Biodiversity

Follow along to find out what we've done each day; download presentations, check out interesting links, and watch out for announcements. If you need another class syllabus - get it here: ||  || || Hw: Make a list of threats to biodiversity. || 2) Complete biodiversity lecture threats to biodiversity and intro excercise on classifying (grouping organisms). || Hw: Review notes; complete classification || 2) Introduction to Taxonomy: Who was Linnaeus? What did he develop? Binomial nomenclature; current bases for classification system (7 levels) || Hw: Read up to pg 13; Q 1-6.(hand in on Monday) ||
 * < ==Date:== || ==What we did in Class== || ==Homework and Announcements== ||
 * < ===Sept 6=== || Welcome to SBI3U - short intro; get to know you.
 * < ===Sept 7=== || Introduction to Biodiversity - what is biodiversity, types of biodiversity, & how to we measure it:
 * ===Sept 8=== || 1) Measuring Biodiversity Activity:
 * ===Sept 9=== || 1) Shared classification results
 * === Monday ===

Sept 12
|| How we classify organisms and group organisms into Kingdoms. (Review of Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells; Heterotroph versus Autotroph) || Review notes; Finish reading handout; Prepare for QUIZ - inclass on THURS - changed to MONDAY b/c of assembly || Possible assembly - 2nd option = Claddistics intro and web activity (afternoon class did, not morning) || Study for biodiversity test || Q2: How might a bacteriophage prove to be useful? Q3: Retroviruses, which are RNA viruses that infect animal cells, have a lysogenic cycle. What does this mean? Q4: How does a virulent phage differ from a temperate phage? || || Class jigsaw activity comparing two Bacteria kingdoms. || ||  || 1. What defining features are missing that prevent fungi from being included in the plant kingdom? 2. Predict what would happen to an ecosystem if fungi began to disappear. 3. In what ways may fungi be useful to other living things? 4. In what ways may fungi be harmful to other living things? || || HW: read section on evolution of plants. TEST on FRI - viruses, bacteria, protists || Oct. 11 || Finish Plants! Looked at concept check questions from handout; Discussed Ferns and started Seed Plants (compared gymnosperms and angiosperms). Notes from morning class: || Homework - read rest of chapter 10 (or all of it if you haven't read any of it already) 10.9 to end on seed plants. Do Questions on page 399 (concept check questions). RETEST for those of you who want to redo - FRIDAY at Lunch RM 205 || || HW - Read handout given and using the chart on pg. 104 and table on pg 105, create a dichotomous key for the chordate classes. Answer Q. 1, 2, 5, and 11. Due MONDAY. || || RETEST at LUNCH RM 205 ||
 * === Sept 13 === || In-class taxonomy exercise; Intro to dichotomus keys (if time permits) || HW: Taxonomy exercise (if not completed in class); Study ||
 * === Sept 14 === || Short day - test review; take up exercise and clarify phylogenic trees || Study for test ||
 * === Sept 15 === || Intro to dichotomous keys - practice in book, then shark key and mythical creature create your own key. || Dichotomous key ||
 * === Sept 16 === || Biodiversity, intro to taxonomy and kingdom quiz
 * === Monday Sept 19 === || Finally - Biodiversity TEST! || If dichotomous key not complete - finish - hand in tomorrow. ||
 * ** Sept 20 ** || Intro to viruses - where do they fit into the classification system?(9.2 in text) [[file:9.2 Viruses.pptx]] || Hw: Q: 1. Why aren't viruses placed on a phylogenetic tree?
 * ** Sept 21 ** || Catch-up ||  ||
 * ** Sept 22 ** || Kingdom Protista.... [[file:The Diversity of Living Things supply.doc]] || Summarize chap; answer questions in text (see handout); and short reflection on article. Due Tues ||
 * Sept 23 || Kingdoms Eubacteria and Archaebacteria
 * Sept 26 || Finish Bacteria comparison; catch-up on homework ||  ||
 * Sept 27 || Kingdom Protista discussion/Intro to Fungi and mosses [[file:Kingdom Protista –.pptx]] || Hand-in virus answers, summary and reflection. ||
 * Sept 28 || Fungi intro/garden harvest ||  ||
 * Sept 29 || FUNGI - everything you wanted to know!
 * Sept 30 || Review || Pg. 373 Q: 1-8 (need to refer to text for Q 5&6)
 * Mon, Oct 3 || Intro to Plant Kingdom - looking at how plants evolved
 * Oct 4 || [[file:Life Cycles.pptx]] Review of life cycles || HW: Q 1-10 on evolution of plants ||
 * Oct. 5 || Let's get out and look at plants! || Study for TEST ||
 * Oct. 6. || Plant Kingdom continued: Bryophytes and life cycle (notes to follow) || Study for TEST ||
 * Oct. 7 || Chapter 9 Quest || Happy Thanksgiving! ||
 * Tues
 * Oct. 12 || Kingdom Anamalia
 * Oct. 13 || Genetics intro and start of cell cycle || HW: Read section on 3.2 (pg. 86 - 89) in text. Review cell parts if still don't know them! ||
 * Oct. 14 || Complete Mitosis Review
 * Mon. Oct. 17 || Start Meiosis!!!!! ||  ||