Biology I Spring Semester 2011
Congratulations on finishing Bio1! Amazing job! You are sophmores!
I sincerely hope that you enjoyed your semester in my classroom. I know that I have enjoyed having each of you as my students...
even Kyle (just kidding Kyle- you know that enjoyed your ENTIRE class and you!)
Enjoy Biology II and please come back and visit and let me know what you are up to and how things
are going.
Have a wonderful, wonderful summer!
All the best-
Mrs. O'Mara
June 2011
30 Memorial Day No school |
31 Review Sheets DUE for extra credit See May 27th Yearbook Dedication Assembly Last week of regular classes REVIEW DAY 1 HW: Review the ppt that was given in class today. We emphasized the connection between the terms to other parts of the year. Please attempt to develop those ideas MORE and work on your review sheets. I would suggest adding some of the connecting ideas discussed in class to your review sheets. Review the quiz that was given out today |
June 1st Atheletic Assembly Special Schedule REVIEW DAY 2 Parts of Cell & Cell Function HW: 1.ADD to the ppt that was given out today in class. 2. Review parts of a cell here at this link. Recources for Final Exam come out today! Please read the instruction sheet carefully and try NOT to lose it! If you lose your instruction sheet please see Mr. Alfano ASAP. I don't have copies of that information. EXAM Resources: 1. Essay Exam Bank link 2. Diagram Bank for Part II: Critical Thinking Multiple Choice link |
June 2nd Review Energetics |
June 3rd Review Day Special Schedule
You are done with Biology 1!!! Yay! Study for the exam! |
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6 Exams English Math
2 :00 pm- PART II: Critical Thinking MC of final exam goes live at 2 pm. You may submit ONE time to see your score. (optional) Be sure that you follow instructions for taking this section of the exam to en sure that you are taking the correct version of the exam.
PART II ONLINE VERSION: Critical Thinking MultipleChoice OPtional Submission Link YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER ON THE PART II MC> |
7 Reading Day I will be in school for questions and individualized review. We will be following a normal class schedule so I will be sitting in our classroom awaiting your questions. .. Optional submission of Part II MC due by 3 pm Answers to Part II Critical Thinking Multiple Choice will be returned around 3:30 pm TODAY. |
8 Exams History
Annoucement made to change exam rooms for heat! Science Exam Instructions: 11:30: Please find your name and code and MAKE sure you know where you are going! Which room and which group. 11:45- Report to your final exam room ON time. Find your groups and read your instruction page. Do not start until instructed to do so. 12:OO Part I- Essay Collaboration permitted for 10 minutes, no resources permitted; suggested 15 per essay (40 Min) 12:45 Part II- Critical Thinking MC- resources permitted (scantron) You may bring your 5 Review Sheets and your copy of the test from the previous submission- will be collected. (see instructions from June 7th) 40 minutes Part III- Individual MC (scan tron) (40 minutes)
Exam Will be graded tonight. Please check thinkwave for your exam grade. |
9 Exams Foreign Language Make-up exams
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10 Office hours for Mrs. O'Mara to see exam by appointment |
11/12 Graduation |
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May 2011
Monday 2 Honors Review Translation in class What is an anticodon? What makes up a tRNA? Find a picture of a tRNA and put into your notebook. Or a sketch of what a tRNA actually looks like. Funny but decent content -highschool video- High school video- Blame it o nthe DNA- not bad, what disorders do they mention in the video? This is the Stanford boys again- this is anextension of Transpscirption and translation...and how it controls the development of an organism into a complex, multicellular organism. What are HOX genes? SIGN UP FOR HONORS PROJECTS PROGRESS SESSIONS! Sign up today! Work on the packet- you must make at least some progress on the packet. Reading: |
Tuesday 3 Honors
Section 1/2; Eukaryotic Gene Hunting Some kids need to show me the intron and exon THYMINE DIMERS LAB Analyzing the effect of sunscreen on bacterial growth exposed to UV. Liquid bacterial culture spread on plate. Saran wrap with sunscreen and control Exposure to UV
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Wednesday 4 Honors Check point meetings Section 1/2 Lab (see previous) and continuing Eukaryotic Gene Hunting- complete gene hunting sheet for hw Section 34 and 56 Eukaryotic Gene hunting- complete gene hunting sheet for hw Work on packet |
Thursday 5 Honors Check point meetings Section 1/2 : review plates Gene hunting sheet due What is a frameshift? and how does it affect the reading frame of the protein? |
Friday 6 Honors Check point Meeting PLACEMENT TEST FOR BIOII/CHEM II- see Mr. Coe for room assigments Packet due Bio test Due Tuesday |
Honors 7/8 Test on sunday at 3 pm posted at 2;15 pm
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9 Work on test in class in small groups.
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10 LAB! Another round of UV bacteria plates be ready with your classes' experiment. Your class will need to decide on which experiments to carry out. HW: Work on test Read Control of Gene expression: 11.1 LAC Operon/ trp operon Introduction to Plasmids |
11 Section 12 Make plates:
Section 34/56: Review Plates Review Data Collected Introduction to plasmid and application of lac operon pglo Plasmid Introduction to plasmids
Read 11.2 Differentiation- 11.3 DNA packing and gene silencing- How are skin genes permanently shut off in a nerve cell?
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12 Friday Schedule Today!
Test link Dear Students, Sorry for the stress. Here is the test that I was to give in class today. Section 1/2 has already taken the test may elect to keep their score or retake the test. Please submit Saturday by midnight. Good Luck! And do well!
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13 Thursday Schedule today! |
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16 Transformation Sheets due Will be collected after classtime to review is given Review test in class |
17 Restriction Enzymes and Plasmids Plasmid Activity Review click through the following website to review restriction enzymes. What are sticky ends? SG-not split ends...sticky ends. ; )
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18 Honors Project Due CP Transformation completed in class! We transformed cells with pGlo plasmid and onto plates with different environments. For HW- 1 Predict what type of growth you will see in each plate 2 Complete resriction map on your paper plasmid 3. Find restriction sites on your other piece of DNA |
19 | 20 Quick Quiz on Designing a Plasmid HW: Get organized for the final! Clean out notebook! Hole punch! What are the major units of the semester?
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23 Gel Electrophoresis Separate fragements by size READ: 12.3, 12.16
Letter home to parents mailed about Biology Final Exam explaining the format
Review Final Exam Format |
24 Parent Letter regarding exam is being mailed home. Silly Lab Tech Assignment HW: Read Silly Lab Tech and review websites below. FInish packet- will be collected
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25 Packet collected in class. Silly Lab Tech!! in class.
One submission |
26 Silly Lab Tech due Test goes up |
27 In class work on test FOR WEEKEND: Generate 5 Review Sheets in preparation for Part II: Critical Thinking MC of the final Exam You will be allowed to bring into PART II of Exam these 5 review sheets that are covering the following topics: 1. Chemistry Vocabulary/ Water Chemistry 2. Macromolecules 3. Structure, Function and Cellular Transport 4. Energetics: Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration and Fermentation 5. DNA Structure/ Replication/ Expression The review sheets MUST be your own work. Though they can be typed and include diagrams, you must generate the text to put on the review sheet. Please bring to class on TUESDAY. Extra Credit if each topic is completed to a substantial level on Tuesday. I will be collecting these at the exam. |
28/29 Memorial Day Weekend
Review Tests and click through old links from the semester. |
30 Memorial Day No school |
31 Review Sheets DUE for extra credit See May 27th Yearbook Dedication Assembly Last week of regular classes REVIEW DAY 1 HW: Review the ppt that was given in class today. We emphasized the connection between the terms to other parts of the year. Please attempt to develop those ideas MORE and work on your review sheets. I would suggest adding some of the connecting ideas discussed in class to your review sheets. Review the quiz that was given out today |
June 1st Atheletic Assembly REVIEW DAY 2 Parts of Cell cell Function HW: 1.ADD to the ppt that was given out today in class. 2. Review parts of a cell here at this link. Essays come out today as well as the diagram bank for the final exam. Please read the instruction sheet carefully EXAM Resources: 1. Essay Exam Bank link 2. Diagram Bank for Part II: Critical Thinking Multiple Choice link |
June 2nd Review |
June 3rd Schedule Review Day Special Schedule
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April 2011
Friday April 1 Quiz on Photosynthesis |
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4 Check Point Completed! Starting Comments tonight! Cell Respiration Begins! Conversion of Food energy to cellular energy. Glycolysis Overview Interactive Biology Project: Cellular Respiration Problem Set Cell Respiration Rap! Stanford students. Electron Transport Chain (boring video) Cell respiration Overview youttube boring |
5 Cell Respiration Begins HW Read 6.1 6.7 Glycolysis HW Glycolysis in depth using the PDB article to the left. PPT for cell respiration |
6 HW: Read 6.7- 6.11 Graphs Due Glycolysis Due Review links and reading. Why is glycolysis considered an ancient form of metabolism? Which is an older gene mitochondrial ATP synthase or chlorplast ATP synthase? Why? Which is the oldest from the three when adding in the gene that codes for isomerase? Which is present in varied forms in the most organisms? How is glycolysis the opposite of photosynthesis? Can you be specific?
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7 Read 6.12- 6.13 Please review tonight THOROUGHLY! HINT!
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8 Fermentation 6.15 |
9/10 SMART Team Field Trip Leaving Saturday Test to be published Sunday night! Bring to class on Monday and work in SMALL groups of two or less! NO larger groups.
TIME 9:49 PM- The internet was notoriously difficult ! Sorry. And extension will be granted of course!. First submission not due till TUESDAY night at midnight.
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11 Work on test in class
TEST on photo/ cell respiration SMART Team Trip Substitute, Washington, D.C |
12 Test on phot/ Cell resp First submission of Energetics test due tonight by midnight. SMART Team Trip to Washington, D.C. Substitute |
13 Beginning of DNA Unit Movie: Secret of photo 51 The story of Rosalind Franklin and the race for the structure of DNA. The site DNAi- has many resources and discussions about all aspects of DNA research. Please review the timeline section and click through to get a sense of their representation of Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkens and of couse, Watson and Crick. Is the representation of them different then the video in class? Why?
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14 Photo 51 continues Structure of DNA |
15 In Service Day | 16/17 |
18 DNA structure and function DNA structure and function ppt Read Chapter 10.2-10.5 antiparallel 5' to 3' base pairing complementary bases
Review the following links: DNA Structure website- what is a nucleoside? What is wrong with their picture of DNA? How many AT base pairs in this image of DNA? How does complementary bases play an important role in DNA replication?
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19 First period meets Cloisters Trip ALL day for form III- no classes |
20 DNA Replication HW: Review your notes from class then complete the questions below The following questions should be answered in some form in your notebook: Using the following picture, Print it out! AND can you identify which strand, top or bottom, is made in chunks? Which has continous synthesis? What is an Okazaki Fragment? Good video on the process of DNA replication. What is the difference between leading and lagging strand? More complicated video! Now, can you pick out discontinous and continous synthesis? Review the paragraph about accuracy? How accurate is DNA polymerase and what mechanisms are in place to keep the accuracy of the enzyme? HONORS PROJECT REVIEW SESSION During CP |
21 DNA DNA and PCR What are the parellels? Honors Project Review Session CP today. DNA Learning Center Review 1.DNA replication videos 2. Kary Mullis Video |
22 Good Friday- No classes | 23/24 Easter weekend |
25 Ghost in Your Genes O'mara absent! |
26 Designing PRIMERS! Applying DNA structure to PCR applications |
27 Molecular Biology Transcrption and Translation Transcription Basic Transcription video DRY Transcription video Medium more extraneous details Honors project posted! |
28 Transcription Discussion with ppt AND prokaryotic gene hunting Complete the mRNA sequence for hw And review ppt from above entirely. |
29 Please work on the honors projects! You will be facing a check up on your progress next week! |
30 Honor Project continues |
March 2011
Tuesday, March 1st Membrane Dynamic continued, H+ gradient significance
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Wednesday, March 2 Section 1/2 set up osmosis and diffusion experiment Section 34 56 collecting data, went over graphing data, 2 graphs assigned for HW |
Thursday, March 3 Period one: two graphs due in class tomorrow 1) your data (2 lines) 2) class averages (3 lines)
Period 34 and 5/6: Graphs due today. Best fit line and you should have two graphs properly labeled with title and key. |
Friday, March 5 ENZYMES ppt! (finally!) Read 5.10- 5.12 - take notes on your own! Put in notebook- focus on vocab Review the ppt from class!!! Please review the graphs. Answer the following questions- Due Monday in your notebook, typing is not necessary. What is the role of catalase in the cell? How is the function of catalase connected to the idea of aging? Diagram the functional pathway of catalase? What is the substrate? ---> what is the product? What is the rate of catalase? |
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7 Enzyme Time Article The mechanism of this particular enzyme is different when compared to catalase. What is the enzyme's function in the brain? What is the significance of the research in human health? Imagine you need to explain how this enzyme works to your Alzheimer patient's family. Create a diagram that explain this pathway. Please read the lab for tomorrow
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8 This lab will look at two aspects of this enzymatic reaction 1- enzyme concentration 2 - a variable of your choosing. HW: 1 prepare graph of your data collected in class today. 2 Design an experiment that test another variable, pH, temperature, salt on this enzymatic solution HW: What is curare? Which enzymatic reaction does it effect? How? How can you cure some one with curare poisoning?
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9 Online quest assigned Catalase Lab PART II Working on your own variables experiment collect data and prepare a graph.
TEST LINK Posted at 1:45 pm You may take the test twice and I will take the higher grade.
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10 Catalase Wrap up IN CLASS TIME TO WORK ON TEST |
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uilding a Clay Model of a type of enzymatic collision. You and your partner will be asked to create a model,using clay to represent type of enzymaitc reaction. either a catabolic reaction or anabolic reaction that demostrates one of the following: 1. competitive inhibition 2. non competition inhibtion 3. enzyme/activator complex You should be aware of all related terms such as active site, |
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14 March Break |
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18 March Break |
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21 March Break |
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24 March Break |
25 March Break |
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28 Energy Processes in the Cell
Photosynthesis and Cell Respiration. Photosynthesis 1st! Why? Which came first photosynthesis or cellular respiration? Photosynthesis Review Flalsh Animation- Complete the puzzlers at the end of the animation Photosynthesis-youtube video
Photosynthesis Review site Review Lab 3 and Lab 4- Click through both labs to get a sense of the process of photosynthesis. HW- Create a toondoo book for photosynthesis due Friday! Must include Purpose of Photosynthesis, Materials necessary, and explanation of light and dark reaction ppt on ingredients for photosynthesis
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29 Bloody Chlorophyll Light Reaction Structure of the Chloroplast Period 1/2- Chloroplast structure and light reaction, continue TOONDOO work tonight on the concepts reviewed in class. Period 34 and 56 Same and Lab Work: graphing pages of photosynthesis concepts Hand back test to 34 56
Photosynthesis Overview from Biocoach
Rubisco- fast or slow enzyme MOM PDB
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30 12-Dark reaction Continue work on toondoo, adding concepts of dark reaction 34 Dark Reaction and graphing work due, continue work on toon doo 56 Dark reaction and graphing work due, continue work on toon doo |
31 Dark Reaction Continues |
April 1 Section 1/2 Graphs for second period Poster Quiz on Photosynthesis You and your partner will be required to make a poster showing all the relevant pieces to understanding photosynthesis in coherent, orderly, visually understanding format. |
February 2011
| 7 Monday | 8 Tuesday O"Mara out! Strep throat! DId cell drawings of plant and animal cell with labels and definitions |
9 Wednesday Microscope work! Animal Cell Plant cell Cheek cell stained with Methylene Blue Anacharis |
10 Thursday Plant cells continues Anacharis Onion Pointsettia Cell Packet from BZ due Monday
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11 Friday Parts of a Cell quick quiz. Building a cell. |
12/13 Saturday/ Sunday |
14 Cell parts packet due Harvard Cell Animation How do parts of a cell work together. |
15 Poinsettia Slides! Very cool! Very different from earlier slides! |
16 Harvard Cell Animation Discussion Continues |
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18 Test posted |
19/20 Test posted |
| 21 NO SCHOOL | 22 NO SCHOOL | 23 TEST DUE by MIDNIGHT! Give back papers day! and grade reports handed out for each class. New topic: Membrane Structure and Function Structure: Fluid Mosaic Model of the cell Membrane membranes imbedded in the membrane- Integrins, Cell to cell, junctions, enzymes, receptors, Selectively permeable- allowing transport Watch video: Good content bad video of cell membrane AND function Boring male voice video- missing extracellular matrix Actual cell membrane data: really short! What is all the red stuff outside & inside the membrane?
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24 Read 5.1- 5.6 How things move across a membrane: Passive Transport, Concentration gradient, osmosis
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25 REVIEW CAREFULLY the following vocabulary! Water balance in cells Tonicity isotonic, Hypotonic, osmoregulation, hypertonic, plasmolysis and lysis Which organism prefers to live in an hypotonic environment? Plant or Animal IN CLASS: we did diffusion observation of IKI and starch. Which way did the starch move? or did the starch move at all? Which way did the IKI move? What is your evidence to support this idea? What molecules will move through this selectively permeable membrane? and why? Which lives in a hypotonic environment? A slug or goldfish. |
26/27 Last weekend to work on the honors project! |
28 Movement across membranes Facilitated, active transport, exocytosis, endocytosis |
March 1 Lab on Osmosis Diffusion Which is sweeter???? |
2 Enzymes Read 5.10- 5.12 - take notes on your own! Put in notebook- focus on vocab. ENZYMES! |
3 Enzymes! |
4 Enzymes TEST next week on Chapter 5 and Part of 6- photosynthesis |
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January 2011
Monday Jan 3 Semester 2 Begins for Biology 1 Remember- loose leaf notebook for staying organized. Keep everything in chronological order Water- why is water polar? Why can water form hydrogen bonds? Read- 2.9- 2.14 for HW |
Tuesday 4 Clickers, PPT, Thinkwave Water HW Page given out in class, interaction of water with two different molecules. Link to water freezing (youtube) HW: Log into Thinkwave Account using log in page received in class and two molecules page. Lab: Mystery liquids- which is water? |
Wednesday 5 Water Bottle Quiz for Period 3/4 & 5/6 Reviewed the HW of two different molecules and their interactions in water. (hydrophobic and hydrophilic molecules and why) HW question comparing water to mercury...using the information that you know! Answer in complete sentences.
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Thursday 6 Funtional Groups Identifying Functional groups on unknown molecules Polymer vs Monomer Dehydration Synthesis vs. Hydrolysis Introduction to Macromolecules : carbohydrates Reading: 3.3 -3.7 on Carbohydrates Not yet done with ppt for class...posted on friday. |
Friday 7 SNOW DAY! |
Sat/Sun 8/9 |
10 Section 1/2- Review reading assigned last week and the worksheet reviewed in class. Can you recognize a dehydration synthesis reaction? A hydrolysis reaction? |
11 Students interested in the honors projects for BIO I please click here. FInished structural models of glucose today ( and fructose!) we had a quick quiz on polymer of the the glucose. Period 34 and 56 need to write their hypothesis for the plant experiment. |
12 SNOW Day! |
13 Carbohydrates: Polysacharrides |
14 HONORS LETTERS DUE to office in 110 Discussion: Artificial Sweetners Obesity HW: You are now able to recognize a typical structure that is sweet to humans. FInd on the internet a chemical structure of Spenda and Nutrasweet and compare to a disacharride. Are they similar.What makes them sweet? Would they be considered a carbohydrate? Drawings are appropriate but please include a title and label your drawings. Carbohydrate ppt. please review |
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19 IF YOU DID NOT TURN in your Honors Letter please do so today! Write pending if you do not know your grade. Hw on Artificial Sweetners due today Lipids Please read 3.8- 3.10 Review lipid notes What is Lipitor? Are members of you family being treated for High cholesterol? What dietary precautions are recommended for some one with high cholesterol? |
20 Lipids continues All of the following websites are required "reading" for HW. Be able to bring what you found interesting in to class discussion and think about the questions and points listed below. You may need to take notes on the article or questions below. 1. Read here about trans fats. Are there naturally occurring transfats? If so what are their sources? 2. This is an interesting website about the fight to ban trans fats- read about Mc Donalds and the "shhh" clause. 3. The Fats article from Harvard School of Medicine. What are good fats? and sources? We talked about fat being linked to heart disease but isfat consumption linked to cancer? |
2 Delayed Opening Today! Proteins: Read 3.11- 3.14 Proteins
HW: Making index cards of each amino acid. On the blank side of an index card make a drawing of each amino acid on it's own index card. Try to line up the "bankbone" of the amino acid. Use the following diagram to help find the structure for your index cards |
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24 Protein The key about protein functionality is their shape. What determines a final shape of a protein? Given a sequence of amino acids can scientist predict how proteins fold? This is a very is silly game about trying to identify amino acids by sight. Click here and you will be require to register. See if you can identify any of the amino acids. A small prize will be given out to the winner during class. You can practice as much as you want but Friday we will give it go in class in teams. NEW LINK! Try THIS ONE Read this article about the protein folding project using home computers. What is the goal of this project? Why is it unique? This is another game about protein folding called foldit. Please read the article introducing the project. There is alot of information about proteins and a game! The game is a download in the upper right hand corner.
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25 Proteins continues Protein Project assigned DUE FRIDAY, January 28 |
26 Protein Models Building! In class today: Build a protein model that contain representations of all levels of protein structure. Using toobers, tacks, plastic holders build a 3 polypeptide protein. Be prepared to answer questions on your model. 5 points for model and 4 follow-up questions. To be completed with partners. Quiz on Moday! Try the Fold game tonight! Try to complete another puzzle! I, ahem, have complete 7! Try and beat that number!
What denatures a protein? What happens when a protein denatures? Is a mutated protein the same as a denatured protein? |
27 SNOW DAY!
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28 Protein Project Due Nucleic Acids HW: What is the monomer unit of the Nucleic Acids? Answer in notebook: Is a mutated protein the same as a denatured protein?
Read this article for an interesting take on the orgin of life and amino acids. What are right handed vs left handed molecules? |
29/30 Quiz on Monday on all the macromolecules! |
| 31 Quiz! Big one! | February 1st SNOW DAY! |
2 ICE DAY! |
3 We went over the quiz...and earned some extra points! :) Please review the quiz carefully tonight. If you missed the quiz MAKE up as soon as possible. We are starting the CELL! Please read the following 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5-4.18 Here is the ppt that we will be covering in class today! This is a great video that previews all the material that we will be covering as we look at the parts of the cell. Please view carefully.
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4 Limits of cell size Types of cell prokaryotic vs eukaryotic
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February 2011
