4/28/10 Relationships & Biodiversity

We began the state lab on Relationships & Biodiversity. This lab cannot be posted, but all students got a copy. We did tests 1-3, 6 & 7. Students should write up these results and the report on these parts is due on Monday, 5/3. The lab reports will then be returned and we will do tests 4 & 5 on Wednesday.

Field Trip:
We will be going to RPI and the Albany Museum on Thursday 5/6. This is al all day trip. Students must get their permission slips signed and filled out and back to me, or they will not be allowed to go on the trip. At RPI we will be given a tour of the biotechnology labs. At the Albany Museum students will have a choice of viewing many exhibits, including the Cohoes Mastodon, the Adirondack Wilderness, Ancient Life of New York - A Billion Years of Earth History, Native Peoples of New York and many other exhibits.


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

• Notes 2 slides per page in color, large format for viewing
• 6 slides per page in black and white, for economical printing
• 3 slides per page in black & white with room for notes on one side.
  
• The entire presentation, with the media and a viewer in compressed (approx 16 MB) format.
• Link to a textbook for the current unit (approx 4 MB)that follows the course presented in class.
• Worksheet on the Human Genetics & Inheritance unit. This worksheet must be completed for Thursday, 4/29.

Homework

• Do the worksheet on human genetics. This worksheet will be due on 4/29.
  
• Continue to enter data for the long term data collection project.
• The second April project is online. You are required to do one of the two projects, each month. If you have not done the first project you must do this one to get credit. This must be completed by Sunday 5/2.

4/22/10 Karyotyping lab

We will finished the Inheritance unit. Notes for the unit, Inheritance, are available in several formats:

• Color notes with 2 slides per page, large format for viewing
• 6 slides per page in B&W, for economical printing
• 3 slides per page in black & white with room for notes on one side.
  
• The entire PowerPoint with all media and a viewer in compressed (approx 8 MB) format.
• Link to a textbook for the current unit (approx 10 MB)that follows the course presented in class.
• Worksheet on the Inheritance unit. This worksheet must be completed for Friday, 4/23.

We will finished the Human Genetics & Inheritance unit. Notes for the unit, Human Genetics & Inheritance, are available in several formats:

• Notes 2 slides per page in color, large format for viewing
• 6 slides per page in black and white, for economical printing
• 3 slides per page in black & white with room for notes on one side.
  
• The entire presentation, with the media and a viewer in compressed (approx 16 MB) format.
• Link to a textbook for the current unit (approx 4 MB)that follows the course presented in class.
• Worksheet on the Human Genetics & Inheritance unit. This worksheet must be completed for Thursday, 4/29.

Homework

• Write up lab on blood typing. This will be due on Friday, 4/23. If you missed the in class blood typing demo, or want some extra practice and information, you can go to this link and get information. For the lab use sample #1 as Mr Smith, sample #2 as Ms Brown, sample #3 as Mr Green and sample #5 as Mr Jones.
• The worksheet on the Inheritance unit is also due on 4/23.
  
• We did a lab on Karyotyping. This lab should be completed for Monday, 4/26.
• Do the worksheet on human genetics. This worksheet will be due on 4/29.
  
• Continue to enter data for the long term data collection project.
• The second April project is online. You are required to do one of the two projects, each month. If you have not done the first project you must do this one to get credit. This must be completed by Sunday 5/2.

The Strawberry DNA lab and a makeup can be found here.

4/21/10 Blood Typing & Human Genetics

We did a demonstration lab on blood typing. If you missed the in class demo, or want some extra practice and information, you can go to this link and get information. For the lab use sample #1 as Mr Smith, sample #2 as Ms Brown, sample #3 as Mr Green and sample #5 as Mr Jones.

We will finished the Inheritance unit. Notes for the unit, Inheritance, are available in several formats:

• Color notes with 2 slides per page, large format for viewing
• 6 slides per page in B&W, for economical printing
• 3 slides per page in black & white with room for notes on one side.
  
• The entire PowerPoint with all media and a viewer in compressed (approx 8 MB) format.
• Link to a textbook for the current unit (approx 10 MB)that follows the course presented in class.
• Worksheet on the Inheritance unit. This worksheet must be completed for Friday, 4/23.

We will finished the Human Genetics & Inheritance unit. Notes for the unit, Human Genetics & Inheritance, are available in several formats:

• Notes 2 slides per page in color, large format for viewing
• 6 slides per page in black and white, for economical printing
• 3 slides per page in black & white with room for notes on one side.
  
• The entire presentation, with the media and a viewer in compressed (approx 16 MB) format.
• Link to a textbook for the current unit (approx 4 MB)that follows the course presented in class.
• Worksheet on the Human Genetics & Inheritance unit. This worksheet must be completed for Thursday, 4/29.

Homework

• Write the report for the lab on pedigrees. This will be due on Thursday, 4/22.
• Write up lab on blood typing. This will be due on Friday, 4/23.
  
• Do the worksheet on human genetics. This worksheet will be due on
• Continue to enter data for the long term data collection project.
• The second April project is online. You are required to do one of the two projects, each month. If you have not done the first project you must do this one to get credit. This must be completed by Sunday 5/2.

The Strawberry DNA lab and a makeup can be found here.

4/20/10 Inheritance

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

• Color notes with 2 slides per page, large format for viewing
• 6 slides per page in B&W, for economical printing
• 3 slides per page in black & white with room for notes on one side.
  
• The entire PowerPoint with all media and a viewer in compressed (approx 8 MB) format.
• Link to a textbook for the current unit (approx 10 MB)that follows the course presented in class.
• Worksheet on the Inheritance unit. This worksheet must be completed for Thursday, April 29.
  

4/19/10 Genetics Webquest

Today we will be doing a webquest in genetics. Click on the link and you will download a copy of a document Webquest to explore Mendelian genetics.
make sure to save the downloaded file to your working directory with the proper name, "Mendel WQ name(s)".

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. Be sure to email the document when completed , or at the end of class. The name of this document should be "Mendel WQ name(s)" 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. This must be sent today, by the end of class.

4/16/10 Testing

The makeup for the DNA - Genes unit test is online. Log into Castle Learning to take the test. You have until class time on Thursday to complete this test. If you score 80% or above and higher on this than your DNA - Genes test, both of your grades will be averaged to give you your final grade.

4/12/10 Genes

We will have a test on Wednesday 4/14/10. The test will stress the material from the DNA and Genes units.

We will continue the Genes unit. Notes for the unit, Genes, 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 23 MB) format.
• Link to a textbook for the current unit (approx 6 MB)that follows the course presented in class.
• Worksheets for the Genes unit. This worksheet must be completed for Friday, April 18. Note: this material will be included on the Wednesday test.
  

We finished 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 First April project is online. You are required to do one of the two projects, each month.