2007 Fall: Reading Scientific Papers II Class Diary


Class 1 Sep 20: Revision: DNA and other things
Website: DNA and other things
Revision questions
Homework
Report Box: In 3 groups students make up questions in remaining part of DNA text.

Class 2 Sep 27: Revision: DNA and other things 2
Website: DNA and other things
Students questions are rotated amongst groups, answer other groups’ questions.
Process repeated so all students have been exposed to all material.
Homework
Report Box: Final rotation students finish questions at home

Class 3 Oct 4 Biochemistry 1
Website: Biochemistry (password = canada)
Tasks 1 & 2
Homework
Timed readings 1 & 2

Class 4 Oct 11 Biochemistry 2
Website: Biochemistry (password = canada)
Tasks 3 & 4
Homework
Report Box: tasks 5, 6 & 6
Timed readings 3

Class 5 Oct 18 Biochemistry 3
Website: Biochemistry (password = canada)
Tasks 7, 8, 9, 10
Homework
Report Box: Task 11

Class 6 Oct 25 Bioinformatics 1
Website: Bioinformatics (password = to)
Tasks 1, 2, 3
Homework
Report Box: Task 4, 5, 6, 7

Class 7 Nov 1 Bioinformatics 2
Website: Bioinformatics (password = to)
Tasks 8, 9, 10
Homework
Report Box: Task 11, 12

Class 8 Nov 8 Sequence Alignment 1
Website: Sequence Alignment (password = way)
Tasks 1, 2, 3
Homework
Report Box: Task 4, 5, 6, 7
Timed readings 4

Class 9 Nov 15 Sequence Alignment 2
Medical Check Day (shortened class)
Website: Sequence Alignment (password = way)
Tasks 9abcd (explanation) prepared a little
Task 8, 10, 11
Homework
Tasks 9abcd (explanation) prepare (mini-pres next week)
Timed readings 5

Class 10 Nov 22 Sequence Alignment 3
Website: Sequence Alignment (password = way)
Tasks 9abcd (explanation) mini-presentation
Task 12 abbreviations
Homework
Task 13, 14
Timed readings 6

Class 11 Nov 29 How to read a scientific paper
Website: How to read a scientific paper, pre-reading tasks
Website: How to read a scientific paper (password =paper)
Tasks 1 and 2
Homework
Report box: How to read a scientific paper task 3 and 4
Timed readings 7

Class 12 Dec 6 The Mouse Genome 1
Website: The Mouse Genome (password = reading)
Pre-reading Task 1,2,3
Reading Task 1: Skim compare to real scientific paper
Homework
Mouse Geneome Reading task 2 (read and fill in chart)
Timed readings 8

Class 13 Dec 13 The Mouse Genome 2
Website: The Mouse Genome (password = reading)
Homework
Timed readings 9

Class 14 Dec 20 The Human genome
Website:The human genome (password=genome)
In groups: Pre-reading Tasks 1,2,3
In groups: While reading Tasks 1, 2, 3

Class 15 Jan 10 Final Test

That's all folks!! Hope to see you in my class again sometime. Remember to check your grades in case I've made a mistake.