Lesson Plan

Lesson Topic: Sex linked traits Year Level: 10

9 Time: Monday P1 Date: 27/05/19
08:30 - 09:32

Learning Area: Science (Genetics) Students’ Prior Knowledge:

Year 10: Structure of DNA, mitosis, meiosis, punnet
Strand/Substrand/Content Descriptor from the squares, heredity, incomplete & co-dominance.
West Australian Curriculum:
Biological sciences:

Transmission of heritable characteristics

from one generation to the next involves
DNA and genes (ACSSU184)
General Capabilities

Literacy Numeracy ICT competence Critical and Ethical behaviour Personal and Intercultural
creative Social understanding
thinking competence

Cross-curriculum priorities

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Asia and Australia’s engagement Sustainability
histories and cultures with Asia

Lesson Objectives
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:
• Recall that humans have autosomes and sex chromosomes

• Compare the four patterns of inheritance (autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, X-linked dominant, X-linked
recessive)

• Explain why sex-linked recessive traits are more likely to affect males

Teacher’s Prior Preparation/Organisation: Provisions for Learner diversity (G&T, SWD, EALD,
Roll set up on computer
SAER)
Book projected on board
SWD Direct questions according to students abilities
SAER Write large on board, worked examples

LESSON EVALUATION (to be completed AFTER the lesson)

Assessment of Lesson Objective and Suggestions for Improvement:

Teacher self-reflection and self-evaluation:

[OFFICIAL USE ONLY] Comments by classroom teacher, HOPP, supervisor:

LESSON DELIVERY (attach worksheets, examples, marking key, etc, as relevant)

Time Stages of the Lesson Resources

10mins
Stage 1 Introduction YouTube
08:30- Video to start:

08:40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veB31XmUQm8&t=90s

Recaps where DNA is found, shows the pairs and that only 1 pair is sex chromosomes,
explains that Y chromosomes code for important male traits whereas lots of useful
information is contained on the X.

Don’t need to know anything about X inactivation which is explained but if anyone was
wondering why identical twins don’t have the same DNA or what happens to the DNA that
isn’t expressed it will still be interesting.

Video explains at the end that while females have 2 genes and could inherit a dominant,
because males only have one copy of the X chromosome, if they inherit the affected X from
their mother they will also be affected.

50mins
Stage 2 Body of lesson Oxford
8:40 - Use Oxford notes:
Science 10
9:30 Define autosomes, sex chromosomes, relate XX, XY genotypes to female, male phenotype.
p.18-21
Saw in video that Y chromosome mostly contains male specific genes, it is smaller.

X chromosome carries genes for sexual characteristics but because it is larger also carries
other non-sexual information (examples)

Traits carried on a sex chromosome are called sex-linked

There are four main patterns of inheritance: autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, X-
linked dominant, X-linked recessive

Table with similarities and differences, explain each point (punnet sq. if needed)

How to write sex linked traits

Haemophilia example, punnet squares showing Queen Victoria’s family.

Q.1,6,7,8

If lots of time (>10min): explain that a pedigree is an easy way to show this without having to
do a punnet square every time.

Then Q. 2,3,4.

If short amount of time left:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMWxuF9YW38 (5:45)

Video recaps human sex determination then shows how animals have different systems

2mins
Stage 3: Conclusion
9:30- pack up 2 mins before end of class
9:32

Transition:
Pack books away.

Assessment strategies:
Checking understanding in class discussion, completing written questions.

References

Silvester, H., Yap, S. (2016). Oxford Science 10 Western Australian Curriculum. South Melbourne, VIC: Oxford
University Press.

TED-Ed. (2012, April 23). Sex Determination: More Complicated Than You Thought [Video file]. Retrieved from https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMWxuF9YW38

TED-Ed. (2017, April 18). Secrets of the X chromosome - Robin Ball [Video file]. Retrieved from https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=veB31XmUQm8&t=90s