Biology 30

Alberta High School

Course Overview

Lessons & Practice

I. Welcome

1. Chemistry of Life

2.1hr

1.1.1. Types of Chemical Bonds 5 min

1.1.2. Practice 1

1.1.3. Practice 2

1.2.1. Intermolecular Forces: Hydrogen Bonding5 min

1.2.2. Example 2 min

1.2.3. Practice 12 min

1.2.4. Practice 22 min

1.2.5. Practice 33 min

1.3.1. Intermolecular Forces: Van der Waals Interactions 11 min

1.3.2. Practice 13 min

1.3.3. Practice 2

1.4.1. Important Elements that Make Up Life4 min

1.4.2. Unique Properties of Water6 min

1.4.3. Practice 12 min

1.4.4. Practice 22 min

1.5.1. From Monomers to Polymers4 min

1.5.2. Practice 1

1.5.3. Practice 2

1.5.4. Practice 3

1.6.1. Proteins6 min

1.6.2. Protein Folding4 min

1.6.3. Functions of Proteins7 min

1.6.4. Example1 min

1.6.5. Practice 13 min

1.6.6. Practice 2

1.6.7. Practice 3

1.6.8. Practice 4

1.7.1. Carbohydrates (Sugars)5 min

1.7.2. Polysaccharides6 min

1.7.3. Practice 1

1.7.4. Practice 2

1.7.5. Practice 3

1.8.1. Lipids: Fats10 min

1.8.2. Lipids: Phospholipids5 min

1.8.3. Lipids: Steroids3 min

1.8.4. Example3 min

1.8.5. Practice 13 min

1.8.6. Practice 2

1.8.7. Practice 3

1.8.8. Practice 4

1.9.1. Nucleic Acids5 min

1.9.2. The DNA Double Helix5 min

1.9.3. Example2 min

1.9.4. Practice 11 min

1.9.5. Practice 22 min

1.9.6. Practice 33 min

1.9.7. Practice 445 sec

2. Cell Communication

1.3hr

2.1.1. Types of Cell Communication 10 min

2.1.2. Practice 13 min

2.1.3. Practice 22 min

2.1.4. Practice 32 min

2.2.1. Internal Receptors4 min

2.2.2. G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs)7 min

2.2.3. Receptor Tyrosine Kinases (RTKs)5 min

2.2.4. Ion Channel Receptors2 min

2.2.5. Practice 12 min

2.2.6. Practice 22 min

2.2.7. Practice 33 min

2.3.1. Signal Transduction6 min

2.3.2. Practice 12 min

2.3.3. Practice 21 min

2.4.1. Second Messengers5 min

2.4.2. Practice 12 min

2.5.1. Second Messengers9 min

2.5.2. Practice 12 min

2.5.3. Practice 22 min

2.6.1. Response to Signaling5 min

2.6.2. Practice 12 min

2.6.3. Practice 22 min

4. DNA Replication & Repair

2.4hr

4.1.1. Review of DNA Structure10 min

4.1.2. Practice 12 min

4.1.3. Practice 2

4.2.1. Meselson-Stahl Experiment9 min

4.2.2. Practice 12 min

4.2.3. Example: Applying the Meselson-Stahl Experiment2 min

4.3.1. DNA Replication in Cells14 min

4.3.2. Example: Leading and Lagging Strands2 min

4.3.3. Practice 12 min

4.3.4. Practice 23 min

4.3.5. Example: Complete the Replication Bubble4 min

4.4.1. Telomerase4 min

4.4.2. Practice 11 min

4.4.3. Practice 22 min

4.5.1. Types of DNA Mutations9 min

4.5.2. Practice 1

4.5.3. Practice 2

4.5.4. Sources of Mutation: DNA Slippage5 min

4.5.5. Sources of Mutation: Tautomeric Shifts7 min

4.5.6. Example: Tautomeric Shifts4 min

4.5.7. Sources of Mutation: Copy Number Variations3 min

4.5.8. Sources of Mutation: Mobile Elements7 min

4.6.1. Repair of Mutations During Replication [Exonuclease Activity and Mismatch Repair]10 min

4.6.2. Repair of Mutations by Mutagens [Nucleotide Excision Repair]3 min

4.6.3. Practice 12 min

4.7.1. Repair of DNA Double Stranded Breaks [detailed]9 min

4.7.2. Practice 12 min

4.8.1. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)10 min

4.8.2. Primer Design3 min

4.8.3. Example 15 min

4.8.4. Practice 12 min

4.8.5. Practice 2

5. Transcription and Translation

1.8hr

5.1.1. The Central Dogma of Biology4 min

5.1.2. Practice 1

5.1.3. Practice 22 min

5.1.4. Practice 32 min

5.2.1. Genes and mRNA8 min

5.2.2. General Structure of mRNA4 min

5.2.3. The Genetic Code8 min

5.2.4. Reading Frame3 min

5.2.5. Practice 13 min

5.2.6. Practice 22 min

5.2.7. Practice 32 min

5.2.8. Practice 43 min

5.2.9. Summary of Genes and mRNA

5.3.1. Initiation8 min

5.3.2. Elongation7 min

5.3.3. Termination4 min

5.3.4. Practice 14 min

5.3.5. Practice 22 min

5.3.6. Practice 3

5.4.1. Transcription In Eukaryotes9 min

5.4.2. Practice 1

5.5.1. RNA Maturation in Eukaryotes8 min

5.5.2. Example 3 min

5.5.3. Practice 11 min

5.5.4. Practice 23 min

5.5.5. mRNA Maturation - Theory3 min

5.6.1. Translation into Proteins9 min

5.6.2. Differences in Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Translation3 min

5.6.3. Example 15 min

5.6.4. Example 2

5.6.5. Transcription vs. Translation Chart

5.6.6. Practice 1

5.6.7. Practice 2

6. Gene Expression & Regulation

1.2hr

6.1.1. Introduction to Regulation of Gene Expression4 min

6.1.2. Prokaryotic Levels of Regulation6 min

6.1.3. Prokaryotic Regulatory Proteins5 min

6.1.4. Types of Transcriptional Regulation5 min

6.1.5. Practice 1

6.1.6. Practice 2

6.1.7. Practice 3

6.2.1. The Tryptophan (Trp) Operon5 min

6.2.2. Trp Operon Attenuation8 min

6.2.3. The Trp Operon Summary

6.2.4. Example 1

6.2.5. Example 2

6.2.6. Practice 1

6.2.7. Practice 2

6.3.1. The Lac Operon5 min

6.3.2. Practice 1

6.3.3. Practice 2

6.3.4. Practice 3

6.4.1. The Lac Operon [detailed]5 min

6.4.2. The Lac Operon & Glucose Regulation [detailed]5 min

6.4.3. Lac Operon Summary

6.4.4. Example 1

6.4.5. Example 2

6.4.6. Practice 1

6.5.1. The Maltose (mal) Operon 4 min

6.5.2. Example 1

6.5.3. Practice 1

6.5.4. Practice 2

6.5.5. Practice 3

6.6.1. Epigenetic Gene Regulation5 min

6.6.2. X-Chromosome Inactivation4 min

6.6.3. Practice 1

6.6.4. Practice 2

6.7.1. Transcription Factors, Enhancers and Repressors3 min

6.7.2. Practice 1

6.7.3. Practice 2

6.8.1. Eukaryotic Post-Transcriptional Regulation6 min

6.8.2. Practice 1

6.8.3. Practice 2

6.9.1. Translational and Post-translational Regulation2 min

6.9.2. Practice

7. Meiosis

25min

7.1.1. Meiosis I10 min

7.1.2. Chromosomal Crossover3 min

7.1.3. Meiosis Nomenclature3 min

7.1.4. Practice 1

7.1.5. Practice 2

7.1.6. Practice 3

7.2.1. Meiosis II5 min

7.2.2. Practice 1

7.2.3. Practice 2

7.2.4. Practice 3

7.2.5. Practice 4

7.2.6. Example: Graphing Ploidy & C-value Coefficients4 min

8. Evolution

1.2hr

8.I. Intro: Evolution31 sec

8.1.1. Charles Darwin6 min

8.1.2. Practice

8.1.3. Practice

8.1.4. Practice

8.2.1. Descent with Modification6 min

8.2.2. Practice

8.2.3. Practice

8.2.4. Practice

8.2.5. Practice

8.3.1. The Modern Synthesis6 min

8.3.2. Practice

8.3.3. Practice

8.4.1. Evolution of Populations5 min

8.4.2. Example2 min

8.4.3. Practice46 sec

8.4.4. Practice46 sec

8.4.5. Practice1 min

8.4.6. Graphing Allele Frequencies Over Time7 min

8.4.7. Practice: Relative Fitness5 min

8.5.1. Hardy-Weinberg Principle5 min

8.5.2. Hardy-Weinberg Equation5 min

8.5.3. Example4 min

8.5.4. Practice

8.5.5. Practice

8.5.6. Example: Applying HWE during experimentation5 min

8.5.7. Practice: Assortative Mating10 min

8.Q. Quiz: Evolution8 Qns

9. Ecology

52min

9.1.1. Introduction2 min

9.1.2. Food Webs6 min

9.1.3. Practice

9.1.4. Practice

9.1.5. Practice

9.2.1. Biomes and Abiotic Factors5 min

9.2.2. Practice

9.2.3. Practice

9.3.1. Carbon Cycle3 min

9.3.2. Nitrogen Cycle1 min

9.3.3. Phosphorous Cycle1 min

9.3.4. Practice

9.3.5. Practice

9.3.6. Practice

9.4.1. Community Ecology4 min

9.4.2. Disturbances5 min

9.4.3. Ecology Practice Problem 2 (Community Ecology)

9.4.4. Practice

9.4.5. Practice

9.5.1. Species Interactions5 min

9.5.2. Species Interaction Fillable Summary Sheet

9.5.3. Practice

9.5.4. Practice

9.6.1. Life Histories6 min

9.6.2. Practice

9.6.3. Life Tables4 min

9.6.4. Practice2 min

9.7.1. Survivorship2 min

9.7.2. Practice

9.8.1. Population Growth4 min

9.8.2. Density Dependent Population Growth3 min

9.8.3. Practice

9.8.4. Practice

9.8.5. Practice

9.8.6. Practice

10. Mendelian Genetics

1.6hr

10.1.1. History of Mendelian Genetics4 min

10.1.2. Basics of Probability for Genetics5 min

10.1.3. Example 12 min

10.1.4. Example 22 min

10.1.5. Practice 1

10.2.1. Alleles3 min

10.2.2. Genotype and Phenotype5 min

10.3.1. Mendel's Law of Segregation10 min

10.3.2. Mendel's Law of Independent Assortment6 min

10.3.3. Punnett Square Rules4 min

10.3.4. Example 15 min

10.3.5. Example 29 min

10.3.6. Practice 1

10.3.7. Practice 2

10.3.8. Practice 3

10.3.9. Practice 4

10.3.10. Cheatsheet: Inheritance Terminology

10.4.1. Incomplete Dominance and Co-Dominance3 min

10.4.2. Example4 min

10.4.3. Practice 1

10.5.1. Pedigree Analysis9 min

10.6.1. Inheritance of Autosomal Traits9 min

10.6.2. Example 1

10.6.3. Example 2

10.7.1. Inheritance of X-linked Traits

10.7.2. Example 13 min

10.7.3. Example 2

10.7.4. Example 3

10.8.1. Practice 1

10.8.2. Practice 2

10.8.3. Practice 3

10.8.4. Practice 4

10.8.5. Practice 5

10.8.6. Practice 6

10.8.7. Practice 7

10.8.8. Practice 8

10.9.1. Practice 1

10.9.2. Practice 2

10.9.3. Practice 3

10.10.1. Blood Types2 min

10.10.2. Practice 1

10.10.3. Pleiotropy, Epistasis and Polygenic Inheritance5 min

10.10.4. Practice 2

10.10.5. Practice 3

10.10.6. Example: Epistasis5 min

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and where is the section of Reproduction & Development???

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Try the table of contents 📃 on the left side of the page. In Biology 30, Reproduction & Development is usually its own unit (reproductive systems, reproductive hormones, and embryonic and fetal development), so look for a chapter with one of those names.

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hi there I am working through the "Inquiry into Biology" by McGraw-Hill Ryerson textbook and I don't see how the 10 sections here correlate to the textbook. If I only use Wizeprep for my Bio 30 diploma, will that prepare me enough or should I also use the textbook?

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I can't see this course's full outline from here, so I can't map the sections to your textbook chapter by chapter or promise that Wizeprep alone covers everything. Your Wizeprep Prof can tell you exactly what the course covers and how it lines up with the diploma.

What may help: both resources follow the same Alberta Biology 30 program, which has four units:

Nervous and endocrine systems
Reproduction and development
Cell division, genetics and molecular biology
Population and community dynamics

The textbook and this course likely divide those units into sections differently, so match them by topic rather than by section number.

As for preparing: many students use one main resource and keep the textbook as a backup for topics that still feel shaky or for extra practice. Whatever you use, working through diploma-style practice questions (such as Alberta's released diploma questions) is one of the best ways to check that you're ready.

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