Introduction

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Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Daily Summary 01-06

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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to explain how the information that leads to the traits an organism exhibits is passed from one generation to the next

- Warm-up: Sketch a flow diagram showing how a baby zebra would come into existence, starting with the mother zebra and father zebra. Use drawings if it helps and try to use scientific terminology—it is more precise and universal than slang terms [9]

- What’s coming up this semester in Mr. Bursch’s Biology Class? [8]

- Gene flow basics: Genetics with a Smile [20]

- Film: GATTACA [50]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Ponder the impacts we are having on our own species by intentionally altering our DNA in the pursuit of “better” human beings



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