Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Third Block Papers

The following are the papers that I saved in third block.

Dustin Rodriguez

Brandon Laethem

Kerry Ray

Tray Jones

Monday, December 10, 2007

Agenda for December 10th- 14th

Link for the Agenda is below. We will be in the Library Monday and Tuesday working on projects. Wednesday the projects are due and Presentations will begin. The finals schedule fot this semester is 2nd and 3rd in Thursday and 1st and 4th on Friday, Remember that Thursday and Friday are half days.

Agenda for week 18

Sunday, December 9, 2007

TC Nine weeks project Topics

SB1. Students will analyze the nature of the relationships between structures and functions in living cells.
a. Explain the role of cell organelles for both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, including the cell membrane, in maintaining homeostasis and cell reproduction.
b. Explain how enzymes function as catalysts.
c. Identify the function of the four major macromolecules (i.e., carbohydrates, proteins,
lipids, nucleic acids).
d. Explain the impact of water on life processes (i.e., osmosis, diffusion).


SB2. Students will analyze how biological traits are passed on to successive generations.
a. Distinguish between DNA and RNA.
b. Explain the role of DNA in storing and transmitting cellular information.
c. Using Mendel’s laws, explain the role of meiosis in reproductive variability.
d. Describe the relationships between changes in DNA and potential appearance of new traits including
· Alterations during replication.
· Insertions
· Deletions
· Substitutions
· Mutagenic factors that can alter DNA.
· High energy radiation (x-rays and ultraviolet)
· Chemical
e. Compare the advantages of sexual reproduction and asexual reproduction in different situations.
f. Examine the use of DNA technology in forensics, medicine, and agriculture.

SB3. Students will derive the relationship between single-celled and multi-celled organisms and the increasing complexity of systems.
a. Explain the cycling of energy through the processes of photosynthesis and respiration.
b. Compare how structures and function vary between the six kingdoms (archaebacteria, eubacteria, protists, fungi, plants, and animals).
c. Examine the evolutionary basis of modern classification systems.
d. Compare and contrast viruses with living organisms.

SB4. Students will assess the dependence of all organisms on one another and the flow of energy and matter within their ecosystems.
a. Investigate the relationships among organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems, and biomes.
b. Explain the flow of matter and energy through ecosystems by
· Arranging components of a food chain according to energy flow.
· Comparing the quantity of energy in the steps of an energy pyramid.
· Explaining the need for cycling of major nutrients (C, O, H, N, P).
c. Relate environmental conditions to successional changes in ecosystems.
d. Assess and explain human activities that influence and modify the environment such as global warming, population growth, pesticide use, and water and power consumption.
e. Relate plant adaptations, including tropisms, to the ability to survive stressful environmental conditions.
f. Relate animal adaptations, including behaviors, to the ability to survive stressful
environmental conditions.

SB5. Students will evaluate the role of natural selection in the development of the theory of evolution.
a. Trace the history of the theory.
b. Explain the history of life in terms of biodiversity, ancestry, and the rates of evolution.
c. Explain how fossil and biochemical evidence support the theory.
d. Relate natural selection to changes in organisms.
e. Recognize the role of evolution to biological resistance (pesticide and antibiotic resistance).