Wednesday’s Brainjog 11/7

Objective: IWBAT apply what I learned from stem cells, cloning and GMOs by participating in a Community Circle.

Catalyst: (Write answer only)

What is a pro of doing research on stem cells?

Tuesday’s Brainjog 11/6

Objective: IWBAT understand the pros and cons of cloning by annotating text.

Catalyst: (Write answer only)

What are genetically modified organisms? What’s one benefit of this?

Monday’s Brainjog 11/5

Objective: IWBAT review what stem cells are and will show my new understanding of what genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are by doing a learning log.

Catalyst: (Write answer only- use your notes)

What are stem cells? Where can you find them?

Friday’s Brainjog 11/2

Objective: IWBAT understand what Genetic Engineers do and will learn this by annotating an article.

Catalyst: (Write answer only ON NOTEBOOK Pg118)

On Pg 118 you glued a page that says “Practice Questions”. Make sure you have answers for that handout. Find out who the babies belong to and who the father of the baby is (TWO Questions).

Tuesday’s Brainjog 10/30

Objective: IWBAT understand the gist of what cloning and stem cells are by taking notes and watching a small video clip.

Catalyst: (Write answer only)

Can a single base mutation or a single change to a DNA base cause a disease? If so give an example.

Monday’s Brainjog 10/29

Objective: IWBAT understand how mutations affect proteins and how this can have drastic consequences on an organism by completing a practice wksh’t.

Catalyst: (Write answer only)`

One highlight of your weekend.

Wednesday’s Brainjog 10/24

Objective: IWBAT understand the difference b/w transcription and translation by doing a double bubble map. I will understand the process of making proteins by doing a Snork Activity to prepare me for Friday’s Test.

Catalyst: (WRITE EVERYTHING)

Central Dogma- Complete the following flow chart by filling in the orange boxes with the correct processes:

DNA RNA Protein

Tuesday’s Brainjog 10/23

Objective: IWBAT understand the difference b/w DNA and RNA by doing a double bubble map. I will understand the process of transcription (DNARNA)

Catalyst: (WRITE EVERYTHING)

Level 3 Question: If a DNA molecule has 20% Adenine bases, what percent of Guanine bases will that DNA molecule have?

Monday’s Brainjog 10/22Objective: IWBAT understand how double stranded DNA is read by RNA polymerase to make an mRNA strand by taking good notes.

Catalyst: (WRITE EVERYTHING)

If a DNA molecule has 459 Thymine and 30 Guanine bases, then the DNA must have ______Cytosine bases and ______ Adenine bases.

Thursday’s Brainjog 10/18Objective: IWBAT to demonstrate mastery of what we learned so far by scoring 70% or higher on the District Test.

Catalyst: (WRITE QUESTION AND ANSWER)

Using Chargaff’s Rules, find the DNA complementary strand using the following strand:

A-

T-

C-

G-

Wednesday’s Brainjog 10/16

Objective: IWBAT to review for a District Assessment Test tomorrow using flashcards as a useful tool for studying.

Catalyst: (WRITE QUESTION AND ANSWER)

What are the monomers of the following macromolecules?

Proteins are made up of AMINO ACIDS

Lipids are made of glycerol and FATTY ACIDS.

Carbs are made of SUGAR/GLUCOSE.

Nucleic acids are made of NUCLEOTIDES

Tuesday’s Brainjog 10/16

Objective: IWBAT understand why genes are so important in determining how we function by asking questions, sharing with your partner, and writing notes.

Catalyst: (WRITE ANSWER ONLY)

What do you remember about nucleic acids? Write at least 2 bullets or sentences.

Monday’s Brainjog 10/15

Objective: I will be introduced to key words that I will define using the textbook. This will help me understand how genetic information flows from DNA to RNA to Protein in the upcoming days.

Catalyst: (WRITE ANSWER ONLY)

What do you remember about proteins? Hint: What are the monomers? What do they do? What foods have them?

Wednesday’s Brainjog 10/10

Objective: IWBAT use what I learned from DNA replication to create a comic strip. I will then perform an experiment to determine whether DNA is found in food.

-Catalyst: (WRITE EVERYTHING)

Using Chargaff’s base-pair rules, what are the complementary bases of the following DNA sequence.

C T A G G C A A G

_______________________

Tuesday’s Brainjog 10/9

Objective: SWBAT understand how DNA is replicated.

-Catalyst: (WRITE EVERYTHING)

Using Chargaff’s base-pair rules, what are the complementary bases of the following sequence.

A T T G

____________

Monday’s Brainjog 10/8

Objective: SWBAT discover the structure of DNA.

-Catalyst: (WRITE ANSWER ONLY)

From what you learned in middle school, what do you remember about DNA?

Friday’s Brainjog 10/5Objective: STWAT score 70% or higher on their photosynthesis and cellular respiration test.

-Catalyst: (WRITE EVERYTHING)

Humans release CO2 because we undergo respiration. A few days ago we blew bubbles into bromomythol blue solution and it changed from blue to green because CO2 was placed inside. If we put a plant in there then the color should change from green to ___________.

Wednesday’s Brainjog 10/3

Objective: Using a double bubble map, crossword puzzle, and by doing a lab, I will understand the differences and similarities between photosynthesis and cellular respiration.

-Catalyst: (ONLY WRITE THE ANSWER under Wednesday)

Write everything you know about cellular respiration. Do autotrophs do this? Do heterotrophs do this? (you may use your notes).

Brainjog 10/2Objective:

-Using foldables SWBAT understand what photosynthesis and cellular respiration is and in what organisms they occur in.

Catalyst: (ONLY WRITE THE ANSWER)

Do you think humans breathe in oxygen or carbondioxide?

Do you think plants take in oxygen or carbondioxide?

Brainjog 10/1

Objective:

-Using foldables SWBAT understand where energy comes from and how plants use energy in every day life.

Catalyst: (ONLY WRITE THE ANSWER)

What do you know about photosynthesis?

Brainjog 9/18Objective:

-I will learn about viruses. This includes its size compared to prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. I will be assigned an organelle and I will do my research on a poster based on how it looks like, what it does, whether its found in plant or animal cells or both.

Catalyst: (ONLY WRITE THE ANSWER)

Write the differences between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. You can use a table if you like or just bullet points is fine.

Brainjog 9/14Objective: I will learn about the differences between prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells, as well as how bacteria and virsues differ. Catalyst: Sketch and label the 1) Nucleus 2) Cell Membrane 3) Cytoplasm 4) Cell Wall for the following plant cell:

Brainjog 9/12Objective:

-I will use scientific terms while I look for animal cells using saliva from my cheek and I will also look for plant cells in an onion sample using a light microscope.

- I will keep in mind differences and similarities in my sketches.

Catalyst: Using your microscope drawing on Pg. 48, write the following sentence and fill in the blanks:

I will take a sample of saliva from my my cheek and place it on a _______, which will then go on top of the STAGE. The first knob I will use is the ______________ to move the stage up. I will make the image clear by using the ____________________.

Brainjog 9/11Objective: I will learn 5 parts of the microscope, and what they each do. Using these 5 scientific words I am to use them this week.

Catalyst (Write question and answer)

What are the polymers that can be formed using the following monomers:

Glucose (monosaccharides)

Glycerol and fatty acids

Amino Acids

Nucleotides