Online Activities and Homework for AP Biology Classes - Semester 1


Routine Homework

Online Resources

Major Assignments and Tests

Ecology Unit

Population Biology
Chapter 51

Answer Review Questions pgs 1139-40
Population hw (due 9/04)
tabular summary of strategies
population lectures outline
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Chapter 52: Communities
Answer Review Questions pg 1162
American Chestnut Will it ever return?
Old Field Succession
Bog Succession
Southeast forest succession
Colorado mountain succession
White Mountains Geology
Great Smokey Mountains Flora and Fauna Over 500 species new to science have been discovered in the park since 1998!
White Cedar Swamps
Eastern Forest Communities
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Ecosystems
Chapter 53:

Answer Review Questions pg 1182
Ecosystems
Biomes
Chapter 54
The World's Biomes
Tropical Rainforest
Tundra Biome
Caribou
Boreal Forest

Boreal Forest Residents
Geography of Taiga
Temperate Deciduous Forest
Eastern Deciduous Forest
Deciduous Forest Tree Identification
Grasslands
Tall-grass prairie
Short-grass Prairie
Temperate Rainforest
Chaparral
American Deserts
Ecology Test

Biochemistry Unit



Chemistry (Chapter 2 & 3)
Chapter 2 & 3 Homework
Chapters Review
Kinetics Tutorial
Arizona U: Chem Review
Maricopa Atoms and Molecules Review
Periodic Table
MathmolSite Molecules, mass
Covalent Bonds(see Lecture 2)
water chemistry
Water Animated Tutorial
water and pH
pH tutorial
Chemistry of pH
pH scale
pH/pOH game
Lab: Measuring Carbon Dioxide Production
Organic Molecules - Chapter 4 & 5


1. Macromolecules hw.
2. Monosaccharide assignment

Glucose
Functional Groups
Amino acids
Carbon Facts
Monosaccharide Resource Use this for the monosaccharide assignment.
Macromolecules From U. of Arizona; excellent examples of potential test questions
Molecule Visualizer
Lab: Constructing molecular models

Biochem Test
Review for Test
Cell Unit
Energetics and Enzymes
Chapter 8
Enzyme Assignment
Use the Maricopa resource and your textbook for references.
Intro to Enzymes
Maricopa Enzyme Resource
Cornell Enzyme Tutorial
Enzyme Problems U. of Arizona
AP Lab: Enzymes

Redox Reactions

Cells
Chapter 6 hw


The Cell
SDSU Cell Lecture
Cells Alive!
Virtual Cell
Apoptosis
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Cell Membranes
Chapter 7
Background Info on Osmosis
Virtual Osmosis Lab
Osmosis
Cornell Osmosis Tutorial
Virtual Lab Book
SDSU Lecture Outline
Osmosis Labs

Teachers: Osmosis Lesson Plans
Ch 4,5,6 Test
Review for Test
Energetics Unit
Chapter 9 (Campbell,6th): Cellular Respiration
Glycolysis Web Assignment 10/22/03
Chapter 7 HW
Sugar ring forms (Use GIF images)
Glycolysis Step-by-Step
Glycolysis Reactions
Glycolysis Assignment Resource:
Krebs Cycle
U of Arizona Problems
Electron Transport Animation
ATP Synthesis
Rotary Engine Model for ATP Synthesis
Oxidative Phosphorylation
Arizona Metabolism Problems
Mitochondria Animation
Lab: Seed Respiration
Test Review
Respiration Test
Photosynthesis
Chapter hw
History of PS Discoveries
What is photosynthesis?
Photosynthesis
MIT Hypertext
Why Do Plants Have Leaves?
Virtual Photosynthesis Lab
Sequence of photosynthetic reactions
Arizona PS Problems 1
Arizona PS Problems 2
Light Reactions Lab Report
Photosynthesis Test Review
Photosynthesis Test

Cell Reproduction Unit

Mitosis and Meiosis
Chapter 9
Arizona Mitosis Tutor
Mitosis animation
Mitosis animation Excellent!
Mitosis animation Another great one!
Interactive Tutor
Meiosis
Arizona Meiosis Tutor
Cornell Interactive M/M Test
Mitosis - Meiosis Comparison
Review for Mitosis/Meiosis Test
Mitosis/Meiosis Test

Classical Genetics Unit

Chromosome Inheritance
Chapter 10

Mendel Assignment
Genetics Problems
Genetics Activity

Classical Papers in Genetics
Genetics problems (Arizona)
FlyBase
Human Inheritance
Human Genome
Chi-Square Resource
Virtual Drosophila Lab The free one
Flylab The pay site
Virtual Drosophila Lab
Fly Lab
Genetic Corn Lab
Test
Get Real Player Here

Molecular Genetics Unit

Molecular Basis of Genetics
Chapter 11 questions
Cold Spring Harbor Lab Website
The Race for DNA
How to interpret an X-ray diffraction photo
DNA workshop
Oswald Avery Web site
A Structure for Deoxyribonucleic Acid
F. Crick bio
Lawrence Bragg, Dir. of the Cavendish
DNA diagrams
Meselsohn-Stahl Expt.
Transformation and transfection
Nucleic Acids Practice Test
Another practice test
Molecular Biology Protocols (by Dr. Bart Frank)
Transformation Lab Report
"Race for Double Helix" Video questions
W/C Paper HW
Gene to Protein PPT
Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis
Chapter 12

Electrophoresis Cyberlab
from U. Illinois at Urbana
Electrophoresis Lab Report
Genetic Regulation
Chapter 13
Review for Test
. DNA Extraction Lab Report
Nucleic Acid Technology
Chapter 14
Molecular Genetics Practice Questions Molecular Genetics Test

Evolution Unit

Charles Darwin
Homework for Ch 17, 18, 19
Galapagos Web site Galapagos Resources Online
What is Evolution?
Intro to Evolution
Evolution resources on the web
An essay on Darwin's life.
Voyage of the Beagle, by C. Darwin
History of evolutionary thought
Darwin Day.
"Darwinia" resources
Chapter 17 of Voyage of the Beagle HW

Voyage - Text version

Voyage homework
Changes in Populations
H-W problems
Hardy-Weinberg Made Easy
H-W demo
H-W conditions
H-W Intro
H-W assignment
Speciation/Macroevolution
Chapter 19
Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin
Mesozoic era Dinosaurs
Burgess Shale fossils Cambrian fossils
PBS Evolution website

Test
Origin of Life and Evolutionary History
Chapter 20
Origin of Life
Genetics and the Origin of Life
Review for evolution test
Evolution Test
Semester 1 Exam
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