Week 17&18 : 1/22-1/31 Review and Semester Finals

Tuesday: Go over quiz. Sec. 13-3 reading Guide. Homework: Q 1-8 p. 310
Wednesday: Final discussion and video clips about 13.3. Preview Ch. 14. Start Review.
Friday- Tuesday: Continue Review
Wednesday 1/30: Final (per 2, 3)
Thursday 1/31: Final (per 4)

The final will be heavily weighted toward the final unit on genetics, meiosis and DNA, but will sample from the entire semester.

Week 16, DNA Jan. 14 - 18

Goals
1. Describe the parts and structure of DNA.
2. Know the base pairing rule for DNA.
3. Describe how DNA replication occurs.
4. Know the parts and structure of RNA.

Activities:
Monday: Lecture on section 13.1. Homework: Read sec 13.1 Answer Questions 1-7 on p. 299.
Tuesday:Sec 13.2 and the beginning of sec 13.3. Homework: Read up to p. 306. Answer questions 1-5 on p. 303.
Wednesday: Build paper model of section of DNA.
Friday: Finish model. Review. Quiz

Notebook Contents:
1. Question 1-7, p. 299
2. Questions 1-5, p. 303
3. DNA model and Key.

Week 15 Genetics: Jan. 7 - 11

Goals:
1. Know and use properly the terms trait, gene, allele, dominant, recessive, genotype, phenotype, homozygous, and heterozygous.
2. Use punnet squares to predict the results of a genetic cross.
3. Describe exceptions to Mendel's laws such as incomplete dominance, co dominance, linked genes and polygenic inheritance.

Activities:
Monday: Review punnet squares. Make Chromosome pairs for face activity. Homework: Read 282-284, answer questions on handout. Due Wednesday.
Tuesday: Mate gametes for Face Activity.
Wednesday: Go over homework. Practice punnet squares. Work on birth announcements. Homework: Draw face from class results.
Friday: Compare and post drawings. Review and quiz.

Notebook:
1.Warm Up/Homework Handout
2.Punnet square Practice
Most notebook credit will come from the face activity.

Extra Credit: On Thursday during tutorial/conference period there will be an opportunity to do an extra credit activity on pedigrees.