Monday, February 29, 2016

Happy Leap Day

Image result for leap day
Today's Goal: To finish analyzing blood angle measurements.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: Describe the difference of a blood drop from 90 degrees and a blood drop from 10 degrees?
- Finish 8-4
- CSI

Thursday, February 25, 2016

National Grapefruit Day

Today's Goal: To analyze blood dropped at different angles.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: Do the amount of satellites increase or decrease as height increases?
- Analyze blood for 8-4

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Tennis Day

Today's Goal: To analyze the blood drops.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: As the height increases, blood drops get (larger or smaller)?
- Finish Activity 8-3
- CSI

Monday, February 22, 2016

Walk the Dog Day

Today's Goal: To drop simulated blood from different heights and see the effects.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What forces act upon blood?
- Activity 8-3

Friday, February 19, 2016

National Chocolate Mint Day

Today's Goal: To complete CSI and serology webquest.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: If a sample of blood doesn't react to any of the normal antibody tests, what type of blood does that person have?
- Finish CSI plane episode
- Finish Serology Webquest

Thursday, February 18, 2016

National Battery Day

Today's Goal: To analyze our results for the blood typing lab.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What do red blood cells do for the body?
- Finish questions for Act 8-2
- Finish episode of CSI

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Random Acts of Kindness Day

Today's Goal: To test types of blood.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: Is blood type individual or class evidence?
- Act 8-2


Friday, February 12, 2016

Abraham Lincoln's Birthday

Today's Goal: To attempt to test for blood.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What type of blood cells make antibodies?
- Presumptive Test

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Umbrella Day

Image result for umbrellas
Today's Goal: To view crime scene investigation on film.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What are the three types of cells in blood?
- Watch CSI - end of episode 3 or start 4

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Mardi Gras

Today's Goal: To take notes on blood.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the term for the study of blood?
- Take notes off of this presentation - we will go through the information as we cover the different lab activities for the chapter.

Monday, February 8, 2016

Chinese New Year

Today's Goal: To research about blood analysis.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What are the four blood types?
- Serology Webquest with laptops: 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/10KksnA2hc0Zlz2G6gZgRyPkWTz9dJ0qD3i2l0Ymzg7c/edit?usp=sharing

Friday, February 5, 2016

National Weatherman Day

Today's Goal: To watch CSI

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What type of cell carries oxygen through the body?
- CSI

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Thank a Mailman Day

Today's Goal: To assess knowledge of DNA fingerprinting and start thinking about blood.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What is the shape of DNA?
- Look over review sheet
- Ch 7 Test
- Ch 8 case studies/vocab

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

The Day the Music Died

Today's Goal: To look at videos on DNA.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: Do you think that we should start collecting everyone's DNA fingerprint to keep for police to reference? Explain your thoughts.
- TED Talks:
https://www.ted.com/talks/james_watson_on_how_he_discovered_dna?language=en
https://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_doudna_we_can_now_edit_our_dna_but_let_s_do_it_wisely?language=en

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Groundhog Day

Today's Goal: To review DNA fingerprinting.

Agenda:
- Daily Journal: What size DNA fragments (small or large) move farther in gel electrophoresis?
- Ch 7 Review Sheet

Monday, February 1, 2016

National Freedom Day

Today's Goal: To use knowledge to determine parentage from DNA fingerprints.

Agenda:
- Who are the only type of individuals that will have the same DNA?
- Activity Packet: 7-4, 7-5, 7-6