11th Grade Biology Course Outline – 09/01 to 09/24
Day 1 – Tuesday 09/01
COURSE INTRO: Grading, assignments and tests, deadlines, themes and purpose
LECTURE/DISCUSSION/NOTES: Review: The Mechanisms of Inheritance
Cell Division Cycles: Mitosis and Meiosis
The Structure of DNA/Chromosomes
LAB: Begin Genetics of Drosophila Lab (Activity A) (LAB #1)
Day 2 – Wednesday 09/02
LECTURE/DISCUSSION/NOTES: Mendelian Genetics and The Gene Idea
Mendel’s Biography, setting the context
Mendel’s Experimentation
Dominant and Recessive Traits
The Law of Probability and Punnet Squares: Single Crosses
LAB: Genetics of Drosophila Lab (Activity B) (LAB #1)
WORKSHEET/ACTIVITY: Single Cross Punnet Squares
Day 3 – Thursday 09/03
LECTURE/DISCUSSION/NOTES: Mendelian Genetics
The Law of Segregation
Dihybrid Crosses and the Law of Independent Assortment
LAB: Environmental Influence on fungi Phenotypes (Inoculation of Fungi Habitats) (LAB #2)
WORKSHEET/ACTIVTY: Dihybrid Crosses
Day 4 – Friday 09/04
LECTURE/DISCUSSION/NOTES: Beyond Mendelian Genetics
Biosynthesis Pathways; The Relationship Between Dominance and Phenotype
The Spectrum of Dominance: Incomplete, Complete, and Co- dominance
Multiple Alleles, Pleiotropy, Epistasis, and Ploygenetic Inheritance
LAB: Genotype – Phenotype Connection: Basic Molecular Genetics (Activity 1) (LAB #3)
HW: Read The Path of Reduction: Mendel’s Initial Steps
Day 5 – Tuesday 09/08
LECTURE/DISCUSSION/NOTES:
Quiz #1 Review
Discussion of Reading: The Path of Reduction: Mendel’s Initial Steps
LAB: Fingerprinting Virus DNA (LAB #4)
Day 6 – Wednesday 09/09
Quiz #1: Mendelian Genetics
LAB: Fingerprinting Virus DNA – Results and Analysis (LAB #4)
Day 7 – Thursday 09/10
LECTURE/DISCUSSION/NOTES: DNA Structure and Function
DNA Replication (with experiments by Hershey/Chase and Griffith)
Day 8 – Friday 09/11
LECTURE/DISCUSSION/NOTES:
RNA, DNA & Protein Synthesis: The Central Dogma
Transcription: RNA Synthesis and Functions
Translation: Protein Biosynthesis
LAB: Genetics of Drosophila (Activity C) (LAB #1)
Day 9 – Monday 09/14
LECTURE/DISCUSSION/NOTES:
The Central Dogma of Molecular Biology
LAB (4): Genotype – Phenotype Connection: Basic Molecular Genetics (Activity 2) (LAB #3)
Day 10 – Tuesday 09/15
LECTURE/DISCUSSION/NOTES: Midterm Review
Restriction Enzymes and PCR Tech.
Introduction to Epigenetics: NOVA Video from learn.genetics.utah.edu
LAB: Genotype – Phenotype Connection: Basic Molecular Genetics (Activity 3) (LAB #3)
Day 11 – Wednesday 09/16
MIDTERM: Mendelian Genetics, DNA Replication, Transcription/Translation & Protein Functions
Epigenetics: PBS Video with Neil Degrass Tyson
Day 12 – Thursday 09/17
LECTURE/DISCUSSION/NOTES:
Epigenetics: Lamarckism and Darwinian Evolution
LAB: Genetics of Drosophila (Activity D, if ready) (LAB #1)
Day 13 – Friday 09/18
MIDTERM RESULTS: Discussion and Questions
LECTURE/DISCUSSION/NOTES:
Epigenetics: Mutations and Gene Expression/Regulation
Finish Nova Video on Epigenetics
LAB: Environmental Influence on Fungi Phenotypes (Results and Analysis) (LAB #2)
Final Study Guides handed out!!!
Day 14 – Monday 09/21
LECTURE/DISCUSSION/NOTES: Epigenetics: Recent Studies, DNA Methylation & Histone
Modification
LAB: Genetics of Drosophila (Activity D&E): Results and Analysis (LAB #1)
Day 15 – Tuesday 09/22
LECTURE/DISCUSSION/NOTES:
The Arc of Evolution on Earth
Final/Course Review
Start Video: GATACCA
Day 16 – Wednesday 09/23
LECTURE/DISCUSSION:
The Arc of Evolution on Earth
Discussion: Nature, Nurture and Freedom
Finish Video: GATACCA
Day 17 – Thursday 09/24
FINAL: Cumulative
TURN IN MLBs (by 09/25)