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