December 20, 2010

Daily Questions:
Open your books to page 492 and study the diagram.  When you & a friend are ready, turn and try to talk out why the first exposure to an infectious agent often results in disease, while additional exposures do not.  Consider your responses at both a molecular and cellular level, how are Ab molecules produced?


Agenda:
1. Finishing concept maps
2. Preparing for test


Homework:
-Immunology test on Tues, 21st
-Late work all due before test Tues.

Quote:
"Borrow money from a pessimist - they don't expect it back." ~Unknown

December 16, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please pick up the handout at the front, as a class we will take turns reading this aloud, you may want to look over it for a few moments before we begin.

Agenda:
-Keynote covering 24.13 - class question....
-Concept Mapping...


Homework:
-Lab Report due Friday, 17th
-Test- Immunology on Tues, 21st
-Guest speakers Wed, 22nd


Quote:
"If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?" ~Abe Lincoln

December 10, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get a copy of the movie notes (In Mrs. Dominic's writing!) and read through these as best you can.  We will try to decipher more after the movie!

Agenda:
1. Pandemic Flu movie
2. Thank you card
3. Debrief notes


Homework:
-Monoclonal antibodies worksheet due Monday, 13th
-Lab report due Thursday, 16th
-Test on Friday 17th....

Quote:
"Courage doesn't always roar.  Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow." ~Mary Anne Radmacher

December 9, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please pick up a scrap piece of paper and write a draft message to Dr. Norman Moore, Director of Medical Affairs at Alere.  Please make the message PERSONAL, include something specific about what you learned in the lab, or goals you may have in the future for biotechnology/immunology.  This is a draft message, you will make a final copy tomorrow.

Agenda:
1. Group notes descriptor
2. Breaking into groups - 25 min total
3. Group presentations - 7 min each


Homework:
-Current event due today by 11:59pm
-Immunochromatography lab report due Thursday, 16th

Quote:
"We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations." ~Charles R. Swindoll

December 8, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please pick up a copy of the class data & trim it down with scissors from the side/back counter (top right drawer).  This needs to be taped into your lab notebook, along with the test kit diagram & individual data table.

Agenda:
1. Review diagnostic kits & labeling diagrams
2. Data review worksheet questions & conclusion pieces
3. Handout vocab for conclusion
4. Break into groups to start section notes - new criteria!!

Homework:
-Current event #1 due Thursday, 9th
-Lab report - Immunochromatography - due Thursday, 16th

Quote:
 "You are educated.  Your certification is in your degree.  You may think of it as a ticket to the good life.  Let me ask you to think of an alternative.  Think of it as your ticket to change the world." ~Tom Brokaw

December 7, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get out your handout from yesterday with the diagram of the kit.  With a partner, 1 person will share the details of how the kit works, the other will ask any clarifying questions AND decide what a purpose may be for our lab experiment.

Agenda:
1. Purpose of the lab
2. Handouts & kit samples
3. Run tests, share results
4. Questions

Homework:
-Vocab due today
-Current Event due Thurs, 9th
-Due date for lab report?___________

Quote:
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." ~Maya Angelou

December 6, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please pick up the news article on the table and a small piece of paper.  Read the article quietly at your desk, and on the piece of paper write down 2 things that surprised you in this article, and 1 question you have.

Agenda:
1. TPS homework about the lab
2. Overhead diagram of kits
3. Group notes 24.9-24.12

Homework:
-Vocab due Tues, 7th
-Current Event due Thurs, 9th

Quote:
"I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure." ~Unknown

December 3, 2010

Daily Questions:
Once you've been returned your Ch 24 part 2 questions, go over your answers with a classmate to make sure your responses are similiar and fully explained/easy to understand.

Agenda:
1.TPS handouts from yesterday
2. Introduce Legionella Lab
3. Make up test time...

Homework:
-Legionella hmwk 1 & 3 due Monday, 6th
-Vocab defintions due Tues, 7th

Quote:
"I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." ~Robert McCloskey

December 2, 2010

Daily Questions:
Please get a small piece of paper from the front desk, and respond to the following quesitons:
1. Using figure 24.7 on page 490, why do the newly cloned effector cells have lots of endoplasmic reticulum?  What does ER do in a cell?
2. How does an antigen trigger its own destruction?
I will collect the papers once you have answered these questions - please hold them up for me when you're finished!

Agenda:
-Mountain climber clip (20min)
-In-depth look at 24.8
-Labelling diagrams from 24.9


Homework:
-Vocab definitions due Tues, 7th


Quote:
"If you wait to do anything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything." ~Win Borden

Daily Questions:
When you receive your Ch 24 part 1 questions back, go over your responses with a class mate to make sure you both answered all the questions completely & accurately.  If you have questions, this is your opportunity to get clarification from your class mates, ask 2 people, then come to me!

Agenda:
1. Keynote covering 24.5-24.6-24.7
2. Handout questions for 24.8?

Homework:
-Ch 24 part 2 questions due Thurs, 2nd

Quote:
"Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know." ~Daniel L. Boorstin