Category Archives: Biology Semester 1

Students will be evaluated upon the processes that move materials into and out of the cell, namely, passive and active transport. The former process will focus on diffusion, osmosis, facilitated diffusion (carrier proteins), ion channels (transport proteins), and various types … Continue reading →

We will answer and correct the concept map, the brief assessment, and the remaining chapter review questions on pages 108 and 109 that were assigned on Tuesday as a final preparation for CHAPTER 5 TEST ON THURSDAY, NOV. 15, 2012.

Students will do another concept map based upon the clues and concepts assigned. They will do a brief assessment to determine how well they are prepared for the chapter test. Furthermore, students are to do page 108, #’s: 1b, 1c, … Continue reading →

This is an independent lab assignment to further reinforce key ideas and concepts that include: diffusion, osmosis, selectively permeable membrane, facilitated diffusion, passive transport, active transport,  carrier proteins, hypotonic/hypertonic/isotonic solution, cytolysis, and plasmolysis among others.

We will redo an evaluation upon the concepts and ideas that center upon homeostasis and cell transport. In the remaining time, we will synthesize a concept map with context clues that centers upon the several processes of how materials move into … Continue reading →

We will create a concept map on the several concepts and ideas that we have discussed and reinforced as well as review for our Chapter 5 test for next week. Moreover, we will review the vocabulary test. If time permits, we will … Continue reading →

Students are to review and study all the vocabulary concepts and ideas that center upon the processes of active and passive transport that we have been discussing and reinforcing in class for the past week and a half.

Students are to complete the study guide on active transport that centers upon the processes of endocytosis, exocytosis, and sodium-potassium pump (Na+/K+ pump); the students will explain each process through examples based upon the behavior of the different particles that are involved in … Continue reading →

We will discuss and elaborate upon the process of active transport in terms of how cells utilize such a mechanism to move substances through the cell membrane; specifically, the processes of endocytosis, exocytosis, and sodium-potassium pump will be discussed, illustrated, and … Continue reading →

Students are to work in groups of two or three to determine the effect of the size of molecules have on their abilities to diffuse through a membrane, simulated by a dialysis tubing/cellophane tape. Furthermore, students will analyze their findings … Continue reading →