AS1 IB SL Biology II-1st Period Assignments

Students will work collaboratively in class to create a proposed markscheme for paper 2.

We'll start today with Section B.

Below are spreadsheets for each topic.  Each spreadsheet has tabs for each subtopic.

To facilitate our review, I need your help to create vocabulary lists for each sub-topic.  You (or maybe a pair) will be assigned one sub-topic.

You all have editing privileges for all of them, but I will ask you to work on just one.

The FIRST goal is to make a comprehensive list of terms from each topic.  The SECOND goal is to add definitions and/or pictures for those terms.

The PURPOSE is that we'll then be able to easily load these spreadsheets into quizlet/cram.com/print flashcards/etc.

Trust me - I think this will be worth it.  I will check/finish what you don't.

https://forms.gle/eVbsRQBEYBKMkUc5A

Due on Wednesday, 4/20/22

1.  Read the instructions in the attached document.
2.  Read the article linked in the instructions and below.
3.  Create a vision board to map your path to success!

Slides attached.

Your self-selected groups and topic areas are in the document below.

The plan is to give you Monday to prepare a review resource, Tuesday to share that review resource, and so that we can dive into the digestive system on Wednesday.

See description in the document.

Add a description and links (if applicable) to the document below.  It is editable by all, so please be careful and respect the work of others by only modifying your selected topic.

Use the attached slides to continue with your Unit 31 Notes.  We'll review these in class briefly today.

Use the attached slides to record the recognition features of major animal phyla on pages 10-11 of your note packet.

Use the attached slides to continue with your Unit 31 notes.

Attached is a template for the lab report protocol.  It is strongly suggested, although not required by IB that you follow it.


If you do use it, you MUST delete all red text and replace with your own work, in black, that follows those guidelines.


If you choose not to use it, upload your own document here AND on Turnitin.

Class ID:    33912115
Enrollment Key:  Voss_2022

Below are a set of instructions and a shared document for the assembly of amino acid sequence data.



Each person should also attach a new document with your responses to the prompts on the "Oh My!" document.

Additional image attached.  Where we messed up is that the Foxglove has 2 upper lobes.  Look closely, and/or I'll show you tomorrow.

Phylogenetic Trees (aka Cladograms)

Pop Quiz.  Don't sweat it.  See how you do.

Make a copy of the attached document and respond to all prompts.


You may upload a working copy of the lab report protocol, but the guidelines here are helpful as well.

Make a copy of the document linked here. Type responses to all prompts.  


You may upload a working copy of your lab report protocol if you'd rather, but this document provides a good guideline as well.

Use the spreadsheet below to process the data.


On a separate sheet, present your processed data (in a properly formatted table, and in a properly formatted graph), and then write a C.E.R. conclusion.


I'll provide graph paper for those who need it, but other responses should be written on your own paper.
For the C.E.R., use the following format:
Claim: What happened to the frequency of moth phenotypes when the forest became dark?
Evidence:  Provide specific, quantitative data (including processed data and statistical calculations) to support your claim about the moth phenotypes.
Analysis: Include an assessment of the reliability of the data, and suggestions for improvements.
Reasoning:  Use EACH of the 5 Truths to explain why the moth population changed the way that it did. 

IA Part 6: Data Collection

1.  Watch the film "Making of the Fittest in Humans".  Discuss
2.  Gather data on peppered moth populations.
3.  Use statistical analysis tools to analyze the peppered moth data and write a Claim, Evidence, Reasoning conclusion.

• Attached is a copy of the lab report protocol that only includes the exploration. 
• You must submit whatever you complete on this document TODAY.  
• You must replace all red text with your own writing, TODAY.
• In each section, I have left the first letter black, which should allow you to preserve the formatting.  Start typing at the beginning, then delete the red.


This is a stop-gap measure to make sure that no-one defaults.  Do not get hung up on making it perfect, that's not the point.  The point is to have SOMETHING with your name on it to grade and submit as your IA in case of emergency - assuming there is no emergency and you turn in a much better and complete IA by the deadline, then this will never see the light of day.  
Make sure to replace all red text with your own, and then go back and improve it if you can before the end of class.


Tomorrow we'll go over your Unit 27 "Collaborative in Class Test Taking Experience" and begin Unit 28 - Natural Selection.

We'll do part 1 on Tuesday, part 2 on Wednesday and part 3 on Thursday.

1.  Video about the promise of Bt Corn (watched on 2/9)
2.  Video about the majesty of the monarch butterfly congregation (watched on 2/9)
3.  Alex Lee video about risks to monarch butterflies (not watched in class)
4.  Article about transgenic corn and monarch butterfly larvae (passed out and read on 2/9)
5.  DBQ Questions about transgenic corn article. (passed out and worked on on 2/9)


6.  Slides assessing the risks and benefits of GMO's. (Shown in class on 2/10)

Today in class we'll learn about restriction enzymes and recombinant DNA technology.


Use the attached slides to complete pages 2-5 of the Unit 27 Note Packet (re-posted here).


It can be due Thursday, but we're doing something else tomorrow (Transgenic organisms)

IA 05:  Hypothesis

Internal Assessment Part 4:  Methodology Proposal


I think this may have been posted in 1st Semester, which is now archived.


If you submitted it previously, can you do so again?  If not, let me know so I can figure out what we need to do about it.

Work collaboratively in class today to complete this pedigree analysis exercise.

1.  Genetic Disorder WS - Covers the specific disorders IB wants us to know about.
2.  Sex-Linked Pedigree WS
3.  Pedigree Practice (includes another sex-linked, and then several where we have to deduce the pattern).

On the attached pdf, draw the events of each phase of meiosis for a cell with 2 pairs of homologous chromosomes (n=2, 2n-4, 2 red and 2 blue) chromosomes, including crossing over at prophase 1.  In the middle, annotate with brief descriptions of the events of each phase.  On the right, draw the phases again, this time showing the variation produced by random orientation at metaphase 1.


The 2nd pdf is included just as an example of the instructions for drawing the phases.  You should draw your own on the first pdf.

Sign up for an appointment slot during the week of 1/17 - 1/21.

1. Open the "Student Work" folder shared below. 
2. Choose 2 of the sample IA's contained therein - STRONG SUGGESTION --> Choose 2 that might be similar to what you're thinking of.  I changed the name of each pdf to briefly reflect the IA presented.
3.  Use the attached form (with a link to the IA Rubric) to assign a score for each criteria
- You might notice that most of the questions are "required" for the first sample you choose and that they are not for the second sample.  TBH, I STRONGLY suggest you look through ALL of the samples provided here, but if you don't have time to finish 2 of them then I'd rather you submit your answers for one than neither.


4.  When we're done with that I will share with you the notes that IB Moderators made about the work, as well as the scores that were awarded.

Use the attached note sheet (you'll get a paper copy if in class) and the attached slides presentations to cover content for Unit 23.  Keep a separate sheet of questions that you need answered.
1.  Notes Sheet
2. 23.1 - Genome Notes
3.  23.2 - Alleles Notes
4.  23.3 - Formation of Alleles Notes
5.  23.4  - Effects of Mutations Notes
6.  23.5 - DNA Sequencing Notes

Today we'll grade this one together.

1.  Short slides and video
2.  Plant pigment chromatography handout
3.  Ideal chromatography results for your analyis

Work in your table groups to complete:
- All of the first pdf attachment
- Pages 1 and 2 ONLY of the second pdf attachment

Working in groups of no more than 3, write your answers to these questions on a separate sheet.

Homework:  Read the Skill section on page 127, then answer the DBQ questions on pg. 128.

In preparation for an actual DNA Fingerprinting lab, each student will complete the attached TWO electrophoresis simulations.

Use the attached protocol to complete an "Exploration" of an enzyme lab.  You signed up previously, now it's time to fill in the details.

Attached is a non-comprehensive list of readily available enzymes.  REMEMBER, each has it's own SPECIFIC substrate and products.  Your task is to begin researching those enzymes and possible methods of quantifiably measuring the rate of the reaction.  REMEMBER, any method must either measure the disappearance of substrate or the accumulation of product, and it MUST be quantifiable.


You don't need to research them all, but there will be a limit on how many students will be allowed to use any particular enzyme, and an even stricter limit of 1 for how many students can use any particular method.


We'll work on this in class on Monday and/or Tuesday as well.

Put your name in the row that you want to work in.

Use the Protocol template attached below to complete the "Analysis" and "Evaluation" portions of the lab report.  You can use the data shared with the original procedure yesterday.

Copy these "Notes" into the "Class Resources" Section of your binder.

1.  Knowledge Audit form
2.  Answers to lipid evaluation

Use the attached document and the text book to complete the task.  All of your responses should be written on a separate sheet, and be sure to follow instructions carefully.

Please fill out this google form.

Completed in class on Wednesday, September 1st.  You don't NEED to write all of this out in your notes, because it SHOULD already be in your macromolecule booklet.