pgs 86-87 Miller-Urey experiment and cell size activity

Watch the Miller-Urey experiment video together as a class.  
Pg 86

Miller-Urey experiment

Brief description of the experiment (drawing of apparatus may be helpful)
Why is this experiment important?
What did we learn from it?
Click here for more detailed information as well as a 2008 experiment where scientists re-analyzed solutions created from the lab.

pg 87

Cell Size Models

Problem    Does size affect cellular function?

Data         (s=square)

s	s2	6s2	s3	SA/V
Cell Size “s” units	Area of one face	Total surface area of cube (cell)	Volume of cube (cell)	Total surface area to volume ratio
1
2
3
4

Based on your data above, how does cell size affect the cell’s ability to maintain homeostasis?

Pudding and Pineapple Enzyme pg 76

Here is what should go on pg 76 for the pudding lab and the pineapple enzyme lab
Look at these videos to help with your understanding of enzymes
How enzymes work
Activation Energy

pg 81-85 Geologic Timeline

There are two activities today for the timeline.
Click here for one (you will need adding machine tape)
And then click here for what needs to go into your notebook on pg 81-85

Moving from Big Idea #1 to Big Idea #2

Do we have a grasp of all of the objectives from Big Idea #1?

Please complete all of the review quizzes from the on-line resources for Chapters 16-18 by Friday December 13th.  You can also complete the post-tests from the Mader book on-line resources for the chapters 15-18 for bonus points (e-mail the results to me as well as to yourself -- there is a spot at the end of the assessment).

The last activity for Big Idea #1 is timeline activity that we will discuss on Wednesday is a timeline activity to show the history of the Earth.

But today, we are moving onto Big Idea #2 with the Pudding Lab

Happy Thanksgiving Break

Finish up stuff and clean :)

More BLAST-ing

Continue working on the BLAST lab (remember that it is now a tab on the blog)

Your goal is to provide evidence for the cladogram that you create.

Once you have completed that, go to education portal (specifically the section in Biology 101 about the phylogeny and classification of organisms).  You need to complete the lesson on "Cladograms and Phylogenetic Trees: Evolution Classifications".  Please e-mail me a screen shot of the results of your quiz. 

Education portal is a great resource for all sorts of classes.  We will be using it extensively with this class.  

AP Bio Lab #3 BLAST genes

Here is the work around since you can't download the genes from the website.  Go to my out folder on the backpack to access the genes.  
First, open the BLAST program.  
Then at the top, click on "saved strategies".  
Then "browse" to upload the file.  
You will find the file in my "out" folder in the backpack for your period. 

Follow the rest of the directions from the other website :)