Reading on Digestion

Squids- Tuesday night, Jellies- Wednesday night:

Please read and take notes/highlight/underline CH 14 on Digestion, pp 260-271.

Also please download the free version of Book Creator from the App Store for an upcoming project.  (Don't tell any other teachers- you only get one book on the free version!!)

Intro to Unit 4, Anatomy and Physiology

HW tonight (Monday night 3/16) is a little bit of a hodge-podge of different readings, just laying the groundwork for this unit.

All can be found in the Mader folder.  Please read and take notes on

Ch 11: pp 206-207 (overview of body systems)
Ch 11: pp 210-212 (how homeostasis is maintained)
Ch 30: pp 618-620 (overview of animal phyla)

Tomorrow we will begin with the digestive system.

Biotech resources

For anyone who was out at the field trip today, you can run through this virtual lab on gel electrophoresis: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/labs/gel/

In class on Wednesday/Thursday, the virtual DNA microarray: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/labs/microarray/.  If you are out one of these days you can review 2 of 2 Genetics Recombinant DNA.

Post-quiz HW

Only HW for the next few days is the Corn Lab final.  Due Wednesday the 11th.

Thursday March 5th, Instructions for class time while I am out

Today you will take your Protein Synthesis Quiz.  Unfortunately I will not be available to answer questions.  Do your best and if necessary explain your thinking on the quiz document.

After the quiz begin reviewing the feedback on your Corn Lab.  Please be sure to check the rubric in the Unit 3 folder.  The final will be due on Wednesday the 11th.

Up next- a quick three day mini-unit on biotechnology.  If you finish the quiz early and are looking for something else to do during class time, please read pp 498-503 in Mader, Ch 24.

Quiz on Protein Synthesis, Lab Final

There will be a quiz on protein synthesis on Thursday.  25 multiple choice, 20 points of open response.

After the quiz please begin work on your Corn Lab final.  Everyone will have feedback on the Corn lab drafts by Thursday morning.  The finals will be due on Wednesday the 11th.

Lac Operon Flow chart

HW: complete a flow chart describing how the lac operon works.  Detailed instructions are on the last page of the DNAftb Lesson 33 document in the Unit 3 folder.

There are lots of resources online about how to make flow charts.  You don't need to go crazy on the rules and conventions of the flow chart; it's more important that the content is correct.

Another sample: