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TOPIC XIX: GENETICS – Review Heredity: Mendelian Genetics
Course Code: 200032001
Pacing
Date
Traditional 6 days
Block
ESSENTIAL CONTENT
OBJECTIVES
A. Law of Segregation and Independent Assortment (16.1)  Use Mendel's laws of dominance, segregation and
1. Experiments
independent assortment to analyze patterns of
a. Formation of Gametes
inheritance. (ALD)
b. Role of fertilization
 Analyze, and predict inheritance patterns caused by
c. Genes and alleles
various modes of inheritance. (ALD)
d. Genotype vs. Phenotype
 Use Punnett squares to solve problems involving
e. Generations: P, F1, F2
monohybrid & dihybrid crosses.
2. Mendel’s Principles
 Use Punnett squares to solve problems using other
a. Principle of Dominance
forms of inheritance (may assess P and F1 generation)
b. Principle of Segregation
 Describe genetic drift affects variation in a population
c. Principle of Independent Assortment
and its effect on evolution.
3. Dominant/Recessive Inheritance
 Explain how mutations in the DNA sequence may or may
not result in a phenotypic change.
B. Other Patterns of Inheritance (16.2)
 Relate mutation and genetic recombination to an
1. Incomplete dominance
increase in genetic variation. (ALD)
2. Codominance
 Predict the possible consequences of a mutation on and
3. Sex Linkage
describe how these variations affect evolution.
4. Multiple Alleles
 Identify the gene or chromosomal mutation involved in
5. Polygenic Traits
human disorders such as Down’s syndrome,
6. Genes and Environment
Huntington’s disease, Hemophilia and Tay-Sachs
disease.
C. Punnett Squares (16.1)
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Recognize
disorders caused by sex-linked genes and
1. Monohybrid Cross
predict outcomes using Punnett squares.
2. Dihybrid Cross
 Identify chromosomal disorders by looking at a
karyotype.
D. Predict and Analyze Pedigrees
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Explain
the significance of genetic factors to health from
1. Creation and Interpretation of Pedigrees
the
perspectives
of both individual and public health.
2. Karyotypes
 All Mathematics and Language Arts benchmarks
must be incorporated into the instruction throughout
E. Genetic Drift and Gene Flow (15.14)
the year, where applicable.
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02-29-16 to 03-09-16
INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS
Core Text Book: Chapter 11:1, 2, and 3, Chapter 14:1
and 2, Chapter 17:1
Vocabulary:
Genetics, Probability, Punnett square, Trait, Gene, Factor,
Allele, Dominant, Recessive, Gamete, Homozygous,
Heterozygous, Phenotype, Genotype, Principle of
Dominance, Segregation, Independent Assortment,
Multiple allele, Polygenic trait, Crossing over, Mutation,
Genetic drift, Gene Flow, Gene, Incomplete dominance,
Codominance, DNA, Sex-linked gene, Sex chromosome,
Karyotype, Pedigree.
Technology:
1. Glencoe: Virtual Lab: Punnett Squares
2. NDSU: Mendelian Genetics
3. EDC.org: Web Lab: Incomplete Dominance and
Codominance
4. Chapter 11 Mystery: Green Parakeets
5. Untamed Science Video: Genetics Takes Root
6. Chapter 11.2: Interactive Art: Punnett Squares
7. Chapter 14 Mystery: The Crooked Cell
8. Probability of Inheritance -anthro.palomar.edu/mendel
9. Advanced Genetics Crosses: -Biologycorner
10. Punnett Squares –Monohybrid, Dihybrid, and SexLinked Crosses
11. Bozeman Podcast: Mendelian Genetics
12. Bozeman Podcast: Genetics
13. Bozeman Podcast: Genotypes and Phenotypes
14. TED Talks: How Mendel’s Pea Plants Helped Us
Understand Genetics
15. Khan Academy: Introduction to Heredity
16. Khan Academy: Punnett Square Fun
17. HippoCampus Biology: The Mendelian Model of
Inheritance: Summary
18. HippoCampus Biology: Mendel's Law of Segregation
19. HippoCampus Biology: Mendel's Law of Independent
Assortment
20. HippoCampus Biology: Mendel's Experiments
21. Edgenuity
22. Extended Learning Modules
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Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
SC.912.L.16.2
Human Karyotyping
Chicken Genetics
Inheritance
Video
Standard:
SC.912.L.14.6
Science
Content
Collection
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Obesity and Genetics
What Are Nutritional Disorders?
Exploring Nutritional Disorders
Multifactorial Disorders
Risk Factors for Breast Cancer
Interpreting Epidemiological Data
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Air Pollution and Public Health
Water in Manila's Poor Communities
Chemicals in the Environment
Introduction to Waste
Everyday Water Pollution
PCBs: What They Are and Where They
Come From
 Evolution in Action: Genetic Drift
 Genetic Drift
 Evolution in Action: Gene Flow
 5 Factors That Contribute to Gene Pool
Changes Over Time
Audio
 Evolution: Sources of Variability:
Genetic Drift
 Evolution: Sources of Genetic
Variability: Gene Flow
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Contamination and Human Health
Anthrax
Invisible Poison
Wastewater Germs
Contaminated Eggs
Food Safety
 Human Body, Human Health
Video
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SC.912.N.15.14
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Video
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SC.912.N.15.15
Audio
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SC.912.L.16.1
Video
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SC.912.L.16.1
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Video
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SC.912.L.16.2
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 Evolution in Action
 Natural Selection and Mutations
 Genetics
 Evolution: Sources of Variability:
Recombination
 Garden Pea Reproduction and CrossPollination
 The Law of Segregation
 The F² Generation
 The Law of Independent Assortment
 Biology Concepts for Students:
Genetics: Introduction
 Hybrids
 Mendel's Experiments
 Principle of Dominance
 Principle of Segregation
 Genetics: Working with a Punnett
Square
 Genetics: Using Probability as an
Alternative to Punnett
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Mendel's Hypotheses Review
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Punnett's Square
Inheritance Patterns
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The Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Biologix: The Hardy-Weinberg Principle 
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Gregor Mendel's Reseach on Pea
Plants and His Development of Theories
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of Inheritance
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 Genes, Chromosomes, and Alleles
 Punnett's Square
 Patterns of Inheritance
 Survey and Data Analysis: Dominant
and Recessive Traits for Hairline,
Thumb, and Earlobes
 Research Results
 Introduction: Sex-Linked Inheritance
 Research on the Genetic Make-up of
the Fruit Fly Drosophila
 Karyotype: A Key to the Study of SexLinked Inheritance
 Heredity: Problems Using Sex
Chromosomes and Sex Linkage
 Inherited Human Traits and Patterned
Sex-Linked Inheritance
 Color Blindness
 Organizing Information About SexLinked Inheritance in Pedigree Charts
 Hemophylia
 Closing Remarks: Sex-Linked
Inheritance
 Sex-Linked Traits
 Single Gene Disorders
 Heredity: Sex Linkage
Punnett's Contributions to Genetics:
Development of a Tool to Predict the
Outcomes of Matings
Introduction: Dihybrid Crosses
Simulating a Dihybrid Cross
Breeding White Songbird Canaries
Through a Dihybrid Cross
Probability
Possible Combinations of Human
Alleles
 Incomplete Dominance in Snapdragons
 Incomplete Dominance in Humans and
Plants
 Reviewing Key Terms That Relate to
Patterns of Inheritance
 Multiple Alleles and Co-Dominance in
Human Blood Types
 Rabbit Breeding
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Standard:
HE.912.C.1.7
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The Role of Genes
Mendel's Laws of Inheritance
Inheritance Patterns
Heredity: How Our Parents' Genes
Affect Us
Basic Facts About Cancer
Obesity
Diabetes
Is Tone Deafness Hereditary?
Can Your Grandfather's Diet Shorten
Your Life?
 Hunting Down the Genes Involved in
Disease
 DNA and the Genetics of Cancer
 Genetic Disease
 Families and Genetic Disease
 Genetic Case Study: Addison's Disease
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Risk Factors for Heart Disease
DNA Screening
High & Low Risks for Cancer
High & Low Risks for Cardiovascular
Disease
 High & Low Risks for Diabetes
 Cystic Fibrosis
Gene Therapy Offers New Hope to Cancer Patients
Researchers Discover Genes Linked to Deadly Cancers
No Interest in the Gym? It May Be Genetic
Researchers: "Junk DNA" Plays Critical Role
Critics Unconvinced of Genetically Modified Salmon
Genetic Test Can Help Tailor Breast Cancer Treatment
Changing Mosquito Genes
Gene May Predict Lung Cancer in Smokers
Six Million New Genes Identified in Marine Organisms
DNA Testing Connects Unlikely Cousins
Scientists Discover New Gene That Could Help Pinpoint Cause of Alzheimer's Disease
Searching Genes, Genome, for Health Predispositions
Mapping the Human Genome
"Fountain of Youth" Anti-Aging Gene Found in Earthworms
"Designer Babies"? New Processes Let Parents Select Baby's Sex
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Learning Goals
BIOLOGY I HONORS
Course Code: 200032001
SC.912.L15.14: Discuss mechanisms of evolutionary change other than natural selection such as genetic drift and gene flow. (Level 3: Strategic Thinking & Complex Reasoning)
SCALE
LEARNING PROGRESSION
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I am able to assess the mechanisms resulting in evolutionary change.
Using a given scenario, predict the effect of genetic drift,
nonrandom mating, and gene flow on a population.
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I am able to summarize the scientific mechanisms resulting in evolutionary change.
Use a graphic organizer to describe genetic drift, nonrandom
mating, and gene flow with specific examples from nature.
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I am able to recognize some of the scientific mechanisms resulting in evolutionary
change.
Distinguish between genetic drift, nonrandom mating, and
gene flow.
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I am able to recognize one scientific mechanism that results in evolutionary change.
Define genetic drift, nonrandom mating, or gene flow.
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I am able to recognize life changes over time.
Score/Step 5.0
Score/Step 4.0
Score/Step 3.0
Target
(Learning Goal)
Score/Step 2.0
SAMPLE PROGRESS MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT
ACTIVITIES
Score/Step 1.0
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Learning Goals
BIOLOGY I HONORS
Course Code: 200032001
SC.912.L15.15: Describe how mutation and genetic recombination increase genetic variation. (Level 3: Strategic Thinking & Complex Reasoning)
SCALE
LEARNING PROGRESSION
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I am able to relate mutation and genetic recombination to an increase in genetic
variation.
Design an experiment that would test the impact of increased
genetic variation on a population and relate the cause of
increased genetic variation to mutation or genetic
recombination.
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I am able to relate how mutation and genetic recombination increase genetic
variation.
Use a graphic organizer to show how mutation and genetic
recombination leads to an increase in the genetic variation of
a population.
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I am able to relate that mutation and genetic recombination increase genetic
variation.
Distinguish between mutation and genetic recombination and
relate each to increased genetic variation in a population.
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I am able to recall that mutation and genetic recombination increase genetic
variation.
Identify causes of increased genetic variation in a population.
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I am able to understand there is genetic variation in a population.
Score/Step 5.0
Score/Step 4.0
Score/Step 3.0
Target
(Learning Goal)
SAMPLE PROGRESS MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT
ACTIVITIES
Score/Step 2.0
Score/Step 1.0
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Learning Goals
BIOLOGY I HONORS
Course Code: 200032001
SC.912.L16.1: Use Mendel’s laws of segregation and independent assortment to analyze patterns of inheritance. (Cognitive Complexity: Level 3: Strategic Thinking & Complex
Reasoning)
SC.912.L16.2: Discuss observed inheritance patterns caused by various modes of inheritance, including dominant, recessive, codominant, sex-linked, polygenic, and multiple
alleles. (Cognitive Complexity: Level 3: Strategic Thinking & Complex Reasoning)
SCALE
Score/Step 5.0
Score/Step 4.0
LEARNING PROGRESSION
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I am able to use Mendel’s laws to analyze patterns of inheritance.
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I am able to analyze and predict inheritance patterns caused by various modes of
inheritance.
Given a pedigree chart, analyze the specific mode of
inheritance.
Using both parental phenotypes create an offspring.
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I am able to relate use Mendel’s laws to analyze patterns of inheritance.
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I am able to predict inheritance patterns caused by various modes of inheritance.
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I am able to identify inheritance patterns caused by various modes of inheritance,
including Mendel’s laws.
Given two parental phenotypes or genotypes, use a Punnett
square to predict potential offspring outcomes for any of the
modes of inheritance listed below.
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I am able to identify inheritance patterns caused by various modes of inheritance.
Use a graphic organizer to differentiate between the
following word pairs—dominant/recessive,
phenotype/genotype, homozygous/heterozygous—as well
as the meanings of the following modes of inheritance: codominance, incomplete dominance, polygenic, sex-linked,
and multiple alleles.
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I am able to recall that inheritance is the passage of genetic material from parent to
offspring, and that Punnett squares can be used to predict offspring inheritance
outcomes.
Score/Step 3.0 Target
(Learning Goal)
Score/Step 2.0
Score/Step 1.0
SAMPLE PROGRESS MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT
ACTIVITIES
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Given an offspring outcome (percent, ratio, or fraction),
determine the parents’ genotype and phenotype and identify
the mode of inheritance.
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