EXTRA CREDIT!!!

Email me at margaret.lynch@pgcps.org and tell me what heterozygous means for 5 extra credit points. This extra credit opportunity expires on 2/8/08.

Thursday, January 31, 2008

OBJECTIVE:
1) Students will solve a family pedigree problem in order to analyze how traits are passed from one generation to another.
2) Students will describe the inheritance patterns that exist aside from simple dominance in order to explain how Mendel's principles apply to all organisms.

WARM-UP: What is a pedigree?

VOCABULARY:
1) homologous
2) diploid
3) haploid
4) meiosis
5) tetrad
6) crossing-over

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Review of sex-linked traits and Genetics Worksheet
3) Pedigree Lab
4) Closure

HOMEWORK DUE:
1) BEE Book set-up

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
1) Study for Test on Punnett Squares next Thursday: Complete Review Sheet
2) BEE Book due next Tuesday

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

OBJECTIVE: Students will describe the inheritance patterns that exist aside from simple dominance in order to explain how Mendel's principles apply to all organisms.

WARM-UP: What inheritance patterns exist besides simple inheritance?

VOCABULARY:
1) independent assortment
2) incomplete dominance
3) codominane
4) multiple alleles
5) polygenic traits

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Review phenotypic and genotypic ratios
3) Introduce incomplete and codominance
4) Work on Sponge Bob worksheets
5) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
1) Put together BEE Book by next Tuesday

HOMEWORK DUE:
BEE Book

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None

Thursday, January 24, 2008

OBJECTIVE: Students will explore the principles of probability in order to predict the outcome of genetic corsses using Punnett Squares.

WARM-UP: Who do you look like? Why do you think so?

VOCABULARY:
1) probability
2) Punnett square
3) homozygous
4) heterozygous
5) phenotype
6) genotype

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Email list
3) Review and discussion of online resources
4) Passing out of textbooks
5) Investigating Inherited Traits Lab
6) Sponge Bob Activity
7) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
1) Finish Flashcards and Sponge Bob Activity

HOMEWORK DUE:
None

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
NONE

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

OBJECTIVE: Students will explore the principles of probability in order to predict the outcomes of genetic crosses.

WARM-UP: Get to know you- introductions

VOCABULARY: None

CLASSWORK:
1) Review of class rules
2) Review of class structure
3) Probability Activity
4) Closure

HOMEWORK:
None