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AP Biology

 

Assignment Sheet

        SEPTEMBER -- NOVEMBER 2007

       

  CHAPTER OUTLINES

                   Chapter 1 -- A View of Life

                   Chapter 2 -- Atoms and Molecules

                   Chapter 3 -- The Chemistry of Life: Organic Molecules

                   Chapter 4 -- Organization of the Cell

                   Chapter 5 -- Biological Membranes

                   Chapter 6 -- Cell Communication

                   Chapter 7 -- Energy and Metabolism

                   Chapter 8 -- How Cells Make Energy (Cellular Respiration)

                   Chapter 9 -- Photosynthesis

LINKS

           Just for Fun

                         Mad Science Network

                       Periodic Table

          General Information

                          Biology animations for most chapters

                        Cell Biology Animations

          Chapter 2- Chemistry

                         Review of Chemistry for Biology

                         3D Molecular Structures

                          The Chemistry of Water

                           Water animation

                             Acids, Bases and pH

           Chapter 3:  Biochemistry

                             Protein building animation

                             Large Molecule Problem Set

                             Protein Explorer

           Chapter 4:  The Cell

                             Cell Parts and Functions

                              Virtual Cell

                              Cells Alive

                              Lysosome animation

           Chapter 5:  Membranes

                              Osmosis Tutorial

                              Transport across a Membrane-animation

           Chapter 7:  Energetics and Enzymes

                             Overview of Enzymes

                             Reactions and Enzymes

                             Enzyme Tutorial

                             Biochemical Pathways and Feedback Inhibition-animation

                             Enzyme Rate of Reaction Temperature and Substrate Conc-animation

            Chapter 8:  Cellular Respiration

                             Glycolysis  -- excellent animation showing step by step process

                             Krebs cycle -- excellent animation showing step by step process

                             Mitochondria and Electron Transport -- excellent, step by step

                             Electron Transport

                             ATP Synthesis 

            Chapter 9:  Photosynthesis

                              History of Photosynthesis Discoveries