Anatomy and Physiology Assignments

Course Calendar

Sparknotes

Kimball's Pages - Course Objectives - AP Resources - QuickReference

Dictionaries and other References-The Harvey Project

McGraw-Hill Anatomy and Physiology Texts 

Anatomy Glossary - Web Anatomy

"The task is not so much to see what no one else as yet has seen, but to think what nobody yet has thought about that which everybody sees."

-Arthur Schopenhauer

Google Images Scholar

Biochemistry and The Cell

Chem-Cell Review Homework

STUDY HABITS

Objectives

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Homework

Objectives

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 Interactive Concepts in Biochemistry

Interactive Biochemical Animations

Molecular Animations

Biochemistry Tutorials and Animations

Movies, Animations and Interactive Tutorial Links

1. This portion of the A & P course focuses on the fundamentals of biochemistry and the structure and function of the cell. Either lecture and discussion, or a self-paced, self-teaching component using CDs, traditional text materials, and online presentations will be used to "review/relearn" the material.

Use Kimball- Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, Nucleotides and Eukaryotic Animal Cells, and related links, as your primary source material for chemistry and cells. CDs with pretests and post-tests can evaluate your progress. The post-test grades may be recorded as part of the course requirements. A minimum score of 80% is required on each tutorial. If the 80% is not achieved, then you must redo the tutorial until you reach the required level.

SQ4R - Kimball-Eukaryotic Animal Cells
Carbohydrates

Lipids

Proteins

Nucleotides

Review-The CDs listed under Classroom Instruction (Pretest-Post-test)

2. COPY and PASTE the Objectives for Examination # 2 onto a page in your word processing program. With the information from classroom lectures and the links to the internet, fill in the objective sheet. The Objective sheet will be your study guide for the second exam.

There will be a test administered that will cover the Objectives on Chemistry and The Cell.
 Use Interactive Concepts in Biochemistry to study the basic and advanced aspects of biochemistry.
General,Organic and Biochemistry Animations
McGraw Hill Learning Center

Kimball's Pages

Movies, Animations and Interactive Tutorial Links

Chap.3 Objectives

-Always use your Chapter Objectives as your directive to the homework. Keep a copy on the desktop, or a hardcopy, and fill in the information needed to meet the objective.

-Using the SQ4R method, read Chapter 3 in the text. Do the reading and study exactly as it is described in the SQ4R procedure. Do not cheat on this you're only hurting yourself!

-After reading the Chapter, and answering what you can of your objectives, complete the homework assignments listed below. Copy and past a copy of your objectives into your word processor. Cut and paste text, and graphics, from the online activities to make yourself a document that you can use in your studt group.

Ask questions in class about any of the Objectives that you could not answer. You must take responsibility for being as prepared for the exam as you can possibly be. I will help where I can, but I can't do much if I don't know what your problems are. You must study until you are capable of determining if you need help.

Get a study group together !

Being able to ask questions and reciting with other students can make all of the difference in your mastery of the material. A group that can meet face-to-face is the best situation, but if that can be arranged then creating your own group blog is the next best thing. Click on the Blogger Start link. If you use Instant Messenger, that's wonderful. Whatever will get you into a group, do it! Get your Study Group members to register and you have a way of communicating so that on the night before the night before the exam you RECITE orally, or write, the answers to the objectives with the group not using your notes. This will be the final confirmation that you know the material and are ready to take the examination. If you are still not ready for the exam, at least you have one more day to prepare.

Follow this procedure with each of the Chapters assigned.


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1. Go to The Virtual Cell Tour. Move around on the graphic of the cell and click on the organelles. You'll get a minitutorial on the structure and function of that cellular organelle.

2. Go to an Introduction to Cell and Virus Structure. Read down to the listing for an Animal Cell. Click on the Animal Cell link and go to the page. You can click on the structures in the graphic or click on the listings further down in the document. Read the page and learn the structure and function relationships of each cell organelle. Repeat the process for a Bacterial Cell, a Plant Cell and a Virus.

3. Here's an excellent tutorial complete with self-checking questions on the Properties of Cells. Read the text, use the links and answer the questions.

Brother Gregory speaks to his class,
The subjects for today's lesson are the properties of living cells. You must follow the lesson, answer the questions, then complete the research investigations, if required.

4. Go to Cultured Cells. Read the text and examine the cell graphics. These are pictures taken with a scanning electron microscope. The colors are not the true colors of the cells. These colors have been added with a paint program to enhance their contrast. The value of these pictures is in seeing the exterior of cells in a three dimensional form.

At the bottom of the page are links to other pictures. Some are three dimensional and others are tissue sections that have been color enhanced.

5. Use Kimball's Pages as a resource to look up information on each of the areas studied. His text materials are a bit harder to interpret, but they are thorough.

6. Test yourself to see how much you've managed to understand and retain. Click on this link Cell Quiz. Take the test and submit it for grading.

If you don't get at least an 80%, then check the questions that were incorrect and determine where you made your mistake. After reviewing the test, take it again.

7. Examine molecules using Rasmole Reader

a. Images of Biological Macromolecules

8. Take examinations to test your knowledge of basic chemistry and biochemistry:

a. Anatomy and Physiology Examinations

b. Basic Chemistry Exam

c. Biochem Exam

Classroom Instruction

Reference

Biosurf-The Cell Structure and Function

Action Bioscience

Biology Assessment Test Items 2001

Movies, Animations and Interactive Tutorial Links

Chap.3 Objectives

1. CD- Inside Cells

(Pre-Post Test)

a. The Virtual Cell Tour

b. Introduction to Cell and Virus Structure

c. Scanning Electron Micrographs

d. Introduction to Cell and Virus Structure

e. Cell Cycle-Mitosis-Meiosis

2. CD-Plasma Membrane & Transport

(Pre-Post Test)

3. Cell Lecture-Power Point

4. Agar Blocks-Surface area to Volume relationships and cell division

5. The 3 Domains of Cellular Life

a. Archaea

b. Prokaryotes

c. Eukaryotes

(1) Plant Cells

(2) Animal Cells

6. Cells Alive!-Cell Tutorial

7. Online Onion Root Tips

8. Onion Root Tip Slide Photos

9. McGraw-Hill Cell Structure and Function

10. McGraw-Hill Membrane Structure and Function

McGraw Hill Learning Center

Kimball's Pages

Action Bioscience

Movies, Animations and Interactive Tutorial Links

Chap.3 Objectives

1. Cell and Molecular Biology Site

2. University of Texas Cell Site

3. ThinkQuest Library of Cells

4. Online Onion Root Tips

5. Onion Root Tip Slide Photos

6. McGraw-Hill Cell Structure and Function

7. McGraw-Hill Membrane Structure and Function

8. The 3 Domains of Cellular Life

a. Archaea

b. Prokaryotes

c. Eukaryotes

(1) Plant Cells

(2) Animal Cells

9. Cell Biology Laboratory Manual

10. Introduction to Cell and Virus Structure

11. Protein Data Bank

12. Cell Cycle-Mitosis-Meiosis

Lab Work

Objectives

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Chap.3 Objectives

1. Introduction to the Microscope

a. Using the Microscope-Includes parts , function and how to estimate the size of objects

b. Parts of a Microscope-Binocular

c. Exploring the World of Microscopy

d. Microscopes and Microscopy

2. Electron Microscopy

a. Electron microscope Instructions

b. Transmission Electron Microscope Graphic

c. Histology-Light and Electron

d. Nanoworld-Electron Micrographs

3. Introduction to Cell and Virus Structure

4. Squamous Epithelium-Cheek Cells stained with methylene blue

5. Elodea Cells

6. Investigating Cells

7. Examination of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells (Pond Cultures)

8. Agar Blocks-Surface area to Volume relationships and cell division

a. Cell Size Model-Stella

9. Test your knowledge of the cell and its parts here.

a. Cell Anatomy Terminology #1

b. Cell Anatomy Terminology #2

c. Label a Cell's Parts

 10. The 3 Domains of Cellular Life

a. Archaea

b. Prokaryotes

c. Eukaryotes

(1) Plant Cells

(2) Animal Cells

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