Quarter 2. Unit 3 "METABOLISM"

Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis

Chapter 7: Pathways that Harvest Chemical Energy.

1. Metabolic pathways: Glycolysis, Cellular Respiration and Fermentation.
2. Krebs Cycle, Electron Transport Chain and Chemiosmosis
3. AP Lab  5 “ Cellular Respiration” (done, lab report due Nov 9)
4. Vocabulary, Self Quiz and Discussion Questions  page 158(due Nov 10)
5. Chapter 8: Photosynthesis

 

1. Photosynthesis: Light vs. Light Independent Reactions
2. Electron Transport: Cyclic and Non-Cyclic.
3. Photophosphorilation
4. Photorespiration
5. Calvin Cycle, C4 and Crassulacean Acid Metabolism
6. Photosynthesis and Other Metabolic Pathways
7. AP Lab  4 “ Plant Pigments and Photosynthesis”
8. Vocabulary, Self Quiz and Discussion questions  page 177.

                               

AP Test Prep # 3 pages 90 to 92 in Holtzclaw and Holtzclaw  (2006)

 

Plant Kingdom Report Due October 23

upcoming Test Chapters 4, 5 and 6. Wed. October 7

Unit 2

Cells and Energy

Chapter 4: Cells the Working Units of Life

1. Compare and contrast Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic  Cells done
2. Eukaryotic Cell Organelles (Structure and Function) done
3. Vocabulary, Self Quiz and Discussion Questions Pages 93 and 94 (Sept. 18) done

 Chapter 5: The Dynamic Cell Membrane (9/21 to 9/23) (done)

1.      Structure of Biological Membranes

2.      Membrane Proteins and Carbohydrates

3.      Cell Junctions

4.      Membrane Transport

5.      Functions of Biological membranes (Finish 9/28)

6.      Vocabulary, Self Quiz and Discussion Questions  page 117 (due 9/29)

   AP Lab 1 “Diffusion and Osmosis” (Double period Sept. 23) (done)

 

Chapter 6: Energy, Enzymes and metabolism (9/28 to 10/2

1.      Metabolic reactions

2.      Laws of Thermodynamics

3.      Enzymes and How they Work (Homework Chart)

4.      Regulation of Enzyme Activity (Homework Chart)

5.      Vocabulary, Self Quiz and Discussion Questions  page 136 (Due Tuesday)

TEST 2 On chapters 4, 5 and 6 Wednesday October 7 (done)

  6.      AP Lab 2 “Enzyme catalysis” October 12 and 13 Lab report due Monday Oct. 19

 

Chapter 9: Chromosomes the Cell Cycle and Cell Division

1.      Cell Division in Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells.

2.      Steps of Mitosis

3.      The Cell Cycle

4.      Control of Cell Division

5.      Steps of Meiosis

6.      Compare and contrast Mitosis and Meiosis.

7.      Sexual Life Cycles

8.      Errors in Meiosis

9.      Cell Death: Necrosis vs. Apoptosis

10. Vocabulary, Self Quiz and Discussion Questions  page 204 and 205

            11. AP Lab 3 “Mitosis and Meiosis” Wed. Oct 21

 

Chapter 15: Cell Signaling and Cell Communication   

1.      The Signal Transduction Pathway

2.      Types of signals

3.      Types of receptors

4.      Transduction and the Cascading Effect

5.      Cell responses

6.      Direct Cell Communication

7.      Vocabulary, Self Quiz and Discussion Questions  page 350

 

AP Test Prep # 2 pages 65 to 69 in Holtzclaw and Holtzclaw  (2006)

 

TEST 3

 

 

Weeks 1 and 2

 The Science and Building blocks of life

Chapter 1: Studying Life

1. Characteristics of Living things and the Cell theory
2. Levels of Organization
3. Chemical and Biological Evolution. History of Life on Earth Time Line (21) (PROJECT   DUE MON Aug. 31)
4. Scientific Method: Comparative vs. Controlled experiments
5. Vocabulary

 

Chapter 2: The Chemistry of Life

1. Types and formation of Chemical Bonds (August 28)
2. Water and its properties. (August 31) Labs: Comparing Polar and Non-Polar Compounds.
3. pH and Buffers
4. Vocabulary, Self Quiz and Discussion Questions  page 37

   Observing the Properties of Water.

 

Chapter 3: Macromolecules and the Origin of Life
       1. Macromolecules. Functional Groups

  2. Building Blocks of Life. (Monomers, Types of Bonds, Structure)

  3. Vocabulary, Self Quiz and Discussion Questions  page 66

 

AP Test Prep # 1 page 36 to 38 in Holtzclaw and Holtzclaw  (2006)

Unit 1 TEST SEPTEMBER 11.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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