Week



|Week |Topic |Pre-Lab |In-Lab |Quiz |

|1 |Scientific Method |None |15 pts. |None |

|2 |Enzymes |10 pts. |15 pts. |Over week 1 (5 pts.) |

|3 |Microscopes/Cells |10 pts |15 pts. |Over week 2 (10 pts.) |

|4 |Diffusion/Osmosis |10 pts |15 pts. |Over week 3 (10 pts.) |

|5 |Photosynthesis |10 pts |15 pts. |Over week 4 (10 pts.) |

|6 |Cell Division |10 pts |15 pts. |Over week 5 (10 pts.) |

|7 |Genetics |10 pts |15 pts. |Over week 6 (10 pts.) |

|8 |Molecular Biology |10 pts |15 pts. |Over week 7 (10 pts.) |

|9 |Evolution* |10 pts |15 pts. |Over week 8 (10 pts.) |

|TOTAL |250 pts. TOTAL |40 pts. |135 pts. |75 pts. |

|Lab |Topic |Learning goals |Assessment |

|1 |Scientific Method |Understand the scientific method |State a hypothesis, a prediction and design an experiment when given an observation or |

| | |Understand differences between dependent, independent & controlled variables |question |

| | |Distinguish controlled variables from control condition |Given a set of variables, separate them into dependent, independent & controlled |

| | |Construct and interpret graph |variables |

| | | |Define and give examples of controlled variables and control conditions |

| | | |Given a data set, construct a data table, construct a graph, plot the data & describe |

| | | |the relationship shown by the graph |

|2 |Enzymes |Understand the relationships between substrate, product, enzyme, competitive |Define, diagram the interactions between, give examples from the lab, and identify each |

| | |inhibitor and noncompetitive inhibitor |chemical used in the lab as substrate, product, enzyme, substrate, product, enzyme, |

| | |Understand that every unique enzyme works best under different conditions and that |competitive inhibitor and noncompetitive inhibitor |

| | |the optimal conditions are related to the role of the enzyme in the organism |Describe the experiment and the lab results that distinguish a competitive from a |

| | | |noncompetitive inhibitor |

| | | |Diagram and describe the lab results that show that different enzymes work best under |

| | | |different conditions |

|3 |Microscopesand Cells|Understand how a microscope works |Label the parts of the microscope in a diagram or a photograph and state the function of|

| | |know the relationship between magnification and resolution |each part |

| | |know the cell organelles visible in a light microscope |describe the changes in the image as the magnification is changed |

| | |distinguish protozoan, plant and animal cells |accurately draw and label the drawing, a diagram or a photograph of any of the cells |

| | | |used in this lab, including the cell organelles |

| | | |state the function of each organelle |

| | | |compare and contrast protozoan, plant and animal cells |

|4 |Diffusion and |Understand solute, solvent, diffusion, osmosis, semipermeable membrane, osmotic |Define solute, solvent, diffusion, osmosis, semipermeable membrane, osmotic pressure, |

| |Osmosis |pressure, and tonicity |and tonicity and draw a diagram illustrating each of these |

| | |understand that diffusion, osmosis, osmotic pressure, and tonicity are driven by and |state the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics |

| | |illustrate the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics |describe and draw a diagram showing how diffusion, osmosis, osmotic pressure, and |

| | |understand the graph of the “potato punch” experiment |tonicity illustrate the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics |

| | |understand how cellular responses to media of different tonicity indicate the solute |accurately graph the “potato punch” results |

| | |concentration of the cell’s cytoplasm |describe the “potato punch” experiment and the results that indicate the solute |

| | | |concentration of the cell’s cytoplasm |

|5 |Photo-synthesis |Understand the basis for chromatography |Predict the relative position of pigments when chromatographed using a poar or a |

| | |Understand the relationship between a molecule’s absorption spectrum and the energy |nonpolar solvent |

| | |that it takes in and transmit |when given a spectrum, predict the wavelengths or colors that will be tranmitted and |

| | |Understand the spectrophotometer and the manometer |absorbed |

| | |know the controlled, dependent and independent variables and the control condition in|diagram each instrument, describe how it operates and what it can be use to measure |

| | |the manometer experiment |diagram the manometer apparatus and label each of the variables and the control |

| | |understand the graph of the manometer experiment |condition |

| | |understand the basis of the manometer experiment and its relevance to the pigment |predict the results of the manometer experiment, describe the results your lab |

| | |absorption spectra and to photosynthesis |obtained, discuss any differences from your prediction and state what this study shows |

| | | |about the process of photosynthesis |

| | | |accurately graph the results of a perfect manometer experiment and your lab’s results; |

| | | |derive the rate of photosynthesis from this graph |

| | | |Predict the outcome of the manometer experiment if the Elodea is dead, if the room |

| | | |lights are left on, if there was no tin foil covered tube, and if the manometer had a |

| | | |leak |

|6 |Cell Division |Know the names of the parts of the cell cycle, mitosis and meiosis |Diagram, label and state the events in each part of the cell cycle, mitosis and meiosis |

| | |know the events in sequence that occur during each parts of the cell cycle, mitosis |given a diagram or photograph of a cell, state the phase of the cell cycle, mitosis or |

| | |and meiosis |meiosis of the cell and the features of the cell the show this |

| | |understand the differences between the processes and the products of mitosis and |Given the genotype of a daughter cell, diagram how it was produced by mitosis or meiosis|

| | |meiosis | |

| | |understand genotype, phenotype, gene, allele | |

| | |know the role of mitosis and of meiosis in the organism and in inheritance | |

|7 |Genetics |Understand gene, dominant and recessive alleles, genotype, phenotype, incomplete |Define each of these terms and state the relationship between any set of them |

| | |dominance |given the results of a cross, state a hypothesis that might explain the results, use |

| | |understand segregation, independent assortment and test cross |this hypothesis to construct a Punnett Square, state the results predicted if this |

| | |understand sex linkage and unlinked and linked genes |Punnett Square is correct and use Chi-square analysis to determine if this prediction |

| | |understand Chi-square analysis |fits the results of the cross |

| | | |use the analysis in #2 to determine if the results you were provided demonstrate |

| | | |dominance, recessiveness, incomplete dominance, linkage, sex linkage |

|8 |Molecular Biology |Understand the relationships between replication, transcription, translation |Define and diagram each of these processes |

| |and the Control of |Understand the relationships between DNA, origin of replication, helicase, DNA |Define each of these terms including the specific role of each in replication, |

| |Gene Expression |polymerase, primase, transcript, promoter, RNA polymerase, terminator, mRNA, |transcription, translation and the control of gene action |

| | |operator, transcription factor, repressor, inducer, codon, anticodon, tRNA, ribosome,|Label diagrams of replication, transcription, translation |

| | |start and stop codons, protein |State the results of mutations in promoter terminator, operator, transcription factor, |

| | | |repressor or inducer |

|9 |Evolution of Genes, |Understand the Hardy-Weinberg Theorem |State the Hardy-Weinberg Theorem, what it predicts, its five important conditions and |

| |Alleles and Proteins|understand allele fixation and extinction |its utility |

| | |understand bottleneck, founder effect, industrial melanism and sickle cell anemia |define and recognize allele fixation and extinction |

| | |3. understand the use of isozymes to analyze population heterozygosity and the |Describe bottleneck, founder effect, industrial melanism and sickle cell anemia, and |

| | |importance of population heterozygosity in analyzing evolution |demonstrate the analysis of each by application of the Hardy-Weinberg Theorem |

| | | |Define and label on diagrams of isozyme gels: zones of activity, isozyme, allozymes, gel|

| | | |patterns of monomeric, dimeric, trimeric, monomorphic and polymorphic proteins |

| | | |Describe the relationship between population heterozygosity, variation, natural |

| | | |selection and evolution |

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