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