Monday  May 31

Memorial Day

Tuesday June 1

Year book dedication

Review Mitosis

Diagram Packet handed out in class today

Start working on annotation of the diagram bank.

Wed

June 2

Athletic Assembly

Mitosis Lab

Diagram Bank

Thursday

June 3

Senior Awards

DNA Replication and Mitosis test using Exam format

Friday

June 4

End of Semester

Work on Packet Diagrams

Sat/sun

Jun 5/6

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Review Day for all classes- Special Schedule

Periods 1/2 Meet 1

rm 110

Period 3/4 Meet Per.3 rm 110

Period 5/6 Meet Per. 5 rm 110

Exam rooms posted at CP outside room 110.

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Exam:

History AM

Biology PM

Please check your room number for exam room assignment. See Mr. De.

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Exam:

English AM

World Languages PM

10

Exam:

Math AM

Make up exams or Conflicts

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Exams Make up/ Conflicts

12/13

Graduation on Sunday at 4 pm

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End of Year Meetings

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8:30- 10:30 Office hours for teachers to see exams- see note below

Announcement:

6/1/2010 Students- This apparently has been cancelled by the administration.  But if you would like to see your exams during this time please email me asap. Sorry for the inconvience.

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 End of Year meetings

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End of year meeting

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End of year meetings

3

Translation Continues

Be sure you can use the table.

Period 1- gene hunting sheet is due

Eukaryotic gene splicing

Period 3/4- Gene hunting

Finish genes for HW and review ppt on Alternative splicing (on left)

Period 5/6- Gene hunting

Finish both genes for hw-

both transcribed and translated

Review alternative splicing ppt on right

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Applying your knowledge

Section 1/2:

Eurkayotic Gene Hunting in class

HW- Mammoth Question see below  and finish the questions on the eukaryotic gene hunting page.

Section 3/4

Gene hunting from prokaryotes due today!  Both genes need to be transcribed and translated.

Eurkaroytic Gene Splicing

Intron

Exon

Splicosomes (see link to left)

Alternative splicing

Section 5/6

Prokaryotic Gene Hunting genes due

Both genes need to be transcribed and translated

Eurkaryotic Gene splicing

Lab

DNA Extraction Lab

HW: Mammoth DNA Question sheet

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Lab for section 1/2 held today!

Room 110

DNA Extraction Lab with Strawberries

Review DNA packing Ppt to left

Section 3/4 Eukaryotic Gene Hunting Ex in class

Section 5/6

Review DNA isolation lab

and Eukaryotic Gene Hunting Ex in class.

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LAB UV damage and thymine dimers

Section 3/4

HW  due

Lab see above

Section 5/6

HW due

Lab see above

HW for all sections:

Read Molecule of the Month on Thymine Dimers

Video on Thymine dimer repair

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Combined Rehearsal

Lab for 1/2- on Wednesday

Review UV damage results from plates

Lac Operon covered Transformation

Plasmid mechanics

Quiz on Monday

Section 3/4 Make UV damage plates

Quiz on Monday.

quiz on Monday

Review concepts of transformation, lac-operon for Monday

Section  5/6-

Review Bacterial plates.

Review concepts of transformation, lac-operon for Monday

quiz on Monday

8/9

Spring Concert

10

Quiz

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Section 1/2

Review Quiz Transformation Lab Review

Starter Plate

Read Section 10.23

Review Reading of  11.1- 11.3, 11.5, 11.6, 11. 9

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Transformation Lab

Review  PCR Links

Finish the Transformation Questions from class.

Due tomorrow

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Transformation Lab

Review Plates

and  Review handout

Double check your transformation hw paper and be ready to turn tomorrow!

TODAY: Started discussion of Restriction Enzymes

Read 12.2

Review three links on left regarding restriction enzymes

Vocabulary: Review from notes and reading and links

Phage

Restriction Enzyme

Restriction fragments

Enzyme recognition site

sticky ends

GAATTC

EcoRI

Restriction Digestion

picking up 6th period drop today!

Restriction enzymes ppt

PCR ppt

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 Special Schedule

Continuing discussion of Plasmid and Restriction digest

Gel Electrophoresis discussed in class

Review the two links above left and complete HW.

How does electrophoresis work?

How are fragments of DNA separated using gel electrophoresis?

Bands

Fragments

Gel- agarose

Wells

Sample

Ethidium Bromide

Charge of DNA

Gel ppt

HW link

Romeo and Juliet Performance 1 p.m.

Reunion weekend

15/16

Reunion weekend

"Silly Lab Tech"

in Class today with Mr. Alfano (Mrs. O'Mara out)

Please feel free to check out the link above.

HW due from Friday

Review: Recombinant DNA, Plasmid Map, Restriction Digest

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Digest

GMO Dectection lab Run Gel

PCR dicussion and lecture

3. Review of PCR  concepts Read 12.12 & 12.13

PCR ppt

Bring in Corn based food product for GMO detection lab

Read  12.8 & 12.9

2. DNA isolation of Food

Hw Review Gel over the weekend and analyse results

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Harvest of Fear Video

We will only be watching a portion of the this vidoe to introduce the concept of Genetically Modified Food.

There will be hw regarding the content of the movie and using the techniques that we have learned in the last few days.

Protocol for GMO Dectection Lab

Read thoroughly before class.

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Test posted on Applicaiton of DNA technology

22/23

Molecular Biology test link

24 Review Gels of

Hw review your gels-Which was your food? did you a successful extraction? A succesful PSII pcr? GMO?

Label the gel in ppt and be prepared to turn it in on Wednesday with the finished questions in the lab.

You should be working on your test - two submissions allowed average of two submissions will be taken

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Section 1/2 review gels

Section 3/4 Section 56- DNA replication

Read- 10.4 and 10.5

Review Vocabulary:

ppt for DNA replication

Semi conservative

Parent strand

daughter strand

template

DNA Polymerase

DNA ligase

Continous synthesis

Discontinous synthesis

Okazaki Fragments

Origin of Replication

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GMO complete lab is due (except section 12) with your annotated gel. Will be graded.

Section 1/2 meets double period today. Go over gel!!! Please remind me and make sure that we do it.

Section 1/2 DNA replication

Section 3/4 DNA Replication  continues

Section 5/6 DNA Replicatio continues

DNA packing link

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Lab Packet for 1&2 due today! NOT wednesday!

Cell Cycle, Cell Replication, Mitosis, and Cancer

Read 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, 8.10, 8.11

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Test  due

Short answer question due. Please be sure that your name is on the pieces of paper

31 Memorial Day

School is Closed

June 1

Yearbook Dedication

June 2

Special Schedule -Athletic assembly

June 3

Special Schedule - Senior Awards

June 4

End of Semester

Monday  1

Welcome back!

We reviewed the potato core lab and reviewed our data. 

Some classes had made up data!

Section 5/6:

Which solutions are hypertonic? Hypotonic? Which is sweeter- explain using data from the graph.

Hypertonic, Hypotonic, isotonic, selectively permeable

Be able to use the graph and picture to interpret the concepts.

Honors Projects Due

Please review the following ppt.

We are not going over it in detail since we lost two days.

Membrane dynamics ppt

2

Cells transforming Energy

Read 5.10-5.13

Kinetic/ Potential Energy

 Chemical Energy

Endergonic, Exergonic reactions, ATP,  Enzymes, Energy of activation

ppt Working cell

Enzymes essay

3

Worked on essays

Enzymes

Review the ppt that we started in class.

Read 5.14, 5.15

energy of activation

Biological calalyst

Substrate

active site

induced fit

Optimal range of activity

Work on essays

Biozone pages

4

Enzymes

Regulation of  enzymes

Catalase

Work on essays

Biozone pages

5

Enzymes

We discussed regulation of enzymes; normal binding, competitve inhibition, non competitive inhibitoin

Finish the enzyme packet for monday.

In Class- beaker with Iki and dialysis tubing with starch solution inside the dialysis tubing baggie.

Please state  besure you have labeled drawings of the activiity . Which solution was hypetonic

Work on essays

Biozone pages collected

6/7

Test postponed to tuesday.

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Essay test moved till Friday.

Work on Essays for  few minutes in class.

Spit Plate!

What is amylase?

PDB

and FirstGlance with 1ppi

Digesting Lactose for Yeast with enzyme.

Remember we are picking up 7th period during CP. It is required that you attend your 7th period class.

TEST ONLINE at  3:21!

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Work on Essay for few minutes early in class.

5/6 Lab: Yeast with Lactose & digested lactose.

Test for Cells Parts, Membrane Dynamics, Enzymes

Test will be posted tuesday night.

Test will be the AVERAGE of two submissions. You do NOT have to complete two submissions but you can have two submissions if you would like.  But I will average the submissions.

Essay Adjustment-

You will be responsible for an additional question on the essay related to one of the essays. This question will be on the enzyme reaction of your choice.  You will be allowed to use your notes for this portion of the essay test.

10

Last Day to work on Essays in class.

Section 1/2 will be picking up drop to complete lab today. We will briefly meet during CP for clean-up and discussion. We are supposed to meet during CP.

12

Essay test in class

see link from last week.

Monday 4

Read 2.9, 2.10 2.11, 2.12, 2.13, 2.14, 2.15

5

Water!

Review Links to the left.

C omplete reading and review notes.

Complete hw linked here

Lab Mystery Bottle!

6

HW due. - diagram of organics in water collected today.

Hw of Water compared to Hg

Section 1/2- complete water properties as compared to mercury

Section 3/4- complete hw sheet

Section 5/6- complete hw and bottle problem question. Remember to use precise and concise language and avoid pronouns.

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Section 1/2-  Review HW

Starting Carbohydrates today!

polymer, monomer, dehydration synthesis, hydrolysis, enzyme, monosachharides, disacharride, polysaccharides.

Review reactions link  on the left  showing dehydration synthesis and hydrolysis.

Review ppt today.

Section 3/4- bottle problem in class today

Question due for HW tomorrow. Please use precise and concise language in your answer.

Section 5/6- Review HW

Starting Carbs today!

polymer, monomer, dehydration synthesis, hydrolysis, enzyme, monosachharides, disacharride, polysaccharides.

Review Reaction link

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Section 1/2- Bottle Problem Lab-

Answer due on Monday.

Please bring a regular, non mechanical pencil to class.

Section 3/4- Bottle problem answer due today!

Carbohydrates today!

polymer, monomer, dehydration synthesis, hydrolysis, enzyme, monosachharides, disacharride, polysaccharides

Review reaction link

9/10

Over the weekend:

Reading about carbohydrates!

To be posted

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Review of Carboydrates today! With Practice questions!

Started on Lipids today!

Lipid, oils, fats, waxes, Saturated, Unsaturated, Glycerol, fatty acids, trans fats, partially hydrogenated fats, Dehydration synthesis

Lipid ppt

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Lipids continuing today!

What is the claim about Omega 3 fatty acids?  Why are they important?

Lipid Reading Read 3.8, 3.9, 3.10

Carbohydrate readings:3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7

5/6 Lab on using Indicators for Macromolecules.

Lipid ppt II

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Proteins Begin today!

Packet handed out in class today!

Please work on it. To be collected on Monday.

See if you can get to 100g  of protein in a day! hard to do!

Protein Project Assigned Click here for link DUE  FRIDAY!

Protein Reading

3.11-3.14

Check out the lipid links to the left. One is reallllllly tough!!!!

Did you ask about Omega 3's in your house? Could you explain what the omega 3 actually means in terms of structure to your parents?

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1/2  Protein continues

3/4 lab on indicators

Review links about proteins on the left!

Protein ppt.

15

1/2 Lab on indicators.

In class quiz on Carbs, Lipids, begining of Proteins

16/17

Protein Packet due on Monday

Proteins and enzymes continue next week!

18

MLK Day

No School

19 Lab Building a Protein!

Look at Bovine Pancreatic Trypsin inhibitor.

Can you find it in the Protein Data Bank?

Can you view it in Firstglance?

Macromolecules Modeling Project

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 CLASS FOR PROTEIN BUILDING!!!!!

You and your partner will be allowed the class period to build and write your paragraph. Please plan accordingly and use the class time well. I will of course be there to work with each group individually as needed.

Please carefully follow the directions and be sure that you have included all the requirements for BOTH the model AND the paragraph.

Good luck. I am looking forward to seeing your models.

25 '

Finishing Macromolecules

Enzymes

Reading:

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Nucleotide hands on quiz 3 points!

Protein Model & Paragraph Due

Please be sure that both names are on the paragraph and model.

Nucleotides Con't

Reading:

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Section 1/2 allowed to practice for Friday.

Section 3/4 allowed to practice for Friday

Section 5/6 needs to finish ATP and NADH and then can practice.

Macromolecule Test online click here. Read directions CAREFULLY on the next day.

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Directions:

Please put you PINGRY email in the field for email. Other email accounts will be ignored. Please fill in your name. Complete the test by choosing the correct answers from each pull down menu. HIt submit and WAIT till you get the "successfully submitted" window.  I will bounce the email back when I receive it so that you will know your score within an hour.

You will have the option for two submissions. You MUST have both submissions completed by MONDAY 10:00 PM

No submissions will be accepted after 10 pm.

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Hands on/Essay Portion for Macromolecule Test

10 point for correct model

10 points for correct answers on handout

For this portion of the test- You and a partner will be asked to build a model of on of 5 possible structures.

1.a molecule of Chitin

2. aspartame (a slightly altered dipeptide)

3. sucralose (a slightly altered sucrose)

4. Beta- glucose and Alpha glucose

You and your partner will be required to build the strucure while in class on Friday. You be randomly assigned a molecule at the start of class and your partner will be responsible for creating the structure using the modeling kits supplied.  Additionally you will be required to answer several questions about your molecule. You are welcome to bring notes and any materials that you have gathered about the structures to class on Friday.