Fri, Jan 25 (Day 4): Students set up restriction digests for the “Analysis of a Genome Segment” lab and continued working on the Lambda DNA lab.

Thurs, Jan 24 (Day 3): Students took a quiz over DNA structure and continued working on the Lambda DNA lab.

Wed, Jan 23 (Day 2): Students continued working on the Lambda DNA lab.

Tues, Jan 22 (Day 1): Students finished the film, The Gene Doctors, and continued working on the Lambda DNA lab.

Mon, Jan 21: No school

Fri, Jan 18 (Day 5; Altered Schedule): Students began watching The Gene Doctors.

Thurs, Jan 17 (Day 4; Delayed Opening): Students in periods 3, 5, and 7 watched the TED Talk, “My DNA Vending Machine,” and wrote a reflection.  Students in period 1 did not have class due to a senior class meeting but will complete the “My DNA Vending Machine” reflection for homework.

Wed, Jan 16 (Day 3): Ms. Annee announced and discussed a DNA Structure quiz (22 pts) that will take place on Wed, Jan 23.  She also continued discussing the Restriction Digestion lab.

Tues, Jan 15 (Day 2): Students completed the DNA Structure Tutorial, calculated the time it would take to write the genome, and Ms. Annee began discussion of the Restriction Digestion lab.

Mon, Jan 14 (Day 1): Students completed Lesson 2 of the Restriction Digestion and Analysis of Lambda DNA Kit and worked on the DNA Structure Tutorial.

Fri, Jan 11 (Day 5): Students completed Lesson 1 of the Restriction Digestion and Analysis of Lambda DNA Kit and began the DNA Structure Tutorial.

Thurs, Jan 10 (Day 4): Students continued working with paper DNA models and Ms. Annee gave notes in class about DNA.

Wed, Jan 9 (Day 3): Students continued working with paper DNA models.

Tues, Jan 8 (Day 2): Students continued building a paper DNA model.

Mon, Jan 7 (Day 1, altered schedule): Ms. Annee returned the final exams and students began building a DNA model.

Tues, Nov 27 ( Day 5): Students completed analysis questions for the Western Blot lab.

Mon, Nov 26 (Day 4): Students completed their ELISA videos/slideshows.

Wed, Nov 21 – Fri, Nov 23: Thanksgiving break

Tues, Nov 20 (Day 3): Students conducted an immunodetection assay in Lesson 4 of the Western Blot lab.

Mon, Nov 19 (Day 2): Ms. Annee discussed SDS-PAGE and the Western Blot lab.

Fri, Nov 16 (Day 1): Students transferred the proteins in the gel to a membrane in Lesson 3 of the Western Blot lab.

Thurs, Nov 15: No school; E-learning day

Wed, Nov 14 (Day 4): Students ran vertical gels during Lesson 2 of the Western Blot lab.

Tues, Nov 13 (Day 3): Students extracted muscle proteins from 5 fish samples during Lesson 1 of the Western Blot lab.

Mon, Nov 12 ( Day 2): Students continued working on their ELISA videos/slideshows.

Tues, Nov 6 – Fri, Nov 9: Students watched GATTACA & Do You Really Want to Know? while Ms. Annee attends the NABT conference.  Students will write a blog post about one of the two movies.

Mon, Nov 5 (Day 2): Students began the ELISA assignment (making videos of antigen and antibody detection ELISAs).

Fri, Nov 2 (Day 1, altered schedule): Ms. Annee finished discussing the extra credit books.

Thurs, Nov 1 (Day 5): Students conducted Investigation #2 in the panda ELISA lab.

Wed, Oct 31 (Day 4):  Students continued working on the panda ELISA lab.

Tues, Oct 30 (Day 3): Students conducted Investigation #1 in the panda ELISA lab.

Mon, Oct 29 (Day 2): Ms. Annee discussed antigen and antibody detection ELISAs.

Thurs, Oct 25 & Fri, Oct 26: Fall Break

Wed, Oct 24 (Day 1): Students participated in a small group scored discussion about cellulosic ethanol.

Tues, Oct 23 (Day 5, altered schedule): Students began discussing the Panda ELISA lab.

Mon, Oct 22 (Day 4): Ms. Annee reviewed the format of the cellulosic ethanol notes and checked every student’s notes.  Ms. Annee continued to discuss some of the extra credit book options.

Fri, Oct 19 (Day 3): Students finished the “I Scream for Ice Cream” case study as well as the ELISA lab analysis.  Ms. Annee began discussing extra credit books.

Thurs, Oct 18 (Day 2): Students continued working on the “I Scream for Ice Cream” case study.

Wed, Oct 17 (Day 1): Students watched the HHMI BioInteractive film, “Got Lactase?” and began the “I Scream for Ice Cream” case study.

Tues, Oct 16 (Day 5): Students performed an ELISA.

Mon, Oct 15 (Day 4): Ms. Annee gave a pre-lab lecture about ELISA.