LIFE SCIENCE BLOG, OCTOBER 4 TO OCTOBER 7, 2011

Monday; NO SCHOOL

The rest of the week the students are going to learn about:

CHAPTER 4; GENETICS: THE SCIENCE OF HEREDITY

·        Probability and Heredity

         -        Principles of Probability

-        Probability and Genetics

-        Phenotypes and Genotypes

-        Codominance

·        The Cell and Inheritance

             -        Chromosomes and Inheritance

-        Meiosis

-        A Lineup of Genes

·        The DNA Connection

         -        The Genetic Code

-        How Cells Make Proteins

-        Mutations

STUDENTS WILL START WORKING IN CLASS AND WHATEVER THEY DO NOT FINISH, THEY WILL TAKE HOME.

 Classwork / Homework:

Math Analyzing Data, p122

Section 2, Assessment, p123

Section 3, Assessment, p130

Section 4, Assessment, p137

On Friday October 7, students will attend the OPERA presentation; we will live the school campus at 8:30 a.m. and will return to the school at 1:00 p.m.

Students must wear FORMAL CLOTHES. (No tennis shoes or jeans).  Students must have a very good breakfast because we won’t be allowed to eat at the theater.