Class of February 8th, 2011

In class on Tuesday we finished checking the Punnett Square Practice and More Punnett Square Practice worksheets, then received our group schedules for science day on Thursday, February 10th.

After we looked the schedules over, we started work on the trait portion of science day, collecting information from the class on phenotypes for several different characteristics, then noting them down and writing them on the board.

Our homework, which can be found on Moodle, is to read pages 92-96 and 110-121. These pages are on the topic of mitosis and meiosis, and pedigrees and karyotypes of genetic disorders. We will be required to participate in class discussion on these.

Example of a Karyotype Profile

The Genetics Test is on Thursday, February 17th, with a review session during class and lunch (if needed) on the 15th of February.

The test will cover the following:

The Tour of the Basics

DNA Structure and Parts

The DNA Extraction Lab

Our Genetics Presentations

Punnett Squares

Meiosis

Inherited Traits/Mutations

and Pedigrees and Karyotypes

Science: November 15th, 2010

This past science class on Friday we started off with a short video about a show called Life on BBC. Then we had the whole class to work on the following, what we didn't finish in class was homework for Tuesday November 16th.

Pages 32-37 ~ Define the following words in your notebook or in your notes on the computer:

• Selectively Permeable
• Diffusion
• Osmosis
• Passive Transport
• Active Transport
• Transport Proteins -Page 40~answer questions 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26

Pages 44-48~ define the following words in your notebook or in your notes on the computer:

~Photosynthesis (including writing out & understanding the equation explaining what is happening chemically)
~Autotroph
~Heterotroph
~Pigment
~Chlorophyll
~Stomata

Also, you had to write any text that was in bold.

The next scribe is Antonia! :)