Mar 23-27: Mendelian Genetics & Serum Proteins

Fri, Mar 27: Students were given the option to take a quiz over X-linked traits & Multiple Alleles or wait until after Spring Break.  After the quiz, Mrs. Annee discussed the answers to some of the pedigree practice problems in periods 1, 3, and 5.

Thurs, Mar 26: Students completed and submitted the Serum Proteins lab and took a quiz over Monohybrid, Dihybrid, and Polyhybrid crosses.

Wed, Mar 25: Students analyzed the Serum Proteins gel.

Tues, Mar 24: Students took the Unit 3 quiz and checked their answers to the Multiple Alleles practice problems.  Mrs. Annee introduced pedigree construction and analysis and distributed practice problems.  Students in periods 1, 3, and 7 loaded and ran their gels for the Serum Proteins lab.

Mon, Mar 23: Students in periods 1 and 3 went over the answers to the X-linked practice problems.  Mrs. Annee introduced Multiple Alleles and gave a pre-lab lecture over the Serum Proteins lab.  Students in period 5 loaded and ran their gels for the Serum Proteins lab.

March 16-20: Meiosis, Proteins, & Mendelian Genetics

Fri, Mar 20: Students took a self-quiz in preparation for Tuesday’s Unit 3 quiz over the cell cycle and meiosis.  Students in periods 1 and 3 learned about X-linked inheritance whereas students in periods 5 and 7 went over the answers to the X-linked practice problems.

Thurs, Mar 19: Mrs. Annee went over the answers to the dihybrid and polyhybrid cross practice problems.  Students completed and submitted the Electrophoretic Separation of Proteins lab.  Periods 5 and 7 were introduced to X-linked inheritance.

Wed, Mar 18: Mrs. Annee went over the answers to the monohybrid cross practice problems and then gave notes over dihybrid and polyhybrid crosses.

Tues, Mar 17:  Mrs. Annee discussed Mendelian Genetics and Monohybrid Crosses (Unit 5 notes) and the Isoelectric Point of Proteins.  Students completed the Exploration of Isoelectric Point Internet assignment.  Periods 3 and 5 prepared, loaded, and ran a gel for the Electrophoretic Separation of Proteins lab.

Mon, Mar 16: Mrs. Annee discussed the remainder of Unit 3 notes over meiosis and announced that a Unit 3 quiz would take place on Tues, March 24.

Mar 9-13: Mitosis & Meiosis

Fri, Mar 13: Mrs. Annee discussed the first part of Unit 3 notes over the cell cycle and mitosis.  Students were given analysis questions to complete for Monday.

Thurs, Mar 12: Students counted and classified cells in an onion root tip and then calculated the proportion of time spent in interphase and each phase of mitosis.

Wed, Mar 11: Students simulated the various phases of mitosis with manipulatives.

Tues, Mar 10: Students prepared and viewed slides of onion root tips.

Mon, Mar 9: Mrs. Annee returned the Protein Synthesis quizzes and then introduced the next concept (mitosis).  Students in periods 1 and 5 prepared slides of onion root tips.

Mar 2-6: Proteins

Fri, Mar 6: Students completed the Got Protein? lab analysis and observed their gels.

Thurs, Mar 5: Students took a quiz over Protein Synthesis, Structure, and Folding and completed their standard curve for the Got Protein? lab.  Periods 1 and 7 prepared and loaded their milk samples in a vertical gel.

Wed, Mar 4: Mrs. Annee gave students a self-quiz in preparation for tomorrow’s Protein Synthesis, Structure, and Folding quiz.  Period 1, 3, and 5 students prepared a standard curve for the Got Protein? data while students in period 7 prepared the dilution series for the milk samples.

Tues, Mar 3: Students determined a dilution series for each of the four milk samples in the Got Protein? lab.  Periods 1 and 7 also prepared a standard curve for the Got Protein? data while students in periods 3 and 5 prepared the dilution series and loaded samples in a vertical gel.

Mon, Mar 2: While Mrs. Annee attended a conference, students watched the first chapter of Bloodlines: Technology Hits Home.  Blog reflections are due Tues, Mar 10 by 11:59pm.