AP BiologySummer Assignment 2013

This summer, you will jump into the world of biology to see that biology is all around you- maybe even in places you have never noticed before. We will explore many topics to whet your appetite for the coming year of hard work.

The summer assignment has been designed for several purposes: To get you to think & keep your mind sharp during the long summer months To expand your biology vocabulary To introduce you to major concepts from AP Biology To open your view to see the biology that surrounds you every day

You have 4 assignments- instructions & details are in this packet1. Letter of Introduction2. Reading & Blog- The Hot Zone3. Biomolecules WebQuest4. School Supplies (Below)** SEE SCHEDULE ON BACK OF THIS PAGE **

Contact Information:Mrs. Sawyer’s e-mail: laura.sawyer@polk-fl.netLHS Phone: 863-499-2900My Biology Line: 863- 272-9246 (through GoogleVoice)

AP Bio Blog 2013: lhsapbioblog2013.wordpress.comAP Bio Class Website: http://lhsapbiologyclass.wordpress.com

Assignment: Supply ListUse the summer to get your supplies for AP Biology early! Come prepared on Day 1.DUE: Monday, August 19 (Bring all on 1st day)

3-ring notebook- 2.5-3 inches for handouts, notes, etc. (Bring 1st day to set up notebook)

Optional “Working binder”- 1.5-2 inches to hold current unit- use this if you cannot bring your larger notebook to/from school. At end of each unit, transfer papers to your main course notebook.

Bound notebook of graph paper (ie: marble composition book, but with graph paper) to be used as a lab notebook.

Blue or black pens and pencils to bring to class every day Alternate ink color, highlighters, or colored pencils to use with notes &

activities Cliff’s AP Biology book - 4th Edition: ISBN 1118127994 (Do not purchase an earlier

version! Only the 4th edition reflects the NEW course now in effect.)

Due Date AP Biology Summer Assignments: Details & Tasks1. Fri, June 7 Enter contact information into Mrs. Sawyer’s database- complete at AP night or

enter information from blog or website Visit our blog (lhsapbioblog2013.wordpress.com)

o Read “How to Blog Safely” Go to the homepage of wordpress.com & sign up for user name

o Click “get started now”o DO NOT SIGN UP FOR A BLOG- click “signup for just a username” on right

sideo Do NOT use your full name! First name & last initial only!!o Send an email with the email & username you used as your signup

to Mrs. Sawyero I will set you up as a contributor so you can blog on our site.

You will receive a confirmation email that “You’re added to this blog.”3. Mon, June 17 Assignment 1 Due: Send e-mail “Letter of Introduction” to Mrs. Sawyer

5. Fri, June 27

Part 1 of The Hot Zone Dueo Add comment to my post on AP Bio Blogo What did you think about the reading?o What did you learn?o What questions do you still have?o Comment on 2 classmates’ posts

7. Fri, July 12 Complete Part 2 of The Hot Zone Due

o Add comment to my post on AP Bio Blog; Comment on 2 classmates’ posts

8. Sat, July 20(Sawyer’s B-Day!)

Post a blog comment about something you love about the natural world (In honor of Sawyer’s & Gregor Mendel’s birthdays- this is optional )

9. Fri, July 26 Complete Part 3 of The Hot Zone Due

o Add comment to my post on AP Bio Blog; Comment on 2 classmates’ posts

11. Fri, Aug 10 Complete Part 4 of The Hot Zone Due

o Add comment to my post on AP Bio Blog; Comment on 2 classmates’ posts

12. Thurs, Aug 15

o Student Orientation- Visit Mrs. Sawyer & pick up booko You can turn in Biochemistry early

13. Sat, Aug 17

Finish Biochemistry WebQuest Take Sunday off

14. Mon, Aug 19

First day of school! Bring all class supplies Turn in WebQuest

Assignment #1: Letter of IntroductionDue: Monday, June 17

Welcome to AP Biology!Your first assignment is to successfully send an e-mail to your AP Biology teacher- Mrs. Sawyer. Since we will be working hard & spending a lot of time together next year, I’d like to have the opportunity to learn a bit about you. This is also an opportunity for you to practice communicating with your instructor through e-mail on a collegiate, professional level.

Draft an e-mail following these rules:1. If you do not have a “professional” e-mail account set up, create one through

any provider (try the free ones- gmail, yahoo, msn, aol, etc.) Often, this is created with your firstname.lastname or first initial and last name. Consult with your parents to create one that you can use for educational purposes. (This is important because you do not want to send emails to potential colleges or employers from your “sillysurfergurl” address.)

2. Use clearly written, full sentences. Do not abbreviate words, such as- you are on AIM with a friend. Use spell check! This is a professional communication like you would have with a college professor, so let’s practice for your rapidly nearing future!

3. Address it to my school address: laura.sawyer@polk-fl.net4. Make the Subject: AP Bio: Introduction to <Insert YOUR name here>

(Do not include the <> brackets!)5. Begin the e-mail with a formal salutation to me, like “Dear Mrs. Sawyer,”6. Now introduce yourself & tell me a little bit about yourself.

Some suggestions to get you started… What do you like to do (hobbies, sports, music, interests, etc.)? Do you have a job? How much do you usually work during the school

week? Tell me a little bit about your family. (Mom? Dad? Guardian? Siblings?

Pets?) What do your parents do? What do you want to do for your career? Which

colleges have you chosen to apply to? What was the last book you read for fun? Was there anything that you especially liked about

your earlier biology class? What are you looking forward to the most in AP

Biology? What are you most anxious about in AP Biology?

7. End the e-mail with a formal closing: “Cordially,” “Sincerely,” “Warm regards’” etc. and add your name as if you signed a letter.

Assignment #2: Summer Reading The Hot Zone, A Terrifying True Story

Due: Blog Post Every Other Friday (See Schedule)

This is not textbook reading! Your summer reading is an exciting book about science.

Yes, there are people who love science so much that they spend their time researching and writing books about it and there are people who love science even more that they spend their time reading those science books. You too may become one of these people, Young Grasshopper!

A bit about the Hot Zone:The Ebola virus kills nine out of ten of its victims so quickly and gruesomely that even biohazard experts are terrified. It is airborne, it is extremely contagious, and in the winter of 1989, it seemed about to burn through the suburbs of Washington D.C….

The Hot Zone tells this dramatic story in depth, giving a hair-raising account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their outbreaks in the human race. From a remote African cave hot with Ebola virus, to an airplane over Africa that is carrying a sick passenger who dissolves into a human “virus bomb,” to the confines of a Biosafety Level 4 military lab where scientists risk their lives studying lethal substances that could kill them quickly and horribly, the Hot Zone describes situations that a few years ago would have been taken for science fiction. As the tropical

wildernesses of the world are destroyed, previously unknown viruses that have lived undetected in the rain forest for eons are entering human populations. The appearance of AIDS is a part of a larger pattern, and the implications for the future of the human species are terrifying.

This summer, we will talk about this reading through our AP Bio Blog. It’s summer- it will be a little bit loose, but I do expect you to read and respond with thoughtful ideas throughout the summer!

Posted Comments (Every 2 Weeks) to our blog: lhsapbiology.wordpress.com

What did you think about the current section of reading? What did you learn? What questions do you still have? Respond to at least 2 other students’ comment (please be

respectful & appropriate- respond to a different student each time.)

Book Purchasing Information:The Hot Zone by Richard Preston (1995)ISBN: 9780385479561Paperback price ($7.99) at most retailers and on-lineKindle & Nook editions also available for same price

Name: ________________________

AP Biology Assignment #3: Turn in 1st Day of School (Aug 19)Biomolecule WebQuest

**This assignment is meant to refresh your memory of biomolecules from Biology I. We will start the year with the Biochemistry unit.

Section1: Macromolecules TutorialOpen the website http://bcs.whfreeman.com/thelifewire/content/chp03/0302002.html

A. Read the introduction

1. What are the four main types of macromolecules?

2. What is a polymer?

3. List the monomers that are linked together to form each of the following macromolecules:

Proteins __________________ Carbohydrates__________________ Nucleic acids__________________

B. Click on the tab at the top of the page called “Animations.” Click the box labeled “step through”‐ Click “CARBOHYDRATES.”

There are 6 separate pages for the carbohydrate module. After you read each page, click “continue” and then “play” to watch the animation.

1. __________________ is a hexose, a sugar composed of ________ carbon atoms, usually in _________________ form.

2. How many glucose monomers are there in a single starch molecule? __________________________

3. Glucose molecules can be added to starch by a __________________________ reaction, where two molecules

__________________________ bond together and release a __________________________ molecule.

4. Which is more highly branched, Amylose (plant starch) or Glycogen (in animal livers and fat)?

5. __________________________ are hydrolyzed (broken apart) to form glucose, and glucose is then further broken down to

release __________________________.

C. Click on “Options,” then Click on “LIPIDS”. There are 7 separate pages for the lipid module. 1. What is a triglyceride composed of? _____________________________________________________________________

2. Why is Palmitic acid called a saturated fatty acid? _________________________________________________________

3. What makes oleic acid a monounsaturated fatty acid? ______________________________________________________

4. How many double bonds are there in a polyunsaturated fatty acid? ____________________________________________

5. Why are polyunsaturated fatty acids often liquid at room temperature? ________________________________________

6. Compare the shape of the carbon chain in a saturated fatty acid, a monounsaturated fatty acid, and a polyunsaturated fatty acid. Draw a rough sketch of the three chains below.

Saturated Monounsaturated Polyunsaturated

D. Click on “Options” at the bottom of the page. Click on “Proteins.” There are 6 separate pages for the this module.

1. Proteins are chains of _______________________ linked by _______________________.

2. The 20 different amino acids used to make all proteins differ only in their _______________________.

3. A protein’s amino acid sequence determines its _______________________ and _______________________.

4. What is collagen? ___________________________________________________________________________________

E. Click on “Options” at the bottom of the page. Click on “Nucleic Acids.” There are 6 separate pages for this module.

1. What are the two types of nucleic acids? ____________________ and ____________________

2. What do nucleic acids have the ability to do within the cell?

3. When two strands of DNA pair by hydrogen bonding, the base ______________________ always pairs with

____________________, and ____________________ always pairs with ____________________.

4. Draw & label a rough sketch of the three parts of a nucleotide below.

5. In DNA, base pairing occurs only between a ____________________ and a ____________________

6. Fill in the table below with the appropriate names of the nitrogen bases:

F. Click on the Conclusion tab at the top of the page.1. A macromolecule’s structure is intimately connected to its _______________________.

2. List one function of each macromolecule below:

Nucleic Acid ___________________________________________________________

Carbohydrate ___________________________________________________________

Protein ___________________________________________________________

Section2: Macromolecules in3D Visit the website http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/library/life/Study the images to find features that you learned about in the previous tutorial.A. Click on the Sugar Molecules link. Browse through the different3D images of carbohydrate molecules.In order to view an image, always click on the small link Gif above the picture. DO NOT click VRML or PBD.B. Click on the Lipids link at the bottom of the screen. Browse through the different3D images of lipid molecules.1. Categorize the different lipid molecules as saturated, monounsaturated or polyunsaturated.2. How could you tell from viewing the 3D images?C. Click on the Amino Acids link at the bottom of the screen. Browse through the different3D images of amino acids.D. Click on the link “Nucleotides” at the bottom of the screen. Browse through the different 3D images of Nucleotides and Nucleic acids. Be sure to click on the dna molecule.

**How can you identify each macromolecule? (What features of each made them identifiable? It is important to be able to identify them by sight.)

Identifiable Features/Characteristics Identifiable Features/CharacteristicsSugar Amino AcidLipid Nucleotide

DNA complimentary base pairs

Purine Pyrimidine