Unit 1 Take-Home Exam: handed out Thursday, October 1, due Monday, October 5 at the start of class

The printed take-home exam replaces the in-class Unit 1 Test. Work in pen and turn in the paper packet at the start of class on Monday, October 5. Paper only: nothing is uploaded. It is worth 1000 points in four sections:

Section A (400 points): multiple choice, open notes (320 points), then the Thinking Check on how sure you were and why the tempting wrong answers are wrong (80 points).
Section B (250 points): Your evidence. Answer three questions from your own case records and cite where each record is, such as an exhibit number.
Section C (200 points): Draw the mechanism. Make one hand-drawn, labeled drawing of what happened inside the body (100 points) and write a paragraph that walks its arrows (100 points).
Section D (150 points): Watch my thinking. Your in-class first try and its revision, one honest confusion, and your AI Use Log.

First try in class: on handout day, Thursday, October 1, the first 5 minutes go to packet page 2, START HERE IN CLASS, in pen, with no notes, and Mr. Mendoza initials it before you leave. Absent on handout day? Do it in class on the day you return.

Using AI: AI may explain a concept, quiz you, or define a word, and every use goes in your AI Use Log. Do not paste an exam question into AI, do not copy an AI answer, and do not let AI write any part of Sections B, C or D.

Turn-in talk: Every student has a short talk, about 2 minutes, with Mr. Mendoza about two or three of their answers when they turn in the exam on Monday, October 5. This is not a punishment. If you did not log AI use, or your answers do not match your class work, the talk takes longer.

The full assignment on Thursday, October 1 is still due in Schoology by 11:59 PM that night.

For the Thursday, October 1 evidence sheet, the 11:59 PM deadline replaces the printed instruction to hand it in before leaving class. Complete every Part.

Study with the Unit 1 Test Preparation page: work its three sittings (skills, flashcards and two self-checking quizzes) as you prepare for Section A, and use its skills checklist and glossary to check your own explanations. The study guide and practice test, with its own answer explanations, are there too.

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Your Weeks Work packet

The packet tells this week's story day by day, explains every term on labeled reference pages, and lists each task with its deadline. Open it before you start today's work. The mind map shows how the whole unit fits together, with the tested ideas in red. Your Unit 1 Take-Home Exam is handed out Thursday, October 1 and due Monday, October 5 at the start of class. It replaces the in-class Unit 1 Test printed in the packet, so ignore the packet's 40-minute and pencil instructions for the test.

Open the Weeks Work packet (PDF) Open the PBS Unit 1 mind map (PDF)

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Principles of Biomedical Technology (Principles of Biomedical Science) · Catch-up day 4 of 10

Tue, Sep 29, 2026

Two things today. First, here is everything that was due since your last catch-up day, so you can see what you still owe and turn it in. Then the rest of the period is Research Track time.

Step 1 · Am I caught up?

Check what you have already turned in. Anything left unchecked is what today is for.

Thu, Sep 17, 2026 · Maybe Is a ResultPresumptive test report
Fri, Sep 18, 2026 · Whose Blood, Whose DNASerology worksheet
Mon, Sep 21, 2026 · Should ELISA testing be mandatory?One claim, evidence, reasoning response built from your debate worksheet: the side you argued, your three strongest arguments, the opposing point you answered, and where you stand now
Tue, Sep 22, 2026 · Barcodes and PanelsMatch matrix and panel sheet
Wed, Sep 23, 2026 · The Clock in the BodyTime-of-death worksheet
Thu, Sep 24, 2026 · Autopsy DayAutopsy findings sheet
Fri, Sep 25, 2026 · Week 5 review: the profile, the clock, and the two errorsWeek 5 Review Record, Parts A to E in one document: three STR calls with limits, a time-of-death window with its assumptions, the four labeled outcome cells with one example each, three ceiling sentences, and the 6 Rs pass with one open question.
Mon, Sep 28, 2026 · JCU bioethics 2: Should we ban antibiotic use in livestock?Your worksheet: the side you argued, your three strongest arguments, the opposing point you had to answer, and where you actually stand now.

Turn in: Any catch-up work that is still missing

Go to Schoology to turn this in.

Submit one PDF. Schoology attaches your name to your upload; on the page itself, write your period and code. Name the file: FirstName LastName - Assignment Title - YYYY-MM-DD.pdf.

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If you cannot get in, see Mr. Mendoza. Do not skip the work.

Were you out for any of these? You get two school days for every day you were absent, so this deadline moves with you.

If you are behind, review this first

Those days fed these parts of your end-of-course WebXam (072110). Heaviest first.

Handling, Preparation, Storage and Disposal · 54% of the exam
Biotechnology Research and Experiments · 46% of the exam

Step 2 · Research Track

Research Track session 14: CRISPR-Cas9: programmable molecular scissors

How could a scientist find one exact typo inside a huge instruction book and test a repair?

Open session 14

This one is the next in the track for this course. The site does not track where you are in the track, so if you have already done it, open the track and take the next one you have not.

Research Track work is enrichment, the same track your lessons link to. It does not replace anything on the checklist above.

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