Thursday, December 10, 2015

DNA Study List!

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 Tuesday!  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

Monday, December 7, 2015

DNA Extraction Demo Lab


Strawberry DNA extracted in class Friday (visible as mucous-looking substance)

Schedule

Schedule

Schedule (tentative)     
7th Science
Monday, 12/7 - Meet the Millers - Practice collecting a family health history and extracting DNA from
Tuesday, 12/8 – Building DNA Models Lab
Wednesday, 12/9 – Building RNA Models Lab
Thursday, 12/10 – Building Amino Acids Lab

Friday, 12/11 - Lab Follow-up/Report
Monday, 12/14 – Review Ch. 6
Tuesday, 12/15 – DNA (Ch. 6) Test & Notebook Signatures Due
Thursday, 12/17 –  toilet paper strength lab
Friday, 12/18 - ***End of 9 weeks & Winter Break

Pre-AP 7th Science (2nd & 4th period only)

Monday, 12/7 - Meet the Millers - Practice collecting a family health history and extracting DNA from
Tuesday, 12/8 – Building DNA Models Lab
Wednesday, 12/9 – Building RNA Models Lab
Thursday, 12/10 – Building Amino Acids Lab

Friday, 12/11 - Lab Follow-up/Report
Monday, 12/14 – Review Ch. 6
Tuesday, 12/15 – DNA (Ch. 6) Test & Notebook Signatures Due
Wednesday, 12/16 - Semester Review
Thursday, 12/17 –  semester test
Friday, 12/18 - ***End of 9 weeks & Winter Break

***End of 9 weeks & Winter Break

East At Home Science: Strawberry DNA Extraction





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Thursday, December 3, 2015

Notebook Quiz Tomorrow!

There will be a notebook quiz tomorrow covering any notebook entry from 11/12 through today, 12/3.