How do Mendel's Laws of inheritance and the use of Punnett Squares explain the patterns of genetic traits passed from parents to offspring?
Critical Thinking: Encourage students to critically analyze genetic data and patterns.
Responsibility: Discuss the ethical considerations of genetic predictions and their implications.
Communication: Develop skills in explaining genetic concepts clearly to different audiences.
What mechanisms within DNA result in the transmission of genetic information from parents to offspring?
How did Gregor Mendel’s experiments with pea plants contribute to our understanding of heredity?
How can Punnett Squares be applied to calculate the probabilities of different genotypes and phenotypes in offspring?
Acquiring Information - Using a variety of pieces of lab equipment to receive the most accurate data. Developing good techniques to become precise when using lab equipment. Using proper lab and problem solving skills to create data and form conclusions.
Analyzing Information - Analysis of data points that devices give, then determining if that device is accurate enough for the given task. Analysis of a situation and providing the safest environment for themselves and others within the lab.
Connecting Information - Discovering similarities and differences between the types of properties of matter and how they are determined.
Mendelian Genetics NGSS Standards
NGSS Standard: HS-LS3-1. Ask questions to clarify relationships about the role of DNA and chromosomes in coding the instructions for characteristic traits passed from parents to offspring.
NGSS Standard: HS-LS3-2. Make and defend a claim based on evidence that inheritable genetic variations may result from: (1) new genetic combinations through meiosis, (2) viable errors occurring during replication, and/or (3) mutations caused by environmental factors.
NGSS Standard: HS-LS3-3. Apply concepts of statistics and probability to explain the distribution of expressed traits in a population.
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