Week 10: Who Dun It?

Hey Scholars!!!

This week is our CSI week of Genetics. We have talked about bloodtyping and now we are discussing DNA Fingerprinting. For this weeks post you can either research and find out what bloodtype you are (hint: look at your birth cert.) or you can find a news article where DNA FingerPrinting helped solve a criminal case.

Good Luck Detectives

Sincerely,

Mr. D

Week 9: Albinism a rare genetic disorder

Hey Scholars!!!

Since we are covering Albinism this week, the rare autosomal recessive disorder. My challenge for you this week is to post a link to a great photograph of an organism with Albinism.

Happy Researching Scholars

Mr. D

Week 8: Codons... its all about codes... secret agent man!!!!

Hey Scholars,

We are cruisin along.... This week we are discussion RNA and its involvement with Protein Synthesis. Proteins are what makes cells so different from one another and allow for cell specialization. It takes transcription and translation to construct these proteins and it involves alot of codons (set of three nitrogen bases) to do so. For this weeks post create your own coded message using the decoder handout that I gave in class on Wednesday. Keep it scholarly.



Mr. D

Week 7: Funny Biology Jokes

Scholars,

This first six weeks was pretty stressful but now it is over and we can laugh about it. So in an effort to increase laughter this week's task is to find and post a funny (appropriate) Biology joke.

Haha (Evil laugh)

Mr. D