April 30 - May 4

Monday 4-30-07
Activity: Trace patterns of inheritance through the pedigree charts created in class last week.
Websites:
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bio/problem_sets/human_genetics/05t.html

Tuesday 5-1-07
Activity: Visit “My Pyramid” website and get a “MyPyramid Plan” based on height, weight, and physical activity. View each category in the pyramid (on website) and list 3 examples for each.
Homework: Read 11-2, SG 11-2
Websites:
http://www.mypyramid.gov/index.html

http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/resources/mpk_worksheet.pdf

http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/resources/mpk3_lesson3.pdf

http://www.mypyramid.gov/pyramid/index.html

Wednesday 5-2-07
Activity:Video: “Supersize Me”

Websites:
http://www.mcdonalds.com/

http://www.bk.com/#menu=3,-1,-1

http://www.wendys.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Size_Me

http://allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:301680

Thursday 5-3-07
Activity: Video: “Supersize Me”
Homework: Read 11-1, SG 11-1

Friday 5-4-07
Activity:Finish Video: “Supersize Me”, List 5 negative changes the test subject experienced when he began his fast food diet. Then, describe the methods he used to help his body recover from the damages his fast food diet caused.
Homework:Finish class work
Websites:
http://www.puristat.com/standardamericandiet/processedfoods.asp?pid=2&campaignno=SAD&adgroup=processed&keywords=Harmful+Effects+of+Eating+Processed+Foods&OVRAW=harmful%20effects%20of%20eating%20fast%20food&OVKEY=harmful%20effects%20of%20eating%20processed%20food&OVMTC=advanced

http://www.realtruth.org/articles/244-eytd.html

April 23-27

Monday 4-23-07
Activity: “Monstrous Mutations” challenge against mutations within a survival situation
Homework:
Websites:
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/disorders/index.cfm

http://the_human_genome.tripod.com/mutations.html

http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Sciences/LifeScience/PhysicalAnthropology/EvolutionFact/GeneticMutation/GeneticMutation.htm


Tuesday 4-24-07
Activity: Compare human karyotypes of persons with klinefelter’s syndrome, turner’s syndrome, and down’s syndrome.
Websites:
http://www.hgmd.cf.ac.uk/ac/index.php

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/disorders/index.cfm

4-25-07
Activity: DNA Extraction from human cheek cells
Websites:
http://library.thinkquest.org/18617/data/types/dna.html


Thursday 4-26-07
Activity: Create a pedigree for a very large family. Trace traits through the pedigree depending on each pattern of inheritance.
Websites:
http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/instruct/mcclean/plsc431/mendel/mendel9.htm

http://www.sciencecases.org/hemo/hemo.asp

Friday 4-27-07
Activity: Pedigree chart continued...
Homework: Finish Pedigree

April 16-20

Monday 4-16-07
Activity:Make any finishing touches to timelines and answer conclusion questions. Grade timelines.
Homework:
Websites:
http://www.starsandseas.com/SAS%20Evolution/SAS%20geoltime/geotime_eras.htm

Tuesday 4-17-07
Activity:Evolution Web Quest
Homework:
Websites:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/evolution.htm

Wednesday 4-18-07
Activity:Fossils Video Quiz
Homework:
Websites:
http://einstein.byu.edu/~masong/HTMstuff/C24A1.html

http://home.earthlink.net/~mmc1919/halflife.html

Thursday 4-19-07
Activity:Discuss and label a DNA molecule
Homework:
Websites:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/genome/dna_sans.html

Friday 4-20-07
Activity:Build a DNA model
Homework:
Websites: