Today we are going to do a "brain dump" gallery walk.
There are 8 whiteboards around the room with a title on each one. With a partner, write down everything that you know about the specific topic, and we will discuss.
Topics
- Environmental issues facing the world today
- Species of animals that should be saved
- College majors that relate to Ecology
- Placed to visit to enjoy the environment
- Ways that individuals can help the environment
- Movies that have an environmental theme
- Laws that protect the environment
- Products that have an environmental message
Some video links to help with your understanding of gene regulation
Based on your work with the PHET simulation for lac operons, you should be able to answer the following free response question from the 2013 AP Biology test. Please add your answer to your submission for the lac operon assignment before turning it in. Remember, you are working in groups of 2 (or 3) for this assignment, everyone should equally participate in constructing your answer to the free response question. Use this assignment as a way to discuss and practice what you will write for the free response portion of the test.
Welcome back! Only 7 weeks until the AP Bio Exam! :)
Today we are going to focus on Operons in gene regulation.
Please go to cengage and log onto the on-line resources. Go to the text book and read section 10.5 (pgs 170 & 171). There is also an animation -- "10.10 the lactose operon" that you can watch. Take some notes, highlight information, reacquaint yourself with Gene Control in Prokaryotes (this is something you should have already read).
Once you have a basic understanding of this concept, go to the PHET simulation for lac operons (remember you have to download the simulation in order for it to run), click here for the sheet you need to complete as you are working through the simulation, you may work in groups of 2 or 3 (not more) for this simulation activity.
Please work on any missing assignments, or standards that you need to fix. This includes the virtual lab from Friday (Click here for more info)
Look up and research:
Monsanto vs Schmeister
You have been learning about genetically modifying bacteria. You will be researching the pros and cons of genetically modified organisms.
You must:
- use what you have learned in class to back up your claim.
Here are some resources:
University of Pennsylvania Center for
Bioethics
Second half of block will be an active discussion of your view points.
Use these questions to help guide you:
- What must we do as a society
to handle the rapid changes of biotechnology?
2.Have scientists really looked at the “big
picture”?
Watch this short video that shows how bacterial transformation actually works :)
Then, on a SAFARI browser, go to the virtual transgenenic fly lab and try to make glowing flies! (no that is not the lab we are actually doing). Use this worksheet as you go through the lab
Check your plants and pollinate as necessary, some of you already have seed pods forming. Make sure you take pictures of your plants to show the changes :)
Start today by going through the virtual Bacterial Transformation Lab. (add a screen shot of the quiz at the end of the lab to your E.coli Insulin Factory data sheet)
This should help you to finish up your E.coli Insulin Factory activity, if it isn't already complete.
Check your plants and pollinate the flowers as needed.
Go to either student vue or canvas and check your mastery of the standards. On Canvas now, in the grade section, there should be a tab that says "learning mastery". If you click on that, it will show you level of mastery for each standard. In the assignments, there are standard recovery directions.
Finish the E. coli insulin factory simulation
Today, you are going to simulate a bacterial plasmid lab.
Click here for directions
Click here for the data table.
The papers that you need to create the plasmid are on the prep table
