Mini-Lesson Plan Guide for Science
Date(s):
Subject: Heredity
Grade Level: 9-12
Lesson Planning
Benchmark/Standard: What is the next benchmark on my course curriculum guide or FCIM calendar?
SC.912.L.16.2: Discuss observed inheritance patterns caused by various modes of inheritance, including
dominant, recessive, codominant, sex-linked, polygenic, and multiple alleles.
Essential Questions: How will I reword the benchmark into specific questions using student friendly terms?
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What is a sex-linked gene?
What is polygenic inheritance?
What is codominance?
Materials/Resources: What do I have or need to teach this lesson?
Projector
Computer with internet access
“How Genetic Disorders are Inherited” handout
Lesson Agenda: How will I deliver this lesson to help my students answer the essential questions?
Day One: Explicit Instruction
Day Two: Modeled Instruction
Day Three: Guided Instruction
Day Four: Independent Instruction
Day Five: Quiz
Lesson Delivery
Explicit Instruction: How will I focus my students on what they need to learn? Which important vocabulary will I introduce/review?
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Teacher will use powerpoint to explain codominance, sex-linked genes, and polygenic inheritance (slides
1-8)
Modeled Instruction: How will I show my students what they are expected to do to answer the essential question?
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Teacher will show students how to predict inheritance patterns for polygenic and sex-linked genes (slides
9-10)
Guided Practice: How will I help my students practice answering the essential question?
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Teacher will provide handout “How Genetic Disorders are Inherited”-have students take turns reading
aloud
Discussion questions: Why do the heterozygous offspring of carriers of recessive disorders not display
the disorder? Why are males more at risk for sex-linked disorders?
Independent Practice: How will my students practice answering the essential question individually?
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Have students create their own practice problems using an example of codominance, sex-linked
inheritance, and polygenic inheritance
Have them solve their own problems
Share with the class as time permits
Assessment: