1. MARCH 2, 2012 More on Genetics…

2. DO NOW!!!! 1. What are traits? 2. The ______________ is the expressed characteristics that you can see. a) Genotype b) Phenotype c) Allele d) Trait 3. What is the name for the various forms of the same gene?  Hint: It is represented by a letter.

3. Announcements You have a notebook check tomorrow. Tomorrow is the absolute last day for Microbiology tests. Parent Letters…I will continue to accept these. Going forward, I am going to have a literacy lesson EVERY Thursday. Last week’s fiasco with the Genome article let me know how much work we (both you and me) need to do!

4. Agenda for 03/02 After all the hard note-taking on Tuesday & Wednesday, I am GIVING you a break. (THANK YOU, MRS. WARD!!!) Today we need to accomplish 2 things:  Reading passage on Gregor Mendel…Ink think  Class trait surveys & graphing Next week we start Punnett Squares…it is fun! I promise!

5. HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=GQVYO R78THO THIS TIME, START PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE LYRICS. WRITE DOWN WORDS YOU DON’T KNOW OR THINGS YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND. Because you loved it so much…

6. Ink Think: Gregor Mendel Article You have 10 minutes to read the passage and make notes and responses on the sheet. Underline—Something you want to remember. Question Mark—what you don’t understand. Circle—Words with which you are unfamiliar

7. A short video about Gregor Mendel To wrap it all up… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxKFdQo10rE While you are watching the video, I will send around a glue stick for you to attach the passages in your science notebook. I will also begin checking notebooks.

8. Trait Inventory This is an activity that will take approximately 30 minutes. Please listen closely to instructions. Begin by taking 10 minutes to fill out the “An Inventory of My Traits—Survey Sheet.

9. Color Blindness Test… Let’s determine what each person should mark for can see the colors red and green… http://colorvisiontesting.com/ishihara.htm

10. Traits… other terms you may not understand Tongue Rolling…can you “roll” your tongue into a barrel with your mouth? Cleft Chin…your chin has a ridge or dimple…not as pronounced in females Raise your hand if there is another one you don’t understand

11. Traits Inventory You are then going to move into groups with at least 6 people. You need to elect one person to be in charge of the group.

12. Traits Inventory Use the information provided by your group to fill out your data chart. You will only need one data chart per group. You will then use the data chart to fill out the bar graph on the back of your survey. Each person should have their own graph.

13. Trait Inventory As you are working, I will be collecting information for the entire class. We will be using this information to work out the percentages of each trait in the class.

14. Trait Inventory Please write down the data from the entire class next to each section on your personal survey. You will need to figure the percentage of each trait in our class. Place this information to the left of each trait.

15. Exit Ticket Your survey sheet is your exit ticket. Along the bottom of the sheet, please tell me in 1-2 sentences or phrases if (and what) we are doing is still confusing you.