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Series Details
About
(Series is still open for anyone to join! No requirements)
We will go through all of the vital biology/AP biology topics so you can get a head-start next year! This course requires no Prior knowledge needed/Complete beginner course!. This course is 7 weeks long and each week will consist of a specific unit. It will take place on both Saturdays and Sundays every week throughout the summer. The goal of this course is to teach you guys vital biology concepts so that you are prepared for the next school year. When I mean to teach you vital concepts, I mean EVERYTHING. We will be learning from the ground up, there are no prerequisites to this class. Here are the topics:
- Unit 1: Science Processing Skills. (Dependent Variable, Independent Variable, Hypothesis, characteristics of living things, etc.)
- Unit 2: Biochemistry. (Water, pH scale, properties of water, etc.)
- Unit 3: Cells (Functions of cells, types of cells, etc.)
- Unit 4: Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration, Energy (Respiration, photosynthesis, chemical reactions, etc.)
- Unit 5: Cell growth and division (Mitosis, Meiosis, Cell Cycle, etc.)
- Unit 6: DNA (RNA, DNA, protein synthesis, Base pairing, etc.)
- Unit 7: Genetics (Traits, Alleles, Gene Expression, punnet squares, etc. )
The only things you need to bring to these sessions are a paper/pencil for notes and a drive to learn! Saturdays will be for learning and Sundays will be for practicing and reinforcing the concepts that we learned! Each class will have homework and there will be quizzes throughout! More sessions will be added as we progress through the series
**Participation is a MUST. This series will involve a lot of practice questions and interactivity, so I at least ask all of you to participate, whether you want to unmute, talk in the chat, etc.**
Tutor Qualifications
I have taken IB biology since 7th grade and currently taking AP biology and have maintained an "A" in it.
✋ ATTENDANCE POLICY
I do not mind you missing one or two meetings, but please don't miss a ton of meetings because it's not fair for other people that could potentially be missing out. Please think of this as an actual class and not something to just join once!
Dates
June 12 - August 6
Learners
35 / 40
Total Sessions
17
About the Tutor
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Hey everyone, I'm Pranav, a junior from Virginia! I've loved math and programming since middle school, so why not tutor them? If you don't find me binge-watching YouTube, then you'll find me out on a volleyball or tennis court (my 2 favorite sports!). I hope I'll get the chance to meet you guys in some of my sessions! Take a look at my programming portfolio: https://pranavkonjeti.com
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Upcoming Sessions
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Past Sessions
17
12
Jun
O
Session 1
Orientation
Let's introduce each other with some icebreakers! Then, we will learn about what exactly we are going to be learning in-depth throughout this series. We will also take a quick pre-test in the beginning of class so that we can how much everyone knows. More details during the session!
18
Jun
B
Session 2
Biology
Let's learn about experimental Design! We have a quick review on science skills like understanding:
- Dependent Variables, Independent Variables, Hypothesis, etc.
- Experimental Group, Control group
- Learn different types of graphs
- Learning how to graph properly
The session will end with some homework!
19
Jun
B
Session 3
Biology
Topics:
- Characteristics of Living things
- Levels of Organization
This session will start by answering the homework we had last class.
If we could not finish our content, in the last class, we will finish it, and then do a quick quiz and play some games to finish what we have learned! The session will end with some homework!
25
Jun
B
Session 4
Biology
Let's begin learning about the basics of biochemistry and the key element that keeps us all alive: Water!
Topics:
- Periodic Table
- Bonds, Atoms
- Ions, Isotopes, etc.
- Atomic mass, atomic weight, elements, etc.
The session will end with some homework!
26
Jun
B
Session 5
Biology
Let's learn about water!
Topics:
- Properties of Water
- Polarity
- pH scale
- Solutions
We will finish up any content that needs to be learned and play some games and do a quick quiz to make sure we all understand! We will finish this class with some homework!
27
Jun
B
Session 6
Biology
We will spend half the class learning about the macromolecules essential for life
- Lipids, carbohydrates, nucleic acids, proteins
- Understand polymers/monomers of the macromolecules
- See diagrams of them and understand their importance
- Learn about enzymes, etc.
We will spend the rest of class reviewing this weeks topics!
28
Jun
OH
Session 7
Office Hours
**Optional Office Hours**
- This is an optional Office hours session! You can come and join whether you want to study, hang out with us, or if you want to go over something that you didn't really understand from the past sessions!
7
Jul
B
Session 8
Biology
It's time for the biggest part of biology! Cells! These sessions will be slightly longer than normal sessions because cells are considered one of the biggest parts of biology. This class will start with a quick video and then we will move onwards!
Topics in this session:
- Cell types (Plants, Animals, Eukaryotes, Prokaryotes, etc.)
- Cell organelles in-depth (20+ Cell organelles)
- Looking at diagrams of both plant and animal cells
9
Jul
B
Session 9
Biology
We will finish whatever content we had left from the last class and start new content
- The Cell membrane/Cytoskeleton
- Fluid mosaic model of cell
- Begin cell transport (osmosis, diffusion, active/passive transport)
- Hypertonic, Hypotonic, and Isotonic solutions
We will finish off the class with a few quick quizzes and some homework will be assigned!
10
Jul
B
Session 10
Biology
Let's the learn the basics of energy! What is it and how is it converted in different forms?
Topics:
- ATP
- Food chains
- Types of Chemical Energy
- Photoysnthesis (if we have time)
This session will end with some homework that you guys can bring to next class! This session is also a bit lengthier due to the amount of content being covered.
11
Jul
B
Session 11
Biology
One of the biggest parts of all of biology is cellular respiration and how our body requires it!
Topics:
- Cellular Respiration
- Krebs cycle, Glycolysis, ETC
- ATP, Electron Carriers, etc.
We will also review the homework that we did last class and do some quizzes on everything that we have learned this week!
17
Jul
B
Session 12
Biology
Let's learn about Cell Growth and Division. Our body is always growing, but how? In this session, we will dive into the cell cycle to break it all down!
Topics:
- G1, S, G2, G0 phases covered
- Start learning about the 4 phases of mitosis
- Prophase, Anaphase, Telephase, Metaphase
- Understand cell regulators, etc.
20
Jul
OH
Session 13
Office Hours
**Optional Office Hours**
- This is an optional Office hours session! You can come and join whether you want to study, hang out with us, or if you want to go over something that you didn't really understand from the past sessions!
23
Jul
B
Session 14
Biology
Let's begin one of the most important topics in biology, and that is DNA, RNA, and Protein Synthesis!
Topics:
- DNA
- RNA
- Learning Chargaff's rules of base pairing
26
Jul
B
Session 15
Biology
Let's finish up learning about DNA and how proteins are made with the help of mRNA!
Topics:
- Transcription
- Translation
- Learning how DNA always expands itself
We will then spend the rest of class practicing what we learned!
31
Jul
B
Session 16
Biology
Let's finish what we were learning
- Traits, Genes, Alleles
- Gregor Mendel and how he helped us significantly (we will watch a Ted-ed)
- Begin learning about how Traits and Alleles are passed
- Dominance/Recessive traits
- Codominance, Incomplete dominance, etc.
- Learn about Punnet squares and how we can use them!
- Practice punnet squares with blood types
We will spend the rest of class going over what we learned for this week and doing some practice with punnet squares
6
Aug
OT
Session 17
Other Topics
Congrats on making it all the way here! Let's all get together and talk about our experiences throughout this series. We will end this series off with a final exam to see where everyone is at!