Introduction

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Thursday, December 6, 2012

Daily Summary 12-06

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BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:

- Objective: SWBAT define mutation and describe the major categories and consequences of mutations

- Warm up: What do you think the word mutation means in general?

- Mutations notes/discussion [20]

- Mutation activity [30]


HOMEWORK: Finish translation worksheets 1 & 2, + all previous HW


TOMORROW: TSOSTS blog work



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HONORS BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:

- Objective: SWBAT define mutation and describe the major categories and consequences of mutations

- Warm up: What do you think the word mutation means in general?

- Mutations notes/discussion [20]

- Mutation activity [30]


HOMEWORK: Finish translation worksheets 1 & 2, + all previous HW


TOMORROW: TSOSTS blog work



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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Daily Summary 12-05

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BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:

- Objective: SWBAT describe the processes of transcription & translation & use genetic code table to predict mRNA and amino acid sequences

- Warm up: What are the the two major phases of protein production in cells? Which cell structures are involved?

- Finish Central Dogma notes/discussion [20]

- Translation practice (translation worksheets 1 & 2) [30]


HOMEWORK: Finish translation worksheets 1 & 2


TOMORROW: Mutations



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HONORS BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:

- Objective: SWBAT describe the processes of transcription & translation & use genetic code table to predict mRNA and amino acid sequences

- Warm up: What are the the two major phases of protein production in cells? Which cell structures are involved?

- Finish Central Dogma notes/discussion [20]

- Present Replication / Protein Synthesis Attention Games to class [30]


HOMEWORK: Finish translation worksheets 1 & 2


TOMORROW: Mutations



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Monday, December 3, 2012

****IMPORTANT**** SEMESTER END REMINDERS

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BIOLOGY / HONORS BIOLOGY
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- ONLY 2 WEEKS of CLASS REMAIN before final exam (5% of final grade) week

- Final notebook checks (2.5% of final grade) will begin a week from Friday, 12/14

- Your The Story of the Seed team blog (15% of final grade) evaluations will begin 1 week from Friday 12/14


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Daily Summary 12-03

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BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:

- Objective: SWBAT describe the structure of DNA and process of eukaryotic DNA replication

- Warm up: What do the cellular structures known as ribosomes do? What monomers are used to build the products made by ribosomes?

- Introduction to Central Dogma [20]

- Start HW [20]


HOMEWORK: Read section 12-3 in text, answer ALL “CHECKPOINT”, “Predicting”, “Observing”, “Interpreting Graphics” questions


TOMORROW: Guided Reading on 12-3



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HONORS BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:

- Objective: SWBAT describe the structure of DNA and process of eukaryotic DNA replication

- Warm up: What do the cellular structures known as ribosomes do? What monomers are used to build the products made by ribosomes?

- Introduction to Central Dogma [20]

- Present Replication / Protein Synthesis Attention Games to class [20]


HOMEWORK: Read section 12-3 in text, answer ALL “CHECKPOINT”, “Predicting”, “Observing”, “Interpreting Graphics” questions AND Quick Lab

TOMORROW: Guided Reading on 12-3



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Friday, November 30, 2012

Daily Summary 11-30

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BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:

- Objective: SWBAT describe the structure of DNA and process of eukaryotic DNA replication

- Warm up: DNA is replicated by a complex (connected group) of enzymes. Helicase enzyme unwinds and unzips the double helix. What does DNA polymerase enzyme do?

- DNA bead modeling in TSOTS teams [25]

- QUIZ: DNA Structure and Replication [20]


HOMEWORK: Read section 12-3 in text


MONDAY: Intro to Central Dogma of Molecular Biology, Review DNA replication



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HONORS BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:

- Objective: SWBAT describe the structure of DNA and process of eukaryotic DNA replication

- Warm up: DNA is replicated by a complex (connected group) of enzymes. Helicase enzyme unwinds and unzips the double helix. What does DNA polymerase enzyme do?

- QUIZ: DNA Structure and Replication [20]

- Work on Replication Attention Games in TSOTS teams [25]


HOMEWORK: Read section 12-3 in text


MONDAY: Intro to Central Dogma of Molecular Biology, Review DNA replication



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