________
Collected By: _________________
Helpful Sites:
Make Your Own Insect Kill Jar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgsSrr2HBxQ
INSECTS: Collection, Display and Pinning https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKfi8SqUZ_-EV-9vr0nfoBotxfGbLRnMK
Insect and Spider Identification http://www.insectidentification.org/
Bug Guide http://bugguide.net/node/view/15740
Insect ID http://labs.russell.wisc.edu/insectid/
Insect Identification Key http://www.knowyourinsects.org/step1.html
Insect Orders Identification
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Insect_orders http://bugguide.net/node/view/222292 http://www.earthlife.net/insects/orders.html