HEREDITY
TARGET 1
I can Explain the Discoveries which Gregor Mendel
made about Heredity. I can explain his experiments
with pea plants and how his data supported his
conclusions
______1. Just starting
_______ 2. familiar
_______3. practicing
______4. Reviewing
______5. Am ready and have quizzed myself on all parts of the goal.
Text for this target pages 106 - 113
Keys to this target:
______WHO….
______WHAT….
______WHAT….
______WHAT….
Is Gregor Mendel?
Question was Mendel attempting to answer?
Laws of heredity did he discover? (3 laws)
Evidence did Mendel have that led him to his conclusions?
______WHERE…. Were his discoveries made?
______WHEN….
Were Mendel’s Discoveries made?
______WHY….
Are his discoveries so important?
______HOW ….
Did Mendel do his research
Vocabulary for This Target
______Heredity
______Genetics
______Trait
______Dominant trait
______Recessive Trait
______Genes
______Alleles
______Genotype
______Phenotype
______Probability
______Pollination
______Self Pollination
HEREDITY
Target 2:
I can use Mendel’s Laws of Heredity to
Predict the probablility of a trait being
passed from parents to offspring.
______1. Just starting
_______ 2. familiar
_______3. practicing
______4. Reviewing
______5. Am ready and have quizzed myself on all parts of the goal.
Text for this target pages 106 – 113. and
118 -119
Key ideas you will rely on to reach this target.
________ Mendel’s Laws of Heredity
________ Dominant and recessive genes
________ Incomplete Dominance (also called co-dominance)
________ Inheritance of Sex chromosomes (x and y)
________ Punnett squares (be able to make and use)
________ calculate simple ratios and percentages in your head
Key Vocabulary terms to help you reach this target.
_______ Mendel’s Laws of Heredity
_______ Allele
_______ Dominant Allele
_______ Recessive Allele
_______ Punnett square
_______ probability
_______ Ratio
_______ Trait
_______ purebred
_______ Hybrid
Target 3
HEREDITY
I can Tell the story of the discovery of the
structure of DNA. Explain and draw the
structure that was discovered. Explain how
that structure helps DNA to do it’s job
______1. Just starting
_______ 2. familiar
_______3. practicing
______4. Reviewing
______5. Am ready and have quizzed myself on all parts of the goal.
Text for this target pages 128 – 133
_____ WHO…..
discovered the double helix structure of DNA?
_____ WHAT
was discovered about DNA structure. Be complete and specific!
_____ WHERE….. was the discovery made?
_____ WHEN….
was this discovery made?
_____ WHY…
is this such an important discovery?
_____ HOW…
has the world been affected by this discovery?
Key vocabulary to help you reach this target
_____ James Watson
_____ Francis Crick
_____ Rosalind Franklin
_____ Double Helix
_____ Nucleotide
_____ Nitrogen bases
_____ Deoxyribonucleic Acid
_____ Replicate
HEREDITY
Target 4
I can…..
Explain how DNA controls the making of protein
Explain how DNA copies itself.
Explain how DNA molecules can mutate.
______1. Just starting
_______ 2. familiar
_______3. practicing
______4. Reviewing
______5. Am ready and have quizzed myself on all parts of the goal.
Text for this target pages 136 – 141
Key ideas to help you reach this target
____ 1 gene is the recipe for making one protein
____ proteins are made of small molecules called amino acids
____ Things in the environment can cause changes in DNA
____ Sometimes DNA makes mistakes when it copies itself..so….DNA changes.
Changes are called mutations
Key vocabulary for this target
_____Protein
_____Amino acid
_____Gene
_____Triplet code-word
_____Ribosome
_____Messenger RNA
_____Transfer RNA
_____Mutation
_____Mutagen
_____Substitution
_____Replacement
_____Deletion
Target 5.
SOLVE Two Lab problems dealing with
Heredity
1.Predicting Genotypes of plants / LAB
REPORT
You will record data on plant traits and attempt to find the
genotype of the parents
A lab write-up will be due
2.
Fruit Fly Mystery. / FLY TEST
You will have 20 days to observe fruit flies at your station. At the end
of 20 days you will write an essay test. The test questions are found below.
1. Diagram and describe the fruit fly life cycle
2. Share 3 discoveries which you made about fruit fly behavior.
Describe how you made each discovery
3. List 5 possible answers to the fruit fly mystery
4. State your theory about the fly-wing mystery.
GIVE ALL EVIDENCE WHICH SUPPORTS YOUR THEORY.
GIVE ALL EVIDENCE WHICH DISPROVES TWO OTHER
POSSIBLE ANSWERS