AP Biology Practice 2 - Using Mathematics Appropriately

Paul Andersen explains how to use mathematics appropriately. He begins by emphasizing the important role that mathematics plays in the life sciences today and in that the future. He describes important mathematical equations in each of the four big ideas. According to the new AP Biology framework the student can justify the selection of a mathematical routine to solve problems. The student can apply mathematical routines to quantities that describe natural phenomena. Finally the student can estimate numerically quantities that describe natural phenomena. Solving Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium Problems link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPkOAnK20kw Chi-Squared Test link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXPBoFDqNVk Intro Music Atribution Title: I4dsong_loop_main.wav Artist: CosmicD Link to sound: http://www.freesound.org/people/CosmicD/sounds/72556/ Creative Commons Atribution License Image Atributions Bayerwald, Mike aus dem. English: Osmosis. Own work. Accessed January 21, 2013. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Osmose2tolk.jpg. Johnuniq. English: Hardy--Weinberg Principle for Two Alleles, February 26, 2009. Own work. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hardy-Weinberg.svg. Retama. In Vitro Test of Germination of a Dicot; There Are Little Plants and Non Viable Seeds. The Medium Is a Murashige and Skoog Without Any Hormone. Own work. Accessed January 21, 2013. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:In_vitro_germination.jpg. Sjef. English: DNA Sequencing Trace. Own work. Accessed January 21, 2013. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DNA_sequence.svg. Trio3D. English: Integrated Micro Solutions/IXMicro IMS 9130 Graphics Processing Unit on a Twin Turbo-128M (4 MB) Video Card. Own work. Accessed January 21, 2013. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Twin_Turbo_128_GPU.jpg. "File:Agar Plate with Colonies.jpg." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Accessed January 23, 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Agar_plate_with_colonies.jpg. "File:Barnsley Fern Plotted with VisSim.PNG." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Accessed January 21, 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Barnsley_fern_plotted_with_VisSim.PNG. "File:Forest of Synthetic Pyramidal Dendrites Grown Using Cajal's Laws of Neuronal Branching.png." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Accessed January 21, 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Forest_of_synthetic_pyramidal_dendrites_grown_using_Cajal%27s_laws_of_neuronal_branching.png. "File:Logistic-curve.svg." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Accessed January 21, 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Logistic-curve.svg. "File:Number of Prokaryotic Genomes and Sequencing Costs.svg." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Accessed January 21, 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Number_of_prokaryotic_genomes_and_sequencing_costs.svg. "File:Punnett Square.svg." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Accessed January 21, 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Punnett_Square.svg. "File:Transistor Count and Moore's Law - 2011.svg." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Accessed January 21, 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Transistor_Count_and_Moore%27s_Law_-_2011.svg. "File:Transistorer (croped).jpg." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Accessed January 21, 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Transistorer_(croped).jpg. "Mathematical and Theoretical Biology." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, January 21, 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mathematical_and_theoretical_biology&oldid=526828927. "Peppered Moth Evolution." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, January 15, 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peppered_moth_evolution&oldid=529176175.