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Questions for Quarters

3/19/2020

4/3 - What is the amino acid sequence for yesterday's DNA strand? (Answer: Leucine-Tyrosine-Leucine-Phenylalanine-Tyrosine-Arginine-Leucine-Asparagine-Tyrosine-Arginine) [Winners: Lance Jacobson and Esther Ojo]

4/2 - What are the mRNA codons for this strand of DNA: AAT ATG GAA AAG ATG GCA GAC TTA ATA GCT (Answer: UUA UAC CUU UUC UAC CGU CUG AAU UAU CGA) [Winners: Esther Ojo and Lance Jacobson]

4/1 - If people do not actually die from a virus, what do they die from? (Answer: an overreaction to an unknown entity-the foreign virus-that causes the immune system to damage its own organism. The virus does cause cells to burst, but it's the immune system that causes the real damage - for all viruses.) [Winners: Abby French and Esther Ojo]

3/31 - What are the names of the five students who produced the Epigenetics slides you should be reading and making notes on? (Answer: Lee Coleman, Abby French, Esther Ojo, Parker Bobo and Sophia Bannon) [Winners: Kyla Darger and Kaycee Story]

3/30 - What is meant by the phrase, “flattening the curve” and why is it important to do this? (Answer: Spreading out the cases over a longer period of time. Important so hospitals, staff, medicines, and equipment can handle the influx of patients, thus, less people die.) [Winners: Lance Jacobson and Abby French]

Questions for Quarters Tally Sheet
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Beat the Boredom - Challenge #2

Coronavirus - What Is It?

3/12/2020

Students - Feel free to share this with friends and family. These are the Coronavirus information slides we reviewed in class today.

PowerPoint Slides - Coronavirus Facts
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Google Link: Coronavirus Facts Slides

It's Not a Trap - It's a Test!

3/11/2020

Biology Test 3-24
Std 3/Obj's 2 & 4
Thursday, March 12

Mendel, Punnett Squares, Monohybrid & Dihybrid Crosses, Dominant/Recessive Traits, Incomplete/Codominance, Multiple Alleles (Blood Types), X-linked Traits, Pedigrees

Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences

2/10/2020

PARENT/STUDENT/TEACHER
CONFERENCES

Wednesday, 2/12
4:00 - 8:00 pm

Thursday, 2/13
4:00 - 7:30 pm

SEE YOU THERE!

Reality Town - Coming to a Gym Near You!

1/31/2020

Reality Town
Tuesday, 2/4
1st and 2nd Periods
SRMS Gymnasium

Find out what it's like to be an adult!

Learn to really appreciate your parents!

3rd Quarter - Genetics

1/21/2020

Genetics!

And here we go . . . on to a new quarter and a new subject
(just as soon as we finish testing for Std 2/Obj's 5-7, and then dissections following that).

Dissections - Eligibility

12/22/2019

Per the Biology Policy Guide:

You must have a Level 2 Proficiency for 2nd Quarter
to participate in dissection labs.

Check your grade on Skyward.

Dissection info - "Dissections" tab

Dissections begin Monday, January 27, 2020.

Oh No! Another Test!

12/6/2019

Next Test: Thu, 12/12

Std 2/Obj 4

Cell Membrane/Cell Transport
Passive/Active Transport
Diffusion/Osmosis

Std 2/Obj 2 Lab Books and Test

11/24/2019

Lab Books - Std 2/Obj 2 due on Mon, 12/2
Biology Test 2-2 - Mon, 12/2

Don't leave studying until the last minute!
Half-hour sessions - a little each day.
Use those flashcards and the other study tips -

It's science!

It's a Fresh Start!

10/28/2019

1st quarter is behind us (phew!).

Forget about it and
concentrate on 2nd quarter.

Next play everyone!

Next Play!