Science Menu 2

Science Menu 1/6-1/30
Chapter 6 Genes and DNA

Please complete a minimum of five of the following assignments and one from the back of the page. You will have part of Monday?s class time to work on the items of your choice; you may or may not have to complete assignments at home. I will be conferring with you on Mondays, checking your progress and your portfolios. Assignments and portfolios will be due on 1/30

1. Human Genome Project and Human Disease
2. Cross Word Puzzle-vocab
3. How DNA works-vocab
4. Cracking the Code-(logical)
5. Fingerprint ID
6. Making a Model of DNA
7. Dimples and DNA
8. DNA-drawings on SciLinks
9. Directed Reading Packet A
10. Directed Reading Packet B
11. Portrait of a Dog-Research Project
12. Human Traits-Family Research
13. Chapter Review page 158-159
14. Standardized Test Preparation page 160-161

a. Story of a Scientist (interpersonal)-Create a comic book or short video drama about Mendel?s life and work. Highlight his use of the scientific method and his habits as a scientist.
b. Perfect pitch (musical)-Research the gene responsible for perfect pitch. Using PowerPoint, Word, video, or a poster, debate if early musical education is as important as inheritance in perfecting perfect pitches.
c. Protein Skit (kinesthetic)-Write and perform a short skit to demonstrate the formation of a protein. For Example, students cold play the roles of ribosome, an amino acid, a transfer RNA, and a DNA copy.
d. Sickle Cell Trait-(verbal)-present to the class information on the disease including the history, and outcomes, and the difference between having the sickle cell trait and having the disease.
e. Genetic Diseases-(verbal)-Select a genetic disease to conduct research and write a report. Suggestions: hemophilia, diabetes, familial ALS (Lou Gehrig?s disease), SCID (Plastic bubble syndrome), Huntington?s, and neurofibromatosis (elepahntititus). Focus on the historical occurrence of the disease, famous people that have had the disease and treatments that have been tried.