2018-19 Dakota Biology Syllabus

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Flinn Safety Contract

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Latin/Greek List

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Remind Directions

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Assessment Reconciliation Directions (Staple in order: Corrections, Reconciliation, Test) 

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*Midterm Preparation Guide*

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Systems and Scales Storyline:

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• Expressing ideas about Ethanol Burning

• Power of 10   

  • Powers of 10 video (1977)

  • Viva la Science: Size & Scale

  • How Big Are Things? (Interactive website)

• Zooming into Air

• Facts About Atoms (worksheet)

• Investigation Tools

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• Predictions about Soda Fizzing

• Observing Soda Fizzing

  • Soda Fizzing Video​

• Evidence-Based Arguments about Soda Fizzing

• Molecular Models for Soda Fizzing

• Explaining Soda Fizzing

  • How to Model Soda Fizzing (screencast)​

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• Molecular Modeling- How do we determine how a molecule will be built?

  • Predicting molecular structure, Intro​

  • Predicting molecular structure, Pt 2

  • Predicting molecular structure, Pt 3

  • Predicting molecular structure, Pt 4

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• Predictions about Ethanol Burning

• Observing Ethanol Burning

  • ​2018 Ethanol Burning Video (updated)

  • 2017 Ethanol Burning Video

• Evidence-Based Arguments for Ethanol Burning

• Molecular Models for Ethanol Burning

  • ​Khan Academy video on combustion

• Explaining Ethanol Burning

  • Another combustion video, a little more difficult

  • How to Model Ethanol Burning (screencast)

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• Molecular Models for Methane Burning (narrated)

• Explaining Methane Burning

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• Organic vs. Inorganic

• Other Examples of Combustion

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CCR: Greenhouse Gasses

CCR: Biogeochemical Cycles

CCR: Forest Fires

CCR: A Use for CO2
CCR: Acidifying Oceans and Sea Urchins

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Systems and Scales Summative Assessment Guiding Questions

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Animals Storyline:

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• Expressing Ideas about How Animals Grow

  • Screencast​

• Comparing Plants, Animals, and Decomposers

  • Screencast​

• Molecules Cells are Made Of

  • Screencast​

  • Food Label Investigation Sheet

  • Food Nutrition data

• Questions about Animals

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• Does a Phone's Mass Change When you Charge it? (Worksheet)

  • How we set up this investigation​ (Screencast)

  • How to model the results (Screencast)

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• Predictions about Mealworms Eating                                                                                                    

• Observations about Mealworms Eating

• Evidence-Based Arguments Tool for Mealworms Eating

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• Molecular Models for Cow Cellular Respiration

• Explaining How Cows Move and Function

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• Tracing the Processes for Cows Growing: Digestion and Biosynthesis

• Molecular Models for Cow Digestion and Biosynthesis   

  • Khan academy video on biosynthesis of proteins (watch the first 2:45)

• Digestion Activity

  • Digestion Screencast

• Biosynthesis Activity

• • Biosynthesis Screencast

• Digestion and Biosynthesis Comparisoin Notes

  • Biosynthesis and Hydrolysis notes (pdf)

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• Explaining other Examples of Animals Moving and Growing

• Explaining How All Animals Grow, Move, and Function

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CCR: Metabolism

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Latin/Greek Lesson worksheet

Latin/Greek Lesson PPT

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Animals Summative Assessment Guiding Questions

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Plants Storyline:

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• Expressing Ideas about What Happens when Plants Grow

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• Observing Plants in Light and Dark 

  • Radish Investigation Screencast

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• Molecular Models for Photosynthesis in Plants (narrated)

  • Balancing the Photosynthesis Reaction (helpful video)

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• Light and Dark Reactions Screencast

 

• Biosynthesis (Proteins, Starches, Fats) Screencast

• Biosynthesis Worksheet

  • Amino acids, Sugars, and Fatty acids cut-out file​

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• Respiration, Biosynthesis, & Photosynthesis Screencast

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CCR: Photosynthesis

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Plants Summative Assessment Guiding Questions

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Decomposers Storyline:

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• Expressing Ideas about What Happens when Things Decay

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• Questions about Decomposers

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• Intro to Fungi Basics Screencast

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• Fungal Digestion Screencast

• Fungal Digestion Worksheet

  • Proteins and Starches cut-out file​​

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• Lego Analogy Reading and Worksheet

  • Legos Analogy Screencast​

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• Fungus Investigation Setup (video)

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• Fungus Investigation Results (video)

 

• Decomposers Unit Wrap-Up Screencast

 

CCR: Fungal Diseases

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Decomposers Summative Assessment Guiding Questions

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Ecosystems Storyline:

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• Expressing Ideas about Ecosystems

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• Key Features of Ecosystems PPT

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• Predicting Features of Ecosystems PPT

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• Ecosystem Simulator Screencast

  • Ecosystem Simulator Worksheet

  • Ecosystem Simulator Link

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• Carbon Pools PPT

  • Carbon Pools Handout

  • Dice Game Posters (might be useful review)​

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• Tracing Carbon Screencast

  • Tracing Carbon Worksheet​

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• Tracing Energy Screencast

  • Tracing Energy Worksheet​

 

Carbon Flux Screencasts

• Introduction to carbon fluxes 

• Calculating and graphing fluxes, Pt 1

• Calculating and graphing fluxes, Pt 2

• Using Google Earth to Observe Carbon Fluxes

 

CCR: Yellowstone's Ecosystem

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Ecosystems Summative Assessment Guiding Questions

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Antibiotic Resistance Storyline:

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• Addie R: An Antibiotic Resistance Case Study (PPT)

• Addie R: An Antibiotic Resistance Case Study (Screencast)

• Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria (Frontline Documentary) 

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• How to Use ResistanceMap (Screencast)

• ResistanceMap Worksheet

• ResistanceMap Link

 

• ​Aseptic Technique

• How to Pour an Agar Plate 

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• Early Bacterial Investigation and the Discovery of Antibiotics (Pasteur and Domagk)

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• Agar Plate Quantitative Analysis (reference guide)

• Bacteria Lab Guide sheet

• Bacteria Lab Report directions and Rubric

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• Bacteria Responding to Antibiotics (cute video)

• Antibiotic Resistance Model (Screencast)

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CCR: Antibiotic Resistance

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Natural Selection and Evolution Storyline:

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• Extending our Model to Other Situations (worksheet)

• Extending our Model to Other Situations (Screencast)

  

CCR: Sea Urchins

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• Using Juncos as a Study Organism (Screencast)

  • ​Student Activity Sheets (using pages 62-101)​​

  • Pamela Yeh: Junco Introductory Reading​

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• UCSD and Mountain Juncos Video (Vimeo)

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• Comparing Habitats of the Junco Populations (Screencast)

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• Comparing Behaviors of Junco Populations (Screencast)

  • Graphs showing Junco behaviors

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PowerPoint Slides for Above Lessons

 

• Novelty-Seeking in Bees (Screencast)

  • Liang et al., 2012: Molecular determinants of scouting behavior in honey bees (article) 

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CCR: Learned Behavior in Baboons

 

PowerPoint Slides for Above Lessons

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• Common Garden Experiment, Part 1: Intro (Screencast)

• Common Garden Experiment, Part 2: Results (Screencast)

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• CORT Levels and Behavior in Juncos (Screencast)

  • How to Annotate an Abstract (Screencast)​

 

• Creating and Interpreting Scatterplots worksheet

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• The Connections between Alleles, CORT, and Boldness in Juncos (Screencast)

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PowerPoint Slides for Above Lessons

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• Infographic Rubric

• 12 Infographic Tips... or go to the link HERE

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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Genetics Storyline:

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• Colorblindness Test and Discussion Slides

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• Living with Muscular Dystrophy (Video)

• Lesson 2 Student Activity Sheet: What happens to Muscles with DMD?

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• How Muscles Work (Video)

  • How Sarcomeres are Structured​ (Video)

  • How Sarcomeres Work (Video)

• Muscles Notes Page

• Lesson 3 Student Activity Sheet: Healthy Muscle vs. DMD

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• Crash Course Science: Heredity (Video)

  • Recessive Pedigree (Video)

  • ​Dominant Pedigree (Video)

  • ​How to Set Up A Punnett Square (Video)

• Lesson 8 Student Activity Sheet: Why does DMD affect mostly boys?

• Reading: X-Linked Traits

• X-Linked Traits Worksheet

  

• Lesson 7 Student Activity Sheet

• Lesson 7 Reading: The Inheritance of Genes

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• Lesson 4 Student Activity Sheet: How DNA Codes for Traits

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• Lesson 6 Student Activity Sheet

• How DNA Codes for Traits (Screencast)

• The Model: DNA-->RNA-->Proteins (Video)

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• DNA, Transcription, & Translation Worksheet

• Mutations Worksheet

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Biotechnology and Ethics Storyline:

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• Lesson 10 Student Activity Sheet 1: Can genetic disorders be cured?

• Lesson 10​ Student Activity Sheet 2: Principle-based ethics.

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• The Biotech Death of Jesse Gelsinger

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• The Ashanti DeSilva Story: Hope for Genetic Cures

• Making Insulin with Biotechnology: A Weapon Against Diabetes

• Gene Therapy Against Brain Cancer

• Genetic Testing and 23&Me: Ethical Implications​

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• CRISPR Update (RadioLab PodCast)

• Jennifer Doudna and CRISPR (Video)

• Genetic Engineering with CRISPR (Video)

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• Lesson 11 Student Activity Sheet: Current genetic engineering technology 

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• Lesson 12 Student Activity Sheet: Where does CRISPR come from and how does it work?

• CRISPR Pictures

• CRISPR Explained article

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• CRISPR/Cas9 Model (Video)

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• Guiding Questions for Summative Assessment

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Human Impacts on Environment Storyline:

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• What is the River Project? (PPT)

• Permission Slip (due 5/14)

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• Predator Video 1

• Predator Video 2

• Predator Video 3

• Predator Video 4

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• How to Calculate Indexes for River Work (Practice Sheet)

• Index Calculations Tutorial (Screencast)

• Shannon-Weiner Diversity Tutorial (Screencast)

  • Shannon-Weiner Diversity Calculator (Website)​

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