Period 1
I collected your Dietary Analysis (packet with calculations, answers to questions, and food journal if you had it still). Then we talked about how fats are digested in the body. Next, we got into recipe project groups to touch base and take a closer look at exemplar projects. Finally, we watched some more of Gunther's tour of the digestive system!
Homework:
Work on project research

Period 2
MCAS - no class

Period 5
I checked off the "I'm Starving" article questions that were assigned yesterday. Then we talked about the "How Eating Makes You Hungry" article that we read during class and discussed what makes a "good" vs. "bad" carbohydrate. I passed out a handout regarding Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load that will be a resource for your dietary analysis and recipe project. We discussed GI and GL to wrap up carbs. Then we had a few minutes to get into project groups and look a little more closely at the recipe projects. Finally, we used any remaining time to start talking about cholesterol.
Homework: Dietary Analysis due tomorrow!

Period 6
We started with a Do Now looking at a fictional family named the Mendelsons. We looked at their traits and predicted traits of their children. This introduced genetics - our new unit! I passed out a vocabulary list and a genetics "how-to" guide - both of which will serve as our unit outline. Then, we talked about Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics, and his experiments with pea plants. We went over the 2 rules he came up with from his experiments and then the 2 Laws that eventually arose out of many genetics experiments over the years. Finally, we tried out a monohybrid cross genetics problem, testing what we remember from 7th grade!
Homework: Read the Mendel cartoon

Period 7
Day 7 - no class!

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Monday, March 22, 2010

Period 1
I checked off the "I'm Starving" article and then spent some time answering questions about the dietary analysis assignment. Next, we revisited GI and GL and talked about their implications as far as carbohydrate digestion and insulin release. Then, we moved on to cholesterol, revisiting the articles that were read when the sub was here last week (received hard copies) and going over "good" (HDL) vs. "bad" (LDL) cholesterol.

Period 2
We started with a Do Now looking at a fictional family named the Mendelsons. We looked at their traits and predicted traits of their children. This introduced genetics - our new unit! We tried out a monohybrid cross genetics problem, testing what we remember from 7th grade!
Homework: Work on Monohybrid Cross packet after MCAS - due Friday

Period 5
We went over some fine details regarding completing the dietary analysis. Then, we talked about carbohydrates and read an article from the South Beach diet regarding digestion of carbs.
Homework: "I'm Starving" article

Period 6
Day 6 - no class

Period 7
We started with a Do Now looking at a fictional family named the Mendelsons. We looked at their traits and predicted traits of their children. This introduced genetics - our new unit! I passed out a vocabulary list and a genetics "how-to" guide - both of which will serve as our unit outline. Then, we talked about Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics, and his experiments with pea plants. We went over the 2 rules he came up with from his experiments and then the 2 Laws that eventually arose out of many genetics experiments over the years. Finally, we tried out a monohybrid cross genetics problem, testing what we remember from 7th grade!
Homework: Read the Mendel cartoon