Dougherty Valley HS-AP BIOLOGY2012 SUMMER READING PROJECT

This assignment is to be done individually, you MAY NOT work with another student on any part of this project. Plagiarism in any form will not be tolerated.

Purpose:To keep your mind sharp and thinking, so you are ready to hit the ground running in September.

Summer Assignment Overview:Assignment Due Date Task Description Objective

1. Read:Your Inner Fish

End of Unit 2 (Cells/Plasma Membrane) Due Date TBA

Complete Summer Assignment Project 1 and Project 2 (attached) for ALL chapters in the book

Begin to see connections between the major themes in biology

2. OPTIONAL:Complete Reading Guides, CH 2-4

Day 4 of class Begin to review chemistry as it relates to biology. You are expected to know this information as it will be assessed on our first unit test which will cover Chapters 1-5.

3. Google Docs Within first week of the semester

Create a Google account

To integrate technological and collaborative skills.

Assignment #1: Your Inner Fish, by Neil Shubin

Introduction:This book was chosen as a supplement to the AP Biology curriculum because it provides an innovative approach to understanding evolutionary development. Through the use of integrative biology, Shubin walks you, the reader, through the development of nerves, ears, eyes, and other organs and shows the surprising links between humans, fish, and even simpler organisms. In addition to teaching science, Your Inner Fish articulates how science works: science as a process, not just a group of facts found in a textbook. By reading this book, you will appreciate the genetic link humans have with other organisms and will realize that science requires careful attention to detail and curiosity.

With this in mind, I am asking you to keep a reading journal on Google Docs, the final draft is due by 6 pm on the first day of Unit 2, and a printed copy is to be submitted the next class day. My suggestion is, as you complete each chapter, journal about it instead of reading the entire book, rather then trying to go back and write about each chapter after reading the entire book in one sitting.

The heading should be in the following format

Your Name AP Biology DateGrade

PROJECT 1For each chapter of the book you have been provided with a graphic (see below). After reading the chapter you will write a well-developed paragraph that summarizes the chapter AND tells how the picture relates to it.

PROJECT 2Consider the “disputable statement” for each chapter (follows pictures) and in a well-developed paragraph respond to it based on what you have read in the book and know about evolution. You can use additional sources but make sure to use citations.

(This assignment is based on

work presented

by Jen Orwar, Julie Pavlini and

Pam Phelps.)

There isn’t a picture for chapter 6, please see the cookie recipe on the following page.

Chapter 6 The Best-Laid (Body) Plans Chocolate Chip Cookies (With Variations) ( You do NOT need to make any cookies!) 2 1/4 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt1 cup butter, softened3/4 cup granulated sugar 3/4 cup packed brown sugar1 teaspoon vanilla2 eggs2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (12 oz.) 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

1. Combine flour, soda and salt in small bowl. 2. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla in large mixer bowl. 3. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition; gradually beat in flour mixture.4. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts (if desired). 5. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets. 6. Bake in preheated 375 degrees oven for 9 to 11 minutes until golden brown. 7. Let stand for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

PEANUT BUTTER VARIATION: Prepare dough as above except substitute 1/2 cup butter and 3/4 cup creamy or chunky peanut butter for the 1 cup butter. Eliminate nuts. Drop dough by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets; press down slightly. Bake in preheated 350 degrees oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Makes four dozen.

FOR THIN, CHEWY COOKIES: Reduce granulated sugar to 1/2 cup and increase packed brown sugar to 1 cup.

FOR THICK, CHEWY, OLD-FASHIONED COOKIES: Use half the amount of butter called for and drop by well-rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake in a preheated 350 degrees oven for 9 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Store in an airtight container to prevent drying.

FOR PUFFIER COOKIES: Reduce butter to 1/2 cup and add 1/2 cup solid shortening.

FOR SOFT CAKEY COOKIES: Omit the granulated sugar and use 3/4 cup butter, 1 cup packed brown sugar and 3 eggs. Drop by well-rounded tablespoons on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten slightly with back of spoon dipped in water. Bake in preheated 375 degrees oven for 8 to 10 minutes. For more rounded cookie, do not flatten before baking; bake 9 to 11 minutes.

FOR CRISPIER COOKIES: Use 2 1/2 cups flour, 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar, 1/4 cup packed brown sugar and 1 egg. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets. Flatten with bottom of glass dipped in water. Bake in preheated 375 degrees oven for 9 to 11 minutes.

Project 2 Disputable Statements

Definition of dispute - A disagreement, argument, or debate (keep this in mind when you are discussing each statement)

Chapter 1  Finding Your Inner FishDispute:  Most living organisms fossilize after death, so fossils in exemplary condition are easily found all over the world. 

Chapter 2  Getting a GripDispute:  Humans and fish are nothing alike:  we have hands with fingers, they have fins. 

Chapter 3  Handy GenesDispute:  Each cell in a human body contains a unique set of DNA.  This allows some cells to build muscle or skin and some cells to become arms versus fingers. 

Chapter 4  Teeth EverywhereDispute:  Teeth evolved through time, after bones, as they became a beneficial adaptation for protection against predation.  

Chapter 5  Getting AheadDispute:  Humans and sharks both have four gill arches as embryos, but the germ layers and arches develop into unrelated structures in each organism. 

Chapter 6  The Best-Laid (Body) PlansDispute:  Scientists work in isolation:  it is counter-productive to repeat another scientist’s experiments or to consider research that is not directly related to the organism you are studying. 

Chapter 7 Adventures in BodybuildingDispute:  All tissues in the human body are made of similar cells that connect to each other in similar fashion. 

Chapter 8  Making ScentsDispute: There are few genes dedicated to olfactory sense and they are similar in all organisms capable of detecting smell. 

Chapter 9  VisionDispute:  All organisms with vision have similar eyes and similar vision genes. 

Chapter 10  EarsDispute:  In humans, eyes and ears function independently of one another; sensation in one does not affect sensation in the other. 

Chapter 11 The Meaning of It AllDispute:  Maladies of the human body are not related to our evolutionary past. 

Adapted from: Orwar, Pavlini, & Phelps, Oswego High Oswego NY 2009