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12/13:  LAST DAY TO TURN IN LATE WORK

12/12AB:  All class brief review

12/12B:  Midterm Review

12/8B:  Midterm review

Exam Overview:  Topics covered

12/6:  Taxonomy:  Major phyla of living systems

12/4:  Taxonomy:  Classification and cladistics
Slides:  Cladistics
Homework:  Review Vertebrate phyla (table p. 268)
Watch:  Video-Chordates
Answer Google Forms questions (linked here)

11/30:  Introduction to cladistics and cladograms
Slides 1:  Introduction to classification 
Slides 2:  Cladistics
Quiz Topics 5.1, 5.2, 10.3 
Slides:  Post Quiz Activity

Homework:  Read pp. 265-268 and 269-276. 
                      Consult slide show (linked here) to answer
                      Google forms questions (linked here).

​11/28:  Topic 10.3 Speciation
​Slides
Slides (Data point presentation)
Homework:  Watch Crash course "Speciation" (linked here)
                      Answer the questions (google forms linked here)
​Extra:  TedED:  "The 5 fingers of evolution".

11/17:  Evidence for evolution
Slides 
Link:  Finding Tiktaalik
Upcoming:  Quiz on Topics 5.1-5.2, 10.3 (11/30)
Homework: Read pp. 455-462

11/14:  Introduction to evolution.
Slides 
Link:  Where do genes come from (TEDed)
Homework:  Biozone Pages (Due 11/17)

11/10:  Upload completed IA draft on managebac
Link:  Checkpoint # 3
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​11/2:  IA Work Day-11/10.


10/31:   IA Checkpoint # 2 Due
             Link:  Checkpoint # 2
                        Checkpoint # 2 Rubric
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10/27:  IA Work Day

10/25:  IA Work Day

10/23:  IA Checkpoint # 1 Due
            Link:  Checkpoint # 1
                      Check point # 1 Rubric

10/19:  Drafting the proposal
            Link:  Proposal Agreement
            Link:  IA Rubric with checklist

10/17:  Introduction to the IA

10/7-10/15:  Fall Break

10/5:  "GMO" plants
Video:  CRISPR technique 
In class:   As a class we will complete DBQ p. 195 (Topic: impact of BT pollen on monarch butterflies).
Homework:   Brainstorm IA topics (Complete proposal form to bring in after the break-linked here).

10/4:  Genetic Modification:  CRISPR
Slides
Link:  TED Radio hour (NPR) 9/15/2017
Homework:   Read pp.  192-199
Answer:  Google Form Questions (linked here)

10/2:  Biotechnology
Slides 
Video 1:  Cloning Neanderthals
Video 2:  Cloning pigs for disease models
Homework:  Watch video and complete questions (sent through managebac)
Link:  Video
Reference:  Textbook pp. 187-191, 195-199
Interactive:  Click and Clone (somatic cell nuclear transfer in mice)

9/28:  Forensics Lab Investigation
Slides

9/26:  Exam-flow of genetic information

9/22:  Molecules of translation
Slides
Link:  PDB weblink to ribosome structure 
Link:  proteopedia:  3D shape of tRNA
Video:  tRNA structure    

​9/20:  Translation
Slides (for Exam questions written by you, the students)
Video:  "Translation" tutorial
  

9/18:  Revision:  Flow of genetic information.

9/14:  Universal Genetic Code
Slides:  Protein functions
​Link:  Codon Chart 
Link:  Protein function finders catalog
Link:  Answers to data questions 
​Quiz:  9/18: Gene regulation
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9/12:  Gene Regulation
Slides
Homework:  Complete DBQ p. 371
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9/7:  Gene Regulation (Topic 7.2)
​Link:  Slides
Link:  Anatomy of a gene

Homework: Read pp. 362-371

9/5:  Transcription and Translation overview (Topic 2.7)
Slides:  Transcription/Translation overview

Quiz (replication)
Link:  Transcription and translation overview notes
Homework:  Read p. 347-348, 351, & 355-361.

Do:  DBQ 356 & 358.  Due 9/7.

​8/31:  Replication (HL) (Topic 7.1)
In Class:  Biozone HL Review sheets 
​Link:  Review questions
Link:  DNA di-deoxy sequencing animation (full lab procedure)

Homework:  Read pp. 116-122
Watch:  Animation of the flow of genetic information
Do:  Create an infographic that distinguishes replication from transcription and translation (Due 9/5).
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8/29:  DNA replication-based technologies
           Slides
            Link:  PCR Virtual Lab Activity 
            Link:  In class Google Form questions
        
8/25: DNA Replication 
        Part 1:  Model Building
        Part 2:  Slides (IB exam style questions) 
        Part 3:  Slides-Meselson and Stahl
        Link:  Animation of replication
       Homework:  Watch: Hershey/Chase experiment animation (HL)  
      
8/23: DNA Replication 
        Unit 25:  DNA replication planner
        Slides
        Link:  Video-DNA and continuity of life
        Link:  Replication video (crash course)
        Link:  Replication video (MIT) 
        Link:  Graphic summary of key players and mechanism: Replication
        Homework:  DBQ p. 112-114.  Due 8/25.
        Upcoming:  Quiz 8/31.
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8/21:  Introduction to DNA replication.
I.  Comparison of DNA and RNA  
        Slides:  DNA vs RNA
        Link:  Nucleic Acids video (Bozeman Science) 
II.  Replication modeling activity. 
         Link:  Handouts (DNA Replication Activity Guide).
         Review pp. 111-116.  Read pp. 343-347.  Complete DBQ p. 109. (Due 8/23). 

8/17:  Introduction to DNA
          Unit 24:   Planner:  Structure of DNA and RNA 
​                          link:  Slides
                          link:   DNA structure video (IB)  
                          link:  DNA molecule of the month 

Link:  Rosalind Franklin (Ted ED) 
​Link:  James Watson Interview
Link:  Interview with Franklin's sister

Homework:  Read pp. 111-116. Complete DBQ p. 107 (due 8/21).

8/15: Chi-Squared Analysis continued. 
Homework:  Read pp. 105-110.  Complete DBQ p. 107. Due 8/17.

8/11: Chi squared and Mesocosms
           Resource:  Bioknowledgy 
Homework:
           Read pp. 207-210 textbook.
           Watch:  Chi Squared Analysis
           Answer questions:  Chi Square Analysis (linked here) 
           Assigned:  Mesococosm build (outside of class).  Photodocumentation due by 8/21.
                              Mesocosm Journal Template (Linked here)

           Scenario:  How can you determine whether presence of two species is connected?
           Link:  Quadrat sampling
                              1.  Sample sheet 1
                              2.  Sample sheet 2
                              3.  Identification Guide


8/10:  Introduction to class norms, syllabus and safety.
          Link:  Safety Contract
          Link:  Course syllabus



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