Lesson objective: To investigate the process of finding a Punnett square .

KEY WORDS- BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE, INTERBREEDING

All:must be able to
understand what is gene

UNIT 7D Variation and classification

Most Must be able
to understand the
difference between
Dominant vs.
Recessive
LESSON 4-Genetics and punette
Some: Learn to squares
classify and explain
the characteristic in
genotype and
phenotype
 Lesson objective: To investigate the process of finding a Punnett square .
All:must be able to
understand what is gene
Most Must be able
to understand the
difference between
Dominant vs.
Recessive
Some: Learn to
classify and explain
the characteristic in
genotype and
phenotype
MY HPL JOURNEY
Advanced Cognitive Performance Values Attitudes and
Characteristics (ACPS) Attributes (VAAs)
Meta thinking: Have you Creating: Have you Empathetic:
1. Evaluated your own learning? 1. Given an example of new ideas? 1. When have you collaborated during the course of your
2. Done self-corrections? 2. Abandoned one idea for another as you topic?
3. Approached new content by linking it to realized it didn’t work? 2. How would this topic affect society and the community?
your current knowledge? 3. Created a new idea by building on ones 3. What moral or ethical issues were raised during the
4. Given your personal views on a matter you already have? topic?
based on evidence? 4. You can take a picture or write about it in 4. When did you feel under stress during this topic but
5. Transferred knowledge you already have to your notebook. gained the confidence in your knowledge?
a new circumstance?
Agile:
Analysing: Have you
1.
2.
When were you willing to work alone?
When did you think independently?
1. Broken down your task and decided what the best approach to take would be? 3. When did you actively control your own learning?
2. Written a Hypothesis? 4. When did you use your initiative to find solutions?
3. Followed a set of rules within science? (not including class rules). 5. When did you take on the views or ideas of others?
4. You can write about it in your notebook.
Hardworking:
Linking: Have you Realising: Have you 1. How did you overcome the obstacles and difficulties you
1. Taken on the views of others?
2. Connected your past learning to new learning?
1. Have you worked with speed and accuracy?
2. What things can you now do that don’t require
faced during your learning journey?
2. How did you train yourself to move forward in adverse
3. Taken what you have learnt now and applied it
to a new situation?
active thinking?
3. You can write about it in your notebook.
conditions?
 Starter-How are these characteristics passed onto children from their parents? (L3)

• The _ _ _ from the mother is in the _ _ _ _ _ _ _of the _ _ _

cell.
• The nucleus of the _ _ _ _ _cell contains the father’s DNA.
• When the sperm cell _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the egg cell the two
nuclei _ _ _ _ and the DNA from both _ _ _ _ _ _ _ will give the
instructions for a _ _ _ _.
Parents fertilises DNA egg nucleus baby sperm join
 What is Genetics?
• Genetics is the scientific study of heredity
 What is a Trait?
• A trait is a specific characteristic that varies from one individual
to another.
– Examples: Brown hair, blue eyes, tall, curly
 What is an Allele?

• Alleles are the different

possibilities for a given
trait.
– Every trait has at least two
alleles (one from the Examples of Alleles:
A = Brown Eyes
mother and one from the a = Blue Eyes
father) B = Green Eyes
b = Hazel Eyes
– Example: Eye color –
Brown, blue, green, hazel
 What are Genes?

• Genes are the

sequence of DNA
that codes for a
protein and thus
determines a trait.
 Gregor Mendel

• Father of Genetics
• 1st important studies of
heredity
• Identified specific traits in the garden pea and
studied them from one generation to another
 Mendel’s
Conclusions

1.Law of Segregation – Two alleles for each trait

separate when gametes form; Parents pass
only one allele for each trait to each offspring
2.Law of Independent Assortment – Genes for
different traits are inherited independently of
each other
 Dominant vs. Recessive
• Dominant - Masks the other trait; the trait that
shows if present
– Represented by a capital letter R
• Recessive – An organism with a recessive allele for
a particular trait will only exhibit that trait when
the dominant allele is not present; Will only show
if both alleles are present
– Represented by a lower case letter r
 Dominant & Recessive Practice
T – straight hair
t - curly hair
TT - Represent offspring with straight hair
Tt - Represent offspring with straight hair
tt - Represents offspring with curly hair
 Genotype vs. Phenotype
• Genotype – The genetic makeup of an organism; The
gene (or allele) combination an organism has.
– Example: Tt, ss, GG, Ww
• Phenotype – The physical characteristics of an
organism; The way an
organism looks
– Example: Curly hair,
straight hair, blue eyes,
tall, green
 Homozygous vs. Heterozygous
• Homozygous – Term used to refer
to an organism that has two RR
identical alleles for a particular
trait (TT or tt) rr
• Heterozygous - Term used to refer
to an organism that has two
different alleles for the same trait
Rr
(Tt)
 Plenary
• Recap the lesson
 Questions on inheritance
1) What controls inherited characteristics?

2) What do we call different forms of a gene?

3) List some eye colours.

4) What is meant by dominant?

5) What does recessive mean?

6) Which type of allele always shows its characteristics?