Summer Mr. Sickelbaugh 2014
A. Scientific Inquiry You are to develop an understanding of the nature of inquiry-based labs as opposed to traditional “cookbook” labs. Please read about inquiry-based lab experiences and prepare a 4 page paper about the nature of inquirybased labs. Your paper should be written in Times New Roman 12 font and should include a MLA references cited page with at least 4 references. Your paper should:
1. explain the different levels of scientific inquiry 2. comment on the types of information that you, the student, must receive prior to embarking on an inquiry-based lab 3. describe three different methods of student reporting about their investigations B. Current Events This year the AP curriculum is centered on the following 4 Big Ideas: Big Idea 1: The process of evolution drives the diversity and unity of life. Big Idea 2: Biological systems utilize energy and molecular building blocks to grow, to reproduce and to maintain homeostasis. Big Idea 3: Living systems store, retrieve, transmit, and respond to information essential to life processes. Big Idea 4: Biological systems interact, and these interactions possess complex properties. For each BIG IDEA find one article in a journal, magazine, newspaper or the internet. ( only 2 may come from the internet). All sources must be current (2010-2012). The following product is to be turned in: 1. A copy of the journal article, magazine story, newspaper article or internet page. 2. For each article do the following a. Circle vocabulary/unfamiliar terms in each article b. Identify the Big Idea of AP Biology to which the article relates. c. Summarize the article in your own words in 1 page and explain its importance. d. Include a description of your reaction to the article. 3. A glossary consisting of at least 5 of the “science” vocabulary words found in the article with definitions.
C. Graphing Exercise Complete the attached graphing questions. Graphs must be drawn by hand on graph paper. Be sure to use all of the good graphing techniques you learned in previous Biology, Chemistry and Math classes. The graphs should be completed on graph paper and the answers to the questions should be typed on a separate sheet of paper to be turned in. 1. Hookworms live in the human intestine drinking the blood it sucks from the intestinal wall. The chart contains data on the number of hookworms and the amount of blood loss caused by a particular number of worms. a. Make a line graph of the data using a line of best fit. b. What is the dependent variable? c. What is the independent variable? d. According to your graph, if a person has 50 hookworms in their intestines, how much blood would they lose in a day? e. How many cm3 of blood will be lost by a person containing 10 hookworms in a week?
2. A clam farmer has been keeping records concerning the water temperature and the number of clams developing from fertilized eggs. The data is recorded in the chart: a. Make a line graph of the data on graph paper. Connect these data points with a smooth line. b. What is the dependent variable? What is the independent variable? c. According to the data, what is the optimum temperature for clam development?
3. The relative hormone levels vary greatly during the 28 day human female menstrual cycle. The table below shows the relative levels of the four major hormones by day. This data is very accurately measured. Plot the data points and be sure to label the graph correctly.
In addition to drawing graphs, it is also important that you be able to interpret data that is represented in graph form. The following examples are provided to help you develop the ability to read information shown on a graph. Write your answers on a separate sheet. Please label answers clearly, i.e. 4a, 4b, 5a, etc. 4. Identify the graph that matches each of the following stories: a. I had just left home when I realized I had forgotten my books so I went back to pick them up. b. Things went fine until I had a flat tire, but I was soon back on the road. c. I started out calmly, but sped up when I realized I was going to be late.
5. The graph below represents the typical day of a teenager. Answer these questions: a. b. c. d. e. f.
What percent of the day is spent watching TV? How many hours are spent sleeping? What activity takes up the least amount of time? What activity takes up a quarter of the day? What two activities take up 50% of the day? What two activities take up 25% of the day?
6. Answer these questions about the graph below: a. How many sets of data are represented? b. On approximately what calendar date does the graph begin? c. In what month does the graph reach its highest point?
7. Answer these questions about the graph below:
a. b. c. d. e. f.
How many total miles did the car travel? What was the average speed of the car for the entire trip? Describe the motion of the car between hours 5 and 12? What direction is represented by line CD? How many miles were traveled in the first two hours of the trip? Which line represents the fastest speed?
8. Answer these questions about the graph on the previous page: a. What is the dependent variable on this graph? b. Does the price per bushel always increase with demand? c. What is the demand when the price is 5$ per bushel?
9. The bar graph above represents the declared majors of freshman enrolling at a university. Answer the following questions: a. b. c. d.
What is the total freshman enrollment of the college? What percent of the students are majoring in physics? How many students are majoring in economics? How many more students major in poly sci than in psych?
10. Answer these questions about the graph above: a. b. c. d.
How much rain fell in Mar of 1989? How much more rain fell in Feb of 1990 than in Feb of 1989? Which six month period had the most total rainfall? What is the wettest month on the graph?
11. This graph above represents the number of A's earned in a particular college algebra class. Answer the following questions: (1990 are the wide line, 1991 are the thin lines) a. b. c. d. e.
How many A's were earned during the fall and spring of 1990? How many more A's were earned in the fall of 1991 than in the spring of 1991? In which year were the most A's earned? In which semester were the most A's earned? In which semester and year were the fewest A's earned?
12. Answer these questions about the data table: a. What is the independent variable on this table? b. What is the dependent variable on this table? c. How many elements are represented on the table? d. Which element has the highest ionization energy? e. Describe the shape of the line graph that this data would produce?
Atomic Number
Ionization Energy (volts)
2 4
24.46 9.28
6
11.22
8
13.55
10
21.47
Solar System Data Table
13. Answer the following using the data table:
Distance Name
a. How many planets are represented? b. How many moons are represented? c. Which moon has the largest mass? d. Which planet has a radius closest to that of Earth? e. How many moons are larger than the planet Pluto? f. Which of Jupiter's moons orbits closest to the planet? g. Which planet is closest to Earth?
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Orbits (000 km) ------- --------
Sun
Radius
Mass
(km)
(kg)
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697000
1.99 x 1030
Jupiter
Sun
778000
71492
1.90 x 1027
Saturn
Sun
1429000
60268
5.69 x 1026
Uranus
Sun
2870990
25559
8.69 x 1025
Neptune
Sun
4504300
24764
1.02 x 1026
Earth
Sun
149600
6378
5.98 x 1024
Venus
Sun
108200
6052
4.87 x 1024
Mars
Sun
227940
3398
6.42 x 1023
Ganymede
Jupiter
1070
2631
1.48 x 1023
Titan
Saturn
1222
2575
1.35 x 1023
Mercury
Sun
57910
2439
3.30 x 1023
Callisto
Jupiter
1883
2400
1.08 x 1023
Io
Jupiter
422
1815
8.93 x 1022
Moon
Earth
384
1738
7.35 x 1022
Europa
Jupiter
671
1569
4.80 x 1022
Triton
Neptune
355
1353
2.14 x 1022
Pluto
Sun
5913520
1160
1.32 x 1022