1. DO NOW Respond with COMPLETE SENTENCES on your DO NOW paper. Date:
Mrs.
Hibler
Oct 8, 2012
Date:
10/8
Q: How are traits passed from parents to offspring (children)?
READ THE QUESTION PROMPT AT YOUR TABLE:
Respond with COMPLETE SENTENCES on your DO NOW paper.

2. ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How are traits passed from parents to offspring (children)?
OBJECTIVES:
-Discuss ideas about inheritance.
-Take two column notes on “Cracking the Code” to understand inheritance

3. Genetics Unit pg 29
pg 29
GENETICS

4. “Cracking the Code” Two Column Notes pg 30

5. What did we learn? ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How are traits passed from parents to offspring (children)?
OBJECTIVES:
-Discuss ideas about inheritance.
-Take two column notes on “Cracking the Code” to understand inheritance

6. DO NOW
Mrs.
Hibler
Oct 9, 2012
Date:
10/9
Q: How are traits passed from parents to offspring (children)?
How would you describe your traits to a someone who has never seen you?

7. ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How are traits passed from parents to offspring (children)?
OBJECTIVES:
-Learn the FRAME reading strategy
-Learn new vocabulary words related to inheritance

8. Genetics

9. SPORTS
Basketball
Soccer
Track

10. HEREDITY
CHROMOSOMES
GENETICS
GENES

11. Genetic Foldable pg 32
nucleus
DNA

12. nucleus
DNA

13. DNA
trait

14. DO NOW Describe chromosomes and genes. Use complete sentences. Date:
Mrs.
Hibler
Oct 8, 2012
Date:
10/10
10/11
Q: How are traits passed from parents to offspring (children)?
In your own words:
Describe chromosomes and genes.
Use complete sentences.

15. ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How are traits passed from parents to offspring (children)?
OBJECTIVES:
-Trait Bracelets
-Trait Exploration
-Reading about Traits

16. DNA and Chromososmes

17. Chromosome Bracelets Create a Chromosome with two pipe cleaners
Select beads that represent your traits and put them on your bracelet
HAIR COLOR: Brown:1 Blue, 1 Green Blonde: 2 green
HAIR TEXTURE: Curly Hair:1 Red,1 Orange Straight : 2 Orange

18. Observing Traits pg 33
Record the Chart on Page 171 in your notebooks

19. One Sentence Summary pg 33
Read each paragraph and record a one sentence summary under your trait chart.
Genes are ___________________________
Dominant genes ______________________
Recessive genes _______________________.

20. Vocabulary T-Charts pg 34

21. Traits Practice pg 35
Copy the parents traits in your notebook -Answer the questions that follow.

22. Exit Ticket
Complete the Exit Ticket

23. DO NOW Re-read the “Baby Mice” from Monday.
Mrs.
Hibler
Oct 8, 2012
Date:
10/12
Q: How are traits passed from parents to offspring (children)?
Re-read the “Baby Mice” from Monday.
What student do you agree with now?
Has your answer changed since Monday? Why?

24. ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How are traits passed from parents to offspring (children)?
OBJECTIVES:
-Dragon Fly Genetics
-Quizdom Assessment

25. What does the baby dragonfly look like?
Dragonfly Genetics
Male Alleles
What is the code?
(ee)
What does the baby dragonfly look like?
What does it look like?
(white eyes)
Female Alleles

26. Exit Ticket
Question 1:
The allele for freckles is (F), while the allele is for no freckles is (f). What is the phenotype for person with the genotype, Ff.
No freckles FF
Freckles Ff

27. No freckles is a dominant trait Freckles is a dominant trait
Exit Ticket
Question 2:
The allele for freckles is (F), while the allele for no freckles is (f). Using this information, you can infer that…
No freckles is a dominant trait
Freckles is a dominant trait
People with the ff genotype will show freckles
People with the Ff will show freckles

28. Exit Ticket
QUESTION 3:

29. Exit Ticket
QUESTION 4:

30. Exit Ticket
QUESTION 5:

31. Where is the genetic material of an organism located?
Exit Ticket
QUESTION 6:
Where is the genetic material of an organism located?
Chloroplast
Mitochondria
Cell Membrane
Nucleus