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Introduction to investigation: What are the characteristics of life?
June 19, 2017
RELEASE 17-056
NASA Releases Kepler Survey Catalog with Hundreds of New Planet Candidates
Underground Lake Found On Mars Beneath A Mile Of Ice (July 2018)
You are a member of an astrobiology team commissioned by NASA to design a probe that will be sent to Mars to investigate the possibility of life beneath the red planet’s surface. To begin this task you need to come up with a comprehensive list of characteristics that you think defines life as a whole. This list would help guide the engineering team in the development of the needed instrumentation to conduct this search. Now, if you are searching for life you need to know what you are looking for…right? Let’s start first by our only frame of reference at this time, life on our home planet-Earth. Now to help you with this task refer to the table you made. On this table you committed yourself to the determination of whether an object was alive (or had once been alive) or not. When formulating your list ask yourself the following two questions:
1. Do your characteristics apply to all living things on Earth?
2. Does every living thing on earth have to have each characteristic in your list to be considered a living organism?
If the answer is “no”, to either of these two questions, then your list is too narrow. In other words: If there are any living things on earth that don’t have a specific characteristic that is on your list, then your characteristic is too narrow and you must revise it to be more broad. For instance, do all living things have to eat or breath? Think about it carefully. Observe and identify (to the extent possible) what the 10 objects are that are set out in the classroom. Construct a table that lists the identity of what each object is and whether it is or was alive or is from something that was alive. (20 minutes)
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- seating-no predetermined seating chart- please use good judgement:) please write your preferred name on the blank seating chart.
- Course focus?? Class choice- decision made in two weeks.
- Option 1: AP Biology
- Option 2: College in the High School: Bio.160 and 162 (added- science elective- student directed field study- ecology focus) 12 cr. (can be run concurrently)
- Bio 162
- Course Description: This lab based science course is intended as the second half of the mid-level introductory Biology series (complementing Biology 160). We will survey the Domains and Kingdoms of Life. We will explore the relationship between the structure and function of living things. We will also discuss ecological processes and evolution. Field-based project.
- Option 3: CHS Science Majors emphasis: Bio 160 and Bio.211 (molecular bio laboratory focus). 4th quarter differentiation- Bio 211 becomes class focus/AP pathway more self directed.
- Course Title: BIOL211 Biology Majors Cellular
Course Description: This course is the first in a three-course sequence for science majors and pre-professional students. Topics include cell structure, molecular biology, metabolism and energetics, genetic control of life, and biotechnology. A significant portion of the laboratory will involve your participation in a genome sequencing research project.
Prerequisites: ‘C’ or better in BIOL160 and CHEM161
Course Credits: 6
- Student/Parent Informational Meeting - College in the High School/AP options: on September 6. Room 124 6-7PM- make sure you have the informational handout.
- Navigating the AP Biology Website
- Student interest questionnaire: due next Tuesday BOP Posted in Google Classroom.- set up account.
- AP Biology Framework/Guidelines- Your BFF:)
- How to get the most out of your chapter reviews/Scoring rubric
- Summer Assignment: after going over Chapter Review guidelines-> turn in after class if no revisions are needed, if you find that your reviews need to be revised, show me after class that they were completed,then turn in with a reflection (write up) on what was revised and what revisions were made by this Friday. Chapter reviews will be graded over the weekend and returned next Tuesday.
- Chapter 40 review due next Thursday BOP (beginning of the period)
- Strategies for reading voluminous texts. Cornell notes/other note taking strategies: www.weebly.com/weebly/main.php#/. SQ3R/Cornell Notes- Whatever organized note-taking system works best for you.
- Go over pacing calendar for chapter reviews.
- Chapter 1: Any specific focus areas for Mr. Rapin to elaborate on in class?- BOP Tues goo.gl/forms/cuWqLsF4YN9oQerD3
- Chapter 1 quiz- taken in class on Thursday EOP (should be a review)/take-home quiz on Ch. 2 (should be a review).
- Academic honesty policy- read and turn in Tuesday
- Pick up Cliffs AP Biology in Library
- Pick up AP Bio Lab Manual
- Pick up Campbell Biology: In Focus
- Student interest questionnaire turned in Tuesday (via Google Classroom).
- Finish Part I: 15 min.
- Part II: Group brainstorming/criteria developed- use dry erase boards
- Presentations on Tuesday
Introduction to investigation: What are the characteristics of life?
June 19, 2017
RELEASE 17-056
NASA Releases Kepler Survey Catalog with Hundreds of New Planet Candidates
Underground Lake Found On Mars Beneath A Mile Of Ice (July 2018)
You are a member of an astrobiology team commissioned by NASA to design a probe that will be sent to Mars to investigate the possibility of life beneath the red planet’s surface. To begin this task you need to come up with a comprehensive list of characteristics that you think defines life as a whole. This list would help guide the engineering team in the development of the needed instrumentation to conduct this search. Now, if you are searching for life you need to know what you are looking for…right? Let’s start first by our only frame of reference at this time, life on our home planet-Earth. Now to help you with this task refer to the table you made. On this table you committed yourself to the determination of whether an object was alive (or had once been alive) or not. When formulating your list ask yourself the following two questions:
1. Do your characteristics apply to all living things on Earth?
2. Does every living thing on earth have to have each characteristic in your list to be considered a living organism?
If the answer is “no”, to either of these two questions, then your list is too narrow. In other words: If there are any living things on earth that don’t have a specific characteristic that is on your list, then your characteristic is too narrow and you must revise it to be more broad. For instance, do all living things have to eat or breath? Think about it carefully. Observe and identify (to the extent possible) what the 10 objects are that are set out in the classroom. Construct a table that lists the identity of what each object is and whether it is or was alive or is from something that was alive. (20 minutes)
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