January 16 (A Day) and January 17 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE:
1) Students will define key terms used in genetics in order to explain the process of biological inheritance.
2) Students will explore the principles of probability in order to predict the outcomes of genetic crosses.

WARM-UP:
1) What is the study of genetics?
2) Who is Gregor Mendel?

VOCABULARY:

1) genetics
2) fertilization
3) true-breeding
4) trait
5) hybrid
6) gene
7) segregation

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/Vocab and Review
2) Review Section 11-1 and 11-2
3) Probability Activity
4) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
1) Work on completing 11-1, 11-2 and 11-3 Worksheets. These are due Tuesday and Wednesday.

HOMEWORK DUE:
Turn in any completed worksheets.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
NONE