Where We Come From

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Where We Come From

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Can you roll your tongue? Do you have a widow's peak? In this unit students explore genetics and inheritance in an exciting way. Labs and hands-on, interactive activities include creating Marshmallow babies from an envelope of chromosomes, and decoding a riddle using the 4 components of DNA. Concepts covered in this unit are dominant and recessive traits, alleles, genotypes and phenotypes, heterozygous and homozygous alleles, Punnett squares, and DNA. Students enjoy this unit as they figure out where they came from!

Education Levels:

6, 7, 8

Subject:

Biology

Resource Type:

Unit of instruction

Medium:

Text/HTML

Fee Status:

Free

Online provider:

Beacon Learning Center

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Keywords:

Inherited traits, Genetics, Phenotypes, Homozygous alleles, Heterozygous alleles, DNA, Genes, Dominant traits, Recessive traits, Punnett squares, Genotypes

Mediator:

Middle school teachers, Elementary school teachers

Publisher:

Beacon Learning Center

Contributor:

Suzan Smith

Is Part Of:

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/Lessons/Level3SC.asp

Language:

English

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Science

Learning Outcomes:

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Science (1996)

Strand F: Processes of Life

Standard 2: The student understands the process and importance of genetic diversity.

Benchmark SC.F.2.3.2: The student knows that the variation in each species is due to the exchange and interaction of genetic information as it is passed from parent to offspring.

Eighth
2. uses a Punnett square to predict the results of crosses between pure and hybrid organisms

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Mathematics (1996)

Strand E: Data Analysis and Probability

Standard 2: The student identifies patterns and makes predictions from an orderly display of data using concepts of probability and statistics.

Benchmark MA.E.2.3.1: The student compares experimental results with mathematical expectations of probabilities.

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Science (1996)

Strand F: Processes of Life

Standard 2: The student understands the process and importance of genetic diversity.

Benchmark SC.F.2.3.2: The student knows that the variation in each species is due to the exchange and interaction of genetic information as it is passed from parent to offspring.

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Science (1996)

Strand F: Processes of Life

Standard 2: The student understands the process and importance of genetic diversity.

Benchmark SC.F.2.3.2: The student knows that the variation in each species is due to the exchange and interaction of genetic information as it is passed from parent to offspring.

Eighth
1. knows how dominant and recessive traits are inherited

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Mathematics (1996)

Strand E: Data Analysis and Probability

Standard 2: The student identifies patterns and makes predictions from an orderly display of data using concepts of probability and statistics.

Benchmark MA.E.2.3.2: The student determines odds for and odds against a given situation.

This data provided by the Achievement Standards Network

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