Mr. G's Journals:

1/3/12 - NO REGULAR JOURNAL - Get a head start on your homework that is due tomorrow!

1/4/12 - NO REGULAR JOUNRAL - Cornell Notes

1/5/12 - Video Journal: Genetics History - Watch the 2 short videos and either take notes or write a summary.  Watch the 1st Video - Watch the 2nd Video

1/6/12 - Watch the Punnett Square Lemming Simulation.  Summarize the experience and explain how a long-tailed albino lemming was bred.  Click HERE to access the simulation (requires Adobe Shockwave).

1/9/12 - Video Journal:  Watch the first 4 short videos on human genetics.  Take notes.  Click HERE for the videos.

1/10/12 - Video Journal: Cloning - Take video notes and explain the ethics involved with cloning technology.  Watch the video HERE

1/11/12 - Sheltie Coat Coloring - Read page 116.  Complete 1-3 and the challenge at the bottom of the page.

1/12/12 - Video Journal: Probability - Take video notes and/or write a summary.  Watch the video HERE

1/13/12 - Study for the quiz by playing the Quia Unit 5 Quiz 2 Battleship Review and Challenge Board.

1/17/12 - Video Journal: History of Probability and Probability Calculations in Science - Take notes and/or write a summary. Watch Video 1 - Watch Video 2

1/18/12 - NO REGULAR JOURNAL - Finish Introduction to Probability.  Journals are DUE tomorrow.

1/19/12 - NO REGULAR JOURNAL - Journals are DUE today!

1/20/12 - NO REGULAR JOURNAL - Turn-in your Unit 5 Packet and take the Unit 5 Test today.


Mr. Rubens' Journals: (tentative!)
 
1. 1/3/12-Read p. 101-102. Describe what a TRAIT (characteristic) is. List 2 different methods (ways) of getting new traits.

2. 1/4/12-Read p. 102-103. Describe HEREDITY. Why are parents and offspring similar genetically? Watch the Video HERE

3. 1/5/12-Read p. 103. Describe the difference between GENES and ALLELES. List 2 facts about each.

4. 1/5/12-Read p. 106-107. Cornell Notes: PHENOTYPE, GENOTYPE, DOMINANT ALLELE, RECESSIVE ALLELE. Watch the Video HERE

5. 1/6/12-Read p. 104-105. Describe the contributions of Gregor Mendel. Why is he considered by many scientists to be the Father of Genetics? Watch the Video HERE

6. 1/9/12-Read p. 110-111. Describe what a Punnett square is. Write (draw) 2 examples. Explain the difference between parents vs. offspring. Watch the Video HERE

7. 1/10/12-Read p. 113. Use a Punnett square to show how 2 guinea pigs with black fur (B) could produce offspring with brown color fur (b). 

8. 1/11/12-Read p. 112. Explain PROBABILITY and give 2 examples. Watch the Video HERE

9. 1/12/12-Read p. 114-115. What are SEX CHROMOSOMES? How is the gender of offspring determined? Watch the Video HERE

10. 1/13/12-What is the probability of a family having 3 children, and all 3 are girls? How about 5 children, all boys? Show your mathematical computations!

1/17/12-Unit 5 Journal Book due



Mr. G's Archived Journals:


1/3/11 - No Regular Journal - Greatest Discoveries in Genetics

1/4/11 - No Regular Journal - Cornell Notes

1/5/11 - Online Journal - Who was Gregor Mendel?

1/6/11 - Online Journal - Biological Inheritance

1/7/11 - No Regular Journal - Study for today's quiz!

1/10/11 - Video Journal:  Watch the first 4 short videos on human genetics.  Take notes.  Click HERE for the videos.

1/11/11 - Video Journal: Genetics History - Watch the 2 short videos and either take notes or write a summary.  Watch the 1st Video - Watch the 2nd Video

1/12/11 -  Watch the Punnett Square Lemming Simulation.  Summarize the experience and explain how a long-tailed albino lemming was bred.  Click HERE to access the simulation (requires Adobe Shockwave).

1/13/11 - Online Journal - Punnett Squares

1/14/11 - Study for the quiz by playing the Quia Unit 5 Quiz 2 Battleship Review and Challenge Board.

1/18/11 - Video Journal: Probability - Take video notes and/or write a summary.  Watch the video HERE

1/19/11 - Video Journal: History of Probability and Probability Calculations in Science - Take notes and/or write a summary. Watch Video 1 - Watch Video 2

1/20/11 - Online Journal - Designer Babies

1/21/11 - No Regular Journal - Turn-in your Unit 5 Packet and take the Unit 5 test.  Journals are DUE next week.

1/4: Online Journal - Who was Gregor Mendel?

1/5: Online Journal - Biological Traits

1/6 - 1/8: No Journal to accommodate video notes and Cornell notes.

1/11: Video Journal: Genetics History - Watch the 2 short videos and either take notes or write a summary.  Watch the 1st Video - Watch the 2nd Video

1/12: Watch the Punnett Square Lemming Simulation.  Summarize the experience and explain how a long-tailed albino lemming was bred.  Click HERE to access the simulation (requires Adobe Shockwave).

1/13: Online Journal - Punnett Squares

1/14: Sheltie Coat Coloring - Read page 116.  Complete 1-3 and the challenge at the bottom of the page.

1/15: Study for the quiz by playing the Quia Unit 5 Quiz 1 Battleship Review and Challenge Board.

1/19: Look at your science progress report.  There is no regular journal.

1/20: Online Journal - Designer Babies

1/21: Video Journal: Cloning - Take video notes and explain the ethics involved with cloning technology.  Watch the video HERE

1/22: Study for the quiz by playing the Quia Unit 5 Quiz 2 Battleship Review and Challenge Board.

1/25: Video Journal: Probability - Take video notes OR write a summary OR a combination of both notes and a summary.  Watch the video HERE

1/26: Online Journal: Design Your Own Probability Experiment

1/27: Video Journal: History of Probability and Probability Calculations in Science - Take notes and/or write a summary. Watch Video 1 - Watch Video 2

1/28: No Regular Journal - Assemble Unit 5 Packet and review previous quizzes to study for tomorrow's test.

1/29: No Regular Journal - Turn-in your Unit 5 Packet and take the Unit 5 test.  Journals are DUE next week.