Genetics and Biotechnology - We finished our transformation lab Friday. Congrats to Lauren and Hannah for the most bacterial transformations ... also, our flies are doing well. Tomorrow will be the only day we will have enough people for class ... the rest of the week over half the class will be gone to APES ... depending on scheduling ... tomorrow, discussion questions for Chap 12 and dump parent flies from our tubes.
Introduction to Computer Programming - Starting Visual BASIC tomorrow ...
Selected Topics in Science - Back to Biology tomorrow for our final CATS unit ... Don't forget our Field Trip to Bowling Green Technical College on Wednesday!
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Selected Topics Chem Test Tomorrow ...
Selected Topics in Science - We will be having our chemistry test tomorrow. We reviewed today, worked on graphing and analysis of data and reviewed for the CATS test. This test is open note and open handout. Be ready!
We are well underway on our Powerball analysis program using 2-D arrays. We should finish tomorrow and be millionaires by Sunday ... if it is not random ... which it is!
We did our bacterial transformation lab today in Genetics. This lab is one of the required AP Biology labs in which students subject E. coli bacteria to a procedure that causes the bacteria to take in a DNA plasmid and express the genes on that plasmid. The results are that some of the bacteria are ampicillin resistant. We have our bacteria incubating over night and hopefully have some great results tomorrow!
After school driving the bus for the CC to practice on the regional course in Bowling Green. Will be back late.
We are well underway on our Powerball analysis program using 2-D arrays. We should finish tomorrow and be millionaires by Sunday ... if it is not random ... which it is!
We did our bacterial transformation lab today in Genetics. This lab is one of the required AP Biology labs in which students subject E. coli bacteria to a procedure that causes the bacteria to take in a DNA plasmid and express the genes on that plasmid. The results are that some of the bacteria are ampicillin resistant. We have our bacteria incubating over night and hopefully have some great results tomorrow!
After school driving the bus for the CC to practice on the regional course in Bowling Green. Will be back late.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Bacteria was not ready!
We had to hold our Bacterial transformation lab for a day since our bacteria starter plates did not have enough bacteria for this lab. Strange outcome and in nearly 20 years of doing this lab I have never had bacteria fail to be ready in a 24 period. We will see tomorrow. In Genetics we went on to Plan B ... checked our F1 flies from the transfer from yesterday, they seem to be doing fine. We went over the fly crosses again and the transformation procedure one more time. We also went over the first seven discussion questions in Chapter 12 ... mostly over types of mutations and the problems they cause. Most mutations are bad ... occasionally a mutation can be good!
In our Computer Programming class, we are hard at work with our Powerball analysis program. Lots of data and some serious programs with 2-D and single dimension arrays.
We spent some time in our Selected Topics in Science class getting ready for our field trip next Wednesday (November 3) to Bowling Green Technical College. We also did some in class reading in our Current Science magazine. Don't forget to get your permission slips signed.
We had softball conditioning at the Lake today ... our best runner finished the 2.5 mile course in 25:20 ... a good time for a non-CC runner!!!
Sorry I missed blogging yesterday ... did not get home until late from a Softball booster meeting.
In our Computer Programming class, we are hard at work with our Powerball analysis program. Lots of data and some serious programs with 2-D and single dimension arrays.
We spent some time in our Selected Topics in Science class getting ready for our field trip next Wednesday (November 3) to Bowling Green Technical College. We also did some in class reading in our Current Science magazine. Don't forget to get your permission slips signed.
We had softball conditioning at the Lake today ... our best runner finished the 2.5 mile course in 25:20 ... a good time for a non-CC runner!!!
Sorry I missed blogging yesterday ... did not get home until late from a Softball booster meeting.
Monday, October 25, 2010
BETA gone today - Raining AM - Yeah!
After weeks of no rain, we got about an inch today ... too late for fall wildflowers but not two late for cool weather grasses and some fall plants ... at least until frost which appears won't happen for at least a week!
Genetics and Biotechnology - Today most of our class was gone to BETA District ... with the students that were still in class, we prepared our culture tubes for our fly crosses (tomorrow) and we poured our luria broth plates for our transformation lab ... we will do this lab on Wednesday (The bacterial transformation lab - a required lab for AP). We will be doing a transformation lab using pBLU, a plasmid that has an ampicillin resistance gene and the beta-galactosidase gene (used as a color marker) that turns the colony blue in the presence of the x-gal (a lactose analog ... this protein would break lactose into galactose and glucose). Lots of good labs this week!
Introduction to Computer Programming - This is lottery week ... a week of programming to analyze patterns of numbers. We are using the Josh - Pick 3 problem as a warmup and then will analyze the Powerball picks over the last year to see if there are any patterns for predictions. We are building and using 2-D arrays in these problems.
In Selected Topics, we finished and handed in our gunpowder lab. We worked on Periodic Table Bingo cards to use tomorrow in our review of the periodic table. Chemistry unit is wrapping up and we will have a chemistry test later this week.
rr.
Genetics and Biotechnology - Today most of our class was gone to BETA District ... with the students that were still in class, we prepared our culture tubes for our fly crosses (tomorrow) and we poured our luria broth plates for our transformation lab ... we will do this lab on Wednesday (The bacterial transformation lab - a required lab for AP). We will be doing a transformation lab using pBLU, a plasmid that has an ampicillin resistance gene and the beta-galactosidase gene (used as a color marker) that turns the colony blue in the presence of the x-gal (a lactose analog ... this protein would break lactose into galactose and glucose). Lots of good labs this week!
Introduction to Computer Programming - This is lottery week ... a week of programming to analyze patterns of numbers. We are using the Josh - Pick 3 problem as a warmup and then will analyze the Powerball picks over the last year to see if there are any patterns for predictions. We are building and using 2-D arrays in these problems.
In Selected Topics, we finished and handed in our gunpowder lab. We worked on Periodic Table Bingo cards to use tomorrow in our review of the periodic table. Chemistry unit is wrapping up and we will have a chemistry test later this week.
rr.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Weekend about over!
Sue Neal and I went to our 35th year reunion at Centre College this weekend. The campus has changed a lot since then ... Centre lost the football game ... our class of 1975 reunion party saw a lot of DEKEs, Phi Delts, Betas with a sprinkling of Phi Taus ... lots of good ol' frat boys (emphasis on old!) so we stayed for the pict then left. We did see a couple of our old classmate friends, the Fosters, as well as, our oldest daughter and her husband, Rachel and Kyle (Kyle - Centre Class of 2003) ... it was great to see them!
Tomorrow at school BETA is going to District so only a few will be left in first block Genetics ... Drosophila cultures are ready to cross but we may wait until Tuesday with everyone on board. We will analyze our data from our osmosis lab. I have updated some info on www.patscience.com ... put on contest winners!
Below two or our genetics students in action ... Part-time and Ernesto filling dialysis tubing.
Tomorrow at school BETA is going to District so only a few will be left in first block Genetics ... Drosophila cultures are ready to cross but we may wait until Tuesday with everyone on board. We will analyze our data from our osmosis lab. I have updated some info on www.patscience.com ... put on contest winners!
Below two or our genetics students in action ... Part-time and Ernesto filling dialysis tubing.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Labs and Labs today!
Genetics and Biotechnology - Today was biscuit day in Genetics ... hot biscuits, honey from Holland, fresh molasses, and sausage. After a little breakfast, we worked through an osmosis lab in which we tried to calculate the amount of sugar in a retro Mountain Dew. We did this by graphing osmotic data from sugar solutions of 0, 0.5 and 1.0 molar concentrations and that of Mountain Dew. We will expand our Drosophila (fruit fly) cultures for the start a genetics lab next week ... Sepia X Wild and White-eyed X Wild (a sex-linked trait).
Congratulations to Cole, Olivia, Hannah, and Lauren (2) for winning the superlative gamete contest ... cards used in our population genetics lab last week.
Introduction Computer Programming - Today we checked the two problems we worked on this week. Next week is the Josh Pick 3 problem and another data analysis problem analyzing the Powerball picks over the last 50 weeks.
Selected Topics in Science - In our Chemistry Unit - today, we completed our Gunpowder Lab ... this included a historical review of gunpowder making in Kentucky and using the gunpowder chemical reaction to make up a small amount. We took these samples outside and to see them burn ... congratulations to Louis and Josh for the best gunpowder today. We all agreed that sulfur stinks!
Chemistry Unit winds down next week with some additional balancing equations on Monday, periodic table study, a review and later in the week our Chemistry test.
Hope you all have a great and safe weekend! rr
Congratulations to Cole, Olivia, Hannah, and Lauren (2) for winning the superlative gamete contest ... cards used in our population genetics lab last week.
Introduction Computer Programming - Today we checked the two problems we worked on this week. Next week is the Josh Pick 3 problem and another data analysis problem analyzing the Powerball picks over the last 50 weeks.
Selected Topics in Science - In our Chemistry Unit - today, we completed our Gunpowder Lab ... this included a historical review of gunpowder making in Kentucky and using the gunpowder chemical reaction to make up a small amount. We took these samples outside and to see them burn ... congratulations to Louis and Josh for the best gunpowder today. We all agreed that sulfur stinks!
Chemistry Unit winds down next week with some additional balancing equations on Monday, periodic table study, a review and later in the week our Chemistry test.
Hope you all have a great and safe weekend! rr
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Work and Work!
Genetics and Biotechnology - Tomorrow we have a diffusion and osmosis lab ... determining the molar equivalent of Mountain Dew using data we collect from samples of sugar water. We finished our Chapter 11 discussion questions today.
Introduction to Computer Programming - Today we finished our 2 dimensional sorting problem. We will check it tomorrow. Tomorrow we start a program using 2-D arrays called Josh's Pick 3. We will be writing a program that will analyze a lottery scandal and find the way Josh is cheating.
Selected Topics in Science - We worked on ACT graphing and analysis of data today using a problem on photosynthesis at different temperatures and colors of light. We finished our chemistry review sheet by practicing balancing questions ... randomly checking to see how students are doing!
Tomorrow is Biscuit Friday in Genetics ... I am bringing the Holland honey!
Introduction to Computer Programming - Today we finished our 2 dimensional sorting problem. We will check it tomorrow. Tomorrow we start a program using 2-D arrays called Josh's Pick 3. We will be writing a program that will analyze a lottery scandal and find the way Josh is cheating.
Selected Topics in Science - We worked on ACT graphing and analysis of data today using a problem on photosynthesis at different temperatures and colors of light. We finished our chemistry review sheet by practicing balancing questions ... randomly checking to see how students are doing!
Tomorrow is Biscuit Friday in Genetics ... I am bringing the Holland honey!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)