Biology students finished their unit on the Cell Cycle by collecting and analyzing data to determine how long a typical cell actually spends in each stage of the cell cycle. 🔬

AP Bio students model regulation of a gene in the stickleback fish. 🐟

Biology students are learning about the components blood as they prepare for the Versiti Blood Center of Indiana Blood Drive on 3/14!

Biology students completed scavenger hunts to review Genetics vocabulary and practice problems.

AP Bio students created gmo bacteria by inserting a gene from a jellyfish. They controlled the expression of that gene, turning it on, by adding the sugar arabinose. When the gene is turned on, the bacteria are fluorescent green (left); when it is off, they are white (right).

Biology students observed their plants and collected data to determine which phenotypes are dominant and what the unknown “grandpa” plant’s genotype and phenotype was.

We’re ready for March Mammal Madness! Let the carnage begin!@MMMletsgo

Students are participating in peer review to improve their Blood Drive projects.

Smile, it’s blood drive day! Honors Bio students did a great job educating and recruiting donors as part of our unit on Genetics. Versiti Blood Center of Indiana

Students demonstrated their understanding of meiosis, genetics and various inheritance patterns by building marshmallow babies as a fun activity before align break.

AP Bio students are showing off their cladogram skills by constructing cladograms using the morphological differences of candy.

AP Bio students are showing off their cladogram skills by constructing cladograms using the morphological differences of candy.

Honors Bio students are using models to learn about the process of protein synthesis.

Students learned about protein folding and modeled the effect various genetic mutations would have on protein shape and its subsequent function.

AP students used the mark and recapture technique to estimate the size of a plastic egg “population.”

AP Bio students are collecting data to determine the Simpson’s Diversity Index of the staff and student parking lots. Ecologists use a diversity index to quantify the health of an ecosystem.

Humans have evolutionary adaptations too! After learning about the adaptations of several other species, students found out how important one of our adaptations- our thumbs- are for everyday tasks.

Students simulated natural selection by modeling how different beak types effect survival and reproduction in different environments. Later, they’ll learn about how the finches on the Galápagos Islands experienced this same phenomena that led to speciation.

Students used morphological evidence to create cladograms showing the evolutionary relationships between different preserved specimens.

After a week of I-LEARN testing, biology students are back to learning about phylogeny and using both morphological and molecular evidence to determine the relatedness of different species.