Demonstration Lesson Plan in Genetics

8
th
Grade

I. OBJECTIVES:
A. At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
1. explain that traits are inherited from parent organisms.
2. familiarize to the vocabulary of genetics;
3. discover that traits are inherited randomly;
4. develop a sense of uniqueness despite variation and diversity; and
B. Answer three out of 5 items.

II. SUBJECT MATTER
A. Topic: Genetics
B. Concepts:
I. Genetics is a branch of biology that deals with the study of heredity
II. Heredity is the passing on of characteristics from one generation to the
next.
C. Materials:
2 Chips or coin (blue and Red)
White board Markers/
Art papers
Crazy Traits chart
D. References:
Seely Stephens Tate. Essential of Anatomy and Physiology 6
th
Ed (2007)
pp. 505-530
Pagunsan, Miguel P. (2004), Biology. Phoenix Publishing House Inc. pp.
180-183
K12 curriculum guide

III. LEARNING TASK:
A. Routine Activities
1. Prayer
2. Checking of Attendance
3. Classroom Management

B. Recall
The students will summarize the differences between mitosis and meiosis.










C. Motivation:
1. The students will trace the line to reveal the magic word.
2. Why do people, even closely related people, look slightly different from
each other?
3. Give 3 ways that you look different from the person next to you

D. Lesson Proper
1. Pre-activity discussion
Unlocking of Terms Difficulty:
1. Heredity-is the passing on of characteristics from one generation to the
next.
2. Phenotype observable characteristic of an organism
3. Genotype pair of alleles present in and individual written in letter form.
4. Homozygous two alleles of trait are the same (YY or yy)
5. Heterozygous two alleles of trait are different (Yy)
6. Dominant - the allele that masks the presence of the other.
7. Recessive - the allele that is masked by the other.

2. Activity Proper
1. The students will be divided into two groups. Each of the group will be
given a task entitled Crazy Traits.
2. The two groups will use two chips/coin with a mark capital A on one side
of each poker chip and a lower case a on the other side.
3. Shake the poker chips up in your hands and lay them out. Record the
information on their data sheet (genotype column).
4. For the phenotype column refer to the Crazy traits chart.
5. Take turns shaking the chips and recording their own results on their
sheet. Each student should shake the chips six times.
6. Complete the table and create your Crazy trait character.




Mitosis Meiosis
Takes place in somatic cells Takes place in the sex cells
Diploid chromosomes Haploid chromosomes
Only cellular division Two cellular division
Produces two new cells Produces four new cells
Crazy traits chart for PHENOTYPE














Guide questions:
1. Which traits are more dominant in your character?
2. Which traits are recessive in your character?
3. How many Heterozygous alleles? Homozygous alleles?
4. How would you describe the word phenotype? Genotype?
5.Why your creature did not look the same as of the other group?

E. Generalization:
A trait is an observable characteristic of an organism. Traits are passed from
parents to their offspring in a process known as heredity. The study of heredity is called
genetics. Phenotype is an observable characteristic of an organism while genotype is
pair of alleles present in and individual written in letter form.

F. Value situation:
When the genotype of your father is homozygous BB and your mother homozygous bb,
do you think you have the chance to have homozygous alleles? Why?
Trait Allele from
Mother (red
chip, A or a)
Allele from
Father
(blue chip, A
or a)
Genotype
(AA, Aa, aa)
Phenotype
(trait you see)
*use the chart on
board
Body Color
Body Shape
Nose Color
Lip Size
Hair Color
Eye Size
a.) No because the offspring should acquire different alleles from the parents.
b.) Yes, because the parents have homozygous alleles.


IV. EVALUATION
Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. A genotype with a symbol Aa is said to be _______.
a) Dominant
b) Heterozygous
c) Homozygous
d) Recessive
2. Which of the following is a phenotype?
a) Light blue
b) Bb
c) Bb
d) BB
3. The father of Genetics is _____.
a) Pedro Calderon
b) Gregor Mendel
c) Bill Gates
d) Albert Einstein

4. The passing of genetic information from 1 generation to the next is called ______.
a) nuclei
b) heredity
c) cloning RNA
d) genes

5. When the genotype consists of a dominant and a recessive allele, the phenotype will
be like _________________ allele.
a) the dominant
b) the recessive
c) neither
d) none of the above
Answer Key:
1. b
2. a
3. b
4. b
5. a
V. AGREEMENT
Research o some human genetic disorders. Complete the table below
Disorder Dominant or
recessive
Symptom Defect Frequency
among birth





GROUP No.___
Crazy traits Activity
Procedure
7. The two groups will use two chips/coin with a mark capital A on one side of each poker chip and a
lower case a on the other side.
8. Shake the poker chips up in your hands and lay them out. Record the information on their data
sheet (genotype column).
9. For the phenotype column refer to the Crazy traits chart.
10. Take turns shaking the chips and recording their own results on their sheet. Each student should
shake the chips six times.
11. Complete the table and create your Crazy trait character.

Crazy traits chart for PHENOTYPE












Guide questions:
1. Which traits are more dominant in your character?
2. Which traits are recessive in your character?
3. How many Heterozygous alleles? Homozygous alleles?
4. How would you describe the word phenotype? Genotype

Trait Allele from
Mother (red
chip, A or a)
Allele from
Father
(blue chip, A
or a)
Genotype
(AA, Aa, aa)
Phenotype
(trait you see)
*use the chart on
board
Body Color
Body Shape
Nose Color
Lip Size
Hair Color
Eye Size