natural selection

Natural Selection how do you think it works? 

Survival

What helps an animal to survive in the wild? What type of characteristics? 

Defining the Words

Define the following words for science.  Use only your own knowledge, not what the internet knows. 

Fact: 

Theory: 

Law: 

Hypothesis: 

Belief: 

Peer Edit

An important part of science is something called peer review of scientific work. Today is the last day of class time to work on your essay. Please have some one else read what you have written and give you some feed back. 

Editing your writing

Your essay for science is an argumentative about Genetically Modified Organisms. One important part of the writing process is to edit your work.  

Writing Formally

This week we are working on the GMO essay here is a video to help better understand formal writing. 

CLick this Brain POP

Work on GMOs Essays

Today you should start working on your GMOs Essay. Today you make sure you have at least three sources to help you write your essay. Below is a link to a help. If you find any other articles or websites please post the link. 

Read This for GMO info

Gmo Mental Floss

Gmo Mental Floss PDF

Survey on Progress

Please take the short survey below to answer how you track you progress towards meeting the science standards. 

Survey Link

GMO Medicine for or against.

Argue for or against the following claim. Genetically modified organisms are important for human medicine. Use evidence to support your side and cite your source. 

Take a side

Which side of the debate do you find yourself on pro GMO or con GMO ? Write a post that gives one argument with evidence either for GMOs or against GMOs. 

Create your own

Creating a GMO. Think of an organism that could benefit from the traits of another organism. If you were to create your own transgenic organism which genes would you use on which organism? Also tell why this GMO would be beneficial.

Make your own GMO IDEASlink

Categories of GMOs

What are the two major categories of genetic engineering?  Give an example from each category. 

Genetic Engineering and Humans

Watch the following videos linked  and then answer the questions.


Video link 1


Video Link 2


What are some of the benefits and harms of genetic engineering? 

How can a bacteria such as E. Coli be used to replicate a certain gene or DNA sequence? 

How is it done

What are technologies used to by humans to influence desired traits in organism? 

Good things

What are some advantages or reasons why people would want to use genetically modified organims. Please cite your source. 

Why not GE

What would be some reasons that people would not want Genetic Engineering in medicine and agriculture?  Do some research and post an answer, cite you source.  

GMO'S

Genetic Engineering is the process of manipulating genes in an organism to change the phenotype. Research and post about an organism that has been subject to genetic engineering. Please site your source.