Announcements
week of 2/19 - 2/22
Last week was a mess for me being gone so much and I apologize. This week will be better, I promise. We will wrap up meiosis with an open note quiz on Tuesday. Then we will get right into our genetics unit. We will have lots of practice with the different genetics problems. Parent/Teacher Conferences are on Thursday from 4:30 t0 8:30 pm. Our plan (approx): Tuesday 19th: Meiosis quiz; Chromosome disorders and karyotype notes Wednesday 20th: Introduction to Punnett Squares Thursday 21st: Complete dominance problems practice Friday 22nd: Incomplete/ codominance problems practice |
week of 2/11 - 2/15
This week we begin our genetics unit starting off going over meiosis. Our week (approx): Monday 11th: GMO research Tuesday 12th: Present research; Meiosis basics Wednesday 13th: iPad Snurffle meiosis Thursday 14th: Pigeonectics Friday 15th: Chromosomal disorders |
week of 2/4 - 2/8
We will continue learning about the masters of mutations, bacteria and viruses, this week. We will then move on to some interesting topics like CRISPR and genetic engineering. We will get to know the basics of them, what do they do and some possible issues that might arise from the use of them. Our plan (approx.): Monday 4th: Pre-quiz review; look into vaccines Tuesday 5th: Protein synthesis quiz; research antibiotics/vaccines Wednesday 6th: Create an infographic over antibiotics/vaccines Thursday 7th: CRISPR information, discussion and creation of business using CRISPR Friday 8th: Genetic engineering basics |
week of 1/28 - 2/1
This week we wrap up protein synthesis and start getting into mutations, genetic engineering and other fascinating genetic research. Our plan (approx): Monday 28th: Pineapple Jell-O lab Tuesday 29th: Pineapple Jell-O lab Wednesday 30th: Snork worksheet; Mutations Thursday 31st: Mutations notes Friday 1st: Bacteria/Virus notes |
week of 1/21 - 1/25
This week we will continue with protein synthesis and focus on putting the two processes together. I will still quiz over DNA/RNA structure and DNA replication on Wednesday, Jan. 23rd. Our week (approx): Tuesday 22nd: Review DNA/RNA; review transcription; translation notes Wednesday 23rd: DNA/RNA quiz; protein synthesis practice Thursday 24th: Decode the DNA message activity Friday 25th: SNORK transcription/translation animals; Play doh modeling |
week of 1/14 - 1/18
This week we move on to DNA replication and protein synthesis. These will be difficult ideas to grasp so we will get plenty of practice physically performing the different processes involved. Our plans (approx): Monday 14th: DNA scientist; Scientist meme Tuesday 15th: DNA replication notes/white board practice Wednesday 16th: DNA replication practice; student made worksheet Thursday 17th: Protein synthesis (Transcription) notes and practice Friday 18th: Protein synthesis (Translation) notes and practice |
week of 1/8 - 1/11
Welcome to 2019!!! This is going to be an awesome semester full of learning! We start the new year off learning about DNA and RNA. Our plan (approx): Tuesday 8th: DNA station notes (my notes are at the end of presentation) Wednesday 9th: Strawberry DNA extraction Thursday 10th: Paper modeling of DNA and RNA Friday 11th: DNA/RNA food modeling |
FINALS WEEK
Final schedule is as follows: Wednesday 19th: periods 1 , 2 , 5; released at 1:10 Thursday 20th: periods 6 , 7 , 5; released at 1:10 Friday 21st: periods 3 , 4; released at 11:15 |
week of 12/10 - 12/14
We finish our evolution unit with a quiz on Thursday and begin our final preparation on Friday. Our plan (approx): Monday 10th: Anatomy/Embryology & Genetic notes; paper clip DNA activity Tuesday 11th: Animal behavior notes Wednesday 12th: Evolution review/make your own quiz Thursday 13th: Evolution Quiz; get FINAL REVIEW Friday 14th: Final review work |
week of 12/3 - 12/7
This week we will continue to learn about evolution, Darwin, and the evidence for evolution. Our plan (approx): Monday 3rd: Darwin Dating profile Tuesday 4th: Darwin basics & scientist help (notes) Wednesday 5th: Evidences of evolution: Biogeography (notes/activity) Thursday 6th: Evidence of evolution: Age of Earth (notes) Friday 7th: Mesozoic Nebraska web activity |
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