Hi ladies,
As part of the unit of Genetics, you will be working on the webquest project that I have created for you. The title is "Human Genetics Webquest". Please read carefully all the guidelines given to you before working with your group today to distribute the task and start your project. The project is worth 80 points: 50 points from your group grade and 30 points from your individual grade. Due date for this project: 2/22/08.
You are welcome to post any question, clarification, and help that you want to ask from me.
Here is the webquest's site: http://bclhsgenetics.googlepages.com/
Enjoy your quest!!! Ms. Dimatulac
Simulating the Process of Meiosis
Kimberly, Yvonne, Gladis, and Carina
Jackie, Angeline, Tanjina, and Mercedes
Gladys, Melissa, Fatima, and Natalie
Jeopardy
Mercedes(XX) and Gladys (XY)
Open House
Gladys experimenting on Enzymes.
Miriam and Gladys
Gladis and Christina presenting their lab investigation on Osmosis.
Photosynthesis
Tanjina and Angeline investigating the effect of light in photosynthesis.
Andrea and Melissa working on Leaf Chromatography.
THE CELL FACTORY...
Presentation of Projects: Jackie, Tanjina, and Angeline
Kimberly, Gladys, and Melissa
Daisy, Mirian, and Christina
Mercedes, Carina, Fatima, and Natalie
Carina, observing the plant cells under a microscope.
Investigating Effects of Acid Rain on Seed Germination (8TH DAY)
Kimberly, Natalie, Yvonne, Christina, and their experiment.
Gladys, Gladis, Angeline, and Andrea
Jacky, Mercedes, Daisy, and Miriam (unfortunetly was sick on this day)
Melissa, Fatima, Carina, and Tanjina
Tanjina, Melissa, Carina, and Fatima observing their plants.
Jacky measuring and observing her plant.
Gladys and Andrea measuring their plants.
An example of the development of the "Controlled Group"
An example of the development of seeds with pH3.
An example of the development of seeds with pH4.
An example of the development of seeds with pH5.
12 comments:
Hi Ms. Dimatulac,
Carina is the Disorder Specialist,
Daisy is the Parent with the child,
And I'm the Genetic Counselor.
The Genetic disorder that we chose is Xeroderma pigmentosum.
-Fatima
Hi miss Dimatulac! This is Angeline and Gladys and Kimberly....We have decided that Kimberly will be the parent.....Angleine wants to be the genetic counslor....I am going to play the role of the disorder specialist !!!
We are doing our project regarding albinism!!! Cant wait !!!
-thanks
Hey Dimatulac
I am the Parent of the affected child.i am also the group leader .
we are researching Xeroderma pigmentosum
Peace Daisy
hi ms. dimatulac we christina andrea and me have chosen to research on prader- willi syndrome
Christina- genetic counceler
Tanjina- disorder specialist
Andrea- parent of a child disorder
Thanks ladies and wish you a very interesting project! Your genetic disorder is fine. Ms. Dimatulac
Hi Ms.D!
Mirian is the Disorder Specialist,
Mercedes is the Genetics Counselor, and Natalie is the parent.
Hi Ms.D!!!
Wewll, my group is Gladis, Yvonne, Jackie and MElissa
we have 3 different ones we have chosen and we want to see which one you chose for us,ok?
Progeria (premature aging)
colorblindness
coffin Lowry SYndrome
Hi Melissa, Jackie, Yvonne, and Gladis,
A group already opted for colorblindness. You may want to choose either your third or first choice. Please let me know which one you have chosen.
Thanks, Ms. Dimatulac
HI!!
Hi Ms. D
enjoy
Cracking the Code of Life
a. State clearly and thoroughly your stance on patenting the human genes discovered.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark request patents not only for human genes but for new inventions. A patent is a grant made by a government that confers upon the creator of an invention the sole right to make, use, and sell that invention for a set period of time. Patents have to be new and useful. My stance pertaining to patenting the human genes discovered is that I don’t agree with this method. I think it takes too much time for the office to approve or disapprove the invention. Since the patent office has many cases it takes approximately two years for them to process a single application and there are 20,000 genetic patents waiting for approval. This causes a disadvantage to the scientists who are trying so hard to crack a code on the human genes because they don’t know if someone has already discovered this. It also causes a disadvantage to drug companies that are working with genes to cure diseases because they depend on the patent office to process the case. Work doesn’t get done because of confusion of who owns them and companies don’t want to work where there is uncertainty. If I was a scientist I would also move to a company where there is certainty.
b. Sharing of your genome via the internet
Iceland has almost everyone’s family trees. All the scientist have to do is punch in the social security number and you can see the family tree. You can also see the medical and if a person had a divorce. It’s amazing what they can do these days. I never knew this until today. I agree that my genome can be viewable via the internet however I would have conditions. I wouldn’t want the names of me or any of my family members to show and that my social security number is encoded. The reasons I think like this is because scientist can use my genome to help cure diseases and would lead to better drugs for other people. This would make me feel happy because I can collaborate in helping someone.
Gladis Romero
March 1, 2008
Biology Honors
My Reflection
I really don’t agree with people patenting gene sequences they have discovered. I think that this is not right because the gene sequences patented by people are kept secret. It is not made known to the public, where other scientists can further work on this discovery and probably have the chance of finding cures for diseases and disorders. There are times when a person, who has just decoded some letters of DNA, patents a sequence without really caring or knowing what possible use it can have for humans. For all that person knows that gene sequence decoded could be used to help scientists find a cure for cancer or for cystic fibrosis.
In a video clip of Cracking the Code of Life, a man mentioned that people who patent their discoveries sometimes don’t know what use the gene sequence can do for the entire human race. Not knowing who has discovered what part of the human genome makes many researchers uncertain about their work. If a group of scientists are working on a particular area of DNA, they usually worry whether someone else has already patented that region that the scientists are working on. Since the discovered gene sequences are not made public, this puts many scientists and researchers in a state of uncertainty. Usually the owner might tell the scientists to stop working on this region or they might allow them to continue their work, but the scientists will have to share some of the money made by this particular gene sequence with the owner. Since many of these scientists have that uncertainty and worry within them, they usually end up working somewhere else and hardly any of the work gets done. That’s why I don’t agree with patenting the human genome because it prevents many scientists and researchers from achieving their main goal, which is to decode all 3 billion base pairs.
I personally would be scared of having my DNA information on the internet. Every individual’s DNA is their identity because it makes them who they are. It is their genome, their genetic makeup. I wouldn’t want my “identity” to be posted up on the internet where millions of people are able to see it. To be honest, it would feel weird because I would feel like those people are invading my privacy and my life. It would be interesting for me to see my own DNA and how I am made up, but I wouldn’t want strangers looking at it. It would feel quite uncomfortable.
HI mr.dimatulac,
Cracking the code of Life
A. State clearly and thoroughly your stance on patenting the human genes discovered.
I disagree on this,because in one way i think it's wrong for people to patent human genes because they are kept private.Keeping them private keeps other people from learning about them and it makes difficulties for scientist to find cures for diseases.They are also kept private and then if people want to see them they would give you a fee, in the video "Cracking the code of life", one of the scientist says that many companies don't research certain genes or something because they are already owned and they don't know who owns it, because of this uncertainty they won't work on that gene.So in way,owning human genes slows down the progress of discovering cures.
The people from Celera are private and they charge a fee for using the information, one of them said that they wanted people to realize that this was important so that they would pay the price for it and won't complain. I think this is wrong because if you know something that could help find a cure, then you should share with others, afterall more heads think better than one head. Another point isthat people want to own things for power not for the need to find cures because some people won't even know how to use them or what they can be used for.
B. Sharing of your genome via on the internet
I would have to say that i would be okay with my genome being on the internet, of course if it was to help others.I wouldn't want the world to know it's me, but i would like to know it me, because i want to know what my DNA states about me, it would be interesting to know it's my information.It's like Tony from the video, she could really help scientist find out something new because she had a rare case of CF,i think people like this should be the ones whos genome is on the internet, of course that they should be asked first before doing it.
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