Welcome to Pardue's World
Periods 5
Tuesday 1/14/20: Warm-up - what did you do well first semester/what can you improve
Welcome Back - discuss material covered in second semester & keys to success
2nd Semester Current Event - find article related to topics covered in second semester & do summary
- due Tuesday 1/21
Thursday 1/16/20: Warm-up - Intro. Cell Division
Notes: Why cells divide?/asexual vs. sexual reproduction (benefits, negatives & examples)
Mitosis Poster - finish in class
Tuesday 1/21/20: Mitosis Review - Warm-up
Video Clip: Aphid cloning & ability to switch to sexual reproduction
Mitosis Notes
Mitosis Video
Fix posters if necessary (make needed corrections based on notes)
HMWK: Cell Division & Mitosis Wkst.
back is homework to be completed with website Virtual Lab: Cell Cycle & Cancer
Thursday 1/23/20: Warm-up - Cell Cycle & Cancer Video - Amoeba sisters
Parts involved in cell division
Onion Root Tip - Online Lab Activity
Monday 1/27/20: Late Start
Turn in Webquest
Mitosis Station Warm-up
Notes on Meiosis
Meiosis Video - Amoeba sisters
Mitosis vs. Meiosis Exit Ticket
Wednesday 1/29/20: Recess Wednesday
Mitosis Slides Warm-up
Mitosis Lab
HMWK: Study for test - review sheet (remember the test is application of information learned)
Finish lab
Friday 1/31/20: Office Hours
Grade other class' mitosis poster
Study
Cell Division Test
HMWK: Ratio homework
Tuesday 2/4/20: Go over Ratio Wkst.
Ratio Quiz
Probability Notes
HMWK: Finish lab
Thursday 2/6/20: Office Hours
Probability Warm-up
Discuss quiz
Notes on Mendel & Punnett Squares
Do I Understand the Notes? Wkst. - work on and go over
Punnett Square Activity - with beans
Monday 2/10/20: Mendel Warm-up
HMWK: 1 Trait Punnett Squares
Wednesday 2/12/20: Recess Wednesday
3 Sample Punnett Squares Warm-up
Notes: Incomplete dominance & Dihybrid crosses
Show smurf problem
Packet of Punnett Squares w/ incomplete dominance & dihybrid crosses (spongebob)
HMWK: Finish packet
Tuesday 2/18/20: Collect homework
Warm-up - Powerpoint Incomplete & Dihybrid Crosses
Punnett Square Group Problems (design 2 crosses as table group)
Pass back homework & check answers (posted)
Punnett Square Test Review Packet
HMWK: Finish packet
Thursday 2/20/20: Finish packet & study for test
Punnett Square Test
Monday 2/24/20: Late Start
Discuss tests
Human Genetics scavenger hunt
Intro human genetics
Notes on pedigrees, population sampling & twin studies
Article & video on twins & parasitic twins
HMWK: Pedigree Wkst.
Wednesday 2/26/20: Collect homework
Pedigree Warm-up (quiz)
I'm My Own Grandpa
Notes on dom/rec traits
Discuss human traits lab
Notes on multiple alleles
HMWK: Blood Typing Punnett Square Wkst.
Friday 2/28/20: Office Hours
Overhead Review - pedigrees & blood type
Notes on polygenic, sex-linked & sex-influenced traits
Sex-linked punnett squares
Discuss genetics extra credit assignment
Genetic disorders (mutations - spider sis, parasitic twins, hypertrichosis, xeroderma pigmentosa, Max's story, no sweat
glands, progeria, congenital insensitivity to pain)
Tuesday 3/3/20: Collect homework
Warm-up - 3 pedigrees w/ sex-linked
Hand back homework & go over
Notes on nondisjunction
Pedigree Lab
Thursday 3/5/20: Office Hours
Collect homework
Warm-up: Calico Cats
Notes: detecting disorders (ultrasound)
Karyotype Lab
HMWK: Finish lab & study for test with review sheet
Monday 3/9/20: SCHOOL CANCELLED
Wednesday 3/11/20: Test Review Powerpoint
Human Genetics Test
Friday 3/13/20: Office Hours
Discuss test
DNA Warm-up Intro (True/False)
Discovery of DNA History Webquest
Oswald Avery, McCarty and McLeod
Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase
Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase - another one
James Watson and Francis Crick
Week of 3/16 - 3/20:
Work on make up work & extra credit - due Friday
Week of 3/23 - 3/27:
Enrichment on MVHS School website
Continue to work on & submit make up work
Week of 3/30 - 4/3: SPRING BREAK!!!!
Week of 4/6 - 4/10: Begin Distance Learning - Introduction to DNA
* Watch the Amoeba sisters Introduction to DNA video. Take notes on 1) DNA's structure 2) DNA's function - what does it do
3) the three parts of a nucleotide 4) the base pairing rules. Submit the notes microsoft teams (preferred) or email.
* Download the completed note outline. These notes along with the ones from the video should help you understand the basic
structure of DNA.
* Download the "Introduction to DNA POGIL" assignment. All of the information that you need to answer the questions is given in
the assignment and can be found in the video, note outline or in your book. Complete the assignment - either print, fill out,
take a picture & send in OR type answers on a word document and submit.
Week of 4/13 - 4/17: DNA Replication & Transcription
* Read over the summary (notes) about how a cell copies its DNA - Replication
* Print out the note outline for transcription and fill in using the Transcription Power Point. Take your time going over the notes..
this topic can get confusing. Submit the completed notes on Microsoft Teams.
* If the notes confuse you, watch the following clip on Transcription (stop the video at 1:15)
* You will create a simple story that explains DNA replication and transcription to a MIDDLE SCHOOLER. You will type this up
and submit through Microsoft Teams. Here is an explanation of the assignment.
Week of 4/20 - 4/24: Translation (The Entire Process of Protein Synthesis)
* Part 1: Take the quiz
* Part 2: Print out the note outline for translation and fill in using the video attached on Microsoft Teams. Submit the completed
notes on Microsoft Teams.
* Part 3: Print out and fill in the Translation Wrap-up. It is important to understand the process of translation and protein synthesis
as a whole. Watch the animation attached. It should help with the process of translation.