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Monday IB Biology - Today we started the day with the idea that we are almost done with biochemistry!!! ...but even though we are attacking the very last portion of this unit, we can't forget the material that came before. So, the first part of today you spent reviewing the sections, and the work that you did identifying your weaknesses will be compiled by me to work into a a review we will have each morning. Next, we started to pick apart your alien pleas by digging up details on your arguments. Tonight you should be able to compare calvin with kreb cycle from a broad perspective, you should be able to connect the ETC of respiration with light dependent reactions, you should also come prepared with a good understanding of the structure of a chloroplast and how that compares to a mitochondrion. That's your mission along with revising your alien statement. Don't forget to look at what you can contribute to our adopt a family. Honors Biology - Today we started with an exercise called Sum it Up so we could better understand the relationships between all of the concepts we have covered in this unit. We connected with pictures and text Organism, Cell, Chromosome, Gene, and DNA. Tonight I want you to go to the left side of the entry Sum It Up, and create at least 3 questions about these 5 topics. If you make 3 questions that aren't really things you still wonder or don't understand, you're just wasting our (yours and mine) time. Since we didn't have time to finish the baby project, we will finish that tomorrow. Don't forget to look at what you can contribute to our adopt a family. Tuesday IB Biology - I am super happy with the progress we made today, but I do have concerns that many of you are not spending any, or at least very little, time with the material in the book. Below I have posted a ton of resources that you can use to formulate your case to the aliens! Now, some of you are concerned with what the final product should look like. This is simple, there is no one format that is required, but you must be able to argue with the alien about why the BIOCHEMISTRY is more complex in plants. The intent is that you will discuss the various steps in cellular respiration and photosynthesis to demonstrate this as a basis, but you can get much deeper and carry this argument beyond the basics by discussing other biochemical and physiological reasons. Without giving it all away use all of the ammunition I gave you in class, and from these resources, to bolster your case. If you are still confused and you have spent time with the material, come see me. I'll be waiting. Light Dependent Reactions - http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/Bio231/ltrxn.html Calvin Cycle - http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/Bio231/calvin.html Watch this video on the structure of chloroplasts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOPEn2qYff4 Watch Bozeman Science: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g78utcLQrJ4 Crash Course on the process of photosynthesis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQK3Yr4Sc_k NEWS BREAK: If you didn't hear about the Chinese researcher who now claims to be the first to gene edit a human egg, here's a news report from the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/health/gene-editing-babies-china.html Honors Biology - Today we started out with finishing our babies! You flipped for their traits, and then gave them fabulous names! Tonight I need you to draw your baby (in teen form) on the left hand side of your entry. I was going to have you discuss the questions you brought to class, but we never go there so just do the teen drawing, and come up with a list of things you would want to ask a couple if you were a genetic counselor. IN other words what would you need to know to tell the couple their odds of their baby having a negative trait show up. This can be written on the left hand page of "Sum it Up!" Wednesday IB Biology - Today we started by reviewing the work that we did on our last unit tests and then talked about how to do a redo if you had a failing grade. We then looked at the IB criteria for experimentation and started the discussion of your cell respiration or photosynthesis experiment with your partner. Lastly, I gave you the good news that our detailed alien argument is due on Friday, along with the Chlorophyll worksheet. I'll post a copy of the worksheet below. Hey, how about making a contribution to our adopt a family program? Now, I also mentioned that I have an extra credit assignment for you. What I would like you to do is to read these two articles that delineate man's ability to exploit biology. Now, find another article that is related. In a multifaceted way, please describe the big and small ideas that connect them. Lastly, using eith ther philosophical framework of consequentialism or deontology discuss the ethics of doing what is descrribed in the articles. Your final project should include all three articles, your synthesis of the commonalities, and finally the ethical discussion. Your points will be determined by the quality of the discourse. ..which I think translates to being based on the sophistication of the arguments. Here are the two articles I want you to include: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140925150824.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171121121422.htm Honors Biology - Today we started with a Beauty Pageant for your babies. They were amazing! So cute! Flabia and Sam were two of my favorites! We then jumped into your lingering questions from the day before and those questions were amazing as well! All of this work was really to lead us into the last bits of this unit, and into a case study to apply what we know. You received a case study towards the end of class, place this on the right side on a new entry. On the left side of the entry you should find the definitions for Gregor Mendel, pedigree, punnett square, sex linked traits, and sex influenced traits. Tonight your job is define your terms on the left side of your entry, and then to make yourself familiar with the case study you have been assigned. Feel free to highlight, underline, write questions, etc on the sheet you received. You don't have to complete it, just be familiar with what it is asking and how you might answer these questions. Hey, also ask yourself if you can contribute to our adopt a family program? Whatever you can donate can make a difference. I was going to post this tomorrow, but I figure you could look at this extra credit assignment now since it is related to our case studies. Actually, I've posted the actual sheet below. This assignment challenges you to figure out what blood typing means and how we can use it to determine genetic outcomes. You don't have to do this, it's extra credit. Thursday IB Biology - Today we spent our tie with Dr. Robert Tendick a physical therapist from just right down the road! I really liked what he had to say and I hope you consider his occupation as a possible career goal. Tomorrow your Alien Argument as well as you Chlorophyll worksheet are due, please have those ready. Not to spoon feed you, but remember we talked about discussing structures, ETC vs Light dependent reaction, and Kreb cycle vs Calvin cycle. Be specific as to why the plants should be eaten by detailed proof of the greater complexity of photosynthesis. Lastly, please come prepared with an actual experiment that you and your partner will carry out. This could be with yeasts, plants, leaf disks, or something else. This weekend, please also consider shopping for our adopt a family, or donating cans to the food drive. Honors Biology - Today we clarified the definitions that you found last night and this work lead to SO many great questions. I am really impressed at where your heads are at his point in time. You have learned so much! What I would like you to do tonight is to finish your case study and be ready to present this to others. In addition, I want you to find 3 genetic disorders that you think sound really interesting to possibly do your case study on. These will be compiled in class and you can make final decision on unit case study once we come together. Write the name and description on the bottom of the left hand side of your case study entry, put them below your definitions. This weekend, please also consider shopping or donating to our adopt a family. Friday IB Biology - Today I went on a rant and I'm not happy about it. Many of you are doing an amazing job in my class, but I really am struggling with the lack of thinking from some. Thinking requires some time with the material and discourse. I want to be your partner. I want to help you with whatever you need, and I don't want to go back to reading quizzes. But let's not play the blame game, let's continue from here as partners. I'm sorry if any of you were offended, that was not my intent. MEA CULPA!!! For this weekend you should start to establish the foundation of your lab report. This means that you should have a title, introduction, hypothesis, materials, and procedures. Share the duties with your partner. You should also start the preparation for the exam next Friday. Your alien argument should have been detailed so you probably have most of what you need, but maybe you should review your book. This weekend, please also consider shopping for our adopt a family, or donating cans to the food drive. Honors Biology - Today we started our day by looking at the case studies and sharing them with each other to learn more about genetic disorders. We then went over the cases as a class to make sure we got the main ideas. At that point we compiled a list of genetic disorders from your homework and listed these. Here are some examples: Down Syndrome, Thalassemia, Turner's syndrome, Kleinfelter's syndrome, Parkinson's, ALS, etc. Your job this weekend is to do the background research for the disorder you would like to do for your final assessment/case study. This can all be listed on the right hand side of the entry we started today. On Monday we will answer our final genetic question on whether we can fix DNA or not!!! This weekend, please also consider shopping for our adopt a family, or donating cans to the food drive.
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