May 14 2012


May 14-18: CSI

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Tues, May 15: Students analyzed blood spatter.

Mon, May 14:  Students in period 2 made Wanted Posters, students in periods 4 and 6 conducted the Blood Typing lab, and students in period 8 analyzed fingerprints.

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May 08 2012


May 7-11: Proteins

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Fri, May 11: Mrs. Annee returned the quizzes and student analyzed hair evidence found at the crime scene.

Thurs, May 10: Students took a quiz over pGLO, GFP, Size Exclusion Chromatography, and Isoelectric Point.

Wed, May 9: Students explored the bioethics associated with genetic screening and conducted a lab.

Tues, May 8: CSI Event

Mon, May 7: Students analyzed the Serum Proteins gel and submitted their lab analysis sheets.

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Apr 30 2012


Apr 30-May 4: Proteins

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Fri, May 4: Mrs. Annee reviewed for next Thursday’s quiz (pGLO, GFP, Size Exclusion, and Isoelectric Point) and discussed the Serum Proteins lab.  Students in periods 2 and 8 completed the lab analysis.

Thurs, May 3: Mrs. Annee discussed the Electrophoretic Separation of Proteins lab and students loaded the Serum Proteins gel.

Wed, May 2: Students completed the Isoelectric Point Internet Assignment and ran the Electrophoretic Separation of Proteins gel.

Tues, May 1: Students watched the first chapter (26 mins) of Bloodlines: Technology Hits Home.

Mon, Apr 30: Mrs. Annee discussed the pGLO and GFP lab analysis questions.

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Apr 25 2012


Apr 23-27: pGLO and GFP

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Fri, Apr 27: Mrs. Annee discussed Size Exclusion Chromatography and students conducted the lab.

Thurs, Apr 26: Mrs. Annee returned the Unit 3 quizzes.  Period 2 students participated in a Skype discussion with a BJPS science alum.  Students in period 8 completed the pGLO and GFP lab analysis questions.

Wed, Apr 25: Students in periods 2, 4, and 6 completed Lesson 5 of the GFP lab, whereas period 8 students completed Lessons 4 and 5.

Tues, Apr 24: Students in periods 2, 4, and 6 completed Lesson 4 of the GFP lab, whereas period 8 students completed Lesson 3.

Mon, Apr 23: Students in periods 2, 4, and 6 completed Lesson 3 of the GFP lab.  Period 8 students enjoyed listening to a guest speaker (BJPS alum).

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Apr 16 2012


Apr 16-20: pGLO and GFP

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Fri, Apr 20: Students watched Venom: Nature’s Killer.

Thurs, Apr 19: Students took the Unit 3 Quiz.

Wed, Apr 18: Mrs. Annee discussed the pGLO lab. Students analyzed the pGLO agar plates and began the GFP Purification lab.

Tues, Apr 17: Students performed the transformation portion of the pGLO lab.  Mrs. Annee reviewed for the quiz in period 8.

Mon, Apr 16: Mrs. Annee reviewed for the Unit 3 quiz in periods 4 and 6.  Students in period 2 did not have class due to a mandatory prom meeting and students in period 8 participated in a Skype conference with a BJPS alum.

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Apr 09 2012


Apr 9-13: Proteins

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Fri, Apr 13: Students completed the Protein Structure Analysis lab, loaded and ran gels for the Chromosome 16 lab, and Mrs. Annee began to review for the Unit 3 quiz.  Students in periods 2 and 8 also began the pGLO lab. 

Thurs, Apr 12: Students completed the Pre-Lab Questions for the Protein Structure Analysis lab.

Wed, Apr 11: Students prepared samples for the Chromosome 16 lab.

Tues, Apr 10: Students worked on the pre-lab questions for the Protein Structure Analysis lab.

Mon, Apr 9: Mrs. Annee announced a quiz over Unit 3 (protein synthesis) on Thurs, Apr 19.  She discussed the remainder of the Unit 3 notes.

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Apr 03 2012


Apr 2-6: Proteins

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Thurs, Apr 5: Students completed the Beta-Globin Folding exercise.

Wed, Apr 4: Students continued working on the Beta-Globin Folding exercise.

Tues, Apr 3: Students prepared samples for the Protein Structure Analysis lab.

Mon, Apr 2: Mrs. Annee discussed the answers to the Bioinformatics of the Beta-Globin Gene, Part 2 activity. Students began Beta-Globin Folding exercise.

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Mar 20 2012


Mar 19-23: Protein Synthesis

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Fri, Mar 23: Students completed the Amino Acid Starter Kit activity.

Thurs, Mar 22: Mrs. Annee returned the mutations quiz and students continued working on the Bioinformatics of the Beta-Globin Gene, Part 2 activity.

Wed, Mar 21: Students took a quiz over mutations and began the Bioinformatics of the Beta-Globin Gene, Part 2 activity.

Tues, Mar 20: Students finished watching Extraordinary Measures and completed the Bioinformatics of the Beta-Globin Gene activity.

Mon, Mar 19: Mrs. Annee reviewed for Wednesday’s quiz over mutations.  Students continued watching Extraordinary Measures (period 6 completed the movie).

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Mar 20 2012


Mar 12-16: Applications of Biotech

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Mar 12 – 16: Mrs. Annee was absent.  Students watched the movies, My Sister’s Keeper and Extraordinary Measures.

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Mar 05 2012


Mar 5-9: Mutations & Protein Synthesis

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Fri, Mar 9: Students continued the Bioinformatics of the Beta-Globin Gene activity.

Thurs, Mar 8: Mrs. Annee returned the quizzes and continued discussing the Unit 3 notes.  Students began the Bioinformatics of the Beta-Globin Gene activity.

Wed, Mar 7: Students took a quiz over the Anatomy & Evolution of the Genome and Analysis of a Genome Segment labs.  After the quiz, Mrs. Annee began Unit 3 notes (protein synthesis).

Tues, Mar 6: Students completed and submitted the Analysis of a Mutant Hemoglobin Gene lab.

Mon, Mar 5: Students completed the “Mutation!: Revelations of Restriction Enzyme Cut Sites” and Mrs. Annee reviewed for Wednesday’s quiz (Anatomy & Evolution of the Genome and Analysis of a Genome Segment labs).

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