Standard(s): SC.912.L.16.1 Use Mendel's laws of segregation and independent assortment to analyze patterns of inheritance. (Also assesses SC.912.L.16.2 Discuss observed inheritance patterns caused by various modes of inheritance, including dominant, recessive, co-dominant, sex-linked, polygenic and multiple alleles.)
Objective(s):
Students will use Mendel's laws of segregation and independent assortment to analyze patterns of inheritance.
DEQ: How do genes influence the variety of organisms that exist?
Agenda:
ENGAGE: "Two Peas in a Pod"
EXPLORE: "Dragon Genetics"
EXPLAIN: Cornell Notes + Mendelian Genetics
EXTEND: Punnett Squares Activity
EVALUATE: 5QAs (Quiz)
Vocabulary: dominant, recessive, trait, allele, gene, homozygous, heterozygous, genotype, phenotype, polygenic, Punnett square, probability
