Ch 13 - Biotechnology

• Day 1:  Hunger Games Muttations activity; YouTube Ted Wolpe "It's Time to Question Bio-Engineering"; VCU video "The secret of Life"
• Day 2: January Thaw - due 1/24; The Perfect Cow
• Day 3: Review DNA structure with origami;Teachers domain (Genetic Modification & Classical vs Transgenic clips); Discuss genetic engineering;             paper plasmid lab
• Day 4: "Got Silk" & "Xenotransplants" VCU; Engineer a tomato crop; practice electrophoresis; Discuss PCR; PCR simulation; Assign: What is Gene Therapy website and handout - due next time
• Day 5: discuss DNA Fingerprinting & profiling; "A Link for the Missing"; DNA Detective; (It takes a Lickin');Assign: DNA Mystery - due next time
• Day 6: Lyle and Louise mystery; "Rover Redefined"; Diagnosing Niemann Pick Disease (Sanford)Assign;Cloning websheet - due next time1/25Day 6: "Cloned";January Thaw - due next time
• Day 7: Finish "Cloned"; Cloning and stem cells webquest; "Stem Cells Breakthrough" - TD; Assign: Gene chip and Microarray technology due next time
• Day 8: Discuss Sequencing; Sanger sequencing activity; "Personal DNA Testing"Teacher's Domain; Using microarray technology to study the affects of smoking on gene regulation lab; Investigate Your Own DNA (Sanford); Bioethics Forum; ; Review; Ch 13 Test - NEXT TIME
• Day 9: Ch 13 TEST; Counselors discuss registration; Assign: Variation, Selection and Time websheet - due 2/14