Feb 6-8

I will be in a conference on these three days.
On Monday, you will be coloring a DNA model
On Tuesday you will be working on a vocab crossword puzzle (should be really easy if you use your notebook!)
If you happen to get done early, you will be reading an article about domesticating foxes in Russia.
On Wednesday you will watch a Life episode about Birds
(if you are absent any of these days, talk to me on Thurs or Fri)

Karyotype activity pgs 39-42

On page 4 (vocab page)

Define Karyotype

Ladybug karyotype activity

Why are karyotypes important?
What can we learn from them?

Blood type intro

Here are the rest of the blood type notes (continue on page 34)



The blood type problems go on pages 37 & 38

Incomplete and Co-dominance pgs 33-36

Notes (see below) on pages 33 & 34



Problems reviewing incomplete and co-dominance (pages 35 & 36)

Oompa Loompa Genetics pgs 31 & 32

Oompa Loompa genetics pages are review of everything we have done (basic monohybrid crosses & dihybrid crosses)



Incomplete dominance
If the heterozygous individual shows a mixture of the two homozygous phenotypes
ex: white flowers x red flowers = pink flowers

Dihybrid Cross pgs 27-29

Guinnea Pig dihybrid cross activity

Remember

Dihybrid Cross Problems

Directions: For each of the described situations, complete the following:
A.) List the genotype of each parent described
B.) Use a Punnett square to predict the possible outcomes of a cross between the 2 parents.
C.) List the genotypes and the number of that genotype present in the offspring for each cross (can write as a ratio).
D.) List the phenotypes and the number of that phenotype present in the offspring for each cross (can write as a ratio).

Additional Dihybrid problems (goes on page 29 -- use page 30 to show work)

Plastic Egg Genetics

Plastic egg genetics activity

If you are absent today, you need to come in during advisory to complete the activity.

Make sure you fill in the data table at the end!

Spongebob Genetics 1 & 2 pgs 20-23

More practice genetics problems :)
(If you are printing these worksheets from here, only print pages 1 & 2 for each one.)


Spongebob #1 (the one with the pictures) goes on pages 20-21



Sponge bob #2 (the one without the pictures) goes on pages 22-23

Simple Genetics Practice Problems pgs 16 -- 19

Tues Jan 17

On page 4 (vocab page)
Define

• Homozygous


• Heterozygous

Work on Simple genetics practice problems. Use page 19 to work out problems 5-15 from page 18.

"Gleeps" pgs 14 & 15

Thurs/Friday we finished "investigating inherited traits" and began work on the "gleeps" activity.
Make sure you have your own data and also data from the class and the entire day. This data will help you answer questiosn 5-8 in the activity.

Welcome back!

Remember that everyone needs notebooks by Wednesday!

Monday we started a genetics vocabulary foldable. It is due on Friday

Tuesday we worked on the foldable and on this activity