Friday, Jan 18: Students in periods 1 and 5 did not have class (shortened PRT class and Mrs. Annee was attending a professional meeting out of the building).  Students in period 7 conducted research in preparation for “The Bioethics of GMOs” small group discussion on Tuesday. 

Thursday, Jan 17: Students were introduced to “The Bioethics of GMOs: Miraclefoods or Frankenfoods?” small group discussion assignment and conducted research in the computer lab.  Students in period 7 also completed and submitted their GM Foods lab to Mrs. Annee. 

Wednesday, Jan 16: Students in periods 1 and 5 completed and submitted their GM Foods lab to Mrs. Annee.   

Tuesday, Jan 15:  Mrs. Annee showed a brief animation of PCR to review the concept of amplifying target sequences.  Students predicted the results of lanes 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 of the GM Foods lab gel prior to analyzing them.  All students completed the Paper PCR activity and submitted it to Mrs. Annee. 

Mon, Jan 14: Students in all classes loaded their GM Foods lab samples into gels and completed the paper PCR simulation.  Students in periods 1 and 7 completed the Internet activity, “PCR, DNA Sequencing, and NCBI – What a BLAST!”