Where did you get those genes?
CollaborationELA HSHigh School|English Language Arts|Sample A|2013-2014
Monday, June 9, 2014, 6:03AM
Unit: Where did you get those genes? (Week 4, 4 Weeks)
Standards
CCLS:Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects 6-12, Grades 6-8, Reading: Science & Technical
Subjects
Key Ideas and Details
1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual
evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
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1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts.
CCLS:Mathematics, 7th Grade , Ratios & Proportional Relationships
7.RP Analyze proportional relationships and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems.
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2. Recognize and represent proportional relationships between quantities.
Big Ideas
Essential Questions
The probability of our traits can be impacted by the
variety of genes we inherit from our parents.
How do genes influence who we are?
What are the chances that we will inherit specific traits
from our parents?
Content
How are genes passed down from parents to their
children?
Skills
Genetics and Heredity:
California Science Standards:
-Organisms that sexually reproduce inherit half of their
genes from each parent
Ca 7.2b Students know sexual reproduction produces
offspring that inherit half of their genes from each
parent.
-Traits are determined by one or more genes
-Process of sexual reproduction and inheriting genes
(Meiosis)
Ca 7.2c An inherited trait can be determined by one or
more genes.
Genetics and Heredity:
Ratios and Proportional Relationships:
-Traits represented in ratios and percentages
-Probability of inheriting specific genes and traits
-Contrast asexual and sexual reproduction (access prior
knowledge)
-Explain how sexual reproduction contributes to our genetic
variety.
-Explain how sexually reproducing organisms inherit half of
their genes from each parent.
Reading Informational Texts:
-Determine how genes control the various combinations of
traits in organisms
-Annotation of a text (main idea)
-Facts to support the main idea
-Diagram the process of cellular division in gametes
(Meiosis)
-Cause and effect
Ratios and Proportional Relationships:
Informative Writing:
-Formulation of a hypothesis
-Use a Punnett Square to calculate the ratio and
percentages of traits in offspring
-Determine the probability of traits in offspring
-Supporting evidence
Reading Informational texts:
-Locate and underline main points of a text
-Locate and circle supporting facts
-Find cause and effect statements
Informative Writing:
-Create a hypothesis
-State evidence to support hypothesis
Key Terms / Vocabulary
genes, traits, offspring, sexual reproduction, probability, gametes, haploid, and organism
Assessments
Learning Activities
Compare traits with a partner to determine one another's
genes.
Use a Punnett Square to create fictional "creatures" with
various traits. Write to explain how creatures received traits
Diagram the process of Meiosis and the formation of
gametes.
Resources
Cause and effect reading
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