Pedigree Charts The family tree of genetics - ppt download

Pedigree Charts The family tree of genetics - ppt download: Write these notes on the bottom half of page 63… To understand a pedigree, you first have to figure out whether the trait being studied is:  Sex-linked: (x-linked) Found on 23 rd pair. –Most males are affected –Very few females are affected  Autosomal: NOT sex-linked. Found on pairs –Men and women have equal chance of being affected  Dominant: –Need one or more dominant allele (D_) –1 parent MUST have the disorder  Recessive: –Need two copies of recessive allele to have disorder –Neither parent has to have disorder because they can be heterozygous (carrier)

Day 6 Amherst

Yesterday we spent an entire day learning about arsenic in food and water sources, learning valuable information....don't take hot showers, eat brown rice (or any rice for that matter), but seafood, despite really high levels of arsenic compounds, is safe so go and enjoy!

Today we will spend the morning exploring water quality experiments before heading to final analysis of our photographed data and head our on the road by, hopefully, three.

Good workshop, but I remain amazed at how far behind we are in the county at integrating math, science, and technology as problem solving tools. But, I guess as long as we have "STEM lite" proponents in charge of our school's individual initiatives, we will never get to where the future could allow us to take our kids.

What a great week....and I have $200 to spend on stuff...I am buying a set of primary color projection guns to show how color is created using light. Cool stuff!

Day 5 - UMass Amherst

First, I gotta say...this is the BEST college cafeteria in the UNIVERSE!!! The food is great!!! Salad bars (Individually prepared for you), dessert bars, four entree choices for LUNCH!!!! There is a vegan/vegetarian entree, Asian entree, pasta entree, and fast food/pizza entree. Two or three made to order stations, and everything is terrific!!!!

Lots of great STEM ideas such as measuring incidental ozone, organic matter levels in water, water quality testing, animal adaptation, net forces and motion analysis, genetic variations in skin color,and all done using digital snapshots and the free (did I say no money involved????) I mean really free software! Outstanding!

Even more exciting, I get to see Mary Anne and the kids and the grandbabies tomorrow (well, more likely Saturday as I will hit Brooklyn late). Time to run to free breakfast!!!

Day 5 - UMass Amherst

This has been an eye-opener of a workshop! I am seeing incredible challenges and technologies placed in front of middle school students that truly impress me. I have been awakened to how low our expectations are in our district....and I don't mean the teacher's expectations. Many of these districts are devoting entire months every school year in middle school to scientific process and lab work, while we have dropped the specialization completely off the middle school grid and only incorporate it within other content, which diminishes its importance.

We need to look at ourselves and see if we really are challenging the students by meeting them where they are and taking along on the ride with us as teachers. This is the difference between riding on the train and adding more logs to the fire and chasing after the accelerating train hoping to catch up while we, inevitably, leave those less able to handle those tougher courses behind. (Note: gratuitous force and motion reference courtesy of 6th grade curriculum and the NGSS, coming to a school near you, soon!)

While I have been considered an "innovator" and a teacher who "challenges" his students, I realize how really far I have to go to truly earn those monikers. (I just needed a way to use that word...its really cool and I haven't used it in a while).

Love the software we have received. It takes any photo and measures angles, distance, size, perimeter, area, albedo, virtually anything you can see and record on a digital photo. Wicked cool!!!! Nice group of teachers to work with, and I love what I am seeing, I only hope that I can make some of this really work in my environment.

Day Three - UMass Amherst

Left the Microsoft Conference at 2 and travelled to spend the night in Jacksonville Friday. Left the hotel at 5AM and after making really great time encountered the rolling traffic jam that is Washington D.C.It took over an hour to cover the last 20 miles in Virginia to the Beltway....an hour to drive around DC on the Beltway, and then another hour to get past Baltimore. I HATE TRAFFIC!!!

Did I mention that I hate traffic?

I tried for empathy and solace and called my lovely wife, who kept trying to change the subject (I wonder why????) and Anne (my intended destination, who failed to answer repeated times. I was alone, frustrated and...

HATING TRAFFIC!!!!

Got to Brooklyn at 7:30PM (I did not stop for longer then 10 minutes at any time, but I did get to listen to the ENTIRE, unabridged audiobook of Dan Brown's "Inferno". (Great story, nice plot twists, but if he could only write it would be a good book). Held Avery for 30 seconds before she went to bed...my first time EVER holding the baby! Played with Addison (and helped her unload the gift box) for about 30 minutes....

Then the coolest thing...Around 2 AM, Addison came out to the living room and crawled on the couch with me and we slept until 8:30. How cool is that!!!!

Doesn't matter how cool Digital STEM is....the best part of the trip through Friday, when I head back to Brooklyn, will be last night...hands down!!!

Day 1 - 2013 the sequel

Finished a week with Microsoft education trainers and while I have learned a lot about innovative Microsoft technology and the Windows 8 system, its all stuff I have had on my MacBookPro for years. I have arrived in Jacksonville, hitting a bit of rain on I-10 coming across Florida, and have settled for the night. Tomorrow....I will try to make the 12 hour trip, weather permitting all the way to Brooklyn! I will hit the road by 5AM (with a little luck) and have the 2nd longest day of the year riding with me....so I hope to make good time (not "Good Times" - Dynomite!!!!) now to check the weather report....

Day 1. The Travels of 2013

I start off a new summer of travels with a much limited schedule than expected, and, I admit, a little less thrill. I had been accepted to three workshops....Digital STEM at UMass, Amherst (starting Sunday) where we will explore using digital photography as an assessment/analysis tool across the middle school curriculum....MAVEN, a NASA workshop at UCal Berkeley, looking at the next Mars mission studying the atmosphere and gravitational pull of the red planet...and a week at Niagara Falls studying the Erie Canal and its impact on several levels. But I had to cancel MAVEN as the stipend of $700 barely covered air fare and I am just too poor to afford supplementing the stipend. Also, I have ClinEd training that week, which will allow me to remain at the forefront of a HELIOS/USF/District grant project that will place perspective middle school science teachers in a year long co-teach internship....so I will get a partner/intern for a whole year!!! Can't pass that up. Also, that last workshop I gave up since I have the District's STEM Institute for 3 days in Sarasota at the same time....and being in a new school next year, I want a least at week to set up my classroom.

So its off to the great Northeast for the STEM Institute right after I finish my Microsoft Partners in Education workshop this afternoon. More to come...stay tuned!

Day 34 of travelling

Arrived in Sarasota with many old friends and faces from the school district for the STEM workshop....but the highlight of the evening (besides the fire on a lower level that caused us to evacuate and stay outside for over an hour) was a night of bonding with the Feiler family...all 6 children and 2 adults....we chatted, caught up on schools, activities, plays, life events, TV shows, grades, Harry Potter, Alex Rider, Lateral Thinking Problems.....and so much more....

I love my family more than life....but if I had to pick a second choice...it would be the Feiler family (Who, despite the initial fears of Mom, were NOT the reason for the aforementioned fire drill.

Nice Hotel (as seen in the pics!)

Day 33 - Homeward Bound

Usually, when I reach the end of a workshop I have one of 2 states of mind.....either I am really sad that the experience, the visit to the new location, or the friendships and day-to-day contact with these new friends are over....
or....
I am really glad to get out of town.

This one poses mixed feelings. The workshop itself wasn't bad. The briefings by all the Weather Service bigwigs were exceptional and I have learned a great deal about weather. On the other hand many sessions, those taught by the ed staff and the modules (which were little more than worksheets) were exceptionally boring.

Kansas City is a terrific place...one I would like to come back and explore, but not having my own car here put a real damper on the trip....
And as to the people....there were a number I truly liked and would have liked to know better....one or two I never got the chance to know and really wish I could have had the opportunity...but there were a few that I simply could not stand, and one I was forced (with shackles and duct tape) to work with on a project.

All in all, I miss being home, I miss Mary Anne, I miss Molly, and really am looking forward to going back. And I really do wish I didn't have to leave again next week.

Day32 - Nearing the End

Well in the past 2 weeks we heard from
the Education Director of the American Meteorological Society,
the Director of the National Weather Service Training Center,
the acting director of the National Weather Service,
the Director of the National Center for Environmental Protection,
the head of the American Meteorological Society,
the Lead Forecaster from the Space Weather Prediction Center,
the Senior Hurricane Specialist from the National Hurricane Center,
the Operations Chief from the Storm Prediction Center,
one of the heads of the Aviation Weather Center,
one of the heads of the National Weather Service Topeka Regional Office,
the Climate Program Manager of the National Weather Service,
and some other folks....

We created a lesson (seen in the pics) where students made tornadoes, and learned how to make a room sized one with a few fans, incense and dry ice, and traveled around Kansas City eating BBQ. Its time to come home!

Plane leaves tomorrow at 3:25! I am so ready.

The problem is I head to another workshop in Sarasota next Thursday.....

Day 30 - Winds aloft!

After a few lackluster days, we finally hit the big time! The morning was spent with the head of the National Hurricane Center, learning all about the "big ones" and why that hurricane in 2004 (Charley) turned away from Tampa just 3 hours before hitting land....then in the afternoon we walked across the building to visit the National Aviation weather Forecasting Office, those fine folks that do the forecasts for pilots and airports around the world....pictures included!

We are in the home stretch now....just 3 days left before the third road trip of the summer comes to an end.....I have to admit...I am ready to get back home and watch episodes of NCIS in my own house once again!

Day 27 - Field Trip, the sequel

WOW! What a day! First we dug in dirt, then we dug in rocks, then rode around in a bus. Well, its a little better than that...First we took off to an outcrop of loess, the unique soil foundation of the Midwest....followed by a visit to Missouri City, which lies on the banks of the Missouri River, and was the site of a devastating flood back in 1993, that was the costliest in terms of property damage in the history of the US. You can see a picture of a sign showing the water height (about 5 feet) on the opposite side of a raised portion of railroad along side a really wide river.

We the stopped to dig fossils out of an outcropping after visiting a storage area called Subtropolis (Google it!), which is built in an old limestone mine. You actually drive into the mine to the businesses and storage areas inside...lots of pics above... then we capped it all with a side trip around Independence, Missouri, home to Harry Truman. We drove by the library, his house, the ice cream coned shaped Mormom temple, and Harry's statue downtown.

The to cap it off I had a wonderful dinner with a Planting Science partner, Teresa Woods, who is as delightful in person as she is on line handling intenational Skype conferences.

And I got a present for Addison on top of it all...so I am delighted with today. Just wish the lightning hadn't struck the tree at home until I got back....

Day 25 - Field Trip!!!!

What a day! Started wit a 2 hour briefing with the Director of the National Storm Prediction Office learning all about the process of collecting, analyzing, and, if needed, issuing watches and warnings concerning tornadoes, severe thunderstorms and rainfall, flash flooding, and winter weather. Saw some awesome video of destructive weather.

You know those movies where the killer is in the basement and the young college girl starts walking down the basement steps to see why the lights went out, and you are screaming, "Don't go down to the basement!!!!"

Well we were doing that as the idiots were driving into the flash flood waters because they thought they could get across. Wicked cool!

Then we took off to the National Weather Station in Topeka, Kansas to watch the deployment of the daily weather balloon which provides updated temperature and pressure before returning to stately Wayne Manor. Hurricane Center briefing still to come!!!

Day 24 - Plans

One BBQ place down, several to go! Smokehouse BBQ (Monday), will hit Jack Stack on Sunday....and who knows on Friday night.....

Lots of sitting on our butts in these workshops but, while I am getting very little I can take back to the classroom, I am gaining a tremendous understanding of how weather works.

Not if I only learned how the lottery works....

Tomorrow....ROAD TRIP!!!!

Day 22 - PAID!!!

Allright! First day of the workshop and they handed me a check for the stipend AND food allowance = $950. And with Chase deposit it over your iPhone app...the money was credited before the day's session ended!!!

Gosh I LOVE this workshop!!!!

Trying to book tickets to Robyn's wedding, but prices went up again....got the Dallas flight at $350...over $30 less than last week!

Oh...you wonder about the workshop????

Not a bad day....we received a module easily adaptable for 6th grade classes, and got to examine all of the various Weather Service equipment that is functioning at more than 900 airports around the country....AND...had BBQ at the smokehouse which was not bad!

And I heard from Teresa Woods about getting together this weekend, while I am waiting on Beth for the same...

Gosh I love summers....just wish Mary Anne were with me....

Day 21 - Kansas City

Started the 2-week long American Meteorological Society, Project Atmosphere workshop with about 17 other teachers from around the country with a nice dinner and a brief round of introductions. I honestly do not believe I have encountered a livelier group of workshop participants since the first Planting Science trip a couple of years ago. There is one woman from Dallas, and a gentleman named Bryan who will give me run for my money as being the outrageous attendee of the moment. It should be a fun couple of weeks....and I hope I get to see some new and old friends while I am in town.

Some observations...flying in and landing at the International airport I notice no real city here...just a lot of open land and a few clumps of newer developments. We are, of course, northwest of the downtown area, but it really much more rural than I would have anticipated.

Secondly....I really miss having a car....being here in the room and "stuck" (to put it mildly, is way boring. I want to be free, spread my wings, explore, examine....shop!!!!
That's what I live for!!!! Pictures are of the very nice suite of rooms and my view of the pool area.

Molly...you take good care of Mary Anne!

The Halfway Point

It has been a week since returning home...and only a week from my departure for the AMS workshop in Kansas City (where it was 106 degrees yesterday - guess I won't need that jacket I was planning on taking). I really enjoyed seeing old friends and making new ones at Texas A&M...it is always the high point of my summer since I always come away with so much I use (or share with others) in my classroom. NSELA in Austin was really much better than I expected...and look forward to the new standards to invigorate science teaching in a way the new evaluation never has.

It was quite a productive week, we gained a new dog (who is made of velcro since she surgically attaches herself to any human coming through the door), I gained a storage unit and moved 5 huge containers of dolls, My Little Ponies, and stuffed animals, Anne's collections of Harvard Classics and college textbooks, Meg's 2,463 containers of Playmobil and college paraphernalia, all stuff boxes (yes, I am a packrat and never, ever throw anything away), all unused wooden chairs, 15 containers of Xmas decorations, and filled up a 5' x 10' x 10' container space.

Now...maybe...I can actually find stuff in the garage. I will enter the abyss tomorrow morning, so if you don't hear from me in a few days, you might want to send in a crew to find me...there might be a cave in....and I could get trapped.

"Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones? Do you know what its like on the outside. Don't go talking too loud you'll cause a landslide, Mr. Jones" Beegees 1967.

Day 20 - Back Home Again

3196 miles....phase one of the summer ends....left Houston at 6:30 (their time), and with 3 gas stops (and a record $2.99 a gallon in Alabama), a short 30 minute oulet break, made it back home by 11PM (real time). Finished Hunger games Trilogy...loved book 2, liked book one, and, like J.K.Rowling she messed up Book three. What a wimpy ending....

Now on to the next great adventure.....lots of pictures tomorrow!

Day 19 - The Long Way Home

2258.7 miles - Started the day with excellent closing speaker who preached "living on the fringe", which, as a teaching professional, is where I reside on a daily basis. Dick, from the Planting Science and Earthquake Engineering groups set up a Facebook group on the Next Gen Science Standards and the response has been incredible...like 10 hits in the first hour! I feel like a celebrity, and God knows my ego could use the boost! (Yeah, like the Pacific needs a water infusion...)

Lunch was the best of the week...Texas Brisket, bread pudding, a corn-black bean vegetable medley..outstanding. Made the trip to Houston Hobby Airport in less than 3 hours and am ready for departure from Texas....

By 10 AM I should be gone from the Lone Star State for the first time since June 10. I will miss her...she's a good state to visit!

Day 18 - Dinner is Served

After a thrilling day of learning how the plan will work for assessing the New Science Standards we were whisked away (the first time I was out of the hotel in 3 days) to a dinner sponsored by the Helios Foundation (the fine folks that paid my way here). Now lets talk about the food for a minute. The Foundation paid for breakfast and lunch daily...breakfasts were so-so with things like egg quesadillas and bacon, egg, sausage things on some kinda bread...but lunch was heavenly! Huge salad bar, 2-3 entrees, bread pudding, cherry cobbler, turtle cheesecake, mango iced tea....it was to die for.

And I get one more tomorrow.

Dinner this evening wasn't bad (but it wasn't lunch!) with the after dinner speech by the nation's foremost expert on string theory, Sylvester James Gates.

And a big speech by Larry Plank, which was, of course, exciting. Also we all lined up and took a picture of the group with Dr. Gates for the school district banner. Keep an eye out....it will be coming to an SDHC home page real soon.

The group flies out around 10 tomorrow, so I will be the lone district representative during the final 2 hours of the sessions.

Ultimate power is mine!!!!