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.