Sunday, January 31, 2016

Apologia Biology Module 7


What's Schoolin'?

I don't really have time to organize this right now so I'll post as-is.  Our enrichment meets 2x/week for 1 hour each time and this will be a 2-week module. 

Day 1: Pre-reading strategies and videos for DNA replication/transcription/translation/protein synthesis/RNAs. [Possibly strawberry DNA video if we have time]
Day 2: Study Guide due.  Go over Study Guide and OYO questions.  Create DNA model with Twizzlers and colored marshmallows.
Day 3: Extract DNA from strawberries (I may have them watch the video of it before class for homework).  I don't think I can stomach doing it from our own saliva in class! Videos for mitosis/meiosis/mutations/virus/gene expression/cancer.
Day 4: Test

Video of experiment 7.1 (Pea DNA extraction)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvoevXwujlQ

Thinkwell videos:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=thinkwell+biology

http://teach.genetics.utah.edu/content/dna/#item3

http://teach.genetics.utah.edu/content/heredity/

http://www.alyvea.com/biologystudyguides/DNA.php

http://www.alyvea.com/biologystudyguides/mendelian-genetics.php

http://www.alyvea.com/biologystudyguides/recombinant.php

http://mindfulramblings.com/2010/11/13/apologia-biology-module-7/

http://mindfulramblings.com/2010/12/03/apologia-biology-module-7-experiments/

Online interactive activities and quizlet quiz:
http://www.e-learninglinks.com/science/biology_apologia_vocabulary.htm

http://teach.genetics.utah.edu/content/dna/#item3

http://teach.genetics.utah.edu/content/heredity/

Videos, etc:
http://homeschoolersresources.blogspot.com/2010/11/biology-module-7-cellular-reproduction.html


Edible DNA model:
https://appliejuice.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/biology-catch-up/

Isolate DNA from strawberries:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOpu4iN5Bh4

http://genetics.thetech.org/online-exhibits/do-it-yourself-strawberry-dna

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/squishy-science-extract-dna-from-smashed-strawberries/

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=7&ved=0ahUKEwjoz7afvd_KAhWKJiYKHdojA4MQFghKMAY&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.genome.gov%2FPages%2FEducation%2FModules%2FStrawberryExtractionInstructions.pdf&usg=AFQjCNETLseZpn7UCWdBIZ2RFYXwDuFtzA&sig2=vkJJa3BmkfPm8HlvWVisoQ
[That's a huge URL.  You can try the strawberry DNA extraction poster here:
http://www.genome.gov/activities/ ]

https://appliejuice.wordpress.com/apologia-sciences/apologia-biology/





Saturday, January 9, 2016

Apologia Biology Module 6

What's Schoolin'?

Here are some links that I'm using as resources for Module 6 (parts of the cell).  We will be making cell models but I'll give them the options of edible/inedible and individual/group.

Pictures of slides for the module experiment.  This is great since with my new classroom setup it is hard to use microscopes for all of the students.
http://mindfulramblings.com/2010/11/06/apologia-biology-module-6-experiments/

Another link with pictures of slides. 
This is for the plant cells:
http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/plantcells.html

Great resource with links to several incredible edible cell posts with pictures.  This really is an amazing link!
http://homeschoolersresources.blogspot.com/2010/11/biology-module-6-cell.html

Intro to cell video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn9oJtXZYcU

organelles:
 
 

Amoeba Sisters Videos:
 
cell respiration and mitochonria
 
 
Animal cell coloring page (I didn't use these since we were doing cell models):
 
Plant cell coloring page:
 
https://appliejuice.wordpress.com/2010/11/02/awesome-edible-cell-instructions-and-grader/

https://appliejuice.wordpress.com/2012/10/26/a-mad-science-project/

http://sciencespot.net/Media/cellpjcta.pdf

https://appliejuice.wordpress.com/apologia-sciences/apologia-biology/

http://martysahm.blogspot.com/p/apologia-biology.html

http://www.thedaisyhead.com/2012/11/apologia-biology-labs-module-6/

http://www.alyvea.com/biologystudyguides/cellparts.php

There are some online activities here and games:
https://wikis.engrade.com/hcabiology/bio6

Interactve online activities:
https://www.quia.com/jg/1828311.html
https://www.quia.com/hm/662107.html

I use quizlet vocabulary for test bonus points (10 multiple choice/both/worth .5 each for a max of 5 bonus points):
https://www.quia.com/hm/662107.html

What's Cookin'?

Some dinner ideas for this week (with children's input):

Crock Pot Lasagna (with kale hidden inside - shh!)

Spaghetti/salad

Chili

Chicken Enchiladas

Homemade Pizza

Need to prep:

Soak/cook beans
Precook rice
Precook 3 pounds grass-fed organic ground beef from Aldi's!
Prebake chicken

Public Domain Images

The New York public library just released its public domain images digitally. Great resource for making educational materials!

http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/

Article about it:
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/06/462128514/new-york-public-library-makes-180-000-high-res-images-available-online

Enjoy!