Heredity and Adapations
A person who dares waste an hour of time has not discovered the value of life. - Charles Darwin
Standard 4
Students will understand that offspring inherit traits that make them more or less suitable to survive in the environment.
Objective 1
Compare how sexual and asexual reproduction passes genetic information from parent to offspring.
Objective 2
Relate the adaptability of organisms in an environment to their inherited traits and structures.
Students will understand that offspring inherit traits that make them more or less suitable to survive in the environment.
Objective 1
Compare how sexual and asexual reproduction passes genetic information from parent to offspring.
Objective 2
Relate the adaptability of organisms in an environment to their inherited traits and structures.
Assignments (Click on Assignments to Open and View/Print)
Unit Packet: Cover/Tracker Page, Vocabulary Boxes, Vocabulary Boxes Key, Essential Questions.
Week 1: Tour of the Basics Handout, Tour of the Basics Website
Week 2: Reproduction Notes/Packet, DNA Bead Model Directions/Questions,
Week 3: No School Spring Break
Week 4: Inherited and Acquired Traits Inventory Handout, Mitosis/Meiosis Notes
Week 5: DNA Extraction Lab Paper, Heredity Reading and Questions Worksheet, Heredity Homework Problems, Oh Baby Inheritance.
Week 6:
Unit Packet: Cover/Tracker Page, Vocabulary Boxes, Vocabulary Boxes Key, Essential Questions.
Week 1: Tour of the Basics Handout, Tour of the Basics Website
Week 2: Reproduction Notes/Packet, DNA Bead Model Directions/Questions,
Week 3: No School Spring Break
Week 4: Inherited and Acquired Traits Inventory Handout, Mitosis/Meiosis Notes
Week 5: DNA Extraction Lab Paper, Heredity Reading and Questions Worksheet, Heredity Homework Problems, Oh Baby Inheritance.
Week 6: