Brebeuf Jesuit Biotechnology

Fri, Jan 27: Students continued watching King Corn.

Thurs, Jan 26: Students took the PCR & GM Foods Lab quiz and began watching King Corn. 

Wed, Jan 25: Students completed research about GM Foods in preparation for next week’s Small Group Scored Discussion.

Tues, Jan 24: Mrs. Annee completed the review for Thursday’s quiz and students conducted research in preparation of the GM Foods Small Group Scored Discussion.

Mon, Jan 23: Mrs. Annee reviewed for Thurdsay’s PCR & GM Foods Lab quiz.

Fri, Jan 20:  Mrs. Annee announced a quiz over PCR and the GM Foods lab will take place on Thursday, Jan 26.  Students completed the GM Foods lab.

Thurs, Jan 19:  Students prepared and ran gels for the GM Foods lab.

Wed, Jan 18: Mrs. Annee discussed the GM Foods lab.

Tues, Jan 17: Students in periods 2 and 4 completed the Virtual Lab, “PCR, DNA Sequencing, and NCBI – What a BLAST!” while students in periods 6 and 8 prepared PCR tubes for the GM Foods lab.

Mon, Jan 16: No school.

Fri, Jan 13:  Students in periods 2 and 4 completed an online simulation of PCR while students in periods 6 and 8 completed the paper PCR activity.

Thurs, Jan 12:  Students in periods 2 and 4 completed the paper PCR activity while students in periods 6 and 8 continued to work on it.

Wed, Jan 11: Students watched Test Tube Babies and are required to post a reflection by Wednesday, Jan 18 at 11:59 pm. 

Tues, Jan 10: Students began the paper PCR activity.

Mon, Jan 9:  Students in periods 2 and 4 ran PCR for each of their GM foods samples.  Students in periods 6 and 8 completed the “DNA Sequencing, PCR, and NCBI – What a BLAST!” virtual lab.

Fri, Jan 6: Students completed the “Assembling a DNA Sequence” activity.

Thurs, Jan 5: Students began the GM Foods lab.

Wed, Jan 4: Mrs. Annee returned the final exams and told students which papers to keep for second semester.  Students began the “Assembling a DNA Sequence” activty.

Tues, Dec 13-15: Final exams (Biotech exam is Wed, Dec 14 at 8am).

Mon, Dec 12: Mrs. Annee completed the review for the final exam.

Fri, Dec 9 – Mrs. Annee returned the quizzes and distributed semester grade sheets.  She also continued reviewing for the final exam.

Thurs, Dec 8 – Students took the DNA Sequencing quiz and Mrs. Annee continued reviewing for the final exam.

Wed, Dec 7 - Students completed “That BLASTn DNA!” and Mrs. Annee began reviewing for the final exam.

Tues, Dec 6 – Students worked on the “That BLASTn DNA!” Internet assignment (students in period 4 completed it).

Mon, Dec 5 – Mrs. Annee discussed the format of Thursday’s DNA Sequencing quiz and distributed a review sheet for the final exam.  Students learned how to read an electropherogram.

Fri, Dec 2 - Mrs. Annee discussed DNA Sequencing. 

Thurs, Dec 1 – Students took a quiz over Unit 2 (DNA Structure & Replication) and read a DNA sequence of an autorad.

Wed, Nov 30 – Mrs. Annee announced the DNA Sequencing quiz will take place on Thurs, Dec 8.  Students completed The Sanger DNA Sequencing activity.

Tues, Nov 29 - Students began The Sanger DNA Sequencing activity.

Mon, Nov 28 – Mrs. Annee announced the Unit 2 quiz (DNA Structure & Replication) will take place on Thurs, Dec 1.  She discussed the format of the quiz and reviewed the material covered on the quiz.

Thurs, Nov 24 & Fri, Nov 25 - No school due to Thanksgiving break.

Wed, Nov 23 – Students finished watching The Family that Walks on All Fours (blog reflection is due at 11:59PM on Wed, Nov 30).

Tues, Nov 22 – Students completed the DNA Structure Internet assignment and began watching The Family that Walks on All Fours.

Mon, Nov 21 – Students began the DNA Structure Internet assignment.

Fri, Nov 18: Students simulated DNA replication.

Thurs, Nov 17:  Students took a quiz over the ELISA and Western Blot labs.

Wed, Nov 16: Mrs. Annee began Unit 2 notes (DNA).

Tues, Nov 15: Students continued field-testing the Evidence-Based Medicine online curriculum.

Mon, Nov 14: Students continued field-testing the Evidence-Based Medicine online curriculum.

Fri, Nov 11: Students continued field-testing the Evidence-Based Medicine curriculum.

Thurs, Nov 10: Mrs. Annee announced a quiz (ELISA & Western Blot) will take place on Thurs, Nov 17. Students began field-testing the Evidence-Based Medicine curriculum.

Wed, Nov 9: Mrs. Annee began Unit 2 notes by having students create a paper DNA model.

Tues, Nov 8: Students completed the Western Blot (Protein Profiler) lab.

Mon, Nov 7: Mrs. Annee discussed the Western Blot (Protein Profiler) lab.