April 20/21 - Gallery walk, Carcinogen, and Review class

 Today in Class we....

• Had a gallery walk
• Mutations Worksheet [Blank]
• Discussion about cancer and carcinogens
• Kahoot!
• Independent Review with the practice test [Blank][Key]
• Student Teacher Feedback Survey [Blank]

April 19 - Mitosis GIZMO

 Today in class we...

• Discussed missing work
• Participated in the Mitosis GIZMO activity [Blank][Activity]
• Username: Science_Biology9
• Password: Biology9

For homework you should:

• Complete Mitosis GIZMO activity
• Check MyEd for any missing work or grades that you think are recorded incorrectly.
• Study for Friday's Quest (halfway between a quiz and a test)

Asexual Reproduction and SARS-CoV-2 Timeline Workblock

 Today in class we...

• Did the sourdough and stick bug demonstration (thanks Luca, Fiona, and Ciana for being our volunteer demonstrators)
• Lesson on types of Asexual Reproduction [Blank Notes][Presentation]
• Introduced the (UN)wanted Poster assignment (opt. due Apr 20/21) [Assignment]
• Had a chance to work on the timeline assignment and ask questions.

For homework, you need to...

• Complete the SARS-CoV-2 Timeline assignment (due Tuesday)
• Optional: Complete the (UN)wanted Poster Assignment (due wed/thurs depending on your block)
• Study for the Mitosis and Asexual Reproduction "Quest" (Halfway between a quiz and test) which will take place next Friday (Apr. 22)

April 11 - Stages of Mitosis

 Today in Class we...

• Discussed the stages of mitosis and compared with our experimental findings [Blank notes][Slides]
• Cartooned the stages of Mitosis

For homework you should:

• Complete Mitosis cartoons
• Read SARS-CoV-2 articles and complete reading quiz questions

SARS-CoV-2 Timeline Rubric

The rubric can be found at the link; https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ccfiNvp593EkSK31YOKfugt7Gayo5hPk/view?usp=sharing

Article's for 4-12-2022

 Mandatory articles:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/12/16/omicron-variant-mutations-covid/ (printed) (OMICRON)

https://www.uptodate.com/contents/image?imageKey=ID%2F131216 (printed)

Other articles to choose from (make sure to check for CRAAP):

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/health/coronavirus-mutations-B117-variant.html

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N4mXclsvgGYVwdCABHXvNfSCfekqcA1O/view?usp=sharing

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-021-00573-0#glossary

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Bv3rvQHu90PQiH5FYOxx6rTZSg16Gr0c/view?usp=sharing

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/health/new-covid-strain-uk.html

https://gvn.org/covid-19/delta-b-1-617-2/ (info on DELTA)

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02275-2 (DELTA)

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/health/coronavirus-mutations-B117-variant.html (ALPHA)

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/key-mutations-in-alpha-variant-enable-sars-cov-2-to-overcome-evolutionary-weak-points (ALPHA)

April 8: Allium Cell Lab Microscope Lab

 Block 6 please use this link to access the padlet: Block 6

Block 7 please use this link: Block 7