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HOW MUCH WILL YOU INHERIT?
OBJECTIVE:
Create a blog containing information on the principals of genetics
Research Mendel’s Laws, Inheritance, and DNA structure
PRIOR LEARNING:
Students should have the general knowledge that traits are parent to offspring.
Secondary level genetics
MATERIALS:
As per student
Computer with internet access
Secondary Biology textbook
Reference books from school library
WEBSITES/SUGGESTIONS:
www.amnh.org/ology/
www.wordpress.com
www.weebly.com
www.blogspot.com
ROLES IN LESSON:
STUDENT:
Use blog website to create individual blog
Research and write accurate information to post on the blog
Reference resources used on the website
Include pictures to demonstrate concepts
TEACHER:
Assist in selecting, obtaining, or purchasing materials for students
Monitor student progress
Provide feedback along with checkpoints for work completion
WRAP UP:
Completed blog will be posted and ready to view
Information containing the basic principles of genetics will be posted
ASSESSMENT:
How Much Will You Inherit Rubric
NEW YORK STATE STANDARDS:
STANDARD 4
Students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment and recognize the historical development of ideas in science.
Key Idea 2:
Organisms inherit genetic information in a variety of ways that result in continuity of structure and function between parents and offspring.
Major Understandings
2.1a Genes are inherited, but their expression can be modified by interactions with the
environment.
2.1b Every organism requires a set of coded instructions for specifying its traits. For offspring
to resemble their parents, there must be a reliable way to transfer information from one generation to the next. Heredity is the passage of these instructions from one generation to another.
2.1c Hereditary information is contained in genes, located in the chromosomes of each
cell. An inherited trait of an individual can be determined by one or by many genes, and
a single gene can influence more than one trait. A human cell contains many thousands
of different genes in its nucleus.
2.1f In all organisms, the coded instructions for specifying the characteristics of the
organism are carried in DNA, a large molecule formed from subunits arranged in a
sequence with bases of four kinds (represented by A, G, C, and T). The chemical and
structural properties of DNA are the basis for how the genetic information that underlies
heredity is both encoded in genes (as a string of molecular ÒbasesÓ) and replicated
by means of a template.
2.1g Cells store and use coded information. The genetic information stored in DNA is
used to direct the synthesis of the thousands of proteins that each cell requires.
2.1h Genes are segments of DNA molecules. Any alteration of the DNA sequence is a
mutation. Usually, an altered gene will be passed on to every cell that develops from it
.
2.1i The work of the cell is carried out by the many different types of molecules it
assembles, mostly proteins. Protein molecules are long, usually folded chains made
from 20 different kinds of amino acids in a specific sequence. This sequence influences
the shape of the protein. The shape of the protein, in turn, determines its function.
LIVING ENVIRONMENT REVIEW BOOK:
Topic 3- Genetic Continuity
EXTENSION/IDEAS:
Students can create blogs on other topics