3/30/10 DNA Transcription & Translation

Click on the link and you will download a copy of a document Webquest to explore the processes of transcription & translation . This is the document that you will have to add your answers to and submit via email to aphsbio at gmail.com. Please format the email subject line and your document title correctly, as explained in the handout. Students should complete this project in class today. Answers must be in full sentences, written on a manner to include information to make a complete thought. Be sure to email the document when completed , or at the end of class. The nams of this document should be "DNA pt1 WQ" and this should be in the subject line of your email along with your name(s). Be sure to open your email, in another window, before the end of the period so that you can quickly send the document at the end of the class.

We will continued the DNA unit. Notes for the unit, DNA , are available in several formats:

• 2 slides per page in color, large format for viewing
• 6 slides per page in black & white, for economical printing
• 3 slides per page in black & white with room for notes on one side.
  
• The entire PowerPoint presentation with media included and a viewer in compressed (approx 7 MB) format.
• Link to a textbook for the current unit (approx 7 MB)that follows the course presented in class.
• Worksheets for the DNA unit. This worksheet must be completed for Monday , March 29.

Homework:

• Continue to enter data for the long term data collection project.
• The Second March project is online. You are required to do one of the two projects, each month.

3/26/10 Makeup test

There is a makeup test available on Castle learning. The name of the test is "Makeup mitosis to development". To earn extra credit you have to score an 80% or above and then I will average the score with you in class unit test score if it improves your grade. This makeup must be completed by midnight Sunday 4/4.

Students will have to log in with "averillpark.studentid" where studentid is their id number in 9 digit format, with leading zeros, if needed. The first time students log in they will be prompted to set up a password. Follow the instructions to enter a password. If you have forgotten your password you must notify me and I will reset your password.

Video about the biotechnology conference attended by science teachers from Averill PArk.

3/22/10 Test & DNA

This week will include a teat on Tuesday. The test is on mitosis, meiosis and development.

Wednesday we will begin watching a movie, NOVA: The Secret of Photo 51, and finish it on Thursday.

On Thursday we will also do a DNA Origami lab activity. For copies of the template click on this link. For instructions on how to color it, click on this link. For instructions on how to fold it, click on this link.

We will continued the DNA unit. Notes for the unit, DNA , are available in several formats:

• 2 slides per page in color, large format for viewing
• 6 slides per page in black & white, for economical printing
• 3 slides per page in black & white with room for notes on one side.
  
• The entire PowerPoint presentation with media included and a viewer in compressed (approx 7 MB) format.
• Link to a textbook for the current unit (approx 7 MB)that follows the course presented in class.
• Worksheets for the DNA unit. This worksheet must be completed for Monday , March 29.

Homework:

• The completed. properly folded DNA origami is due on Monday 3/29.
  
• The Worksheets for the DNA unit must be completed for Monday , March 29.
• Review the notes.
• Continue to enter data for the long term data collection project.
• The Second March project is online. You are required to do one of the two projects, each month.

3/19/10 Pregnancy

Today you will do an online assignment. Each student will have to hand write the answers on a lined sheet of paper and hand it n at the end of the period.

The question sheet can be found by > clicking this link.

Hand in the Visible Embryo assignments that are due today.

There will be a test on Tuesday on Mitosis, Meiosis and development.

3/17/10 Embryo

For Tuesday we will explore a website, the Visible Embryo. You will then have to answer questions from the Visembryo Question Sheet. You will have to write your answers on a seperate sheet of lined paper. This is an online lab activity.

3/11/10 Menstrual Cycle Lab

We did a lab where we graphed the menstrual cycle hormones. This lab report is due on Monday, 3/15.

We will continued the Human Reproduction unit. Notes for the unit, Human Reproduction , are available in several formats:

• 2 slides per page in color, large format for viewing
• 6 slides per page in black & white, for economical printing
• 3 slides per page in black & white with room for notes on one side.
• The entire PowerPoint presentation with media included and a viewer in compressed (approx 7 MB) format.
• Link to a textbook for the current unit (approx 1.1 MB)that follows the course presented in class.
• Worksheets for the Human Reproduction unit. This worksheet must be completed for Friday, March 12.

Homework:

• Lab report for graphing the menstrual cycle hormones is due on Monday 3/15.
  
• Review the notes.
• Continue to enter data for the long term data collection project.
• The first March project is online. If you want extra credit, you will need to do both projects. You are required to do one of the two projects, each month.

For Friday we will be continuing work to understand Human Reproduction. The following sites contain useful information for this unit. For a grade, you will have to complete the multiple choice questions on Castle learning. Log in and answer the questions on the multiple choice assignment titled, "Human Reproduction". Since this is an "open book" type evaluation you are required to get 80% or over to earn a grade. If you score below 80%, you will get no credit for this assignment.

Students that got below 80% on their first try have the opportunity to try again. Do the assignment "Human Reproduction #2" and get over an 80% to get credit. Remember, don't just take it as a test, look up the material to make sure that you have it. Students that got over an 80% can get extra credit. If you complete the #2 assignment and get over an 80% I will add 25% of your #2 score to your original test score. If you completed the first assignment and are satisfied with it, you can study any of the additional materials or go on to the next unit materials, on the sites below. Students have until class begins on Monday, 3/15 to complete these assessments for credit.

You will have until Monday morning, when your class starts, to complete this, including class time today and Friday. Each student must submit their own answers. You are welcome to work on them with partners, unless you are assigned singly to this or if you and a partner have not completed a previous assignment.

In school you should limit your browsing to these sites. At home you are free to look at any sites you wish. Please beware that these topics may find you links to undesirable sites.

Sexual Reproduction in Humans
How Sex Works
Menstruation and the Menstrual Cycle
Female Reproductive Cycle
Male Reproductive Cycle
Human Reproductive Systems

If you finish early, you can look at these sites, which include information from the next unit we will be covering:
Pregnancy
Fetal Development

3/10/10 Human Reproduction

For today we will be working to understand Human Reproduction. The following sites contain useful information for this unit. For a grade, you will have to complete the multiple choice questions on Castle learning. Log in and answer the questions on the multiple choice assignment titled, "Human Reproduction". Since this is an "open book" type evaluation you are required to get 80% or over to earn a grade. If you score below 80%, you will get no credit for this assignment. You will have until Monday morning, when your class starts, to complete this, including class time today and Friday. Each student must submit their own answers. You are welcome to work on them with partners, unless you are assigned singly to this or if you and a partner have not completed a previous assignment.

In school you should limit your browsing to these sites. At home you are free to look at any sites you wish. Please beware that these topics may find you links to undesirable sites.

Sexual Reproduction in Humans
How Sex Works
Menstruation and the Menstrual Cycle
Female Reproductive Cycle
Male Reproductive Cycle
Human Reproductive Systems

If you finish early, you can look at these sites, which include information from the next unit we will be covering:
Pregnancy
Fetal Development

We will continue the Human Reproduction unit. Notes for the unit, Human Reproduction , are available in several formats:

• 2 slides per page in color, large format for viewing
• 6 slides per page in black & white, for economical printing
• 3 slides per page in black & white with room for notes on one side.
• The entire PowerPoint presentation with media included and a viewer in compressed (approx 7 MB) format.
• Link to a textbook for the current unit (approx 1.1 MB)that follows the course presented in class.
• Worksheets for the Human Reproduction unit. This worksheet must be completed for Friday, March 12.

Homework:

• Review the notes.
• Continue to enter data for the long term data collection project.
• The first March project is online. If you want extra credit, you will need to do both projects. You are required to do one of the two projects, each month.

3/1 Mitosis & meiosis

We did a lab activity on mitosis & meiosis today.

We continued the Meiosis unit. Notes for the unit, Meiosis, Sexual Reproduction, are available in several formats:

• 2 slides per page in color, large format for viewing
• 6 slides per page in black & white, for economical printing
• 3 slides per page in black & white with room for notes on one side.
• The entire PowerPoint presentation with media included and a viewer in compressed (approx 21MB) format.
• Link to a textbook for the current unit (approx 8.5 MB)that follows the course presented in class.
• Worksheets for the meiosis unit. This worksheet must be completed for Friday, Feb 26.

Homework:

• Review the notes.
• Begin writeup of report for lab activity on mitosis & meiosis. This will be due on wed, 3/3.
• Work on mitosis & meiosis presentation. This will be due on Monday, 3/8.
  
• Continue to enter data for the long term data collection project.
• The first March project is online. If you want extra credit, you will need to do both projects. You are required to do one of the two projects, each month.