BIOLOGY

=BIOLOGY RESOURCES =

This page is dedicated to great Biology resources for students of all ages and abilities, but especially for special needs students. I have arranged them by general topics, along with credits if I remember where I found the materials. I apologize if I have not correctly credited someone's work and will happily amend this if you let me know.

GREAT BIOLOGY + SCIENCE WEBSITES >>>
 * ASSESSMENT
 * PRE/POST
 * 9WKS EXAMS
 * SEMESTER EXAMS
 * EOC PRACTICE TESTS
 * [|Biology eoc practice test] (tn.gov.com)
 * [|Biology eoc practice test] (tn.gov.com)


 * COMMON CORE STANDARDS
 * MCS + STATE STANDARDS
 * understand [|MCS Biology Framework]  topics (mcsk12.net)
 * understand [|TN Biology Framework]  topics [[file:tn standard biology.pdf]]
 * GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
 * HANDOUTS
 * ====[|student evaluation form] (sciencespot.net)====
 * ====Current events graphic organizer [|easy](middleschoolscience.com) [|harder] (biologycorner.com) [[file:CURRENT EVENTS GO.pdf]]====
 * [|missed assignment sheet] (middleschoolscience.com)
 * ====[|prefixes suffixes root words](betterendings.org) [|prefixes bio] [|science root words]====
 * INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK IDEAS
 * http://mrshclassblog.wikispaces.com/file/view/interactive+notebook+guidelines.pdf #
 * [[file:mrshclassblog/interactive notebook guidelines.pdf|interactive notebook guidelines.pdf]]
 * http://mrshclassblog.wikispaces.com/file/view/NotebookingStudentInstructions.pdf
 * [|Great middle science interactive notebook site #####] (middleschoolscience.com)
 * LESSON PLANS
 * [[file:biology LP template 2012.pages]]
 * [[file:biology LP template 2012.pages]]


 * LESSONS
 * [|middleschoolscience.com #####] (middleschoolscience.com)
 * [|great science resources] ##### (thesciencequeen.net)
 * [|units,projects, tests, etc ####] (edquestscience.com)
 * [[file:scienceinquirer/AYearofLifeScienceLabs.pdf|1 yr of science experiments ###]] (scienceinquirer.com)
 * EVERY type science resource imaginable #####
 * [|kelly riedells spec ed biology page] #####
 * [|fabulous lessons, materials #####] biologyjunction.com


 *  BIOLOGY TEACHER BLOGS
 * [|middleschoolscience.com]
 * [|marciascienceteachingideas #####]
 * [|the science queen #####]
 * [|Mr. Conant's Science #####]
 * [|science class net.]
 * [|adventures in science]
 * [|my science box]


 * MNEUMONICS
 * [|bio mneumonics numerous pages]


 * PRACTICE TESTS
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">pass <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Practice EOC Biology test] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> or modified APBA
 * <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">SONGS/LYRICS
 * <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">[|hundreds lyrics all subjects #####]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">STATE CURRICULUM STANDARDS
 * [|tn biology standards]


 * SYLLABUS
 * [[file:#Biosyllabusactivities.doc]] [[file:##biologysyllabus1.doc]] [[file:###1st9wksbiologysyllabus.doc]]
 * [[file:###2nd9wksbiologysyllabus.doc]] [[file:###3rd9wksbiologysyllabus.doc]] [[file:###4th9wksbiologysyllabus.doc]]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">TEXTS
 * AGS Publishing, Biology 2004
 * [|online biology tex]t
 * VIDEOS
 * [|bill nye movie worksheets ###]
 * HOW TO MAKE JEPARDY AND OTHER GAMES http://www.csun.edu/science/ref/games/
 * HOW TO MAKE JEPARDY AND OTHER GAMES http://www.csun.edu/science/ref/games/

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Scientific Method, Using a Microscope, Metric Measures
> <span style="color: #242a65; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">(Independent variable) causes a change in (Dependent Variable) and it isn't possible that (Dependent Variable) could cause a change in (Independent Variable). > <span style="color: #242a65; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">**For example:** > <span style="color: #242a65; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">(Time Spent Studying) causes a change in (Test Score) and it isn't possible that (Test Score) could cause a change in (Time Spent Studying). > <span style="color: #242a65; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">We see that "Time Spent Studying" must be the independent variable and "Test Score" must be the dependent variable because the sentence doesn't make sense the other way around. >
 * <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">METRIC METHODS
 * <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">SCIENTIFIC METHOD
 * <span style="color: #242a65; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Many people have trouble remembering which is the independent variable and which is the dependent variable. An easy way to remember is to insert the names of the two variables you are using in this sentence in they way that makes the most sense. Then you can figure out which is the independent variable and which is the dependent variable:

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1.0 Cells

 * USING MICROSCOPE
 * CELL TYPES (PROKARYOTIC VS EUKARYOTIC)
 * CELL ORGANELLES + PURPOSE
 * MACROMOLECULES (CARBOHYDRATES, PROTEINS, LIPIDS, NUCLEIC ACIDS
 * POSITIVE TESTS FOR CARBS, PROTEINS, LIPIDS
 * ENZYMES REGULATE CHEMICAL REACTIONS
 * CELL GROWTH=MITOSIS
 * CELL REPRODUCTION-MEIOSIS
 * OSMOSIS
 * ACTIVE VS PASSIVE TRANSPORT (DIFFUSION,

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2.0 Interdependence

 * ANALYZE HUMAN POP GRAPHS/DATA + PREDICT IMPACT ECOSYSTEMS
 * CARRYING CAPACITY OF ENVIRONMENT
 * BIOLOGICAL SUCCESSION
 * ABIOTIC VS BIOTIC FACTORS
 * PRODUCERS, CONSUMERS, DECOMPOSERS
 * HUMAN ACTIVITIES AFFECTING ENVIRONMENT
 * EXTINCTION

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3.0 Flow of Energy and Matter

 * ENERGY FLOW IN ECOSYSTEM (ENERGY PYRAMID)
 * AEROBIC VS ANAEROBIC RESPIRATION
 * PHOTOSYNTHESIS VS CELLULAR RESPIRATION
 * FERMENTATION
 * BIOCHEMICAL CYCLES-CARBON, OXYGEN, NITROGEN, PHOSPHOROUS, WATER

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4.0 Heredity

 * GENETIC INFO IN NUCLEIC ACIDS
 * DNA REPLICATION + PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
 * GENES, CHROMOSOMES, PROTEINS, HEREDITARY TRAITS
 * SEX LINKAGE, CO-DOMINANCE, INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE, MULTIPLE ALLELES, POLYGENIC INHERITANCE
 * DNA INTERACTING WITH RNA
 * INTERPRETING GENETIC PEDIGREE
 * PROBABILITY OF TRAITS IN OFFSPRING
 * MEIOSIS=PRODUCE EGG/SPERM CELLS
 * MEIOSIS + SEX LEADS TO -GENETIC VARIATION IN POPULATION
 * DNA GENE MUTATIONS=GENETIC DISORDERS
 * ETHICAL ISSUES OF GENETIC TECHNOLOGY=ENGINEERING, CLONING, STEM CELLS, DNA FINGERPRINTING

5.0 Biodiversity and Change

 * STRUCTURE,FUNCTION, BEHAVIOR ADAPTIONS PLANTS/ANIMALS DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS
 * NATURAL SELECTION DEVELOPS NEW SPECIES
 * FORM AND FUNCTION RELATED ALL SPECIES
 * GENETIC VARIATION IN POP + CHANGING ENVIRONMENT LEADS TO NEW ADAPTATIONS AND SPECIES
 * INTERPRETING FOSSIL DATA
 * EVIDENCE FOR THEORY OF EVOLUTION
 * DICHOTOMOUS KEY
 * MODERN CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS (EVIDENCE FROM FOSSILS, COMPARATIVE ANATOMY, AMINO ACID SEQUENCE, DNA STRUCTURE),

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">---Human Body

 * Circulatory system activities [|how blood travels through body#####]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">---Moon Phases and Weather
> ---Nutrition ---Plants
 * [|Moon phases GO]
 * http://www.middleschoolscience.com/acids-bases-vocab.pdf
 * [|reading nutritional label]
 * [|sugar chart]
 * [|great time lapse videos plants growing]