DNA replication. The double helix is unwound and each strand acts as a template for the next strand. Bases are matched to synthesize the new partner strands. DNA replication is the process of producing two identical replicas from one original DNA molecule.

The cell cycle or cell-division cycle is the series of events that take place in a cell leading to its division and duplication (replication) that produces two daughter cells. 

 

Ted-Ed Videos

• How do cancer cells behave differently than healthy ones 
• DNA: The book of you
• How to sequence the human genome
• How I discovered DNA
• Where do genes come from
• What happens when you DNA is damaged

History of DNA

• The Race for Life: The Discover of the Structure of DNA
• Interactive animation about Griffith's Experiment
• Hershey and Chase Experiment
• Chargraff's Ratio
• SciShow: Rosalind Franklin
• Need a break? How about a Science Rap Battle: Watson and Crick VS Rosalind Franklin

Structure of DNA

• Bozeman Science: What is DNA?
• Crash Course: DNA Structure and Replication
• Bozeman Science: DNA Replication
• DNA Replication interactive website
• DNA Replication interactive animation - goes into great detail and you can quiz yourself as you go.
• Cool Science Videos: DNA Replication
• DNA Replication animation - it has no words so if you can narrate on your own then you have things down!
• DNA Replication in bacteria
• Need a Break?
  • Replication song (Thrift Shop Parody)
  • DNA, Fantastic! Mr. W's DNA Rap
  • DNA Replication Rap
  • DNA Replication ("I Want It That Way") ... voices kind of made me cringe

Cell Cycle

• Kinser - Cell Regulation and Cancer ... he goes over the cell cycle and check points in a very simple and concise manner.
• Armando drawing ... I could watch these vids just to see them drawing - I find it fascinating! The info is good but nothing really on CDK's
• Mr. Kite's AP webcast ... a little low key but he goes over the information very well

Mitosis

• Crash Course: Mitosis - Splitting up is complicated
• Bozeman: Mitosis
• Khan: Phases of Mitosis
• Virtual Cell: Mitosis
• Mitosis Square Dance ... be afraid, be very afraid!

Meiosis 

• Crash Course: Where the sex starts
• Bozeman: Meiosis
• Bozeman: Phases of Meiosis
• Khan: Phases of Meiosis
• Science Music Videos presents Meiosis!!! .... just cuz :)

Alternation of generations: Please review the below links. The important information for this test is knowing at what stages mitosis and meiosis are happening and what they are creating (sporophytes, megaspores, microspores, or gametes)

• http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/angiosperm.html
• http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=BIO104

Look up what organisms produce asexually and sexually. Know the basic way they do it. For example, some plants reproduce asexually from "runners" while they can still reproduce sexually throgh the alternation of generations. Animals are most commonly known to reproduce sexually however some reproduce through budding or parthenogenesis. I don't expect you to know the major details just the very basics.