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Saskatchewan Departmental Prototype Exams
Independent Study - SDS1 Indicators
Unit 1 - The Characteristics of Life
Collective Presentation - Scientists whose experiments contributed to a wider understanding of life from a biological perspective
Viroid/Prion Rhetorical Precis - Find a peer reviewed journal article published within the last two years that deals with either a viroid or prion, and write a rhetorical precis
Comparing Light and Electron Microscope
Unit 2 - Evolution
Assignment - Interview an Animal Breeder
Collective Presentation - Create a presentation about scientists who contributed to the field of evolutionary biology and any other relevant historical perspectives. The scientists that must be included are:
Jean-Baptiste Lamark
Thomas Robert Malthus
Charles Darwin
Alfred Wallace
Alfred Wegener
Theodosius Dobzhansky
Lynn Margulis
Stephen Jay Gould
E.O. Wilson
Your last slide should summarize your collective definition of "Evolution" and the theories to how evolution operates.
LUCA Rhetorical Precis - Find a peer reviewed journal article published within the last two years that deals with the concept of the "Last Universal Common Ancestor" (LUCA) and write a rhetorical precis.
Assignment - Comparative Analysis on Evolutionary Development
Assignment - Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium
Assignment - Population Growth Simulation
Unit 3 - Cellular Structure and Function
Complete a lab write-up for “Demonstration: Egg Osmosis”
Cell Structure and Function: Question Set #2
Lab Analysis: Is Glucose Uptake into Cells Affected by Age?
Assignment: Respiration at Its Finest
Cell Structure and Function: Question Set #3
Cell Structure and Function: Question Set #4
Unit 4 - Taxonomy and the Kingdoms
Archaebacteria\ Extremophile Rhetorical Precis - Find a peer reviewed journal article published within the last few years that deals with an Archaebacteria\ Extremophile (halophile, thermophile, or methanogen), and write a rhetorical precis
Reading: Antibiotic Resistance and Follow-Up Questions
Unit 5 - Genetics I - Inheritance
Collective Summary Presentation
Collective Presentation - Research contributions of key scientists with regards to the investigation of the chemical basis of inheritance (DNA)
Your Presentation should include:
Erwin Chargaff
Rosalind Franklin
Maurice Wilkins
James Watson
Francis Crick
Your final slide should be your collective thoughts on "the chemical basis of inheritance"
RNA, DNA, Replication, and Transcription
Unit 6 - Genetics II - Biotechnology
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