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Unit 5: Heredity
Essential Questions:
- How are traits passed from one generation to the next?
- What traits can be passed to the next generation and what traits cannot?
- How can patterns in the inheritance of traits be used to predict how frequently they appear in offspring?
- What is the relationship between DNA, genes and chromosomes?
REMINDERS -->
- 5/1 - Genetic Disorder Project Due
- 5/16 - Current Event #9 Due
CURRENT WEEK
MONDAY
- Continue Genetic Disorder Research/Brochure
TUESDAY
- Begin Dragon Baby Project
WEDNESDAY
- Dragon Baby Project
- Goal for Today
- Breed Your Dragons
- Complete Genotyping and Phenotyping All Traits
- Begin Drawing!
- Goal for Today
THURSDAY
- Dragon Baby Project
- Goal for Today
- Complete Drawing!
- Complete Analysis
- Goal for Today
FRIDAY
- Presentations are postponed until Monday!
- You will be completing the STEM CELLS and CLONING WEBQUEST today!
- Check your documents for the webquest and directions.
MONDAY
- PRESENTATION -- 3 minutes MAXIMUM
STUDY RESOURCES
DUE DATES:
4/17 - PODCAST
5/2 - ?
5/16
5/30 -?
6/10 - FINAL WRITE UP
- Present finished poster
- Discuss the following:
- Habitat and adaptations
- Beneficial phenotypes for survival
- Beneficial phenotypes for breeding
- Food sources native to the Asian continent
- Habitat and adaptations
- You may use a notecard during your presentation. It should be submitted with your poster.
3/24 - 3/28
Monday
- Baby Mice Probe
- Log On To Geniverse Drake Genetics Game
- Explore Case #1
- Complete Case #1: Student Organizer
Tuesday
- Explain Case #1
- Think-Pair-Share
- Drake Anatomy
- Vocabulary
- Quick Check-in for Case #1
Wednesday (Shortened)
- Show Case #2 Playground
- Explore Case #2
- Complete Case #2: Student Organizer
Thursday
- Explain Case #2
- Think-Pair-Share
- I Think - We Think
- Review
- Vocabulary
- Quick Check-in for Case #2
Friday (Shortened)
- KEY POINTS
- Explore Case #3
- Complete Case #3: Student Organizer
Week of 3/31 - 4/4
Monday
- Explain Case #3
- Think-Write-Pair-Share
- Review
- Quick Check-in for Case #3
- Question for Deeper Thinking
- Explore Case #4
Tuesday
- Vocabulary
- Mendel and Punnett Squares
Wednesday (shortened)
Thursday
- Case #5 --> Certification Exam!
- Explore Case #6
- Complete Case #6: Student Organizer
Friday
- Review Case #5 and Case #6
- Explore Case #7a
- Complete Case #7a: Student Organizer
Week of 4/7 - 4/11
Monday
- Explore Case #7a
- Complete Case #7a: Student Organizer
- Complete MONSTER'S Inc Worksheet!
Tuesday
- Review Monster's Inc Worksheet
- Explore Case #7b
Wednesday
- BRAINPOP
- Complete Case #7b: Student Organizer
- HW: Explore Case #8
Thursday
- Case #8 as a Class
- Polyallelic Traits
- HW: Explore Case #9
Friday
- Case #9 as a Class
- Sex-Linked Traits
Monday
Tuesday
- Review
- HOMEWORK ANSWERS
- STUDY GUIDE/PRACTICE QUIZ
- PLEASE TAKE THIS SURVEY
Wednesday
- TEST - with a sub (I will not be here)
- Online and Paper (6 requested paper only)
- Begin Genetic Disorder Mini-Research
- Info in your DOCS
Thursday
- Complete Genetic Disorder Mini-Research
- Due at the end of class
After Break
4/28-5/1
Dragon Babies
Advances in Genetics
Genetic Engineering
5/5 - 5/9
Ideas about Evolution
5/12 - 5/16
Clues about Evolution
5/19 - 5/23
Far Flung Fossils
Primates
5/27- 5/30
Infectious Disease
6/2 - 6/6
?Catch Up?
6/9 - 6/13
Frogs
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