February 23 (B Day) and February 24 (A Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will practice Punnett Squares of blood typing in order to predict how traits are passed from one generation to the other.

WARM-UP: What blood type are you?  How about your parents?

VOCABULARY:
1) phenotype
2) genotype
3) dominant
4) recessive

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/ Vocabulary
2) Discussion of Punnett Squares
3) Practice Punnett Squares
4) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Sections 12-3 and 12-4 notes

HOMEWORK DUE:
None



ANNOUNCEMENTS:

NONE

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

OBJECTIVE:  Students will practice Punnett Squares in order to predict how traits are passed from one generation to the other.

WARM-UP:

VOCABULARY:
1) phenotype
2) genotype
3) dominant
4) recessive

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/ Vocabulary
2) Discussion of Punnett Squares
3) Practice Punnett Squares
4) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Chapter 11 Notes

HOMEWORK DUE:
None

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
NONE

February 14 (B Day) and February 15 (A Day)

OBJECTIVE:  Students will explore the principles of Mendelian genetics in order to make predictions about how traits are inherited.

WARM-UP:  List words associated with the words "dominant" and "recessive" or words that have similar meaning.

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and discussion
2) Quiz
3) Rock, paper, scissors
4) Plant babies
5) Plant grandbabies
6) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and take notes on Ch. 11

HOMEWORK DUE:
none

February 8 (B Day) and February 9 (A Day)

OBJECTIVE:  Students will perform an activity in order to analyze how traits are inherited and make predictions about the probability of inheriting a specific trait.

WARM-UP:  Is there anyone that you take after in your family, if so, how?

VOCABULARY:
none

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up
2) Redhead Article
3) Activity- Investigating Inherited Traits
4) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK (Due Thursday/Friday):
Read and take notes 2-4

HOMEWORK DUE:
none

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
none

February 2 (B Day) and February 3 (A day)

OBJECTIVE:  Students will examine the structure of DNA in order to analyze how it makes copies of itself and passes on genetic information.

WARM-UP:  What are 3 ways that DNA is used?

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up
2) DNA replication foldable
3) PowerPoint
4) Manipulative Activity

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Take notes on 12-1 and 12-2 (Due Thurs/Fri of this week)

HOMEWORK DUE:
see above