Essential Question - "For sexually reproducing organisms, how are the selection of traits determined for offspring"?
Modules
This unit of study will introduce the concepts of inheritance and how information is passed from parent to offspring. Students will be able to differentiate between a GENOTYPE and a PHENOTYPE and explain how these concepts explain the appearance of traits in individuals. Students will also use be able to predict the probability of certain traits in offspring using PUNNETT SQUARES and determine the OBSERVED and EXPECTED outcomes. Please use the following course sequence as we progress through this unit. Each Unit is broken down into modules. Each module contains either a link or an attachment that can provide you with all of the materials that are presented in the classroom
Vodcast 4.1 - (pay super attention to terminology - this will be vital to your understanding of the unit - this goes with chapter 8 in your textbook)
LINK for "Cell Growth & Mitosis" WEBQUEST
LINK for "Cell Cycle" WEBQUEST
LINK for "Comparing and Contrasting Mitosis and Meiosis"#1
LINK for "Comparing and Contrasting Mitosis and Meiosis"#2
LINK for "Comparing and Contrasting Mitosis and Meiosis"#3
LINK for "Comparing and Contrasting Mitosis and Meiosis"#4
MiniVodcast 1: Monohybrid Cross: Basic Dominance/Recessiveness
MiniVodcast 2: Dihybrid Crosses:
MiniVodcast 3: Monohybrid Cross: Codominance
MiniVodcast 4: Monohybrid Cross: Multiple Alleles
MiniVodcast 5: Monohybrid Cross: X-linkage
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Important Terms to Know for this Unit...
Gene Homozygous
Heredity Heterozygous
Genotype Allele
Phenotype Dominant
Diploid Recessive
Haploid Gamete
Genetics Meiosis
Hybrid Monohybrid
Zygote
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MARSHMALLOW CRITTER CONCLUSION PROMPT!
Your critter is the result of the genes it received from its Mom & Dad. Using your data, discuss HOW your critter received the traits it has.
Use the following terms in your discussion (for full credit - PS, simply defining is not enough! Show you know the word!!)
25 common assessment grade
*GENOTYPE *DOMINANT *MEIOSIS
*PHENOTYPE *RECESSIVE *FERTILIZATION
*GENE *HETEROZYGOUS *GAMETE
*ALLELE *HOMOZYGOUS
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Brain Eater
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Applied Genetics: Corn lab - use this link
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