Wednesday, April 15, 2009

April 15 (A Day) and April 16 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will practice Punnett Squares in order to describe how traits are inherited.

WARM-UP: What are the genotypic and phenotypic ratios for a cross between two individuals who are heterozygous for brown eyes? Bb x Bb where B=Brown and b=blue.

VOCABULARY:
1) abiotic factor
2) autotroph
3) biodiversity
4) biomass
5) biome

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Review types of Punnett Squares, including sex-linked, incomplete and blood typing
3) Worksheet
4) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Section 14-2 Section Assessment on page 353.

HOMEWORK DUE:
none

ANNOUNCEMENTS: none