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Tutorials and Resources

Biochemistry

The Properties and Behaviors of Water

Water and Ice Module

Biomolecules - The Carbohydrates

Biomolecules - The Lipids

Biomolecules - The Proteins

DNA - The Double Helix

ATP and Energy Storage

Enzyme Tutorials

Chapter 6: Energy, Enzymes, and Metabolism

Energy, Enzymes, and Catalysis Problem Set

Ecology

 

Evolution

    Hardy-Weinberg Tutorial - Lab Bench   

    Hardy-Weinberg Help & Practice

    Hardy-Weinberg Tutorial #2

    Evolution Series - PBS

    Understanding Evolution - Berkeley

    Action Bioscience - Issues in Evolution

    The Genographic Project

    Scientific American - Podcasts and Articles on Evolution

    Books:  The Beak of the Finch, The Seven Daughters of Eve, Deep Ancestry,

    The Journey of Man, Adam's Curse, Your Inner Fish, Genome, Why We Get  

    Sick, The Third Chimpanzee, The Ancestor's Tale, (Gould) - he has many

    novels, Mountain Sheep, A Study in Behavior and Evolution, Evolution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biotechnology and Microbes

 

Ecology

   American Museum of Natural History Research Library

    Biodiversity and Conservation

    Books:  The Panda's Thumb, In the Shadow of Man, Reason's for Hope:  A Spiritual

    Journey, Gorilla's in the Mist, Silent Spring, A Parrot Without a Name, Living

    Downstream, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Flight of the Goose,

    An Inconvenient Truth, The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2008.

    Never Cry Wolf, Walden, Leaves of Grass, Beyond the Hundredth Meridian,

   Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World, Born Free,

   The Condor's Shadow: The Loss and Recovery of Wildlife in America, Appointments at

   End of the World:  Memoirs of a Wildlife Veterinarian, Ethics on the Ark, Jungles,

   The Kookaburras' Song: Exploring Animal Behavior in Australia,

   Last Animals at the Zoo: How Mass Extinction Can be Stopped,

   Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere With Migratory Birds, Nature,

   Ring of Bright Water, The National Zoo Reading List, GHHS Library Book List

 

Evolution

    Evolution Series - PBS

    Understanding Evolution - Berkeley

    Action Bioscience - Issues in Evolution

    The Genographic Project

    Books:  The Beak of the Finch, The Seven Daughters of Eve, Deep Ancestry,

    The Journey of Man, Adam's Curse, Your Inner Fish, Genome, Why We Get Sick,

    The Third Chimpanzee, The Ancestor's Tale, (Gould) - he has many novels,

    Mountain Sheep, A Study in Behavior and Evolution, GHHS Library Book List

 

Classification

    Nova - Classifying Life

    Classifying Critters - Howard Hughes

    Life Science Safari

    For tons more on classification check out the Science Spot

 

 

Class Handouts and Power Points

Biochemistry

Optional Chapter 2 Reading Guide

Chapter 3 Reading Guide

Chapter 4 Reading Guide

Chapter 5 Reading Guide

Chapter 8 Reading Guide

Macromolecules - functional group activity

Case Study - Energy Drinks

Water Power Point

Carbohydrates and Lipids Power point

Proteins and Nucleic Acids Power point

Metabolism and Enzymes Power point

Enzyme Catalysis Lab

Enzyme Catalysis & Test Essay

 

Ecology

Chapter 50 & 52 Power point

Chapter 50 & 52 Reading Guide

Chapter 53 Power Point

Chapter 53 Reading Guide

Chapter 51 Reading Guide

Chapter 51 Power Point

Chapter 54 Reading Guide

Chapter 54 Power Point - with essay

 

Evolution

Power Point Evidence for Evolution - Chapter 22

Chapter 22 Guided Reading

Whale Evolution - Internet Activity

    Interesting Article on Whale Evolution

Power Point Mechanisms for Evolution - Chapter 23

Chapter 23 Reading Guide

Power Point Origins of Life on Earth - Chapter 25

Chapter 25 Reading Guide

 

Diversity

Reading Guide Chapter 24

Power Point - Chapter 24

Tempo of Evolution - Shell fossils

Tempo of Evolution Activity

Tempo of Evolution Graph

Tempo of Evolution Chart

Chapter 26 Powerpoint

Making a Cladogram

Making a Cladogram with molecular data

Interesting Article on Vitamins and Skin Color

Link to the video:  Race:  The Power of An Illusion

Survey of Life - Part 1

Survey of Life - Part 2

Who Am I?  - Do you know the major characteristics of the different organisms on Earth?

Introduction to Inquiry

Animal Behavior - Lab #11