Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Week of Jan 4 - 11



Date
Classwork
Eval
Homework
Personal Responsibility
Jan 4



5/6
Inheritance Patterns, Part I - Pages 379-384,P/P 1-8 S/T 1-4

Patterns of Inheritance Exploration

Part 2, Pages 385 - 386, P/P 1-3, R/C 1-3

6/7
Research Ideas about Genetics and Food Preferences - Record Information in Lab Write-up Template


Watch this video clip and describe the formation of the Y chromosome
8
Design Test to determine if Genetics influences food preferences


Watch this video clip and describe how Mitochondrial DNA is used to map human history
11
Design and build food testing station

Be Ready for Food Tasting Experiment - Turn in Notebook



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HS-LS3-1.
Ask questions to clarify relationships about the role of DNA and chromosomes in coding the instructions for characteristic traits passed from parents to offspring.

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Week of Dec. 15-18

Week of Dec. 15 - 18
Date
classwork
eval
homework
PR
Dec 15
finish Why Sex, quiz



16
finish explain Part II, page 373, 3-9

R/C page 376, 1-4
research information about hemophilia and the royal families of Europe. How may this disease have affected history?
17
Elaborate, Pages 379, P/P 1-8 - Cancel - will do this after break!

S/T, 1-4 - Cancel will do this after break!
Sidebar, page 374, careers in genetics- what are some interesting careers, what education is necessary? What subjects should students focus on in HS?
18
Peer review notebooks

happy holidays!


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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Week of Dec 8-14



date
Classwork
Eval
Homework
P/R
Dec. 8/9

Finish worksheet,

Personal Responsibility: Read Careers, pages 377-378, In your notebook record several areas where there are jobs in genetics
9/10


Poster Assignment – Due Dec. 18 - extra credit for early submission
Research on-line or in magazines to find an article about some new genetic finding. Cite your source and describe the information.
11
All About Alleles Part II: pages 372-376, P/P 1-4,

R/C, page 376, 1-4
Review for quiz on Dec. 15

14
DVD - Why Sex




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