It is pretty amazing when you think about it – that we are still finding new creatures on our planet that we didn’t know existed. And they don’t have to be microscopic, or even small. Check out this slideshow from BBC News for a taste of what still remains to be found…
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27511170
Want some more? Here is a list from 2013
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/38639/title/New-Species-Abound/
Read the following article and look at the “Living with BRCA Gene: One Family’s Story” family tree located on the left side of the first page. Answer the following questions in your notebook and be ready to discuss them in class.
Cancer Free at 33, but Weighing a Mastectomy
What were the important issues for Deborah Lindner? Was the information presented well by the author? Would you change the way the author presented the data regarding risk and the interpretation of the genetic test?
http://cim.ucdavis.edu/EyeRelease/Interface/TopFrame.htm – Visit this site to practice with the “Eye Simulator” version 2. Take notes on how damage to different muscles or nerves affects the movement abilities of the eye. You will need to click on “Eye Movement Simulator” You can also feel free to explore the pupil response simulator and the patient cases. This site is very cool.
http://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/Ishihara.asp – Visit this site to take a test for color blindness. (Ishihara Test)
http://www.grand-illusions.com/opticalillusions/ – Visit this site to view various ways to fool your eyes. Definitely try “An Intriguing After Image” on ‘page 2’.
You should complete the following items for homework:
Due: Friday, 5/9/14
Each of my classes will have their last exam for the 4th quarter on the following day…
Period B Forensics – Tuesday, 5/13
Period C Neuroscience – Tuesday, 5/13
Period D Genetics & Epidemiology – Tuesday, 5/13
Period E Forensics – Wednesday, 5/14
Period G Anatomy – Wednesday, 5/14
Period H Anatomy – Wednesday, 5/14
This test is in addition to any other projects that are due.
Remember that all students will take the final exam together with the seniors during the week of 5/19. The final exam schedule for the week of 5/19 is as follows:
Senior Exam Schedule:
D & A Exams on Monday, May 19th: Block D (7:49 am – 9:09 am) & Block A (9:13 am – 10:33 am)….The day’s schedule will be D, A, C, B
H & E Exams on Tuesday, May 20th: Block H (7:49 am – 9:09 am) & Block E (9:13 am – 10:33 am)….The day’s schedule will be H, E, G, F
C & B Exams on Wednesday, May 21st: Block C (7:49 am – 9:09 am) & Block B (9:13 am – 10:33 am)….The day’s schedule will be C, B, A, D
– All Teachers and Students will keep the same lunch schedule…”A Block” just replaces your “C Block” class during this time (lunch).
– “A Block” study hall, which meets down in the cafeteria, will be relocated.
G & F Exams on Thursday, May 22nd: Block G (7:49 am – 9:09 am) & Block F (9:13 am – 10:33 am)…The day’s schedule will be G, F, E, H
– All Teachers and Students will keep the same lunch schedule…”E Block” just replaces your “G Block” class during this time (lunch).
– “E Block” study hall, which meets down in the cafeteria, will be relocated.
Tuesday, May 27th: Makeups
Students will simply report to class at its scheduled time that day and take the final instead of having normal class.
Neuroscience students should be sure to read pages 542-563 in your book, which is about the eye and vision. In particular, make sure you know the parts of the eye, extrinsic muscles of the eye and which motions they control, and the visual pathway from the retina to the occipital lobe via the optic nerve, tract, chiasm, etc… Be sure to note which visual information crosses hemispheres and which does not as it pertains to the eye’s visual field.
As a table group, you will create one Google document and share it with me. That document will include guiding questions for students while they are watching the HHMI Medicine in the Genomic Era videos. You will create questions for all 4 parts You will include the answer to each question directly under each question. You should use your notes from the videos to determine what is important for viewers to answer and what is not.
Due: Wednesday, 5/7/14
As a table group, you will create one Google document and share it with me. That document will include guiding questions for students while they are watching the HHMI Molecules & Memory videos. You will create questions for parts 1, 3 and 4 (I already gave you questions for part 2). You will include the answer to the questions directly under each question. You should use your notes from the videos to determine what is important for viewers to answer and what is not.
Due: Wednesday, 5/7/14
You will have a test on Monday, 5/5/14 on the class notes and the 4 videos. If you watched the videos and completed your homework assignment, you should be good for those questions. So you mostly want to study your notes and any book reading assignments or handouts you were given. The test will mostly be on the central nervous system. Some example test items would include: parts of the brain and what they do, parts of the spinal cord, spinal reflexes, disease conditions, memory, etc…
Test: Monday, 5/5/14
Compete the HHMI Cardiology Virtual Lab located here:
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/cardiology-virtual-lab
You are responsible for the information learned throughout the activity, the information in the ‘cardiology guide’ tab and the information in the ‘diagnostic tool guide’ tab.
Due: Monday, 5/5/14
Individually, you should complete the correct answers to the Money Facts sheet.
As a group, you should recreate the ‘new’ $100 bill that the US government recently released. You must follow the rules and use the paper I gave you in class.
You should label the bill with letters or numbers and create a key. These labels should point out the security and ‘additional’ features of the bill that are used to prevent counterfeiting. You should have approximately 10-15 ‘features’ noted on the bill.
On the paper with the key, you must also explain how the ‘money pen’ that store clerks use to check for counterfeit money works. What it looks like if the paper is real or counterfeit and why it looks that way.
You can find links to resources here: http://www.docfleetwood.net/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=Counterfeiting
Due: Thursday, 5/8/14 (period E) or Friday, 5/9/14 (period B) at the beginning of class
