Mendelian Genetics Independent Tasks

I​NDEPENDENT STATION EXPECTATIONS:

1. Working SILENTLY AND INDEPENDENTLY( Voice level 0 ON YOUR OWN)
2. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION
3. Title a brand new page in your notebook: ​Mendelian Genetics
4. Write today’s date on the top right:3/28/19
5. **Set a timer on Google for each section to stay on track**

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Part 1:​ Science Grade Reflection 5 min.
Directions:
1. Check your science grade on ​Pinnacle​.
2. Answer the following questions IN YOUR NOTEBOOK.

1. What is your current grade in science class?

2. Have you completed X-Men project? If yes, write down one thing you
learned about artificial selection. If NO, have made accommodations to
come to Paredes/Castillo’s tutoring during lunch and what is one trait you
have selected to incorporate on your LATE projects?

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Part 2:​ Children resemble their parents ​7-10 min.

Directions:
1. Watch the ​Punnett Squares Video​ .
2. Answer the following questions IN YOUR NOTEBOOK.
YOU MUST WRITE QUESTIONS AND DRAW PUNNETT
SQUARES:

1. How is it possible for two ​brown haired​ parents in this video to have a ​blonde haired baby​?
2.Fill out the following punnett square for ​ B b
B

3. What does ​each square​ represent?

4. What​ percentage​ off their offspring would have ​brown hair?

5. What ​percentage​ off their offspring would have​ blonde hair​?

6. Fill out the following Punnett Square

F F
f

7. Out of the 4, how many offspring ​will not have freckles?

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Part 3:​ Genetic Inheritance Follows Rules ​5 min.
Directions:
1. Read the Genes don’t blend ​Concept​.
2. Answer the following questions IN YOUR NOTEBOOK. YOU MUST WRITE QUESTIONS
AND DRAW PUNNETT SQUARES ​:

1. What is Mendel’s famous 3:1 ratio?

Follow the steps on this ​Animation​ and answer the following questions:

2. What are the offspring genotype results of a ​Yy Heterozygous cros​s?

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Part 4: ​Genes are Real Things ​ 5 min.
Directions:
1. Read this ​Concept​.
2. Answer the following questions IN YOUR NOTEBOOK. YOU MUST WRITE QUESTIONS
AND DRAW PUNNETT SQUARES:

1. Different organisms proved to have different numbers of chromosomes. What did this suggest?

Follow the steps on this ​Animation​ and answer the following questions:
1. Robert Hooke was the first to do what? What did he see?

2. What do chromosomes carry?

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Part 5: ​All Cells Arise from Pre-existing Cells ​5 min.
Directions:
1. Read this ​Concept
2. Answer the following questions IN YOUR NOTEBOOK. YOU MUST WRITE QUESTIONS
AND DRAW PUNNETT SQUARES:

1. During mitosis, each chromosome copies itself. What happens next?

Follow the steps on this ​Animation​ and answer the following questions:
2. What happens during the ​interphase stage​?

3. What happens during the ​metaphase stage?

4. What happens during the ​telophase stage?

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Part 6: ​Gregor Mendel Video ​10-15 min.
Directions:
1. Watch the ​Gregor Mendel Video
2. Answer the following questions IN YOUR NOTEBOOK. YOU MUST WRITE QUESTIONS:

1. ​Where was Mendel born?

2. What did Mendel discover about the color of the pea flowers and texture of the peas themselves?

3. What are ​inherited traits ​a product of?

4. What was Mendel’s ​important conclusion #1?

5. What was Mendel’s​ important conclusion #2?

6. What was Mendel’s​ important conclusion #3?

7. What is the ​Law of Segregation​?

8. What is the ​Law of Independent Assortment​?

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Part 7: Finished Early? IF DONE EARLY WORK ON ACHIEVE 3000 ARTICLE
Directions:
● Log on to Achieve 3000.
● Read and complete a science article of your choice and complete the​ Before
Poll Question, Read the Article, Activity questions and Thought Activity
● Fill out Achieve 3000 Advisory Tracker
● Answer the questions below:
 1. In ​3-5 sentences, summarize​ the ​main idea ​of the article.

2. How does this article ​connect ​to what we have been learning about in Science class
about ​genetics, heredity, phenotype, genotype, mutations?

3. What was your score on this Article? Did you get a 75% or above? Why or why not?
If you do not get a 75% or above​, you will need to come to tutoring on Monday to
make up this Achieve 3000 Article Assignment.