8th Grade 01/29/2020

UNIT OVERVIEW

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Students will…

• Explore inheritance of two traits.
• Use Punnett squares to model the inheritance of two traits and predict probabilities of each offspring’s allele combination.
• Use two Punnett squares to model each trait independently, then multiply the probabilities to find the probability of a given allele combination.
• Use a single 4×4 Punnett square to model the inheritance of two traits.

VOCABULARY

allele, genotype, phenotype, probability, Punnett square

ASSIGNMENT

Part 1 : Review your vocabulary and make sure it’s written in your notebook. If there are new words in the list, please search and write the definition.

Part 2 : Go to explore learning. Gizmo warm-up

Complete the warm-up below.

Part 3 : Activity A : Exploring inheritance

Part 4 : Activity B