Post date: Apr 2, 2018 3:19:48 PM
Essential Questions: Why do whales have fingers? Why do life forms change over time? What does DNA do?
5/9 - Quiz: DNA, Genes, and Proteins
5/9 - Portfolio 3/20 to 5/7
5/8 - Genes & Proteins WS using
5/3 - DNA: The Code of Life Notes
4/24 to 4/27 - Nova: Cracking your Genetic Code - note questions - MS-LS4-5
4/18 - Phylogenetic Tree of Galapagos Finches
4/16 - Embryo Lab Assessment - MS-LS4-3.
4/10 - The Origin of Birds interactive - hhmi.org with Comparative Anatomy Worksheet
4/4 - Dinosaur game: CONSTRUCT-A-SAURUS - brainpop.com for Worksheet
Keywords
Heredity
Trait
DNA
Gene
Nitrogen Bases (nucleotides)
Proteins (IS pgs. 11,14-17)
Amino acids
Chromosome
DNA Replication (IS pg. 12)
Mutation (IS pgs. 19-20)
Cancer (IS pgs. 21-23)
Tumor
Chemotherapy
Homologous Structures
Evolution
Scientific Theory
Natural Selection
Overproduction
Variation
Species (Is the definition specific enough to account forGrolars?)
Artificial Selection
Gradualism
Punctuated Equilibrium
5/8 - What does a motor protein do?
Kinesin protein walking on microtubule - youtube.com A Day in the Life of a Motor Protein - youtube.com
5/7 - Watching the video Amoeba Sisters - Protein Synthesis, describe how a cell goes from DNA to protein in 5 or 6 steps.
5/4 - For the following DNA strands, what nitrogen bases would pair to form an RNA copy? (remember RNA has Uracil instead of Thymine)
GGCTATCCA
CAGCTGATC
ATTGACGTC
5/3 - Use the RNA: The Versatile Molecule - learn.genetics.utah.edu interactive to compare RNA to DNA on a Venn diagram.
5/2 - Using Journey into Human DNA - pbs.org interactive, summarize what you see in each of the 15 zooms.
5/1 - For the following DNA strands, what nitrogen bases would pair to form the other strand of DNA?
CCGATAGGT
GTCGACTAG
TAACTGCAG
4/30 - Build 10 rungs of a DNA Molecule at Build a DNA Molecule - learn.genetics.utah.edu . Write down the 10 letter pairs you match as you make the rungs of DNA.
4/27 - 1. After watching the Trailer for Gattaca, what concerns you?
2. Summarize one of the sections from: Eugenics Interactive - www.dnai.org/e/
4/26 - From the website National Cancer Institute: Common Cancer Types - cancer.gov:
List at least 4 common types of cancer.
Research one of the common cancer types to find out: what is it, where does it occur, what increases the chances of getting it, and how common is it?
4/25 - Research some genetic testing options. (Search Terms: Genetic Testing, DNA Ancestry, Genetic Genealogy)
What are some of the kits you can buy?
What is the primary purpose of each?
Would you want to get your genome tested with one of these kits? Why or why not?
4/24 - What do you know about Genetic Testing? What opinions do you have about it?
4/23 - From the video: Finding Home: A Sea Turtle's Life Cycle Explained (also The Survival of the Sea Turtle - Ted Ed, Sea Turtles: The Lost Years )
What is the life cycle of a sea turtle?
4/20 - Why might the Cavendish Bananas we eat go extinct? How has artificial selection produced this problem? What are possible solutions?
4/19 - If you were to breed an animal, what would it be and what traits would it have?
4/17 - Do you think hybrid animals should be considered a new species?
4/16 - Look at the different beak structures on IS page 51. Match the finch to the type of food you think it eats by information in the names and beak structure:
Finch
Vegetarian tree finch
Cactus ground finch
Medium ground finch
Small tree finch
Food
A. Hard seeds and nuts
B. Insects
C. Berries
D. Cactus
4/13 - From the video clip A Fish with Red Lips Untamed Science™ Video: How do you think the red lip batfish leglike fins help it survive?
4/12 - From the video clip Things You May Not Know About Evolution, list 4 things you did not know. (Mole Rats 2:40)
4/11 - What are 4 types of evidence of Evolution that we have already covered. Notes: All Living Things Are Related
4/9 - Summarize these note questions for Great Transitions: The Origin of Birds (2015) 18:59 - hhmi.org
What evidence shows birds are descended from dinosaurs?
What were feathers for before flight
MS-LS4-2. (IS Chapter 2) - Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships.
MS-LS4-3. (IS Chapter 2) - Analyze displays of pictorial data to compare patterns of similarities in the embryological development across multiple species to identify relationships not evident in the fully formed anatomy
MS-LS4-4. (IS Chapter 2) - Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment
MS-LS4-6. (IS Chapter 2) - Use mathematical representations to support explanations of how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time.
MS-LS3-1. (IS Chapter 1) - Develop and use a model to describe why structural changes to genes (mutations) located on chromosomes may affect proteins and may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism.
MS-LS4-5. (IS Chapter 1, 2) - Gather and synthesize information about the technologies that have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms.
Learn Genetics - learn.genetics.utah.edu - Primer on genetics and cell biology with interactives and videos.
Build a DNA Molecule - Interactive
Transcribe and Translate a Gene - Interactive: Make an RNA copy of a section of DNA and then produce Amino acids to make a protein.
Types of Proteins - interactive
RNA: The Versatile Molecule - Interactive comparing RNA to DNA.
DNA
DNA from the Beginning - dnaftb.org - An animated primer of 75 experiments that made the field genetics.
Genetics Home Reference - nih.gov - Specific information about each human gene and various genetic conditions.
Stated Clearly - statedclearly.com
What is DNA and How Does it Work? - DNA-RNA-amino acids-protein
What is a Chromosome? - Chromosomes and mutations.
Genes vs. DNA vs. Chromosomes - Instant Egghead #19
DNAanatomy - johnkyrk.com - Animations of DNA and its replication.
Build DNA - explorelearning.com - Gizmo model for DNA.
Amoeba Sisters - youtube.com
Your Amazing Molecular Machines - youtube.com - Understandable narration of Drew Berry's animations.
The Science of Picky Eaters (2009) 12:45 mins - pbs.org
Extract Your DNA! - pbs.org - NOVA DIY for seeing your own DNA!
Cracking the Code of Life. (2001) 113 mins - pbs.org - Sequencing of human genome.
Journey into Human DNA - interactive
Sequence DNA for Yourself - interactive
Mutations
Nova: Cracking your Genetic Code - pbs.org - Possibilities and pitfalls of genetic testing. note questions
Four DNA Tests - Interactive
TED-Ed
Two-Thirds of All Cancers Are Caused by One Thing: Your DNA - youtube.com
Epigenetics
RNAi. (2005) 15 mins - pbs.org - RNAi. (2005) 15 mins, NOVA. Fun analogy of how DNA and RNA work together to create proteins and the discovery of interference RNA.
Stem Cells Breakthrough. (2008) 14 mins - pbs.org
Epigenetics (2007) 15 mins - pbs.org
Epigenetics - learn.genetics.utah.edu - Videos and interactives.
Evolution 101 - evolution.berkeley.edu - Evolution 101 gives you the basics from Berkeley.
Great Transitions: The Origin of Birds (2015) 18:59 - hhmi.org -
The Origin of Species: The Beak of the Finch - hhmi.org -
Untamed Science - untamedscience.com - Short videos about various subjects in biology.
A Fish with Red Lips Untamed Science™
LIfe - An Autobiography (Biodiversity Rap) - youtube.com - Rap covering natural history. Amazing!
The 25 Biggest Turning Points in Earth's History - BBC Earth
Oregon: A Geologic History - oregongeology.org
ALL Animals, Dinosaurs & Sea Monsters SIZE COMPARISON - youtube.com - Animals through natural history.
Phylogeny of Life - ucmp.berkeley.edu - The Tree of Life including fossil record and history.
LIfe - An Autobiography (Biodiversity Rap) 6:34 - youtube.com - Rap covering natural history. Amazing!
Paleozoic
A Chart of Geological Time (from a trilobite's point of view) - trilobite.info
The Origin of Tetrapods (2012) 17:11 - hhmi.org
Mesozoic
Marching Dinosaurs - Animated Size Comparison (video 7:03) - Dinosaur list
Great Transitions: The Origin of Birds (2015) 18:59 - hhmi.org -
The Day the Mesozoic Died (2012) 33:43 - hhmi.org - Video answers what caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Dinosaur Plague (2009) 15:05, NOVA - pbs.org - Alternative or additional theory of how the dinosaurs went extinct from local scientists.
Cenozoic
Cenozoic Beasts - Animated Size Comparison - youtube.com - Beast list