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Biology 30

So you like cutting things open...

General Info and Links

  • Mahaffy's Course Outline 2014
  • Diploma Exam Info
  • Quest A+ (practice tests)
  • How to take Cornell Notes
2016 Practice Diploma / KEY
Released Diplomas (pre-2006 curriculum is slightly different)

Course Review / KEY
Review for Diploma Powerpoints: Units A+B, Units C+D

Unit A: The Nervous System

New Notes:
  • Nervous System (filled in)
  • Nervous System (blank)
Old Notes:
Use these if you're looking for more diagrams or another approach
  • Organization of the Nervous System
  • Cells of the Nervous System
  • The Neuron
  • Impulse Transmission
  • The Spinal Cord
  • The Brain
  • Disorders of the Nervous System
  • The Eye Part 1, Part 2
  • The Ear Part 1,   Part 2
Nervous Handout Package


Media:
  • Resting Potential
  • Nerve Impulse Molecular Mechanism
  • Jill Bolte Taylor: My Stroke of Insight
  • Severed Corpus Callosum
  • WCBA - Parkinson's Disease
Drugs and the Brain:
  • The Reward Parthway
  • Mouse Party (How drugs affect the brain)
  • The Adolescent Brain (Addiction and the young brain)
Assignments:
  • Nervous System Infographic

Unit B: The Endocrine System

New Notes:

  • Endocrine System (filled in)
Old Notes:​
  • Glands and Hormones of the Endocrine System
  • Regulating the Regulators
  • The Thyroid Gland
  • The Adrenal Gland
  • Hormone Regulation of Blood Sugar
Endocrine Handout Package

Media:
  • Crash Course - Endocrine System

Assignments:

  • Quiz Matching Page
  • Handout for Endocrine Assignment
  • Resources for Endocrine Assignment

Unit C: Reproduction and Development

Notes:

Media:

  • Male Reproductive System
  • Female Reproductive System
  • Hormonal Regulation of the Male Reprod...
  • Hormonal Regulation of the Female Reprod...
  • STIs and the Reproductive System
  • Fertilization and Embryonic Development
  • Fetal Development and Birth
  • Reproductive Technologies and Society
Reproduction Handout Package


Unit D: Mitosis and Meiosis

Notes:
  • The Cell Cycle
  • Mitosis
  • Meiosis
  • Genetic Recombination
  • Reproductive Strategies
Mitosis and Meiosis Handout Package


Assignments:

  • Karyotyping Activity Link
Media:
  • Crash Course: Mitosis
  • Crash Course: Meiosis

Unit E: Heredity

Notes:
  • Inheritance
  • Incomplete and Co-dominance
  • Multiple Alleles and Blood Type
  • Dihybrid Crosses
  • Patterns and Probabilities
  • Genetics and Society
Heredity Handout Package


Media:
  • Gregor Mendel Rap
  • Crash Course: Heredity
  • Independent Assortment Animation
Assignments:
  • Spongebob Genetics
  • Multiple Alleles  /  KEY

Unit F: Molecular Biology

Notes:
  • History of DNA and Structure
  • DNA Replication
  • Protein Synthesis and Gene Expression
  • Mutation and Genetic Variation
  • DNA and Biotechnology
Molecular Biology Handout Package


Media:
  • DNA Replication Animation
  • Crash Course: DNA Structure and Replication
  • TED: James Watson: How we discovered DNA
  • ​Transcription Animation
  • Translation Animation
  • ​Protein Folding

Unit G: Population

Notes:
  • Hardy-Weinberg Principle
  • Factors Affecting Population Change
  • Population Growth
  • Interactions in Ecosystems
  • Sharing the Biosphere

Assignments:

  • Hardy-Weinberg Problems / KEY (10c is wrong -- should be 3000 people)
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