Lesson+Plans

Over the course of a whole quarter, my Biology classes worked on a genetics project.
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Part One of the project included an examination of their own genetic characteristics (such as eye/hair color, cleft chin, attached/unattached earlobe etc.) Using this information and the information of dominant/recessive genes, they developed a genotype (combination of alleles) to match their phenotype (physical characteristic). They used this information along with information I provided about a mythical spouse and created punnett squares to determine the probability of having children with specific traits.

Part Two required students to use the information from Part One as well as Picnik.com and the Smart Board Notebook software to create a scrapbook of their future children. **

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 * Part Three consisted of the students researching and writing about a genetic disorder of their choice from the standpoint of a parent. ** [[file:lessonplan2.docx]]

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