RUNS IN GENES
Rebecca Koopman
Email: becca616@gmail.com
Class Website:
Office Hours: 3:10 - 4:05; or by appointment
Science Standards Addressed:
Colorado Science Standard 7
National Science Education Standards
Book Chapters:
BSCS 2 (orange textbook) Chapter 8
Major Assignments and Due Dates:
Week 1 Traits and Success Due date TBA
Week 2 Meiosis Dragons August 21, 2009
Week 3 Constructed Response August 28, 2009
Week 4 Mating Games September 3, 2009
Week 5 Constructed Response Revision September 10, 2009
Week 6 Who Gets What? and Ben's Pedigree September 16, 2009
Notebook Projects:
Week 1 Question: How can I investigate if traits are inherited?
Task 1: Describe what a mixed breed dog might look like based on what its parents look like.
Task 2: Summarize how DNA can be extracted from cells, the role of biotechnology in modern genetics, and give 2 examples of gene "tinkering" in the medical or health industries.
Week 2 Question: How are traits inherited and how is meiosis part of the process of inheritance?
Task 1: Explain that an organism's genes determine what traits it has, and that traits can be inherited.
Task 2: Analyze dominant and recessive traits based on the symbols for alleles found on the genes.
Task 3: Use a model of a cell and chromosomes to animate inheritance. / Perform a simulation of meiosis using a fictitious species of organism (dragons).
Week 3 Question: How can we make predictions about what traits offspring will inherit?
Question: Are there patterns in how traits are inherited?
Task 1: Constructed Response
Week 4 Question: Do unobservable traits get inherited?
Task 1: Use information from a reading about Mendelian genetics to interpret which seed color in Mendel's experiments and which yeast color in a series of experiments is dominant and which was recessive
Task 2: Compare and contrast genotype and phenotype.
Week 5 Question: How can I use what I have learned to demonstrate my understanding of how traits are inherited?
Task: Constructed Response
Task 2: Demonstrate understanding of how traits are transmitted from parent to offspring through gametes, cells contain 2 copies of each gene, and variations in the traits of different generations are explained by the fact that each individual gets 2 copies of each gene.
Readings
"When DNA Comes Out to Play"
"Frankenfuror"
"Mendel: The Founder of Genetics"
p. 347-350
"Chromosomes and the Genes They Contain"
p. 351-353
Other Assignments
p. 365 Reflect and Connect
p. 376 Reflect and Connect
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