History of Information Transfer Unit

Friday:
Finishing up potato osmosis graphing and activity, cell membrane review,

Monday
Unit 3 Driving Question: Evolution and Information Transfer...
What is the genetic material?  How does the genetic material work?
Cell Reproduction, DNA Evidence Start, Genetic Material Prior Knowledge Whiteboarding, Get to Mendel's Experiments

Tuesday: DNA Evidence continued. Other observations and rules of thumb and why from observations.

Wednesday
Am I a psychic? If I am a not a psychic, then ________
(Hypothesis testing with Chi-Square).  Dice and Card Game Testing.

Thursday
Apply Chi-Square to Mendel Experiments.  If the punnett square is accurate, then _______

Friday
Are the stages of Mitosis the same length?
If the stages of mitosis are the same length, then _______
Mitosis Stages Activity? Relative Time-Graphing.  How do we know the stages exist?  Why do we think this process is important?

Thursday:
Beneson Data Anaylsis
Griffith Experiment Discussions

Friday:
Griffith Experiment Whiteboard
Avery MacLeod McCarty
Spongebob Homework

Monday:
-Mice in two different scenarios (alone and with leaves), lights on and lights off.  What could we experiment with here? Variables?
-DNA Doubling worksheet
-Dihybrid Cross Group Work,
-Reading Homework


Tuesday:
What are the characteristics of the genetic material?  How do you know?
or
How do we know DNA is the Genetic material?  Provide evidence from at least three different experiments to support this position.
Dihybrid Cross but Linked Genes, Reading Homework
Finish the Story with rest of presentation and the Watson Crick Paper

Wednesday:
Dihybrid Group Work: Chi-Square, Finish the History of Genes.
Link vs. Unlinked Genes Data
Link and Crossing Over Data

Thursday:
Crossing Over %'s
Using hand held chromosomes for review of mitosis vs. meiosis.
Notes on Meiosis and Mitosis, Extra Vocab Words for formality.

Friday:
Finish Vocabulary,
Finish Link Genes,
Unlinked Genes,
Sex Linked

Monday-Friday: Cell Cycle and Genetics Essential Knowledges that have gone uncovered, Use last year's slideshow and cyclin stuff.

Tuesday: Socratic Seminar of NPR Articles relating to genomics.

Random:
Transpiration: Calculate Transpiration rate for two different situations.

Genetics Review Problems.

Hardy Weinberg with Cards?

Growth Hormone and root tips for growth,