Monday

Name some characteristics about yourself that you share with family members.
Do any of your classmates share these same “traits”?

Gene Wheel activity. The wheel contains traits and students color in their trait version (dominant or recessive) working out from the center of the wheel. The perimeter of the wheel has numbers. Each student will complete a gene wheel. We will graph the results in class together, with each students placing a colored dot with their initials on the butcher paper graph. The final graph will be posted outside the classroom.

Heredity Notes
Earths and posters are to go home this week.

Student:
Complete your gene wheel and place your initialed dot on the graph.
Take Earths and posters home this week. You will need to decide who in each group will get them.

Supplies:
100 copies of the gene wheel.
butcher paper for the graph(s)



Tuesday

When you flip a coin, what are the odds (probability) that you will get heads?   Tails?
Carefully flip a coin 10 times, recording each flip. Compare your results with those of your neighbors.

Review results of warm-up to introduce genetics.
Genetics Notes
Show students the genome poster with discussion
Math Skills activity p. 389
Announce Quiz tomorrow over heredity and genetics
Remind students to take Earths and posters home this week.

Student:
Do the warm-up and take good class notes.
Participate in discussion and math skills activity.
Remember to take Earths and posters home this week.

Supplies:
pennies(25-30)

Wednesday

Study for the quiz

Hand out mini-answer sheets and administer Quiz. Collect.
Explain Punnett Square activity. Most classes will do the SpongeBob activity, except for 6th period, and they will do the smilie activity. There may be a third different activity for Pre-AP.


Students:

Assessment:
Students will be graded on the quiz, observed during the activity and graded on the activity.

Supplies:
85 copies of the SquarePants activity (or 65 if there is a Pre-AP activity)
20 copies of the smilie activity
20 copies of Pre-AP activity (if there is one)



Thursday

Explain the difference between genotype and phenotype.
Give examples.

ReeBops, an activity modeling inheritance. Explain the activity.
This activity will take most of 2 days. It is due tomorrow in class.

Students:
Listen carefully to the instructions for the ReeBops activity. You will better understand how genotype and phenotype are related and how traits are inherited.

Supplies:
8 complete sets of ReeBops in envelopes.
100 mating results pages
100 white sheets or drawing paper



Friday

Continue working on your ReeBop.

Complete your ReeBops
Graded ReeBops may be placed in or on the soda can outside the room on the wall.