State Standards: Reproduction and Heredity Standard #7: Recognize that every organism requires a set of instructions that specifies its traits. These instructions are stored in the organism’s chromosomes. Heredity is the passage of these instructions from one generation to another.
Standard # 8: Recognize that hereditary information is contained in genes located in the chromosomes of each cell. A human cell contains about 30,000 different genes on 23 different chromosomes.
Major Learning Targets:
I can identify Mendel and summarize the work he did in genetics and state why it was significant
I can explain that the different forms a gene can take for a given trait are called alleles
I can demonstrate that when the genes for a trait combine, one may be stronger than another and express itself while the other remains hidden
I can recognize that not all traits are controlled by one gene, but may be controlled by several and this is why there is a great variety of ways traits are expressed
I can use letters to represent the alleles an organism has for a given trait
I can explain what the Human Genome project is and it’s implications for the future of genetics study
Important Concepts:
Sexual reproduction allows for a great variety of traits to be expressed in offspring
Mendel’s work dramatically changed the way we understand what traits get passed on through generations and how
Even with the same two parents, each offspring still has a great variety of traits
I can research what the Human Genome Project is and extrapolate how it can be used in the future
Important Skills:
Students will be able to assess the class for the presence of simple dominant and recessive traits
Students will be able to use the Capital/lowercase letter system for showing what alleles are present in an organism.
Ethics and Genetics: Research current work in genetics and create a documentary on whether or not these practices are ethical and why. Topics: GMO’s, Designer babies, Cloning
Resources: Prentice Hall Life Science Chapter 4 Sec 1 Mendel’s Work pg 110-115
Reproduction and Heredity
Standard #7: Recognize that every organism requires a set of instructions that specifies its traits. These instructions are stored in the organism’s chromosomes. Heredity is the passage of these instructions from one generation to another.
Standard # 8: Recognize that hereditary information is contained in genes located in the chromosomes of each cell. A human cell contains about 30,000 different genes on 23 different chromosomes.
Major Learning Targets:
Important Concepts:
Important Skills:
Assessments and Projects in Addition to Weekly Test:
Create a baby- Lab and report
__http://campbellms.typepad.com/files/phenotype-babies.pdf__
Ethics and Genetics: Research current work in genetics and create a documentary on whether or not these practices are ethical and why. Topics: GMO’s, Designer babies, Cloning
Resources:
Prentice Hall Life Science
Chapter 4
Sec 1 Mendel’s Work pg 110-115
Human Genome Project
http://www.genome.gov/10001772#al-1
Designer Baby Ethics
http://www.bionetonline.org/english/content/db_intro.htm
Ethics of Designer Babies
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/14/ethics-of-designer-babies_n_4966189.html
DNA Tests and Medicine
https://newsela.com/articles/genetics-future/id/2602/