3.3 Heredity

Essential Question: Should Humans be allowed to use genetics to alter the way life functions?

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Goal Standard: Students will understand that organisms reproduce and transmit genetic information (genes) to offspring, which influences individuals’ traits in the next generation.

Target Questions to dig deeper into our Essential question

How can we determine the chance that an offspring will receive a parent trait?
How and why might we need to be able to track genetic traits over time?
What happens if something goes wrong with DNA?

Learning Experience:

Mini Lesson (must-do)
Spongebob Genetics (must-do)
Inheritance IRG (must-do)
Genetic Disorder Research Project (must-do)
Amoeba Sisters- Sex Linked Traits (should-do)
Monster Genetics (should-do)
Genetic Counseling Practice (should-do)
Pedigree Mystery Lab (should-do)
Concept Map: Building Connection between Meiosis and Inheritance (aspire to-do)
Create Your Own Pedigree (aspire to-do)

Evidence:

Use monohybrid crosses to determine the probability that an offspring will receive a specific trait
Use pedigrees to track genetic mutations/diseases through several generations

COVER PAGE: Make a copy to keep track of your progress

3.3 Heredity

Mini Lesson

Schmidt Mini Lesson

3.3 Mini Lesson- Inheritance & Mutations.webm

Fryska Mini Lesson

3.3 Heredity - Google Slides.webm

Take notes in any way that works for you. Note templates can be found under Additional Resources if you want more structure. Just know that whatever you choose to do for notes need to be added to your folder.

SPongeBob Genetics (Must-do)

spongebob-genetics.pdf

Complete the assignment to the left to practice and gain clarity how traits are inherited from one generation to the next.

You will be practicing monohybrid crosses which means you need to understand the following terms: Homozygous, heterozygous, allele, gene, genotype, and phenotype.

The assignment will walk you through this but as always remember to use your thinking strategies when you get stuck.

Monitor for meaning
Access your schema
Make inferences
Ask questions
Create visual images

Inheritance IRG (must-do)

Copy of IRG for Inheritance

The purpose of this assignment is to help you gain a more in depth look at inheritance and how it is tracked scientifically.

The reading is broken up into sections with different ways to process and practice what you are reading about. The assignment is designed to be done with a partner however you are free to do it by yourself too.

In addition to the tasks you will engage in in this assignment, remember to slow down and make meaning out of what you are reading. You are wasting your own time when you don't allow yourself time to think and understand what you are learning.

Genetic Disorder REasearch Project (Must-Do)

Genetic Disorder Research Notes Worksheet

Directions: You will prepare a report on a Genetic Disorder or Disease that is found in humans or in animals. You will use the worksheet to gather research. Then you will prepare Google Slides Presentation about your disorder.

Amoeba Sisters- Sex-Linked Traits (should-do)

Amoeba Sisters Sex Linked Traits.pdf

Monster Genetics (should-d0)

monstergeneticslab.pdf

Use your understanding of genetics and inheritance to create a monster.

Follow the directions provided to determine the genotypes and phenotypes for the monsters. Then perform the monohybrid crosses to see what offspring the parent monsters would produce.

Make sure you draw a picture of what the offspring would look like and upload it with this lab sheet.

Genetic Counseling Practice (Should-do)

Genetic Counseling Practice.pdf

Pedigree Mystery Lab (Should-do)

Pedigree Mystery Lab

In this assignment, you will solve a mystery using your understanding of inheritance.

Everyone's genes are different and unique to them. Crime scene investigators use this fact to their advantage to help solve crimes. In this lab, you will use the clues given and your understanding of creating pedigrees to solve the mystery!

There is a breakdown of how to create a pedigree at the bottom of the assignment.

Concept Map: Building Connection between Meiosis and Inheritance (aspire to-do)

Building Connections: Meiosis and Inheritance Poster

This activity will help you clarify and solidify your understanding of how meiosis and inheritance are connected.

Follow the directions provided by the assignment to the left. Make sure you pay careful attention to what it is asking you to include. There is an example at the bottom to help you get an idea of what is expected.

Create your Own Pedigree (aspire to-do)

Pedigree Project.docx

You will use your understanding of pedigrees to track a chosen trait for your imaginary future family.

Stop! Before you take the assessment...

Lesson 3.3- Self Check:

Do you understand-

How to use Punnett squares to predict genotypic and phenotypic ratios (be sure to know all VOCAB: homozygous, heterozygous, genotype, phenotype, allele, dominant, recessive)
The relationship between genotypes and phenotypes
How to interpret a pedigree in order to predict genotypes and phenotypes
The differences between inheritance patterns (autosomal dominant/recessive, incomplete, codominance, and sex-linked)

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