Checklist for Science portfolio.

If you didn't get a copy of the Science portfolio checklist, you can pick one up from my desk tomorrow (Tuesday). If you can't wait to get started organizing your work, you can also get it here. Enjoy.

I'll be checking portfolios through Thursday, and possibly Friday morning, but the sooner you can get your portfolio to me the better.

A bunch of good places to look for genetics news articles

Greetings!

As you know, on Tuesday, you'll be turning in Assignment O, where you pick a topic having to do with genes, genetics, DNA, genetic engineering, genetic research, genomes, genomics etc. (Hey look! I just gave you a good list of search terms!). For assignment O, you'll turn in an explanation of the topic, why you think it's interesting, and citations for two news articles about that topic. (You'll be finding even more articles on the topic next week.)

To help you find articles, here are some good places to look:

• Search Google News or Yahoo News for any of the search terms above
• Science News, the weekly science magazine.
• Articles collected by the NPR science news show Science Friday.
• Biology news from Scientific American.
• Science Daily.
• Science stories from the New York Times. (Try the "browse topics" menu on the right - the "genetic engineering" topic has lots of good stuff!)
• Articles from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

This week's stuff

Syllabus for this week.

Assignment N.

Notes for Monday - Protein synthesis.

Web Pages to Use for W27D1

Overview of Avery's work and the Hershey-Chase experiment.

Good quick overview of the discovery of the structure of DNA.

Another overview of the same material.

Info on Miescher.

A biography of Rosalind Franklin.

If you look at Dec. 11 and 12th in this blog, you'll find a nice overview of Chargaff's discoveries.

An extremely detailed online timeline can be found here.

And, last but not least, a summary timeline from PBS. This is a good one to look at if you're confused!

Tuesday's notes

W26D2 notes on the stages of mitosis are available here.