Assignments for Unit 3

Cells Unit - Unit 3
(Please label in your Sci NB)

This unit covers Chapters 6.3 (Life Substances - things you learned about in chemistry), 7 (A View of the Cell - their discovery, the plasma membrane & Eukaryotic cells will be the focus), 8 (Cell Cycles & Reproduction - focusing on mitosis) & 9 (Energy in a Cell - focusing on what the role of energy is and how we & plants get it). Please plan ahead and do your reading so that you can keep up. This unit should take us between 2.5-3 weeks. Be sure to click on EACH LINK so that you don't miss something :)

Read Ch 6.3, watch this video on Life Substances and answer these Ch 6.3 q's (your SRQ's - There are no ARQ's for this reading section - Rdg notes ck'd on 10/24) (p.52 in your Sci NB)

Ch 6 vocab (in your comp book - definitions only)(p.51 in your Sci NB)

    1. amino acid    2. carbohydrate       3. enzyme        4. isomer        5. lipid        6. nucleic acid

    7. nucleotide      8. peptide bond        9. polymer        10. protein
You will have a quiz on these vocab words on Thursday, 10/23.

Ch 6.3 Macromolecule lecture - please add your notes to your Sci NB (p.53-54) if you need to. Watch the following short video on macromolecules. It is a song that might help you remember some of the characteristics of macromolecules. Please answer the following questions on this w.s. about life substances (Ch 6.3) in your Sci NB (p.55). (This will be checked on Friday, October 24th)

STOP HERE!STOP HERE!STOP HERE! STOP HERE!STOP HERE!STOP HERE!STOP HERE! - WEEK OF 10/20 IS ABOVE THIS LINE.

Action of Enzymes Drawing - Please look at page 166 in your biology book and read the "Inside Story". On a piece of white paper (full size), recreate the drawing. Be sure to color (so you can see the difference) and label the entire thing. Write statements 1-4 where they belong and answer the Critical Thinking question on the front in a complete sentence. Underline the most important parts of your answer. (Turned in on Thur, Oct 30th)

Enzymes - Please view the following macromolecules video before we do L7. This video will help to reinforce the ideas from the 6.3 lecture that you already added to your Sci NB. (You do not need to do anything besides watch it - it will help you to answer your lab q's) - Add the following notes to your Sci NB covering enzymes.  (Slides 1 & 3 are of particular importance so please be sure to write them). You will need to understand them for the lab we will be doing.
Please use the following link to get to L7 - Enzyme Lab. (p.57-58 in your Sci NB)

Please add the following notes to your comp book. They cover an introduction to microscopes as well as the difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes (p.59-60 in your Sci NB).

STOP HERE!STOP HERE!STOP HERE! STOP HERE!STOP HERE!STOP HERE!STOP HERE! - WEEK OF 10/27 IS ABOVE THIS LINE.

2 Cell Types Drawings:
Create scientific drawings like the ones in your book on p. 180. Do this on p. 66 in your Sci NB. Do both of them on one page.
1. Draw the outline and basic shapes first
2. Then add the details, color and shading
3. Label the parts
4. Summarize each drawing in a sentence or two.
5. Leave 6 lines at the bottom for us to add some important notes.

Study these worksheets showing you the optical microscope & its parts (ws #2 - microscopes). Draw your own microscope in your Sci NB and label/explain each of the parts & the function of that part. You will have to pass a microscope quiz (given on Wed/Thur) in order to do the labs for this unit. You will need to identify the parts, know their functions and be able to state the usage rules. When you have done this, please look in your folder for introduction to microscopes (microintro) lab (For Wednesday/Thursday, 11/5-6). Label with date, period, L8 & Intro to Scopes Lab. The purpose of this lab is to introduce you to the microscopes and become familiar with their parts, functions and microscope lab protocols. You do NOT need to do a "write up" from the rubric but you do need to have your w.s. done. Do NOT forget the drawing in your comp book as you are instructed to do during the lecture notes (see below). When finished with everything above, please complete the 7.1 Study Guide in your Sci NB (Ck'd on 11/7).

BRAIN DUMP: This is an ongoing brain dump. You won't have all of the answers today but you will by the time we test. These are the main ideas for the new Common Core Standards. I will check 4 of these q's (the ones we have covered) on Fri, 11/7.
Open your comp book to pages 67-68 in your Sci NB. In the middle (on both pages, 1/2 & 1/2), draw & color a light bulb with the word "cells" in it. Just under it, please write "what's the big idea?" Working with a partner, please try to answer the q's that I have given you in the format that matches mine. There are 8 main ideas that we are working with. Here are the q's to help you out (start in the TOP Left corner and go clockwise): Top Left (11 o'clock) = What are the 4 macromolecules & what are they made of?; Top Middle (12 o'clock) = How are prokaryotes & eukaryotes different?; Top Right (1 o'clock) = How does the cell membrane maintain homeostasis?; Middle Right (3 o'clock) = Describe the process of photosynthesis & the role of the chloroplasts.; Bottom Right (4 o'clock) = Describe how the golgi & ER work together (are BFF's).; Bottom Middle (6 o'clock) = How is the nucleus in control of cells?; Bottom Left (7 o'clock) = How do enzymes control reactions?; Left Middle (9 o'clock) = Describe the process of cellular respiration & the role of mitochondria. ---- Do the ones that we have already covered and remember to fill in the others as we go.

STOP HERE!STOP HERE!STOP HERE! STOP HERE!STOP HERE!STOP HERE!STOP HERE! - WEEK OF 11/3 IS ABOVE THIS LINE.

After reading Ch 7.2, add the following notes to your comp book. The Plasma Membrane (p.69-70 in SciNB) is very important. Inside this lecture is another lab as well as another drawing for you to do. Please copy this w.s. for Ch 7.2- The Plasma Membrane (p.71-72 in SciNB) into your Sci NB.
~~~ Add any answers you've learned to your Cells Brain Dump.~~~

L10, The Human Cheek Cell Lab/Exploring the Plant Cell. The directions are in the power point. Please put this lab in your comp book (make sure that you follow directions and give it a heading).

STOP HERE!STOP HERE!STOP HERE! STOP HERE!STOP HERE!STOP HERE!STOP HERE! - WEEK OF 11/14 IS ABOVE THIS LINE.

PLASMA MEMBRANE 3D DRAWING guidelines. This assignment is due next week on our long day. (11/18-11/19) at the beginning of the period.

Objective: Explain the process of mitosis. Please refer to the following lectures on MITOSIS for your directions. This lesson shows the steps, very similarly to what you will see tomorrow for your lab. Add these notes to your Sci NB on p. 81-82. After you have read your notes and watched this short mitosis video, please continue. You will be drawing the phases of mitosis (p.213 for reference), describing what is happening at each phase. (LEAVE PAGE 78 IN YOUR SCI NB BLANK FOR THIS) Be VERY CLEAR in your drawings in regards to what is happening at each phase (both the drawing and the explanation). This will be turned in on Thursday, 11/20. It needs to be done on a separate sheet of WHITE paper (no lines) and turned in. I will return it to you to add to your Sci NB - If you are still having a hard time with the concept, please watch the following video on the cell cycle.

Copy Table 9.2 on p.243 into your Sci NB on p.79. It is a comparison of photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Please include the formula for photosynthesis, as it will be present on your test. After you have looked at the comparison between photosynthesis and cellular respiration, please do the following:

CREATE A MODEL OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS (leave p. 80 in your Sci NB blank for this) - due 11/17
The model must follow the guidelines to achieve maximum points. Your assignment will be graded on: your ability to follow directions, the accuracy of your information, your neatness & attention to detail.
1- MUST be 8.5"x11" (landscape or portrait)
2 - in color
3 - it must have a correct and appropriate title
4 - Draw a microscopic progression with "zooming" effect and explain that progression with a text box. The sequence should be similar to this:
          - Sunlight on a plant with green leaves. Use arrows to show how the leaves interact with
            oxygen and carbon dioxide.
          - Zoom in @ 400x to find that those leaves are made of cells and inside those cells are           -               chloroplasts.
          - Zoom in further @ 1200x to focus on one single chloroplast.
5 - At the one chloroplast level use red arrows to show which molecules enter the chloroplast and which molecules exit the chloroplast during photosynthesis. Create some type of colorful and distinctive bracket or box around the single, large chloroplast as well as the molecules entering and exiting.
6 - Connected to #5, have another text box or text bubble explaining exactly what happens during the process of photosynthesis at the level of a chloroplast.
7 - Create one last text box or text bubble to show and explain the balanced chemical equation of photosynthesis.