3/31-4/4

Welcome back from Spring Break!  The final stretch of the year approaches.  We will do a unit on Biotechnology, followed by Plants, and some Ecology.

• Mon 3/31:  Review Stem Cells.  Computer stem cell activity with coaxing agents.
• Tues 4/1:  Introduce cloning.  Click and Clone computer interactive.  Polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
• Thurs 4/3:  Restriction enzymes.  Restriction enzyme activity.  Biotech lab skills practice.  Hand out DNA Fingerprinting Lab.  Read the hand-out for Monday 4/7!

The Week of 3/17-3/21

• Mon 3/17:  Enzyme Lab through data processing is due today.  We will do self and peer review.  Go over parts of a conclusion/evaluation. Mr. Minato is doing a SPARK lecture today on superballs and supernovas.
• Tues 3/18:  4 levels of protein structure.  Fibrous proteins versus globular proteins.  Review for Protein and Enzyme Quiz on Thursday.
• Thurs 3/20:  Quiz on Enzymes and Proteins.  Turn in hard copy of Enzyme Lab either today or tomorrow.  In addition, please turn in a copy through turnitin.com.  Start Biotechnology by introducing Stem Cells.

Pre-Write for Enzyme Lab, due Thursday 3/13

For the Enzyme Lab Pre-Write, you should have the following written individually:

1. Focused Question
2. Background
3. Variables
4. Materials
5. Procedure
6. Data Table

You should have it ready to be checked off at the beginning of class.