Fri, Jan 31: Students completed Part II of the “Using Genetic Crosses to Analyze a Stickleback Trait.”
Thurs, Jan 30: Students ran gels for the DNA Barcoding lab and prepped samples to be sent to a company for sequencing.
Wed, Jan 29: Students completed Part I of the activity, “Using Genetic Crosses to Analyze a Stickleback Trait.”
Tues, Jan 28: No school due to inclement weather.
Mon, Jan 27: Students finished watching, RARE. Blog posts are due Mon, Feb 3.
Fri, Jan 24: Students began watching the film, RARE.
Thurs, Jan 23 (delayed opening): Students completed Part II of “Murder by HIV?”
Wed, Jan 22: Students began Part II of “Murder by HIV?”
Tues, Jan 21 (delayed opening): Students completed prepared the PCR products (DNA Barcoding Lab) for electrophoresis.
Mon, Jan 20: No school.
Friday, Jan 17: Students in periods 4 and 8 completed the “Using Bioinformatics to Study Evolutionary Relationships” whereas students in periods 2 and 6 began the Fish DNA Barcoding lab.
Thurs, Jan 16: Students in periods 2 and 6 prepared fish samples for tomorrow’s Fish DNA Barcoding lab. Period 4 began the “Murder by HIV?” case study, whereas students in period 8 began “Using Bioinformatics to Study Evolutionary Relationships.”
Wed, Jan 15: Students in periods 2 and 6 completed the “Using Bioinformatics to Study Evolutionary Relationships” whereas students in periods 4 and 8 began the Fish DNA Barcoding lab.
Tues, Jan 14: Mrs. Annee discussed the Fish DNA Barcoding lab.
Mon, Jan 13: Mrs. Annee showed students a brief introductory video about DNA barcoding and then students completed “Using BLAST and BOLD for Genetic Research.”
Fri, Jan 10 (delayed opening): Students completed the case study, “The Case of the Druid Dracula.”
Thurs, Jan 9 (delayed opening): Students began the case study, “The Case of the Druid Dracula.”
Wed, Jan 8 (delayed opening): Mrs. Annee returned the first semester final exams and students conducted the online activity, “PCR and DNA Profiling.”
Tues, Jan 7: No school due to inclement weather.
Mon, Jan 6: No school.