Standards:
SC.912.L.16.1 Use Mendel's laws of segregation and independent assortment to analyze patterns of inheritance.
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.
SC.912.N.3.5 Describe the function of models in science, and identify the wide range of models used in science.
Objectives:
1. Students can explain Mendel's Laws of Segregation and Independent Assortment.
2. Students can explain incomplete dominance, co-dominance, sex-linked genes, multiple alleles, and polygenic traits.
3. Students can use a Punnett Square to predict the probability of an organism inheriting a specific genotype and phenotype.
Daily Essential Questions:
How do genes influence the variety of organisms that exist?
Agenda
Focus Lesson: Using Bold and Italics to aid the reader's understanding of the text.
Engage: Skim/Scan (Sections 11-1, 11-2, & 11-3)
Explore: "How Well Do I Know These Words?" (gene, allele, trait, dominant, recessive, genotype, phenotype, Punnett Square, co-dominant, multiple alleles, sex-linked traits, polygenic traits, segregation, homozygous, heterozygous)
Explain: Cornell Notes + (Chapter 11), Teacher-led Discussion on Mendelian Genetics
Extend: Mendelian Genetics Activity (Modeling and Predicting using Punnett Squares)
Evaluate: Common Assessment #2 (Covers Chapter 10 & 11)
Homework: Complete unfinished classwork
