Unit: Heredity (written November 2013)
Key Learning:
Cells need to grow and reproduce. As they do so, information needs to
be passed down to the new cell(s). Our understanding of this process can
be used to predict the characteristics of the new cells.
Instructional Tools:
Unit Essential Question:
How do cells grow and divide?
How are the characteristics of life passed down from one generation to
the next?
How can scientists predict and/or observe patterns in heredity?
How does the information in DNA end up giving us our traits?
How can our knowledge of genetics impact society?
Concept:
Concept:
Mendelian genetics
Probability and Inheritance
3.6.10.A, 3.1.10.C, 3.1.10.B,
3.3.10.C, Bio.B.2.1.1,
Bio.B.2.1.2
3.3.10.C, 3.1.10.C, 3.1.10.B,
Bio.B.2.1.1
Lesson EQ:
What did Mendel discover
about the patterns of
inheritance?
(A)
Lesson EQ:
How do different patterns of
inheritance result in different
phenotypic ratios? (A)
What are various patterns of
inheritance? (A)
Concept:
DNA Structure and
Replication
3.3.10.B, 3.3.10.A, 3.1.10.B,
3.3.10.C, 3.1.10.C, 3.6.10.A,
Bio.B.1.2.1, Bio.B.2.2.1,
Bio.B.2.2.2
Lesson EQ:
How does the structure of DNA
account for how its stores and
accurately copies its genetic
information? (A)
How are punnett squares used to
predict the outcome of a cross?
(A)
Vocabulary:
genotype, phenotype, inheritance,
dominant inheritance, recessive
inheritance, homozygous,
heterozygous, hybrid, gene, allele,
independent assortment,
segregation, Punnett square,
purebred, genetics, trait
Vocabulary:
co dominance, incomplete
dominance, complete
dominance, polygenic, multiple
alleles, sex-linked, probability
Vocabulary:
DNA, DNA (semiconservative)
replication, nucleotide, double
helix, base pairing, chromatin,
histone, DNA polymerase
Concept:
Concept:
Concept:
Protein Synthesis
Genetic Engineering
Meiosis
33.10.B, 3.3.10.C, 3.1.10.B,
3.1.10.C, 3..10.A,
Bio.B.2.1.2, Bio.B.2.3.1
3.6.10.A, Bio.B.2.4.1
3.7.10.B, 3.3.10.C, 3.1.10.B,
3.7.10.A,
Bio.B.1.1.1, Bio.B.1.1.2
Lesson EQ:
How is genetic information
used to code for the expression
of traits? (A)
What happens when this
information is not copied
correctly? (A)
Lesson EQ:
How is DNA evidence used in
court cases? (A)
How can new advances in
genetics help to improve our
lives? (A)
Lesson EQ:
How do cells create gametes
that are haploid from an original
diploid cell? (A)
How does meiosis differ from
mitosis? (A)
What are the potential dangers
of biotechnology? (A)
Vocabulary:
translation, transcription, mRNA,
tRNA, anticodon, amino acid,
protein, rRNA, codon, protein
synthesis, intron, exon, RNA
polymerase, gene expression,
gene mutation, chromosomal
mutation, inversion, point
mutation, frameshift mutation,
nondisjunction, duplication,
translocation, deletion,
polyploidy, differentiation
Vocabulary:
genetic engineering,
hybridization, inbreeding,
polyploidy, gel electrophoresis,
Polymerase Chain Reaction
(PCR), DNA profiling, plasmid,
gene therapy, genetically
modified food, selective
breeding, gene splicing, genetic
marker, forensics, , transgenic,
biotechnology, recombinant
organism, human genome
project, cloning, genetically
modified organism (GMO)
Concept:
Concept:
Human Genetics
Cell Growth and Division
Bio.B.2.4.1, Bio.B.2.1.1
Bio B.1.1.1
Lesson EQ:
How do geneticists and doctors
study human inheritance? (A)
Vocabulary:
pedigree, karyotype, nondisjunction, carrier, autosome
Lesson EQ:
What events occur during the
cell cycle? (A)
Vocabulary:
Chromatid, centromere,
interphase, cell cycle, mitosis,
prophase, centriole, spindle,
metaphase, anaphase, telophase,
cytokinesis, cyclin
Vocabulary:
meiosis, haploid, diploid,
crossing-over, gamete, somatic
cells, homologous, interphase…,
nuclear division, cytokinesis,
tetrad
Additional Information: Models, internet simulations, practice worksheets, laboratory activities
Vocabulary Report
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genotype –
inheritance—
dominant inheritance –
genetics –
trait –
probability -DNA –
Double helix –
Base pairing –
Chromatin—
Histone –
DNA polymerase -genetic engineering meiosis co dominance DNA profiling DNA (semiconservative) replication phenotype autosome incomplete dominance pedigree plasmid karyotype complete dominance mRNA gene therapy nucleotide tRNA haploid polygenic recessive inheritancemutation –
gene mutation –
chromosomal mutation –
inversion –
frameshift mutation –
nondisjunction –
duplication –
translocation –
deletion –
polyploidy –
differentiation -point mutation -genetically modified food diploid anticodon homozygous multiple alleles non-disjunction heterozygous selective breeding -
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carrier amino acid sex-linked hybrid protein –
translation –
transcription –
intron -exon –
RNA polymerase –
Gene expression -biotechnology rRNA gene recombinant organism crossing-over codon allele gametes –
somatic cells –
homologous –
nuclear division -protein synthesis –
hybridization –
inbreeding –
polyploidy –
gel electrophoresis –
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) –
Gene splicing –
Genetic marker –
Forensics –
Transgenic –
Cloning –
Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) -somatic cells independent assortment human genome project segregation homologous Punnett square purebred –
chromatid –
centromere –
interphase –
cell cycle –
mitosis –
prophase –
centriole -spindle –
metaphase –
anaphase –
telophase –
cytokinesis –
tetrad –