Final Exam

Hard to believe that the end of the semester is already here, which means time for the final exam. The final exam for 2nd block is June 6 & 3rd block is June 5. The exam will have approximately 90 multiple choice questions and will be worth 7.5% of your overall grade in the class.

Additionally, the exam review worksheet is due on the day of the exam and is worth 25 points. In case you are struggling your way through the review sheet, here's a copy of the answer key :)

Good luck with your studies. Finally, one more thing to help you study - here's the quizlet card set that I put together.http://quizlet.com/5810222/biology-final-exam-review-flash-cards/

Lesson Plan for May 23, 2013

Good morning/afternoon everyone. Today you will be learning about pedigrees, karyotypes, and chromosomal disorders using the Internet as your guide.

You will need to use your time wisely today in order to get through all of the activities. I suggest that you do not sit with people who will distract you from doing your work. Additionally, do not use this time to mess with your online playlists, email, Powerschool, or anything else; otherwise you will not be able to complete the activities.

Please begin by reading through the inclass notes, evaluating the pedigrees in the notes, & completing the provided pedigree worksheet. Have these checked by your teacher. Then you can move on to the online activities.

1. Pedigree Investigator

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/genetics/pi.html

• Complete the activity as explained on the site. However, you only need to complete two pedigrees, not the four like it says. Have one of your two pedigrees checked by your teacher.

 2. Build a karyotype

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/traits/karyotype/

• Complete the activity as explained on the site. Show your constructed karyotype to your teacher.

 

3. Abnormal karyotype

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/traits/predictdisorder/

• Take notes as you go through the simulations. When you are finished, take the quiz at the end and show your quiz result to your teacher.

   

4. Chromosome Map (similar to poster in room from genome project)
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/posters/chromosome/chooser.shtml

• Find three disorders that you know located on three different chromosomes. Record the disorder and their locations on a sheet of paper (9 total)

• Pick three other disorders that you don't know about, quickly research it, and write a two to three sentence summary of each disorder, including its location on the chromosome. Complete this on the same sheet of paper as above. Turn this in to your teacher within 24 hours of the assignment being given.

 

Sweet! You're all done.

Grades Updated

Grades are updated through last Friday for all biology classes. There are MANY missing assignments. Please check Powerschool asap to see if you are missing anything. Assignments turned in before the end of the day on Thursday will not be counted as late and NO late work from the cell division or DNA units will be accepted after Tuesday, May 22. Please see me with any questions.

Link to New Mitosis Activity for Today's Class

Please use the online textbook to complete as much of the assignment as possible (skip the questions where it says the activity is no longer available).

Once you have done what you can with the online textbook, click the following link and follow the onscreen prompts: http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/activities/cell_cycle/cell_cycle.html

You will need to create the table shown on page 3 of the activity. Please put the table on a separate sheet of paper and attach it to your review packets. Thank you.

Midterm Review Answer Key

The notes from the Smartboard AND the midterm review answer key is posted on the learn site. Go to http://learn.spartaschools.org/landry and look in the midterm materials folder in the biology portion of the site. Remember, if doing this away from school, your username is first.lastname@sparta.lan and password is the same as at school. For example, John Smith's username is john.smith@sparta.lan.

Study hard!

Midterm Exam Thursday April 25, 2013

As you can see by the title, the midterm exam is soon. Please prepare for this exam. Several things you can do to prepare include:

1. Complete the midterm review packet. This is worth 25 points and lays out the things that are on the exam. If you know the content on the paper thoroughly, then you should at the very least earn a B on the exam. In order to earn the A, you need to be able to apply the content to a different problem.

2. Make a study buddy - you may only use the one that was assigned to you. This will "force" you to study.

3. Know your vocab - you were given a list of the testable vocabulary terms. Study these. Look below for a quizlet set of flash cards that I put together using the supplied vocab terms.
http://quizlet.com/_6ugpl

4. Study not cram.

All of the materials that have been handed out during class are available at http://learn.spartaschools.org Just remember to put @sparta.lan after your username when logging in. Good luck.

http://quizlet.com/_6ugpl

Code Blue Project

Alright folks. It time to start our first project of the year, called the "Code Blue" Project. This project is a 100 point project that includes two parts - a multimedia presentation and a visual poster. You will have three complete blocks in class to use computers and one-half a block to work on your poster.

This is a paperless assignment, which means I will not be supplying you with any handouts. Additionally, I will be sending your results to you via email or through the class wiki. If you want to choose to print anything, that's your choice. To access the project document, please click here.

If you have any concerns or questions, please post them as a comment on this blog site. Also, if you find a good link that is not shown on the assignment, please post that to the blog as well so others can use it. Good luck.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VrSBvhvbTwwdaseZgJ903KWgQ1tzJ1jW8KdiOYP8Bog/edit?authkey=COXwsL4K&hl=en_US&authkey=COXwsL4K#

Mr. Landry