Year 10

Semester 1

Term 1: Rates of Reactions

Term 2: Genetics and Human Evolution

Assessment

Items

  • Rates of Reactions Assignment (Criterion B, C, D)

  • Unit Test (Criterion A)

  • Unit Test (Criterion A)


Issued:

  • 9 February (Week 2)

  • 28 March (Week 9)

  • 1 June (Week 16)


Due:

  • 9 March (Week 6)

  • 28 March (Week 9)

  • 1 June (Week 16)

Inquiry Question

How is our knowledge of genetics used in society?

Content Focus

Applications of ‘genetics’ in real life to solve global problems

MYP Criteria

Criterion D

Inquiry Question

How is DNA compacted to form a chromosome?

Content Focus

Overview - organisation of genetic material

Chromosomes:

    • Comparisons between species

    • Conservation of chromosome number

DNA structure:

    • Base pairing

    • Double helix

Experiment: DNA extraction

MYP Criteria

Criterion A

Criterion B

Inquiry Question

How much information is in our DNA?

Content Focus

Deciphering genetic material

  • Cracking the code

MYP Criteria

Criterion A

Inquiry Question

How accurate is DNA profiling? (Issues related to use of DNA fingerprinting as a forensic tool).

MYP Criteria

Criterion D

Inquiry Question

Why is it important to copy DNA and when does it happen?

Content Focus

Replication - making more DNA

Mutations

MYP Criteria

Criterion A

Inquiry Question

How does sexual reproduction result in offspring with gene combinations that vary from those of their parents?

How does this genetic variation impact members of a population? (survival advantage)

Content Focus

Cellular division :

  • Mitosis, meiosis

Experiment:

  • Mitosis in onion root tip

MYP Criteria

Criterion A

Criterion B

Criterion C

Inquiry Question

Can you edit DNA? What is the significance of this?

Content Focus

Protein Synthesis:

  • Transcription

  • Translation

MYP Criteria

Criterion A

Inquiry Question

Why do offspring resemble their parents?

Content Focus

Genetics and Heredity:

    • Biological inheritance

Mendelian inheritance:

  • Monohybrid cross, Punnett square

  • Non-Mendelian inheritance

MYP Criteria

Criterion A

Inquiry Question

How are organisms of the same kind different from each other and how does this help them survive?

Can genetic testing be used to predict who may develop a specific (health) condition?

Content Focus

Variation

Pedigrees:

  • Analysing pedigrees.

MYP Criteria

Criterion A

Inquiry Question

Can applying AI to human genomics improve health care?

Content Focus

Genetic diseases (research task)

Genetic engineering

MYP Criteria

Criterion D

Inquiry Question

Why are humans so similar to some other animals?

Where does all the biodiversity on Earth come from?


Content Focus

Diversity of life

Evolution

Natural selection

MYP Criteria

Criterion A

Criterion B

Criterion C

Inquiry Question

How do organisms change over time?

What happened to all the animals in the fossil record?

Content Focus

Experiments:

  • Signs in skeletons

  • Hand, foot adaptations

MYP Criteria

Criterion A

Criterion C