Content Objective
Students will demonstrate knowledge of how Gregor Mendel performed experiments to help understand heredity.

L.HE.07.21  Compare how characteristics of living things are passed on through generations, both asexually and sexually.

Language Objective
Students will write to describe who Gregor Mendel was and why he is important by completing the following sentence frames:

“Gregor Mendel was an important scientist because he ____________________.  He lived in __________ in _______.  He conducted experiments with _______.  He published his ideas but _______________________.  When his ideas were rediscovered later he had opened the door to __________.”

HOMEWORK – Complete sentence frames if needed.