Finals and packet

All packets for all classes are do tomorrow by 1:00, I will not accept late work.

Extra credit can be turned in latest Thursday at 1:00.  Both of these times are one day extensions from the original due date.

Please go over the study guide and ask the questions to turn in before the finals.

Have a great break and Happy Holidays!!!

12/11/13

Quiz tomorrow (Wednesday), which is a minimum day.

Please be able to describe the process of transcription and translation statring from DNA, to the RNA's, and finally to proteins.

You should also understand how to use the triplet codon chart to determine amino acids from nucleic acids.

There will be a quarter final next Thursday and all extra credit is due by next Wednesday..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GZXRMG5i_w   

12/3/12

Just over two weeks to go in the semester.  Remember that all extra credit must be turned in no later than the Wednesday prior to break.  Tomorrow we'll be getting the rest of the final semester packet and starting GATTACA Thursday and Friday.

There's a quiz scheduled for next Tuesday on the structure of DNA and the Central Dogma of Biology.


Here's a video on the importance of Roseland Franklin's and Watson & Cricks amazing discovery in the early 50"s that changed our understanding of life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf0YXnAFBs8

 

The second packets are due Tuesday


Here's a link an  ultimate disc team which is varsity girls from a high school in Wisconsin.  We're currently trying to form a team at Pitman of both girls and  boys during winter months to compete with the many established  regional high school teams in the region.  Please come to B220 to sign up as an interested player. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhvL5pcDiTQ

11/21/13

Today we read and wrote about Mountain Gorillas in Africa, here is a link to a video which further documents what is happening there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfIys4XLUDk 

We will be finishing the Mendel Genetics unit by Tuesday which is when the test is scheduled next week.

11/19/13

Packets for part 1 of the genetics unit are due Wednesday, we will have some time in class, but complete what you need at home to avoid losing points for being late.

Wedensday 11/13

Tomorrow we'll be continuing with probability determining 25 traits.  After 1500 "flips" today of all the classes heads came out with just 7 more than tails.  It was 50.3% to 49.7%.

There will be a quiz on Friday covering the lesson we did today.

Second quarter progress reports are already open so please try to get in any extra credit by the end of the week.