LIFE SCIENCE 12/13
Course A
ESSENTIAL UNIT 3 (E03)
(Genetics and Heredity)
(June 2011)
Unit Statement: In this unit the student will begin exploring the process of cell division
(mitosis), study the experiments of Gregor Mendel and learn how genes and alleles
interact to produce traits. The student will use probability to predict the outcome of
specific genetic crosses. The student will draw connections between the chemical basis of
inheritance (chromosomes and DNA) and observable patterns of inheritance. The student
will apply the principles of genetics to human inheritance.
Essential Outcomes:
1. The Student Will describe the results of Mendel’s experiments and explain the
importance of their contribution to the study of genetics. (3.1)
2. TSW identify the role of alleles in controlling the appearance and inheritance of
traits. (3.1)
3. TSW use Punnett squares to demonstrate the relationship between genotypes and
phenotypes. (3.2)
4. TSW describe four complex patterns of inheritance. (3.3)
5. TSW discuss how characteristics result from a combination of genetics and
environmental factors. (3.3)
6. TSW describe the relationship between DNA, genes and chromosomes and their
roles in inheritance. (3.4)
7. TSW illustrate and relate the events that occur during meiosis, comparing and
contrasting meiosis with mitosis. (3.4)
8. TSW describe the structure of proteins and explain the role of different types of
RNA in making proteins. (4.2)
9. TSW explain how human traits are controlled in different ways resulting in
different phenotypic expressions. (5.1)
10. TSW explain how genetic disorders are inherited in humans and how they are
traced, diagnosed and treated. (5.2)
11. TSW apply the process of scientific inquiry with a focus on asking questions and
creating hypotheses about genetics and inheritance.
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Introduced and Practiced:
1. The Student Will describe the structure of DNA and explain how DNA is copied. (4.1)
2. TSW state the functions of the sex chromosomes and explain their role in
inheritance of traits. (5.1)
3. TSW state the types of mutations that can form and how they can affect the
organism. (4.3)
4. TSW describe the symptoms and causes of at least two disorders and explain how
they are diagnosed and treated. (4.3, 5.1, 5.2)
Key Terms:
purebred
hybrid
dominant
recessive
trait
heredity
genetics
gene
allele
phenotype
genotype
homozygous
heterozygous
codominance
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Suggested Materials:
Pearson Cells and Heredity, chapters 3, 4 and 5.1, 5.2
Ancillary materials are listed in the Course Outcome Statement
Suggested Resources:
1. Students complete “Planet Diary”
2. In-text section reviews and enrichment
3. Pearson published activities: “Scenario-based Investigations,” “Interdisciplinary
Activities,” “Chapter Activities,” “Inquiry Skill Activities, “Reading Strategies”
for English Language Learners,” and “Math Skill and Problems-Solving
Handbook.”
4. Students interested in further investigation may explore topics in cancer (p. 128),
Advances in Genetics (5.3) or Genetic Information (5.4), roles of genetic disorders
in history such as hemophilia in the Romanov royal family in Russia.
Technology Resources:
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Destiny Webpath Express (found on school’s automated library system)
View “Untamed Science” videos.
Students perform activities in “Interactive Art” and “Virtual Lab”
Simulations: http://phet.colorade.edu
Visuals, virtuals and animations: www.myscienceonline.com
Suggested Assessment Tools and Strategies:
1. Create an illustrated dictionary of genetic terms. (TSW’s 1-14)
2. Students make a flipbook or animated video showing stages of meiosis. (TSW 8)
3. Students make a poster or chart, write a report or give a class presentation on any
aspect of this unit (TSW’s 1-14)
4. Students research a particular genetic disorder, its cause, effects and treatments.
(TSW 14)
5. Choose from Lab Zone® hands-on inquiries (see list of 29 related inquiries of
varying length and difficulty in teacher’s edition, pT8-10 (TSW’s 1-14)
6. Students complete questions and activities in spaces provided in the text. (TSW’s
1-14)
7. Students participate in class discussions of text material. (TSW’s 1-14)
8. ExamView® Computer Test Generator
9. Teacher generated or published Pearson Interactive Science Assessments including
Chapter Test, Performance Assessment and Progress Monitoring Assessments
(TSW’s 1-10)
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ESSENTIAL UNIT 3 (E03)
(Genetics)
Suggested Rubric
The following rubric may be used by the teacher to distinguish between ‘A’-level and ‘B’level work in E03. TSW’s which do not lend themselves to ‘A’-level work do not have
suggestions.
‘A’-level
Statement
‘B’-level
TSW 1
Mendel
Student is able to describe Mendel’s
experiments, evaluate their results and
explain their importance to the study of
genetics.
TSW 2
Alleles
Student can identify the role of alleles in
controlling the appearance and inheritance
of traits.
Student can use Punnett squares showing a
Student can use Punnett squares showing a
single trait to explain the difference between single trait to explain the difference between
genotype and phenotype and explain how
genotype and phenotype.
the squares can be used to illustrate
probability of inheritance of a specific trait.
Student can describe and give examples for Student can give examples of four complex
four complex patterns of inheritance.
patterns of inheritance.
TSW 3
Punnett
squares
TSW 4
Patterns of
inheritance
TSW 5
inheritance
TSW 6
DNA, genes,
chromosomes
Student can describe the relationship
between DNA, genes and chromosomes and
how Sutton recognized their roles in
inheritance.
Student is able to describe the results of
Mendel’s experiments and explain their
importance to the study of genetics.
Students discuss inheritance as combination
of environmental and genetic factors.
Student can describe how genes make up
DNA and DNA is folded to form
chromosomes and recognize that
chromosomes play a role in inheritance.
TSW 7
meiosis
Student can illustrate and relate the events
that occur during meiosis, comparing and
contrasting them with the steps of mitosis.
Student can relate the events that occur
during meiosis, comparing and contrasting
them with the steps of mitosis, using an
illustration as a guide.
TSW 8
Protein
synthesis and
RNA
In addition to B-level work, student can
give a detailed explanation of the process of
protein synthesis.
Student can describe protein as being made
of a combination of as many as 20 different
amino acids and that tRNA and mRNA
work together to create proteins with
information using information received
from DNA in the nucleus.
Student can explain how human traits are
controlled in different ways and give one
example for each, recognizing that multiple
allele control means multiple alleles exist,
but an individual has only two of those
alleles.
Student can explain three different ways
genetic disorders can be inherited in humans
and list different methods for diagnosing
and treating them.
TSW 9
Human traits
TSW 11
Genetic
disorders
Student can explain at least four different
ways genetic disorders can be inherited in
humans and describe different methods for
diagnosing and treating them.
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