IB Biology II - 7th Period-7th Period Assignments

Please fill out the attached form as your last act for IB Biology. I would have done something like this on paper if we were in school, and you would have had an entire "exam" period to do it, so take your time. Your answers absolutely CANNOT hurt you, so please be honest.

Hi all, this is the week 12 check-in form. These forms started out as a genuine attempt to check in on you, then they got to be more of a formality, and in the last week or two, they've become a little bit tedious. HOWEVER, this one asks some real questions about how you're doing with everything going on around us, and I encourage you to tell me what's going on. The last day to submit school work is next Monday, June 8th, so this may be one of the last opportunities you get to let me know how you're doing. Thanks, and be safe.

We'll meet live today at 12:00. Join code: Voss_IBBio_5_29_2020

Fill out the Daily Accountability Tracker when you're finished.

No new work today. Finish up the Case Study and any other work you’d like to have counted toward your grade.

Complete the Daily Accountability Tracker. I might have messed it up yesterday, so today you’ll see both Wednesday and Thursday.

Please complete the attached form to let me know how things are going.

Following our live MEET, complete part 2 of the case study.

Some questions from part 2 will need additional research and/or watching the linked video.

Recommended viewing: NOVA - Life's Greatest Miracle
Caution! - Graphic footage of human childbirth is shown near the end of the video.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/lifes-greatest-miracle/

Attached are resources that you should do before, or will need on Tuesday for a 12:00 live.

1. Images to print - The first link is to a pdf with some images that I'd like you to print or sketch before our meet.
2. The first of 3 tasks from a case study that we'll take a look at.

Please complete the Daily Accountability Tracker at the end of each day.

Please fill out the Daily Accountability Tracker every day.

You can submit one for each group, but please make sure that the names of everyone who contributed are clearly displayed at the beginning.

Please fill out the Daily Accountability Tracker EVERY DAY.

Assume for all three options that we'd meet on Tuesday and/or Wednesday.

Please fill out the Daily Accountability Tracker EVERY DAY.

Complete the daily accountability form.

Please fill out the accountability tracker each day.

Attached are 3 additional articles that I think you should take a look at before Friday's meet. On Friday, I'll ask you to get together with your TASK group again and start formulating a plan that you think is the best way to get our country and society back to a more normal existence. These articles will provide some context for that.

Please submit the daily accountability tracker.

Please take 30 seconds to complete the daily student accountability form.

Open the document below title Focus Group Readings. Find your name in the list of focus groups, and then read the sources indicated for your focus group. Regardless of what focus group you are in, you will answer the questions in the second linked document titled Focus Group Questions - each of you has your own copy, so you can type your answers there, or write them out by hand and attach an image to this assignment.

Tomorrow at 12:00 pm, we will meet LIVE, and after a brief introduction, I'll send you to different breakout rooms where you will discuss your assigned readings and answers, and think about what it all means for us as we think about a plan for getting back to "normal." Each focus group will compile a collaborative resource using JamBoard which can then be taken by each focus group member back to your task group.

After meeting with your FOCUS Groups on Tuesday, we will have another LIVE meet on Wednesday at 12:00 pm. During the Wednesday Live meet, I will send you to different breakout rooms where you will meet with your TASK Group. Your task group will compile information from all four focus groups and work together to develop a plan for re-opening the country.

There are a lot of moving parts here, and I've never done it before so I'll ask for your patience, cooperation, and assistance if you can offer any. I did a trial run of breakout rooms yesterday with some volunteer classmates, and I think I've got it figured out. But - that's always when it comes back to bite you, right. Just when you think you've got it sorted out, something new goes wrong! So, please show up, participate, and be prepared to roll with a few punches. Obviously, anything that might delay the progress of the assignment can be taken into consideration and due dates or deadlines or expectations for final products can be adjusted as needed.

Whew. Done.

Hi, I can't really require you to do this, or even know if you have or have not. BUT, during the thing we're going to try tomorrow I'm going to have 8 windows open and you'll all be muted for me but able to talk to each other. I'll go over the process at the beginning of our live meet, but I'm planning to drop in on your meetings just like if you were working at tables in class and I come over to see how things are going and you have any questions. Aside from that, it will be nearly impossible for me to know if you have questions or anything. Try installing this extension which allows you to raise your hand (which I think I'll be able to see even if you're muted). If you know of a different one that another teacher is using or something, let me know.

Please fill out the form at the end of the day today (and every weekday).

I'm going to try this week to post this separately each day. I thought maybe it would be better to include as an attachment to each day's assignment, but students gave feedback suggesting that a separate post might be better so that you get notified and can mark it as complete when finished.

As was the case last week, I am asking you to spend 30 seconds per day doing this form, but I'd like you to do it every day. I'm attaching the video I shared last week that shows what and how I'm asking you to use it, and the form, which will take you to a form section for Today only.

This should take about 30 seconds or less. Let me know if you have questions.

Remember that we're live today at 1:00. It should be fairly quick. Please take a look at the "It takes a herd" assignment posted yesterday if you haven't done so - you don't need to finish it by 1:00 by any means, but I would like for you to have seen what's described there. Click on the Google Meet link below, and enter the meeting code: Voss_IBBio_5_8_2020

The digestion project is due today, and should be submitted by 11:59 pm.

OPTIONAL: I've created a PearDeck DBQ assessment which can be done optionally, and which can be entered in the Summative category. It will not hurt your grade if you decide not to do it or if you do poorly, but if you feel that your grade is being held back by lower scores in the summative category, you may choose to do this PearDeck. It is due by Sunday at 11:59 pm, and since it is an optional exercise, it cannot be turned in late after that time.

Lastly, like every M-F, please fill out the Accountability Tracker to document your engagement at the end of the day today.

See attached. The first task is to send me an email with the names of anyone you'll be working with, and your initial ideas for how you'll cover the content. If you have questions about what the task is, ask them in the class comments for this assignment so others can see.

1. Continue working on your digestion project.
2. Watch Immune system part 1 at EdPuzzle. Answer the questions as they arise in the video. (create an account if you don't already have one).
3. Watch Immune system part 2 at EdPuzzle. Answer the questions as they arise in the video.
4. Submit the Student accountability form for today (I made a rookie mistake yesterday which some of you noticed - explanation attached).

Week 8! I can't believe it. As I hope you've heard, the way that grades are being handled is changing starting this week. There's a video embedded in the form that you may have already seen, but it's CPS Chief Education Officer making the announcement. Also, in light of those changes, and because a couple of you have requested more regular check-ins, I'm going to try out a new form this week that asks you to respond (very briefly) at the end of each day. I'll ask next week what you think of it. Stay safe. . ., and get to work!

Use the attached form to answer questions about Units 31 and 32. The form will close at 2:00 pm on Friday, April 24, 2020

Complete SS&O's for Lesson 6.
Expect a video to be posted a little later today.
We'll have a live "Meet" tomorrow at 12:00, and then a "Summative Assessment" from 1:00 - 2:00

Complete SS&O's for lessons 4 and 5 in the unit overview.

On Friday, we'll have a live "MEET" from 12 - 1, and then a live summative assessment from 1 - 2.

Complete SS&O's for lesson 3 in the unit overview.

On Friday, we'll have a live "MEET" from 12 - 1, and then a live summative assessment from 1 - 2.

Please fill out the linked form to let me know you're still out there. If there's anything you want to know or ask, or anything you want me to know that's not on the form, please send me an email. Stay Safe!

See the attached unit overview. Complete SS&O's for lessons 1 and 2.

On Friday, we'll have a live "MEET" from 12 - 1, and then a live summative assessment from 1 - 2.

The schedule has been updated, and is re-linked below. Work on Syllabus Statements 6.2.11 - D.4.S1.

We’re supposed to be “Live” today from 12:00 - 1:00. Here’s my plan. At 12:00 I’m going to post a video on Google Classroom. It’s my first attempt at a screen cast, and it could be a lot worse. . . I’ll just leave it at that. Then at 12:40 an automatically scheduled post will appear on classroom that invites you to a “Meet” where we can be live together. That can be a little bit of relaxed catching up, but if you want to make the most of it, you should also have some prepared questions based on the content of the week. Hope to see you there.

The unit map has been updated with resources for today. Complete SS&O's up through D.4.U1 (near the bottom of page 4).

Remember that I am sitting at my computer with the primary goal of responding to students via email or google chat from 12:00 - 2:00 (and I'll be sitting at my computer grading IA's for most of the rest of the day as well). Please ask questions if you have them.

This assignment will post at 11:45. It's my first attempt at a screen cast. It ended up being 37 minutes long, so if that's a good thing, you're welcome. If it's not, you can go to the settings in the video and speed it up. It just goes through some of the understandings from the week so far. If you can, watch it at 12:00 or earlier so that you're done by 12:40.

Another post will appear at 12:40 with a code to join a google meet - I'm hearing about some funny business, so please. . . . That Meet will go from 12:40 to 1:00 during which we can catch up and you can share what you've been up to and ask any questions that you have.

Hope to see you there.

Complete syllabus statements
- 6.2.U6
- D.4.U6
- D.4.NOS
- 6.2.A3

The schedule has been updated with links to videos, presentations and note template handouts.

Complete the first section of the attached unit outline. View the links and materials, and answer the syllabus statements on a separate sheet. The product can be uploaded here, preferably a photo of your handwritten work.

Please fill out the attached form to let me know how you're doing.

Take this quiz and comment here with your score. You can thank Ms. Nguyen for sharing this with me!

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/198/843/a19

As you probably know, this is your "Spring Break." You may also know that things are scheduled to change a bit starting next week, and it is expected that you will spend time working on each class every day. More details will follow later this week.

Below is a link to a video and a series of questions to answer about that video. Submit your answers here.

Just to make you jump through a hoop (and to make sure you're checking your email), the link for this week's check-in is in your email in-box. Please fill it out sometime today.

Submit a rough draft of your IA on Turnitin.com.

Please complete the attached form ASAP. I am being asked for an update on our progress.

Submit your data here. If you include questions about stats and data processing, I will try to answer them.

Kamal, this is the one you've been waiting for!

Long, but mostly MC.

Use the document below to copy and paste your assigned HBB sequence. Once all sequences are there, each group can copy and paste them all into the Analysis tool linked below.

16 marks - a little longer for your 3 day weekend. Cairn's technique is on page 151.

You might need your Unit 28 Syllabus Statements in order to answer parts of this.

Work as a table group to answer these DRQ questions on 2.2, 2.4 and 2.5.

Make a copy of the attached document. Fill it out (thoughtfully, and seeking help when needed), and submit your work here.

Work as a table group to complete the attached DRQ (one paper per table). There is also a pdf with page 312-313 of your book, which describes the method for part c.

I highlighted the SS&O's accordingly
-Green: These are things that we're not going to cover further, except for questions that you have. I think you should definitely finish those by tomorrow.
- Yellow: We touched on it today, and will look tomorrow at the Birds of Paradise to better understand. I hope you'll finish these so you'll have the contextual understanding to make the most out of tomorrow.
- Red: I mentioned it today, but we'll again look tomorrow. It's fine if you don't have these done.

Since there seems to be some anxiety about finishing SS&O's by tomorrow, I edited that assignment. I don't know if you get notified when I change something, so if not, look at the unit 26 assignment to see the mollifications. This is also a short DRQ.

You're welcome ;-|

Hint: It's about how meiosis and fertilization creates variation (that's why sex is cool, remember!?!), and then how variation leads to evolution.

Attached is the class data for the peppered moth simulator. Use exel or google sheets to process and present the data as you feel is most appropriate - I'll do the same. The processed data and the graph can be in the spreadsheet itself, or inserted into a separate document and uploaded.

Make a copy of the attached document. Fill it out (thoughtfully, and seeking help when needed). Submit your work here when completed.

The unit 24 summative assessment is attached. You may revise your responses (on a newly printed test or separate sheet of paper), and I will award credit ONLY IF you can cite the correct answer from your SS&O's, the text, or the shared documents on genetic disorders. No outside research or searching for markschemes, just based on what we did and what I asked you to know.

Make a copy of the following document. Fill it out (thoughtfully and seeking help when needed) as you research your topic. Submit the completed document here when finished, before moving on to the next step.

Copy the attached document. Fill it out (thoughtfully and seeking help when needed).

Make a copy of the attached document, fill it out (thoughtfully and seeking help if needed), and complete the form linked in the document.

This is a long one for the weekend.

We'll take a few minutes at the beginning of class to do this together - you don't need to do it before class starts.

Attached is a brief powerpoint which quickly introduces the "exceptions to the rules" which apply to the genetic disorders we are responsible for. Also attached are several documents which each table team will use to summarize information about a specific assigned genetic disorder. Each table team will be assigned a topic during class on Wednesday.

I failed to post this yesterday, so you don't need to do it before class (unless you want to, because it's fun). We'll go over it briefly, but you won't get a "score" for it.

As assigned in class on Friday, please complete the DBQ's on page 186 of the IB Biology Book.

Also, attached is a link to the Sickle Cell Video that I couldn't find yesterday. Take a look.

Use the attached sheet to complete Syllabus Statements and Objectives by Monday. Do not submit here. Bring them with you to class.

Each table will be assigned one or more syllabus statements to present as finished documents. The assignments are in the attached spreadsheet.

1. Make a copy of the document below.
2. Rename it with the Syllabus Statement - ex., 3.4.NOS.
3. Work together to thoroughly record your table's answers to the objectives.
4. Submit the document here to this assignment.

Within your group, make sure that your document for your assigned SS&O's from Topic 2.9 are done by Tuesday. The documents are linked in a previous post about Photosynthesis.

Do whatever it takes with your group to collect data from 1 quadrat within the prairie and one quadrat from the soccer field area. The spreadsheet with assigned quadrats is in a previous post about Group IV improvements. I put 4 of the pvc quadrat boundaries outside by the garden (south side of building).

Submit a final draft of your Cell Respiration "Exploration" here

Submit your formal lab design ("Exploration") here.

First preview the quizlet cards based on your spreadsheet. Then complete the knowledge audit.

Attached is a document that will clarify what I've asked you to do for homework. There are links to the Chi-Square reference sheet and to the shared spreadsheet within the document here.

Use the attached resources to collect data on species diversity at the virtual sites linked.

Use the form below to let me know how you're feeling about the material you covered this summer.

Complete the student information form linked below. Mark the assignment as complete when finished.

Complete the book distribution form to record the bar code number of the book you've been issued.