Week of January 26 - 29

Date	Classwork	Eval	Homework	Assessment Criteria
Jan 25	Silent Protein Synthesis - classroom activity		Use textbook and your experience to write a descriptions of the following 1)Transcription, 2) Translation, 3) Overall summary of Protein Synthesis. Include why and where it happens and how it relates to cell growth and function.	Cells use the DNA that forms their genes to encode enzymes and other proteins that allow a cell to grow and divide to produce more cells, and to respond to the environment
Jan 26	Crime Scene Investigation - Analyze the crime scene		See what you can find out about restriction enzymes and why they are important in DNA electrophoresis	Describe research that would facilitate a solution to the problem and/or generate several possible solutions given a description of a problem that can be solved using a technological design process
Jan 27/28	DNA Electrophoresis - Identify the criminal		None - Turn in your notebook	9-12 APPE Perfect solutions do not exist. All technological solutions involve trade-offs in which decisions to include more of one quality means less of another. All solutionsinvolve consequences, some intended, others not.

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Week of Jan 20 - 23

Date	Classwork	Eval	Homework	Assessment Criteria
Jan. 20	Explain: Words to Live By, Pages 422 – 424, P/P 1-7		Page 424, R/C 1-3 Build DNA Molecule Due Date Extended to Jan 23	Cells use the DNA that forms their genes to encodeenzymes and other proteins that allow a cell to grow and divide to produce more cells, and to respond to the environment
21/22	Explain: The Road to Proteins – pages 424 = 427, P/P 1-3 S/T 1-3 Pages 427 - 430, p/p 1 - 7		Finish DNA Build DNA Molecule!	Explain that regulation of cell functions can occur by changing the activity of proteins within cells and/or by changing whether and how often particular genes are expressed
23	Check Part 5 of Build DNA molecule Pages 430 - 432, P/P 8-9, R/C 1 - 4		Turn in Notebook

Week of Jan - 9 - 16

Date	Classwork	Eval	Homework	Assessment Criteria
Jan 9	Explain: Part 1 - Pages 404-12, P/P 1=6, Page 412, S/T 1-3		Build a DNA Molecule - Due January 20	Describe how DNA molecules are long chains linking four subunits (smaller molecules) whose sequence encodes genetic information.
12	Explain: Part 2, Pages 413-417, p/p 1-4,		Page 417, R/C 1-5 Personal Responsibility: Sidebar Read and list the major events in the discovery of DNA	Describe and modelthe process of mitosis, in which one cell divides, producing two cells, each with copies of both chromosomes from each pair in the   original cell
13	Pipette Practice
14	Dye Lab - Electrophoresis practice			Choose the best solution for a problem, create a model or drawing of the final design, and devise a way to test it.
15	Dye Lab results

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Next Generation Performance Expectation for Unit: Students who demonstrate understanding can:

HS-LS1-1.

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the structure of DNA determines the structure of proteins which carry out the essential functions of life through systems of specialized cells.

HS-LS3-1.

Ask questions to clarify relationships about the role of DNA and chromosomes in coding the instructions for characteristic traits passed from parents to offspring.

Week of January 5 - 9

Date	Classwork	Eval	Homework	Assessment Criteria
Jan 5	Engage: Pages 396-398, P/P 1-7		R/C Page 398, 1-3 & 5
6	Video - Curing Cancer - Record 10 Interesting Ideas. Use these ideas to complete homework reflection.		Write a reflection about the video the describes ways that scientific ideas have influenced society. What are some questions that scientists investigate that are stimulated by needs of society?	Describe ways that scientific ideas have influenced society or the development of differing cultures. List questions that scientists investigate that are stimulated by the needs of society (e.g., medical research, global climate change).
7/8	Explore: Pages 399- 402, P/P 1-7, Page 402, S/T 1&2, Pages 402-404, P/P 1-3, Page 404, R/C 1 & 2		None - Turn in Notebook	Describe how DNA molecules are long chains linking four subunits (smaller molecules) whose sequence encodes genetic information.

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Next Generation Performance Expectation for Unit: Students who demonstrate understanding can:

HS-LS1-1.

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the structure of DNA determines the structure of proteins which carry out the essential functions of life through systems of specialized cells.

HS-LS3-1.

Ask questions to clarify relationships about the role of DNA and chromosomes in coding the instructions for characteristic traits passed from parents to offspring.