Friday, January 04, 2008

January 4 (A Day) and January 7 (B Day): Meiosis and fertilization

OBJECTIVE: Students will summarize the events of meiosis and fertilization in order to identify steps in cell division that result in new gene combinations.

WARM-UP: What is fertilization? How do you think it affects the number of chromosomes in the cell?

VOCABULARY:
1) alleles
2) differentiation
3) embryo
4) gametes
5) zygote
6) recombination

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/Vocabulary
2) Review Mitosis Quiz
3) Grade Winter Break Packet
4) Meiosis/Fertilization Movie: Universe Within: An Incredible Voyage Into the Microworld of the Human Body, Chapter 6- Safari Montage
5) Chapter 10 and 11 Graphic Organizer (p. 139)

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Finish Ch. 10 and 11 Graphic Organizers

HOMEWORK DUE:
11-4 Outline

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None