Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Friday, February 12th 2010

No school

Tuesday, February 16th In class and homework

We shared our "research" covering topics in 19.2 (primarily) so we should all have the 5 pages from the packet completed. The homework is to read the remainder of chapter 19 (sections 19.4 and 19.5)

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Wednesday, Feb 10th

No school (again!) - snow day.

Tuesday, Feb. 9th

No school - snow day!

Monday, February 8, 2010

Monday 2/08/10 - In Class and Homework

Time was given in class to use the computers to help continue learning about the material in 19.2 (Using the Campbell web site animations as a tool). The last 15 minutes or so was spent working in small groups preparing to teach the material to 2 or 3 other students tomorrow. The homework is to complete your preparation.

Friday, February 5th 2010 - In class and Homework

We received a 5 page handout (as well as the Chapter 19 objectives) dealing with Sections 19.1 and 19.2. 19.2 has some challenging material so we are breaking it down in a way to help teach each other, (taking notes, etc.). The homework is to continue to work on teaching preparation.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Thursday, February 4th -In Class and Homework

We began the period by reading the 1st 2 and 1/2 pages of section 19.2 - focusing in on the regulation of genes by affecting chromatin structure. We then watched a clip from "NOVA Science Now" dealing with a Hot Topic - Epigenetics. After a brief discussion, we finished class beginning the reading of the Jan 18th, 2010 Time Magazine cover story - "Why your DNA isn't your destiny" . The homework is to finish reading this article as well as the other 2 page handout dealing with Epigenetics.