Sunday, March 09, 2008

Week Twenty Nine

This week the students will have a challenging test in Genetics on Wednesday. We will spend time in class reviewing, but students need to be studying at home each night also! Another morning review session will be held on Wednesday at 8:10 am. We will end the week by looking into more of the genetic advances that we are using in our day and age.

A tentative schedule this week includes
:

Monday - Finish Karyotyping Lab/Cloning on-line lab /Review
Tuesday - Practice Problems for Genetics Test and Review
Wednesday - Genetics Test
Thursday - Cloning Article and Questions/Cloning Video
Friday - Advances in Genetics (Selective Breeding/Genetic Engineering/Human Genome)

Homework this week includes:

Genetics Test Study Guide Due Monday

Study for Genetics Test Wednesday

Websites for Advances in Genetics:

Genetic Disorder Library
Your Genes: Genetic Disorders
Genetic Disorders
Specific Genetic Disorders
Karyotyping Activity
What is Cloning?
Click and Clone
Cloning Issues
Cloning Fact Sheet
Cloning Timeline
Monkey Clone
How Cancer Cells Grow and Divide

Helpful Websites:

Mitosis Review
Human Genome
Interactive Animations for Genetics
DNA Basics
Genetic's Games for Kids
Interesting Facts
Genetics Activities
Understanding Genetics
DNA from the beginning
DNA interactive
Human Genome Project