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HANDS ON ACTIVITIES	Desktop concept maps Cut & Paste Activities Venn Diagrams & Organizers Card reviews Other stuff	BILL- TRADE & GRADE ?'s BARCODE MATCHUP BOARD GAMES DISSECTIONS VOCAB BINGO

HANDS ON ACTIVITIES/GAMES

for BIOLOGY,
HONORS BIOLOGY,
AP BIOLOGY

BHS BIOLOGY THEATER ROLE PLAYS
(Directions and activity cards for acting out Photosynthesis, Calvin cycle, Replication,
Transcription, Translation , and Counter current flow

BIOLOGY THEATRE
by Audra Brown Ward
presented at the 2008 NABT conference in Memphis
(Directions and activity cards for acting out Electron transport chain, Light reactions, RNA processing, Translation, and double fertilization)

Muscle contraction Act it out
By Mark Little

AP BIOLOGY

OPERONS OPERONS OPERONS

Pool Noodle Operons from Kristin Dotti

White board operons
activity by Jennifer Forsyth

Copy operon scenarios and pass out to students.
Have them use whiteboards to draw and explain their operon to the class.

I use with Modeling Operons with pool noodles

OR pool poolnoodleoperons.html

HONORS BIO/AP BIO

ENZYMES/PROTEINS

Be an enzyme simulation
by Thomas Wanamaker
Be an enzyme ?'s

Chainobead LAB

HONORS BIO

Blood type theater cards
Blood typing lab
Handout
Prelab

AP BIOLOGY

DESKTOP RFLP ANALYSIS
#1?
#2?
Scissors
HindIII EcoR1 labels

DNA REPLICATION
Modified from Building Macromolecules
From KIM FOGLIA
http://www.explorebiology.com/apbiology/labs/
A paper-scissors-tape activity used to help students envision the process of synthesis -- building macromolecules out of smaller subunits

DNA Replication cut & paste
CUTOUTS modified from: Kim Foglia
Cut + Paste DNA
Cutouts
BILL-replication ?'s

Modeling Biomolecules-Cut & Paste
Modified from:Building Macromolecules From KIM FOGLIA (See original at right)
http://www.explorebiology.com/apbiology/labs/
A paper-scissors-tape activity used to help students envision the process of synthesis -- building macromolecules out of smaller subunits

Mini size cutouts for BILL

AP BIO PICTIONARY
Ecology
Evolution

HONORS BIO
EVOLUTION ACTIVITIES
Natural selection
LIZARDS

TRANSPORT
Egg osmosis

AP BIOLOGY

Macromolecule Pattern Matching Activity
From

Jennifer Sosnowski
(adapted from
http://www.biologylessons.sdsu.edu/classes/lab6/lab6.html)

MITOSIS/MEIOSIS
DESKTOP YARN MITOSIS

MITOSIS TABLE TOP CARDS

LEGO PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
From Abram Van Der Fluit
Teacher directions Assignment Data sheet

AP BIOLOGY

MUTAGEN MICE [SP.2]
From Catalyst Learning Curricula
Incorporating Math and Statistics into AP/IB Science Sample Lessons
pages 4-10

Mutagen mice BILL ?'s

HONORS BIO
How many bears can live in this woods?
(limiting factors)
Good buddies activity
(Symbiotic relationships)

MORE CUT and PASTE ACTIVITIES

MODELING SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAYS

Cutouts

DESKTOP CONCEPT MAPS

AP BIO

Macromolecules

Desktop concept map- MACROMOLECULES
COPY MOLECULE CARDS onto different colors of card stock.
Cut out and place into ziplock bags. 1 set per pair of students.
Have them create a concept map on the desktop

MITOSIS PHASES

COPY MITOSIS CARDS onto different colors of card stock.
Cut out and place into ziplock bags. 1 set per pair of students.
Have them create a concept map on the desktop then fill in Organizer
INTERPHASE/MITOSIS/CYTOKINESIS-one color
PHASES-copy on one color of paper
WHAT HAPPENS- copy on another color
DNA is less condensed/more condensed-copy on another color
Dividing/Nondividing phase-copy on another color of paper

Copy INTERPHASE cards onto different colors of card stock.
Cut out and place in ziplock bags. 1 set per pair of students.
Have them create a concept map on the desktop then fill in Organizer.

G₁, S, G₂, G₀- copy on one color of paper
What happens- copy on another color

GENETIC DISORDERS

KNOW YOUR GENETIC DISORDERS
Copy descriptions on one color, names on one color, mode of inheritance on another color of cardstock.
KNOW YOUR GENETIC DISORDERS with QR codes DIRECTIONS

TYPES OF TRANSPORT

TYPES OF TRANSPORT Organizer
ACTIVE/PASSIVE -copy on one color of paper
MEMBRANE PROTEINS, VESICLES, NO HELP-copy on another color
TYPES OF TRANSPORT-copy on another color

PARADE OF KINGDOMS

Who am I? cards
Who am I? clues

PLANTS

Plant Life cycles cards
organizer answers

Plant Anatomy cutouts sample map
Use cutouts to create your own concept map

KNOW YOUR MOLECULES

DNA (Replication, transcription, translation)
KNOW YOUR MOLECULES
Copy molecule names and functions on different colors of cardstock
Have them match molecules with functions on the desktop then fill in ORGANIZER ANSWERS

KNOW YOUR MOLECULES #1 with barcodes ORGANIZER ANSWERS

KNOW YOUR MOLECULES #2 KNOW YOUR MOLECULES #2 WITH QR CODES
Bacteria, viruses, prions, DNA technology
Copy molecule names and functions on different colors of cardstock
Have them match molecules with functions on the desktop then fill in ORGANIZER ANSWERS

Macromolecules Desktop concept maps cards added

TRANSPORT

Transport desktop concept map Transport comparison

QR code MATCH UP	DIRECTIONS Thanks to Laura Quail for this idea	Cell cycle Organizer QR cards
KNOW YOUR GENETIC DISORDERS	AP BIO DNA KNOW YOUR MOLECULES #2
Functional groups organizer QR cards	KNOW YOUR MOLECULES #1

AP BIOLOGY CUT & PASTE ACTIVITIES

AP BIOLOGY Modeling Biomolecules-Cut & Paste Modified from:Building Macromolecules From KIM FOGLIA (See original at right) http://www.explorebiology.com/apbiology/labs/ A paper-scissors-tape activity used to help students envision the process of synthesis -- building macromolecules out of smaller subunits Mini size cutouts for BILL Carbohydrate ?'s Modified from BIO87/POGIL Lipid ?'s Modified from Holtzclaw Study guide Protein ?'s Modified from Holtzclaw/Foglia/Miriello study guides Nucleic acid ?'s Modified from Holtzclaw/Foglia/Miriello study guides DNA REPLICATION Modified from Building Macromolecules From KIM FOGLIA http://www.explorebiology.com/apbiology/labs/ A paper-scissors-tape activity used to help students envision the process of synthesis -- building macromolecules out of smaller subunits DNA Replication cut & paste CUTOUTS modified from: Kim Foglia Cut + Paste DNA Cutouts BILL-replication ?'s	AP BIOLOGY Original Building Macromolecules From KIM FOGLIA http://www.explorebiology.com/apbiology/labs/ A paper-scissors-tape activity used to help students envision the process of synthesis -- building macromolecules out of smaller subunits Instructions Glucose Water Drops (large) Water Drops (small) Glycerol (legal) Glycerol (letter) Saturated Fatty Acid (legal) Saturated Fatty Acid (letter) Unsaturated Fatty Acid (legal) Unsaturated Fatty Acid (letter) Amino Acids DNA template Adenine Thymine Cytosine Guanine Build a Lipid (Modified from Kim Foglia) Build a fat Build a phospholipid
AP BIOLOGY MAKE A RECOMBINANT PLASMID Use restriction endonuclease enzymes to splice human insulin gene into a bacterial plasmid MODIFIED FROM: http://www.biologycorner.com PLASMID ACTIVITY Plasmid ?'s Human insulin chromosome Plasmid chromosome	ENZYMES/PROTEINS Act out an enzyme pathway; see the effects of competitive & noncompetitive inhibitors by Thomas Wanamaker Be an enzyme simulation Be an enzyme ?'s
Who Ate the Cheese? Use gel electrophoresis to solve a crime. Modified from: http://www.biologycorner.com Who Ate the Cheese? Activity Gel pattern

VENN DIAGRAMS & Organizers Compare and contrast a variety of Biology concepts Check below. Some of these have desktop cards to go with organizers	http://mathworld.wolfram.com/images/eps-gif/VennDiagram_900.gif
Prokaryotes vs Eukaryotes	Mitochondria vs Chloroplasts (respiration vs photosynthesis)	Mitosis/Meiosis comparison
Bacteria vs Archea	Bacteria, animal, plant cells	Alternation of generations comparison
Who influenced Darwin? organizer Darwin's theory organizer Causes of microevolution organizer	Transport comparison Transport comparison 2 Tonic comparison

REVIEW GAMES

Monomer/polymer game
From: Mary Garrison Neimeyer

VOCAB PICTIONARY

AP BIOLOGY CARD REVIEWS	Semester 1 review-Pictionary	Chemistry, Carbon, Water, Molecules Card Review Check your answers
Cells, transport, & Signaling card review ?'s ANSWERS	Cell division card review answers	Genetics Clicker Review
Metabolism card review answers	DNA card review answers
Animal Station review Answers	Parade review answer sheet answers

Other Stuff

CATALYST LEARNING CURRICULUM by Kristin Dotti See a video
I did one of her workshops and it was amazing Tons of hands on activities and a real change in the approach to student learning. If you get a chance to attend one of her workshops you should go. She does lots of presentations at national meetings like NABT, NSTA, etc. I highly recommend her curriculum.
Sample Lesson Plans Summer workshops 1-day workshops SPECIAL CURRICULA/CASE STUDIES Full year Curricula

Teachers Using Our site- For Kim Foglia award