choose something from the second six weeks to do your recycled art project on, remember it is due on June 5th.

Here's a list of the stuff form the second 6 weeks
NO MORE DNA STRANDS PLEASE!

Second Six Weeks (Bioenergetic Reactions and Genetics)
Bioenergetic Reactions
Aerobic Respiration, Anaerobic Respiration, Fermentation, Photosynthesis, Reactants, Products, Rate of Reaction, ATP Efficiency Goal 2 (2.03, 2.05)
Heredity
Structure of DNA, Base Pairing, Hydrogen Bonding, Nucleotides, DNA Replication, Structure of RNA, Protein Synthesis, Transcription, Translation, Codons, Amino Acids, Mendel, Genotype / Phenotype, Dominant / Recessive Traits, Punnett Squares Goal 3 (3.01, 3.03)
***transcription or translation being represented would be great.
Patterns of Inheritance
Co-Dominance, Incomplete Dominance, Autosomal Inheritance, Multiple Alleles, Blood Typing, Polygenic Traits, Sex-linked Traits, Independent Assortment, Test Crosses, Pedigrees, Karyotypes, Gene Regulation, Mutations / Gene Mutations, Differentiation, Cancer Goal 3 (3.01, 3.03)
*** a representation of a punnett square crossing sex linked traits would be neat.
Asexual / Sexual Reproduction
Mitosis / Asexual Reproduction, Meiosis / Sexual Reproduction, DNA Replication, Cell Cycle, Sources of Variation, Crossing-over, Random Assortment, Nondisjunction, Fertilization Goal 3 (3.02)
*** showing chromosomes going through any of the stages of meiosis or mitosis would be neat.

Genomics
Human Genome Project, Applications of Biotechnology, Gel Electrophoresis, DNA Fingerprinting, Transgenic Organisms, Pharmaceutical Applications, Ethics, Forensics, Cloning, Stem Cell Research Goal 3 (3.04)
***  It might be neat to see a bacterium getting dna (for insulin producation) inserted into its dna (plasmid)

your classification project (teams of two- from the field trip photos) is now due May 25th.

adaptation and spontaneous generation

adaptation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpGg-m8wyY4

spontaneous generation (abiogenesis): redi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNByRghR6sw


Miller/ Urey experiment as explained by Carl Sagan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79o6xzMfzKg

Pasteur: Biogenesis and the swan neck flask
http://wn.com/louis_pasteur

Evolution material/ poet-tree/ recycled art

RECYCLED ART; DUE ON JUNE  5TH

YOU MUST CREATE A SCULPTURE OF SOMETHING WE COVERED FROM THE LAST 6 WEEKS  (OR ORGANIC COMPOUNDS) FROM ALL RECYCLED MATERIAL (excepting adhesive materials).
TOPICS WE COVERED: ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ( CARBS, LIPIDS, PROTEINS, ENZYMES, SUBSTRATES, NUCLEIC ACIDS)  DNA, ALL THE RNA'S, CODONS, RIBOSOMES, TRANSCRIPTION, TRANSLATION, MITOSIS, MIEOSIS, GAMETES,CHROMOSOMES, GENES, ALLELES, PUNNETT SQUARES, TRAITS, ETC. - IF YOU'RE NOT SURE ABOUT A TOPIC, ASK ME!

I'M LETTING YOU KNOW NOW BECAUSE YOU NEED TO START COLLECTING SUPPLIES FROM YOUR RECYLCE BIN THAT YOU CAN USE ON YOUR PROJECT!

PROJECT MUST BE AT LEAST THE SIZE OF A SHOE BOX (ADULT MALE, APPROX. SIZE 9) BUT CAN BE AS LARGE AS YOU LIKE!

DUE NEXT WEEK:
Poet-Tree:  You need to find a nature poem to share with class next week, you'll have to tell us what you think it means. It shouldn't be too terribly long because it will have to fit on a leaf that will go on our tree in the back of the room.


DUE IN A FEW WEEKS (CHECK YOUR CALENDAR):
CLASSIFICATION PROJECT WITH YOUR FIELD TRIP BUDDY
THE FOUR OF YOU THAT DIDN'T GO CAN EITHER PAIR UP OR WORK ALONE-YOUR CHOICE.
I'LL GIVE YOU A RUBRIC FOR THIS NEXT WEEK.

evolution game:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/evolution-action.html

Evolution videos we watched in class that you may have missed, answers to page one of your study guide were from these videos: we skipped videos 5 and 7.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/educators/teachstuds/svideos.html

WHAT DARWIN NEVER KNEW VIDEO LINK- IF YOU MISSED THIS IN CLASS YOU CAN WATCH IT HERE:
http://video.pbs.org/video/1372073556



Darwin's predictions (can also access "the zoo in you" from here)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/darwins-predictions.html


FLU VIDEOS " IRAQUBACTER"

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/killer-microbe.html


Evolution in action; the salamander

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/evolution-action-salamanders.html

Field trip !

YOU GUYS WERE GREAT ON THE FIELD TRIP!
THANKS OUT TO PARENTS THAT GOT THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL EARLY AND PACKED THEIR LUNCHES!

I'M SO GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUT AND HIKE AND THAT THE RAIN STOPPED.
IT WAS LOOKING A LITTLE SCAREY AT FIRST, BUT ENDED UP BEING A PLEASANT DAY.

94 STUDENTS AND NO BROKEN LIMBS!!!!!

THANKS FOR BEING SUCH GOOD KIDS YESTERDAY.

IF YOU HAVE ANY PHOTOS OF YOURSELVES,OR FRIENDS, FROM THE TRIP THAT YOU CAN SHARE PLEASE GET THEM TO ME AND I'LL POST THEM ON THE BLOG!

ONLY 6 WEEKS LEFT :)

Benchmark tomorrow (Friday)

Study the white sheet, study the formulas worksheet( photosynthesis, Cellular (aerobic) respiration, anaerobic respiration ( lactic acid and alcohol fermentation).!!!
know your genetics and protein synthesis!

DO THIS TONIGHT If you want an A!!!
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/body/create-dna-fingerprint.html
click on the interactive, do the interactive and then determine the culprit!

Genetic engineering- go here and get informed!!!!
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/agcareers/Content/TeacherResources/PestControl/Genetic.htm

Field Trip Qualifiers, re-takes and failing grades .IMPORTANT

Field trip  to South Mountain state park is on Wednesday April 25th, we leave at 7am sharp and return @2:50 so you can catch your buses/rides home.

THE GRADING PERIOD ENDS THURSDAY- YOUR BENCHMARK WILL BE THURSDAY!
EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO SEE THEIR AVERAGES BEFORE YOU LEFT FOR SPRING BREAK, MANY OF YOU HAVE RE-TAKEN OLD TESTS AND DONE WELL!

IF YOU ARE STILL TRYING TO RE-TAKE OLD TESTS (MITOSIS AND MEIOSIS OR PROTEIN SYNTHESIS) YOU MUST DO SO MONDAY! (during lunch in the control room or after school in my room) This should have been done prior to spring break, but if you want to give it a shot, I'll let you!

I am in the process of getting your test grades posted, they will be available for you to view through parent assist by this evening.

If you have not turned in your window pane notebooks for the latest homework grade (window panes on punnett squares, etc.) ,as well as for your project grade, you must have it to me on Monday or you will not be going on the field trip. REMEMBER, it was due last Thursday, some of you said you would get them to me on Friday, but you didn't.  If it isn't in Monday- no field trip, $15.00 will be refunded if you have already paid.

Secondly- Many of you did extremely well on the test, I had a lot of 100's and 95's, however many of you also went the other way with that. If you failed the test, you must stay for tutoring Monday and re-take tuesday. You can re-take in the control room during lunch or with me after school. If you can find someone else to tutor you Monday that made an A on the test, that's fine. You still need to re-take by Tuesday.If you have not done your re-take and / OR  have a failing average in my class, you will not be allowed to go on the field trip, you will have to stay back and complete an alternate assignment to review the areas you are weak in- it's for your own good!
$15.00 will be refunded if you have already paid.

practice with sex linked punnets and blood typing

Genetics test tomorrow:
know how to do all of the punnett square types; X-linked,  Co-dominant, simple dominant and recessive and blood typing!

Also- know how to do and read a pedigree!

Window panes are due Thursday so students with missing work can have another day to make-up their work prior to receiving their project grade!

Blood typing punnetts (as well as links to other types):

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/mendelian_genetics/problem_sets/monohybrid_cross/11q.html

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/mendelian_genetics/problem_sets/monohybrid_cross/monohybrid_cross.html



Need help with the x linked stuff?  Go here and try these out, it's a great site!
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/mendelian_genetics/problem_sets/sex_linked_inheritance/sex_linked_inheritance.html