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Good afternoon,

I hope everyone has a good summer. Graduation is this week! Congratulations to all the seniors. Relax this summer and be safe.

Transformed E.coli bacteria expressed their newly acquired green fluorescent protein (GFP)

Here are some of the bacteria that transformed on Luria broth. Students calculated transformation efficiencies and shared their data to create a larger sample size.

Bacterial Transformation Lab

IB Biology students completed there Bacterial Transformation Lab today. It was an exciting class and the data was really good. It is often difficult getting good results in a classroom setting because there are so many variables that can lead to bad results. The students were very proactive and engaged over the three day experience and will be writing up their reports on Blogger. Please see link list labeled A block.

Summer Time!

I hope everyone is having a good summer. The spring flew by and I have yet to make a single post. I just returned from a conference in Chicago and it was very stimulating. It was a training for the IB Middle year's program, a new position I will be taking on in the fall. It will be a challenging position and hopefully a rewarding one as well.

We have a new member of the family, Avi Ghosh, was born on April 28th. He is an excellent young man and will make a great global citizen one day. He hasn't told me that yet because he is only 7 weeks old. He is starting to smile and that makes it all worth it.

Mid-Term Exams

Good day! PLEASE remember to study for your exams. This is a good opportunity to review some key concepts from the first few units of the year. Organize old notes and quizzes and study them, take frequent breaks and eat healthy meals. The night before the test you should get a good night sleep, so put your cell phones in another room. Form study groups with friends and quiz each other on old test questions. Make study notes that contain key concepts and drawings. List vocab words you still don't remember and restudy only the words you can't remember.

Good Luck.

MrG

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