Part I: The Poster
- Choose one article from the list below about the history of biotechnology.
- Find a second article related to the topic you chose (i.e., the articles listed below are related to PAST discoveries; your 2nd article could be about RECENT advances in the same area.). The sources you choose must be from among the magazines below and must have been published within the last 5 years.
- Copies of the articles (NO ORIGINALS) must be submitted with your poster. These may be printed from the internet or photocopied.
- On the 2nd day after you return in the fall (the same day as the DNA quiz), we will share the poster you made, based upon your research, with the class as a whole. All of the posters will be put out, gallery style (you need not do a verbal presentation).
Part II: DNA article & Quiz
The following links can be found at: http://www.accessexcellence.com/AB/BC/
A. Pioneer Profiles top
B. Classic Biotech Stories
- Bacterial Mutations - 1943 Luria and Delbruck hit the jackpot in studying bacteria for viral resistance
- Birds Do It, Bees Do It - 1946 Lederberg and Tatum discover bacterial mating and phage recombinations
- Experiments that Inspire - 1952 Hershey and Chase conduct experiments showing DNA was the hereditary material
- Legacies - Transformation and DNA - 1920 Griffith discovers that bacteria can change from one form to another
- Lwoff's Pathways - Viral Replication - 1950 Lwoff studies viral lysogenic viral replication patterns
- The March of Heredity - 1943 Hammerling searches for the part of the cell directing physical appearances
- Of Mice and Men - 1980 discovery of severe combined immunodeficient mice - mutant mice
- Mutant Gene Predicts Heart Disease - 1994 Japanese researchers identify the gene the encodes for angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE)
- The One Gene/One Enzyme Hypothesis - 1941 Beadle and Tatum set out to prove the connection between genes and enzymes
- Rhizobium Meliloti Field Tests - 1994 reports on a test to increase crop production by the addition of extra copies of a nitrogen fixation gene and a gene involved in energy transport
- The Slow Death of Spontaneous Generation (1668-1859) - story of how spontaneous generation was finally laid to rest
In addition to the poster on the topic chosen above, all students are required to read the brief DNA article below, and take a brief, 10 point objective quiz based upon the ideas in the article. The quiz will be given on the 2nd day of classes this Fall.
The Beauty of Mutations
Why So Many Errors in our DNA?
Pines, Maya, ed . "Blazing a Genetic Trail." Bethesda, MD: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1991.
NOTE: This article is all REVIEW of material covered last semester!
You are to create a poster that integrates the ideas (In terms of Past Discoveries vs. Present Advances) within the two articles you researched:
- The 1st Article related to PAST discoveries (from the Access Excellence Website's Biotech Chronicles)
- The 2nd Article related to RECENT advances in the same area (from among the magazines listed above)
- Introduction of the topic on the poster
- Organization of the poster
- Use of Photos (XEROXES ONLY!)
- Unity & Clarity of the poster (both text & visual)
- Completeness and Accuracy of the Information presented
- Use of specific example(s) as illustration
- Specific references to both articles (attach copies to the back of the poster)
- Summary of the poster's topic (placed on the poster)
| Ms. Duffy | Mr. Goby | Mrs. Johnson |
| Mr. Lazaroff | Mr. Rose | Ms. Scheuer |
| Mr. Coccoli | SHS Science Department | Access Excellence |
Be sure to Bookmark the AE site for future use!
(A Mystery: Which one of the Staples Biology Teachers
Was Chosen to be an Access
Excellence Fellow?)
Try out the links at the Resource Center!
