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