1/27-1/31

Goals for the Week

• What are the social impacts of albinism?
• What is the relationship between genotype and phenotype?

SEPs

• Asking questions and defining problems
• Developing and using models
• Analyzing and interpreting data
• Using mathematical and computational reasoning
• Constructing explanations and designing solutions
• Engaging in argument from evidence
• Obtaining, evaluating and communicating information

Quiz next Tuesday, February 3 - Please review

• Vocabulary so far
• Drawing and interpreting a Pedigree
• Using Punnett Squares to determine probabilities

Monday and Tuesday
Hidaya's story

• What are the social impacts of albinism? video
• Add to our list of questions
• Are there any correlations to albinism and the social construct of race?
• How can we create a pedigree given a verbal account of a family's history?
• Punnett Squares for Hidaya's family
• Whiteboard of Hidaya's family pedigree and Punnett squares

Genetics Practice  Packet #1 due tomorrow

Wednesday - Thursday

Review Genetics Practice Packet  #1- what other questions does this bring up?

• How can we track inheritance of more than one trait if they are on different chromosomes?
• What other modes of inheritance are there?
• Genetics Practice Packet  #3 Blood Type genetics
• Case study of hemophilia - what are the social implications?  case study and video

Friday
Genetics Practice Packet is due on Monday as a review for quiz on Tuesday

• FInish the review for the test first
• How can we determine the mode of inheritance based on a pedigree? Genetics Practice Packet  MIT Pedigree Problems
• These are challenging problems!  Please support your group members in finishing this.  

1/20-1/24

Driving Question

• How do traits vary among individuals?

SEPs

• Asking questions and defining problems
• Developing and using models
• Analyzing and interpreting data
• Using mathematical and computational reasoning
• Engaging in argument from evidence
• Obtaining, evaluating and communicating information

Monday

Please reflect on first semester.  This will be your FIRST grade of second semester!

Next Project!!  "It's Just Melanin"

• Entry Event

Tuesday - Friday

Hidaya's story

How does albinism happen?  

• We will be looking at how albinism can be inherited and how to show family relationships with certain traits (such as albinism)
• How can we make predictions as to who might inherit certain traits?

How can certain traits impact individuals on a social/cultural level? Video

• We will be looking at how some traits impact the role people play in society

Peacock Practice Problems

1/13-1/17

Monday

Regular Day 

Please use your rubric to finalize your presentations - do you have everything on your rubric represented in your presentation?

Tuesday

FIRST hour exam

2-7 regular hours

Please practice your presentations today

Wednesday

SECOND HOUR and THIRD HOUR exams

Thursday

FOURTH and FIFTH hour exams

Presentations today!

Friday

SIXTH and SEVENTH hour exams

No School Monday!

1/6-1/10

Goals for the Week

• Wrap up individual portion of the Mid-Term - due Friday - NO EXCEPTIONS!
• Work on group portion of the midterm - take note of exam schedule next week!
• Reflect on your group's progress and collaboration so far this project

Monday

Let's regroup!

• check on your grades 
• did you turn in your brine shrimp CER?

Review rubric for group portion

Tuesday - Wednesday

Work on group project

• Task list
• Due dates for individual tasks

Remember!  You are trying to come up with some sort of actionable way to help your ecosystem.  It might be fundraising for a charity or creating posters for awareness.  Keep in mind, we will vote on which group we want to support!

Please use a web resource to help you cite your sources in APA!

• Purdue Owl
• easy bib

Thursday - Friday

Group work time

12/16-12/20

Goals for the week

• Investigate how salinity impacts the growth and survival of brine shrimp
• Discuss how cells respond to various levels of salt water
• Explain how cells maintain homeostasis in their environment

SEPs

• Asking questions and defining problems
• Developing and using models
• Planning and carrying out investigations
• Analyzing and interpreting data
• Using mathematical and computational reasoning
• Constructing explanations and designing solutions
• Engaging in argument from evidence
• Obtaining, evaluating and communicating information

Monday and Tuesday

Collect brine shrimp data - please be sure to use the spreadsheet AND place your data in the correct spot!

• Create a graph that reflects your data.  Your graph should be created using google sheets.  Please see the template in Google Classroom
• Using the spreadsheet as a template, answer the questions provided.  Stop before you get to the reasoning!  

Wednesday and Thursday

Explain the reasoning behind the brine shrimp data 

• How do brine shrimp maintain homeostasis?
• How do cells maintain homeostasis
• How can some organisms live in high salinity whereas others cannot
• Words to use in your reasoning
• osmosis
• homeostasis
• high concentration
• low concentration
• salinity

Submit your data analysis (CER) using the template in Google Classroom by the end of the hour on Thursday

Friday

Rough draft of Mid-Term is due today!!

12/9-12/13

Goals for the Week

• Identify the carrying capacities of several species in the Alaskan Kelp Forest
• Determine what determines a species carrying capacity
• Roll out individual portion of Mid-Term
• Begin work on the group portion of the Mid-Term

SEPs

• Asking questions and defining problems
  Developing and using models
  Analyzing and interpreting data
  Constructing explanations and designing solutions
  Engaging in argument from evidence
  Obtaining, evaluating and communicating information

Monday

Finish carrying capacity group assignment

Roll out individual portion of the Mid-Term

• Rubric
• Need to Knows

Tuesday
Work on the individual portion of the project

Wednesday

Mrs. Trosin out of the building today

Rubric for group portion of the mid-term

• Focus on bullet point 3 today
• Due by the end of the hour for completion points - no late work accepted!
• You may enter this into a slide, draw a picture and upload, or use a whiteboard - or any other way that makes sense to your group.  Just please make sure you turn this in by the end of the hour!!

Thursday

Individual work time for Mid-Term

Please work on the individual portion of the mid-term - draft due December 20

Friday

Today we will begin an investigation that explores the question, How can environmental factors impact the growth and survival of organisms?

• What organism will be our model?
• How can we use this organism to answer our driving question?
• How will we design our experiment to test our driving question?

Google sheet for our class data - please follow the directions carefully