Apr 28-May 2: GFP, ELISA, and CSI

Fri, May 2:  Students continued working on the GFP lab. 

Thurs, May 1: Students took the ELISA quiz and watched an episode of CSI in preparation for next week’s CSI event. 

Wed, Apr 30:  Mrs. Annee reviewed for tomorrow’s ELISA quiz.  Students completed part of the GFP analysis and continued the pGLO lab questions. 

Tues, Apr 29: Students completed the Virtual Immunology Lab online and continued working on pGLO lab questions. 

Mon, Apr 28:  No school.

Apr 21-25: GFP

Fri, Apr 25:  Students completed the Purification of GFP lab. 

Thurs, Apr 24:  Students took a Hardy-Weinberg quiz and continued the Purification of GFP lab. 

Wed, Apr 23: Students began the Purification of GFP lab. 

Tues, Apr 22: Students performed the pGLO Transformation lab. 

Mon, Apr 21:  Students made starter plates in preparation of tomorrow’s pGLO Transformation lab.  Mrs. Annee began the pGLO lab notes.

Apr 14-18: Alu Insert, Hardy-Weinberg, & ELISA

Fri, Apr 18:  Students submitted their ELISA labs and the second part of the Alu insert lab analysis. 

Thurs, Apr 17:  Students conducted the ELISA lab (Mrs. Annee gave a pre-lab lecture in periods 1 and 7). 

Wed, Apr 16: Students in periods 1 and 7 analyzed gels and completed the first part of the Alu Insertion lab and submitted it to Mrs. Annee.  Period 5 students learned about upcoming ELISA lab via a pre-lab lecture. 

Tues, Apr 15: Students took a quiz over the Got Protein? lab, isoelectric point, and serum proteins.  Students also participated in a Hardy-Weinberg activity by calculating the allele frequencies of some human characteristics.  Period 5 students completed the first portion of their PV92 Alu Insertion lab and submitted it to Mrs. Annee.

Mon, Apr 14: Students loaded their PV92 Alu Insertion gels.

Apr 7-11: Bioethics & Hardy-Weinberg

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Fri, Apr 11:  Students participated in a bioethics debate about prenatal genetic testing. 

Thurs, Apr 10: Students isolated DNA from cheek cells and amplified a portion of the PV92 section of chromosome 16.  Students in periods 1 and 7 completed their research for the bioethics debate.

Wed, Apr 9:  Students in period 1 finished their research in preparation for Friday’s debate.  Mrs. Annee gave a pre-lab lecture over the PV92 Alu Insertion lab to students in periods 5 and 7. 

Tues, Apr 8:  Mrs. Annee gave a brief lecture over Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in preparation for this week’s PV92 Chromosome 16 (Alu Insertion) lab.  After being presented with a bioethical scenario, students conducted research for an upcoming debate (students in periods 1 and 7 started the research while students in period 5 completed their research). 

Mon, Apr 7:  Mrs. Annee returned some papers, distributed the PV92 lab for Wednesday, and announced a quiz for next Monday.  The quiz will cover the Got Protein? lab, Serum Proteins lab, and isoelectic point.  Students completed and submitted their Serum Proteins lab.