January 31 (A Day) and February 1 (B Day): Genetics

OBJECTIVE:
1) Students will solve a family pedigree problem in order to analyze how traits are passed from one generation to another.
2) Students will describe the inheritance patterns that exist aside from simple dominance in order to explain how Mendel's principles apply to all organisms.

WARM-UP: What is a pedigree?

VOCABULARY:
1) nondisjunction
2) DNA fingerprinting

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Review of blood typing and Genetics Worksheet
3) Pedigree Lab
4) Closure

HOMEWORK DUE:
1) Punnett Square problem
2) Flashcards 164+ (A Day Students, B Day turned in yesterday)

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
1) Study for Test on Punnett Squares next week (Monday and Tuesday): Complete Review Sheet
2) Read and Outline Section 11-2 (Honor's students)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None