Make Name Tag: (make sure your name is easy to read)

Feel Free to add a picture of your Favorite Organism.

Welcome to AP Biology

1. RESPECT OTHERS

2. Do Not Disrupt Learning

3. Come Prepared For Class

4. Sit In Your Assigned Seat

5. Time for Time: 2 Strikes +

You’re Out

6. EFFORT = SUCCESS

Mr. Neil’s Rules

1. Where can you find the work that you missed if you are absent?

2. How long do you have to hand in absent work (including labs)?

3. Where should you put absent/late work?4. Where is the no-name basket?5. Where will you find class handouts?6. When are iPods allowed?7. When are phones allowed?

Quiz

1. Where can you find the work that you missed if you are absent?

On the SWIFT Website

2. How long do you have to hand in absent work (including labs)?

5 School Days

3. Where should you put absent/late work?In the Absent/Late Folder Front of Room

4. Where is the no-name basket?Recycle Bin

5. Where will you find class handouts?Swift Website

6. When are iPods allowed?Never

7. When are phones allowed? Never

Start of Class

ETD 1 A. What is a SCaR and how can it help you

remember stuff? B. What does it take to be “alive”?

SCaR: Brain

Welcome to AP Biology

SSimplify

C Connect

a Rand

Reconnect

ID 3 Key Terms+

Give a SimpleDefinitionFor Each

Draw a Picture

Detailed with Labels for

eachKey Term

Give 3 Other Examples

That Connect to that Idea

for eachWritten or

Drawn

S C

a R

1. The Sun Earth’s

Nearest Star

1. Light Energy2. Heat Energy3. Photosynthesis

The Sun

Solar Flare

Sun Spot

SCaR is a memory tool and a daily Exit Task that goes on the back side of every ETD entry.

Ex = SCaR #1

ETD = Entry Task Diary (or Science Journal) Ex = ETD #1

In ETD

What does it take to be “alive”? Old Alive = MRSGREN Really want to know: C BIG MRSGRENDE Cells, Balance(homeostasis), Interconnected

(interdependent), Genes. Move, Reproduce, Sense. Grow, Respiration, Excretion, Nutrition, Die, and Evolve

Biology : More than just Facts

Themes = BIG IDEAS

CONNECTIONS - Apply to Each Chapter

8 Biological Themes Presented by College Board

1. Science as a process-Inquiry2. Evolution3. Energy transfer4. Continuity and change - Genes5. Relationship of structure to function-Building

Blocks6. Regulation-Balance 7. Interdependence in nature -Web8. Science, technology, and society

8Themes

Order

Evolutionary adaptation

Responseto theenvironment

Reproduction

Growth anddevelopment

Energyprocessing

Regulation

Fig. 1-3

What is the definition of Science? Science = to Know or Wisdom

Theme: Science as a Process

Curiosity

Wisdom

Scientific Method = Inquiry Seeks Valid Evidence for Ideas Predictions Disciplined Observations Data based Conclusions

But Curiosity Needs Discipline

Web – Connections Evolution Building Blocks Balance Energy Genes

6 Main THEMES of Biology = WEBBEG

Organisms Interact and Depend on each other.◦ Animal gets Food◦ Plant gets Seed Dispersal

Web Theme: Interdependence in Nature

E-Theme: Evolution, the Overarching Theme of Biology

All Life is Connected Common Ancestors

“Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution”- Dobzhansky

“Descent with modification” Look for Similarities and You’ll find them

E-Theme: Evolution, the Overarching Theme of Biology

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B- Theme: Relationship of Structure to Function

FORM + FUNCTION Form Function Thin, Flat Leaf?

(a) Wings

(c) Neurons

(b) Bones

Infoldings ofmembrane

Mitochondrion

(d) Mitochondria0.5 µm100 µm

Fig. 1-6

Aerofoil

HOMEOSTASIS = Balance Feedback mechanisms Self-Regulation

Negative feedback = Product = Production

Thermostat Heat = Sand Pile

Positive feedback?

B-Theme: Regulation

Positive feedback Product = Production

◦ Ex. Exponential Population Growth ◦ Babies Lead to More Babies

B-Theme: Regulation

Life is Work Work requires ENERGY Energy transformations

◦ EX: Light chemical kenetic thermal

Energy flows through an ecosystem, Light E Chem E exit?

E -Theme: Energy Transfer

Fig. 1-5

Sunlight

Ecosystem

Heat

Heat

Cyclingof

chemicalnutrients

Producers(plants and other photosynthetic

organisms)

Chemical energy

Consumers(such as animals)

Gebe -Theme: Continuity and Change Species Pass DNA through Time Genetic mechanisms: Spelling errors Lead to change over time.

NucleicontainingDNA

Sperm cell

Egg cell

Fertilized eggwith DNA fromboth parents

Embryo’s cells withcopies of inherited DNA

Offspring with traitsinherited fromboth parents

Fig. 1-9

G- Theme: Continuity and Change

Science leads to technological = + and - society.◦ Ex. human genome project knowledge of genes ◦ DNA discrimination.

Theme: Science, technology and society

You are Simply a Vehicle for your Genes To get into THE FUTURE

Selfish Genes

Procedures Quiz

American Coot: Fulica americana

Coot Chicks