Enjoy Your Break!

Ch. 6 DNA Study List!

1.  Play our Kahoot! DNA Review Game from home at   https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/cfaf1a8b-0532-4d0c-9b5c-bb3713092990 

-->  An account is not needed to play.
-->  I believe you will need to open two windows/tabs or have two devices (ex.  laptop and smart phone) to play

2.  Notebook Signature Assignment:  Due by Thursday! If you know you will be absent, it must be turned in prior to Thursday!

Students are to show one item from their notebook to their parent/guardian, explain what it is and what they learned, and have the parent/guardian sign that notebook page.


3.  Ch. 6 Study List   Test Tuesday, 12/15


Protein
Nucleotide
Amino acid
Nitrogenous base
DNA
RNA
Transcription
Replication
Translation
Mutation
Chromosome

Differences between DNA and RNA
Writing complementary DNA strands
Writing RNA strand from DNA
Using RNA to find amino acids
Important discoveries relating to DNA and the scientists who made them
Complementary base pairings

Schedule

Schedule (tentative)     

7^th Science

Tuesday, 12/9 – Building DNA Models Lab

Wednesday, 12/10 – Building RNA Models Lab

Thursday, 12/11 – Building Amino Acids Lab

Friday, 12/12 - Chapter 6 Review

Monday, 12/15 – Lab follow up & iPad Kahoot! Review

Tuesday, 12/16 – DNA (Ch. 6) Test

Thursday, 12/19 – Notebook signatures due by today & toilet paper strength lab

***End of 9 weeks & Winter Break

Pre-AP 7^th Science (4^th period only)

Tuesday, 12/9 – Building DNA Models Lab

Wednesday, 12/10 – Building RNA Models Lab

Thursday, 12/11 – Building Amino Acids Lab

Friday, 12/12 - Chapter 6 Review

Monday, 12/15 – Lab follow up & iPad Kahoot! Review

Tuesday, 12/16 – DNA (Ch. 6) Test
Wednesday, 12/17 - Semester Review

Thursday, 12/19 – Notebook signatures due by today & semester test

***End of 9 weeks & Winter Break

Notebook Quiz Friday!

The next notebook quiz will be Friday, 12/5.  The following are the notebook entries for the applicable time period of 11-17 to 12-4.

11-17 Ch. 5 Concept Map worksheet

11-18 Ch. 5 Section 3 Directed Reading

11-19/11-20 Meiosis Drawing

11-24 Ch. 5 Review

12-1 Ch. 6 Section 1 Directed Reading & Foundations for Discovery Timeline

12-2 DNA Coloring worksheet

12-3 DNA Cracking the Code of Life questions 1-14

Buck Bytes each day 11-17 through 12-4

New Unit - DNA

Monday, we started our new unit on DNA.  This will be Chapter 6 in the textbook, but we will also be using a module developed by HudsonAlpha in Huntsville to help the students have a deeper understanding.

Students will be introduced to the "Miller Family" who will be our "patients" as we learn about how DNA works.

On Thursday, we will be introduced to each member of the Miller family and we will investigate the family's health history. As an extension of this lesson, students will be asked to inquire about their own family health history and we discussed the importance of them taking charge and being aware of their own health. 

Next Monday, we will be extracting DNA from the “patient's” cells and then we will be building DNA molecules using K'nex construction toys.   

The test for this unit is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, December 16. This will be our last unit and last test of the 9 weeks.

***Pre-AP Students – Remember you have a semester test after the DNA test.  It will count as a regular test grade. 

Ch.5 Heredity & Genetics Study List

Genetics & Heredity (Ch. 5) Test Study List

Make sure you are familiar with the following terms and related information (both definition and application).  For many of these terms, you will need to be able to identify examples.

Genetics Heredity Heterozygous Homozygous Allele Dominant Recessive Genotype Phenotype Haploid Diploid Gametes Homologous chromosomes Gregor Mendel Incomplete Dominance

·         Punnett Squares (both working and analyzing results) ·         MeiosisChromosome Number reduced by 1/2 occurs in sex cells Results in 4 cells Cells are haploid Example:  A Gray Fox has 66 chromosomes in its blood cells.  Therefore, it would have 33 chromsomes in its sex cells.

 

iPad Heredity Webquest

Items shown in RED are items you need to copy/complete in your notebook.

1.  Go to the Brain Pop App

• Search for "Heredity"
• Watch Brain Pop “Heredity” à volume turned down with CC on unless you have earbuds
•   Take the “Review Quiz”
•  View your results
• Copy your score into your notebook

2.  Mendel's Laws Prezi  <---- click link

• Click through all the slides, reading and looking at pictures
• In your notebook, copy Mendel’s 3 Laws with the descriptions from the Prezi
  Mendel's 3 Laws:
• Law of Segregation  ___________________________
•  Law of Dominance  _____________________________
• Law of Independent Assortment  ___________________________

3. If you finish early ---- Go to the Brain Pop App

• Search for "Gender Determination"
• Watch Brain Pop “Gender Determination” à volume turned down with CC on unless you have earbuds
•   Take the “Review Quiz”
•  View your results
• Copy your score into your notebook

4.  Quiz @ Kahoot.It  <---- click link
  Wait for instructions from Mrs. Smith
 Copy your score/total points ___________

Pre-AP: Genetic Disease Research

Due Friday, 11/21/14!

1.        Research the genetic diseases you selected in class

Use these sites to find information:

http://www.genome.gov/10001204 

http://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/#cat20165 (Click Genetic, Chromosomal & Metabolic Conditions for a drop-down list)

or other reliable resources (no wikipedia).

2.  Write or type a letter or note as if YOU currently have the disease you listed in question 2. 

Explain to the reader:   

A.  how you got the disease (inhereted?  genetic mutation? )

B.   what your symptoms are (bleeding, physical disabilities, mental disabilities, etc. - - be specific!)

C.  what type of treatments you go through (medicines, therapy, special diet, surgery etc. or there may be no treatments available)

D.  how this disease affects your daily life

7 requirements:

1.     Opening greeting

2.    How you got the disease

3.    Your symptoms

4.    Treatments

5.    How this disease affects your daily life

6.    Closing remark with your name/signature

7.    (Very bottom of the page) At least 2 resources (title of book/magazine with article name or website name with article name.

Homework Alert!

Students have two assignments to ensure completion of over the weekend:

1.  Ch. 5 Vocabulary Foldable:  Ensure each term has a definition and example (answer key below)

2.  Genetics Practice Problems

Students are to complete the Punnett Square Examples (4 total) for homework if not finished in class.

The top section of the worksheet will be done in class on Monday.  See pg. 121 of textbook for an example.

The completed worksheet will be due on TUESDAY.

****Some students have finished one or both activities during class time.****

Learn Biology: How to Draw a Punnett Square

Click Here! How to draw a Punnett Square

The Cell in Action TEST Friday!

Wednesday, 11/5:  Ch. 4 Study Guide Due!
Students will work on the study guide in class Tuesday.  The Study Guide will be returned before leaving class Wednesday.

Friday, 11/7:  Ch. 4 Test!

The test includes Mitosis, Diffusion, Osmosis, Photosynthesis, and Cellular Respiration.

Labs:

We have done some fun labs last week and this week!  Ask your students about these!

Lab 1:  Last week, we watched as Iodine diffused through a plastic bag.  (Video of similar lab below) 

http://www.youtube.com/v/uFV5co3OMdU?version=3&autohide=1&autohide=1&feature=share&showinfo=1&autoplay=1&attribution_tag=pnjfWqok0U2gF-krARHsEg

Lab 2:  In class, we have dissolved the shell off of an egg for our osmosis experiment.

We have now placed one egg in water and one egg in corn syrup to watch the process of osmosis. 
(We will be making observations for several days)

***To do this at home:  place unboiled eggs in vinegar for 1-2 days, and then rinse with water.  Now you have a “RUBBER EGG”

Lab 3:  We will be watching the process of photosynthesis actually occur using Elodea and Bromothymol Blue indicator. 

Homework Alert!

Most students did not complete the Ch. 4 Section 1 Directed Reading in class today. Any questions that were not finished are for homework.

It may be checked before being allowed to participate in tomorrow's lab.

Mitosis Webquest

Site #1:  What Does Mitosis Do?  http://plaza.ufl.edu/alallen/pgl/modules/rio/stingarees/module/what.html

Site #2:  Mitosis Tutorialhttp://www.cellsalive.com/mitosis.htm

Site #3:  Onion Root Mitosis  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artnov04macro/jronionroot.html  

Site #4:  Cancerhttp://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/cancer/cancer.html#

Finished Early? 

·         Play “Mitosis Rags to Riches”  http://www.quia.com/rr/89527.html

·         Put together cell puzzles  http://www.cellsalive.com/puzzles/index.htm

The True Story of Kid President

Kid President's Letter To A Person On Their First Day Here

Characteristics of Living Things & Cells Test Outline

The following outline is a general overview of the information students are responsible for knowing for the test.

•6 Characteristics of Living Things (what are they?)

•Vocabulary

•Homeostasis

•Stimulus and response

•Sexual and Asexual Reproduction

•Cells

•Organelles  (labeling & function)

•Chloroplasts

•Lysosomes

•Cell Wall

•Cell Membrane

•Mitochondria

•ER

•Ribosomes

•Nucleus

•Cytoplasm

•Golgi Body
Vacuole 

•Cell Theory

•Differences between plant and animal cells

•Benefits of being multicellular

•Why are cells so small?

•Vocabulary

•Cells

•Tissues

•Organs

•Organ Systems

•Organism

•Prokaryote

•Eukaryote

Cells Cells - Parts of the Cell Rap

This Week's Schedule

Monday - Review Organelles

Tuesday - Organelle Functions Quiz & Ch. 3 Sec. 3

Wednesday - Review for Test; Receive graded quizzes

Thursday - Characteristics of Living Things & Cells TEST

Friday - Notebook Quiz & Lab

-----End of 9 Weeks-----

Cell Infographic

Kids Discover  http://www.kidsdiscover.com/infographics/infographic-anatomy-of-a-cell/