The New Semester!

Here is an outline of what we will be doing at the beginning of the 2nd semester:

• Wed 1/23:  Final Exams back, look at them, and recollect.  Notes on Meiosis.  Read 3.3 on Meiosis.
• Fri 1/25:  Review Meiosis, including Higher Level Material.  Hand out Meiosis Worksheet.  Do first side and then work on the back side with your group.  Start Drawing Creatures.  Read 10.1.
• Tues 1/29:  Finish Creature Posters.  Genes and chromosomes basics.  Compare number of genes of different species (chart on p. 142), sickle cell, Human Genome Project, comparing chromosome number.  DBQ's on p. 153 and p. 156 done in notebook.  Read 3.1 and 3.2.
• Thurs 1/31:  Nondisjunction and disorders that come from it.  Genetic testing and Karyograms.  DBQ on p. 159.  Continue to read 3.1 and 3.2.
• Mon 2/4:  Review of Meiosis and Basic Gene Information.  Play Kahoot.  Short Test on Wednesday 2/6.
• Wed 2/6:  Short test on Meiosis and Basic Gene Information.  Simple Genetics Problems Worksheet.  Start Genetics Vocabulary.  Start reading 3.4.
• Fri 2/8:  Probability rules and genetics.  Make Punnett Grids for simple and more complicated problems.  Start Genetics Problems from old textbook.  Do problems 1-11 on separate paper, showing work.  You can skip #6 for now.