Online Assignments
The following are assignments you will be expected to read and watch. I selected these links to supplement and improve your learning for each unit we are covering. You will learn the information better as you are exposed to it in a variety of ways. Take notes over the information.
Unit 1 - Biology And Chemistry Review
Unit 2 - Carbon and the Macromolecules of Life
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/biochemistry/biochemistry.html
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/lifecycleprotein.html
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/proteinstructure.html
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/lifecycleprotein.html
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/proteinstructure.html
Unit 3 - Cells & Cell Parts
Endomembrane System and Protein Secrection
- Vesicle Budding and Fusing http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/vesiclebudding.html
- Protein Secretion http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/vesiclebudding.html
- Protein Trafficking http://vcell.ndsu.nodak.edu/animations/proteintrafficking/movie-flash.htm
- Protein Modification http://vcell.ndsu.nodak.edu/animations/proteinmodification/movie-flash.htm
- Protein Recycling http://vcell.ndsu.nodak.edu/animations/proteinrecycling/movie-flash.htm
- Protein Secretion http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/proteinsecretionmb.html
- Water Potential - https://paul-andersen.squarespace.com/water-potential
Unit 4 - Biological Energetics, Enzymes, Cellular Respiration and Fermentation
Enzymes
- Enzymes and Activation Energy http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/enzymes/enzymes.html
- Glycolysis - you will not need to know the names of enzymes or intermediate molecules
- Glycolysis Overview Part 1 http://vcell.ndsu.nodak.edu/animations/glycolysis_overview/index.htm
- Glycolysis Part 2 http://vcell.ndsu.nodak.edu/animations/glycolysis_reactions/index.htm
- Glycolysis and Cellular Respiration http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/cellularrespiration.html
- Electron Transport Chain http://vcell.ndsu.edu/animations/etc/index.htm
- ATP Synthase http://vcell.ndsu.edu/animations/atpgradient/index.htm
Unit 5 Mendelian Genetics, Heredity, and the Cell Cycle
Genetic Diseases Assignment - Go to each website and watch the video. Take notes and read about it in the book. Be sure you know the symptoms and the cause of the disease (mutation or chromosomal disorder).
Tay-Sachs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h3dYTxCdP4 One Wrong Letter
Sickle-Cell
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/sca/livingwith.html Sickle Cell Anemia & Video - watch both Nicholas & Tiffany Video
Huntington’s Disease
http://www.caringvoice.org/2012/01/meghans-story/ Meghan’s Story Huntington’s Disease
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkfVnzavREw Living with Hunington’s Diesease video
Hemophilia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy_OhMrAwIw hemophilia – you can be a star
Cystic ‘Fibrosis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCSjfxm1jgY
Mitosis
Tay-Sachs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h3dYTxCdP4 One Wrong Letter
Sickle-Cell
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/sca/livingwith.html Sickle Cell Anemia & Video - watch both Nicholas & Tiffany Video
Huntington’s Disease
http://www.caringvoice.org/2012/01/meghans-story/ Meghan’s Story Huntington’s Disease
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkfVnzavREw Living with Hunington’s Diesease video
Hemophilia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy_OhMrAwIw hemophilia – you can be a star
Cystic ‘Fibrosis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCSjfxm1jgY
Mitosis
- Mitosis http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/mitosis.html
- TED Talk about unseeable biology http://www.ted.com/talks/drew_berry_animations_of_unseeable_biology.html
- Cancer
- DNA Chip Technology & Cancer http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/dnachips2.html
- Biochemical Pathways of Normal & Cancer Cell Tutorial http://outreach.mcb.harvard.edu/animations/biochem.swf
- Pathways of Cancer http://www.dnalc.org/resources/3d/pathways.html
Biotechnology
DNA Fingerprinting/Electrophoresis
- Gel Electrophoresis Tutorial http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/labs/gel/
- Paternity Testing http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/paternitytesting.html
Unit 6 - Molecular Genetics
Transcription & mRNA Processing
- Transcription http://vcell.ndsu.edu/animations/transcription/index.htm
- mRNA Splicing http://vcell.ndsu.edu/animations/mrnasplicing/index.htm
- mRNA Processing http://vcell.ndsu.edu/animations/mrnaprocessing/index.htm
- Life cycle of an mRNA http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/lifecyclemrna.html
- Translation http://vcell.ndsu.edu/animations/translation/index.htm
- Life Cycle of a Protein http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/lifecycleprotein.html
Evolution
http://exploringorigins.org/index.html explore and take notes
http://ats.doit.wisc.edu/biology/ev/sp/sp.htm go through tutorial about speciation; take notes
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evo_01 good review resource
Hardy-Weinberg Lab completion
http://ats.doit.wisc.edu/biology/ev/sp/sp.htm go through tutorial about speciation; take notes
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evo_01 good review resource
Hardy-Weinberg Lab completion
Cladistics
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/reslab/flight/feathers/A8.htm
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/devitt_01
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/reslab/flight/feathers/A8.htm
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/devitt_01
Plant Animations
Plants Structure and Function
General Links
Plant Kingdom introduction http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=BIO804
Plant evolutions summary http://wps.prenhall.com/wps/media/objects/838/858365/ch03anim/3_1_6_1a.swf
BBC Plant Video Clips https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qbw1w/clips
Transport of Water and Nutrients
· Guard cells http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cFX4JrsPaUs#!
· Tension Cohesion Theory http://www.dnatube.com/video/1873/Cohesion-Transport-Theory
Adaptations
· Carnivorous plants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aladpRIVdRI
General Links
Plant Kingdom introduction http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=BIO804
Plant evolutions summary http://wps.prenhall.com/wps/media/objects/838/858365/ch03anim/3_1_6_1a.swf
BBC Plant Video Clips https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qbw1w/clips
Transport of Water and Nutrients
· Guard cells http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cFX4JrsPaUs#!
· Tension Cohesion Theory http://www.dnatube.com/video/1873/Cohesion-Transport-Theory
Adaptations
· Carnivorous plants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aladpRIVdRI