Human Reproduction Assignment

Take out your class notes.  
Title the page “Human reproduction, development, and cell differentiation” 

Number from 1-9 and Skip about ¼ of the page for each number.

Assignment: Human Reproduction Questions 1-9

1) Everyone complete Do Now Questions 1+2)

2) Split into groups, and only complete the reading and questions for your section:
Group 1 (vincent/marten/jeremy/david) complete part 3
Group 2: (xavier/antonio/elijah) complete part 4a, b,
Group 3: (avery/imani/sophia/marc) complete part 4 c-e
Group 4: (lissa/rosie/luisa/louise) complete parts 5
Group 5: (rashaun/nate/edison/kieran) complete part 6+9
Group 6: (steven/marj/michael) complete part 7+8

Use the following additional links to supplement your reading and help you answer the questions:

Fertilization:

http://biology.about.com/od/genetics/a/aa040805a.htm

Meiosis:

http://mssdbio.weebly.com/meiosis-1b.html

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK26840/

Sex Hormones:

http://health.howstuffworks.com/sexual-health/sexuality/estrogen-and-testosterone-hormones-dictionary.htm

Central Dogma Assignment

Central Dogma Web Comic Assignment:
Task: WITH a PARTNER (2 people MAX), 
create a 6 box comic strip, with drawings AND captions for each box, showing the steps of central dogma. Also, include key vocabulary and discuss the connection of central dogma to phenotype and/or the influence of the environment on the gene (epigenetics).

Mini-Rubric:
Worth 25 classwork points

15- did you show understanding of the process and get into detail with what happens
(you have at least 6 unique steps) (2 pts per unique step). includes connection to phenotype AND/OR epigenetics.
5- includes key vocabulary and scientific language
5- artistic/creativity/neatness

Please peruse the following websites to help you complete the task:

• 3D animation
• Simple Description
• Central Dogma Overview Slides (click through concepts)
• Interactive: transcribe and translate a gene
• what makes a firefly glow
• What is a protein?
• DNA/RNA/Proteins and the first molecules on earth
• Protein Synthesis in 2 step  
• Central Dogma Story in Flash
• 3D Video of Central Dogma
• Crick's paper describing Central Dogma for the first time