 Calendar
8.26.18 What was the Flav'r Sav'r Tomato?
8.28.18 Rename G Docs SHARED with dgruis@maquoketaschools.org
8.30.18 FlipGrid Timeline of Biotechnology Wikipedia
8.31.18 FlipGrid Finish & Watch Timeline of Biotechnology (Wikipedia) videos
-Describe your "Perfect Dairy Cow" or "Perfect Milk Producing Thing"
9.11.18 Revolutionary Corn Discovery - Read and Record highlights in your G Doc Notes
Beg9.11.18 ('Beg' before date indicates this assignment is DUE at the beginning of class.
- Using at least 3 examples, explain why is BIODIVERSITY important to agriculture & biotechnology?
- Write a one paragraph summary of the article, "The Curse of Frankenfood" (1999)
9.11.18
-Bottom 3 Link Reports
-Biodiversity?
-Biodiversity Hot Spots?
-What is CABI.org?
9.13.18
- What is CABI.org?
- Reports on Biodiversity Hotspots
9.17.1
- 60 Minutes Clone Polo Ponies >> https://www.cbsnews.com/news/adolfo-cambiaso-the-clones-of-polo-60-minutes/
- Trans Ova >> http://www.transova.com/
- Mexico Genes Debate Continued >> Flip Positions (FlipGrid Code: 78cfff)
9.19.18
- FlipGrid Video (Individual) on Mexico Genes
- Useful Links - Click "Biotechnology Quiz #1 Questions" and write 5 Biotechnology Quiz Questions 'with' Answers
9.24.18
- Fruit Loop Chromosome Construction
- Amoeba Sisters - DNA, Chromosomes, Genes, and Traits: An Intro to Heredity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m6hHRlKwxY
- Useful Links - Click "Biotechnology Quiz #1 Questions" and write 5 Biotechnology Quiz Questions 'with' Answers
- Diabetes - The rates of diagnosed diabetes in adults by race/ethnic background are:
7.4% of non-Hispanic whites.
8.0% of Asian Americans.
12.1% of Hispanics.
12.7% of non-Hispanic blacks.
15.1% of American Indians/Alaskan Natives.
- Useful Links - Click "Biotechnology Quiz #1 Questions" and write 5 Biotechnology Quiz Questions 'with' Answers
10.1.18 !!! BIOTECH Quiz 1 !!!
10.3.18 DUE BEFORE CLASS STARTS
a) Watch the video "Are We All Related (Useful Links below)
b) Read "We Are All Africans" (Useful Links below)
c) In your class Notes (at the end of your current notes), type the Heading "We Are All Related & Africans "
b) Type a concise list/summary of key points in the video and the article.
10.9.18
- GMO Teacher/Student Survey Results
- Amazon Prime GMO >> Con Taminated - The New Science of Food 2017 (9 min.) >> Take notes on 'key' points
10.11.18
- Amazon Prime >> GMO: Lies and Truth (52 min.)
- Complete study guide, and hand-in at the beginning of class on Monday, 10.15.18
10.15.18
Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Standards
Biotechnology Systems (BS) — encompasses the study of - USING DATA and SCIENTIFIC TECHNIQUES TO SOLVE PROBLEMS CONCERNING LIVING ORGANISMS - with an emphasis on applications to agriculture, food and natural resource systems.
BS.01.03.03.b. Analyze the impact of public perceptions on the application of biotechnology in different AFNR systems.
10.15.18 GMO DEBATE
- RESEARCH? The systematic investigation as well as the study of sources or material or things so that the FACTS can be established or the CONCLUSION can drawn. Research is about finding the TRUTH through EXPERIMENT or INVESTIGATION using the scientific methods.
- SCIENTIFIC THEORY? A WELL-SUBSTANTIATED EXPLANATION of some aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment. Such fact-supported theories are not "guesses" but reliable accounts of the real world.
- How to Run a Debate >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi6Im-Sb6Vw
People should AVOID EATING GMO's.
a. Flip for Pro/Con TEAMS
b. Prep Time 10 min.
c. Prepare 1 minutes OPENING statement, and decide who will present
d. Prepare 1 minute SUPPORTING statement, and decide who will present.
e. Prepare 1 minute CONCLUDING statement, and decide who will present
AVOID EATING GMO DEBATE
1. PR0 OPENING STATEMENT (opposing team takes notes in Ag Biotech Notes G-Doc)
2. CON OPENING STATEMENT (opposing team takes notes in Ag Biotech Notes G-Doc)
3. PRO SUPPORTING statement Pro (opposing team takes notes in Ag Biotech Notes G-Doc)
4. CON SUPPORTING statement con (opposing team takes notes in Ag Biotech Notes G-Doc)
5. PRO REBUTTING statement Pro (opposing team takes notes in Ag Biotech Notes G-Doc)
6. CON REBUTTING statement Pro (opposing team takes notes in Ag Biotech Notes G-Doc)
10.19.18
- Marketing with Science > https://www.livescience.com/63856-burger-king-nightmare-science.html?utm_source=notification
- World's Largest Living Organism is Dying > https://www.livescience.com/63852-failing-aspen-clone-utah.html?utm_source=notification
10.19.18
- reverse GMO Debate
- Fruit Sales
10.23.18
-continue Jurassic Park movie (ddgruis@gmail.com Purchase YouTube)
10.25.18
Can Jurassic Park Come True?
- Hand-in the following work on Oct. 31
- In your Ag Biotech Class Notes Google document iSearch (internet search) and answer the question - Can Jurassic Come True?
A. Answer Yes or No
B. Explain your answer by describing and citing at least 3 POINTS. (more pts. = more pts.)
C. Follow each point with an APA style citation of the internet source.
11.2.18
- Sh-tective work to find Valid Internet Sources
- Below, click the "Crap Detectives" link under Useful Links, and complete.
11.6.18
- Sh-tective assignments DUE by beginning of class 11.6.18
- Gattaca > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl9PfyoQW6s
11.8.18
- Reports
- Glow Mouse-Jackson / Trans Goat-Jaron / TransPig-Lisa / TransSheep-Justin / TransCow-Trevor / TransSalmon-Clayton / TransZebraFish-Johnny / G.E.Monkey-Roy / FeatherlessChicken-Kylee / PigOrganDonors-Bailey
11.29.18
- cont. Food Inc. @ 1:05
- Fake Meat Will Sell - 1 paragraph
- begin EnviroPig Presentations
12.7.18
- American Meat cont...
- Discuss World Population 2050
12.11.18
- EnviroPig Presentations
- What is SCIENCE?
the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.
- What is AGRICULTURE?
the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
- Next Year Idea? Have Ag Sales teams SELL EnviroPigs Designed by Ag Biotech
12.13.18
- View Emails about population displacement from sea level rise
- GMOs Offset Climate Change > https://allianceforscience.cornell.edu/blog/2018/11/study-gmo-crops-help-offset-climate-change-impacts?sfns=1
- How Cannabis Got It's High https://www.livescience.com/64185-cannabis-thc-cbd-genes.html?utm_source=notfication
- Schillinger Genetics > http://www.emergegenetics.com/
Biotech & Climate Change
https://theconversation.com/climate-change-will-reshape-the-worlds-agricultural-trade-102721
https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-climate-agriculture-20180309-story.html
https://www.cheatsheet.com/money-career/5-companies-preparing-for-climate-change-even-if-you-arent.html/
12.?.18
-The AET.com
A. Profile > Manage/Edit Personal Profile
1. Record your School Ag Class Schedule (Gruis/Lansing course(s))
2. My Ag Pathway > Natural Resources
3. Add class
B. Profile > Manage your resume information
C. Journal > Your Time Entries > Your time in classroom activities > Time in classroom activities
1. Class: AG Woods / Principles of Technology
2. For each grade book score, ADD Journal Entry > Activity/Level (name) > Description > Time spent (est.) > Mastery Level Rating
####Gruis Notes#####
- research and describe corn stacks
- https://pafarmgirl.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/understanding-stacked-corn/
Gruis Notes below:
- Lick Your Rats
- Valid & Reliable Internet Sources >> Search "new gmos" & "toxic gmos"
- 60 Minutes Clone Polo Ponies >> https://www.cbsnews.com/news/adolfo-cambiaso-the-clones-of-polo-60-minutes/
- BT What is it? How to use it? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNWWIzBVqRA
- BT Bacillus thuriengiensis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aLj1WmzL98
- Amazon.com >> Human Cloning
- Silent Spring book? Impacts of Rachel Carson's book, Silent Spring
Rachel Carson: The Impact of Silent Spring -
- Pesticides - DDT - Rachel Carson - Silent Spring - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipbc-6IvMQI
- Malaria and "Silent Spring" | Retro Report - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2bZ9lpNGfE
- How do insects become resistant to pesticides?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aycQKk4qn_YS problems
Research, Claim, Evidence & Report
Bacterial Conjugation
Genetics and Genetic Engineering
Impacts of Biotechnology
Biotechnology in Plant Science
Biotechnology in Animal Science
Microbial Biotechnology in Agriculture
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