DO NOW
Date:
10/8
Mrs.
Hibler
Oct 8,
2012
Q: How are traits passed from parents to offspring
(children)?
READ THE QUESTION PROMPT AT YOUR TABLE:
Respond with COMPLETE SENTENCES
on your DO NOW paper.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How are traits passed from parents to
offspring (children)?
OBJECTIVES:
-Discuss ideas about inheritance.
-Take two column notes on “Cracking
the Code” to understand inheritance
Genetics Unit
pg 29
pg 29
GENETICS
“Cracking the Code” Two Column Notes pg 30
“Cracking the Code” Two Column Notes
pg 30
What did we learn?
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How are traits passed from parents to
offspring (children)?
OBJECTIVES:
-Discuss ideas about inheritance.
-Take two column notes on “Cracking
the Code” to understand inheritance
DO NOW
Date:
10/9
Mrs.
Hibler
Oct 9,
2012
Q: How are traits passed from parents to offspring
(children)?
How would you describe your traits
to a someone who has never seen
you?
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How are traits passed from parents to
offspring (children)?
OBJECTIVES:
-Learn the FRAME reading strategy
-Learn new vocabulary words related
to inheritance
• Genetics
SPORTS
Basketball
Soccer
Track
HEREDITY
GENETICS
CHROMOSOMES
GENES
Genetic Foldable
pg 32
nucleus
DNA
nucleus
DNA
DNA
trait
DO NOW
Date:
10/10
10/11
Mrs.
Hibler
Oct 8,
2012
Q: How are traits passed from parents to offspring
(children)?
In your own words:
Describe chromosomes and genes.
Use complete sentences.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How are traits passed from parents to
offspring (children)?
OBJECTIVES:
-Trait Bracelets
-Trait Exploration
-Reading about Traits
• DNA and Chromososmes
Chromosome Bracelets
1) Create a Chromosome
with two pipe cleaners
2) Select beads that
represent your traits
and put them on your
bracelet
HAIR COLOR: Brown:1 Blue, 1 Green
Blonde: 2 green
HAIR TEXTURE: Curly Hair:1 Red,1 Orange Straight : 2 Orange
Observing Traits
pg 33
Record the Chart on Page 171 in your notebooks
One Sentence Summary
pg 33
Read each paragraph and record a one sentence
summary under your trait chart.
1) Genes are ___________________________
2) Dominant genes ______________________
3) Recessive genes _______________________.
Vocabulary T-Charts
pg 34
Traits Practice
pg 35
Copy the parents traits in your notebook
-Answer the questions that follow.
Exit Ticket
• Complete the Exit Ticket
DO NOW
Date:
10/12
Mrs.
Hibler
Oct 8,
2012
Q: How are traits passed from parents to offspring
(children)?
Re-read the “Baby Mice” from Monday.
What student do you agree with now?
Has your answer changed since Monday?
Why?
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How are traits passed from parents to
offspring (children)?
OBJECTIVES:
-Dragon Fly Genetics
-Quizdom Assessment
Dragonfly Genetics
What is
the code?
(ee)
What does it
look like?
(white eyes)
What does the
baby dragonfly
look like?
Exit Ticket
Question 1:
The allele for freckles is (F),
while the allele is for no
freckles is (f). What is the
phenotype for person with the
genotype, Ff.
A)
B)
C)
D)
No freckles
FF
Freckles
Ff
Exit Ticket
Question 2:
The allele for freckles is (F),
while the allele for no freckles
is (f). Using this information,
you can infer that…
A) No freckles is a dominant
trait
B) Freckles is a dominant trait
C) People with the ff genotype
will show freckles
D) People with the Ff will show
Exit Ticket
QUESTION 3:
Exit Ticket
QUESTION 4:
Exit Ticket
QUESTION 5:
Exit Ticket
QUESTION 6:
Where is the genetic material of an organism
located?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Chloroplast
Mitochondria
Cell Membrane
Nucleus