SECOND SEMESTER
Week 1
January 5 - 9, 2015

Learning Goals: Provide a working definition of biotechnology and what biotechnology encompasses. Describe different careers in biotechnology.



Monday - No class

Tuesday - Go over syllabus; Define biotechnology; Begin history of biotech scavenger hunt
HW: get syllabus signed by 1/12

Wednesday - No school - weather

Thursday - No school - weather

Friday - Biotech industry; Work on scavenger hunt
HW: complete scavenger hunt

Week 17
December 8-12, 2014

Learning Goals: Simulate microarray technology to study genes involved in lung cancer. Use forensic evidence to examine mystery of Anna Andersen. Examine legal, moral/ ethical and social issues that have arisen as result of advances in DNA technology.

 

Monday - DNA chips lab - part 1

HW: none

Tuesday - DNA chips lab - part 2

HW: lab due 12/12

Wednesday - Project work day

HW: project due 12/19

Thursday - Begin Andersen-Romanov mystery

HW: project due 12/19

Friday - Review for test

HW: study

Unit 4 Test Tuesday 12/16 
Project work days: 12/17, 18

Week 16
December 1-5, 2014

Learning Goals: Describe modern methods of DNA sequencing. Model the molecular processes involved in sequencing.



Monday - DNA sequencing - Sanger method: animation - activity
HW: none

Tuesday - DNA sequencing ppt

HW: sequencing ?s

Wednesday - Microarrays activity

HW: complete activity

Thursday - Prep for DNA Chips lab

HW: pre-lab/project sources

Friday - Biotech semester project work day

HW: project due 12/19

Week 14/15

November 17 - 21 and 24 - 28, 2014

Learning Goals: Examine legal, moral/ ethical and social issues that have arisen as result of advances in DNA technology. Become familiar with resources available at NCBI. Utilize resources at NCBI to identify DNA sequence.

 

WEEK 14

Monday -Introduce and begin GATTACA video

HW: none

Tuesday - Continue GATTACA

HW: none

Wednesday - Complete GATTACA and discuss; Bioethics ppt/case examination

HW: GATTACA ?s due 11/21

Thursday - Complete bioethics; Introduce semester project

HW: none

Friday - Project work day

HW:project sources due 12/5

WEEK 15

Monday - Bioinfomatics ppt; Begin navigating the NCBI

HW: NCBI due 11/25

Tuesday - Complete navigating NCBI; Begin biology workbench & GenBank activity

HW: bio wkbench & GenBank due 12/2

Wednesday - Project work day

HW: sources due  12/5

Thursday/Friday - No School Thanksgiving Break! 

Week 12
November 3 - 7, 2014

Learning goals: Show how human genome has contributed to new understandings and applications. Explain how PCR amplifies DNA.

 

Monday - Human genome project websheet

HW: none

Tuesday - Human genome ppt

HW: complete websheet

Wednesday - PCR virtual lab

HW: lab questions 

Thursday -  ER 1-4, No class

Friday - PCR ppt; Chromosome maps/markers

HW: research chromosome

Week 11
October 27 - 31, 2014

Learning Goals: Perform the transformation of a glow gene from a plasmid to bacterial cell. Understand how cells differentiate and how cells are regulated.

 

Monday - Vectors/Transformation ppt; Prep for transformation lab

HW: pre-lab

Tuesday - Transformation lab

HW: none

Wednesday - Review for test

HW: study

Thursday - Transformation lab *collect data

HW: lab due 11/4 and study

Friday - Unit 3 Test

HW: lab due 11/4

EXTRA CREDIT: First email that correctly answers the following question will receive 10 extra homework points.
What organism, need common and scientific name, had it DNA injected recently into piglets? These piglets not glow in the dark.

Week 10
October 20 - 24, 2014

Learning Goals: Analyze a restriction enzyme digest to map plasmid. Describe how genes and environmental factors influence the rate and extent of development. Describe process of transformation.

 

Monday - Lab: Restriction mapping of plasmid DNA *load gels; research current biotech article

HW: article due 10/27

Tuesday - Lab: Restriction mapping of plasmid DNA *examine gels *deduce restriction map

HW: lab due 10/23

Wednesday - Epigenetics web sheet

HW: web sheet

Thursday - Video: Ghost in Your Genes

HW: none

Friday - Complete/discuss Ghost in Your Genes; Vectors/Transformation ppt

HW: comprehension ?s

UNIT 3 TEST - 10/31

Week 9
October 13 - 17, 2014

Learning Goals: Explain role of restriction enzymes as biotech tool.

 

Monday - Restriction enzymes ppt; Dry lab: DNA scissors: Intro. to restriction enzymes

HW: complete lab ?s

Tuesday - Dry lab: DNA goes to the races

HW: complete lab ?s

Wednesday - Prep for Restriction Enzyme Cleavage of DNA

HW: pre-lab

END OF QUARTER is THURSDAY, October 16

Thursday - ER 5-8 No Class

Friday - Teacher work day - No Class 

EXTRA CREDIT: 10 lab points for 1st 2 emails with correct answer
Who won the 1978 Nobel Prize for the discovery of restriction enzymes?

Week 8
October 6-10, 2014

Learning Goals: Describe technique of gel electrophoresis and show how technology relates to new discoveries. Describe history and process of cloning. Analyze problems resulting from cloning.



Monday - Electrophoresis lab; Discuss cloning
HW: lab due 10/8

Tuesday - Prep for protein electrophoresis lab
HW: pre-lab

Wednesday - Protein electrophoresis lab - prep samples
HW: none

Thursday - Protein electrophoresis lab - load/run gel

HW: lab due 10/13

Friday - Teacher Convention - No School

Week 7
September 29 - October 3, 2014

Learning Goals: Understand how cells are regulated by RNA splicing. Describe technique of gel electrophoresis and show how technology relates to new discoveries.



Monday - RNA Processing and Protein modification ppt; Review  for test
HW: study

Tuesday - Gel electrophoresis web sheet

HW: study/websheet due 10/6

Wednesday - Protein synthesis test

HW: none

Thursday - Electrophoresis; Prep for introductory gel electrophoresis lab

HW: pre-lab due 10/6

Friday - Cloning in focus websheet

HW: websheets due 10/6

Monday (10/6) - Introductory Gel Electrophoresis Lab